US1748210A - Amusement apparatus - Google Patents

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'FB ZS, 1930. L. L. cusTER 1,748,210

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS Filed Feb. 25, 1929 11 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR LfV/TT 1.. (05752.

BY MEWLW *JW ATTORNEY? Feb. 25, 1930. L, L, USTER 1,748,210

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BY JMJWM' *JW I ATTORNEY? Feb. 25, 1930. L, L, c s-TER 1,748,210

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AMUSEMENT APPXRATus Filed Feb. 25, 1929 11 Sheets-Sheet 7 FIG. 9

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BYJWi-JW ATTORNEYQ 11' Sheets-Sheet 10 L. L. cus'rER musmusm APPARATUS Filed Feb. 25,

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Patented Feb. 2 5, 1930 PATENT, OFFICE LEVITT LUZERN anemia, or DAYTON, OHIO AMusEMENr APPARATUS Application filed February 25, 1929.

This invention relates to amusement apparatus.

It-is the object of this invention to provide,

mounted for travel and the conveyance of passengers. y

' It :is the purpose of this invention, in connection with .trackways of this kind, to pro- 10 vide cars thatare adapted to be adjusted to the nature of the undulation so that the car may be maintained in a horizontal position, but the passenger must maintain the car in this position by means of a control lever 15- which can be operated to tilt the car forward,

rearward or to one side, according to the na- "ture of the inclinationuof. the. support'for the car. Thus the passenger must maintain his vehicle seat inits proper direction and in a 20 horizontal position. i

It is a further object of this invention, in

connection with an undulating track, to provide automatic means for bringing the seat to alevel position when desired by the out- 25v side control so as to permit the passenger to get on or E in a convenient and safe position;

i It is a still further object of this invention to simulate the difficulties of flying andthe, I control of a flying machine for amusement '30 apparatus that will be adaptable to all kinds and types of passengers. In spite of the undulating natureof the track, by proper manip'ulation of the control lever the car may be maintained in substantially horizontal position, and it is this control feature that affords one of the attractive points of this invention. 7 a In the accompanying drawings is shown a preferred embodiment of this invention. 40 Referring to the drawings:

which the cars are operated.

Figure2 is a view in elevation. V e t Figure 3 is a side view ofthe truck part of the car, showing itsconnection with the track. I F igure 4 isan end view similar to Figure 3.

Figure l is a plan view of the trackway on showing the trackway' o0 Figure 5 is a side elevation of the car and Serial No. 342,336.

its support, without the truck mechanism for supporting the car on the track.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the car.

Figure 7 is a vertical, longitudinal section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a section on the line l0-1O of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a section on theline 11-11 of Figure 8.

Figure '12 is a Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a side elevation of the manual control and the tiller apparatus for the car. Figure 14 is a front elevation thereof, taken on the line l l -l i of Figure 13.

' Figure 15 is a section on the line 15-15 of Figure 13.

Figure 16 is a bottom plate.

Figure 17 is a bottom trol segments.

Figure 18 is a detail view of one of the control stick yokes.

Figure 19 is a detail View of one of the control stick segments. v

Figure 20 is a detail of another control segment. I

Figure 21 is a section on the line 21-21 of Figure 7.

Figure 22 is a section on the line 22-22 of Figure 21.

Figure 23 is'a diagrammatic view of the contacts, Wiring and motor apparatus for controlling the car.

Figure 24 is a detail side elevation of a contact arm and roller.

Figure 25 is a section on the line 2525 of Figure 24:. I f

This invention particularly relates to a truck mechanism for supporting the appa ratus upon the track and its combination with the car and car control features and the track itself, and for the purpose of fully section on the line 12-12 of plan view of the tiller plan view of the condefining applicants invention, the nature of the car and its control are Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is a supporting base for the non-rotating standard 2. This standard, as will be seenin Figure 21, is hollow and forms a passageway for after described. This sleeve 3 is attached to the support 2 by the set screws 4. Mounted upon the sleeve and stationarily attached thereto is a gear 5 pinned to the support shaft 2 by the pin 6.

