WO1999022831A1 - Installation d'attraction foraine - Google Patents

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WO1999022831A1
WO1999022831A1 PCT/NL1998/000618 NL9800618W WO9922831A1 WO 1999022831 A1 WO1999022831 A1 WO 1999022831A1 NL 9800618 W NL9800618 W NL 9800618W WO 9922831 A1 WO9922831 A1 WO 9922831A1
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amusement device
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person
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Petrus Joseph Hubertus Clerx
Christiaan Wilhelmus Peeters
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Vekoma Technology B.V.
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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
    • A63G7/00—Up-and-down hill tracks; Switchbacks

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  • the invention relates to an amusement device comprising a guide construction forming a track, along which a vehicle is movable in a direction of transport, wherein a person present in the vehicle extends substantially parallel to the track in use, whilst said vehicle supports at least said person's back and head in a direction opposed to the dorsoventral direction, and acceleration forces directed transversely to the direction of transported are exerted on said vehicle in use.
  • a similar amusement device which is known from
  • the acceleration forces in a direction opposed to the direction of transport are cranio-caudal in sense. Said forces press the head down onto the torso, as it were, and they are not found to be unpleasant as such. If a looping were made from a position in which the person hangs under the track, said person would experience relatively large, centrifugal forces which are dorsoventral in sense.
  • the head may for example be clamped down or be supported, as is described in WO 97/02878.
  • the drawback of this is the fact that the head protection lessens the free-flying sensation.
  • the head support must be suitable for heads of varying dimensions, which makes the head support relatively complicated.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an amusement device, wherein the occurrence of dorsoventral acceleration forces in excess of predetermined allowable accelerations is prevented in the case of a person extending parallel to the track.
  • said amusement device comprises means for positioning the persons extending parallel to the track in the amusement device in such a manner that at least acceleration forces transversely to the direction of transport which are in excess of predetermined allowable acceleration forces are exerted in a direction opposed to the dorsoventral direction.
  • Rotation of the person about an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the person and to the direction of transport makes it possible to ensure that the acceleration forces exerted on the person in a direction transversely to the direction of transport will at no time be dorsoventral in sense.
  • dorsoventral acceleratio forces which are in excess of predetermined allowable acceleration forces, for example two or three times the force of gravity, can be prevented in this manner, whilst all known manoeuvres still be carried out with such amusement devices.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows an amusement device which is known per se and the acceleration forces which are exerted on a person thereby;
  • Figure 2 shows an amusement device with a person extending parallel to the track and the acceleration forces that occur thereby;
  • Figures 3 - 6 show various alternative embodiments of amusement devices according to the invention.
  • Figures 7A and 7B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of a conventional amusement device
  • Figures 8A and 8B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of another amusement device which is known per se;
  • Figures 9A and 9B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of an amusement device according to the invention.
  • Figure 10 shows part of the track of the amusement device which is shown in Figures 9A and 9B;
  • FIGs 11A and 1 IB show a boarding station and an unboarding station of the amusement device which is shown in Figures 9A and 9B. Corresponding parts are indicated by the same numerals in the figures.
  • Figure 1 shows an amusement device 1 which is known per se, which comprises an elongated track 1 and a vehicle suspended therefrom, which comprises a seat.
  • Vehicle 2 is movable in a direction of transport indicated by arrow PI.
  • a person 3 can be accommodated in a seated position in vehicle 2.
  • an acceleration force +GX will be exerted on person 3, in a direction opposed to the dorsoventral direction indicated by arrow P2.
  • track 1 comprises a looping (see Figures 8A and 8B) , wherein vehicle 2 is transported along the outer side of the looping, the person will experience a centrifugal force +GZ in the cranio-caudal direction indicated by arrow P3.
  • Acceleration forces -GZ and -GX hardly occur with such an amusement device.
  • acceleration forces -GX which are dorsoventral in sense are avoided in amusement devices.
  • Figure 2 shows an amusement device corresponding with Figure 1, wherein person 3 occupies a lying position rather than a seated position with respect to track 1.
  • the acceleration forces in a direction opposed to the direction of transport PI are cranio-caudal in sense thereby, whilst the centrifugal forces are dorsoventral in sense in a looping wherein the person is present on the outer side of the looping, as in the amusement device of Figure 1.
  • Such dorsoventral acceleration forces in excess of two or three times the force of gravity are undesirable or even unacceptable, which is indicated by a cross through acceleration forces -GX.
