EP4208270A1 - Dispositif de divertissement - Google Patents

Dispositif de divertissement

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EP4208270A1
EP4208270A1 EP21773319.5A EP21773319A EP4208270A1 EP 4208270 A1 EP4208270 A1 EP 4208270A1 EP 21773319 A EP21773319 A EP 21773319A EP 4208270 A1 EP4208270 A1 EP 4208270A1
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transport
transport track
section
track
amusement device
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Patrick Spieldiener
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Raw Tex International Establishment
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
    • A63G21/14—Chutes; Helter-skelters with driven slideways

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  • the invention relates to an amusement device with the features in the preamble of the main claim.
  • Amusement facilities or so-called amusement rides in the form of roller coasters or roller coasters are known from practice. These have a transport device for passengers, which comprises a ring-like, closed transport track with a plurality of transport means for passengers that can be moved on and along the transport track in one direction of travel. The passengers are recorded on the respective means of transport with a passenger orientation, e.g. B. with orientation and line of sight in the direction of travel or . in the longitudinal direction of the means of transport.
  • a passenger orientation e.g. B. with orientation and line of sight in the direction of travel or . in the longitudinal direction of the means of transport.
  • the transport device has a drive device for the transport means or means.
  • the transport path has a transport path that is curved at least in certain areas and twisted at least in certain areas and has one or more downhill stretches.
  • the means of transport are accelerated by the drive device and can travel and accelerate on downward gradients by gravity and their own weight. You can also drive up sloping descents.
  • the transport track can have an elevation in the curved areas.
  • the curved areas are designed as dynamic and fast-moving curves and have a soft curvature or rounding with a large bending radius and an arc angle of 150° and more.
  • the course of the track can also have loops, corkscrews and the like. exhibit .
  • the entertainment effect of such an amusement facility for the passengers lies primarily in the driving dynamics high speeds of the means of transport.
  • scenery installations are known from practice, in which a means of transport is pulled with a towing device along a transport path with a mostly level transport path at a controlled and low speed.
  • Sceneries are set up along the transport path, e .g . B. Picture or video walls, pirate scenes, dinosaur parks or the like. with spatial structures and figures etc.
  • the driving dynamics of the means of transport are low.
  • the entertainment value lies primarily in the scenery.
  • the invention solves this problem with the features in the main claim.
  • the claimed amusement facility has a roller coaster-like design with the aforementioned transport device and a transport track course with weak dynamic curvatures, torsions, rising and falling inclines and corresponding driving dynamics.
  • the transport path can have a path that is closed in the form of a ring. However, it can also have dead ends protruding laterally from the ring shape for a reversing movement of the transport means.
  • the single or multiple transport means travel along the transport track and are set in motion and, if necessary, accelerated by one or more external, stationary and/or entrained drive devices. This means you can also drive over ascending inclines.
  • the transport track can be divided into several transport track sections.
  • the transport path also has at least one abrupt change in the course of the transport path.
  • the course of the transport track has a change or deflection point here.
  • the abrupt change can be present several times in the course of the transport path.
  • the angle of this change in the course of the transport path and the transport direction can be approx. be 90°.
  • the course of the transport path has a sharp curvature, which differs from the other weak curvatures and dynamic curves formed as a result with torsion and elevation in the course of the transport path.
  • the transport path can run in the same, e.g. horizontal, plane before and after the change or deflection point. Torsion or elevation is unnecessary.
  • the transport track can also have a gradient, in particular a downward incline. This can possibly intensify in the further course of the transport path.
  • the driving dynamics of the arriving means of transport preferably change at the change or deflection point. It is braked in the direction of travel in front of the change or deflection point in order to be able to follow the abrupt change in the course of the transport path. This braking and abrupt change in course by approx. 90° enhances the passenger experience.
  • the deflection angle can be exactly 90°. It can also deviate slightly from 90°, e.g. by up to ⁇ 20°, while maintaining the abrupt change in the course of the transport path.
  • a deflection means is located at the at least one change or deflection point. This causes the aforementioned abrupt change in the course of the transport path.
  • the deflection can be designed differently, eg as a stationary, strongly curved transport track section, as a transfer device or as a rotating device.
  • the at least one deflection means can have a stop means and/or a drive means and/or a switch for the means of transport.
  • the amusement facility can have several and possibly differently designed deflection means comprise sen.
  • the means of transport can drive around a tight curve on the heavily curved transport track section.
  • the deflection means designed as a conversion device or as a rotating device can have a movable transport path section for receiving a transport means. This can e.g. B. be rotatable and by a rotating device by approx. Be rotated 90 °, wherein the loaded means of transport continues after the rotation on a subsequent transport track section.
  • the rotating device can enable the transport path section and the transport means to be rotated on the spot, with the transport means preferably being stationary.
  • the movable, in particular displaceable, transport track section with the loaded transport means is transported by a transport shuttle along the adjoining stationary transport track section.
  • the at least one change or deflection point and the deflection means can be located between transport path sections aligned transversely to one another.
