JPH06339578A - Swing type play equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure a stable rocking/turning movement of a riding basket, and provide play equipment with lots of interests by a method wherein at least 3 pairs of swing arms, which turnably suspend a basket for ride, are provided, and at least one pair of them is arranged at a higher location than other pairs. CONSTITUTION:At a standby location wherein a basket 13 for ride is located straight down, when a passenger gets in the basket 13 and the equipment is started to operate, an electromagnetic is turned on, and the rotation of a motor 35 is transmitted to a horizontal axis 21 of lower swing arms 20 by chains 38, 41, and the lower swing arms 20 are turned forward from a downward location. Also, accompanying with the turning, other upper and lower swing arms 18, 19 turns together with the basket 13, and the basket 13 is lifted forward. Then, the lower swing arms 20 are lifted by 90 deg. or more, and when a limit switch is turned on, the electromagnetic clutch and motor 35 are turned off, and the basket 13 is swung backward by its own weight, and the basket 13 for swinging is repeatedly swung in the longitudinal direction after the first swing, and is kept swinging until the basket 13 reaches a straight up location.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a swing type play 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 facility. This swing was originally designed to perform only rocking movements, and it is neither dangerous nor possible for the passenger to turn. Therefore, a person who has reached a certain level of swing operation will be bored.

Further, as a swing-type play facility for a plurality of people to board at the same time, the ends of two parallel swing arms swingably supported on both sides of the support member,
There is a swing-type play facility in which both sides of a boarding basket are rotatably suspended so that the boarding basket can swing. In this swing-type play facility, the occupant in the boarding car swings the swinging arm by repeating the operation of rowing the boarding car back and forth in the same manner as a swing.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional swing-type swing type play equipment, one side of the riding car is suspended by two swing arms that are parallel to each other. When the arrival point is at a position of 90 degrees from directly below, the parallelogram formed by the support points of the two swing arms for the pillar members and the suspension points for the riding car becomes a straight line. , It cannot be turned due to the problem that the movement of the passenger car is very unstable.

Further, since the occupant must perform the operation of rowing the car from the beginning, if the occupant is only a weak child, it is difficult to repeat the rowing operation until the car is swung greatly. is there. Therefore, although an assistant is required, there is a problem that the assistant is in danger if the swinging motion of the riding car becomes large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a swing-type play facility in which a passenger car can be easily and stably turned.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the swing-type play facility of the first invention is attached to a boarding basket and both side surfaces of the boarding basket as targets, and the boarding basket is provided. Side surfaces of the boarding car including at least three pairs of swing arms having the same length for suspending the boarding machine and having equal lengths, and support members erected on both sides of the boarding car to rotatably support the swing arm. In view, at least one pair of the pair of swing arms is arranged at a higher position than the other pair of swing arms, and the pair of swing arms are arranged in parallel with each other. Each of the pair of swing arms is inclined with respect to the boarding car, and the boarding car is capable of turning in the vertical direction.

A second aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in the swing-type play equipment of the first aspect of the invention, there is provided rotation driving means for rotating at least one of the swing arms to a predetermined turning angle.

[0009]

In the first aspect of the invention, when an occupant rows a boarding car in the manner of a swing, the boarding car rotatably suspended by the swing arm on the pillar member starts swinging. At this time, both sides of the boarding car are suspended by the support member by at least three pairs of swing arms, and at least one pair of swing arms is arranged at a position higher than the other pair of swing arms and is parallel to each other. It is arranged to be. Further, each of the pair of swing arms is tilted with respect to the boarding car in a front-back view of the boarding car. Therefore, if the riding car is further rowed, the swing angle increases, and eventually the riding car reaches the highest point and shifts to the turning motion.

Further, in the second invention, at the time of starting the play action, at least one swing arm is rotated to a predetermined angle by the rotation driving means. Thus, the occupant does not need to row the boarding car from the beginning, and the occupant in the boarding car can easily shift to the turning motion without the help of the assistant.

[0011]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is a transverse sectional view (corresponding to a 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 sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

On a play floor 1 such as an amusement park, a plurality of columns 2, ..., 2 are used to install a high-floor base plate 3, and an inverted U-shaped 2 is provided at each of the front and rear positions on the upper surface of the base plate 3. The vertical columns 4 and 5 of the book are erected so as to face each other at regular intervals.

