US3840225A - Amusement park ride - Google Patents

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US3840225A
US3840225A US00407452A US40745273A US3840225A US 3840225 A US3840225 A US 3840225A US 00407452 A US00407452 A US 00407452A US 40745273 A US40745273 A US 40745273A US 3840225 A US3840225 A US 3840225A
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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
    • A63G1/08—Roundabouts power-driven
    • A63G1/10—Roundabouts power-driven electrically driven
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G1/00—Roundabouts
    • A63G1/24—Roundabouts with seats performing movements in a horizontal plane, other than circular movements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G1/00—Roundabouts
    • A63G1/30—Roundabouts with seats moving up-and-down, e.g. figure-seats

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  • a telescopic mast is suspended from the upper portion of said frame structure by means of a horizontal shaft carried by said frame structure with said mast being adapted to be pivoted in a plane perpendicular to said horizontal shaft by a fluid actuated cylinder.
  • An auxiliary platform at the top end of said mast and normally perpendicular thereto is pivoted by a fluid actuated cylinder.
  • Radial cantilever arms are disposed at spaced angular intervals at the upper portion of said auxiliary platform and are adapted tp pivot in radial planes by the actuation of a fluid cylindrical controlled plate.
  • Gondolas or cars are suspended from the outer ends of said radialarms and power drives are provided for controlling at auxiliary platform supporting said radial arms in relation to a horizontal plane.
  • SHEET 8 [IF 8 v 1 AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention
  • This invention relates in general to amusement park rides and more particularly to rides intended for fun fairs or the like. From the commonest merry-go-round to the highly sophisticated modern inventions in the field, these rides are intended to provide thrill and more or less violent excitment to vistors of all ages of these fun fairs.
  • the ride according to this invention is so arranged that it can be mounted permanently on the front or rear portion of a trailer for transporting same from one site to another; to this end, the component elements of the ride are adapted to be folded or collapsed to a horizontal position, either backwards or forwards, above the rear or front portion of the trailer, respectively, without requiring any dismantling or teardown except for the gondolas or like cars intendedfor receiving the passengers, with the possibility of transporting these gondolas or cars on the same trailer.
  • the trailer When arriving at the intended site, the trailer is wedged, the ride elements are firstly erected to a substantially vertical position, then brought to their normal operating position, the only assembling operation consisting in suspending the gondolas or cars from their supporting or cantilever arms. It is clear that with a ride according to this invention idle periods are minimized as well as the crew necessary for erecting, dismantiling and transporting the ride.
  • the fun fair ride according to this invention is characterised in that it comprises a main platform, a frame structure carried by said platform and adapted to be rotatably driven about a vertical axis, a
  • telescopic mast suspended from the upper portion of said framestructure by means of a horizontal shaft carried by said frame structure, said mast being adapted to be pivoted in a plane perpendicular-to said horizontal shaft; an auxiliary platform at the-top end of said mast and normally perpendicular thereto, radial cantilever arms are disposed at spaced angular intervals at the upper portion of said auxiliary platform and adapted to pivot in radial planes, gondolas or cars suspended from the outer ends of said radial arms and power means for controlling at will and independently from one another the rotation of said frame structure with the elements carried thereby, the spreading out or the retraction of the telescopic mast, the swinging of said telescopic mast about the horizontal suspension shaft connecting same to said frame structure, the swinging movements of said radial arms and alsoof the gondolas carried thereby in radial planes, and the inclination of said auxiliary platform supporting said radial arms in relation to a horizontal plane.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view showing diagrammat-. ically the trailer-supported ride structure with the ra-. dial cantilever arms inclined downwards and the gondolas carried thereby in their lower position;
  • FIG. 2 is a similar view with the radial arms raised to the horizontal;
  • FIG. 3 is a plane view from above of the structure shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a side elevational view showing the ride with the telescopic mast inclined to the vertical;
  • FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIGS. 2 and 4 showing the ride with the telescopic mast in its extended condition;
  • the main platform 1 supporting the complete ride structure is adapted to pivot about a horizontal trans verse shaft 2 carried by the rear portion 3 of 'a trailer 4 of suitable design, rolling on the wheels 5, 6 of a pair of rear axles and on the wheels 7 of a front steering axle; a fluid-actuaded cylinder 8 is provided for pivoting the main platform 1 about the horizontal transverse shaft 2.
  • a plate 9 adapted to rotate about the vertical axis of the platform.
  • this plate 9 being rigid with a toothed ring 10 meshing .with a pinion 11 adapted to be rotatably driven from suitable power means 12.
  • the plate 9 carries a frame structure 13 having subupper telescopic section 17 of the pivoting mast 14.
  • auxiliary platform 19 adapted to be inclined by means of a'fluid-actuated cylinder 20 about said shaft 18.
  • a toothed wheel 21 is pivotally mounted about a central shaft perpendicular to said auxiliary platform 19 and carried by this shaft, as shown; said wheel 21 is in constant meshing engagement with a drive pinion 22 operatively connected to suitable power means 23.
  • Radial cantilever arms 25 carrying at their outer ends gondolas or cars 26 for the passengers are rotatably rigid with said toothed wheel 21 but adapted to pivot vertically in relation thereto by means of pivot shafts 24 parallel to the plane of said wheel 21; a set of fluidactuated cylinders 27 co-acting with a sliding plate 28 and rollers 29 carried by the inner ends of said radial arms 25 are provided for controlling the downward inclination or tilt of said radial arms 25, or their return I to the horizontal position.
  • hydraulic means 34 are provided for locking the cranked levers 30 in radial planes, and hydraulic shockabsorbers 35 are also provided for limiting the radial swinging movements of the links 32 and therefore of the gondolas 26.
  • the only step required consists in removing the gondolas 26; then, the radial cantilever arms 25 are folded about the telescopic mast l4 and, as shown in FIG. 7, the cylinder 8 is operated for pivoting the main platform 1 about the horizontal transverse shaft 2 until it is substantially parallel to the main plane of trailer 4; the gondolas 26 can easily be stored on the rear portion 3 of this trailer, behind said main platform 1.
  • the reverse manoeuver is performed for erecting the telescopic mast l4 and bring its various component elements to the position shown in FIG. I; then, the radial cantilever arms 25 can be locked in a plane perpendicular to that containing the telescopic mast 14, as shown in FIG. 2; during the ride operation the mast can be inclined to a certain extent, as shown in FIG. 4, and also extended as shown in FIG. 5; the auxiliary platform 19 may also be inclined as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a modification may be brought to the means controlling the tilting or inclination of the main platform 1 by pivoting the cylinder 38 on one side to a pivot pin 39 of the trailer 4 and on the other side to a strut 40 extending under the platform in a plane at right angles thereto, and providing another cylinder 41 pivoted at one end to a pivot pin 42 carried by the rear portion 3 of the trailer and'at the opposite end to a link 43 mounted to the pivot pin 2 of said platform.
  • This assembly has a greater strength and the second cylinder 41 acts as a shock absorber (see FIGS. 8 and 9).
  • Amusement park ride comprising collapsible elements mounted on a trailer, said elements consisting of a main platform a vertical shaft extending centrally of said platform, a lower plate carried by said shaft, a toothed wheel rigid with said lower plate, power means for driving said toothed wheel, a substantially inverted- V shaped frame structure carried by said plate, a horizontal shaft carried by the upper portion of said frame structure, a telescopic mast normally vertically suspended from said horizontal shaft, means controlling the extension or retraction of the upper telescopic section thereof, an offset horizontal pivot pin carried by the top of said telescopic section, another, upper auxiliary platform pivotally mounted to said horizontal pivot pin means for controlling the inclination of said auxiliary platform in relation to said mast, a toothed ring carried by said upper auxiliary platform, power means for rotating said toothed ring, a normally vertical central shaft secured to said upper auxiliary platform, another plate slidably mounted to said vertical central shaft, vertical fluid actuated cylinders adapted to actuate said other plate toward

