EP1106221B1 - Wooden rail for amusement ride and method for making and mounting such a rail - Google Patents

Abstract

The rail (14,14') comprises multiple layers of individual planks, laminated veneer wood or presspahn wood bonded with each other and which are milled to precise rail form according to roller coaster design. An Independent claim is also included for fabrication method for wooden rail.

Description

The invention relates to a wooden rail for a ride, in particular for a Roller coaster, as well as a method for producing and assembling such Wooden rail.

As in Florian Dering's book "Volksbelustigungen", Greno Publishing Company, Nordlingen, 1986, pages 119-127, were the first embodiments of rides, especially roller coasters, pure wooden structures, only that Wheels and the chassis of the car and the lift system were made of iron manufactured. The scaffolding was made of spruce and pine, and the rails were made of Multi-glued spruce wood with maple pavement. The guiding edges on the two edges of the rail, the so-called "Gangs" consisted of glued boards and were made in drying ovens accordingly the desired rail guide bent.

Due to the relatively low driving speeds, the wooden rails at that time had however, no cross slope, i.e. the boards became horizontal and parallel in layers superimposed.

Over time, these early wooden structures were replaced by fairground rides or roller coasters in steel construction, and in 1964 the Schwarzkopf company Münsterhausen / Swabia, the first roller coaster in the Federal Republic of Germany, the was completely made of steel. The track structures in Modular construction prefabricated and only on the site of the scaffolding compiled, as can be seen for example from DE-OS 17 03 917.

Today the majority of rides or roller coasters are with Steel rails equipped; in recent years, however, are increasing wooden roller coasters built again with wooden rails. In addition, there are still some wooden constructions of roller coasters and rides, where the Wooden rails are replaced every four to seven years due to wear have to.

Wooden rails for roller coasters or general fairground rides are where the ramp shop is to be built, made from individual layers of wood, namely from boards, ie a sawn timber with a thickness of at least 8 mm and less than 40 mm, or from planks, i.e. a lumber with a thickness of at least 40 mm (see DIN 68 252). These two terms are as follows shared because the selection of a particular type of lumber from here is not further interesting circumstances depends.

The first board / screed is the first layer on the rail support on the trestle of the Rail scaffold placed and in the vertical direction, namely vertical to the rail level, pre-curved. Thereby, a valley of the rail goes down or a mountain goes up pressed.

Then the second layer of board / screed is placed on the first layer, and the both layers are nailed together. Then the third layer is put on, etc., until the desired thickness is reached.

As a rule, the wooden rails for roller coasters have about eight layers, though too more or fewer layers can be used.

Then the rail connectors made of square timber, which are at right angles to the Extend rail direction, pre-fabricated by bolts on this Layer package attached. These rail connectors are intended to parallel the track width of the two mutually extending rails hold the loads from the guide wheels of the on the Transfer rails running vehicle to both rails, stabilize the rails and, if necessary, include a catwalk for the operating personnel.

Then the steel sheets for the impellers and the guide wheels of the Vehicle is permanently attached to the rail with bolts. In the places, at to which the counter gears start, steel sheets for the counter gears to the Rails attached.

Every roller coaster rail, also every wooden rail due to the usual today Speeds, is spatially curved in large areas, i.e. there are radii vertical to the rail level and radii horizontal to the rail level, the Rail bank β can change constantly. This means that the right and the left rail of a pair of rails can be twisted.

For rails with horizontal radii in the rail plane, the two Boards / planks, on which the counter wheels can start, are often laid differently than with Rails without a horizontal radius.

Because the boards / planks run in a straight line, rails with horizontal radii are used the rail package with oversize made up of segments, and the radii on the Inside of the right and left rails are carpentry, so largely worked out manually.

This is a tedious, cumbersome and also laborious task, since the rails from Hand be assembled at the construction site after building the bucks and the Carpenters are exposed to wind and weather.

Due to the manual, carpentry-like manufacture, the rails have large sizes tolerances; especially for the inside dimension of the rail between the steel sheets for the guide wheels and between the two rail supports from bracket to bracket Carpenters have many options to deviate from the design of the rails.

These tolerances lead to a relatively rough ride on a timber ride compared to a trip e.g. on a roller coaster with prefabricated Steel rails.

Because the rails through the layered nailing and the subsequent bolting only partially and the individual layers at the joints between two on top of each other following rails do not have additional joint cover, the following will occur Disadvantages: The individual layers of boards / planks are overrun by the Vehicle subjected to relative shifts that lead to loosening of the nails and Gap of the individual layers lead, because the boards / planks additionally in itself are twisted. As a result, water can penetrate into the rail package and prematurely Cause rotting of the wood. In addition, there are also the effects of Frost, snow and condensation.

