JPH03261494A - Facilities for amusement - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and easily bring floating bodies together and to safely and quickly allow a person to get on and off by placing a place for getting on and off so as to be separate from a water tank, connecting the place for getting on and off and the water tank by a watercourse, providing a gate so as to be openable and closable on the connecting part to the watercourse, and providing a floating body transfer belt conveyor along the watercourse in the watercourse. CONSTITUTION:A gate 12 is opened, water 7 is rotated counterclockwise, and a floating body 8 is carried to an inside water tank 3 and lowered by a belt conveyor 13. Subsequently, the gate 12 is closed, piston rods 5 of each hydraulic cylinder 4 are allowed to expand and contract successively, and the inside water tank 3 is oscillated. The water 7 in the inside water tank 3 rotates along a side wall, and generates a wave. The floating body 8 gets on a water current and executes a rotary motion and a vertical motion, and gives pleasure to getting-on persons. When the operation is finished, and the person is allowed to get on and off the floating body 8, the gate 12 is opened, and the water 7 is rotated clockwise. The floating body 8 is led into a watercourse 10, the floating body 8 is carried up to a place 9 for getting on and off by the belt conveyor 13, and the person is allowed to get on and off. In that case, since the floating body 8 is supported on the belt conveyor 13, the person can get on and off safely.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an amusement facility in which a floating body for carrying a person is suspended in an aquarium.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In conventional amusement facilities of this type, for example,
As shown in Publication No. 61177 and Utility Model Application No. 1-111428, a plurality of floating bodies for carrying people are floated on the water in the tank, and the tank is rocked while rotating the water in the tank. This allowed the floating body to perform various changes and thrilling movements, entertaining the people riding the floating body.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional amusement facilities, when allowing people to get on and off the floating bodies, it is necessary to gather the floating bodies scattered in the aquarium onto the boarding and alighting area using hooked rods, etc. This not only takes a lot of time, but also poses a problem in that people may fall into the water when getting on and off the vehicle.

The present invention aims to solve these problems by improving conventional amusement facilities.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the first amusement facility of the present invention floats a plurality of floating bodies for carrying people on the water in the aquarium, and rotates the water in the aquarium. In a swinging play facility, the boarding area for the floating body is located separately from the water tank, the boarding area and the tank are connected by a waterway, and a gate is provided at the connection point of the water tank to the waterway so that it can be opened and closed. A peltco conveyor for transporting floating bodies is installed along the waterway.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, a second amusement facility of the present invention is an amusement facility in which a plurality of floating bodies for carrying people are floated on water in an aquarium, and the aquarium is rocked while rotating the water in the aquarium. , the boarding area for the floating body is located separately from the aquarium, the boarding area and the aquarium are connected by a waterway, and a gate is provided at the connection point of the aquarium with the waterway so that it can be opened and closed, and the floating body is placed in the waterway. A lifting platform for lifting and lowering is provided adjacent to the boarding area so as to be able to be lifted and lowered.

Function In the first amusement facility described above, when a person gets on and off the floating body, the gate is opened and the water in the tank is rotated in a direction in which it naturally flows into the waterway. As a result, the floating bodies are introduced into the waterway together with the water and flow onto the belt conveyor. These floating bodies are carried up to the boarding area by a belt conveyor to allow people to board and alight. In this case, since the floating body is supported on the belt conveyor, people can get on and off the float smoothly and safely. When a person finishes getting on and off, the water in the tank is rotated in the opposite direction, and the floating body is carried down to the tank by a conveyor belt. The floating bodies are introduced into the tank by the water current, and when all the floating bodies are in the tank, the gate is closed and the tank starts operating.

In addition, in the second amusement facility, when allowing people to get on and off the floating body, the platform is lowered below the water surface of the waterway, and the floating body is moved into the waterway in the same manner as in the first amusement facility. and let it float above the lifting platform. Therefore, the platform is raised to support the floating body, and people are allowed to get on and off from the platform adjacent to the platform. In this case as well, since the floating body is supported on the lifting platform, people can get on and off the platform smoothly and safely.

When people have finished getting on and off, the platform is lowered to float the floating bodies on the water, the floating bodies are introduced into the tank as appropriate, and the tank starts operating in the same manner as in the first amusement facility. .

