A New or Improved Roundabout for Feasts, Fairs, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1891-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Roundabout for Feasts, Fairs, and the like.
GEORGE TOLSON and JOHN EDWIN TOLSON Engineers Bradford Road
Dewsbury Yorkshire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is in relation to a new or improved roundabout and consists of a
circular line of rails or such like placed at a suitable distance from the ground.
On the inside or outside of this line of rails we place a rack cogs or such like.
Upon these we place a number of wheels having a flange upon one side to run on
the line of rails and on the other side cogs to run in the rack. In the centre of the
wheels we place a shaft or stud which is connected to the engine in the centre, as
known in roundabouts. On the outside of these wheels we place studs or such like
set at a suitable distance from centre of the wheels. On these studs we hang boats
carriages animals and the like, and by causing the wheels to revolve round this
circle we impart a rocking and up & down motion, the same time as the wheels
revolve the boats carriages animals will be carried round the circle the racks &
cogs are to prevent the wheels skidding when the boats carriages animals are
loaded.
Dated this 30th day of September 1890.
GEORGE TOLSON.
JOHN EDWIN TOLSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Roundabout for Feasts, Fairs, and the like.
We, GEORGE TOLSON and JOHN EDWIN TOLSON, of Prospect House, Dewsbury,
in the County of York, Engineers, 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 has reference to a new or improved roundabout and consists of a
circular line of rails placed at a suitable distance above the ground. On the inside
or outside of this line of rails we fix a rack, into the teeth of which gears a large
toothed wheel forming part of a flanged wheel or disc made to revolve upon the
line of rails and driven by a suitably arranged shaft from an engine or other motive
power. On the face of each disc are two studs, upon which are suspended swinging
boats, carriages, animals, or the like, which are carried up and down as the discs
revolve, by which means the swinging boats in addition to being carried up and
down, have a forward or advancing motion around the circular line of rails.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is elevation of an improved roundabout constructed according to our
invention; Fig. 2 is cross section, and Fig. 3 plan view on a smaller scale.
A represents the circular line of rails, mounted upon a bed plate B supported
upon pillar C. Within the line of rails A. is a circular rack D, into the teeth of which
gears a series of toothed wheels E, attached to or forming part of flanged wheels F,
driven or caused to revolve around the rails by means of an engine arranged in the
centre of the circle, as is customary in giving motion to roundabouts. On the face
of the flanged wheel F are mounted studs G, upon which are suspended swinging
boats H, or carriages, animals, or the like. It is obvious that when the flanged
wheel is made to revolve around the line of rails, that the swinging boats will be

page_text: carried up and down, by which they receive a combined advancing and falling
motion.
The rack D and toothed wheel E may be dispensed with, but we prefer to use
them, so as to prevent the flanged wheels skidding.
Instead of connecting the swinging boats to the revolving disc in the manner
shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, the said swinging boats may be suspended on the flanged
discs as shewn in Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A roundabout, the carriages of which have a rotary motion in combination with
a rising and falling motion, arranged in the manner shewn in the drawings aud
described in the Specification.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.