The two vertical columns 4 and 5 are connected to each other by horizontal beams 6, 7, 8 and 9 at the upper part, middle part and lower part of the left-side parts and the right-side parts of the inverted U-shape.
Thus, the vertical columns 4 and 5 and the horizontal beams 6 to 9 form a strong frame body. Further, diagonal stays 10 and 11 are provided between the left and right portions of the two vertical columns 4 and 5 located on the front and rear of 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 whose upper surface is open so that several people can stand and stand up, and a door 14 for getting on and off is provided at the front part. Mountaineous upper frames 13a, 13a are provided on both sides of the upper portion of the riding car 13, respectively, and are suspended between the tops of the upper frames 13a, 13a (the front-rear intermediate portion of the upper portion of the riding car 13). The lowering shaft 15 is mounted horizontally. Also,
On both sides of the bottom of the boarding cage 13, the lower frame 13b,
13b are respectively provided, and the front and rear portions between the lower frames 13b, 13b are equidistant in the front-rear direction with respect to the upper hanging shaft 15 and are parallel to each other.
Are installed respectively.

Upper swing arms 18, 18 are arranged on both sides of the upper hanging shaft 15, and lower swing arms 19, 19 and lower swing arms 20, 20 are arranged on both sides of the lower hanging shafts 16, 17, respectively. Are arranged respectively. The swing arms 18 to 20 have basically the same shape and the same length, the horizontal shafts 21 projecting outward are attached to the outer surfaces of the substantially middle portions in the longitudinal direction, and the balancers 22 are provided on the upper portions. It is attached and has hanging holes in the bottom.

A 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 portion of the riding car 13 in each hanging hole. Both ends of the upper hanging shaft 15 attached to 13a are rotatably inserted.

Further, each of the lower swing arms 19 and 20 described above.
The horizontal shaft 21 of is rotatably supported by bearings 29 and 30 provided on brackets 27 and 28 fixed to the front and rear portions across the two horizontal beams 8 and 9, respectively, and the respective hanging holes. Both ends of lower suspension shafts 16 and 17 attached to a lower frame 13b provided on the bottom of the boarding basket 13 are rotatably inserted therein.

Therefore, the upper and lower swing arms 18 and 1 are respectively provided on both sides of the boarding car 13.
It will be suspended by three swing arms 18 to 20 of 9,20 in total. The upper swing arm 18 and the lower swing arms 19 and 20 are directed from the horizontal shaft 21 toward the upper suspension shaft 15 or the lower suspension shafts 16 and 17 in a state where the riding car 13 is suspended. And boarding basket 1
It is inclined with respect to 3. Therefore, the boarding basket 13
The swing arms 18, 19 and 20 do not overlap with each other even if the swing arm rotates.

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the base plate 3,
A drive shaft 32 is rotatably supported by bearings 31, 31 located at both sides, and the electromagnetic clutch 3 is provided at both ends of the drive shaft 32.
3, 33 and sprockets 34, 34 are attached, 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 of the 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 driving the motor 35.

A brake disc (see FIG. 3) is attached to the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 19 on the rear right side (right side toward the front).
(See) 39 is provided.

The front and rear swing arms 20, 2
Sprocket 40,40 on each horizontal axis 21,21
Is attached to each sprocket 40, 40 and the drive shaft 32.
Chains 41, 41 are hung around the sprockets 34, 34 of. Therefore, when the drive shaft 32 is rotationally driven, the horizontal shafts 2 of the swing arms 20, 20 on both front sides are rotated.
1, 21 are rotationally driven.

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 toward the front), and the bracket 27 has the above-mentioned structure. A limit switch 44 is attached which turns on when the magnet 42 approaches. The magnet 42 is the lower swing arm 2
It is installed so that the limit switch 44 is turned "on" when 0 rotates from the downward position to the front by about 90 degrees or more, and the electromagnetic clutches 33, 33 are turned "off" by the limit switch 44 being "on". The limit switch 4 installed adjacent to the above limit switch 44
Reference numeral 4'denotes a backup 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 attached to the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower 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 that the limit switch 47 is turned “on” when the lower swing arm 20 is swung about 180 degrees or more from the downward position to the front-rear direction. By turning on the limit switch 47, the melody alarm 48 is turned on. It is operated for a certain period of time (for example, about 5 seconds) to notify melodies.

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

Then, in step S2, the brake is turned "off".
Then, the electromagnetic clutch 33 is turned "on", and then the motor 35 is started in step S3. By driving the motor 35, the drive shaft 32 is rotationally driven via the sprocket 36, the chain 38 and the sprocket 37. Accordingly, the horizontal shaft 21 of the lower swing arm 20 is rotationally driven via the electromagnetic clutch 33 of the drive shaft 32, the sprocket 34, the chain 41 and the sprocket 40.

