Improvements in Sleighs and Sleigh Tracks for Tobogganning Purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleighs and Sleigh Tracks for Tobogganning
Purposes.
I THOMAS HARRY WESTON 131 St. Thomas Road London, N. Architect and
Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
:-
The object of the invention is to provide sleighs and sleigh tracks of an improved
kind for tobogganning purposes on places specially prepared. As regards the
tobogganning sleighs or carriages I make them with rollers, wheels or the like and
for the tracks I prepare tracks either level or inclined or both combined with rails,
grooves, or other suitable surfaces.
I also make return tracks in order to arrive at the original starting place by
means of tobogganning.
Dated this 15th day of January 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sleighs and Sleigh Tracks for Tobogganning
Purposes.
I, THOMAS HARRY WESTON, of 131 Saint Thomas Road, N., in the County of
Middlesex, Architect and Surveyor, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in sleighs and sleigh tracks for toboggan-
ning purposes.
The object of the invention is to provide sleighs and sleigh tracks of an improved
kind for tobogganning purposes on places specially prepared. As regards the
tobogganning sleighs or carriages I make them with rollers, wheels or the like and
for the tracks I prepare tracks either level or inclined or both combined with rails,
grooves or other suitable surfaces; I also make return tracks in order to arrive at
the original starting place by means of tobogganning.
I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sleigh on the rails;
Fig. 2, is the top view of the sleigh;
Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section on line A B of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4, is the end elevation ;
Fig. 5, is the side elevation of outward and return platforms and tracks;
Fig. 6, is a plan of Fig. 5, the passengers who travel by this invention ascend to
the outward platform by means of a staircase then ride down the track and return
from the distant platform as indicated by arrows.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
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9, the
Preferably I construct the sleigh with two sides 6 framed together by two
horizontal bars 6', and the seat a, floor c and foot board d. To the sides b, I fix
four solid blocks at each corner, and to the said sides and blocks on the underside
of the sleigh I fix four revolving flanged wheels f by square headed bolts
shanks of the said bolts g acting as the axles for the wheels f.
sides near the foot board d I bore a hole and therewith I
Fig. 1. The rope e is shown broken off in Figs. 2, and 4,
illustration.
At the ends of the
fix a rope e as in
for convenience of

page_text: The sleigh as in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, may be constructed of wood, or of any
metallic substance, or of a combination of wood and metal, and of any suitable
design.
The sleigh track I construct with two or more sets of rails running parallel to
each other as in Figs. 5, and 6, with the outward platform k reached by a staircasej
with the usual hand rails i. From the outward platform k and down a suitable
gradient and along a level towards a buffer m, lay the rails h h. The said
buffer m being near the return platform l, this platform being reached by a
staircase similar to the outward platform k before described. The rails are laid
on the return track the same as described on the outward track or from the outward
platform to the buffer in as in Figs. 5, and 6. The aforesaid platforms and tracks
with rails may be constructed of wood or metal, or a combination of wood and metal,
and may be so formed as to be either of a permanent or portable nature.
The passenger on these tracks arrives on the outward platform k with the sleigh
which is placed on the rails, the said passenger takes his seat on the sleigh at a
grasps the rope and places his feet on the foot board d and runs or toboggans
down the incline towards the buffer m, and on his arrival at m he carries the sleigh
up the staircase; of the return platform and returns by the track as before
described.
I am aware that prior to my invention circular and zig-zag tracks for tobog-
ganning have been made, but I am not aware that the means and mechanism
described in this Specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings have
been used before.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and
that the shapes, materials and parts may be varied in many ways within the scope
of my invention.
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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:
:-
1. In a sleigh, the combination of the seat a sides bb top c bars b¹¹ foot board d
and rope e, with the axles g and wheels f, substantially as herein described and
according to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, of the accompanying drawings.
2. In a track for tobogganning with a sleigh, the combination of the tracks and
platforms k, l, with staircases i, j, and rails hh with buffers m m, and handrails i i,
substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 5, and 6, of the accom-
panying drawings.
3. The combination of the sleigh with wheels rollers or the like to be made
of any material or shape, substantially as herein described and for the purpose
set forth.
4. The combination of one, two or more tracks, made of any material or shape,
substantially as herein described and for the purpose specified.
5. The combination of an incline and a level to form a tobogganning track, sub-
stantially as described.
6. The combination of alternate inclines and levels to form a tobogganning
track, substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of August 1891.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.