Improvements relating to Cycles, Cycle Horses, or other Mechanical Animals, Roundabouts, Switchback Cars, or other Locomotive or Movable Apparatus used for Purposes of Amusement.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1894-4ccepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Cycles, Cycle Horses, or other Mechanical
Animals, Roundabouts, Switchback Cars, or other Locomotive
or Movable Apparatus used for Purposes of Amusement.
I, SARAH ANN TILLEY of No. 95 Guthlaxton Street Leicester in the County
of Leicester Married Person, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
This invention refers to improvements relating to automatic musical instruments
and their application to various bodies and appliances used for amusement, pleasure
or pastime to facilitate musical rides.
The object of this invention is to provide musical rides for children and others
by attaching a musical box to the axle of a bicycle, tricycle, or other manumotive
machine, or bicycle horse, horses, or representations of other animals, or circular
velocipedes, rocking horses, roundabouts, or merry-go-rounds, go-carts, childrens
mail carts, carriages, baby walkers, or other like articles on wheels used for
pleasure or pastime by the employment of a musical box fitted within a case or
box in close proximity to a wheel, or revolving shaft, or within the body or other
part of rocking, flying, or galloping horses, made of wood or composition, or in the
form of birds, beasts, or any other animal, mounted on either a wheel base, rockers
or the like as the case may be. To apply my invention to a bicycle horse, or
horses, or other animal fitted upon wheels such as are used for bicycles, tricycles
and the like, I preferably attach such arrangement to a chariot or the like of any
well known construction. The musical boxes in this case being supplied to both
the animal and to the car and operated by pulleys or chain wheels attached to the
shaft of the musical box and to the pedal crank axle of the bicycle and axle of
the chariot, so that upon the wheels being revolved by contact with the ground the
musical boxes commence to play. The pedal crank axle of the chariot is operated
by the person sitting over it.
Around the horse or other animal I arrange a guard consisting of a wire rod or
rail, and projecting by suitable holders therefrom, and hang or otherwise suspend
therefrom or make appear on the outer face thereof advertisements.
A slight motion is given to the body of the horse or other animal by springs or
the like. Such pulleys or chain wheels are properly geared to each other, and
with the musical box in connection therewith are provided with a suitable metal
cover to protect them from dust and dirt.
In some cases I may attach to the crank handle of the musical box a connecting
rod operated by a movable platform such as is seen in a sewing machine, or
the like.
For rocking horses the musical box inserted in the neck or body of the animal
is worked by springs arranged on the end cross bars of the rockers operating a
chain or cord passing over wheel on shaft of musical boxes, or rod connected to
crank handle, or axle of the musical box.
Other similar connections may be made to put the musical boxes in work than
those described without departing from my invention.
I may also apply my invention to switchback or other cars of pleasure railways
and similar constructions built for pleasure, so that persons may have a musical
ride by the musical box being brought into play by the motion of the machine. ;

page_text: The wooden or other animals being painted to represent different kinds of horses,
and the like may have advertisements painted thereon if desired.
Dated this 29th day of January 1894.
W. B. MAXFIELD,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements relating to Cycles, Cycle Horses, or other Mechanical
Animals, Roundabouts, Switchback Cars, or other Locomotive
or Movable Apparatus used for Purposes of Amusement.
I, SARAH ANN TILLEY of No. 95 Guthlaxton Street Leicester in the County
of Leicester, Married Person, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention refers to improvements relating to cycles, cycle horses, or other
mechanical animals, roundabouts, switchback car or other locomotive or movable
apparatus used for purposes of amusement.
The object of this invention is to provide musical rides for children and others
by attaching a musical box to the axle of a bicycle, tricycle, or other manu-
motive machine, or cycle horse, horses, or representations of other animals. Or
circular velocipedes, rocking horses, roundabouts, or merry-go-rounds, go-carts,
children's mail carts, carriages, baby chairs, or other like articles on wheels used
for pleasure or pastime by combining a musical box fitted within a case or cover in
close proximity to a wheel, or revolving shaft, or within the body or other part of
rocking, flying, or galloping horses, made of wood or composition, or may be in the
form of birds, beasts and the like mounted on either a wheel base, or rockers, as
the case may be.
To apply my invention to a cycle horse, or horses, or other animal fitted upon
wheels such as are used for cycles and the like, I preferably attach such arrange-
ment to a chariot or the like of any well known construction so that the rider or
riders may be upon the horse or other animal, and also upon or in the chariot.
The musical boxes in this case being supplied to both, and operated by pulleys or
chain wheels attached to the shaft of the musical box and to the pedal crank axle
of the cycle and crank axle of the chariot, so that upon the wheels being revolved
by contact with the ground the musical boxes commence to play. The pedal crank
axle of the chariot is operated by the person sitting over it.
Around the horse or other animal I arrange a guard consisting of a wire rod or
rail, and projecting therefrom by suitable holders I hang or otherwise suspend, or
make appear on the outer face thereof advertisements.
A slight motion is given to the body of the horse or other animal by springs
or the like affixed thereto. The pulley or chain wheels are properly geared to each
other, and with the musical box in connection therewith are provided with any
suitable metal cover to protect them from dust and dirt.
In some cases I may attach to the crank-handle of the musical box a connecting
rod operated by a movable platform such as is seen in a sewing machine or the like,
which I fit in the place of the solid platform in the centre of the rockers, in a
rocking horse. In such horses the musical box is as before stated fixed or inserted
in the neck or body of the animal and is worked by springs arranged on the end
cross bars of the rockers operating a chain or cord passing over wheel on shaft of
musical box, or rod connected to crank handle, or axle of the musical box.
Other similar connections may be made to put the musical boxes in work than
those described without departing from my invention.

page_text: I may also apply my invention to switchback or other cars of pleasure railways
and other similar constructions built for pleasure, so that persons may have a
musical ride upon the musical box being brought into play by the motion of the
machine.
The wooden or other animals are painted to represent different kinds, and they
may have advertisements painted thereon, if desired, such advertisements being for
the purposes of trade, not fancy names as is now the case.
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It will be well understood that a similar effect can be attained by hanging or
suspending musical tubes or bells in the same manner by causing them to be
operated upon by the motion of the machine as hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In providing musical rides for amusement in a cycle horse, rocking horse, or
representation of other animals the combination therewith of a musical box or the
like arranged within the neck or body thereof and operated in the manner as
described.
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2. In the employment of cycle horses or the like for the purpose hereinbefore
mentioned, the combination and attachment therewith of a chariot having
pedal crank axle and operating together substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described.
3. In rocking horses or the like for the purpose of this invention the combination
therewith of a musical box and connecting rod attached thereto, and to a movable
platform arranged and operated as hereinbefore described.
4. In providing musical rides for amusement in cycles, cycle horses, rocking
horses, flying or galloping horses, or other representations of animals, switchback or
other cars of pleasure railways, circular velocipedes, roundabouts, merry-go-rounds,
go-carts, children's mail carts, baby walkers, and other like articles and locomotive
apparatus used for the purpose of amusement the employment therewith of, or the
combination therein of a musical box operated substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent,
19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester, Applicant's Agent.