The rails have larger deflections, since the individual layers are only in the partial composite are mounted. Because the pressures from the impellers over the relatively thin steel sheet do not experience a large load distribution, the top layer becomes perpendicular to the pressure The direction of the grain of the wood is often higher than the permissible pressure load.

These effects lead to experience that wooden rails for Rides / roller coasters will be completely renewed after four to seven years have to.

The invention has for its object a wooden rail for a high ride, in particular to create a roller coaster that does not suffer from the disadvantages mentioned above occur. In particular, a wooden rail should be proposed that is largely can be industrially prefabricated and then only has to be mounted on the trestles.

This is achieved according to the invention by the features specified in claim 1.

Appropriate embodiments are defined by the associated subclaims Are defined.

The advantages achieved with this aspect of the invention are based on the production of the Rail in a wood glue construction process from glulam, laminated veneer or Pressed chipboard, the board layers parallel to the rail plane, perpendicular to the Rail level or in a mixed construction partly parallel and partly arranged perpendicular to the rail plane and then glued together. The on The exact shape of the rails only has to be done on the rail support Bock to be attached.

There is even the option of pairs of rails including rail connectors prefabricated and then brought to the place where the ride is assembled should. For transport reasons, however, it should usually be more convenient, only that individual rails and only on the construction site pairs of rails together.

Such rails can be prefabricated with high accuracy in the range of ± 1mm become what in carpentry, manual production from the individual Previously, locations were not possible. This improves the driving quality of a Roller coaster with such wooden rails serious.

The prefabrication of the rails can shorten the construction time. Besides, will one thereby independent of the trestles and their assembly and the straight prevailing conditions on the construction site.

The prefabricated wooden rails have greater rigidity (with the same Cross section) compared to a wooden rail made by nailing, so that their Deflection becomes smaller and less or no more rail connectors required are. Or alternatively, the cross section of a glued, prefabricated wooden rail can be designed smaller than the cross section of a through Nailing wooden rail made from individual layers.

The smooth surface of a glued, prefabricated wooden rail results in a optically more beautiful picture of the splint in comparison with one made by nailing Rail.

The package from the prefabricated, glued wooden layers prevents everyone Relative displacement of the individual layers of boards / planks to each other, so that the Load distribution can be precisely defined and no longer changes during operation changes. Furthermore, this package is smooth on the outer surfaces and can be easily sealed so that no water can penetrate through open layers. Thereby compared to splints made by nailing, the service life at least double, sometimes even triple, making the valuable material "Wood" is saved and at the same time there is a relevant price advantage.

As a rule, the board layers are arranged parallel to the rail level and then glued together. However, it is also possible to perpendicular to the individual board layers Rail-level or in a mixed construction, i.e. partly vertical and partly to be arranged parallel to the rail level, for example alternately, and then glue together.

For certain applications, for example when the outer surface of the Wooden rail certain properties are needed, you can make a blank from in Layers that were excessively glued together and milled to the exact rail shape as a kind of core for a rail, which as a teaching for further side or Serves top layers that are glued to this core. For example, by selection appropriate types of wood for the side or top layers, but also by appropriate Processing these layers can then set the desired properties become.

Applying one has an additional effect on extending the service life Wood preservative on the individual layers before or after gluing and / or on the layers glued and milled together.

A board / plank made of hardwood is expediently used for the top layer, at the points where the greatest wheel pressures occur, the pressure perpendicular to the To be able to absorb the grain of the wood even better. Alternatively, you can For example, the board / screed for the top layer hardened through silicification become.

Both measures, which are also used together in extreme conditions can lead to an extension of the service life.

The basic difference between the wooden rails according to the state of the art and the wooden rails according to the invention can be seen from the following comparison: Manufacture and assembly of conventional, carpentry Wooden rails for a normal roller coaster have to process about 6 tons of nails, manually on site during the manufacture and assembly of the rails according to the invention no longer require nails.

According to a second aspect, the disadvantages of the above should be explained with the invention Avoided nailing process for making wooden rails for rides become. In particular, industrial production should avoid the disadvantages carpentry processing of wooden packages on the construction site become.

This is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 7.

Appropriate embodiments are defined by the associated subclaims Are defined.

