New or Improved Recreation Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Recreation Apparatus.
I, THOMAS BUNYAN DAVIS, Crown Hotel, Denbigh, North Wales, Mining
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention I provide a recreation apparatus for children and
other persons, that will give as nearly as possible the movements of a horse in
riding. For example, galloping, cantering, trotting, and the like, and it can be
advantageously used for exercising the muscles, and for purposes of amusement.
In carrying the invention into practice I mount the figure of a horse or horses,
in wood or other suitable material, on a wheeled carriage, the legs of the horse
being connected by cranks, cams, springs, rods, levers, swivels, pistons, pivots, or
the like, to the axle of the carriage, in such a way that as the carriage is drawn
along, movement is imparted from the axle to the legs of the horse so as to impart
the movements of galloping, cantering, trotting, or the like, to the horse and the
child or person sitting thereon.
For example, according to my invention, the under carriage may be a frame
provided with two wheels and shafts after the manner of a child's "Go-cart," and
on the frame I provide a rocking lever, levers, or board or boards on which the
figure of the horse is mounted, the legs being attached thereto by springs. The
lever, levers, or boards are connected by a rod or rods to a crank or cranks on a
secondary shaft driven by an endless band and pulleys from the axle; or the
cranks may be on the axle itself. As the apparatus is moved along the cranks give
motion to the lever or board or the legs of the horse and impart the galloping, or
other action thereto.
The apparatus can be made with one or with two or more horses placed abreast
or otherwise, and may run on two or more wheels, and it can be arranged to be
drawn by a nurse or other person, or by a horse, mule, or donkey.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Recreation Apparatus.
I, THOMAS BUNYAN DAVIS, Crown Hotel, Denbigh, North Wales, Mining
Engineer, 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:-
According to this invention I provide a recreation apparatus for children and
other persons, that will give as nearly as possible the movement of a horse in
riding. For example, galloping, cantering, trotting, and the like, and it can be
advantageously used for exercising the muscles, and for purposes of amusement.
In carrying the invention into practice I mount the figure of a horse or horses-
in wood or other suitable material-on a wheeled carriage, the legs of the horse
being connected by cranks, cams, springs, rods, levers, swivels, pistons, pivots, or
the like, to the axle of the carriage in such a way that as the carriage is drawn
along, movement is imparted from the axle to the legs of the horse so as to impart
the movements of galloping, cantering, trotting, or the like, to the horse and the
child or person sitting thereon.
For example, according to my invention, the under carriage may be a frame

page_text: provided with two wheels and shafts after the manner of a child's "Go-cart," and
on the frame I provide a rocking lever, levers, or board or boards on which the
figure of the horse is mounted, the legs being,attached thereto by springs. The
lever, levers, or boards are connected by a rod or rods to a crank or cranks on a
secondary shaft driven by an endless band and pulleys from the axle; or the cranks
may be on the axle itself. As the apparatus is moved along the cranks give motion
to the lever or board or the legs of the horse and impart the galloping or other
action thereto.
The apparatus can be made with one two or more horses placed abreast or other-
wise, and may run on two or more wheels, and it can be arranged to be drawn by a
nurse or other person, or by a horse, mule, or donkey.
Having thus generally described the object, nature and effects of the invention,
I will now proceed to describe it with reference to the sheets of accompanying
drawings which give examples of my invention. In the various figures, the same
or corresponding parts are designated by the same letters of reference and they
correspond with those used in the following explanation of the example.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a recreation apparatus provided with the improve-
ments according to my invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of the under carriage of the apparatus shewn at
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a child's carriage fitted with
figures of horses provided with the movement according to my invention.
Figure 4 is an end view, partly in section, of the apparatus shewn in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is an under view of the gear of the apparatus shewn in Figure 3.
With reference to the drawings, a designates the figure of a horse in wood or
other suitable material, is a wheeled carriage on which the horse is mounted
by means of a platform c. The platform c is connected to the carriage by
the brackets c¹ which rest and work on the crank shafts d d provided on the
carriage b. Between the feet a¹ of the horse a and the platform c there are
provided springs e to give an easy motion to the horse. On the crank. shaft d'
there is provided a toothed wheel which gears into and is worked by an inter-
mediate toothed pinion which gears into and is worked by a toothed wheel f
on the axle of the back wheels of the carriage b. The front crank shaft d
and the back crank shaft dare geared together by means of the endless chain i
and the chain wheels k k¹.
The front wheels ' of the carriage 6 are mounted on a swivelling axle and are
provided with a handle by which the apparatus can be drawn along. The
operation is as follows:-
As the carriage b is drawn over the ground, the axle 9 of the wheels h, by means
of the gear wheels f, f', and the endless chain i, causes the crank shafts d d'
to revolve and thereby give an up and down and backward and forward motion to
the platform c, and thereby to the horse a which thus is given a motion of the
nature of galloping.
In the example shewn in Figures 3, 4 and 5, the horses a are mounted in
duplicate on two platforms. c on the frame of a child's carriage b, and motion is
imparted to the crank shafts d d by a chain and wheel gearing i from the back
axle of the carriage.
The child sits on the seat of the carriage band can take the reins of the
horses a in his hand. In operation, as the carriage is drawn along, the horses a
have a motion of the nature of galloping imparted to them.
I would have it understood that my invention may be carried out in many
different forms and ways, that is to say, it is not confined to the particular connec
tion and arrangement of the horse, cranks, and gear shewn, as equivalents of these
parts may be used so long as the horse is connected to the cranks so as to be given
the movement herein specified. The size of the horse is also immaterial, as it may
be of size to be ridden on, or to serve as a toy, and the horses may be arranged
singly or in multiple.

page_text: 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. An apparatus for recreation and other analogous purposes constructed and
operating substantially as described, that is to say, an apparatus comprising a horse
or horses, a carriage, and cranks or equivalent means whereby the horse or horses
have imparted to it or them a motion of the nature of galloping or other motion as
the carriage is drawn or moves along.
2. The combination and construction of parts as set forth with reference to
Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings consisting of a horse a, carriage b, platform e,
cranks d d', gear wheels f, f¹, f, and chain gear k, k', i operating as described.
3. The combination and construction of parts as set forth with reference to
Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings, consisting of the horses a, a, carriage b,
platform c, c, cranks d, d', chain gear f, f', f, and chain gear k, k¹, i, operating
as described.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.