The circuit is preferably a 220 volt circuit,

one side of which is groundedat 7 on the side designated 8, while the other side 9 is provided with a two-way switch 10. This switch engages on one side with the automatic con trol lead 11 thatis in turn connected by the wire 12 to the contact full circle ring 13 and by the wire 14 to the less than semi-circular contact ring 15; and by the wire 16 to the lessthan semi-circular contact ring 17. The switch 10 is adapted to engage on the other hand with the manual control lead 18 which engages through the wire 19 with the full circle contact bar 20. 7

Referring further to Figure 23, it will be noted that the manual control,'which is that control operated by the operator in the seat, operates as follows. The contact ring 20 engages with a contact finger 21 that moves" with the seat, being carried upon the depend ing arm 22 that issuspended from the seat structure and turns without being fastened to the sleeve 23 on the bracket member 24.

This contact member 21 is connected by the wire 25 to the contact member 26 which controls the banking of the seat, that is,its lateral movement on a fore and aft axis; and to contact member 27 that controls the elevator motor which is the motorthat regulates the fore and aft movement of the seat on a transverse pivotal axis or the axis the seat may have assumed in itsbanking operation; and to the contact member 28 which controls the turn'motorthat revolves the seat in either direction. 7

It will be understood that these motors are reversible, that these contacts control the re versing of the motors as well as the direction of movement. The position of the contacts 26, 27 and 28 is determined by the operators hands, and the foot-operated tiller plate 30 operated by the operators feet.

I The bank contact 26 is adapted to engage with either of the spaced contact segments 31 or 32. Engagement with the contact segment 31 leads the current through the wire 33 to the bank motor 34 and thence by .wire 35 to the ground 36. Contact between the contact 26 and the segment 32 leads the current to through the wire 37 to the motor 34 and thence by wire 35 to the ground 36 and the motor turns in a clockwise direction. When the contact 26 is in a neutral position between the segments 31 and 32, the motor israt rest.

Likewise the elevator motor 38 is controlled by the engagement of the contact member 27 On the other hand, the contact member 27* when it'engages with the segment 43 and which in turn is attached to the wire 44 and the motor 38, results in moving the motor 38 in a clockwise directlon.

Turning to the contact member 28, 1 5'W1ll be noted that when it engages the segment 45,

the current will be conveyed through the wire 46 to the turn motor 47 which is grounded by the wire 48 to the ground 49. This results in the counterclockwise movement of the motor. Upon the engagement of the contact member 28 with the segment 50 the cur rent is led through the wire 51 to the motor 47, which turns in a clockwise direction. The contacts 26 and 27 are controlled by thecontrol stick 29. The control stick controls the banking and the elevating. Thetillerfplate 30'controls the turn motor 47, which determinesthe rotation of the seat.

Referring to the automatic control, the function of which will be explained 1n detail I hereinafter, the mechanism forthis purpose consists of the following: To bring the seat back to its normal, inoperative position, so far as rotation is concerned, I employ. the sta V tionary contacts 15 and 14,'wh ch are located one below the other instaggered relationship,

as each of them is substantially less than a semiecircle. As will, be seen in Figure 22,

there is a gap 52 and 53at either end between the segments, so that the contact members 54 and 55 located one above the other,may come to rest in an area where neither of them engages their respective contact segments 15 and 17, so that the motor will come to rest and will have returned the chair to its normal 'inoperative position. The contact member 54 is connected by the wire 54 to the counterclocke wise side of the turn motor, while the contact member 55 is connected by the wire 56 to the clockwise side of the motor.

Turning to the automatic circuit for bringing the elevator motor back to neutral, ,horia Zont'al position of the chair, the movable contact finger 57 is adapted to engage with the full circle 13, which is stationary.

between 61 and 62 without contact with either 1 57 in turn. is connected to the wire 58 and the wire, 59 is motor 38 by. the wire 64.

