EP0778060A1 - Karussell für Jahrmärkte und Vergnügungsparks - Google Patents

Karussell für Jahrmärkte und Vergnügungsparks Download PDF

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EP0778060A1
EP0778060A1 EP96402650A EP96402650A EP0778060A1 EP 0778060 A1 EP0778060 A1 EP 0778060A1 EP 96402650 A EP96402650 A EP 96402650A EP 96402650 A EP96402650 A EP 96402650A EP 0778060 A1 EP0778060 A1 EP 0778060A1
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Gilles Reverchon
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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
    • A63G7/00—Up-and-down hill tracks; Switchbacks

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  • the present invention relates to a carousel for funfair and amusement park of the type of rides such as the roller coaster, the roller coaster or the "Roller Coaster”.
  • This type of carousel includes a circuit drawing curves, ascents and descents and on which moves at least one vehicle carrying passengers while being guided on the rails of a railroad track.
  • Conventional vehicles usually have a passenger compartment mounted on a platform provided with wheels allowing the vehicle to move on the rails.
  • the passenger compartment most often accommodating two passengers, is generally fixed relative to said platform and the vehicles are articulated to each other in the form of a train.
  • the railroad circuit defined in this type of carousel allows to provide multiple sensations to passengers, related to the speed of the vehicles in the curves, the ascents and the descents carried out along the course as well as to the sudden speed variations caused by these accidents of the course.
  • German utility models DE-U-9 002 880 and DE-U-9 210 125 describe rides of this type in which nacelles accommodating the passengers are pivotally mounted on a platform moving on rails.
  • the nacelle At the start of the vehicle and during a movement in a straight line on the carousel circuit, the nacelle is in the so-called front position, that is to say that the passengers face the trajectory of the vehicle defined by the circuit.
  • An eccentricity of the load of the nacelle makes it possible to activate the pivoting of said nacelle relative to the rolling platform during the movement of the latter on the course of the merry-go-round, in particular when passing curves. Passengers are thus given new sensations linked both to the advance of the vehicle and to the pivoting of the nacelle.
  • the pivoting also has the consequence that the nacelle, when the vehicle is engaged on a straight line of the arena, that is to say when said nacelle is no longer subject to eccentricity of its load, then retains a substantially stable position which does not always correspond to the front position of the nacelle and which may prove uncomfortable for passengers, during the journey but also at the time of disembarkation .
  • the present invention provides a merry-go-round comprising a roller coaster or roller coaster type circuit in which the vehicle traveling on the circuit has a structure such that when the vehicle moves along the circuit, there is an additional movement. of the vehicle itself during the journey, said carousel further comprising means for controlling said additional movement of the vehicle so as to be able to bring it back to a stable position.
  • the subject of the invention is a carousel for a funfair and an amusement park of the type comprising a station for embarkation and disembarkation of passengers in vehicles traveling on a tubular rail track circuit defining curves, climbs and descents, said vehicles consisting of a rolling platform and a nacelle accommodating passengers, the nacelle consisting of a passenger compartment independent of the rolling platform and being pivotally mounted on said rolling platform, characterized in that the vehicle comprises means suitable for limiting the pivoting of the nacelle and for returning it to a stable front position, the passengers being in the direction of travel of the vehicle.
  • the nacelle mounted on the platform via a pivot whose axis is orthogonal to said rolling platform, is pivoted under the effect of an offset of the load of the nacelle , said pivoting being limited, preferably by braking it, so as to be able to return the nacelle to a stable position corresponding to the front position.
  • said means consist of a cam driven in pivoting with the nacelle, a damper such as a shoe, cooperating with the cam so as to limit the speed of said cam driven in pivoting and a lever provided with a roller cooperating with the cam profile, said lever and damper being mounted on the platform to exert on the cam equivalent and opposite forces, the cam profile being determined to allow the pivoting to be blocked and the nacelle to be returned to at least one position stable corresponding to the front position.
