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runat gaat @nicht @Mira cHELMsEonn, Mns- Letters Patent No. 94,234, dated August 31, 1869.

FLYING-HORSE MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatcnt and making part of the same.

'To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known thatwc, GEORGE L. NEWHALL and JOHN F. CUMMINGS, both of Chelmsford, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the apparatus whichwe call the Flying-HorseMachine, 'of which thev following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a central verticalsection.

Figure 2, a top view. L

Figure 3, a Itransverse section on the line A B of iig. l, showing the balls c in the annular groove.

In the construction of dur improved-machine, Ywe employ a rod or shaft, a., the lower endjof which is firmly secured in a base orcross-staud, l), to be fastened to -the ground or to a floor.

Upon this shaft we place a shell-shaft, d, which has projecting arms j; near its upper end. Beneath these aims are braces hto support them, and above said arms, and connected near their outer ends, and to the top of the shell-'shaft, are truss-rods, g, forming double supports for the arms.

The horses B are attached to suspension-rods C,

which are loosely connected to or near the ends of the projectingV arms, and in such manner that when the machine is rotated, 'the horses swing outward by centrifugal force, and this gives them the appearance of iiying through the air.

lSurrounding the lower end of the central shaft a, and secured thereto, is an annular base' or a shell, which has a half roundl groove, and above this shell is another similar one secured to the shell-shaft d.

The two grooves are in form and size the same, and form an annular round groove, for the reception of shot or balls, which we place therein. These balls c support the shell-shaft, the arms, and the horses, and the riders, and greatly relieve the friction betweenl the parts.

and the balls in the annular groove; then if one of these parts or devices should become deranged, the

other is ample to support the load, and allow the apparatus to be used,while the deranged or disabled part is undergoing repairs, or being renewed, and as the machine is intended as a medium for diversion, recreation, 01' healthfulv exercise, where a small fee is colleeted of each participant, it is rather important tol the owner, or the person in charge, that it should be in operating-condition continually.

The dri-ving or propelling-mechanism consists of two gears, or two friction-wheels m, engaging wit) a similar device, '11, secured to the lower portion of the shell-shaft, the former being arranged on accrossshaft, p, supported in bea-rings at'either side of ,the shaft d.

The shaft h is provided with cranks g', on each end thereof', bywhich to turn the shaft to operate the machine. The shaft p may be a continuous one, or in two parts, each having a driver, m, to operate beneathv the corresponding device n, on the shaft d, and each capableof operating the machine without the aid of the other.

The shell in which the annular groove is formed, and in which the friction-balls are placed, may be arranged above the shaft p, and the hase of the spindle extended upward, if preferr d,withont departing from the principle of this inventi n, but the positionV of the shaft 1), and the gears or devices m, beneath the similar device 11,011 the shell-shaft d, we consider Vthe best, as it favors or insures the positive engagement and operation of such gears or actuating-mechanisms.`

We claim the combination and arrangement of the

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