  • the transverse orientation may be perpendicular or oblique and may include an angle of 90° or with the above deviation.
  • the means of transport arriving on a transport track section travels on another and possibly downward s inclined transport track section further.
  • the transport path can also be a crossing between three or more subsequent ones Have transport track sections.
  • the transport device also has a variation means for changing the passenger orientation relative to the direction of travel of the transport means.
  • a change in the passenger orientation during the journey also offers an increased driving and experience stimulus.
  • the passenger orientation can be changed in different ways and at different points along the course of the transport path.
  • the change in the passenger orientation can be coupled with the at least one abrupt change in the course of the transport path. You can at this change point or Deflection point and / or then take place.
  • the change in passenger orientation can compensate for the abrupt change in transport trajectory and transport direction.
  • the passengers can change z. B. be aligned transversely to the further course of the transport path and to the direction of travel. With this change in passenger orientation, which may can also be done reversing, further effects can be achieved.
  • the claimed different configurations of the deflection means each have an independent inventive meaning and can also be used in other amusement facilities that do not have the features or not all of the features of the main claim.
  • the independent inventive significance also relates to the embodiment of the transport track and the variation means for changing the passenger orientation that is disclosed, in particular claimed, for the respective deflection means.
  • the amusement device can have a scenery arranged on the transport track for the entertainment of the passengers.
  • the scenery can be arranged in the area of the abrupt change in the course of the transport track or on the deflection means and/or following the abrupt change in the course of the transport track or on the deflection means.
  • the scenery can be arranged next to the transport track, for example.
  • a scenery can be embodied as an imaging unit, for example as a flat or curved screen with a display of stationary or moving images and, if necessary, an acoustic accompaniment.
  • a scenery can also be formed by spatial structures and figures.
  • scenery can enclose the course of the transport track at least in certain areas, for example in particular in the form of a tunnel or channel.
  • further training variants of the scenery are possible.
  • Scenery is particularly attractive in connection with a change in passenger orientation, e.g. perpendicular to the course of the transport track and to the direction of travel.
  • the passengers can be aligned with their line of sight to a scene at the side.
  • the attraction of the scenery and a special driving experience are superimposed by a driving movement of the passengers perpendicular to their passenger orientation.
  • the means of transport can also be accelerated on a transport track section as it continues to travel. This can be done, for example, by a downward gradient in the direction of travel and/or a drive device.
  • the acceleration also has a stimulus-enhancing effect.
  • the variation means for changing the passenger orientation can be designed to rotate said passenger orientation about a vertical axis of the means of transport.
  • the vertical axis can be aligned perpendicularly to the main plane of the means of transport. It can extend along the upper body when the passenger is usually seated or standing.
  • the passenger orientation can be rotated in a direction transverse to the direction of travel. This can be, for example, an angle of exactly or approximately 90° to the direction of travel or to the course of the transport path.
  • the passenger orientation can be changed with the aiming towards a scenery.
  • the passenger orientation can be rotated around said vertical axis on the means of transport. This can e.g. take place in the opposite direction to the abrupt change in the course of the transport path and can take place in a counter-rotation of approx. -90° exist.
  • the rotation takes place on the means of transport, which otherwise retains its orientation relative to the transport path and the direction of travel. During this rotation, for example, passenger recordings, in particular seats, can be rotated individually or together.
  • the aforesaid variation means can rotate the means of transport about its aforesaid vertical axis and thereby change the orientation of the passengers relative to the direction of travel.
  • the function of the variation means can be integrated into the deflection means.
  • a deflection means in the form of a stationary, strongly curved transport track section between two transport track sections that adjoin at the ends the means of transport on the transport track and makes a sharp curve.
  • the radius of curvature can z. B. 7 m and less.
  • the passenger orientation can e.g. B. be rotated around said vertical axis on the means of transport.
  • further transport track sections can also be connected to the crossing with an aligned orientation, with the means of transport possibly , in particular optionally , can also drive in a straight direction and without an abrupt change in the course of the transport path and the direction of travel over the intersection .
  • the deflection means can advantageously be designed as a rotary device.
  • the passenger alignment can be rotated on the means of transport or the means of transport can rotate about its vertical axis, if necessary. with integration of the function of the variation means in the deflection means.
  • the transport track can have further track sections.
  • the sections of the transport path immediately following in the direction of travel before and after the change and deflection point can have a straight alignment. This is beneficial in conjunction with a scenery. The latter is also dispensable.
  • the straight alignment can be present at least in certain areas, in particular in the connection area to the change and deflection point.
  • Such a directly adjoining transport track section can have a gradient or run horizontally.
  • a transport track section can be designed as a dead-end stretch or dead-end street with an upright, preferably steep braking ramp at one end.
  • the braking ramp can be used for braking and reversing the direction of travel of the means of transport.
  • this stitch-like transport track section can connect to a change or deflection point, in particular to an intersection of a plurality of transport track sections.
  • Another transport path section following the dead end section in a straight line can have an ascending incline which, together with the braking ramp and the areas of the transport path sections located lower in between, forms a trough that enables the means of transport to rock in a reversing manner, if necessary. with the support of propulsion devices.