Turning to the automatic control 7 of '1 The con tact segment 61 is connecteidto'the counterclockwise side of the; elevator motori38 bythe wire 63. The segment 62 is connected to the clockwise side of the elevator,

of the bank motor to. bring the chair back through the bank motors operation to its normal inoperative position, from' a lateral dipping by reason of banking, I provide a wire 65 that is connected to the wire 58. The free end of thewire 65 has a contact member 66 whichisnormally locatedbetween the spaced segments 67 and 68. -Th-e segment 67 is connected by the wire 69 to the bank motor 34 so that when this engagement is made the bank motor will turn in a counterclockwise direction. On the other hand, the contact 66 when it'en'gages with the segment 68 is connected to the clockwise side of the bank motor 34 by the wire 70. When the contact member 66 is located between 67 and 68 the motor is atlrest and the chair has been brought to its horizontal position with respect to its lateral tipping.

j Thus I provide two systems, one of manual control, by which the operators skill is necessary in order to maintain'the proper direction andihorizorital position of the chair, and an automatic control that is located remote from the chairto be controlled by an 0 outside operator so that at the end of the amusement period the outside operator can 'switchthe current from the manual control manager of the amusement apparatus.

Turning from the circuit to the specific mechanism, it will be noted that the chair 71 is mounted upon a plate 72 having depending arms 73 which can be seen both in Figure 7 and particularly in section in Figure 9. These arms are mounted on the shafts 73 and 74, which are pinned to the arms by thepins 75 and '76. The shafts are jour nalled in line with one another in the block 77. The pin 7 8 carried by the block is adapted to engage with spaced ears 79 on the rear bracket arm 7 8. This limits the lateral movementof the chair, the arms 73 and the plate 72. The chair, plate and arms are rotated by applying power to the shaft 74 through the worm gear 80 which is mounted thereon.

This worm gear is driven bya worm 81 I mounted on the shaft 82' carried in the vertical sleeve 83 of thesupportingplate 84. Th'e'lower end of this shaft 82 is provided with a second worm gear 85 that is clutched to the shaftby the tapered clutch member 86, which is forced into. engagement, as will be seen in Figure 12, to the interior of the worm gear sleeve 87 by the spring 88, the free end of which abuts against the washer 89 of the shaft 82.

A key 90 works in a keyway 91 on the interior of the tapered clutch plug 86 to guide it inwardly and outwardly on the shaft 82 and to cause it to turn with the shaft 82. A ring 92 is pinned by the pin 93 to the shaft 82 and is located between the shoulder 94 on the shaft 82- and the gear 85, to provide a bro-ad frictionsurface on the side of the gear opposite theclutch sleeve 87. This gear 85 is engaged by aworm 95 which is carried on the armature shaft 96 of the bank motor 34. This bank motor 34 is suspended from the underside of the supporting plate 84.

This plate 84 also carries the block 77 which is attached thereto by the set screws 97. The

block 7 7 and the plate 84 turn together with of the shafts 7 3 and 74. A key 100 attaches this shaft 98 to the block 77. The free ends of this shaft are supported in the upstanding spaced ears 101 on the upper end of the bracket supporting member which is 'swivelly mounted upon the upper end of the hollow standard 2 by means of the inverted hollow cylindrical structure, generally designated as the bracket member 24 that is adapted to rotate upon the hollow standard 2. This rotation iseffected by the turn motor 47 and its associated mechanism, which will be hereinafter described.

Before describing the turn motor, however, I will now describe the elevator mechanism which operates the shaft 98 to throw the seat fore and aft for elevating purposes. The shaft 98 carries the worm gear 102. The worm'gear 102 is in turn driven by worm 103 on the shaft 104, the lower end of which has mounted thereon the worm gear 105 which meshes with the worm 106. This shaft 104 is carried in the sleeve 107, which is a part of the bracket supporting member 24. The worm 106 is mounted on the armature shaft 108 of the elevator motor 38 that is suspended from the underside of the plate bracket support 109, which is formed as a part of the rotatable swinging bracket-support 24. The lower end of the shaft 104 is provided with a clutch mechanism similar to that mounted on the shaft 82 and like numbers indicating similar mechanism.