The advantages achieved with this aspect of the invention lead to a simplification the manufacture, regardless of the circumstances at the place where the roller coaster to be created, a shortening of the construction time for the wooden rails and finally to increase the manufacturing accuracy, as with the carpentry Editing is not possible.

According to a third aspect of the invention, a method for assembling a Wooden rail can be proposed for a ride that has the disadvantages of the previous Avoids usual, carpentry-like assembly and in particular the assembly time on site, i.e. where the ride is to be set up, is essential shortened.

This is achieved by the features of claim 13.

The advantages achieved with this aspect of the invention are based on the fact that the prefabricated and already completely prepared for assembly, in extreme cases rails already provided with steel rails, joint areas and rail connectors brought to the construction site and assembled there on the base, usually screwed become. This considerably shortens the assembly work on site, so that Influences of wind and weather become correspondingly less. Even the connection of the individual rails with each other can be very much due to the prepared rail joints perform much easier, faster and also more precisely.

Fig. 1

einen vertikalen Schnitt durch eine Holz-Achterbahnschiene mit Fahrzeug,

Fig. 2

eine Fig. 1 entsprechende Darstellung mit Schienen, die in Fahrtrichtung die Querneigung β haben,

Fig. 3

einen vertikalen Schnitt durch das Schienenpaar,

Fig. 4

einen Schnitt längs der Linie A-A von Fig. 6 mit einer vertikalen Querschnittsansicht des verleimten Holzpaketes und der fertigen Schiene,

Fig. 5

eine Fig. 4 entsprechende Darstellung mit einer anderen Querschnittsform des verleimten Holzpaketes,

Fig. 6

eine Ansicht eines Holzpaketes und einer Holzschiene mit vertikalem Radius R_V,

Fig. 7

einen Schnitt längs der Linie A-A von Fig. 8,

Fig. 8

eine Draufsicht auf ein verleimtes Holzpaket mit einer Darstellung einer Holzschiene mit horizontalem Radius R_H,

Fig. 9

eine Ansicht eines verleimten Holzpaketes und einer ausgefrästen Holzschiene mit einem Radius R_V senkrecht zur Schienenebene,

Fig. 10

eine Draufsicht auf ein verleimtes Holzpaket und eine verdrillte Holzschiene mit dem Radius R_H horizontal zur Schienenebene,

Fig. 11

drei Schnitte durch die Draufsicht nach Fig. 10, nämlich oben einen Schnitt längs der Linie A-A, in der Mitte ein Schnitt längs der Linie B-B und unten einen Schnitt längs der Linie C-C,

Fig. 12

eine Seitenansicht des Stoßbereiches zwischen zwei aneinander grenzenden Holzschienen,

Fig. 13

eine Fig. 12 entsprechende Draufsicht auf den Stoßbereich,

Fig. 14

einen Schnitt längs der Linie A-A von Fig. 15 mit einer Darstellung der Befestigung einer einzelnen Schiene an einem am Bock angebrachten Schienenauflager,

Fig. 15

einen Schnitt längs der Linie B-B von Fig. 14 für eine Schiene ohne Längsneigung,

Fig. 16

eine Fig. 15 entsprechende Darstellung für eine Schiene mit Längsneigung, und

Fig. 17

eine z.B. Fig. 4 entsprechende Darstellung einer Schiene mit geleimtem und gefrästem Kern.

The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings. Show it:

Fig. 1

a vertical section through a wooden roller coaster rail with vehicle,

Fig. 2

1 corresponding representation with rails which have the transverse inclination β in the direction of travel,

Fig. 3

a vertical section through the pair of rails,

Fig. 4

6 shows a section along the line AA from FIG. 6 with a vertical cross-sectional view of the glued wooden package and the finished rail,

Fig. 5

4 corresponding representation with a different cross-sectional shape of the glued wood package,

Fig. 6

a view of a wooden package and a wooden rail with a vertical radius R _V ,

Fig. 7

7 shows a section along the line AA from FIG. 8,

Fig. 8

a plan view of a glued wooden package with a representation of a wooden rail with a horizontal radius R _H ,

Fig. 9

a view of a glued wooden package and a milled wooden rail with a radius R _V perpendicular to the rail plane,

Fig. 10

a plan view of a glued wooden package and a twisted wooden rail with the radius R _H horizontal to the rail plane,

Fig. 11

10 shows three sections through the top view according to FIG. 10, namely above a section along the line AA, in the middle a section along the line BB and below a section along the line CC,

Fig. 12

a side view of the joint area between two adjacent wooden rails,

Fig. 13

12 shows a plan view corresponding to FIG. 12 of the impact area,

Fig. 14

15 shows a section along the line AA from FIG. 15 with an illustration of the fastening of an individual rail to a rail support attached to the frame,

Fig. 15

14 shows a section along the line BB from FIG. 14 for a rail without a longitudinal inclination,

Fig. 16

15 corresponding representation for a rail with longitudinal inclination, and

Fig. 17

an illustration corresponding to FIG. 4 of a rail with a glued and milled core.