  • Figure 3 shows a track 1, in the left-hand part of which a person 3 hangs in a vehicle under track 1, whereby said person looks down.
  • the amusement device comprises means for rotating vehicle 4 about the longitudinal axis 5 of said person, in a direction indicated by arrow P4, in such a manner that the vehicle and the person present therein can take up the position as shown in the right-hand part of Figure 3.
  • track 1 comprises a helical portion between left-hand and right-hand track portions 6, 7, so that a vehicle 8 suspended from track portion 6 will undergo a rotation in the direction indicated by arrow P5 when moving through said helical portion, as a result of which vehicle 8 will be positioned above track portion 7.
  • a looping can be made from the position of vehicle 8 as shown in Figure 4, whereby vehicle 8 must be present on the inner side of the looping.
  • the axis of rotation about which vehicle 8 undergoes the rotation indicated by arrow P5 lies in the plane of track portions 6, 7.
  • Figure 5 shows a third embodiment of an amusement device according to the invention, wherein track 1 comprises a corkscrew-like portion 9 and track portions 10, 11 present on either side thereof. Track portions 10, 11 lie in different planes. A vehicle 12 suspended from track portion 10 is moved through said corkscrew-like portion 9 to a position wherein vehicle 12 is positioned above track portion 11.
  • said corkscrew-like portion is configured such that person 3 is rotated about an axis of rotation 13 coinciding with his longitudinal axis, as it were.
  • Figure 6 shows a fourth embodiment of the amusement device according to the invention, wherein track 1 comprises two track portions 14, 15 disposed one above the other, which are connected by means of a curved portion 16.
  • track 1 comprises two track portions 14, 15 disposed one above the other, which are connected by means of a curved portion 16.
  • curved portion 16 causes the person to move from a hanging position under the track in track portion 14 to a lying position on the track in track portion 15. From said lying position on the track, a looping can be made, wherein vehicle 17 must be present on the inner side of the looping.
  • Figures 7A and 7B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of a conventional amusement device 20, which comprises a track 1 and a vehicle 21 which can move over the upper side of track 1.
  • Amusement device 20 comprises a looping 22, wherein vehicle 21 is guided along the inner side 23 of the looping 22 upon being moved in the direction indicated by arrow PI, and subsequently it will be positioned on the upper side of the track 1 again on the right-hand side of the looping.
  • Figures 8A and 8B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of another conventional amusement device 25, wherein vehicles 26 suspended from track 1 can be moved in a direction indicated by arrow PI. Persons take up a seated position in vehicles 2, as is shown in Figure 1.
  • Amusement device 25 comprises a looping 27, wherein vehicle 2 is guided along the outer side 28 of the looping 27 upon being moved in the direction indicated by arrow PI, and subsequently it will be positioned under the track 1 again on the right-hand side of the looping.
  • the centrifugal forces that occur in looping 22, 27 are cranio-caudal in sense.
  • Figures 9A and 9B are a side view and a perspective view respectively of an amusement device 30 according to the invention, wherein vehicle 31 is suspended from track 1 and the persons present therein extend with their backs parallel to track 1. If such a vehicle
  • amusement device 30 therefore comprises a track portion
  • amusement device 30 comprises a track portion 35 corresponding with track portion 32, in which the vehicle is moved from a position 31' on the track to a suspended position 31 under the track. Since the vehicle 31 is guided along the inner side
  • Figure 10 shows a track portion 36 which comprises two parallel tubes 37, 38, which are interconnected by means of a supporting structure 39. Wheel sets (not shown) of vehicle 31 can move over said tubes.
  • Track portion 36 comprises a corkscrew-like portion 40, wherein said tubes 37, 38 and supporting structure 39 are twisted in the direction indicated by arrow P6, as it were, in such a manner that tubes 37, 38 are positioned above support 39 on the right-hand side of the track portion 36 as shown in Figure 10.
  • Track portion 36 twists in clockwise direction, as it were.
  • track portion 35 twists in clockwise direction, as it were.
  • FIGS 11A and 1 IB show a boarding method and an unboarding method respectively for a vehicle 31 of an amusement device 30 according to the invention.
  • Vehicle 31 is provided with a number of seats 41, in which a person 42 can be seated (position A).
  • the person is then secured in seat 41 by means of a shoulder and hip securing part 43 and a leg securing part 44, by pivoting securing parts 43, 44 in the directions indicated by arrows P7 and P8 respectively (position B) .
  • seat 41 is pivoted about pivot pin 46, in a direction indicated by arrow P9, by means of linear drive 45, whereby person 42 occupies a lying position on track 1 (position C) .
  • vehicle 31 As soon as the vehicle 31 has moved through track 1, it will arrive at an unboarding station, where vehicle 31 is moved from a suspended position under the track (position D) , via a corkscrew-like track portion 36, to a position on top of the track (position E), after which seat 41 is pivoted about pivot pin 46 in the direction indicated by arrow P10, so that the person will take up a seated position on the track (position F). Then, securing parts 43, 44 are pivoted in the directions indicated by arrows Pll, P12 respectively, after which person 42 can leave the amusement device.

