JPH08299599A - Traveling tool transport device and running tool transporting method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention automatically and easily receives and delivers a traveling tool such as a sled or coaster that slides down from the summit to the foot of a mountain using a natural slope at the summit and the foot. It is an object of the present invention to provide a traveling tool transfer device and a traveling tool transfer method capable of improving the traveling rotation efficiency of the traveling tool. According to the present invention, there is provided a carrier 12 movable from one platform to the other platform, and the carrier 12 holds a held portion 4a of a traveling tool 4 waiting on one platform. It is characterized in that a traveling tool holding portion 16 for releasing the holding at a predetermined position of the other platform is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling tool transporting apparatus and a traveling tool transporting method, for example, a sled running down a traveling path laid at the foot of a mountain in an amusement park or other amusement facility. The present invention relates to a traveling tool transfer device and a traveling tool transfer method for transferring a traveling tool such as a cart from the foot of a mountain to the summit of the mountain.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a running path such as a U-shaped groove has been laid from the summit to the foot of a mountain using a natural slope, and running tools such as sleds and coasters for one or two passengers are laid along the running path. Downhill play has spread nationwide as a healthy play or sport, and is especially popular with children and young people. The player rides on the running equipment in a few seconds from the top of the mountain, which is the start position, to the foot of the mountain, which is the goal position.
After that, I carried the running gear again to the top of the mountain and enjoyed running many times.

[0003]

The above-mentioned traveling equipment has a weight of 8 kg even if it is light, and weighs about 30 kg when it becomes heavier. Therefore, a means for conveying the traveling equipment to the summit is required. In such cases, since there is a charge system, efficient transportation of the traveling tool is desired in order to improve the rotation efficiency.

[0004] Conventionally, as a traveling tool carrier of this type,
A monorail that travels along a rail laid on the ground is used, and the traveling equipment is transported by loading the traveling equipment on the monorail on the foothill side platform and unloading it on the mountaintop side platform. The traveling tool can be easily and efficiently transported to.

However, even with this type of transporting device, the traveling equipment must be artificially loaded onto and unloaded from the monorail on the mountaintop and foothill side platforms, and the loading and unloading work of the traveling equipment still remains. The present situation is that it is troublesome and complicated, and it causes congestion of the traveling tool, and further improvement of the traveling rotation efficiency of the traveling tool is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and enables the traveling tool to automatically and easily receive and deliver the traveling tool at the summit and the foot of the mountain, and the traveling rotation of the traveling tool. An object of the present invention is to provide a traveling tool transporting device and a traveling tool transporting method that can improve efficiency.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, a traveling tool carrier according to the present invention comprises a carrier 12 movable from one platform 7 to the other platform 8, and The carrier 12 is provided with a running tool holder 16 for holding the held part 4a of the running tool 4 waiting on one platform 7 and releasing the holding at a predetermined position 8A of the other platform 8.

[0008]

In the traveling tool transporting apparatus of the present invention, the traveling tool 4 standing by on one platform 7 is held by the traveling tool holding portion 16 of the carrier 12 and moves to the other platform 8 together with the carrier 12. Then, the traveling tool holder 16 is
By releasing the holding of the held portion 4a of
To the other platform 7.

Accordingly, one platform of the traveling tool 4
Loading from 7 to the carrier 12 and unloading from the carrier 12 to the other platform 8 can be automatically performed by the holding of the running tool holding unit 16, and it is not necessary for the player or the like to perform work such as loading. Absent.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a traveling tool carrier according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, as a play facility in which the traveling tool carrier of the present embodiment is used, as shown in FIG.
An amusement facility in which a traveling path 1 on which the traveling tool 4 can freely travel is provided from the summit A to the foothill B will be described. The running tool 4 used in the amusement facility of this embodiment has a pair of left and right rear wheels and one front wheel, and a handle 4a capable of rotating the front wheel is located above the running tool body. It is projected.

As shown in FIG. 6, the traveling path 1 extends from the start position A1 of the mountain top A at the high place of the play facility to the goal position B1 of the foothill B of the low place while having an appropriately curved portion 3 on the ground.
It is laid in 5.

At the foot of the mountain B, there is a runway at the goal position B1.
A foot-side platform 7 to which 1 is connected, and a foot-side platform 8 to which the running path 1 at the start position A1 is connected are provided at the summit A, respectively.
In the present embodiment, the foothill side platform 7 corresponds to one of the platforms 7 of the present invention, and the foothill side platform 7 is different from the goal position B1 to the receiving position 7B (the position where the carriage 12 receives the traveling tool 4). It is a concept that points up to.
Similarly, the mountaintop platform 8 corresponds to the other platform 8 of the present invention, and is a concept that points from the delivery position 8A (the position where the carrier 12 is delivered from the carrier 12) to the start position A1.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 17 denotes the ground 5 from the foot position B1 of the foot B to the start position A1 of the foot A so that the traveling tool 4 can be conveyed from the foot platform 7 to the foot platform 8. It is a guide path formed in a substantially concave shape.

