Improvements in Communicating Motion to Boats and the like, Applicable to Stationary Boats, or in Connection with Roundabouts.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Communicating Motion to Boats and the like,
Applicable to Stationary Boats, or in Connection with
Roundabouts.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM TINKER 35 Milbourne Street Blackpool in the County of
Lancaster Pianoforte Tuner do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATING MOTION TO BOATS AND THE LIKE, APPLICABLE TO
STATIONARY BOATS, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ROUNDABOUTS to be as follows
An oblong bed or frame bearing two or more cranks or eccentrices, so placed and
arranged as to give, (when in motion,) a continually varying up and down movement
to a second oblong frame, which carries a boat, or other receptacle.
Carried on one of these cranks or eccentrics is another eccentric or crank, which
is so connected and arranged, as to give to the boat, (or other receptacle), a sidewise
or rolling movement, in addition to the heaving, or up and down movement, before
mentioned.
Dated this 20th day of August 1889
ARTHUR WILLIAM TINKER,
35, Milbourne Street, Blackpool, Lancashire.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Communicating Motion to Boats and the like,
Applicable
Stationary Boats, or in Connection with
Roundabouts. .
to
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM TINKER of 35 Milbourne Street Blackpool Lancashire
Pianoforte Tuner 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 for communicating motion to boats and the like, has for its object
to construct apparatus for recreation and amusement, and consists of an oblong bed
or frame bearing two or more cranks or eccentrics so placed and arranged as, when
in motion, to impart to a second oblong frame as also to a boat, or other receptacle,
which it carries, a continually varying up & down movement.
Carried on one of these main frame cranks or eccentrics is another eccentric or
crank, so connected and arranged as to impart to the boat, or other receptacle, a
sidewise or rolling movement, in addition to the heaving or up and down movement
before mentioned.
In carrying out this invention I employ a boat, or receptacle, suitably fitted for
the accommodation of a number of persons, and surmounted by masts and dummy
funnels.
This boat is mounted by hinges or pivots on an oblong frame so as to be capable
of receiving a continually varying or changing longitudinal and latitudinal motion
imparted thereto by two or more cranks or eccentrics, the whole being carried on
one main bed or frame.
The longitudinal motion I effect by means of two cranks, or preferably by two
pairs of eccentrics, connecting the two pairs by toothed gearing so as to drive each
pair at a different speed, thus imparting to the boat, or receptacle, an oblique, or
diagonal and horizontal position alternately.
The latitudinal or sidewise motion I effect by a secondary crank, or eccentric,
attached to the main frame and carrying a smaller eccentric, or crank.
This smaller eccentric, or crank is speeded, or otherwise by a sun and planet
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page_text: motion, driven by toothed gearing in connection with the two pairs of eccentrics
before mentioned, and is connected with the side, or bottom of the boat or receptacle
by a connecting rod or shaft.
This smaller eccentric, or crank with its accompanying sun and planet motion,
may if desired be dispensed with, and the sidewise movement imparted from the
secondary crank, or eccentric, only, the object of the smaller eccentric, or crank,
being, in conjunction with the crank, or eccentric on which it is carried, to impart
an additional variation to the sidewise movement.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation of an apparatus constructed according to
this invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan, and
Fig. 3 is an end view of the same apparatus.
The boat, or vehicle a hinged or pivotted at bb to the oblong frame c which is
carried on the eccentrics d. d'1 the whole being carried on the main bed or frame e.
A slot c 1 or other suitable sliding arrangement admits of the expansion and con-
traction of the eccentrics d. d 1.
The two pairs of eccentrics d. d 1 are connected by the toothed gearing ff,
producing the longitudinal motion.
m,
The secondary crank g. g 1 driven by the axle d 2 through the toothed gearing h. h
and carrying the smaller eccentric k, which is attached to the toothed wheel both
being centred or pivotted on the crank g at g 1. As the crank y revolves the toothed
wheel m engages with, and performs a sun and planet motion round the toothed
wheel n, which is set in motion by the toothed connection o. p. from the driving
axle, or shaft & 2 thus causing the toothed wheel m and eccentric k to revolve on
their own axis g 1 at a greater or less speed according to the relative position and
size of the toothed wheels o and p.
The eccentrick and crank g are connected with the boat or vebicle a by the rod
or shaft and producing, or imparting to the boat, the sidewise or rolling, irregular
or varying motion Fig. 3 simultaneously with the continually varying, longitudinal
motion imparted to the boat by the eccentrics d. d 1, which is horizontal and diagonal,
or oblique alternately.
The eccentrics d. d 1 may if desired be disconnected and driven separately.
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. The arrangement of a dummy boat or steamer to which a continually varying
longitudinal and latitudinal motion is imparted, substantially as described, and with
reference to the drawings.
2. Imparting motion to boats and the like substantially as described, and with
reference to the drawings.
3. The continually varying longitudinal motion, the continually varying latitudinal
or sidewise motion, the bodily rising and falling of the boat.
4. The arrangement of boats and the like substantially as described and with
reference to the drawings, whether applied to stationary boats or in connection with
roundabouts.
Dated this 21st day of May 1800.
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35, Milbourne Street, Blackpool, Lancashire.