CA2097240A1 - Tubular toy or/and amusement structure - Google Patents

Tubular toy or/and amusement structure

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CA2097240A1
CA2097240A1 CA 2097240 CA2097240A CA2097240A1 CA 2097240 A1 CA2097240 A1 CA 2097240A1 CA 2097240 CA2097240 CA 2097240 CA 2097240 A CA2097240 A CA 2097240A CA 2097240 A1 CA2097240 A1 CA 2097240A1
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Mihail Ion Marcu
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/002Air-actuated track systems, e.g. with air cushion
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63GMERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G7/00Up-and-down hill tracks; Switchbacks

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Abstract

TUBULAR TOY OR/AND AMUSEMENT STRUCTURE
Abstract A tubular toy is proposed which is made of transparent tubes arran-ged in form of a roller coaster,the propulsion being made with a little fan and along the tubes being propelled small vehicles con-taining human figures the tubular toy could be made as complica-ted as possible as far as concerning the tubular guideway;the toy develops the sense of handling and space to children and even adults.

Description

TUBULAR TOY OR/AND AMUSEMENT STRUCTURE

The invention relates to a toy using tubes and ~neumatic ~ro-~ulsion-this toy being in form of a roller coaster with tubes but the structure could be used also for a real roller coaster if the size ic an~rc~iate for accomodating human beings.
The existing systems use guides in form of rails and this is determining the vehicles sometimes to derail.Also ,com~licated mecha-nisms are necessary for elevating the vehicles again for doing the roller coaster evolution. These are disadvantages making the systems com~licated and unsafe.
The above disadvantages are eliminated by the ~resent invent~ion by the fact that the toy com~rises:
-a trans~arent tubular guideway in form of a closed circuit _whereby the tubular guideway has a tridimansional form made of 100~8, s~irals,straight areas-inclined or horizontal _whereby the said tubular guideway has 2 o~en cut se~itubular areas and a vent with means to adjust the air vented -whereby the lenght of the o~en cut semitubular areas are as follows:
the first one (called the entering area) has a lenght of more than three diameters of the tubular guideway and the second one(called the air injection area) having a lenght of at least 2 diameters of the tubular guideway _whereby the said vent being ~laced at a distance of at least 15 diameters of the tubular guideway - - 2~97240 -also the toy containing tube vehicles able to move inside of the tubular guideway -whereby the tube vehicles having antifriction means like rollers : or felt/teflon collars -whereby the sense of travelling of these tube vehicles being uni- -directional -whereby the succesion of the vent,entering area and airinjection area being: vent,entering area,airinjection area and the direction of travelling of the said tube vehicles being from vent to the b airinjectiOn area,the area petween vent and entering area being :~ called the braking area ~ ~ ~
-also the toy contains~ cess ~latforms ~laced on each side of the ~ entering area,these ~latform~ being mobile(haying the same s~eed as i tube vehilces in the entering area or fixed ~ ~
/~ -also the toy contains: a sensing device to sense any ~rotruding object out of the tube vehicles able to interfere with the tubu-lar guideway -whereby the sensing device is nlaced on the tubular guideway at one end of the entering area 1 20 _also the toy contains: a mechanical driving system for the tube ~ vehicles,this driving system being a closed belt conveyor or chain able to ~ositively drive the tube vehicles by friction between the bottom of the tube vehicles and the rubber of the belt or by some dog arrangement and chain , 2~ -also the toy contains: a source of com~ressed air,being it a fan ~ or a coM~ressor ,a ~lenum chamber enlosing the airinjection area and -I a manifold connecting the exit of the source of com~ressed air with I the ~lenum chamber 2 - 209724~

