WO2009009721A1 - Manège comprenant des systèmes élévateurs mécaniques, des glissières, des systèmes d'éjections séquentielles et de spectacle - Google Patents

Manège comprenant des systèmes élévateurs mécaniques, des glissières, des systèmes d'éjections séquentielles et de spectacle Download PDF

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WO2009009721A1
WO2009009721A1 PCT/US2008/069760 US2008069760W WO2009009721A1 WO 2009009721 A1 WO2009009721 A1 WO 2009009721A1 US 2008069760 W US2008069760 W US 2008069760W WO 2009009721 A1 WO2009009721 A1 WO 2009009721A1
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Paul Takeshi Shozi
Montomery Clark Lunde
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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
    • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
    • A63G21/18—Water-chutes

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  • the field of the invention is a water slide and water park ride for use in amusement parks.
  • P 1 ioi art systems do not contain e ⁇ ents that can be sequenced unexpectedly oi iandomly There is thus a need to be able to sequence the events in the watei ⁇ de attraction so that the event may be both themed, like a stoiy oi connected senes of events, and, yet, contain unexpected or random actions that permit the ride or attraction to be unique each time a rider participates, thus making participation new to the guest each time the guest participates in the ⁇ de
  • the inventive water ride provides a dramatic iconic structure, along with sounds, visual effects, and moving watei
  • the ride includes a theme, here an alien abduction theme
  • the guests float in a pond or pool water on rafts before entering the ride itself
  • the ride superstructure, an alien spacecraft-like structure may include themed tentacles or water hoses that spay or shoot jets of water at the guests as part of an abduction or alien attack theme
  • the guests may then enter a channel of watei that leads to the ⁇ de proper
  • the channel of watei directs or provides a path for the iafts to a platform that contains slots or bays for individual rafts
  • the platform Upon entiy of the iaft into a slot or bay, the platform is propelled upward to a dome oi housing
  • the platform bays tilt downward at one end, causing the rafts to slide into winding tubes or slides, down the inside of the tubes, and back into the water pool from which the guests
  • the disclosed structures elevate the guests into the ⁇ de entry station on a large-scale, themed platform resting atop a lift structure
  • the entry station or dome itself is creatively themed as a large alien spacecraft, supposedly sent to Earth to collect and examine human specimens
  • the platform has iadially a ⁇ anged bays with tiltable floors to contain the iafts
  • the platfoim may be designed to accept one, two, oi three or moie pei son iafts, with the platfoim diameter reflecting this choice
  • Conveyances other than rafts may, similarly, hold one oi moie persons [001 IJ
  • the platfoim features distinct radial bays for each raft, with the orientation of the bays such that the guests aie facing outward, toward the circumference of the platform Floors of the bays are sloped toward the center of the platform, to keep the rafts m a safe position as the platform rises
  • Additional safety elements may include a retractable railing
  • the platform rotates, bringing each of the bays in turn into alignment with one of seveial exit water tunnels or slides
  • a mechanism within the platform elevates or tilts the reai portion of the raft bay, changing its center-sloping oiientation into an outwaid slope, and causing the raft to slip smoothly from its bay and into a selected tunnel or slide
  • more than one raft or conveyance may be ejected into multiple slides approximately simultaneously
  • the lift may function by means of a large hydraulic cylinder (or group of cylinders), by means of an arrangement of roller chains or cables, or the electrically operated wmch system disclosed
  • the lift system would be contained inside a telescoping housing, with enough space to allow festooning of the platform mechanical and elect ⁇ cal services, as well as for any required safety braking devices
  • AU aspects of the attraction are accompanied by music, light displays, shows, and ahen-themed sounds and pictures
  • the lift itself may be bounded by a curtain of water
  • the lights allow the ride to be operated day or night
  • the fhemed event, accompanied by music, light displays, shows, sounds and pictures make the event unitary, engaging the guests throughout and reducing or eliminating waits in lines and other less engaging or bormg delays DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an amusement ride of the invention showing a dome, a lift, slide tubes, water ejectors, and a schematic lake, inlet, and channel for entry into the ride;
  • FIG. 2 is a side plan view of a lift structure and lift platform of the invention showing the lift platform in a raised position;
  • FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the lift platform showing chute-like bays containing rafts
  • FIG. 4 is a side plan view of the chute-like bay of FIG. 3; [0019] FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the lift platform showing the position and location of the bays; and
  • FIG. 6 is a top plan view of lift platform showing the rafts in the bays and schematically showing locations at which the rafts are ejected in the slide tube; perspective view of the waterslide and water ride.