As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, it is easy to gather the floating bodies together, and it is also possible to smoothly and safely get on and off the floating bodies.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

First Embodiment The amusement facility of this embodiment is related to the first invention.
As shown in Figures 3 to 3, circular inner water tanks 3 made of steel are swingably floated on water 2 in a circular outer water tank 1 made of concrete (or prepared), and arranged at equal intervals on the outside of the outer water tank 1. The lower surface of an annular projecting portion 6 formed at the upper end of the inner water tank 3 is supported by the piston rods 5 of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders 4 (411 in the figure). A plurality of floating bodies 8 on which people can be placed are floated on the water 7 in the inner water tank 3. Since the floating bodies 8 make complex movements as will be described later, circular rubber boats are used so that they may come into contact with each other. A landing area 9 for the floating body 8 is arranged apart from the rainwater tanks 1 and 3, and a waterway 10 connects the landing area 9 and the outer water tank 1. The water channel 10 opens tangentially into the outer water tank 1 at one end, contacts the landing area 9 at the other end, and has a partition wall 1 in the middle. Water 2 in the outer water tank 1 has reached the partition wall 11.

Opposing the opening of the water channel 10, a gate j2 is provided on the side wall of the inner water tank 3 so as to be openable and closable inward. Furthermore, inside the waterway O, a belt conveyor]3 for transferring floating bodies is provided along the waterway 10, one end of the belt conveyor 13 is inclined and extends into the water, and the other end is a boarding area 9. It extends to the front of the.

In the above configuration, the water 2 in the outer tank 1 and the water 7 in the inner tank 3 are at the same water level because they communicate with each other by opening the gate 12. Therefore, the inner water tank 3 is not floating on the water 2, and all of its own weight (excluding the water 7) is supported by the hydraulic cylinder 4. To operate the amusement facility, as shown in FIG. 1, the gate 12 is closed and the piston rods 5 of each hydraulic cylinder 4 are expanded and contracted in sequence.
The inner water tank 3 is rocked. The water 7 in the inner water tank 3 rotates along the side wall and also generates waves. Therefore,
The floating body 8 rotates and moves up and down on the water flow to entertain the people riding on it. After the operation is completed, in order to get people on and off the floating body 8, as shown in FIG.
2 and rotate the water 7 clockwise. As a result, the floating body 8 is introduced into the waterway lQ and flows onto the belt conveyor 13. These floating bodies 8 are carried up to a boarding area 9 by a belt conveyor 13 to allow people to get on and off.

At this time, since the floating body 8 is supported on the belt conveyor 13, the person can get on and off smoothly and safely.

After the person gets on and off, as shown in FIG.
is carried down to the inner water tank 3. The floating bodies 8 are introduced into the inner aquarium 3 by the water current, and when all the floating bodies 8 enter the inner aquarium 3, the gate 12 is closed and the operation of the inner aquarium 3 is restarted in the state shown in FIG. It is.

Second Embodiment The amusement facility of this embodiment is related to the second invention.
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 7, the inner and outer rainwater tanks 3.1 in the first embodiment are used, and the landing area 21 to the floating body 8 and the landing area 22 from the floating body 8 are separated, and the rainwater tank 1. ．． 3
The landing area 21, the landing area 22, and the outer water tank 1 are connected by a U-shaped waterway 23.

Both ends of the water channel 23 open tangentially into the outer water tank ■,
The middle part is in contact with the landing area 21 and the getting off area 22. Two sliding gates 24 and 25 are provided on the side wall of the inner water tank 3 so as to be openable and closable along the side wall, facing each opening of the water channel 23. One gate 24 leads to the landing area 21, and the other gate 25 leads to the landing area 22. Furthermore, inside the waterway 23, two lifting platforms H and 27 for raising and lowering the floating body are provided in contact with the front surfaces of the landing area 21 and the landing area 22 so as to be movable up and down. Each lifting platform 26,27 has a plurality of hydraulic cylinders 2
It is supported by a piston rod 29 of 8.

In the above configuration, in order to operate the amusement facility, as shown in FIG. entertain. In that case, at the landing 21, as shown in FIG. 8, the lifting platform 26 is raised by the hydraulic cylinder 28, and a floating body 8 other than the floating body 8 being played is kept on standby on the lifting platform 26.