Turning to the turn mechanism shown in side elevation in Figure 7 and in plan in Figure 8, it will be noted that the motor 47 is mounted upon a motor supporting plate or bracket 110 which is a part of the bracket supporting member 24. This armature shaft 111 of this motor drives a worm 112 that en- I to rock laterally.

for revolving the elevating mechanism to neutral, horizontal position, I provide an in.- sulated segment 11? which is carried on an arm 118 on. the shaft 98. It carries the contacts (31 and .62 while the supporting plat form 109 carries the contact member 60. j

With respect to the automatic mechanism for restoring'the banking mechanism to neutral, horizontal position, I provide a segment 119 which in turn is carried by the arm 120 on the elevator shaft 74. The end of this segment carries the contacts 67 and 68 while the contact member 66 is carried on the bracket121. This bracket 121 is mounted on the sleeve 83. p v

The seat '71 has depending from it a heel ooard 122, a floor board 123 and semi-circu ar dashboard 124. ()n this floor board 123 here is mounted a pair of spaced brackets and 126, which serve to support the shaft 27 on which is pivotally mounted the bracket 128 carrying control stick 29. This conl stick is provided with a sleeve 130 having a laterallyextending and forwardly pro ectin arm 131, from which depends a link '3 132 which, at its free end, is'pivotally connected to a bellcrank 133. This bellcrank carries on its other free depending arm the elevator segment 134 which carriesthe contacts 39 and 43. This segment is free to rotate on the shaft 127.

Another segment 135, known as the bank segment, carrying the contacts 31 and 32 is provided with an upstanding pin or finger 136 which has an eye 13l' for receivingthe shaft 127 on which it is pivotally mounted. As the'stick 29 is pivoted at 138 on the stub shaft support 139 that is fitted into the brackct 128, it can rock laterally and when it does so the aw 140 of the sleeve 130 engages the upstanding pin 136, causing the segment 135 As this segment carries the contact'member 27 engaging alternately with the contacts 39'and 43 on the segment 134 of the ele-- vator, the fore and aft movement of the control stick 29 Wlll move the elevator 43 so that when the stick is pushed forward the chair hand the chair will turn to the right, and

when pulled to the lefthand thefchair Willtilt to the left, but such movement does not disturbthe relative position of the segment 134, its contacts and the contact member 27,

which is carried on the segment 135, as these. two segments travel together as a body when 1 the stick 29 is moved laterally.

The elevator rudder plate is pivotally mounted on the upstanding standard 141 mountedon the floor'board 123. The feet of the operator engage the respective arcuate ends142 of the rudder plate. The contact member 28 1s stationarily mounted upon the standard 143 on the floor board 123 so that it will alternately engage'with the contacts and on the underside of the rudder plate.

The lugs 144 serve as stop lugs which engage with the bracket 24 to limit the fore and aft movement of the chair. The clutches pro-- 1(l9. means for the motor to continue to turn even if the chair is stopped in its position so that the gears will not be stripped or the sulat'ing material to insulate the chair from V the remainder of the mechanism,

Referring to Figures 24 and 25, a typical,v

contact member such as 54 consists of a roller supported in a box-.54 ona'flexible strip-54 for maintaining the contact roller in yield-, ing position. v r

Method of operation It will be understood that my invention.

comprehends the use of avswivelly and pivotally mounted chair in which the operator sits, the position of which the operator endeavors to controlby a hand lever 29 control-' ling the fore. and aft tilting and the lateral tilting of the chair, and a foot control guiding mechanism which controls the position in which the chair'faces, and the rotation of.

the'chair for so positioning it. As the motors are continuously turning in one direction or the other, except as the contacts happen to pass over the neutral points, and as the seat of the operator in the chair plus the weight of the chair itself and its mechanism will tend to tilt the chair in one direction or the other, it will require considerable skill to maintain the chair in neutralposition, where it is horizontal. That is the objective of the person sitting in the chair and being amuse Y By pushing the lever 29 forward the chair is dipped forwardly. By pulling the lever towards the occupant of the chair the chair tilts backwardly. By movingthe lever to the righthand the chair will tilt to the right and by moving the lever to the lefthand the chair will tilt to the left. By pushing on the tiller plate 30 with the right foot the chair willrevolve in a clockwise direction, and by understoodthat the contacts 13, 15, 17 and 20- pushing with the left foot it will revolve in a counterclockwise direction. It will be are stationary and that all the other contacts :move with the chair. f

When the automatic control is connected in circuit, and the manual control is rendered inoperative, the following occurs: The conapplicants amusement apparatus.

tact 54 in engagement with the contact 17, serves to revolve the chair in a counterclockwise direction until the contact 54 leaves the contact 17, which is stationary. If the momentum of the chair is sufiicient, it may be brought to a position where the contact 55 engages the contact 15, which will returnfthe chair in the opposite orv clockwise direction.