  • a configuration of the deflection means as a rotary device at the crossing is particularly advantageous.
  • the Totendux can be reversed with different and variable passenger orientations.
  • the transport means arriving from a transport path section can a movable transport path section can be implemented on a transport shuttle, which moves on the transport path section that follows the change and deflection point.
  • This shuttle movement can be reversing.
  • At the end of the shuttle transport path section there can be another change and conversion point with an outgoing transport path section.
  • the transport shuttle can move reversing back and forth between the two change and deflection points.
  • the means of transport is transferred between the stationary transport path section and the movable transport path section of the transport shuttle.
  • the movable transport path section can be aligned with the adjoining stationary transport path section(s). It can have a means of stopping the arriving means of transport. It can also have a drive means for conveying the means of transport away onto the outgoing transport section.
  • the transport means retains its alignment when it arrives and is moved by the transport shuttle with a transport direction aligned transversely thereto. Through this conversion, the conversion device contains the function of the variation means.
  • the transversely directed stationary transport path section traveled by the transport shuttle can have a downward gradient at least at one end in the direction of travel.
  • the slope can also be present on the other section and also in the central area.
  • the gradient does not have to be constant. Smaller ascending gradients are also possible in the course of the section. Due to this incline, the transport shuttle with the loaded means of transport can move downwards by gravity in the direction of travel.
  • a shuttle drive can be provided for reverse or reversing movement when empty.
  • the transport shuttle can have a tilting device for the movable transport path section.
  • the tilting axis can be aligned along the movable transport path section s.
  • the tilting device which can be designed in different ways, can include a tilting means for actuating the tilting movement.
  • a configuration of the tilting means as a slot guide with a slot track arranged on the stationary transport track section is particularly advantageous.
  • the movable transport path section for the transport means can be tilted depending on the path or position of the transport shuttle on the stationary transport path section. This can e.g. B. be coupled with a scenery .
  • the tilting device can be motor-driven and controlled in some other way.
  • the deflection means can in each case be designed as a controllably driven rotary device with a rotatable transport path section for the transport means.
  • the deflection means can also have a stop means and a drive means for the transport means.
  • the turning device can be controllable in such a way that s the means of transport arriving on one transport path section after turning on another in Transverse direction subsequent transport path section can continue.
  • the control makes it possible for the means of transport arriving on one transport track section to be able to continue driving on another transport track section that is flush with the crossing and without rotating its orientation.
  • the rotating device can have the function of a turntable and can enable the means of transport to continue driving after the change and deflection point in different directions.
  • the turning device can have a single turning part for accommodating the rotatable transport track section.
  • the latter can be rotated as a whole together with the recorded means of transport.
  • the variation means for changing the passenger alignment can be adapted to this rotation and can e.g. B. effect an opposite rotational movement of the passenger orientation.
  • the rotation of the means of transport can be compensated for.
  • the passengers can retain their existing alignment on the arriving means of transport during the rotation of the means of transport and also while the means of transport continues to travel on the subsequent and transversely aligned section of the transport track. As a result, the passengers only notice a stop in the travel movement when driving onto the rotatable transport section and, because their passenger orientation is maintained, do not notice the rotating movement of the rotating device.
  • the variation means and the rotating device are coordinated with one another and perform opposite rotating movements about a vertical axis of the transport means.
  • the variation means preferably rotates the passenger orientation on the means of transport.
  • the rotating device has a plurality of rotating parts, each of which is designed to accommodate an individual rotatable track element of the rotatable transport track section.
  • the function of the variation means can be integrated into the rotating device with a plurality of rotating parts.
  • the variation means can be designed differently to implement the aforementioned changes in the passenger orientation.
  • the means of transport has a passenger seat and a chassis with a running gear for engagement with the transport track.
  • the variation means can be arranged in each case between the passenger accommodation and the running gear.
  • the variation means has a controllably driven rotary unit.
  • This is used for actively turning the passenger seat relative to the carriage with respect to the said vertical axis.
  • the rotating unit can be arranged between the passenger accommodation and the chassis. It enables the aforementioned rotation of the passenger orientation relative to the means of transport.
  • This configuration is also advantageous for a configuration of the deflection means as a strongly curved and stationary transport path section.
  • the rotary unit can have a suitable, e.g. electric, drive and an associated energy store.
  • the e.g. electrical and rechargeable energy storage device can also supply an on-board traction drive of the means of transport.
  • the drive can have several separate drive groups that are self-contained with the chassis.
  • the means of variation can be freely or controlled for each of the groups of carriages about said vertical axis, e.g. with frictional resistance, have rotatable pivot bearing. This configuration is advantageous for cooperation with the above-mentioned second variant of the rotating device with a plurality of rotating parts for each receiving an individual rotating track element s.
  • the running gear group that is in guide engagement with the respective track element can also be rotated thanks to its pivot bearing. It can be held in the respective rotational position during a previous and a subsequent travel movement of the carriage by means of its form-locking engagement with a stationary track element.