The play facility in which the traveling tool carrier according to the present embodiment is used has the above-described structure. Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, the rail laid between the platforms 7 and 8 will be described.
The traveling tool carrier of the present embodiment, which is composed of a monorail 12 as a carrier capable of traveling on 10, will be described below. First, the rail 10 on which the monorail 12 travels will be described.

The rail 10 is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3,
A hollow square pipe with a rack 10a attached to the lower surface constitutes a circulation path having a substantially 8-shape in plan view, and the rail 10 extends along a U-shaped groove 11 provided on the ground 5 via a support member 9. It is supported. Further, a trolley 10a is attached to the U-shaped groove 11 in parallel with the rail 10, and electric power for driving the carrier 12 is supplied to the trolley 10a.

Further, the rail 10 is, as shown in FIG. 4, a receiving position of the traveling tool 4 of the foothill side platform 7.
7B to the delivery position 8A of the traveling tool 4 on the mountaintop platform 8
Is provided so as to be located at a constant height with the guide path 17 up to and above the guide path 17 in front of the delivery position 8A and before the reception position 7B. . Further, in order to allow the monorail 12 to enter the receiving position 7B from the same direction as the traveling direction of the traveling tool 4, the rail 10 is substantially parallel to the guide path 17 in plan view in front of the receiving position 7B as shown in FIG. Is provided. Further, the trolley 10a is provided in front of the delivery position 8A and the delivery position 7B.
Are configured to emit a delivery signal and a reception signal, respectively.

The monorail 12 traveling on the rail 10 having the above-described structure is an upper roller 14 rotatable on the rail 10.
And a drive pinion 13 capable of meshing with the rack 10b are rotatably supported, and a built-in electric motor that constantly receives rotation from the trolley 10a to rotationally drive the drive pinion 13 is obtained. .

Further, in FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 16 denotes a traveling tool holding portion mounted in a state of extending from the main body side of the monorail 12 to both sides. The traveling tool holding portion 16 is composed of an arm portion 16a which is rotatable horizontally with respect to the monorail body, and a cylinder 16b which is a drive portion for rotating the arm portion 16a. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the arm portion 16a is rotatably attached to a monorail body and a cylinder 16b, and the cylinder 16b is rotatably attached to a monorail body rearward of the arm portion 16a. The extension of the cylinder 16b causes the arm 16a to move
The four handles 4a are formed so as to be able to move in and out from behind the traveling tool 4. As described above, in this embodiment, the handle 4a corresponds to the held portion of the traveling tool 4.

Further, the cylinder 16b is constructed so as to contract before the transfer position 33 by the transfer signal transmitted by the trolley 10a and expand before the transfer position 28 by the reception signal transmitted by the trolley 10a. There is.

The present invention has the above-mentioned structure. Next, an example of its use will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the monorail 12 enters the foothill side platform 7 and receives a reception signal from the trolley 10a, the cylinder 16b extends and the arm portion 16a pivots in the forward direction, whereby the traveling tool holding portion is held. 16 is open on both sides of the monorail body and descends along rail 10 (step).

Then, after finishing the run, the running tool 4 which moves from the goal position B1 by its own weight and stands by at the receiving position 7B
The handle 4a (held part) is held by the running tool holding part 16 of the monorail 12 that has entered the receiving position 7B from the rear of the running tool 4 (step).

By the monorail 12 traveling on the rail 10 as it is, the traveling tool 4 travels on the guide path 17 together with the monorail 12 (step).

When the monorail 12 enters in front of the delivery position 8A of the mountain side platform 8 and receives the delivery signal from the trolley 10a, the cylinder 16b contracts and the arm portion 16a rotates to the rear side of the traveling tool 4. By doing so, the traveling tool holding portion 16 is folded to the monorail body side, and the monorail 12 releases the holding of the traveling tool 4 and
Rise along 10 (steps).

[0025] A traveling tool released from the holding of the monorail 12
4 moves within the mountaintop side platform 8 by its own weight and stops at the start position A1 of the mountaintop side platform 8 (step).

On the other hand, the player who has moved from the foot of the mountain B to the summit A can ride on the running tool 4 stopped at the start position A1 of the platform 8 on the summit side and slide on the running path 1. When the running tool 4 arrives at the goal position B1, the empty running tool 4 which the player has descended will wait at the receiving position 7B of the foothill B as described above, and the carrying work of the running tool 4 will be sequentially performed. Will be done.