This alternate movement continues until the contacts finally come to rest on the dead spot away from the contacts 15 and 17 so that the chair is automatically brought to rest.

The movement is similar to thatof a pendulum whose movement finally dies out and it comes to rest in a vertical position.

The same thing is true of the contact with respect to the contacts 61 and 62, as to the elevator or fore and aft tilting movement. The same thing is also true with respect to contacts 66, 67 and 68, as tothe banking or lateral tilting movement.

In Figures 5 and 7 the seat and its supporting standard 2 are shown as being supported by a base member 1, but in the present instance the standard 2 is supported by a truck frame as shown in Figures 3 and 4. Figure 1 shows a general layout of the trackway that is adapted to be used in connection with i In this figure the reference numeral 147 is used to indicate the loading and unloading platform, r where passengers enter and leave the cars.

The trackway itself is indicated by the numeral 148' and is'shown to be crooked and having a serpentine shape. In Figure 2 this trackway is shown to have various elevations,

some of them abrupt and others less abrupt in their ascent anddescent. The gradual elevation of the track is shown by the numeral 149, while the more abrupt ascents and declines' are represented by the referencenumeral 150. I

The tra'ckway used in connection with this device consists of two rails, a lower rail 151 and'an-upperrail substantially vertical above the first rail, and indicated by the numeral 152; l Vhile under normal conditions these rails'are supposed to be one above the other,

at curves the rails'may be adjusted so as to preserve the equilibrium of the seat as much as possible; or they may be used at the curves one above the other as in straight lines of the track, The lower rail is supported by tie members 153. Extending upward from the'tie members and resting upon the upper surfaces thereof are bracket members 154. These bracket members are U-shaped with one of the prongs resting upon the'ties :and supporting the lower rail, while the other rail is suspended from the other prong and fastened thereto by means of bolts, or any other suitable means.

Bracing the brackets 154 are braces 155 attached to the ties at one end and the upper part of the bracket at the other end so as to hold the trackways in rigid position.

Traveling along the trackways are cars- 155. Thesecars are supported by truck members which have frames, indicated by the numeral 156. Suitably mounted upon each frame is a motor 157, which has the usual motor shaft 158 that has on the end thereof the gear 159, which meshes with two other gears 160 on truck wheels, as shown in Figure 3. These truckwheels are indicated by the numeral 161, and are used as drive wheels.

The gears 160 and the drive wheels 161 are mounted upon common shafts 163, which are supported in arms 162 extending diagonally downward from the frame part of the truck. These drive wheels are operated by means of the motor through the gear 159 which" meshes with each of the drive wheel gears that operate the drive wheels to cause the whole vehicle, and its supported seat to travel along the trackway.

The outer peripheries of the drive wheels have flanges on each side thereof, indicated by the numeral 164. These flangesprovide grooves 165, in which the tracks 151 and 152 engage for the purpose of holding the whole apparatus upon the trackway and to keep it from tilting.

Extending from the frame part of each apparatus there is an arm 166, which has there on two rollers 167 which contact with each side of the lower flange of the upper rail for means of switches under control of the opera'-' tor stationed on the loading and unloading platform the motor may be controlled for the purpose of starting and stopping the apparatus at any time, and also the position of the seat occupied by the occupant of the car may be controlled for the purpose of getting on and getting off the seat.

After the apparatus is started and the passenger is in the seat he is supposed to operate the device so as to control the position of the seat that he occupies, and for this purpose there is provided a hand operated lever 29 and a foot operated lever or bar 30. The whole purpose of this device is for the occupant, in going around the track with its curves and inclines, to maintain his seat in a horizontal position as nearly as possible,

and if he does not do this to give him a motion somewhat similar to that of an airplane the frame by means of a connecting arm 170.

This arm has in the end remote from the frame a slot 171 in which there is a bearing 172. In'this bearing the buffer wheel 169 rotates, and if anything should hit the wheel it yields, dueto the spring 17 3 located in the slot 172. This spring 17 Shes one end against the end of the slot and the other'end thereof against the bearing so that the bearing is normally held in the end of the slot remote from the frame.