  • the running gear is rotated relative to the chassis of the means of transport. The deflection takes place by rotating the drive. The means of transport can then travel along the transport track section that follows in the direction of travel, transversely to its longitudinal extent.
  • the function of the variation means is integrated into the deflection means.
  • the transport track has a guide device for the transport means.
  • the means of transport can be guided standing or hanging on the transport path and the guide device.
  • the guide device is preferably designed to guide on several sides, whereby it guides the means of transport, which is equipped with appropriate guide means, up and down and on both sides to the side or left and right s leads .
  • a form-locking guiding device in particular in the form of a rail guide, is favorable. This can have several parallel rail elements, e.g. B. have circular tubes that are connected to each other transversely.
  • the guide means on the means of transport or on the drive or the drive groups can be designed as freely rotating wheels. Alternatively, are multidirectional Guide devices in the form of electromagnetic guides possible.
  • the guide device can have a subdivision into several guide sections corresponding to the transport track and its sections.
  • the aforementioned track elements can be guided by elements such.
  • B. Rail pieces are formed.
  • the guide section on a rotatable transport track section can have longitudinally and transversely aligned stationary guide elements and rotatable guide elements, the latter each forming a single rotatable track element.
  • the amusement facility comprises a transport device for passengers, which has a preferably ring-like, closed transport track with several transport track sections and with one or more transport means that can move, in particular travel, along the transport track in one direction of travel for passengers, wherein the passengers are accommodated on the respective means of transport with a passenger orientation
  • the transport device comprises a drive device for the means of transport or means of transport, the transport path having a transport path that is curved at least in some areas and bordered at least in some areas and one or more downhill stretches and at least one abrupt change in the course of the transport path by approx.
  • the transfer device can have a transport shuttle with the movable transport track section and with a shuttle drive.
  • the transport shuttle can be arranged in a reversing manner on a transversely directed transport path section.
  • the conversion device can form the variation means for changing the orientation of the passengers.
  • the movable transport path section can be aligned with the one incoming transport path section.
  • the transversely directed section of the transport track can have at least one end, preferably all of it, with a downward incline in the direction of travel of the transport shuttle.
  • the transport shuttle can have a tilting device for the movable transport path section.
  • the tilting device can have a tilting means for actuating the tilting movement.
  • the tilting means can be designed as a slot guide and have a slot track arranged on the transversely directed section of the transport track.
  • the independent embodiment can also include the other claimed configurations of the amusement device, in particular the guide device, the scenery, the designs of the transport track sections, in particular the dead-end section with an upright braking ramp, etc.
  • the independent embodiment of the amusement device can also include one or more of the other variants of the deflection means.
  • the independent form of execution can also be a claimed variant of the variation means to change the Include passenger alignment.
  • Figure 1 a schematic plan view of a
  • Amusement facility with a transport device for passengers with an abrupt change in the course of the transport path and a local deflection means and a variation means,
  • Figure 2-4 a variant of the transport device and the deflection means in a design as a conversion device and the variation means with a transport shuttle and representation of different travel positions of the transport shuttle les,
  • Figure 5 u . 6 a variant of the transport device and the deflection means and variation means designed as a rotary device in different views,
  • Figure 7 u . 8 Detailed representations of the rotating device and the variation means of Figures 5 and 6 and an embodiment of the transport means in different views,
  • Figure 9 - 11 another variant of the transport device, the deflection means and the variation means in different views,
  • Figure 12 u . 13 a detailed representation of the deflection means and the variation means of Figure 9 - 11 and an embodiment of the means of transport
  • Figure 14 - 16 further variants of the transport device with a deflection device designed as a rotating device
  • Figure 19 - 21 Further variants of the transport device with one or more crossings together with deflection means and a transport track section designed as a dead end section in different views.
  • the invention relates to an amusement device (1) with a transport device (2) for passengers.
  • the amusement facility also relates to a method for transporting passengers at an amusement facility (1).
  • the invention also relates to several independently inventive configurations of a deflection means (7) and a tilting device (25) along with other components.
  • FIG. 1 shows an amusement device in a plan view.
  • the amusement facility (1) has a transport device (2) for passengers (not shown), which has a ring-like, closed transport track (5) with a plurality of transport means (4) for passengers that can be moved along the transport track (5) in a direction of travel (9).
  • the passengers are accommodated on the means of transport (4) with a passenger orientation (10).
  • the passenger orientation (10) is, for example, by a passenger recording (37), such as seats with backrests and restraint devices, determined.
  • the passenger alignment (10) can be aligned along the means of transport (4) and in its direction of travel (9).
  • the transport path (5) has a preferably form-fitting guide device (31) for the transport means (4), e.g. designed as a rolling vehicle.
  • the transport track (5) is divided into several transport track sections (13-19), on each of which guide sections (32) are arranged.
  • the transport path (5) has a transport path that is curved at least in some areas and twisted at least in some areas, with one or more downhill stretches (6).
  • the slightly curved transport path sections (17) have large radii of curvature of 10 m and more, and large arc angles of 150° and more can also be present.