  • the damper such as a shoe exerts a force along the cam profile so as to limit the pivoting speed of the nacelle, the lever provided with a roller allowing by applying an equivalent force but in opposite direction to the force exerted by the shock absorber to send the nacelle to a stable front position, the cam profile being determined specifically to favor the positioning of the nacelle in said stable position.
  • this cam has a stable position in which the nacelle is in the front position, the passengers thus being in the forward direction of the vehicle.
  • the cam can have two stable positions, one corresponding to the nacelle in the front position (passengers in the direction of travel of the vehicle) and the other corresponding to the nacelle in the rear position (passengers in the opposite direction of vehicle travel).
  • the nacelle finds a front position or a front or rear position relative to the rolling platform.
  • means are provided at the entrance to the embarkation and disembarkation station, means suitable for controlling the placing in the front position of the nacelle when the latter is in the rear position or has pivoted.
  • the nacelle is always returned to a stable position due to the presence of the means for controlling the pivoting of the nacelle, it is conceivable, when the nacelle is in a stable position, to lock the pivoting of said nacelle , for example to leave the boarding station, to circulate on a more dangerous part of the carousel or for entering the station of the vehicle and to unlock the pivoting of the nacelle on a portion of the chosen route.
  • locking and unlocking means are provided making it possible to block and release the pivoting of the nacelle along the route.
  • the carousel nacelle according to the invention has a cabin of substantially circular shape and has four front seats for passengers.
  • the gondola has a fold-down safety bar from a high position above the passengers' heads to a low position substantially at the level of the passengers, keeping them seated on the nacelle seats from the ascent to the descent of the vehicle.
  • This safety bar is fitted with a mechanism with a non-return valve cylinder, thus preventing the risk of inadvertent lifting of the bar all along the route.
  • the station has, at the entrance, a ramp for controlling the opening of the mechanism with a non-return valve jack of said safety bar.
  • the nacelle In order to allow easy mounting and lowering of the vehicle, the nacelle has a handrail in the front part of the floor of the nacelle. It is then possible for passengers to hold onto said handrail when boarding or disembarking, then to access their seats as well as to sit and stand up. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a complete stop of the carousel at the embarkation and disembarkation station, the vehicles being able to circulate in the station at a low speed and thus allowing the ascent and the passenger descent without the need to stop the vehicles completely.
  • the carousel is made entirely removable and transportable and, therefore, the station can be made in the form of a container block comprising sidewalks for access to vehicles, roofs, awnings, barriers. All of these elements can, in particular, be in the form of folding walls of the container block.
  • this block can also contain the operating mechanism of the merry-go-round. It is then easy to dismantle said station with respect to the circuit and to transport it in the form of a unitary block to another site of use.
  • the facade of the carousel is preferably constituted by a beam integrated into the circuit defined by the railway and which also forms a unitary block in which is housed a large part of the lights of the carousel, as well as accessories such as the sign, billboards, etc.
  • the beam constitutes a unitary block in which there is no need to disconnect and disassemble all the accessories.
  • the merry-go-round according to the invention comprises a tubular rail track circuit 1 as can be seen in FIG. 7 on which vehicles 2 circulate welcoming passengers boarding and disembarking at a station 10.
  • the vehicles 2 consist of a platform 3 and a nacelle 4 pivotally mounted on said platform 3 by means of a pivot 5 whose axis is orthogonal to said rolling platform 3.
  • the platform 3 runs on the tubular railroad track 1 with guidance in all directions. It is in fact provided with carrying wheels 6, lateral wheels 7 and anti-lifting wheels 8.
  • the nacelle 4 has four front seats for the passengers and has a substantially circular shape seen from above (see FIG. 2).
  • the vehicle 2 comprises a cam 14, mounted on the pivot 5 so as to be pivotally driven with the nacelle 4 and whose profile cooperates with a roller 15 of a lever 16 mounted on the platform 3 and also a damper 17 mounted on the platform 3.