-also the toy containing: human figures either real or made of ~lastic able to stay inside of the said tube vehicles ~HE WAY of using the tubular toy is as follows:
The source of comnressed air is started,the air is as~ired from atmos~here and injected in the ~lenum chamber ;at the begining we have the whole area of entering, till the nlenum chamber filled with tube vehicles,that is the tubular guideway is full in those ; areas with tube vehicles;also there are at least 2-3 tube vehicles unstream the entering area-in these areas the tube vehicles be~g 10 bum~.~er to bumnerswhen the mech?~nical driving system is started, the tube vehicles are moved in a forced way against the ~ressure of the air source,then,immediately a tube vehicle is nas~ing the ~ ~lenum chamber area, it will be moved by the air sun~lied by the ¦ source;so the tube vehicles , one by one will be launched from the ¦ /~ area with mQchanical driving system and distributed along the tubular guideway;but the unstream of the entering area is blocked ¦ by at least 2 tube vehicles,the air escaning through the vent;
~ the means to adjust the vented air are adusted so that to have ¦ some over nressure in the u~stream area of the entering area so 2~that the tube vehicles to be nressed bumner to bum~er in the entering area and also to be ke~t moving at slow s~eed(the s~eed of the mechanical driving system);when a tube vehicle is coming with high , sPeed ,this will enter in the braking area , will brake and then i will come in a bumner to bumner ~osition with the bumner to bumner ~ ~Sstring of tube vehicles moving slowly towards the air injection area ~, 3 " . . ...... ~., - , . .. ,,, , . . . ~ , . ~

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inside of the tube vehicles are the human figures made o~ ~lastic or real,they being introduced into the tube vehicles via the access ~latforms,also when the travel is considered finished then the human figures are getting out also via the access ~latforms ~The invention is develo~ing the sense of space and han~ling ability for children and even adults.
Below is given an examnle of illustrating the invention in connec-tion with Fig l and Fig 2 re~resenting:
Fig 1- a ners~ective view of the tubular toy lo Fig.2-a ~ers~ective view of the access ~latforms,mechanical drive I and the comresed air source As it is seen in the illustration, the tubular toy is comnrising:

-a trans~arent tubular guidewa ~in form of a closed circuit t :~
_whereby the tubular guideway has a tridim~hsional form3 made of /Sloo~s~s~irals~ traight areas~ nclined ~or horizontal -whereby the said tubular guideway has 2 oDen cut se~itubular areas~ ID
and a vent with meansrto adjust the air vented /3 -whereby the lenght of the o~en cut semitubular areas are aQ follows:
3~ the first one~ called the entering area) has a lenght of more than ~, ~othree diameters of the tubular guideway and the ~econd on ~called the air injection area) having a lenght of at least 2 diameters of the tubular guideway _whereby the said vent being ~laced at a di~tance of at least 15 diameters of the tubular guideway 20~7240 -also the toy containing tube vehicles able to move inside of the tubular guideway -whereby the tube vehicles having antifriction means~ ike rollers or felt/teflon collars S -whereby the sense of travelling of these tube vehicles being uni-directional -whereby the succesion of the vent,entering area and airinjection area being: vent,entering area,airinjection area and the direction of travelling of the said tube vehicles being fram vent to the lo airinjectiOn area,the are~ between vent and entering area being called the braking are ~ ~ . ~
-also the toy contains:access olatforms~ laced on each side of the t;ll entering area,these Platforms being mobil ~ha ing the same s~eed as ', tube vehilces in the entering area or fixed ~
also the toy contains: a sensing devic ~ o sense any ~rotruding object out of the tube vehicles able to interfere with the tubu-lar guideway ~i -whereby the sensing device is nlaced on the tubular guideway at one end ~of the entering area ¦ 2~ Oalso the toy contains: a mechanical driving system~ or the tube vehicle~,this driving ~ystem being a closed belt conveyor~or chain , able to oositively drive the tube vehicles by friction between the bottom of the tube vehicles and the rubber of the belt or by some dog arrangement and chain _also the toy contains: a i~ource ~f com~ressed air,being it a fan24 or a co~oressor ,a Plenum chambe ~en~osing the airinjection area and ~.
., 2~
a manifold~c'onnecting the exit of the source of com~ressed air with :. the Plenum chamber ~

