JP2804214B2 - Swing type play equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a swing type game facility installed in an amusement park or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a swing as the most popular swing type play equipment. This swing is originally designed to perform only a rocking motion, and it is dangerous and impossible for a passenger to turn. Therefore, those who have reached a certain level of swing operation skills will be bored.

Further, as a swing-type play facility for a plurality of persons to board simultaneously, at the tip of two parallel swing arms supported swingably on both sides of a support member,
2. Description of the Related Art There is a swing-type play equipment in which a boarding car is rotatably suspended on both sides of a boarding car so that the boarding car can swing. In this swing-type play equipment, the occupant in the boarding car repeats the operation of rowing the boarding car in the front-rear direction in the manner of a swing to swing the swing arm.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned swingable swing type play equipment, the one side of the boarding car is hung by two parallel swing arms, so that the maximum capacity of the boarding car is high. When the reaching point is at a position 90 degrees from directly below, the parallelogram formed by the support point of the two swing arms on the support member and the suspension point on the car is straight. However, the car cannot be turned due to the problem that the movement of the car is very unstable.

In addition, since the occupant must perform the operation of rowing the car from the beginning, it is difficult to repeat the operation of rowing until the occupant swings the car in the case where the occupant is only a weak child. is there. Therefore, an assistant is required, but there is a problem that the assistant is exposed to danger when the swinging motion of the boarding car increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a swing-type game facility in which a riding car can be easily and stably turned.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a swing-type play equipment which is mounted symmetrically on both sides of a riding basket and the riding basket. At least three pairs of swing arms of equal length for suspending the boarding car so as to be able to swivel, support members erected on both sides of the boarding car to support the swing arm so as to be able to swivel, and at least one of the swing arms 1
Rotation driving means for rotating a book to a predetermined angle, and clutch means for releasing transmission of the torque of the rotation driving means to the swing arm when the swing arm is rotated to a predetermined angle by the rotation driving means. At least one of the three pairs of swing arms is disposed at a higher position than the other pair of swing arms and the respective pair of swing arms are disposed parallel to each other in a side view of the boarding car. When viewed from the front and rear of the boarding car, each of the pair of swing arms is inclined with respect to the boarding car, so that the boarding car can be turned in the vertical direction.

[0008]

[0009]

At the start of the play operation, at least one of the three pairs of swing arms is rotated to a predetermined angle by the rotation driving means. Then, when the motor rotates to a predetermined angle, the transmission of the rotational force of the rotary drive unit to the swing arm is released by the clutch unit. In this manner, the boarding occupant does not need to row the boarding car from the position of the bottom dead center, and the swinging motion can be easily started without the assistance of the assistant.

[0010] Thereafter, when the occupant rows the boarding car in the manner of a swing, the boarding car rotatably hung on the support member by the swing arm continues to swing.
At this time, both sides of the boarding car are suspended from the support members by at least three pairs of swing arms,
At least one pair of swing arms is arranged at a position higher than the other swing arms and arranged so as to be parallel to each other. Each of the pair of swing arms is inclined with respect to the boarding car in a front-rear view of the boarding car. Therefore, if the rowing car continues to be rowed further, the swing angle increases, and eventually the rowing car reaches the highest point and shifts to a turning motion.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view (corresponding to a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 2) of the swing type play equipment in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1.

On a play floor 1 such as an amusement park or the like, a raised floor type base plate 3 is provided with a plurality of pillars 2,... The vertical columns 4, 5 of the books are erected at regular intervals so as to face each other.

The upper, middle and lower portions of the left and right portions of the two vertical columns 4 and 5 in the inverted U-shape are connected by horizontal beams 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively.
In this way, a strong frame body is constituted by the vertical columns 4 and 5 and the horizontal beams 6 to 9. Further, oblique stays 10, 11 are provided between the left and right portions of the two vertical columns 4, 5 located in front of and behind the upper surface of the base plate 3 and the front and rear portions of the base plate 3, respectively. The frame body is reinforced.

The boarding car 13 is formed in a box-like body having an open upper surface so that several persons can ride on it while standing, and a door 14 for getting on and off is provided at a front portion. Upper frames 13a, 13a having a mountain shape are provided on both sides of the upper part of the boarding cage 13, respectively. A lowering shaft 15 is mounted in the horizontal direction. Also,
On both sides of the bottom of the car 13, a lower frame 13 b,
The lower suspension shafts 16 and 17 are provided at the front and rear portions between the lower frames 13b and 13b at the same distance in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper suspension shaft 15 and in parallel with each other.
Are installed respectively.