  • the means of transport (4) can travel through the dynamic curves at high speed.
  • the downhill stretches (6) have a downward slope, along which the means of transport (4) is moved by its kinetic energy and also by its potential energy and by its weight and gravity. There are also uphill stretches (6) .
  • the course of the transport track is like a roller coaster.
  • Various transport path sections are passed over one another crossing. Loops, hairpin bends, loops, corkscrews and the like can occur in the course of the transport path. dynamic areas must be present.
  • the amusement facility (1) can have a train station (12) on the transport track (5) for boarding and alighting passengers on the means of transport (4). exhibit .
  • the transport path (5) has at least one abrupt change in the course of the transport path by approx. 90° up.
  • a deflection means (7) is arranged at this point of change or deflection of the course of the transport path.
  • the at least one deflection means (7) can be designed in different ways, for which various variants are shown and explained below.
  • the means of transport (4) arriving, for example, at a transport track area (13) in the direction of travel (9) is caused by the abrupt change in the course of the transport track by approx. Deflected 90° to another, outgoing transport track area (14).
  • At the end of the transport means (4) in a further abrupt change in the course of the transport path by approx. 90° are deflected again onto another, continuing transport track area (13, 15).
  • the transport path (5) from FIG. 1 has two abrupt changes in the course of the transport path, each with a deflection means (7).
  • the change and deflection points and the deflection means (7) are spaced apart from one another, with a straight transport track section (14), for example, being arranged between them. This can, for example, have a downward gradient in the direction of travel (9).
  • the deflection means (7) are each followed by, for example, a straight transport path section (13) which is aligned transversely to the transport path section (14).
  • the two transport path sections (13) can be aligned parallel to one another.
  • the course of the transport track is U-shaped in this area. In a modification, the course of the transport path in this area can be Z- or S-shaped.
  • the transport path (5) can also have more than two change and deflection points and deflection means (7). An even number of change and deflection points and deflection means (7) is favorable.
  • the transport device (2) also has a variation means (11) for changing the passenger orientation (10) relative to the direction of travel (9) of the transport means (4).
  • the passenger orientation (10) can be changed, for example, at a change and deflection point and at a deflection means (7).
  • FIG. 1 shows a means of transport (4) on the transport track section (14) between the two deflection means (7) with a modified passenger orientation (10) pointing transversely to the transport direction (9).
  • a scenery (3) is arranged on the transport track (5), in particular on the transport track section (14).
  • This is designed, for example, as a tunnel through which the means of transport (4) drives with the passengers aligned transversely to the direction of travel (9).
  • entertainment effects especially light effects, image effects, sound effects or the like. , act on the passengers during the journey.
  • the same or different scenery (3) can alternatively or additionally be arranged at a change or deflection point.
  • Scenery (3) can also be arranged at a different point in the course of the transport path.
  • the transport means (4) are moved at low speed and, if necessary, stopped.
  • the transport track (5) has a braking device (48) for the transport means (4) in the direction of travel (9) before an abrupt change in the course of the transport track.
  • the braking means (48) can be designed in any way be. It can, for example, from braking friction wheels, brake shoes, an eddy current brake or the like. are formed.
  • the transport device (2) also has one or more drive devices (8) for the transport means
  • the drive devices (8) can be arranged in a stationary manner on the transport track (5). They can be designed in any suitable way, e.g. as driven friction wheels, catapult, towing drive, electric linear drive or the like.
  • the means of transport (4) does not have its own drive, for example.
  • the means of transport (4) can additionally or alternatively have its own, e.g. electric, traction drive and an energy store.
  • the electrical energy store for example, can be charged while driving or when stationary, e.g. at a train station (12), e.g. by alternating electromagnetic fields, by sliding contacts or the like.
  • Figure 2 to 4 show an embodiment of the transport device (2) and a deflection means (7), which is designed here as a transfer device (22).
  • the transfer device (22) has a movable and in particular displaceable transport path section (19) which is arranged on a transport shuttle (23) and is transported by it along a stationary transport path section (14).
  • the two stationary transport path sections (13, 14) end separately at the change and deflection point. They are arranged at right angles and at different heights to one another.
  • Scenery (3) may be present and is not shown for the sake of clarity.
  • the transport shuttle (23) is on the stationary transport path section (14) movably mounted and can move forward and backwards on this with a reversing movement move backwards along.
  • the transport track section (14) has a downward slope in the direction of travel (9) over its entire length.
  • the transport shuttle (23) travels with the movable transport track section (19) and the charged there and not shown transport (4) in the transport direction (9) on the transport track section (14) downwards.
  • the movable transport path section (19) and the loaded transport means (4) are aligned transversely to the stationary transport path section (14) and transversely to the direction of travel (9).
  • the movable transport path section (19) is aligned by the transport shuttle (23) with the stationary transport path section (13).
  • the means of transport (4) arriving here and, if necessary, previously braked moves onto the movable transport track section (19) and is stopped here.
  • the passenger orientation (10) initially pointing in the direction of travel (19) is retained.