In order to deaden the shock due to the rebound from the action of the spring when the obstruction is removed from the wheel 169, there is provided a bufier member 17 4, in the far end of the slot from the spring andbetween that end of the slot and the bearing. This buffer may be of wood, leather, rubber or any other substance that would tend to deaden shock caused by the bearing being forced back into its normal position through the action of the spring 17 3Q It will be observed from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, especially Figure Lthat when the passenger takes his seat at the loading platform and the apparatus is started he has nothing to do with the movement of the car along the trackway, that being absolutely under the control of the local'operator, but that the passenger does have control of the position of his seat in regard to the support on the trackway and this control is effected by means of the hand lever 29 and the foot lever 30.

It is the purpose of these levers that the occupant, in handling his car around the curves and up and down the inclines, can with proper skill'maintain his seat in substantially horizontal position. It is one of the main purposes of this invention that the occupant acquire a skill in so handling his car that he can maintain it in substantially a horizontal position regardless'of the sharp curves and the steen'inclines alon which the car travels. v L 1 I an airplane as it makesjits turns and curves is In case that he does not acquire this control the car will have substantiallythe motion of in its flight in the air. Y

I desire to-comprehend within my invention such modifications as be clearly embraced within my claims and the scope of my invention. 3 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1

1. In an amusement apparatus in conbi- 2. In an amusement apparatus in combi- V nation with an undulating and curved track way, a truck supported by and movable along said trackway, a seat supported by said truck, and means adjacent said seat to adjust said seat to a horizontal position regardless .of the-vertical position of the truck and the seat support.

3. In an amusement tion with an undulating trackway, a seat supported by and movable along said trackway, and means adjacent said seat and operable to tilt said seat rearward when going down an incline.

4;. In an amusement apparatus in combination with'a curved trackway, a seat sup ported by and movable along said trackway, and means operable from said seat to tilt said seat laterally to maintain said seat in a horizontal position when rounding curves apparatus in combine-"- nation with an undulating and curved trackway, an-operators'seat, said seat being supported for rotation and fore and aft and lateral tilting, and power means to operably maintain saidseat in a horizontal position and'in a forward direction as the seat moves along said trackway;

6. In an amusement apparatus, a track way, a truck member adapted to move along said trackway, an operators seat supported by said truck, andpower means operable from said seat to rotate said seat as the truck moves along said trackway.

7. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway, a truck member adapted to move along said trackway, an operators'seat supported by said truck, and power means operable from said seat to tilt said seat laterally as the truck moves along said trackway. j

8. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway, a truck member adapted to move along saidtrackway, an operators seatsupported by said truck, and power means operable from said seat to tilt said seat backward and forward as the truck moves along said trackway. 9

ally and forwardly'and backwardly as the truck moves along saidtrackway.

10. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway having vertically-disposed rails, a truck' supported by and adapted to move along said trackway, an operators' seat supported by,

-disposed.rails, a truck supported by and "adapted to move along said trackway, an "operator s seat supported by said truck, and means operable from said seat to move said saidti'ucln and means to tilt said seat as said truck moves along sald trackway.

'11. In an amusement apparatus, a curved .trackway having vertically disposed rails, a 'truck supported by and adapted to more along SEL1Cl-t-I&Cl(Wly,'aIl operators seat supported by said truck, and means to tilt said seat'laterally to overcome the tilting ofthe seat duet-o the seat traveling on said curved trackway.

- 12. In an amusement, apparatus, an undulatingtrackway having vertically disposed rails, a truck supported, by and adapted to move along saidtrackway, an operators seat supported by said truck, and means operable fromsaid seat to maintain said seat in a horizontal position as the truck passes over the undulating trackway.

13. Inan amusement apparatus, an undulatin and curved trackwav having vertically seatto adjust it to a horizontal position as the truck moves along saidtraclnvay.