  • Fig. 1 shows an exemplary water ride structure 1 fashioned as an alien spacecraft.
  • the structure comprises an elevated housing or dome 10 having an interior space, water slide tubes 20 forming interior spaces 22 (See Fig. 4), a lift 30, a platform 33, and water hoses 35.
  • the structure is supported on an island 40 in a pond or pool 50 (shown schematically).
  • An inlet 60 of a water channel 70 may be used to convey rafts 80 (See Fig. 3) to the lift 30.
  • the ride structure 1 shown is constructed to look like a fanciful alien spacecraft to enable an alien abduction theme - i.e., abduction into an alien spacecraft - other themes may be used instead of the alien abduction theme.
  • the structure could use other themes such as a ride to a Mayan mountain top village, a magic tree house, or the moon.
  • this amusement is here described as a water park ride, it can be adapted for use in an amusement park without water as well.
  • the water ride 1 starts a group of guests or riders with a "pre- show” experience where the water hoses 35 eject water at or onto the guests while they are in the pool 50, inlet 60, or channel 70. (See Fig. 1)
  • the riders are permitted to observe other guests being "'abducted” into an alien space craft or dome 10.
  • Guests may approach the ride in the rafts 80, via the inlet 60, if the ride is associated with or built in or along side of the water pool 50. If the ride is not associated with water, or is only partly associated with water, it may not be possible to use the rafts 80. In this case, a conveyance other than a raft may be used to contain and move the guests through the ride.
  • the riders may simply approach the platform 33 in some other manner, such as walking, climbing, or riding in wheeled conveyances.
  • the attraction may also begin with riders loaded into the rafts 80 and on the platform 33.
  • the riders or guests When inside the housing or dome 10, the riders or guests may be scanned and/or approached by animated projections or mechanical embodiments of alien figures as the load platform 33 alternatively spins or rotates clockwise or counterclockwise.
  • projections, lighting effects, mechanical systems, sound effects and scenic treatments are designed to give each guest an "abduction" theme experience.
  • the platform 33 has individual bays 90 to contain the rafts 80.
  • the rafts 80 may be of various sizes so as to accommodate one or more riders.
  • the bays 80 and their operation are described in more detail below.
  • Ride operators may be stationed in a remote control room and observe and communicate with riders via cameras and microphones. Alternatively, ride operators may be stationed on a central platform in the dome 10. The operators make sure riders are secure and that guard rails 100 (See Figs. 2 and 4) have elevated to insure that the riders remain in the rafts 80 and on the platform 33.
  • guard rails 100 See Figs. 2 and 4
  • the platform is elevated in a cloud of mechanically generated water vapor or fog.
  • the platform 33 has enteied the dome 10, the plattoim 33 stops using and begins to rotate Aftei a period of lotation, accompanied by visual and mechanical distractions or effects such as those described above, the platform 10 ceases iotating
  • the platform stops spinning one oi more of the bays 90 are registered with the water slide tubes 20, and floors 120 of the bays 90 are tilted to cause one or more of the rafts 80 to slide into the interior spaces 22 of the tubes 20
  • the platform 33 may rotate again in the same or opposite diiection and register with another of the bays 90, whereupon the floor 120 of the bay 90 is tilted, causing another of the rafts 80 to slide into the interior space 22 of one of the tubes 20
  • Additional spins or rotations of the platform 10 may be used to register additional bays 90 with slide tubes 20 and launch the remainder of the rafts 80 into one of the slide tubes 20 (See Fig 6)
  • the dome 10 may be constructed on the platform 33 itself, simul
  • the bays 90 may be simple openings m the platform 33 with one end of the floors 120 hinged or levered at an inside end so that the outside radial end of the floor 120 may be lowered or tilted to cause the rafts 80 to slide downward into a registered tube 20
  • the inside end of the floor 120 could also be raised on a piston-like devisctuie 01 other type of lift so that the inside end is above the outside end, thus tilting the flooi 120 and causing the raft 80 to slide downward into the tube slide 20
  • the bays 90 may house chute-like structuies 130 having a bottom 140 and opposing sides 150 to house the iafts 80, as shown m Fig 4