Fig. 1 shows a vertical section through one indicated by the reference numeral 10 Roller coaster vehicle with two passengers. Wheels 12 of this vehicle 10 roll on a pair of rails 14, 14 ', namely a right rail 14 and one left rail 14 '. The main body 14a of each rail 14, 14 'has a rectangular shape Cross section and is at its upper end with a projecting nose 14b, 14b ' lifting loads provided, which serves to guide the vehicle 10. To this Purpose are on the vehicle 10 vertical counter gears 18, which by one shown Representation without transverse inclination of the rail, turn the horizontal axis and the lower one Roll the surface of the nose 14b, 14b 'off with lifting loads, and guide wheels 16 provided, arranged horizontally, in the illustration of FIG. 1 by a vertical Axis are rotatable and roll left or right on the end face of the nose 14b, 14b ' (see also US-A-1,621,337).

The two rails 14, 14 'are on a conventional lath-shaped Rail connector 20 attached, which is perpendicular to the direction of travel. This Rail connectors 20 keep the track width a of the two rails 14, 14 '.

FIG. 2 shows a view of a pair of rails 14 corresponding to the representation in FIG. 1, 14 'with rail bank ß.

The two rails 14, 14 'consist of several layers stacked on top of one another made of boards / planks, laminated veneer lumber or chipboard, which are glued together and then milled to the shape of the rail.

Fig. 3 shows the two rails 14, 14 'with steel sheets, which on the rails 14, 14' are attached and on which the wheels 12, 16, 18 run, namely one on the top each rail 14, 14 'attached sheet steel 22 for rolling the wheels 12 of the Wagens 10, one of the end face of the nose 14b, 14b 'attached steel sheet 24 for the Unrolling the guide wheels 16 and one on the underside of the nose 14b, 14b ' attached steel sheet 26 for rolling the counter wheels 18th

The steel sheets 22 and 24 extend over the entire length of the vehicle 10 traveled length of the railroad, while the steel sheets 26 only at the points be attached where the counter wheels 18 start. This can still be done later happen when such contact points for the counter gears 18 appear during operation.

The production of such a wooden rail is explained below.

Fig. 4 shows the cross section of a wooden package consisting of ten individual layers has been glued together, made of boards / planks, laminated veneer lumber or Chipboard can exist. The cross section of this glued wood package 28 corresponds exactly to the cross section of the finished rail 14 with oversize, which also is shown, i.e., the cross section of the wooden package 28 also has one Main body and a protruding nose.

The dimensions of the wooden package 28 or the wooden rail 14 corresponding to the Draft roller coaster are also given.

5 shows an alternative to the wooden package 28, namely a glued wooden package 28 ', which has a rectangular shape in cross section. The cross section of the finished wooden rail 14 has remained unchanged and the excess of the wooden package 28 'can also be seen.

Starting from the glued and hardened wooden package 28, 28 'this is now Removed excess by milling, so that only the cross section of the finished Wooden rail 14 remains.

5 has an advantage in the simplification of the Production because the ten individual layers have the same dimensions. The disadvantage of the wood package 28 'lies in the relatively large amount of wood that has to be milled out.

The gluing of the wood package 28 according to FIG. 4 is somewhat more cumbersome, since with wood layers must be worked in two different dimensions. That's what wood waste is for lower.

Fig. 6 shows a wooden rail 14 with a vertical radius R _v , ie the rail is curved in the vertical rail plane.

The oversize of the wooden package 28, 28 'with respect to the finished rail 14 is designed such that the radius R _V is taken into account vertically to the rail level in this oversize.

This is indicated in Figures 4 and 5, which can also be seen as a section along the Line A-A of Fig. 6 can interpret.

For this reason, the dimensions of the glued are again in Fig. 6 Wood package 28, 28 'or the finished wooden rail 14 entered.

As can be seen from FIG. 6, the curvature from the vertical radii, that is to say the radius R _V vertical to the rail plane, is taken into account in the gluing, so that a wooden package 28 is formed which has a vertical radius R _V in its upper surface.