  • the passenger alignment (10) is aligned transversely to the direction of travel (9) on the stationary transport track section (4).
  • the variation means (11) for changing the passenger orientation relative to the transport direction (9) is integrated into the relocating device (22).
  • the transport shuttle (23) can move away from the change and deflection point by its own weight and move down.
  • the transport shuttle (23) has a controllable shuttle drive (24). It also has a braking device for fixing and positioning when loading the means of transport (4).
  • the transport shuttle (23) has a tilting device (25) for the movable transport track section (19). This is pivotable about a tilting axis directed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the stationary transport path section (14).
  • the tilting device (25) can be controllable. In the embodiment shown, it has tilting means (26) for actuating the tilting movement.
  • the tilting means (26) is designed as a link guide and has a link track arranged on the stationary transport track section (14) along which a support wheel runs, which tilts the movable transport track section (19) according to the link inclination.
  • the tilting device (25) can have a motor-driven and controlled tilting means (26).
  • a further change and deflection point of the transfer device (22) can be arranged at the end of the stationary transport path section (14).
  • the movable transport track section (19) can be aligned with another stationary transport track section (13) for the further travel of the transport means (4).
  • the transfer device (22), in particular the transport shuttle (23) and/or the movable transport track section (19), can have a stop means (45) for stopping and holding the moving means of transport (4) and a drive means (46) for releasing the loaded means of transport ( 4) to a continuing transport path section (13).
  • the abrupt change in the course of the transport path by 90° is achieved by converting the transport means (4) from the incoming transport path section (13) to the movable transport path section (19) and through its transverse further transport on the transport shuttle (23) formed at a 90 ° angle.
  • the other abrupt change in the course of the transport path can be designed accordingly.
  • the exemplary embodiment shows a variant with a design as a crossing (21), in which three stationary transport track sections (13, 14, 15) connect to the change and deflection point.
  • the transport path sections (13, 15) are aligned transversely to the transport path section (14) and are aligned with one another.
  • the means of transport (4) can optionally depart on one or the other transport path section (13, 15).
  • a movable transport track section (19) positioned at the crossing (21) also enables a means of transport to pass straight through from one transport track section (13, 15) to the other.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 show a further variant of a deflection means (7), which is designed here as a rotating device (27) and which causes the abrupt change in the course of the transport path by, for example, 90°.
  • An incoming stationary transport path section (13) and an outgoing stationary transport path section (14) are arranged at right angles to one another.
  • At the end of the outgoing transport path section (14) there is, for example, another change and deflection point with an abrupt change in the course of the transport path. In the exemplary embodiment shown, this can be in the form of a crossing (21).
  • the discharging transport path section (14) has a partially curved and also twisted course and a downward inclination.
  • Scenery (3) can be arranged next to and along the transport track section (14) and/or at the change and deflection point, for example as an imaging Unit, in particular as a flat or curved screen with a display of still or moving images and possibly an acoustic background is formed.
  • the rotating device (27) has a movable transport track section (19) which in this case can be rotated.
  • the movable transport track section (19) establishes a connection between the incoming and outgoing stationary transport track sections (13, 14, 15).
  • the variation means (11) for changing the passenger orientation (10) is integrated into the deflection means (7) and into the rotating device (27).
  • the rotary device (27) has a controllable rotary drive (30).
  • the rotary parts (29) can have a common rotary drive (30) with transmission gear or each have their own rotary drive.
  • the turning parts (29) can be distributed in a rectangle with unequal side lengths, which can be useful, for example, for unequal track widths of the adjacent transport track sections (13, 14, 15).
  • the guide section (32) of the movable transport path section (19) is formed by stationary guide elements (33, 34) and rotatable guide elements (35).
  • the rotatable guide elements (35) are also arranged in a rectangle, preferably in a square, and are each arranged at a crossing point between stationary guide elements (33, 34). They form the rotatable track elements (20).
  • the stationary guide elements (33) are aligned along the incoming stationary transport track section (13) and the other guide elements (34) are aligned transversely thereto and along the outgoing stationary transport track section (14).
  • the guide device (31) is formed by parallel and e.g. rail-like guide elements which engage with guide means (40), e.g. freely rotatable wheels, on the transport means (4).
  • the guiding means (40) are in a form-fitting and multi-sided guiding engagement with the guiding elements of the guiding device (31).
  • the design of the rotating device (27) and the rotatable transport track section (19) can change accordingly.
  • FIG. 7 and 8 illustrate an example of a design of the transport means (4).
  • This has a chassis (36) with a drive (38) and a passenger seat (37).
  • the chassis (36) is e.g. designed like a beam in some areas and can interact with the drive devices (8), braking means (48) and stopping and drive means (45, 46).
  • the passenger accommodation (37) is formed by several rows of seats arranged one behind the other on a platform (39) of the chassis (36).
  • the carriage (38) is divided into a number of carriage groups (41), each of which has a number of guide means (40), eg wheels, with a multi-sided and differently directed arrangement on a guide element of the guide device (31).