Upper swing arms 18 and 18 are disposed on both sides of the upper suspension shaft 15, respectively. Lower swing arms 19 and 19 and lower swing arms 20 and 20 are disposed on both sides of the lower suspension shafts 16 and 17, respectively. Are arranged respectively. Each of the swing arms 18 to 20 has basically the same shape and the same length. A horizontal shaft 21 protruding outward is attached to an outer surface of a substantially middle portion in a longitudinal direction, and a balancer 22 is provided at an upper portion. It is attached, and a hole for hanging is drilled at the bottom.

The horizontal shaft 21 of the upper swing arm 18
Is rotatably supported by a bearing 26 provided on a bracket 25 fixed to an intermediate portion of the horizontal beam 7 in the front-rear direction, and an upper frame provided on an upper part of the riding cage 13 in each suspension hole. Both ends of the upper suspension shaft 15 attached to 13a are rotatably inserted.

The lower swing arms 19, 20
The horizontal shaft 21 is rotatably supported by bearings 29, 30 provided on brackets 27, 28 fixed to the front part and the rear part over two horizontal beams 8, 9, and each of the suspension holes The lower suspension shafts 16 and 17 attached to the lower frame 13b provided at the bottom of the car 13 are rotatably inserted into the lower suspension shafts 16 and 17, respectively.

Accordingly, the upper swing arm 18 and the lower swing arm 1
It will be suspended by a total of three swing arms 18-20 of 9,20. The upper swing arm 18 and the lower swing arms 19, 20 are respectively directed from the horizontal shaft 21 to the upper suspension shaft 15 or the lower suspension shafts 16, 17 while the car 13 is suspended. Car 1
It is inclined with respect to 3. Therefore, the car 13
The swing arms 18, 19, 20 do not overlap with each other even if is turned.

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the base plate 3,
A drive shaft 32 is rotatably supported by bearings 31 on both sides. Electromagnetic clutches 3 are provided at both ends of the drive shaft 32.
3, 33 and sprockets 34, 34 are mounted respectively. Further, a motor 35 is attached to the lower surface of the base plate 3 adjacent to the drive shaft 32, and a chain 38 is wound around a sprocket 36 as an output shaft of the motor 35 and a sprocket 37 attached to the drive shaft 32. Therefore, the drive shaft 32 is driven to rotate by the drive of the motor 35.

A brake disc (FIG. 3) is mounted on the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 19 on the rear right side (the right side as viewed from the front).
Reference 39) is provided.

The swing arms 20, 2 on the front sides are also provided.
The sprockets 40, 40 are provided on the horizontal axes 21
Are mounted, and each sprocket 40, 40 and the drive shaft 32
The chains 41, 41 are wound around the sprockets 34, 34. Therefore, when the drive shaft 32 is rotationally driven, the horizontal shaft 2 of each of the swing arms 20 on the front both sides is rotated.
1, 21 are driven to rotate.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plate 43 having a magnet 42 is attached to the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 20 on the front left side (left side as viewed from the front), and the above-mentioned bracket 27 is attached to the bracket 27. A limit switch 44 that is turned “ON” when the magnet 42 approaches is attached. The magnet 42 is the lower swing arm 2
The limit switch 44 is set to "ON" when the "0" rotates forward from the downward position to about 90 degrees or more, and the electromagnetic clutches 33, 33 are "OFF" by the "ON" of the limit switch 44. Note that the limit switch 4 installed adjacent to the limit switch 44
4 'is a spare safety device when the limit switch 44 does not operate normally due to a failure or the like.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 6 and 7, a plate 46 having a magnet 45 is mounted on the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower right swing arm 20 on the front right side.
A limit switch 47 that is turned “ON” when the magnet 45 approaches is attached to the bracket 27.
The magnet 45 is installed so as to turn on the limit switch 47 when the lower swing arm 20 swings about 180 degrees or more in the front-rear direction from the downward position, and the melody alarm 48 is turned on by turning the limit switch 47 on. It is activated for a certain period of time (for example, about 5 seconds) to notify the melody.

Next, the operation of the swing type play equipment will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Before the start of step S1, each of the swing arms 18 to 20 is in the downward position (the state of FIGS. 1 and 2), and the brake is applied by the brake disk 39 (the brake is "on"). In this state, the occupant gets on the boarding car 13 from above the base plate 3.

Then, the brake is turned off in step S2.
After turning on the electromagnetic clutch 33, the motor 35 is started in step S3. The drive shaft 32 is driven to rotate via the sprocket 36, the chain 38 and the sprocket 37 by the drive of the motor 35. Accordingly, the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 20 is driven to rotate via the electromagnetic clutch 33, the sprocket 34, the chain 41, and the sprocket 40 of the drive shaft 32.

In step S4, the lower swing arm 2
The lower swing arm 2 is driven by the rotation of the horizontal shaft 21 of 0.
0 is turned forward from the downward position. With the swing of the lower swing arm 20, the upper and lower cages 13 and
The lower swing arms 18 and 19 also pivot forward, and the car 13 is lifted forward from directly below.

