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EP0036200B2
EP0036200B2 EP81101900A EP81101900A EP0036200B2 EP 0036200 B2 EP0036200 B2 EP 0036200B2 EP 81101900 A EP81101900 A EP 81101900A EP 81101900 A EP81101900 A EP 81101900A EP 0036200 B2 EP0036200 B2 EP 0036200B2
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Karl Böhme
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G9/00—Swings
    • A63G9/08—Looping-the-loop swings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G9/00—Swings
    • A63G9/16—Driving mechanisms, such as ropes, gear, belt, motor drive
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/19—Gearing
    • Y10T74/19628—Pressure distributing

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  • the invention relates to a circular ride with a passenger carrier, which is attached to the free end of a cantilever arm that can be rotated and driven about a horizontal axis and is movable with the latter, the counterweight only compensating for the tare weight of the passenger carrier, that several, each of its own on the gearwheel Oil or DC motor mounted gear concentric with the axis is driven by a pinion.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of driving a cantilever arm which can be rotated about an axis and is eccentrically loaded, and for this purpose to apply the large torque required for this purpose via a gear drive of reasonable dimensions.
  • this object is achieved in that the cantilever arm is extended beyond the axis to a second cantilever arm that bears a counterweight, and a pinion driven on the cantilever arms works, and in that the gear wheel is part of a rotary bearing connection.
  • the elasticity of the oil motor drive or DC motor drive compensates for differences in the individual pinions.
  • the hydraulic drive enables the implementation of a freewheel (which is preferably provided at least during the downward movement of the rocking basket) with the simplest means, namely by a by-pass to the oil motor or motors, in which a valve opens as soon as the pressure conditions (when Change to downward travel).
  • the drive power acting on the cantilever arm should preferably be the same over the entire circular path of the passenger carrier.
  • the drive according to the invention can be used with success in other round rides of the present type.
  • the passenger carrier is rigidly attached to the free end of the cantilever arm and is essentially shaped in accordance with a section of the circular path described by the end of the cantilever arm.
  • the desired imbalance has the effect that the movement of the passenger carrier is delayed in the rising branch of the circular path and accelerated in the falling branch. The passengers therefore have the impression of flying a loop or driving in a car.
  • That impression of the passengers increases when the passenger carrier engages over a ring which essentially corresponds to the circular path and is concentric with the axis and which is also fastened to the cantilever arms.
  • the people sitting on the passenger carrier have the impression of sitting in a car and driving it along the rail formed by the ring.
  • an alternative embodiment of the round trip business according to the invention is based on a passenger carrier which is pivoted at the free end of the cantilever arm in such a way that it can be pivoted in all angular positions of the extension arm hangs horizontally, a counterweight on a compensating arm extending from the axis in the opposite direction essentially compensating for the empty weight of the passenger carrier.
  • the passenger carrier is seated on a cantilever arm extending parallel to the axis of the cantilever arm.
  • the passenger carrier on the one hand is completely free of any design structures, so that the passengers are given the impression that they are floating freely in the air.
  • This impression is reinforced if - as preferred - the seats of the passenger carrier are arranged transversely to its pivot axis, with the backrests to the cantilever arm. Also received this provides passengers with better support, which is the same on both sides, when the circular ride is in the swing mode (i.e. with changing direction of rotation).
  • the protection of the chain drive can be further increased by encapsulating it in the part of the cantilever arm designed as a housing. At the same time, the chain drive is hidden from the eyes of the passengers, and the interior of a cantilever arm designed for structural reasons is used in a sensible manner.
  • a stand 1 or 101 (FIGS. 3-6), the structural details of which do not matter in the present context, carries at its upper free end - directed sideways - the fixed part 3 of the drive arrangement and the ball pivot connection designated as 2, which in he-Figtren-1 --- and 2 is shown in more detail.
  • the cantilever arm 8 (FIGS. 3 and 4) or 108 (FIGS. 5 and 6) is fastened to the part of the ball slewing ring 2, namely a hub 4, which rotates about the axis 7.
  • the stand 1 can also consist of a carriage with several pairs of wheels, to which an axle support is pivotably articulated and can be erected with the aid of a multi-stage telescopic cylinder after each transport of the tour business.
