JPH0522237Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a lifting device for efficiently pulling up a game slider that has finished sliding on a runway to the starting end of the runway.

(Prior art and its problems) In amusement parks, etc., runways are arranged using natural or artificial mountain slopes, and players ride sliders down the runways. There are some gaming devices. In such a device,
Players ride lifts placed along the runway and climb up to the entrance of the runway located at a high position. However, no suitable lifting mechanism has been devised for the slider; for example,
The slider is suspended from a hook on the back of the backrest of the lift on which the player rides and can be pulled up.

However, in order to raise the slider in this way, it is necessary for a worker to lift the slider and hang it on the hook, and after the slider has been pulled up to the entrance of the runway, the slider must be removed from the hook again. I have to take it off and take it down. Moreover,
For such work, the slider is very heavy, so
It's hard work.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lifting device for a gaming slider that eliminates such conventional problems.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to drawings showing embodiments. In the game slider lifting device of the present invention, a long lifting member 3 that moves at a predetermined speed toward a higher position is arranged along a runway 1 extending from a higher position to a lower position. ,
A plurality of connecting members 36 are attached to the elongated member 3 at predetermined intervals along the material axis direction, and the connecting members 36 taper toward the moving direction A of the elongated member 3. The slider 7 has a connecting member 73 that is tapered toward the lifting direction of the slider 7, and a connecting member 36 on the slider side can be fitted into the connecting member 73 from the side opposite to the lifting direction. A connecting hole 74 of a suitable size is formed, and a slit with a width that allows the elongated member 3 to be attached and detached is formed in the connecting hole 74, and the elongated member 3 is inserted into the connecting hole 74 through this slit. 3 is held in the mouth, and one of the connecting members 36 on the elongated member side is fitted into the connecting hole 74 on the slider side, so that the slider 7 is connected to the elongated member 3. It is said to be characterized by

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elongated member 3 for salvage includes a tow rope 3 for salvage spanning between the high position and the low position, and a drive mechanism 31 for driving the tow rope 3. A moving mechanism is provided on the lower portion 3a of the towline 3 to move the slider 7 that has finished sliding to a position where the towline connecting member 36 can be inserted into the connecting hole 74 of the slider 7. 1
b, 3a, and 33 are arranged, and a slider 7 connected to the tow rope 3 is placed on the higher side portion 3b of the tow rope 3 so as to direct the slider 7 in the same direction as the tow rope 3.
A coupling release mechanism 5 is disposed that moves the coupling member 3 on the towline 3 side from the coupling hole 74 of the slider 7.
6 is removed, and the tow rope 3 is also removed from the slit, thereby releasing the coupling state between the slider 7 and the tow rope 3.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in the figure, the device to which the present invention is applied has a slider runway 1 formed in a curved shape along the slope of a mountain, and the high side of the runway, that is, the entrance 1a side, A tow rope 3 is spanned between the runway end 1b, which is an example of a low position. As will be described later, after the slider has finished sliding down the runway 1, the slider moves to the lower portion 3a of the towline 3.
Then, it is connected to this towline 3, and then pulled up by the towline 3 to a higher position 3b. Thereafter, the slider is disengaged from the towline 3 and reaches the runway entrance 1a by means of a decoupling mechanism 5 arranged between this portion 3b and the runway entrance 1a.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing the arrangement state of the above-mentioned towline 3. As shown in the figure, the towline 3 of this example is a circulating rope, and the high position side portion 3b of 2 has a groove. It is stretched around a drum 31, and is moved by the grooved drum 31 at a constant speed in the direction of arrow A in the figure. Moreover, this towline 3 is spanned over guide rollers 32, 33, and 34, and the direction of the towline 3 coincides with the direction of the runway 1 by the guide roller 33 of these. Furthermore, two rails 35 are arranged in parallel on both sides of the tow rope 3 at a site on the towing side of the tow rope 3.
As shown in FIG. 2B, connecting members 36 in the shape of a truncated cone are fixed to the tow rope 3 at regular intervals. The connecting member 36 has a small-diameter end face located on the side in the moving direction A of the tow rope 3.