According to this radius, an upper layer is then milled out after the wood package 28 has hardened, so that the finished rail 14 has a corresponding curvature in its upper surface, namely a radius R _V vertical to the rail plane.

8 shows a plan view of a glued wood package 28 "with a radius R _H horizontal to the rail plane. The excess of this glued wood package 28" in relation to the cross section of the finished rail is designed such that the horizontal radius R _H in the rail plane in the wooden package 28 "is included in excess.

Fig. 7 shows a section along the line A-A of Fig. 8, from which this can also be seen recognizes.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a view and a top view of a glued wood package, from which a wooden rail 14 with a radius R _V perpendicular to the rail plane, a radius R _H horizontal to the rail plane and with a twist or twist is milled out.

Again, the curvature becomes perpendicular to the rail plane when gluing is taken into account while the radius is horizontal to the rail plane and the twist in Excess of the wooden package 28 '' 'included in comparison with the finished wooden rail 14 are.

This can also be seen in FIG. 11, which shows three sections through FIG. 10, namely above along line A-A, in the middle along line B-B and below along line C-C.

It can be seen that the different positions of the finished rail 14, the result from the twist, in the excess of the glued wood package 28 "' are included.

The individual layers of boards / planks, laminated veneer lumber or chipboard can be treated with a wood preservative. For particularly heavily used The top layer of rails can be made of a hardened material, in particular a material hardened by silicification or hardwood.

The individual layers, usually at least eight layers, are used of a common wood glue glued together, so that a glued wood package 28 arises, the upper surface of a curvature of the rail with vertical radii, perpendicular to the rail plane, is adjusted while the horizontal radii of the rail in the rail plane and a twisting of the rail in excess of the wooden package 28 with respect to each individual rail 14 is included.

Now the glued wooden package 28 according to the design of the amusement ride exact rail shape milled, the exact machine shape over specified Coordinates is worked out, including a possible spatial Twisting each rail.

If necessary, the milled rail 14, 14 'can again with a Wood preservatives are treated.

In the embodiments according to Figures 2 to 5, 7 and 9 to 11 are the layers glued together are arranged parallel to the rail plane. As alternative For this purpose, the individual layers can also be perpendicular to the rail plane or in one Mixed construction partly perpendicular and partly parallel to the rail plane, for example, alternately arranged and then glued together.

Another variant is shown in Fig. 17; doing this with that described above Process a core 40 from glued together with oversize and then to the exact, desired shape milled layers used that are perpendicular to the rail plane are arranged. The top and the right and left sides of this core 40 become with layers 42 made of individual boards / planks, laminated veneer lumber or chipboard provided, which are glued together and with the core 40. In the embodiment 17 are three layers 42 on the top and on the left and right sides one layer 42 each.

The material for these side or top layers 42 can be taken into account required properties can be selected.

Although this activity can also be carried out on site, namely on the spot the roller coaster will be installed in the factory Rail joints prepared, i.e. the connection points between two neighboring ones Rail sections. This is shown in Figures 12 and 13.

In FIG. 12 it can be seen that the end regions of each rail 14 are milled out in this way that a protruding tongue 30 is formed at each end with a thickness that corresponds to approximately half the thickness of the rail. The end faces of each tongue 30 as well as the End faces of each rail 14 at the beginning of each tongue 30 are complementary Angled angles so that when the two tongues 30 are placed one on the other positive engagement results, as can be seen in Fig. 12.

The overlapping areas of the two tongues 30 are with holes provided so that the tongues 30 and thus the rails 14 at this point Screws 32 can be connected to each other.

Now the steel sheets 22, 24 are expediently also already ex-works attached to the rail, with the steel sheet joint slightly above the rail element joint protrudes so that after connecting the adjacent ends 30 of two Rails 14 covered the rail element joint by the steel plate joint becomes.

As can also be seen in FIG. 12, see also the illustration on the right, are below the steel sheet 22 milled recesses in which the heads 32a of Connecting screws 32 are. With this configuration, the Screws 32 already inserted into the corresponding holes in the tongues 30, so that then the screw heads 32a can be covered by the steel sheet 22.

In this state, the wooden rails 14 with inserted screws 32 and prepared joints both for the wooden rail 14 and for the steel sheets 22, 24 transported to the place where the roller coaster is to be built.

Here the rail element joints are connected to one another by the screws 30 inserted into the holes in the respective lower tongue 30 and with the help of Lock nuts 32b are screwed.

