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EP0290694A1
EP0290694A1 EP87304357A EP87304357A EP0290694A1 EP 0290694 A1 EP0290694 A1 EP 0290694A1 EP 87304357 A EP87304357 A EP 87304357A EP 87304357 A EP87304357 A EP 87304357A EP 0290694 A1 EP0290694 A1 EP 0290694A1
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screens
pathways
maze
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Yuji Fukuda
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MAZE PRODUCTS Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
    • A63J11/00—Labyrinths
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B3/00—Window sashes, door leaves, or like elements for closing wall or like openings; Layout of fixed or moving closures, e.g. windows in wall or like openings; Features of rigidly-mounted outer frames relating to the mounting of wing frames
    • E06B3/90—Revolving doors; Cages or housings therefor

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  • This invention relates to mazes of the character provided at amusement parks or other such facilities, which are constructed in such a manner as to allow persons to traverse the maze and to allow the maze pattern to be changed.
  • mazes have long been constructed with an intricate network of walled pathways, some walled off to end in a blind or dead end and some open to allow passage therethrough. Such mazes are thus designed to provide enjoyment in the speedy discovery of the course of pathways capable of being traversed from the start to the finsh.
  • the pathways are usually defined by walls taller than the height of an average person, and in order to provide the maze with variety, such addtional structures as open spaces leading to multiple pathways, decks reached by climbing stairs which allow an overview of the maze pattern from above the walls, and checkpoints to form whether or not the correct course has thus far been followed, are also sometimes included.
  • the maze pattern in other words the intricate combination of pathways, some of which are walled off to form dead ends and some of which are open to allow passage, is changed from time to time.
  • the general object of this invention is to provide a convenient means for changing a maze pattern, which makes it possible to easily and effectively change the maze pattern at a specified location.
  • Structure in accordance with this invention to achieve a changeable maze pattern structure comprises pathways leading in different directions, an open space within the maze connected to the pathways, and screens having a common fulcrum at the center of the open space.
  • the screens face generally in the various directions of the pathways, and the interconnection of the pathways, which are connected to each other via the open space, is capable of being changed by the rotation of the screens, thus changing the maze pattern.
  • a plurality of walls 1 form multiple pathways A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, and D3 which extend from, for example, four different directions A, B, C, and D. These pathways intersect and are connected by an open space 2.
  • a vertical fulcrum support 3 (Figs. 1 and 2) capable of being rotated horizontally on a vertical axis is located at the center of the open space 2, and four screens 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D extend in the four directions A, B, C, and D from the support 3.
  • the four screens are capable of being rotated together with the fulcrum support 3, and the screens may be supported on rollers 5 shown in Fig. 2.
  • the screens extend from the support 3 to the ends of selected walls in the open space 2.
  • the four directions A, B, C and D and the four screens 4A, 4B, and 4D are angularly spaced at 90° intervals.
  • the walls 1 terminate at the open space 2 at points indicated by the numerals 6 through 17 which are arranged in a square configuration.
  • the points 6, 9, 12 and 15 form the corners of the square and the remaining points are intermediate the corners.
  • the ends of the four screens 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D are positioned closely adjacent the points 7, 10, 13 and 16, respectively.
  • the ends of the screens are positioned closely adjacent the points 8, 11, 14 and 17 of the walls.
  • the outer ends of the screens 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D thus change the connections with the ends 6-­17 of the walls which form the pathways A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, and D3, in the corresponding directions A, B, C, and D.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of screens in accordance with another embodiment of this invention.
  • the screens 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D are constructed in such a manner that they are capable of being extended or shortened in the lengthwise direction of the screens.
  • the screens are shortened and extend between intermediate points 8, 1, 14 and 17.
  • the screens are lengthened and extend between corner points 6, 9, 12 and 15. Consequently, in addition to providing the same switching of the pathways interconnected via the open space 2 as shown in the embodiment of Fig. 1 already described, this embodiment also allows the pathways to be interconnected via the open space 2 and be all of the same direction as shown in Fig. 5, with no switching to pathways of other directions.
  • Each of the screens shown in Figs. 4 and 5 may be constructed of an inner portion 18 secured to the fulcrum 3 and an outer portion 19 which is slidable on the inner portion 18.
  • this invention provides a changeable maze pattern structure comprising pathways leading in different directions, an open space connected to the pathways within the maze, and screens having a common fulcrum at approximately the center or the open space.
  • the screens face in the different directions of the pathways, and the interconnections of the pathways, which are connected to each other via the open space, are capable of being changed through the rotation of the screens.

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EP87304357A 1987-05-15 1987-05-15 Veränderbarer Irrgarten Withdrawn EP0290694A1 (de)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102017204349A1 (de) 2017-03-15 2018-09-20 Markus Wölfel Labyrinth mit drehbaren und arretierbaren Wandabschnitten

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DE62031C (de) * F. BlCKEL und F. J. ROSEN in Berlin, Hasenheide 48 Rundirrgang-Panorama
DE720251C (de) * 1937-10-05 1942-04-29 Walter Rothenburg Belustigungseinrichtung mit labyrinthartig angeordneten Gaengen und Zellen
GB1223699A (en) * 1968-04-29 1971-03-03 British Europ Airways Corp Improvements in revolving doors
DE8617296U1 (de) * 1986-06-28 1986-09-11 Grothkarst & Co GmbH, 2086 Ellerau Drehtür, insbesondere für große Abmessungen

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE62031C (de) * F. BlCKEL und F. J. ROSEN in Berlin, Hasenheide 48 Rundirrgang-Panorama
DE720251C (de) * 1937-10-05 1942-04-29 Walter Rothenburg Belustigungseinrichtung mit labyrinthartig angeordneten Gaengen und Zellen
GB1223699A (en) * 1968-04-29 1971-03-03 British Europ Airways Corp Improvements in revolving doors
DE8617296U1 (de) * 1986-06-28 1986-09-11 Grothkarst & Co GmbH, 2086 Ellerau Drehtür, insbesondere für große Abmessungen

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102017204349A1 (de) 2017-03-15 2018-09-20 Markus Wölfel Labyrinth mit drehbaren und arretierbaren Wandabschnitten

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