'14:. In an amusementapparatus, an undulating and curved trackway having vertically disposed rails, a truck supported by and adapted to move along said trackway, an operators seat supported bysaid truck, an electric motor connected to said seat and fadaptedtorotate the seat, and means adjacent said seat to operate said motor to rotate these at. I a

. 15. In an amusement apparatus, an undulating and curved trackway having vertically disposed rails, a truck supported by and adapted to move along said trackway, an

operators seat supported by said truck, said seat adaptedto be tilted laterallyand baek- Ward and forward, and electric motor means connected to said seat and adapted totilt said seat as the truck moves along said trackway. .16. In an amusementapparatus, an unclulating trackway having vertically disposed rails, a truck supported by andadapted to move along said trackway, an operators seat supported by said truck, said seat adapted to be tiltedlaterally and backward and forward,

motor means connected to said seat and {adapted totilt said seat, and means for operating said motor. v

z i 17; In an amusement apparatus, an undu- 'latin'g trackway, an operators seat supported by said trackway and adaptedto tilt lat- ,erally and forward andbackward, a plurality of electric motors supported bysaid seat, contact means for operating the motors selectively, and manually operated means for opcrating. said contact means, 7 18. In an amusement apparatus, an undulating trackway, an operators seat supported by said trackway and adaptedto tilt laterally and forward and backward, a plurality of --electric.motors supported by said seat, contact means for operatingthe motors selectively, and manually operated lever means for operating said contact means.

19. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a seat rotatably supported to travel on said trackway, means to rotate said seat including a motor, a current supply for said motor, and a foot-operated contact means in said current for operating erated by a personin said seat.

21. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulating traekway, a truck havinga stationary standard, a seat revolvably mounted thereon, a rotating supporting means, means on the rotating supporting means permitting of lateral and fore and aft tilting of the seat, a current supply stationarily located, a movable current take-oil moving with the seat for supplying a plurality of motors, a turn motor carried on said rotating supporting means, an elevator and a bank motor carried thereon, a plurality of rever-' vsible switches, operable from said seat for reversing the direction of said motors, a hand control for operating said switches, reversing the dlrection of the elevator and bank motors, and afoot control for reversing thedirection of the turn motor, said reversing switches of the elevator and bank motors being so arranged that they move together 'whereby they maintain their respective, relative positions so that either of them may be adjusted irrespective of the lateral or fore and aft position of the hand control.

22. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulatmg trackwa-y, a truck having a stationary supporting standard, a

seat bracket revolvable thereon, a seat mountedthereon adapted to tilt laterally and fore and aft on the bracket, motors for moving said seat rotatably on the standard and for tilting the seat laterally and fore'and aft= on the bracket,'a stationary source of current supply, a movable contact for said current supply connected to the motors carried with the seat, a plurality of reversing switches for said motors. two of said switches being manually controlled, one of said switches consisting :of a pair of spaced contact members movable with the manual control and a stationary contact member carried by the seat, a second pair of contactvmembers movable by the manual control and a second alternate contact member therefor adapted to move with the first pair of contact members whereby the lateral movement of the first pair of contact members will reverse the motor to which they are connected and the fore and aft movement of the manual means will reverse the motor to which the second pair of'contacts is connected. 23. In-an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a truck having a stationary standard, a revolving chair support mounted thereon, means for rotating said chair support and the chair, means for mounting the chair to tilt laterally and fore and aft on the support, means for moving said chair laterally and fore and aft in opposite tilting positions, a fioorboard suspended from the seat, a manual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for fore and aft and lateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supporting members connected thereto so arranged that one of them will be moved laterally with respect to the other upon the fore and aft movementof the controlstick, and both of them will move together upon the lateral movement of the control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on said members, a stationary contact adapted to engage with the 30 pairs of contacts alternately that are moved by the lateral movement of the control stick, and a movablecontact member adapted to engage with a pair of contacts that are moved by the fore and aft movement of the control 35 stick.

24. In'an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulating curved trackway, a truck having a stationary standard, a revolving chair" support mounted thereon, means for rotating said chairsupport and the chair, means for mounting the chair to tilt laterally and fore and aft on the support, means for moving said chair laterally and fore and aft in opposite tilting positions, a floorboard suspended from the seat, a manual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for foreand aft and lateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supporting members connected thereto so arranged that one of them will be moved laterally with respect to the other upon the fore and aft movement of the control stick, and both of them will move together upon the lateral movement of the control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on said members, a stationary contact adapted to engage with the'pairs of contacts alternately that are moved by the lateral movement of the control stick, and'a movable contact member adapted to engage with a pair of contacts that are moved by the fore and aft movement of the control stick, said movable contact member being adapted to move with the first mentioned pairs of contacts that engage with the'stationary contact.