The sheet joint shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 in the rail plane can also be rotated 90 ° perpendicular to the rail plane

In a final step, the individual rails are then placed on a rail support 34 attached, which is on a vertical stand, not shown, of the scaffolding for the Roller coaster is located, as can be seen in Fig. 14.

The rail 14 lies with the lower surface of its main part 14a on the Rail support 34 so that its nose 14b at its upper end according to the 14 is directed to the left. Two screws 33 extend horizontally through the main part 14a of the rail 14 and have heads at the left end Nuts on.

At the opposite end of the rail 14, the screws 33 are on a plate 36 attached, which forms the bottom of a U-shaped connecting element 38 made of steel.

The two side walls 37 of the U-shaped connecting element 38 protrude beyond the Underside of the rail 14 downwards, so that the rail support 34 between the two lower legs 37 of the connecting element 38 and is screwed there with two further screws 40.

In the upper end, the two side surfaces 37 of the connecting element 38 are Rail 14 beveled.

Figures 14 and 15 show an embodiment of the fastening of the rail 14 on Rail support 34 without longitudinal inclination.

16 shows an embodiment of the fastening when the rail is inclined longitudinally.

Claims (13)

1. A wooden rail (14, 14') for a ride, particularly for an up-and-down ride/a roller coaster,

   a) comprising a number of layers of individual planks/boards, laminated veneer wood or presspahn wood, bonded with each other in oversize,

   b) which are milled to the precise rail form in accordance with the roller coaster design.
2. The wooden rail (14, 14') of claim 1, wherein the individual layers are arranged parallel and/or perpendicular to the rail plane.
3. The wooden rail (14, 14') of either of claims 1 or 2, wherein the individual layers are treated with a wood preservative either before or after bonding and/or the bonded and milled layers are treated with a wood preservative.
4. The wooden rail (14, 14') of any of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least the uppermost layer, with regard to the bearing surface of the rail, consists of hardwood and/or wherein at least the uppermost layer, with regard to the bearing surface of the rail, consists of a hardened material, particularly a material hardened by silicification.
5. The wooden rail (14, 14') of any of claims 1 to 4, with steel sheets (22, 24, 26) being mounted thereto, and with prepared joints for the wood region and/or the steel sheet region being provided, wherein particularly a connection element (38) for mounting the rail (14) to a rail support (34) is pre-mounted, and particularly includes a U-shaped area (37) for mounting to the wooden rail (14, 14') and for receiving the rail support (34).
6. The wooden rail (14, 14') of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein a core (40) of layers, bonded with each other in oversize and milled to form, is taken as the gauge for further bonded top and side layers (42).
7. A method for the fabrication of wooden rails (14, 14') for a ride, particularly for an up-and-down ride/a roller coaster, wherein

   a) a number of layers of individual planks/boards, laminated veneer wood or presspahn wood are bonded with each other to form a wood package (28) in oversize, and

   b) said bonded wood package (28), after hardening, receives the precise rail form in accordance with the design of the ride by means of machining,

   c) wherein in particular, the precise form of the rail is milled.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the curvature of the rail (14, 14') with perpendicular radii, i.e. perpendicular to the rail plane, is taken into consideration during bonding by a pre-curvature, and/or the twisting of the rail (14, 14'), i.e. a twisting of each individual rail in itself is taken into consideration in the oversize of the bonding.
9. The method of any one of claims 7 or 8, wherein the horizontal radii of the rail (14, 14') are included in the rail plane in the oversize wood package (28), and/or the precise rail form is worked out by means of given co-ordinates in a spatially twisted manner.
10. The method of any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the joints (30) of the rails are prepared for a form-fit engagement between two rail segments (14) and/or steel sheets (22, 24, 26) and rail connections (30) are mounted, particularly in the factory, before the finished rails (14) are fixed to a rail support (34).
11. The method of any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein connection elements (38) for mounting the rails (14, 14') to a rail support (34) are pre-mounted, particularly in the factory.
12. The method of any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein a wood preservative is applied either before or after bonding individual layers to form the wood package (28) and/or after milling, and/or at least the uppermost layer of the wood package (28), with regard to the bearing surface of the rail, consists of hard wood, and/or at least the uppermost layer, with regard to the bearing surface of the rail, is hardened, particularly by silicification.
13. A method for mounting a wooden rail (14, 14') according to any one of claims 1 to 6 on a rail support (34), fixed to a trestle of the ride, wherein the finished rails (14, 14'), provided particularly with steel sheets (22, 24, 26), rail joints (30) and connection elements (38), are secured to said rail support (34).

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