In the above embodiment, since the transfer of the traveling tool 4 from the foothill side platform 7 to the monorail 12 and the transfer from the monorail 12 to the mountaintop side platform 8 are performed by the rotation of the arm portion 16a. This eliminates the need for a person or a player to move the running tool 4, and a transfer device for the running tool 4 is not needed, which reduces the cost of the entire facility.

Further, since the rail 10 is constructed as a circulation path, a plurality of monorails 12 can be circularly traveled, and the single traveling tool 4 can be sequentially and quickly transported. Therefore, there is an advantage that the traveling tool 4 can be automatically and efficiently transported and the rotation efficiency of the traveling tool 4 is improved.

Further, since the rail 10 is provided in the U-shaped groove 11, even if there is a play facility in a mountainous area where the amount of snow is large, the rail 10 may be damaged due to heavy snow pressure. It has the advantage of being small. In other words, the amusement facility is often installed to use the ski resort in the summer, and in this case, if the rail 10 is laid so as to project from the ground as it is, the rail 10 will be damaged or cut due to snowfall during the winter. However, since the rail 10 is provided in the U-shaped groove 11, the rail 10 is less likely to be damaged by snow due to the presence of the U-shaped groove 11.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate. That is, the traveling tool holder 16 of the traveling tool carrier according to the present invention is not limited to one in which the arm portion 16a rotates to move in and out of the held portion 4a, and is fixed to the carrier 12. It is also possible that the traveling equipment that stands by on one platform 7
It suffices as long as it can hold the held part 4a of 4 and can release the holding at the predetermined position 8A of the other platform 8. For example, in the case where the running tool holder 16 is fixed to the carrier 12, the running tool holder 16 may hold and release the running tool 4 with a magnet. As shown in FIG. 4, the rail 10 and the like are moved up and down near the receiving position 7a and the delivering position 8b so that the traveling path of the carrier 12 and the traveling path of the traveling tool 4 are different from each other, whereby the traveling tool 4 is held and released. It may be one.

However, in the present invention, the running tool holding portion 16
Is preferably composed of an arm portion 16a that can freely move in and out of the held portion 4a, and a drive portion 16b that moves the arm portion 16a in and out. This allows the running tool 4 to be easily and reliably held and released. It is possible to As described above, even when the traveling tool holding portion 16 is configured by the arm portion 16a and the driving portion 16b, the specific configuration is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, and the arm portion 16a is directed outward. The drive unit 16b is not limited to the cylinder.

Further, in the present embodiment, the running tool 4 having one front wheel and a pair of left and right rear wheels and the handle 4a protruding from the above has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the wheel and the handle 4a.
The design of the sled-type running tool 4 without the provisions such as can be appropriately changed. For example, in the case of the traveling tool 4 that is not provided with the handle 4a, the traveling tool transport device according to the present invention is one that holds and transports the main body of the traveling tool 4, or the main body of the traveling tool 4. It can be changed to one in which the rear portion is pushed to convey.

Further, the carrier 12 may be equipped with a radio wave starting means and a receiving means for receiving the radio wave of the carrier 12 in front in order to detect the carrier 12 in front.
12 receives about 2 to 3 when receiving the radio wave of the carrier 12 in front.
You can stop without contact at intervals of m,
It is possible to prevent a collision with the stopped front transport body 12.

In the above embodiment, since the monorail having the electromagnetic motor is used as the carrier 12, each carrier
The drive of 12 can be controlled, for example, the drive can be stopped when the traveling tool 4 is not present at the receiving position 7B, and there is an advantage that the carrier 12 is not moved unnecessarily. Body 12 is not limited to a monorail.

That is, the traveling tool carrier according to the present invention may be any device provided with a carrier 12 movable from one platform 7 to the other platform 8, for example, a carrier towed by a rope or the like. It may have twelve.

In the above embodiment, the guide path 17 is formed in the ground 5 from the goal position B1 to the start position A1 in a substantially concave shape, but the guide path 17 may have any shape. The ground 5 from one platform 7 to the other platform 8 may be used as it is.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, since the traveling tool 4 is conveyed by traveling on the guide path 17, it is possible to easily move to the other platform 8 after holding the traveling tool 4 on standby. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and, for example, the traveling tool 4 is floated from the ground 5 and is moved to the other platform 8 together with the carrier 12 while holding the held portion 4a, and the other platform. The holding may be released in step 8.