  • the damper 17 and the lever 16 fitted with a roller 15 are capable of exerting on the profile of the cam 14 an equivalent force F and are arranged relative to each other by such that the force F exerted by the lever 16 fitted with the roller 15 is opposite to that exerted by the damper 17 as can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • the profile of the cam 14 comprises two dead points P1 and P2 which determine a stable front position and a rear position of the nacelle 4.
  • the nacelle is pivotally driven relative to the platform 3 under the effect of an offset of the load of said nacelle 4.
  • the damper 17 exerts braking on the profile of the cam 14 so as to limit the pivoting speed of said nacelle 4.
  • the roller 15 mounted on the lever 16 then exerts a force opposite to the force exerted by the damper 17 so that the cam 14 having a profile adequate, tends to cause the pivoting of the nacelle 4 to lock in a stabilization position of the cam 14 corresponding to a front position of the nacelle 4.
  • the merry-go-round according to the invention further comprises means for locking and unlocking the pivoting of the nacelle 4 with respect to the platform 3. These means are provided for locking the pivoting of the nacelle 4 at least when the latter is in the forward position.
  • abutment elements 18 forming between them a space E in which can engage a stop finger 19 mounted at pivoting on the platform 3 and comprising a roller 21 at its end opposite the stop finger 19.
  • Said stop finger 19 cooperates with a bent lever 20, one end 20 'of which engages the stop finger 19 so as to maintain the latter between the abutment elements 18 and the other end of which 20 '' has a roller 22, said lever 20 also being pivotally mounted on the platform 3.
  • a cam 23 is provided on the path having an inclined slope so that the roller 22 of the lever 20 along the inclined slope of said cam 23, pivots on said bent lever 20 which is disengages from the stop finger 19 which rocks backwards (FIG. 5b) and disappears between the stop elements 18, releasing the pivoting of the nacelle 4.
  • This cam 23 can be provided at the start of the journey at the exit from station 10.
  • cam 24 In order to again block the pivoting of the nacelle 4, for example when entering the station for disembarking, another cam 24 should be provided on the route.
  • This cam 24 has an inclined slope such that the roller 21 of the stop finger 19 follows said inclined slope and rocks so that the stop finger 19 is again engaged between the stop elements 18, said stop finger 19 cooperating again with the end 20 '' of the bent lever 20 which keeps it in the locked position.
  • additional stop elements can be provided so that the nacelle 4 can be pivotally locked in the rear position.
  • the nacelle 4 preferably comprises a handrail 9 fixed to the front part of its floor, while a folding safety bar 11 makes it possible to keep the passengers seated when they are seated in the nacelle 4.
  • a mechanism with a non-return valve actuator 12 controls said safety bar 11 and makes it possible to maintain the latter in the folded position all along the ride on the ride from the start to the arrival at the station.
  • the station 10 is preferably provided with a ramp for controlling the opening of the safety valve actuating the opening of said mechanism 12 at the entrance to the station once the roundabout is completed.
  • the safety bar 11 is then opened by the control ramp of the non-return valve actuator mechanism 12, also provided at the entrance to the station 10.
  • the speed of vehicle 2 is sufficiently low at station 10 to allow disembarking and boarding of passengers without the need to stop vehicle 2.
  • the speed of vehicles 2 of the carousel being reduced at the station, several vehicles one behind the other are present at the same time along the boarding platform.
  • station 10 may have two floors on which vehicles 2 travel.
  • a beam 13 of the circuit makes it possible to group all the lights of the carousel in the form of a block, thus allowing easy handling during the assembly, disassembly and transport of the carousel. Being preferably located in front of the carousel, this beam may also include other accessories such as the sign of the carousel.
  • the merry-go-round according to the invention therefore makes it possible to offer the public new and different sensations from those offered by roller-coaster or traditional roller coasters, while ensuring perfect public safety and also offering assembly, disassembly and transport of the carousel facilities.

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