EP4218977A1 - Speed control mechanism for game equipment - Google Patents

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EP4218977A1
EP4218977A1 EP22213086.6A EP22213086A EP4218977A1 EP 4218977 A1 EP4218977 A1 EP 4218977A1 EP 22213086 A EP22213086 A EP 22213086A EP 4218977 A1 EP4218977 A1 EP 4218977A1
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worm gear
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Fuat Ero Lu
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Cemer Kent Ekipmanlari Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS
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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
    • A63G1/00—Roundabouts
    • A63G1/12—Roundabouts rotated by the passengers themselves
    • A63G1/14—Roundabouts rotated by the passengers themselves rotated by pushing the feet against a fixed surface or by running

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  • the invention relates to a speed control mechanism providing speed adjustment of rotating mechanism in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks.
  • game equipment such as merry-go-round in various places mainly game parks to have fun.
  • mechanisms where children have intensive physical activities as well as playing and socialising.
  • game types such as rotating mechanisms, swinging face to face and swinging members, various rope balance units.
  • Such systems comprise rotating system manufactured from stainless steel located in main poles to maximize stability and load capacity. In the rotating systems, excessive fast rotating of mechanism should be prevented.
  • Said application comprises a machine for stopping a moving object, a conveyor vehicle for carrying the object forward along a line, and in order to stop moving object, it comprises a driving and stop unit structured in a way to move according to a return hit after forward stage along an initial parallel direction of stopping cycle and structured to move forward same direction as conveyor vehicle in order to achieve stopping of the moving object.
  • Stopping machine also comprises a process unit embodied to generate a driving signal for controlling driving and stopping unit by an acceleration tendency. Maximum absolute value of the acceleration in the re-rotation stroke is smaller than maximum absolute value of acceleration inside forward stroke.
  • Said application discloses a system for stopping speed of a machine. However, it does not disclose a speed control mechanism providing adjustment of speed of carousel system which is one of game equipment in game parks. The system disclosed therein does not have a mechanism stopping speed more in light vehicles than heavy vehicles.
  • the invention has been developed with advancing the existing situation and aims to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • Primary purpose of the invention is to prevent increase of speed of rotating mechanism in carousel systems of game equipment in game parks more than a certain speed value.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to provide safe use of equipment by children without being driven away while using game equipment by help of speed adjustment as speed of rotating mechanism shall not be over 5 m/s according to the standards and so it is highly essential to provide speed adjustment. Thus, children are protected against negative cases such as injury, wounding etc.
  • the invention demounted view is shown in figure 1 , is a speed control mechanism providing adjustment of speed of rotating mechanism (A) in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks and comprises:
  • Figure 2 shows the mounted status of the invention and Figure 3 shows the illustrative view of game equipment wherein the invention is used. According to normal using procedure, the rotating speed of game equipment shall not exceed 5 m/s.
  • the speed control mechanism of the invention prevents speeding of game equipment.
  • the allen worm gear screw (1) applies more compressive force to the spring (3).
  • speed of the equipment tend to speed up too much because of being light, is decreased.
  • the worm gear screw (1) applies less compressive force to the spring (3).

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A speed control mechanism providing speed adjustment of rotating mechanism (A) in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks characterized by comprising a spring (3) providing rotation of rotating mechanism (A) in rotating game equipment such as merry-go-round, an allen worm gear screw (1) preventing speeding of game equipment by making rotation of rotating mechanism (A) difficult by applying compressive force to the spring (3), and worm gear (2) connected to the allen worm gear screw (1).