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US5564983A (en) * 1994-02-02 1996-10-15 Larson; Walter F. Tower ride
US5658201A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-08-19 Airsurfer, Inc. Swinging boom amusement ride
US5688178A (en) * 1996-02-06 1997-11-18 Chance Industries, Inc. Amusement ride
US5791998A (en) * 1994-09-27 1998-08-11 Soriani & Moser Amusement ride featuring a number of cars
US5957779A (en) * 1996-10-08 1999-09-28 Larson; Walter F. Tower
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NL2005271C2 (nl) * 2010-08-26 2012-02-28 Cobra Beheer Bv Amusementsinrichting met op en neer beweegbare armen.
US8317632B2 (en) 2010-09-08 2012-11-27 Disney Enterprises, Inc. High and low flyer ride
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US4007926A (en) * 1974-09-23 1977-02-15 Ottaway Herbert J Mobile amusement ride
US4903959A (en) * 1988-10-05 1990-02-27 Barber Gerald L Horizontal ferris wheel
ES2050597A2 (es) * 1992-02-11 1994-05-16 Teproyel S L Atraccion de feria sobre camion.
US5957778A (en) * 1994-02-02 1999-09-28 Larson; Walter F. Tower ride
US5564983A (en) * 1994-02-02 1996-10-15 Larson; Walter F. Tower ride
US5791998A (en) * 1994-09-27 1998-08-11 Soriani & Moser Amusement ride featuring a number of cars
US5658201A (en) * 1995-11-13 1997-08-19 Airsurfer, Inc. Swinging boom amusement ride
US5688178A (en) * 1996-02-06 1997-11-18 Chance Industries, Inc. Amusement ride
US5957779A (en) * 1996-10-08 1999-09-28 Larson; Walter F. Tower
US20050239563A1 (en) * 2004-01-29 2005-10-27 Walter Pondorfer Amusement ride
US7666103B2 (en) * 2004-01-29 2010-02-23 Cottingham Agencies Ltd. Amusement ride
US20060035715A1 (en) * 2004-08-14 2006-02-16 Threlkel David V Amusement ride
US8084878B2 (en) 2007-04-17 2011-12-27 Aerokinetic Energy Corporation Fluid powered energy generator
US20080258466A1 (en) * 2007-04-17 2008-10-23 Aerokinetic Energy Corporation Fluid Powered Energy Generator
US20090253524A1 (en) * 2008-04-04 2009-10-08 Acha S.R.L. Equipment for a funfair
US8303425B2 (en) * 2008-04-04 2012-11-06 Acha S.R.L. Equipment for a funfair
NL2005271C2 (nl) * 2010-08-26 2012-02-28 Cobra Beheer Bv Amusementsinrichting met op en neer beweegbare armen.
US8317632B2 (en) 2010-09-08 2012-11-27 Disney Enterprises, Inc. High and low flyer ride
WO2020016574A1 (en) * 2018-07-17 2020-01-23 Stevens Perrin John Joseph Amusement ride and hub arrangement therefor
US11161049B2 (en) 2019-03-18 2021-11-02 Universal City Studios Llc Carousel ride systems and methods
US11130665B1 (en) * 2019-08-05 2021-09-28 Yuriy Karpinskyy Mobile recreational lift system and method
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NL2029242B1 (en) * 2021-09-24 2023-03-30 Cobra Beheer Bv Tiltable Mast
IT202200009302A1 (it) * 2022-05-06 2023-11-06 Fc Fabbri Park S R L Giostra per il sollevamento e l'abbassamento di passeggeri
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