-also the toy containing: human figures~ ither real or made of ~lastic able to stay inside of the said tube vehicles THE WAY of using the tubular toy is as follows:
The source of com~ressed air is started,the air is as~ired from atmos~here and injected in the ~lenum chamber 7at the begining we have the whole area of entering, till the nlenum chamber filled with tube vehicles,that is the tubular guideway is full in those areas with tube vehicles;also there are at least 2-3 tube vehicles ! u~stream the entering area-in these areas the tube vehicles bei~g bum~er to bum~er7when the mechanical driving system is started, the tube vehicles are moved in a forced way against the ~ressure of the air source,then,immediately a tube vehicle is ~assing the ~lenum chamber area, it will be moved by the aîr su~nlied by the 1 source7so the tube vehicles , one by one will be launched fro~, the ¦ k area with m~chanical driving ~ystem and distributed along the tubular guideway:but the unstream of the entering area i8 blocked by at lea~t 2 tube vehicles,the air escaning through the vent, the means to adjust the vented air are adusted so that to have some over ~ressure in the u~stream area of the entering area 80 ', 2~ that the tube vehicle9 to be ~ressed bumner to bumner in the entering area and al~o to be ke~t moving at ~low s~eed(the sPeed of the mechanical driving ~ystem)7when a tube vehicle i~ coming with high ~eed ,this will enter in the braking area , will brake and then will come in a bum~er to bum~er nosition with the bumner to bumner 2~ ~tring of tube vehicles moving slowly towards the air injection area inside of the tube vehicles are the human fi~ ~ of 71astic or real,they being introduced into the tube vehicles via the access ~latform9~also when the travel is considered finished then the human figures are gatting out also via the access ~latforms The invention is develo~ing the sense of space and han~ling ability for children and even adults.
Below is given an exam~le of illustrating the invention in connec-tion with Fig l and Fig 2 re~resenting:
Fig 1- a ~ers~ective view of the tubular toy b Fig.2-a ~ers~ective view of the access ~latforms,mechanical drive and the com~resed air source A9 lt i6 seen in the ill~tration, the tubular toy is camnrising:

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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive privilege is claimed are as follows:
1.Tubular toy characterized by the fact that contains:
-a transparent tubular guideway in form of a closed circuit -whereby the tubular guideway has a tridimansional form made of loops,spirals, straight areas-inclined or horizontal -whereby the said tubular guideway has 2 open cut semitublar areas and a vent with means to adjust the air vented -whereby the lenght of the open cut semitubular areas are as follows:
the first one (called the entering area) has a lenght of more than three diameters of the tubular guideway and the second one(called the air injection area) having a lenght of at least 2 diameters of the tubular guideway -whereby the said vent being placed at a distance of at least 15 diameters of the tubular guideway -also the toy containing tube vehicles able to move inside of the tubular guideway -whereby the tube vehicles having antifriction means like rollers or felt/teflon collars -whereby the sense of travelling of these tube vehicles being uni-directional -whereby the succesion of the vent,entering area and airinjection area being: vent,entering area,airinjection area and the direction of travelling of the said tube vehicles being from vent to the airinjection area, the area between vent and entering area being called the braking area -also the toy contains:access platforms placed on each side of the entering area,these platforms being mobile(having the same same as tube vehilces in the entering area or fixed -also the toy contains: a sensing device to sense any protruding object out of the tube vehicles able to interfere with the tubu-lar guideway -whereby the sensing device is placed on the tubular guideway at one end of the entering area -also the toy contains: a mechanical driving system for the tube vehicles,this driving system being a closed belt conveyor or chain able to positively drive the tube vehicles by friction between the bottom of the tube vehicles and the rubber of the belt or by some dog arrangement and chain -also the toy contains: a source of compressed air,being it a fan or a compressor ,a plenum chamber enlosing the airinjection area and a manifold connecting the exit of the source of compressed air with the plenum chamber -also the toy containing: human figures either real or made of plastic able to stay inside of the said tube vehicles
CA 2097240 1993-05-28 1993-05-28 Tubular toy or/and amusement structure Abandoned CA2097240A1 (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN106110672A (en) * 2016-08-26 2016-11-16 济南爱动动漫科技有限公司 motorcycle toy track
WO2018006560A1 (en) * 2016-07-06 2018-01-11 骆运章 Connecting piece for toy track and toy track

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2018006560A1 (en) * 2016-07-06 2018-01-11 骆运章 Connecting piece for toy track and toy track
CN106110672A (en) * 2016-08-26 2016-11-16 济南爱动动漫科技有限公司 motorcycle toy track

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