  • the drive groups (41) are arranged separately from one another on the chassis (36) and are each rotatable about a vertical axis (44) of the transport means (4) on one lateral boom of the chassis (36) stored.
  • the vertical axis (44) is perpendicular to the main plane of the means of transport (4) and the platform (39).
  • the bearing axes of the pivot bearings (43) and the likewise upright axes of rotation of the rotating parts (29) are aligned with one another. They run together along said vertical axis (44).
  • the vertical axis (44) can be arranged vertically in space. Alternatively, it can be arranged obliquely with a predominant vertical directional component.
  • the movable transport path section (19) of the rotating device (27) is provided with stopping and driving means (45, 46).
  • FIG. 7 shows a stop means (45) which can also have a positioning function for the transport means (4) and which can also have a positioning function. It can, for example, be designed as a controllable index which has an adjustable cone on the transport track section (19) for engaging in a centering opening of the transport means (4).
  • the incoming transport means (4) is stopped on the movable transport track section (19) and positioned exactly with its carriage groups (41) on the rotatable track elements (20) or rotatable guide elements (35), with the axes of the rotary bearings (43) and the rotary units (29) prefer to align. Position tolerances can be compensated for by elastic bearing elements.
  • the path elements (20) and rotatable guide elements (35) are rotated by 90° by the respective rotating part (29).
  • the rotatable guide elements (35) are then aligned with the transversely directed stationary guide elements (34) and with the discharging transport track section (14).
  • the Groups of carriages (41) are also rotated 90° and aligned along the stationary guide elements (34).
  • the chassis (36) retains its orientation, the effective direction or direction of travel of the carriage (38) and its carriage groups (41) being rotated by 90°.
  • the rotational movement of the carriage group (41) induced by the rotary parts (29) forms the variation means (11) and causes a change in the passenger orientation (10) by 90° compared to the change in the direction of travel (9) associated with the carriage rotation.
  • the means of transport (4) is moved transversely to the outgoing stationary transport path section (14) while maintaining its incoming alignment of chassis (36) and passenger receptacle (37) and passenger alignment (10).
  • Figure 9 to 13 show another variant of the transport device (2) and a deflection means (7), which is designed here as a rotating device (27), which has a different function and structural design compared to the embodiment described above.
  • the arrangement of the stationary incoming transport path sections (13) and outgoing transport path sections (14, 15) and the formation of a crossing (21) is designed in a similar way to the previous exemplary embodiment.
  • the rotating device (27) is arranged at the change and deflection point of said abrupt change in the course of the transport path.
  • the rotating device (27) has a single rotating part (28) with a controllable drive (30) and a rotatable transport track section (19) which is accommodated on the rotating part (28).
  • the rotating device (27) can rotate the rotatable track section (19) by one eg rotate an upright, in particular vertical, axis which is aligned parallel to said vertical axis (44) of the variation means (11).
  • the axis of rotation of the rotating device (27) can also be inclined in one or more directions, in particular with a predominantly vertical directional component.
  • the rotatable transport track section (19) can in each case be aligned in its rotational positions with the stationary transport track sections (13, 14, 15) which are aligned transversely to one another and, if appropriate, aligned.
  • Figure 12 and 13 illustrate the design of the rotating device (27) and the transport means (4) and the variation means (11).
  • the means of transport (4) is designed in the manner described above and has a chassis (36), a drive (38), a passenger accommodation (37) and a platform (39).
  • the running gear (28) can have a number of running gear groups (41) with guide means (40) which in this embodiment are arranged rigidly on the chassis (36) or are arranged so that they can only be moved to a limited extent for cornering, for example on outriggers there.
  • the variation means (11) rotates the passenger alignment (10) and the passenger receptacle (37) relative to the transport means (4), in particular to the chassis (36) and to the running gear (38).
  • the variation means (11) has a controllably driven rotating unit (42) between the platform (39) and the chassis (36), which has an upright rotating axis and forms the said vertical axis (44). It is preferably arranged centrally on the means of transport (4), in particular on the chassis (36).
  • the rotary unit (42) has an electromotive rotary drive and a connected electrical energy store.
  • the energy store can be designed as a rechargeable battery in the aforementioned manner.
  • the deflection means (7) for example the rotary part (28), can have stopping and driving means (45,46) for the transport means (4), which are designed, for example, as friction wheels which can be driven in a controlled manner and which can interact with the chassis (36).
  • the transport means (4) arriving from the stationary transport track section (13) travels onto the aligned rotatable transport track section (19) and is stopped and held here by a stopping device (45).
  • the rotating unit (27) then rotates the transport track section (19) with the loaded transport means (4) by 90° in alignment with the outgoing stationary transport track section (14) designed as a downhill section (6).
  • the axis of rotation of the rotating device (27) and the vertical axis (44) of the variation means (11) can coincide.
  • the variation means (11) can execute a rotary movement that runs in the opposite direction and is of the same amount.
  • the means of transport (4) is then transferred to the stationary transport track section (14) that is discharging, with the passenger orientation (10) and the direction of travel (9) being aligned transversely to one another and the passengers being transported transversely to their seating and viewing direction.