To allow a person to get on and off the floating body 8 after the operation is completed, both gates 24 and 25 are opened and the water 7 is rotated counterclockwise, as shown in FIG. Part of the water flow is at Gate 2
Enter the waterway 23 from 5, go around the waterway 23 once, and go to gate 2.
Return to the inner water tank 3 from 4. As a result, the floating body 8 that has finished playing is introduced into the waterway 23 from the gate 25,
It washes up at landing area 22. Therefore, the lifting table 27 is raised by the hydraulic cylinder 28 to support the floating body 8 on the lifting table 27 (see FIG. 8), and the person is lowered from the floating body 8 to the landing area 22. On the other hand, at the platform 21, a person is placed on the floating body 8 waiting on the elevator platform 26. At that time, the floating body 8 is
6.27, people can get on and off safely, and since the landing area 21 and the landing area 22 are separated, people can get on and off the train smoothly and quickly. When the person has finished getting on and off, both elevators 26.
27 is lowered to place the floating body 8 on the water flow in the water channel 23. As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, the floating bodies 8 at the landing area 21 are introduced into the inner water tank 3, and the floating bodies 8 at the landing area 22 are swept toward the landing area 21.

In this way, when returning to the state shown in FIG.
At the same time, the lifting table 27 is lowered and the operation of the inner water tank 3 is restarted.

As mentioned above, the first. In any of the second embodiments,
The collection of floating bodies 8 to landing area 9 or 21.22 is as follows:
Since this is done using the water flow in the inner water tank 3, it can be done quickly and easily.In addition, people can get on and off the floating body 8 by moving the floating body 8 to the belt conveyor 13 or the lifting platform 26.2.
7, it can be carried out safely and quickly.

In both embodiments, the inner and outer rainwater tanks 3, 1 are circular in shape, but are not necessarily limited to a circular shape, and may be oval, elliptical, or the like. Further, in the second embodiment, the boarding area 21 and the alighting area 22 are separated, but they may be combined into one boarding area. In that case, similarly to the first embodiment,
The landing area and the outer water tank 1 are connected by a waterway, the end of the waterway on the landing area side is connected to the outer water tank l by a pipe, etc., and a part of the water flow formed in the inner water tank 3 is circulated through the waterway and the pipe. It may be possible to do so.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the floating bodies in the tank are gathered together at the boarding area using the water flow formed in the tank, so that the floating bodies can be quickly and easily gathered together. Furthermore, when a person gets on and off the floating body, the floating body is supported on a belt conveyor or a lifting platform to keep the floating body in a stable state, so that the person can get on and off the floating body safely and quickly.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Figs. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line mm in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are plan views showing gathering and sending out of floating bodies. Further, FIG. 6 to FIG. 1o show a second embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a plan view, FIGS. 7 and 8 are cross-sectional views showing the lowering and rising states of the lifting platform, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are plan views showing gathering and sending out of floating bodies. 1...Outer aquarium, 3...Inner aquarium, 7...Water (inner aquarium), 8...Floating body, 9...Getting on/off area, 1o...
・Waterway, 12... Gate, 13... Belt conveyor, 21... Boarding L 22... Getting off, 23... Waterway, 24... Gate (boarding area), 25... Gate (disembarking area side), 26... Elevating platform (boarding area side), 27...
・・Lifting platform (disembarking area side).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an amusement facility in which a plurality of floating bodies carrying people are floated on water in an aquarium and the aquarium is rocked while rotating the water in the aquarium, the place for boarding and disembarking the floating bodies is separated from the aquarium. and place it,
A game characterized by connecting a boarding area and an aquarium by a waterway, providing an openable and closable gate at the connection point of the aquarium with the waterway, and providing a belt conveyor for transferring floating objects in the waterway along the waterway. facility. 2. In an amusement facility where a plurality of floating bodies carrying people are floated on water in an aquarium and the aquarium is rocked while rotating the water in the aquarium, the place for boarding and disembarking the floating bodies is arranged at a distance from the aquarium,
A waterway connects the boarding area and the aquarium, a gate is provided at the connection point of the aquarium to the waterway so that it can be opened and closed, and a lifting platform for raising and lowering the floating body is installed in the waterway adjacent to the boarding area so that it can be raised and lowered. Featured play facilities.