Improvements in and connected with Gigantic Wheels for Recreation and other Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept.. 1894
'Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1895-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Gigantic Wheels for
Recreation and other Purposes.
I, JAMES WEIR GRAYDON of 107 Fulham Palace Road in the County of
Middlesex, late Lieutenant in the United States Navy do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
I mount a wheel of gigantic dimensions say from 200 to 400 feet in diameter on
a horizontal axle, by preference hollow, in bearings arranged on a tower on each
side of the wheel. These towers reach up to and above the top of the wheel and
are there united by a house or aërial castle of one or more storeys, the whole
forming a strong and light structure of steel or iron. The upper storeys of the
towers are fitted as or with restaurants or the like and the "castle" may be used as
an hotel or for balls, concerts, or other purposes.
The wheel may be constructed as described in the Specification of
my Patent
No. 18,007. But in order to give room for endwise entry to and exit from the
suspended cages I make the radial spokes with splayed or forked ends at the rim
ends. Loading and unloading stations are provided on the ground as also therein
described, but in addition I provide means for simultaneously loading and unloading
the suspended cages at the "castle"; folding or sliding steps or bridges with stair-
cases are for this purpose provided at the castle. These staircases are fixed below
strong girder structures on the castle.
The wheel is at suitable distances provided with stop lugs, against which a stop
slide or bolt on the lower loading and unloading platform can be shot after the
brake has been put on and the wheel brought almost to a standstill in that
position the sliding or folding step below the aerial castle is also in the right
position for connecting the staircase with the suspended carriage at that place for
loading and unloading passengers.
The towers are also fitted with staircases forming part of and staying together
structural members of the towers. But elevators are also provided.
Dated this 5th day of September 1894.
:
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Gigantic Wheels for
Recreation and other Purposes.
I, JAMES WEIR GRAYDON of 107 Fulham Palace Road in the County of
Middlesex late Lieutenant in the United States Navy, 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 :-
I mount a wheel of gigantic dimensions say from 200 to 400 feet in diameter on
a horizontal axle, by preference hollow, in bearings arranged on a tower on each
side of the wheel. These towers reach up to and above the top of the wheel and

page_text: are there united by a house or aërial castle of one or more storeys, the whole
forming a strong and light structure of steel or iron. The upper storeys of the
towers are fitted as or with restaurants or the like and the "castle
an hotel or for balls concerts or other purposes.
may be used as
I shall now describe these and other features of the invention by reference to the
accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is an elevation of such a structure
looking at the end of the wheel axle, and Figure 2 a view at right angles thereto.
The wheel may be constructed as described in the Specification of my Patent
No. 18,0073. But in order to give room for endwise entry to and exit from the
suspended cages I make the radial spokes A with splayed or forked ends A' at the
rim ends. Loading and unloading stations B are provided on the ground as also
therein described but in addition I provide means for simultaneously loading and
unloading the suspended cages C at the "castle" folding or sliding steps or bridges
with staircases D are for this purpose provided at the "castle." These staircases D
are fixed below strong girder structures E on the castle F.
The wheel is at suitable distances provided with stop lugs against which a stop
slide or bolt on the lower loading and unloading platform B can be. shot after the
brake bas been put on and the wheel brought almost to a standstill; in that
position the sliding or folding steps below the staircases D on the aërial castle F is
also in the right position for connecting the staircases with the suspended carriages C
at that place for loading and unloading passengers.
To gain access from the pier on one side of the wheel to that of the other the
hollow axle G is available as described in my previous Specification, and by the
aërial castle F which surmounts the wheel, but in addition I may carry the plat
forms H (or any of the lower or higher platforms) all round the wheel as shewn
in Fig. 1 (but not so shewn in Fig. 2); the parts passing from one side of the
wheel to the other would then be supported by stays I from the upper part of the
structure.
The towers are fitted with staircases forming part of and staying together
structural members of the towers. But elevators are also used; the cages K in
this example work on the outer main pillars L of the structure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. A support for a gigantic wheel consisting of two towers or piers carried up
above the top of the wheel and there united by an upper transverse structure or
aërial castle, provided with means for access from the wheel cages.
2. A support for a gigantic wheel consisting of two. towers or piers with one or
more of the platforms on one side of the wheel united to a corresponding platform
or platforms ou the other side.
3. The gigantic wheel and support as shewn and described.
Dated this 5th day of
1905
1906
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.