JPH058034B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to an amusement facility using a fountain.

(Prior art) Conventionally, as a play maze installed in a park, etc.
It is known that handrails made of iron pipes are arranged in a labyrinth pattern. Furthermore, in amusement parks and the like, examples are known in which rooms are partitioned with boards to form mazes.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In conventional mazes, the partitions that make up the maze are changed on a column-by-column basis, so changes in the maze are difficult to complicate;
If the player stays in the maze for a long time, changes in the maze will be memorized by the player. As a result, it has the disadvantage that it gives interest at first but quickly loses interest.

The present invention has been devised to prevent the configuration of the maze from being easily memorized by making the partitions that make up the maze into units so that they can be changed in a complex manner.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to improve the drawbacks of conventional mazes, the present invention creates partitions constituting the maze using fountain columns spouting from fountain units, making it easy to change the partitions. It is something. That is, water from an electric pump is sent to a large number of fountain units, and only the electric valve of the fountain unit designated by the fountain control device is opened to cause water to be spouted from the fountain nozzle belonging to that unit, thereby creating a partition by a group of fountain columns. .

A maze is constructed by arranging these units regularly on a plane in a grid or honeycomb pattern.

(Example) Next, the present invention will be described in detail using specific examples.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a maze fountain device according to the present invention. A large number of injection units 1 are arranged in a grid pattern, and from the nozzle of each unit,
Water gushes out to a height of about 1 meter. People cannot pass through areas with fountains because they are covered with water. Therefore, the area above the fountain unit where the fountain does not come out becomes a passage, and by complicating the route, a maze is formed.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of the fountain unit 1 used in the apparatus shown in FIG. Water is supplied to this unit by an electric pump 2, and a solenoid valve 3 controls the amount of water flowing to each fountain nozzle 4 on the unit. Water is fed from the electromagnetic valve 3 in a pressure equalizing tank 5, where the water pressure to each nozzle 4 is equalized.

Each spray nozzle 4 is lined up in a straight line with an interval of 10 centimeters to prevent a person from passing between each fountain, and the unit is provided with 10 nozzles.

The fountain discharged into the air from the nozzle falls onto the anti-scattering net 6', passes through a number of small holes drilled in the nozzle support substrate 6, and falls into the water collection groove 7 at the bottom.

FIG. 3 shows a method of fixing each fountain nozzle 4 of the fountain unit shown in FIG. 2 to the support substrate 6.

The nozzle body is fixed to a base plate 6 with a fixing nut 8, and water is supplied from a pressure equalizing tank 5 via a vinyl hose 9.

FIG. 4 is a system diagram of an electric circuit that controls the solenoid valve 3 of this device.

10 is a program controller that controls 60 solenoid valves 3 attached to a total of 60 fountain units.
The current flowing through each valve drive coil 3' is controlled.
The internal storage circuit of the controller 10 stores 10 signal groups, each of which is a group of open/close signals for 60 electromagnetic valves 3 corresponding to one type of maze. Therefore, 10 types of mazes are sequentially formed.

The type of maze is changed every 10 minutes by a timer provided in the controller 10.
At the time of change, a change signal is sent from the controller 10 to the alarm 11, and the player on the maze is notified by voice that the maze has been changed.

In this device, if a large number of sets of 60 valve opening/closing signals corresponding to letters, marks, etc. are stored in the internal memory circuit of the controller 10, letters and figures can be displayed by the fountain unit instead of a maze. In addition, by increasing the number of solenoid valves 3 attached to each unit to two or more and controlling the amount of water sent to the nozzle 4 by the number of solenoid valves opened, it is possible to change the height of the fountain for each unit. It can give a three-dimensional effect.

FIG. 5 shows another example of the fountain unit used in this device.

In this example, water from the electric pump 2 is controlled to open and close by a solenoid valve 12, is sent to an upper pressure equalizing tank 14 via a water pipe 13, and is ejected downward from a fountain nozzle 15. A falling water scattering prevention plate 16 provided at the same height as the road surface of the maze is made of a wire mesh and a support frame, and guides falling water from the nozzle 15 to a lower water collecting groove 17 without scattering it around.

This unit has ten fountain nozzles 15 arranged at intervals of 10 centimeters, so that a person cannot pass between the fountains without getting wet while water is spouting from the nozzles. The method of constructing the maze and the method of controlling the solenoid valves are the same as in the previous unit.

The fountain produced by the fountain unit of this example can reduce scattering caused by wind by increasing the water supply pressure and increasing the speed of the fountain flow. Furthermore, since the fountain nozzle is located away from the road surface, there is an advantage that the nozzle is less likely to be clogged by foreign matter.

(Effects) As is clear from the above explanation, since the maze according to the present invention changes the route in a short time, it is possible to maintain the interest of the player for a long time. By turning off the fountain, the maze turns into a flat playground, making effective use of the space.

Furthermore, since it is possible to display not only mazes but also characters and figures, it can also be used as a medium for advertisements and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a maze fountain device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the structure of a fountain unit forming a labyrinth. FIG. 3 shows a method of fixing the fountain nozzle. FIG. 4 is a system diagram of an electric circuit that controls the solenoid valve of the fountain unit. FIG. 5 shows another example of the fountain unit. 1... Fountain unit, 2... Electric pump, 3...
... Solenoid valve, 4 ... Fountain nozzle, 6 ... Nozzle support board, 10 ... Program controller, 11
...Change alarm.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fountain unit consisting of a plurality of fountain nozzles arranged at regular intervals to form a fountain group, and an electric water control valve that simultaneously controls the amount of water supplied to the nozzle group by an electric signal. , a group of water control electric signals to the plurality of fountain units is stored in advance in a storage device, and the storage control is performed at a specific time when the amount of water supplied to the nozzle group is to be changed. Water electricity signal group 1
a water supply control device that reads and transmits the water supply amount to the fountain units; and an alarm that notifies the user of the change in advance when changing the amount of water supplied to the nozzle group; A labyrinth fountain device characterized by being lined up.