  • the arrangement (as illustrated in FIG. 4) can be such that the axle support does not have to be pivoted into its vertical position, so that it is possible for passengers boarding the vehicle to get out at the rear.
  • Such an axle beam is braced by pendulum supports in its operating position.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the drive arrangement according to the invention, which is common to the two exemplary embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 or 5 and 6.
  • the inner ring 2 'of the ball slewing ring 2 is, as can be seen most clearly from Fig. 2, attached to the fixed part 3 of the drive arrangement.
  • the outer ring of the ball slewing ring 2 is designed as an external gear 16.
  • Four sprockets 17 engage in this ring gear, each of which is driven by a separate motor 18, for example an oil motor.
  • the motors 18 are mounted on the fixed part 3 of the drive arrangement and are connected in a suitable manner to one another and to the power supply and the control.
  • a passenger carrier 9 is rigidly attached to the free end of the cantilever arm 8. It (i.e. above all its base 11 supporting the seats 10) has the shape of a section of the circular path which it sweeps over the axis 7 when the extension arm 8 rotates. Furthermore, the passenger carrier 9 overlaps - at least apparently - a rail ring 12, which is also fastened to the free end of the extension arm 8 and, diametrically opposite to the axis, to the free end of a second extension arm 13 extending the extension arm 8 beyond the axis 7. The ring 12 accordingly rotates with the cantilever arms 8 and 13 when these are driven to rotate about the axis 7 via the ball slewing ring 2.
  • the cross-section of the ring 12 is selected so that the passengers on the seats 10 in the passenger carrier 9 have the impression that they are sitting in a car that rolls on a rail. "Overreaching" is in the present context also intervening in the ring 12 as well as any other relative position allowing the connection of the passenger carrier 9 or the extension arm 8 to the ring 12 to be understood.
  • Figures 5 and 6 show another embodiment; In this example, components which correspond to the exemplary embodiment described above but are structurally different are provided with a reference number increased by 100.
  • the stand 101 carries the drive arrangement according to the invention with the rotary ball joint 2 between the fixed part 3 and the hub 4. Both the cantilever arm 108 carrying the passenger carrier 109 and the second cantilever arm 113 carrying the counterweight 114 are fastened to the latter.
  • the passenger carrier 109 is pivotally attached to the cantilever arm 108 by means of a cantilever arm 20 approximately at the height of the passenger seats 110 in such a way that it is in a horizontal position in all rotational positions of the cantilever arm 108 (cf. FIGS. 7 and 8).
  • FIG. 6 makes it clear that the passenger seats 110 are arranged with the backrests toward the extension arm 108, in several rows that are offset in a step-like manner, the highest row being arranged next to the extension arm 108.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 show an exemplary embodiment for the parallel guidance of the passenger carrier 109 according to the invention on the extension arm 108, specifically in a schematic representation while leaving out the drive arrangement.
  • the cantilever 20 holding the passenger carrier 109 (not shown here) is mounted in the form of a pivot pin in the extension arm 108 and carries a chain wheel 125 over which a chain 124 runs.
  • the counter sprocket 126 is fastened together with a gear 127 on a pivot 131, which is also on the extension arm 108. is stored.
  • the cantilever arm 108 is divided at 132 approximately tangentially to the pitch circle of the gear wheel 127.
  • the part 123 with the chain drive 124 to 126 can be removed from the remaining part 122 by loosening screws or the like. remove, leaving the entire chain drive on part 123.
  • the gear 127 comes into engagement with an intermediate gear 128 mounted on the remaining part 122 of the extension arm 108.
  • This meshes with a fixed gear 129, which is fixed concentrically to the axis 7 on a component shown in the present example as a fixed axis.
  • the remaining part 122 of the cantilever arm 108 can be rotated about this by means of the sliding bearing 130.
  • the idler gear 128 rolls on the gear 129 and gives the gear 127 (of the same size as the gear 129) a rotation which is caused by the Chain drive 124 to 126 is transmitted to the cantilever 20 and thus the passenger carrier 109.