  • Scenery (3) can also be placed on the stationary transport section (14). be arranged in the manner described above.
  • the exemplary embodiment also shows the possibility of designing the transport track section (14) to be more demanding in terms of driving dynamics and of incorporating gradients (6) with different inclinations and possibly torsion.
  • Variation means (11) are carried out.
  • a rotary movement of the variation means (11) about the vertical axis (44) can only be carried out after the rotary movement of the rotary device (27).
  • FIGS. 14 to 16 show further variants in the design of the transport device (1), the same rotating device (27) described above being provided with the rotatable transport path section (19) rotated in its entirety.
  • Figures 14 and 15 show a different configuration of the outgoing and downwardly inclined stationary conveyor track section (14) and the drop sections (6) and the torsions. A scenery (3) is missing in this variant.
  • the second abrupt change in the course of the transport path and the deflection means (7) there are omitted.
  • the transport means (4) continues on the stationary, discharging transport track section (14).
  • the variation means (11) can cancel the previously formed transverse alignment of the passenger alignment (11) and the direction of travel (9) and align the passenger alignment (10) in the direction of travel (9) or in the opposite direction for reversing.
  • Figure 17 and 18 illustrate a further variant of the deflection device (7), which is formed here by a stationary and strongly curved transport path section (18) which is aligned at both ends and preferably firmly attached connecting the incoming and the outgoing stationary conveyor belt section (13, 14).
  • the oncoming vehicle (14) makes a sharp curve on the curved section (18) of the transport path when there is an abrupt change in the course of the transport path.
  • the deflection means With this configuration of the deflection means, the formation of one or more crossings (21) is also possible.
  • two heavily curved transport track sections (18) with a switch (47) can be arranged at a change and deflection point.
  • the variation means (11) for changing the passenger orientation (11) relative to the direction of travel (9) can have the configuration with the rotary unit (42) described above.
  • FIG. 18 also makes it clear that different deflection means (7) can be used on the transport track (5) in the transport device (2).
  • Figure 19 to 21 illustrate a further variant of the transport device (2), in which at a change and deflection point, in particular at a crossing (21), a transport section (16) can connect, which is designed as a dead end route or as a dead end and at the end has an upright and steep braking ramp (49) for braking and reversing the direction of travel of the means of transport (4).
  • the transport means (4) can move in opposite directions on this transport path section (16).
  • a drive device (8) can also be arranged here.
  • the means of transport (4) returning from the braking ramp (49) can continue in different directions if an intersection (21) and a correspondingly suitable deflection means (7), in particular a rotating device (27), are provided.
  • the deflection means (7) is designed, for example, as a rotary device (27) of the type described above.
  • the variation means (11) preferably has a rotary unit (42).
  • the exemplary embodiments also illustrate the possibility that at the crossing (21) a transport track section (15) is opposite and aligned with the transport track section (16) and this aligned transport track section (15) has an ascending gradient (6).
  • This incline (6) and the braking ramp (49) can form a trough-like track shape that allows the means of transport (4) to swing in reverse across the crossing (21).
  • the passenger orientation (10) relative to the direction of travel (9) can be changed, in particular several times.
  • a drive device (8) can also be arranged on the aligned transport path section (15). Together with the other drive device (8) on the transport track section (16), this can ensure that the transport means (4) is accelerated during the swing ride.
  • FIG. 21 illustrates a variant in which a trough-shaped track guide is arranged on the transport track section (16) with the braking ramp (49).
  • a rocking ride of the means of transport (11) can take place within the transport track section (16).
  • the guide device (31) which, instead of the rail guide shown, can be designed in a different way with a plurality of parallel rail elements, for example in the form of cylindrical tubes.
  • This can be, for example, a rail guide with a central rail.
  • electromagnetic guidance is possible in connection with an electric linear motor.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de divertissement (1) comportant un dispositif de transport (2) pour des passagers, qui comporte une voie de transport (5) fermée de préférence annulaire, dotée de plusieurs segments de voie de transport (13-19) et au moins un ou plusieurs éléments de transport (4), circulant dans la direction de déplacement (9), pour des passagers, l'invention concernant également un dispositif d'entraînement (8) pour le ou les moyens de transport (4). Les passagers sont reçus sur le moyen de transport (4) concerné avec une orientation des passagers (10). La voie de transport (5) présente une trajectoire de voie de transport courbe au moins par endroits et bordée au moins par endroits et une ou plusieurs sections en pente (6) ainsi qu'au moins une modification abrupte de la trajectoire de voie de transport d'environ 90° avec un moyen de déviation (7) situé à cet endroit, qui se présente sous forme de partie de voie de transport fixe (18) à la courbure fortement marquée et/ou sous forme de dispositif de rotation (27) doté d'une partie de voie de transport mobile (19). Le dispositif de transport (2) présente en outre un moyen de variation (11) destiné à modifier l'orientation des passagers (10) relativement à la direction de déplacement (9) du moyen de transport (4).
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