When the lower swing arm 20 is lifted by 90 degrees or more, the lower swing arm 2 is lifted in step S5.
The limit switch 4 is the magnet 42 of the horizontal axis 21 of 0.
4, the limit switch 44 is turned on.
As a result, the electromagnetic clutch 33 is turned off in step S6, and the motor 35 stops in step S7.

When the electromagnetic clutch 33 is turned off,
In step S8, the weight of the car 13 and the occupant and the resultant force of the occupant rowing the car 13 cause the car 13 to swing around the horizontal axis 21 of each swing arm 18-20. Start swinging backward with 20.

When the car 13 swings back and forth 90 degrees, the car 13 swings forward and backward 90 degrees again due to the weight and the rowing operation. Thereafter, by repeating this, the swing angle of the boarding car 13 gradually increases.

And finally, the car 13 is at 180 degrees.
When the vehicle turns more than (directly above), the magnet 45 of the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 20 approaches the limit switch 47 and the limit switch 47 is turned on in step S9. Thus, in step S10, the melody is notified from the melody notifier 48 for about 5 seconds.

The above-mentioned boarding car 13 is moved 18 degrees from the position immediately below.
After turning more than 0 degree, it is just below by inertia
(360 degrees), and during this time, if the above-mentioned rowing operation is repeated, the boarding car 13 repeats the 360 degrees rotation again, and every time the car 13 turns 180 degrees or more from the position immediately below, the melody alarm 44 in step S11. The melody will be announced.

When it is detected in step S12 that a predetermined play time (for example, about 5 minutes) has elapsed since the boarding car 13 started turning forward in step S8,
In step S13, the brake is gradually applied by the brake disc 39, and the turning angle of the boarding car 13 gradually decreases. In step S14, the boarding car 13 stops immediately below and the play time ends.

In the above configuration, one side of the riding cage 13 has three swing arms 18 whose lines connecting the center positions of the horizontal shafts 21 at the three vertical positions and the center positions of the hanging holes are parallel to each other. , 19,20 by vertical support 4,5
Suspended. Therefore, three parallelograms are formed by the center position of the horizontal shaft 21 and the center position of the suspension hole in each of the swing arms 18, 19, 20. Therefore, even if each of the swing arms 18, 19, 20 rotates, any one of the parallelograms always forms a parallelogram, and the riding car 13 can always move stably.

Further, at the start of the game, the boarding cage 13 can be lifted by rotating the swing arm 20 to a predetermined angle by the motor 35 in advance, so that it is not necessary to row the boarding basket 13 from the beginning, and the assistant It is unnecessary. Therefore, even when the occupant is only a weak child, the car 13 can be easily and safely turned.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above description, the swing-type play equipment according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises at least three pairs of swing arms having equal lengths which are pivotally attached to target positions on both sides of a riding car. Is pivotally supported by a supporting member, and at least one pair of the pair of swing arms is disposed at a position higher than the other pair of swing arms and the respective pair of swing arms are parallel to each other in a side view of the riding car. In the front and back of the boarding car,
Since each of the pair of swing arms is inclined with respect to the riding car, the riding car can be rocked / turned stably.

Also, at least one of the swing arms
The book is rotated by the rotation driving means to a predetermined angle, and when the book is rotated to the predetermined angle, the transmission of the rotational force from the rotation driving means to the swing arm is released by the clutch means, so that the occupant can use There is no need to start rowing the car from bottom dead center. Therefore, according to the present invention, the boarding car can be easily and safely rocked without the need of an assistant, and a transition to a turning motion can be made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a swing type game facility of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view near a horizontal axis of a lower swing arm on a front left side.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view near the horizontal axis of the lower swing arm on the front right side.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a view showing a flowchart of a game operation by the swing type game facility shown in FIGS. 1 to 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

4,5… vertical support, 13… boarding cage,
15-17: hanging shaft, 18-20: swing arm, 21: horizontal shaft, 35
... Motor, 48 ... Melody alarm.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A boarding car, symmetrically mounted on both sides of the boarding car, and at least three pairs of swing arms having equal lengths for suspending the boarding car so as to be pivotable; A support member erected on both sides to rotatably support the swing arm; a rotation driving means for rotating at least one of the swing arms to a predetermined angle; and the rotation arm rotating the swing arm to a predetermined angle. A clutch means for releasing transmission of the torque of the rotation drive means to the swing arm when rotated, wherein at least one of the three pairs of swing arms is the other when viewed from the side of the riding car; The swing arms are arranged at a higher position than the pair of swing arms and the swing arms are arranged in parallel with each other. A swing-type play facility, wherein each of the swing arms is inclined with respect to the riding car, so that the riding car can be turned in a vertical direction.