Next, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the back side of the slider 7 described above. As shown in the figure, the slider 7 has a vertically elongated shallow dish shape, and a substantially T-shaped mounting bracket 71 is attached to the tip side of the back surface thereof. That is, as shown in FIG. 2B, a portion 71a of the mounting bracket extends toward the distal end side of the slider 7, and this portion 71a is in a state where it can rotate around another portion 71b. Also, part 71a
A spring 72 is provided between the rear surface of the slider and the rear surface of the slider for retracting this portion 71a toward the rear surface of the slider.
is located. Here, a cylindrical member 73 having a truncated cone shape is supported at the tip of the portion 71a, and a connecting hole 74 extending in the front-rear direction of the slider is formed in this cylindrical member 73. This hole 74
is tapered toward the tip of the slider 7, and the connecting member 36 of the tow rope 3 described above can be inserted from the rear end of the slider. Further, a slit is formed on the lower side of this cylindrical member 73 over the entire length in the direction of the material axis.
The towline 3 can be inserted into and removed from the hole 74 through this slit. Figure 1 shows this connecting hole 7.
4, the connecting member 36 is inserted into the slider 7, and the slider 7 is connected to the slider 7 by a tow rope.

Next, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the above-mentioned connection release mechanism 5. As shown, this mechanism 5 includes a towline 3
Two flat belts 53 are stretched in parallel between a driving roller 51 and a driven roller 52, with the higher side portion 3b sandwiched therebetween. This flat belt 53
is driven at twice the speed of the towline 3 in this example.
Therefore, after being pulled up by the tow rope 3, the slider 7 riding on this flat belt 53 moves faster forward with respect to the connecting member 36 of the tow rope 3, so that the connection of the slider 7 The connecting member 36 is removed from the hole 74. When the connecting member 36 comes off, the cylindrical member 73 of the slider 7 is pulled toward the back side of the slider by the spring 72, so that the tow rope 3 also comes off through the slit on the lower side of the cylindrical member 73. Therefore, the slider 7 completely separates from the towline 3 side. In this way, the slider 7 separated from the tow rope 3 reaches the roller 56 by the flat belt 53, and then slides on the roller 56 to the runway entrance 1a.
leading to. Here, a limit switch 55 as a safety mechanism is arranged at a lower position in the longitudinal center of the flat belt 53. At the point when the slider 7 gets on the flat belt 53, in the unlikely event that the slider 7
When the tow rope 3 and the flat belt 53 cannot be separated from each other, the cylindrical member 73 pushes down the limit switch 55, so that the device power is cut off and the tow rope 3 and the flat belt 53 are stopped at the same time. Therefore, safety can be ensured and accidents can be prevented.

In the device of this example configured as described above,
After sliding down the runway 1, the slider 7 on which the player got off faces the same direction as the towline 3 at the portion 3a of the towline 3, and therefore the slider 7 that is moving into the connecting hole 74 faces the same direction as the towline 3. The connecting member 36 of the cable 3 is inserted (see FIG. 1). The slider 7 connected to the towline 3 in this manner is then pulled up by the towline 3. Then, the slider 7 is connected to the connection release mechanism 5.
When it rides on the flat belt 53 of
comes off. In this way, the slider 7 that has separated from the tow rope 3 returns to the entrance 1a of the runway 1.
leading to.

(Effect of the invention) As explained above, according to the device of the invention,
Since the slider is connected to the tow rope, which is a long part for retrieving, it is possible to retrieve the slider easily and efficiently. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the slider can be automatically connected to and detached from the elongated member for retrieval, so that the retrieval work of the slider can be carried out more efficiently. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a partial side view showing the state of connection between the slider and the towline in an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2A is a diagram showing the entire arrangement of the towline, and Fig. 2B is a diagram showing the state of the connection between the slider and the towline. FIG. 3 is a back view showing the back surface of the slider, and FIG. 4 is a plan view and a side view showing the connection release mechanism. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Runway, 3... Tow rope, 36... Connection member, 5... Connection release mechanism, 7... Slider, 74
...Connection hole, A...Movement direction of the tow rope.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A device for raising a slider to a high position again after it has run on a runway that extends from a high position to a low position, wherein there is a space between the high position and the low position. A salvage elongated member that moves at a predetermined speed toward a higher position is arranged, and a plurality of connecting members are attached to the elongated member at predetermined intervals along the material axis direction. The connecting member has a tapered shape toward the moving direction of the elongated member, and the connecting member is attached to the slider and has a tapered shape toward the pulling direction of the slider. The member is formed with a connecting hole large enough to fit the connecting member on the slider side from the opposite side to the pulling direction, and a slit in which the elongated member can be attached and detached. , the slider is connected to the elongated member by fitting one of the connecting members on the elongated member side into the connecting hole on the slider side. Slider lifting device.