Further, in the present invention, moving means such as a belt conveyor may be provided in the guide path 17 to the receiving position 7B and the guide path 17 from the delivering position 8A.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, on the guide path 17 from the delivery position 8b of the other platform 8, a moving means 8C composed of a belt conveyor for moving the traveling tool 4 in the traveling direction is provided, When the traveling tool 4 is formed to move faster than the traveling speed of the monorail 12 by the means 8C, the traveling tool holding portion 16 is provided in the carrier 12 formed so as to be able to move back and forth from the rear side of the traveling tool 4. Even if the traveling tool holding portion 16 does not recede with respect to the held portion 4a, the holding of the traveling tool holding portion 16 can be released. The moving means 8C here is not limited to the belt conveyor, and the above advantages can be obtained if the traveling tool 4 can be moved faster than the monorail 12, and for example, the guide path 17 can be inclined. It may be attached to use the own weight of the running tool 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a moving means 7C composed of a belt conveyor for advancing the traveling tool 4 in the traveling direction is provided on the guide path 17 to the receiving position 7B of one platform 7 and the receiving position 7B is provided. When the traveling tool 4 is present in the vehicle, the operation of the traveling means 7C is stopped and the movement of the traveling tool 4 is stopped. Only when the traveling tool 4 is not present in the receiving position 7B, the traveling means 7C is moved.
If the traveling tool 4 is controlled to move to the receiving position 7B by activating the above, only one traveling tool 4 is located at one receiving position 7B, and a plurality of traveling tools 4, ... It can be prevented from being transported by the two traveling tool holders 16, and
This has an advantage that the running tool holder 16 is not overloaded. The moving means 7C is not limited to the belt conveyor, and the above advantages can be obtained if the moving means 7C can control the movement of the traveling tool 4 to the receiving position 7B.
For example, the guide path 17 in front of the receiving position 7B may be provided with an inclination, and a stopper body that operates depending on the presence or absence of the traveling tool 4 at the receiving position 7B may be formed so as to be retractable from the guide path 17.

Further, even when the rail 10 for traveling the carrier 12 is laid according to the present invention, its specific structure is not limited to the rail 10 of the above embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate. Is. However, laying on the ground 5
By arranging the rail 10 without being exposed to the outside as it is provided in a member that covers the outside such as the U-shaped groove 11, etc., even if it is an amusement facility with a large amount of snow, the rail is also affected by heavy snow pressure. It has an advantage that 10 is less likely to be damaged.

[0042]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the receipt of the traveling tool waiting on one platform and the delivery of the traveling tool on the other platform are automatically performed by holding the traveling tool holding portion of the carrier. Since it can be done automatically, workers and players etc. can load it as in the past,
Compared with the case of loading and unloading, it has an effect that it can be performed easily and quickly, the rotation efficiency in the amusement facility can be improved, and the facility is simple and the facility cost is low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional rear view of an embodiment of the present invention in which a traveling tool is conveyed from a foothill side platform to a mountaintop side platform.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a side view schematically showing the transportation of the traveling tool from the foothill side platform to the mountaintop side platform.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an automatic transport system.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an outline of the entire amusement park facility.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an outline of movement of a traveling tool on a foothill side platform of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an outline of movement of a traveling tool on a mountaintop side platform according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... running path, 4 ... running tool, 4a ... handle (held part),
7: Foothill side platform (one platform),
7B ... Receiving position, 8 ... Mountain side platform (other platform), 8A ... Transfering position, 10 ... Rail, 12 ... Conveyor (monorail), 16 ... Traffic tool holding part, 16a ... Arm part,
16b ... Cylinder, 17 ... Guideway, A ... Mountain top, A1 ... Start position, B ... Foothill, B1 ... Goal position

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A traveling tool carrier for transporting a traveling tool (4) standing by on one platform (7) to the other platform (8), wherein one platform (7) to the other platform (7) 8) is equipped with a carrier (12) that can move up to 8), and the carrier (12) holds a held part (4a) of a traveling tool (4) waiting on one platform (7). A traveling tool carrier device comprising a traveling tool holding portion (16) for releasing the holding at a predetermined position (8A) of the other platform (8). 2. The running tool holding part (16) is an arm part (16a) which can freely move in and out of a held part (4a) of the running tool (4), and a moving part of the arm part (16a). The traveling tool carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a drive unit (16b) for performing the above. 3. A traveling tool (4) standing by on one platform (7) by means of a carrier (12) is provided on the other platform.
In the method of transporting the traveling tool for transporting to (8), the held portion (4) of the traveling tool (4) standing by on the one platform (7) is
The carrier (12) holds a), and the carrier (12) holds the traveling tool (4).
While holding, move to the other platform (8), and at the predetermined position of the other platform (8), the held part (4a)
The traveling tool conveying method, characterized in that the traveling tool (4) is transferred to the other platform (8) by releasing the holding of the traveling body (12). 4. The arm portion (16a) of the carrier (12) moves back and forth with respect to the held portion (4a) of the traveling tool (4),
The method of transporting a traveling tool according to claim 3, wherein the traveling tool (4) is held and released. 5. A running tool (4) held by the carrier (12) is run on a guide path (17) formed from one platform (7) to the other platform (8). The traveling tool transport method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the traveling tool (4) is transported.