  • the chute structuie 130 thus contains the raft 80 and may be shaped or molded such that the mside cioss-section of the chute 130 is more square oi lectangular, but changes to a circular cross-section at the outside so as to conform to a circular shape of the slide tubes 20
  • the inside end of the chute 130 is hinged or contains an axle, pivot, or othei structure permitting the outside end of the chute 130 to be lowered to align with the slide 20 and, at the same time, slope downward so that the raft 80 may move downward to the opening of the slide 20 See Fig 4
  • the bays 90 are arranged and aligned radially around the platform 33 to permit the platform 33 to be rotated in counterclockwise and/or clockwise directions and register the bays 90 with the slide tubes 20
  • the rafts may be of any size that can be accommodated by the bays 90, chutes 130, and platform 33, and, of course, the platform may be made with different radii to accommodate greater or fewei bays 90 and rafts 80 It is anticipated the rafts may hold at least one rider, but may be sized to accommodate groups of more than one rider consistent with the overall size of the platform 33 and the rafts 80 The rafts 80 could also be eliminated, allowing riders to sit in the bay 90 itself and slide down the slide tubes 20 without rafts 80 [0037]
  • the platfoim 33 is iotatingly secuied to the top of a lift structurictuie 160 so that the platfoim 33 may be iotated ⁇ ia motoi dm en gea ⁇ ng oi some othei suitable means, in alternative clockwise or countei clockwise directions
  • the platfoim 33 is also equipped with guaid rails 100 that may be eithei stationaiy
  • the lift structure 160 may be a hydraulic cylinder or, in a preferred embodiment, electrically operated with a winch 170 and cables 180
  • the wmch 170 is electrically activated
  • the wmch 170 is turned so as to wind or move cables 180 around the wmch 170
  • the cables 180 are further wound aiound wheels 190 to change the direction of then movement
  • the cables 180 aie wound aiound the wmch 170
  • the extended length of the cables 180 is reduced, causing the cables 180 to pull the platfoim 33 upward and into the interior space of the dome oi housing 10
  • the platform 33 is lowered downwaid from the dome 10 to giound level
  • the platform 33 may be iotated as it ascends to the mtenoi of the dome 10, as well as when it is inside of the dome 10 [0039]
  • Each slide tube 20 may contain lighting effects and a multitude of projected images so that guests will slide though images of fanciful alien creatures with gaping mouths, pulsing walls, or alien-like symbols, all while alien sounds echo through the slide tubes 20 Since much of the imagery is randomly produced using digital media, each slide tube 20 will provide a different and changing guest experience such that no two ⁇ des are the same (0041 ] Guests exit the slide tubes 20 in a rush of geneiated watei vapoi oi fog, lights, and sound At the conclusion of the slide down the tubes 20, the ndeis and then rafts land in the pool 50 or other body of watei The pools 50 may contain additional effects such as bubbling, color change, waves, oi water pulsations [0042] The area surrounding the lift structure 160 may feature fog/steam/smoke effects, used in conjunction with up-lighting from high brightness beam fixtures m a lift pit and down-lighting instruments on the lift platform 33, to add additional visual "kick" to
  • the ride described above is designated as a water ride, it is understood that the rafts could be cars, gondolas, or other conveyances movable on tracks or wheels that move down sloped ramps or tubes to a cushioned landing or other stopping area.

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L'invention concerne une attraction aquatique à thème qui hisse les occupants d'un radeau sur une plateforme (33) élévatrice (30) vers un dôme (10). La plateforme élévatrice se compose de toboggans contenant les radeaux. Les toboggans sont équipés de planchers basculants. La plateforme élévatrice (33) tourne en alignant sélectivement les toboggans avec les entrées des glissières élevées. Les planchers des toboggans basculent les radeaux dans les glissières, et les radeaux descendent par la glissière vers une piscine. La plateforme (33), le dôme (10), les glissières (20), la structure élévatrice (30), et le bassin (50) sont en outre équipés de lumières, de matériel de production de son, de figures mécaniques, de tuyaux d'eau, de sorties d'eau, et de média d'animation pour la production d'un spectacle à thème.
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