In step S4, the lower swing arm 2 is
The lower swing arm 2 is driven by the rotation drive of the horizontal axis 21 of 0.
0 is swung forward from the downward position. With the swing of the lower swing arm 20, the upper part together with the riding basket 13
The lower swing arms 18 and 19 also turn forward, and the boarding car 13 is lifted from directly below.

When the lower swing arm 20 is lifted by 90 degrees or more, in step S5, the lower swing arm 2 is moved.
The magnet 42 of the horizontal axis 21 of 0 is the limit switch 4
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 is stopped in step S7.

When the electromagnetic clutch 33 is turned off,
In step S8, the riding car 13 swings around the horizontal axis 21 of each swing arm 18-20 by the combined force of the weight of the riding car 13 and the occupant and the force of the occupant rowing the riding car 13. The rocking starts backward with 20.

When the riding car 13 swings back and forth by 90 degrees, the riding car 13 swings back and forth by 90 degrees again due to the weight and the rowing operation. After that, by repeating this, the swing angle of the riding car 13 gradually increases.

Finally, the passenger car 13 is 180 degrees
When the vehicle turns more than (just 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. As a result, in step S10, the melody notification device 48 reports melody for about 5 seconds.

18 from the position directly below the above-mentioned boarding car 13
When turning more than 0 degree, it will move directly below due to inertial force.
Turning to (360 degrees) and repeating the above-mentioned rowing operation during this time causes the riding car 13 to repeat 360 degrees turning again, and every time it turns 180 degrees or more from the position directly below, the melody alarm 44 is sent from the melody alarm 44. The melody will be announced.

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

In the above construction, one side of the boarding car 13 has three swing arms 18 in which line segments connecting the center positions of the horizontal shafts 21 at the three upper and lower horizontal positions and the center positions of the hanging holes are parallel to each other. , 19,20 by vertical stanchions 4,5
It is hung on. Therefore, three parallelograms are formed by the center position of the horizontal shaft 21 and the center position of the hanging hole in each swing arm 18, 19, 20. Therefore, even if each swing arm 18, 19, 20 rotates, any one of the parallelograms always forms a parallelogram, and the riding car 13 can always move stably.

At the start of the play, the swing arm 20 can be rotated in advance to a predetermined angle by the motor 35 to lift the boarding car 13. Therefore, it is not necessary to row the boarding car 13 from the beginning, and the assistant does not need to row it. Unnecessary. Therefore, even when the occupant is only a weak child, the riding car 13 can be easily and safely turned.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above description, the swing-type play equipment of the first invention is such that at least three pairs of swing arms having the same length are rotatably mounted at the target positions on both sides of the riding car. Is rotatably supported by a support member, and at least one pair of the pair of swing arms is arranged at a position higher than other pair of swing arms in a side view of the riding car, and the pair of swing arms are parallel to each other. As described above, and in the front and rear view of the boarding car, the pair of swing arms are tilted with respect to the boarding car, so that the boarding car can be rocked / turned stably.

Further, since the swing-type play equipment of the second invention is provided with the rotation driving means for rotating at least one of the swing arms to a predetermined angle, the occupant does not have to row the passenger car from the beginning. . Therefore, according to the present invention, the riding car can be easily and safely turned without requiring an assistant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a transverse sectional view of a swing-type play facility of the present invention.

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

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

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the lower swing arm on the front left side in the vicinity of the horizontal axis.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG.

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

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

4, 5 ... Vertical stanchions, 13 ... Boarding baskets,
15 to 17 ... Suspension shaft, 18 to 20 ... Swing arm, 21 ... Horizontal shaft, 35
… Motor, 48… Melody Day alarm.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A boarding car, at least three pairs of swing arms having equal lengths, which are attached to both sides of the boarding car so as to hang the boarding car so that the boarding car can turn. At least one pair of the pair of swing arms is arranged at a position higher than the other pair of swing arms in a side view of the riding car, the support members being erected on both sides so as to rotatably support the swing arm. In addition, the pair of swing arms are arranged so as to be parallel to each other, and the pair of swing arms are tilted with respect to the boarding car in the front and rear view of the boarding car to vertically mount the boarding car. A swing-type play facility characterized by being able to turn in any direction. 2. The swing-type play equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation drive means for rotating at least one of the swing arms to a predetermined angle.