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Cette installation d'attraction foraine comprend une structure guide formant une voie, le long de laquelle un véhicule peut se déplacer dans une direction de transport. Une personne montant dans le véhicule se couche en position essentiellement parallèle à la voie, au moment de l'utilisation. Ce véhicule soutient au moins le dos et la tête de la personne dans une direction opposée à la direction dorso-ventrale. Pendant l'utilisation, des forces d'accélération, dirigées transversalement à la direction de transport, s'exercent sur le véhicule. Cette installation d'attraction foraine comprend un moyen permettant de disposer la personne dans une position étendue parallèlement à la voie, pour qu'au moins les forces d'accélération transversales à la direction de transport qui dépassent un seuil prédéterminé autorisé s'exercent dans une direction opposée à la direction dorso-ventrale.
PCT/NL1998/000618 1997-10-31 1998-10-26 Installation d'attraction foraine WO1999022831A1 (fr)

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DE3001450A1 (de) * 1979-01-17 1980-07-24 Arrow Dev Co Volksbelustigungseinrichtung
DE3446951C1 (de) * 1984-12-21 1986-05-07 Georg 8000 München Pötzsch Gleisfuehrung fuer ein Fahrgaeste aufnehmendes Fahrzeug eines Hochfahrgeschaeftes
WO1997002878A1 (fr) * 1995-07-11 1997-01-30 Vekoma International B.V. Dispositif de divertissement et vehicule utilisable dans ce dispositif

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DE3001450A1 (de) * 1979-01-17 1980-07-24 Arrow Dev Co Volksbelustigungseinrichtung
DE3446951C1 (de) * 1984-12-21 1986-05-07 Georg 8000 München Pötzsch Gleisfuehrung fuer ein Fahrgaeste aufnehmendes Fahrzeug eines Hochfahrgeschaeftes
WO1997002878A1 (fr) * 1995-07-11 1997-01-30 Vekoma International B.V. Dispositif de divertissement et vehicule utilisable dans ce dispositif

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US8943976B2 (en) 2012-12-17 2015-02-03 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Flying roller coaster with vertical load and launch

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