EP0140238A2 - Appareil d'exploitation mobile, pour divertissements publics - Google Patents

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EP0140238A2
EP0140238A2 EP84112171A EP84112171A EP0140238A2 EP 0140238 A2 EP0140238 A2 EP 0140238A2 EP 84112171 A EP84112171 A EP 84112171A EP 84112171 A EP84112171 A EP 84112171A EP 0140238 A2 EP0140238 A2 EP 0140238A2
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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
    • A63G27/00—Russian swings; Great wheels, e.g. Ferris wheels
    • A63G27/02—Russian swings; Great wheels, e.g. Ferris wheels with special movements of the seat-carriers
    • 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
    • A63G2200/00—Means for transporting or storing public amusement arrangements
    • 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
    • Y10T74/18—Mechanical movements
    • Y10T74/18544—Rotary to gyratory

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  • the invention relates to a device designed for amusement for the amusement of the people.
  • the invention has for its object a novel amusement device for popular amusements such as fairs or the like. to create, with which surprising movement effects can be achieved.
  • This object has been achieved according to the invention by a passenger gondola, the head ends of which can be moved on circular tracks in mainly perpendicular parallel planes.
  • the passenger gondola is expediently an elongated platform with several rows of seats in a row. If the head ends are moved on perpendicular circular paths parallel to one another, the horizontally oriented longitudinal axis of the passenger gondola, for example, also moves on a circular path or describes the passenger gondola as it moves a cylinder.
  • the innovation according to the invention offers the advantage that the head ends can run at unequal speeds on the associated circular paths, as a result of which the passenger gondola also performs tilting or rocking movements at the same time. It is also possible to move the head ends in opposite directions on the assigned circular paths and to additionally vary them with different movement speeds. Multiple novel movement effects can advantageously be achieved.
  • the ride according to the invention is characterized, according to a further development, by two supports which can be set up at a predetermined distance from one another, between which the passenger gondola is suspended on arms which can be moved radially around the ends of the supports.
  • the arms can be pivoted relatively easily radially around bearings held by the supports, the passenger gondola hanging on the arms being carried along.
  • each support has a drive element for the radial movement of the associated boom.
  • This drive element can be a hydraulic motor, for example, by means of which the boom is moved. Since each boom has its own drive element, the movement effects described above and combinations of the movement sequences of the passenger gondola can be carried out by indivi Realize duel control of the drive elements with simple constructional means.
  • the passenger gondola moves on a path corresponding to the circumference of a cylinder when the arms move, if both arms assume identical pivot positions within the circular paths they describe.
  • the passenger gondola extends diagonally through the imaginary cylinder described above. Since the diagonal is longer than the length of the cylinder, which is ultimately determined by the distance between the supports, at least one of the circular paths is pulled out of the vertical plane or the brackets are subjected to bending.
  • a compensation device for the changing distance between the circular paths.
  • a compensating device can be designed, for example, in such a way that each boom is pivotably articulated on the respective support about an axis directed transversely to its longitudinal axis.
  • the compensation be direction includes a radial rotary head mounted in each support with a joint on which the associated boom is pivotally articulated about an axis aligned transversely to the longitudinal axis of the boom.
  • the passenger gondola is connected to the booms via a longitudinal sliding bearing, which provides the necessary length compensation in the manner of a telescopic guide, without the booms being deflected from the vertical circular path they describe.
  • Scissor rods in the manner of parallelogram-shaped articulated quadrilaterals can also be used as compensation devices.
  • the passenger gondola is composed of sections which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the gondola.
  • the passenger gondola can have the seats supporting frame of the passenger gondola telescopically guided portions, located gegenein at a necessary length compensation without loss of strength which - can be moved on the other.
  • This shifting movement overlaps with the rocking and pendulum movements of the passenger gondola, which is caused by the radial movement of the booms around their articulation points on the supports.
  • the sections of the passenger gondola can also be coupled to one another via scissor linkages which can be used as compensation devices.
  • a swivel bracket of the radial rotary heads can also be provided for the necessary compensation, so that the radial rotary heads can move correspondingly articulated relative to the stationary supports.
  • the above-described embodiments of the compensation device can also be installed simultaneously or independently of one another in a ride.
  • the areas of the head ends of the passenger nacelle are articulated with universal joint bearings at the ends of the arms. Due to the articulation with universal joint bearings, the passenger gondola can be kept in an upright position that is comfortable for the passengers during the driving operation, above all because, according to another development, the overall focus of the passenger gondola outside the circular paths described by the universal joint bearings around the radial rotary heads of the Support and therefore lower than the universal joint bearing.