  • the angle of rotation of the passenger carrier 109 corresponds to that of the extension arm 108, so that the passenger carrier 109 is always held in a horizontal position. Nevertheless, the chain drive securing this relative position does not have to be touched when dismantling and assembling the circular business with the removal of the (most of the) extension arm 108.

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1. Manège forain avec un dispositif porteur de passagers (9, 109) monté à l'extrémité libre, avec laquelle il est susceptible de se déplacer, d'un bras en porte-à-faux (8, 108) susceptible de tourner et d'être entraîné autour d'un axe horizontal (7), ce bras en porte-à-faux (8,108) étant prolongé au-delà de l'axe (7) pour constituer un second bras en porte-à-faux (13, 113) protant un poids antagoniste (14, 114), une roue dentée (16), fixée sur le bras en parte-à-faux (8, 13, 113, 108) et concentrique à l'axe (7), étant entraînée par un pignon (17), manège caractérisé en ce que le poids antagoniste (14, 114) ne compense que le poids à vide du dispositif porteur de passagers (9), plusieurs pignons (17), entraînés chacun par un moteur hydraulique ou à courant continu (18), engrenant sur la roue dentée (16), et la roue dentée (16) faisant partie d'un ensemble rotatif à billes (2).
2. Manège forain selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que le couple ou la puissance d'entraînement agissant sur le bras en porte-à-faux (8, 108) reste constant sur toute la voie circulaire du dispositif porteur de passagers (9, 109).
3. Manège forain selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, dans l'entraînement du bras en porte-à-faux (8, 108), il est prévu une roue libre. _
4. Manège forain selon une des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif porteur de passagers (9) est fixé regidement à l'extrémité libre du bras en porte-à-faux (8) et est conformé de façon correspondante à un tronçon de la voie circulaire décrite par l'extrémité du bras en porte-à-faux.
5. Manège forain selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif porteur de passagers (9) chevauche un anneau (12) concentrique à l'axe (7) et correspondant dans l'ensemble à la voie circulaire, cet anneau étant également fixé au bras en porte-à-faux (8, 13).
6. Manège forain selon une des revendications 1 à 3, avec un dispositif porteur de passagers (109) qui est articulé à l'extrémité libre du bras en porte-à-faux (108) de façon qu'il soit suspendu horizontalement dans toutes les positions angulaires de ce bras en porte-à-faux (108), manège caractérisé en ce que le dispositif porteur de passagers (109) repose sur un bras formant console (20) qui s'étend à partir du bras en porte-à-faux (108) autour d'un axe parallèle à l'axe de celui-ci.
7. Manège forain selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les sièges (110) du dispositif porteur de passagers-(109) sont disposés transversalement par rapport à l'axe de pivotement de ce dispositif avec les dossiers du côté du bras en porte-à-faux (108).
8. Manège forain selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que les sièges (110) sont disposés selon plusieurs rangées dont chacune est décalée en hauteur à la façon d'un escalier par rapport à la rangée voisine, la rangée la plus élevée étant la plus proche du bras en porte-à-faux (108).
9. Manège forain selon la revendication 6, avec entre l'arbre de pivotement du dispositif porteur de passagers (109) et l'arbre immobile de rotation (7) du bras en porte-à-faux (108) un entraînement à chaîne (124) assurant dans toutes les positions angulaires du bras en porte-à-faux (108) la position horizontale du dispositif porteur de passagers (109), manège caractérisé en ce que cet entraînement à chaîne (124) passe sur une roue à chaîne (126) montée sur le bras en porte-à-faux (108) et la relie à une roue intermédiaire (127), qui engrène avec une roue intermédiaire (128), laquelle de son côté est en prise sur une roue dentée fixe (129) concentrique à l'axe de rotation (7) du bras en porte-à-faux (108), tandis qu'au moins la partié (123) du bras en porte-à-faux (108), portant l'entraînement à chaîne (124) avec la roue à chaîne (126) et la roue dentée (127), est fixée de façon amovible à une partie résiduaire (122) entourant le palier de rotation (130) du bras en porte-à-faux (108).
10. Manège forain selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que l'entraînement à chaîne (124) est logé, en étant encapsulé, dans la partie (123), formant un boîtier, du bras en porte-à-faux (108).
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