5 25. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulating curved trackway, a truck havmg a stationary standard, a revolving chair support mounted thereon, means for rotating said chair support and the chair,

means for mounting the chair to tilt laterally and fore and aft on the support, means for moving said chair laterally and fore and aft in opposite tilting positions, a floorboard suspended from the seat, a manual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for fore. and aft and lateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supporting members connected thereto so arranged that one of them will be moved laterally with respect to the other upon the fore and aft movement of the control stick and both of them will move together upon the lateral movement of the control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on said members,

a stationary contact adapted to engage with the pairs of contacts alternately that are:

moved by the lateral movement of the corn adapted to engagewith a pair of contacts that are moved by the fore and aftmovement of V the controlstick, said movable contactmem-- bination with an undulating curvedtrackway, a truck having a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a ring contact for supplying current, a revolvable bracket mounted on the standard, a movable contact member suspended therefrom engaging the stationary contact for supplying cur rent to aplurality of motors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, apinion engaging V the stationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft on said Y bracket, an elevator motor suspended there from, means driven by said motorfor tilting said tilting platform fore and aft, on the rotatable'bracket, means for pivotally mount ing a chair for lateral tilting on the tilting 'trol stick, and a movable contact member platform,a motor mounted on the tilting platform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally from side to side on the tilting platform,and revolvable switches con nected to said motors controlled by thecloccupant of the seat.

'27.'In an amusement apparatus in com. binat1on with a' trackway, a ,truclrhaving-a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a ring contact for supplymg current, a revolvablebracket mounted on'the standard, am ovable contact member suspended therefrom en aging the stationary contact for supplying current to a plurality 'of motors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft on said bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven by saidmotor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on the rotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateral tilting on the tilting platform, a motor mounted on the tilting platform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally from side to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to said motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said vcontrol means consisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting, and a foot control for the rotating of the chair.

28. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a truck having a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a ring contact for supplying cur- ,rent, a revolvable bracket mounted on the Standard, a movable contact member suspended therefrom engaging the stationary contact for supplying current to a plurality of motors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft on said bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven by said motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on the rotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateral tilting on the tilting plate, a motor mounted on the tilting platform, means connected thereto for tilting'said chair laterally from side to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to said motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control control the lateral tilting of the chair.

' 29. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a truck having a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a, ring contact for supplying current, a-revolvable bracket mounted" on I the standard, a movable contact member suspended therefromengaging the stationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapt- 1 contact for supplying current to a plurality 3 of motors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationary ed to tilt fore and aft on said bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven by said motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on the rotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateral tilting on the tiltingplate, a motor F mounted on the tilting platform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally from side to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to said motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control means consisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting, a foot control for the rotating of the chair, said stick control switches being so arranged that the fore and aft movement of the stick will control the fore and aft tilting of the chair, and the lateral movement of the stick will control the lateral tilting of the chair, means on said tilting platform for limiting the fore and aft movement thereof, and means associated with the chair for limiting the lateral tilting of the chair with respect to the tilting platform.

30. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a meandering trackway, a truck having a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a ring contact for supplying current, a revolvable bracket mounted on the standard, a movable contact member suspended therefrom, engaging the stationary contact for supplying current to a plurality of motors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft on said bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven by said motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on the rotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateral tilting on the tilting platform, a motor mounted on the tilting platform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally from side to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to said motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control means consisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting, and a foot control for the rotating of the chair, said stick control switches being so arranged that the fore and aft movement of the stick will control the fore and aft tilting of the chair, and the lateral movement of the stick will control the lateral tilting of the chair, means on said tilting plate for limiting the fore and aft movement thereof, and means associated with the chair for limiting the lateral tilting of the chair with respect to the tilting platform, and clutch means associated with said tilting platform, and clutch means associated with said tilting motors for permitting their continued movement when the tilting in any direction has reached its limit.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

LEVITT LUZERN CUSTER.

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