  • each boom is extended beyond its articulation points on the support and that a counterweight is arranged on the extended boom section.
  • the counterweights can be used to absorb loads caused by centrifugal forces and the like relatively easily.
  • the counterweights make it possible, in particular in an advantageous manner, that relatively poorly performing units as drive devices te can be used.
  • each support is designed as a folding mast arranged on a chassis.
  • the folding mast can e.g. be set up via hydraulic cylinders so that the ride is almost completely ready for operation after the passenger gondola has been attached as soon as the chassis for each folding mast have been moved into the position intended for them.
  • Chassis 1 and 2 with indicated wheels 3 carry supports 4 and 5 designed as fold-up masts. Chassis 1 and 2 are set up parallel to each other at a predetermined distance and supported and secured by spacer plates 6 and 7. At the free end of each support 4 and 5, a radial rotary head 8 or 8a is mounted, which is rotatable about the horizontal axis 9 or 9a by means of an associated drive element, not shown.
  • Each radial head has a joint as a compensating device, which holds a boom 10 or 10a, which can be pivoted relative to the radial rotary head about the articulated axis 11 or 11a oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the boom, which is indicated by dashed lines.
  • the radial rotary head also has a tab 12 or 12a on which a gas pressure cylinder or the like. Shock absorber element is supported in order to dampen the pivoting movements of the boom about the articulation axis 11 or 11a.
  • Each boom has one beyond the radial turret 8 extended section 13 or 13a, on which a counterweight 14 or 14a is arranged.
  • each boom there is a universal joint 15 or 15a.
  • the head ends 16 and 16a of a passenger gondola 17 are connected to the brackets 10 and 10a via the universal joints 15 and 15a.
  • the passenger nacelle 17 With a radial movement of the arms 10 and 10a about the axes 9 and 9a of the radial rotary heads 8 and 8a of the supports 4 and 5, the passenger nacelle 17 can be moved on a circular path and thereby assume different inclined positions, due to which a multitude of variations of the Movement effects of the passenger gondola can be achieved.
  • Dashed lines indicate an inclined position of the passenger nacelle, which is achieved in that the arms 10 and 10a are moved independently of one another, that is, each arm separately, and thus have different positions within their circular paths described about the axes 9 and 9a.
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the fairground ride according to FIG. 1.
  • the same components are identified by the same reference numbers.
  • With 18 and 19 are designed as a folding mast supports 4 securing stiffeners.
  • the circular path 20 described by the passenger gondola 17 when the boom 10 moves radially about the axis 9 is indicated by a dash-dotted line.
  • FIG. 3 shows a partial view of a passenger gondola, which in this embodiment consists of two sections 17a and 17b.
  • Section 17a has support tubes 21 and 22 in the bottom region.
  • the section 17b has support bars 23 and 24 located in the bottom region, which extend over the end face. 25 of section 17b of the passenger gondola extended and telescopically inserted into the support tubes 21 and 22.
  • Sections 17a and 17b can thus be pushed back and forth in the direction of the double arrow drawn between the two sections, the length of the entire passenger gondola changing.
  • Such an arrangement serves as a compensation device for distances between the ends of the cantilevers that change during operation of the amusement ride, so that a compensation device with the axes 11 and 11a according to FIG. 1 can optionally be dispensed with.
  • FIG. 4 shows a detailed view of a universal joint bearing 15, with which the end of a cantilever 10, or 10a, which is not shown here, is equipped.
  • a further embodiment of a compensating device has been realized in that a support sleeve 26 is attached to the still visible head part 16 of the passenger nacelle, which can move back and forth on a sliding guide 28 connected to the cage 27 of the universal joint bearing 15 in the direction of the double arrow 29 .
  • the sliding guide is supported in a bow cross member 30, which has a strong gusset plate 30a with the cage 27 of the universal joint bearing 15 is rigidly connected.
  • the length of the sliding guide 28 is dimensioned in such a way that the changes in the distance between the ends of the booms which occur during the operation of the amusement ride are compensated for.
  • Carrying sleeve 26 and sliding guide 28 thus represent a compensating device which is designed as a sliding bearing.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show further possibilities for a compensation device, in which top views of a passenger gondola are shown schematically.
  • Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of compensating devices as scissor linkages 31 and 31a from parallelogram-like square joints.
  • the scissor linkages 31 and 31a are arranged between the head parts 16 and 16a and respectively adjacent end faces 32 and 32a of a passenger gondola 17.
  • a scissor linkage 31 can also be placed between two sections 17a and 17b of a passenger nacelle as a compensating device, whereby the function of such a compensating device is comparable to the function of the compensating device shown in FIG. 3.

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EP0140238A3 (en) 1986-03-12
ATE40797T1 (de) 1989-03-15
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