Improvements in Apparatus for Actuating Hobby Horses, or other Figures of Animals, to be Used in Roundabouts.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Actuating Hobby Horses, or
other Figures of Animals, to be Used in Roundabouts.
I, ABRAHAM WADDINGTON, of Bath Place, Holbeck, Leeds, in the County of
York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HOBBY HORSES to be as follows:-
In carrying out my invention, the object of which is to impart to the body of the
horse a movement resembling the action of a horse in galloping.
To accomplish this purpose, I make use of a circular tramway, on which is
mounted a number of platforms, formed so as to be readily jointed together, and
which form, when complete, an annular ring, which being mounted on road wheels
is free to revolve on the circular tramway.
Each section of the annular platform is carried by a pair of road wheels, fixed
one at either end of a cranked shaft, or I may drive an independant crank shaft,
by means of chains, and chain wheels, or their equivalents. A connecting rod, at
one end rigidly fixed to the body of the horse, the other end having motion
imparted to it by the revolving crank, will give an up and down movement to the
figure of the horse or other animals. To the hind legs of the horse, I attach a
frame carrying a roller of some length, which roller is free to run in, and to be.
guided and controlled by slide bars affixed to each sectional platform.
It will thus be seen, that the combined movement, imparted by means of the
crank, connecting rod and fixed slide bars will approximate to that of a galloping
horse.
Circular motion is given to the annular platform, by means of a motor engine,
conveniantly situated.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Actuating Hobby Horses, or
other Figures of Animals, to be Used in Roundabouts.
I, ABRAHAM WADDINGTON, of Bath Place, Holbeck, Leeds, in the County of
York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN HOBBY HORSES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In carrying out my invention, the -object of which is to impart to the body of
the horse, a movement, resembling the action of a horse in galloping.
To accomplish this purpose, I make use of a circular tramway, on which is
mounted a number of platforms or sections formed so as to be readily jointed
together, and which form when complete, an annular ring which being mounted on
road wheels, is free to revolve on the circular tramway. Each section of the
annular platform is carried by a pair of road wheels, fixed one at either end of
a cranked shaft, or I may drive an independant crank shaft, by means of spur
gearing, or chain and chain wheels, or equivalents.
A connecting rod, at one end fixed rigidly to the body of the horse, the other
end having motion imparted to it by the revolving crank, will give an up and down
movement to the figure of the horse. To the hind legs, I attach a frame, carrying
rollers, which rollers are free to run in, and to be guided and controlled by slide
bars, affixed to each sectional platform.
It will thus be seen, that the combined movement, imparted by means of the
crank, connecting rod, and fixed slide bars will approximate to that of a galloping
horse.
Circular motion is given to the annular platform, by means of a motor engine
conveniantly situated.
On reference to the Drawings, it will be seen that Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and
Fig. 2 an end view, where A is the circular tramway, B, B, the road wheels giving
motion to the crank shaft C. D is one section of the annular revolving platform.
E, E, are the rollers, fixed to hind legs of the horse, and which run in and are
guided by the slide bars F, F. G is the connecting rod imparting motion to the
body of the horse.
It will be evident that three or any suitable number of horses, may be actuated
from the same crank shaft, by increasing the number of cranks.
Having now particulary described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
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The combined movement, given to the body of the horse, by means of crank C,
connecting rod G and rollers E, E, substantially as and for the purpose described
and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Abraham Waddington, have hereunto set my hand.
Dated this
day of October 1886.