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    Technical Field
  • The invention relates to a speed control mechanism providing speed adjustment of rotating mechanism in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks.
    • State of Art
  • Today children can use game equipment such as merry-go-round in various places mainly game parks to have fun. There are various mechanisms where children have intensive physical activities as well as playing and socialising. There are various game types such as rotating mechanisms, swinging face to face and swinging members, various rope balance units. Such systems comprise rotating system manufactured from stainless steel located in main poles to maximize stability and load capacity. In the rotating systems, excessive fast rotating of mechanism should be prevented.
  • In the prior art carousel system of game equipment is mounted onto equipment from outside. This causes failure of the system due to external factors such as stroke, rain, mud etc. and unsafe use because of insufficiency to fix speed.
  • During the literature search for the subject matter, patent application numbered TR2018/11116 is encountered. Said application comprises a machine for stopping a moving object, a conveyor vehicle for carrying the object forward along a line, and in order to stop moving object, it comprises a driving and stop unit structured in a way to move according to a return hit after forward stage along an initial parallel direction of stopping cycle and structured to move forward same direction as conveyor vehicle in order to achieve stopping of the moving object. Stopping machine also comprises a process unit embodied to generate a driving signal for controlling driving and stopping unit by an acceleration tendency. Maximum absolute value of the acceleration in the re-rotation stroke is smaller than maximum absolute value of acceleration inside forward stroke. Said application discloses a system for stopping speed of a machine. However, it does not disclose a speed control mechanism providing adjustment of speed of carousel system which is one of game equipment in game parks. The system disclosed therein does not have a mechanism stopping speed more in light vehicles than heavy vehicles.
  • As a result, due to above-described disadvantages and inadequacy of existing solutions, it has been necessary to make development in the related art.
    • Aim of the Invention
  • The invention has been developed with advancing the existing situation and aims to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • Primary purpose of the invention is to prevent increase of speed of rotating mechanism in carousel systems of game equipment in game parks more than a certain speed value.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to provide safe use of equipment by children without being driven away while using game equipment by help of speed adjustment as speed of rotating mechanism shall not be over 5 m/s according to the standards and so it is highly essential to provide speed adjustment. Thus, children are protected against negative cases such as injury, wounding etc.
  • The structural and characteristics features of the invention and all advantages will be understood better in detailed descriptions with the figures given below and with reference to the figures, and therefore, the assessment should be made taking into account the said figures and detailed explanations.
    • Brief Description of the Drawings
    • Figure 1 is a demounted status of speed control mechanism disclosed under the invention.
    • Figure 2 is a mounted status of speed control mechanism disclosed under the invention.
    • Figure 3 is an illustrative view of game equipment where speed control mechanism of the invention is used.
    Description of Part References
    • 1. Allen worm gear screw
    • 2. Worm gear
    • 3. Spring
    • A. Rotating mechanism
    Detailed Description of the Invention
  • In this detailed description, the preferred embodiments of the speed control mechanism being subject of the invention have been described only for purpose of better understanding of the matter.
  • The invention, demounted view is shown in figure 1, is a speed control mechanism providing adjustment of speed of rotating mechanism (A) in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks and comprises:
    • a spring (3) providing rotation of rotating mechanism (A) in rotating game equipment such as merry-go-round,
    • an allen worm gear screw (1) preventing speeding of game equipment by making rotation of rotating mechanism (A) difficult by applying compressive force to the spring (3), and
    • worm gear (2) connected to the allen worm gear screw (1).
  • Figure 2 shows the mounted status of the invention and Figure 3 shows the illustrative view of game equipment wherein the invention is used. According to normal using procedure, the rotating speed of game equipment shall not exceed 5 m/s. The speed control mechanism of the invention prevents speeding of game equipment.
  • Since small and light game equipment tend to speed up too much, the allen worm gear screw (1) applies more compressive force to the spring (3). Thus, speed of the equipment, tend to speed up too much because of being light, is decreased. In bigger and heavier equipment, the worm gear screw (1) applies less compressive force to the spring (3).

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  1. A speed control mechanism providing speed adjustment of rotating mechanism (A) in carousel systems in game equipment in game parks characterized by comprising:
    • a spring (3) providing rotation of rotating mechanism (A) in rotating game equipment such as merry-go-round,
    • an allen worm gear screw (1) preventing speeding of game equipment by making rotation of rotating mechanism (A) difficult by applying compressive force to the spring (3), and
    • worm gear (2) connected to the allen worm gear screw (1).
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Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR369813A (en) * 1906-09-17 1907-01-22 Rene Gaujoin Rotary carousel with pendulum nacelles
FR462984A (en) * 1913-01-13 1914-02-11 Charles Hutton Moss Fairground merry-go-round, with flying mechanical accessories
DE2200631A1 (en) * 1972-01-07 1973-07-19 Adam Van Der Veen CAROUSEL
US4877236A (en) * 1984-12-14 1989-10-31 Game Time, Inc. Rotating playground equipment assembly
US20050059501A1 (en) * 2003-07-24 2005-03-17 Grant Ballin Sound producing play apparatus
TR201811116T4 (en) 2014-05-07 2018-08-27 Fives Oto Spa Machine for cutting a moving object.

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR369813A (en) * 1906-09-17 1907-01-22 Rene Gaujoin Rotary carousel with pendulum nacelles
FR462984A (en) * 1913-01-13 1914-02-11 Charles Hutton Moss Fairground merry-go-round, with flying mechanical accessories
DE2200631A1 (en) * 1972-01-07 1973-07-19 Adam Van Der Veen CAROUSEL
US4877236A (en) * 1984-12-14 1989-10-31 Game Time, Inc. Rotating playground equipment assembly
US20050059501A1 (en) * 2003-07-24 2005-03-17 Grant Ballin Sound producing play apparatus
TR201811116T4 (en) 2014-05-07 2018-08-27 Fives Oto Spa Machine for cutting a moving object.

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