EP0486111B1 - Amusement device - Google Patents

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EP0486111B1
EP0486111B1 EP19910202963 EP91202963A EP0486111B1 EP 0486111 B1 EP0486111 B1 EP 0486111B1 EP 19910202963 EP19910202963 EP 19910202963 EP 91202963 A EP91202963 A EP 91202963A EP 0486111 B1 EP0486111 B1 EP 0486111B1
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gondola
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Louisito Johannes Eusebio Kroon
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COBRA NEEDE BV
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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
    • A63G9/00—Swings
    • A63G9/08—Looping-the-loop swings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G27/00—Russian swings; Great wheels, e.g. Ferris wheels
    • A63G27/02—Russian swings; Great wheels, e.g. Ferris wheels with special movements of the seat-carriers

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  • the invention relates to an amusement device, in particular a fairground attraction as defined in the pre-characterising part of the claim.
  • Such an amusement device is known for instance from EP-A-0 231 051.
  • the fairground attraction described therein has the technical drawback of requiring a complicated construction.
  • Use is made of two posts placed at a mutual distance to which rotors are coupled.
  • One of both rotors comprises a foldable arm which carries on one side a counter-weight rotatable in a vertical plane and on the other side, via a folding coupling, an auxiliary arm to which is connected a gondola.
  • Such a construction is necessary to compensate the differences in distance which occur when the arms have dissimilar rotation speeds.
  • Also proposed in this older application is to embody the gondola such that it has a variable length, in particular that it consists of two parts in mutually slidable arrangement.
  • EP-A-0 140 238 relates to a similar device. This also proposes the possibility of giving the gondola a variable length or of giving the carrying arms a variable position superimposed on the rotation in a horizontal plane. From a technical viewpoint such a solution is unsuitable in practice.
  • DE-A-33 21 599 likewise relates to such a device which operates with two carrying arms. Use is made here however of a coupled rotation movement of the carrying arms.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a construction which combines great technical reliability with a very simple construction. To this end the invention provides an amusement device according to claim 1.
  • the appended drawing shows an amusement device 1 comprising two posts 2, 3 placed at a mutual distance; two bearings 4, 5, one of which is present on each respective post 2, 3, with horizontal common rotational axis 6, which bearing supports a carrying shaft 7, 8 to which is connected a rigid arm 9, 10 which carries a mass 11, 12 on one side and a three-dimensional coupling 13, 14 on the other, which coupling supports a carrying arm 15, 16, a gondola 19 which is supported between the free ends of both carrying arms 15, 16 via a three-dimensional coupling 17, 18 and in which users can take up position; drive means (not drawn) for rotatably driving the rigid arms 9, 10 at selected speeds; a rod mechanism co-acting with both carrying arms 15, 16 and the gondola 19 and comprising: two control rods 20, 21 each connected pivotally to a carrying arm 15, 16; a coupling rod 22 pivotally connected to the control rods 20, 21 and coupled to the gondola 19 between both its pivot axes 23, 24 by means of a pivot joint 25.
  • the full lines indicate the lowest position; the broken lines and the reference numerals provided with an accent indicate another extreme position, from which it is apparent that the rod mechanism determines the position of the gondola so that horizontal rocking of the gondola such as can occur particularly in the device according to EP-A-0 140 238 is positively prevented.
  • the rod mechanism has an exactly symmetrical form.
  • the device according to the invention ensures great reliability with mechanically very simple means, which is of fundamental importance for this kind of device.

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  • The invention relates to an amusement device, in particular a fairground attraction as defined in the pre-characterising part of the claim.
  • Such an amusement device is known for instance from EP-A-0 231 051. The fairground attraction described therein has the technical drawback of requiring a complicated construction. Use is made of two posts placed at a mutual distance to which rotors are coupled. One of both rotors comprises a foldable arm which carries on one side a counter-weight rotatable in a vertical plane and on the other side, via a folding coupling, an auxiliary arm to which is connected a gondola. Such a construction is necessary to compensate the differences in distance which occur when the arms have dissimilar rotation speeds. Also proposed in this older application is to embody the gondola such that it has a variable length, in particular that it consists of two parts in mutually slidable arrangement.
  • EP-A-0 140 238 relates to a similar device. This also proposes the possibility of giving the gondola a variable length or of giving the carrying arms a variable position superimposed on the rotation in a horizontal plane. From a technical viewpoint such a solution is unsuitable in practice.
  • DE-A-33 21 599 likewise relates to such a device which operates with two carrying arms. Use is made here however of a coupled rotation movement of the carrying arms.
  • The invention has for its object to provide a construction which combines great technical reliability with a very simple construction. To this end the invention provides an amusement device according to claim 1.
  • The appended drawing shows an amusement device 1 comprising two posts 2, 3 placed at a mutual distance;
       two bearings 4, 5, one of which is present on each respective post 2, 3, with horizontal common rotational axis 6, which bearing supports a carrying shaft 7, 8 to which is connected a rigid arm 9, 10 which carries a mass 11, 12 on one side and a three- dimensional coupling 13, 14 on the other, which coupling supports a carrying arm 15, 16, a gondola 19 which is supported between the free ends of both carrying arms 15, 16 via a three-dimensional coupling 17, 18 and in which users can take up position;
       drive means (not drawn) for rotatably driving the rigid arms 9, 10 at selected speeds;
       a rod mechanism co-acting with both carrying arms 15, 16 and the gondola 19 and comprising:
       two control rods 20, 21 each connected pivotally to a carrying arm 15, 16;
       a coupling rod 22 pivotally connected to the control rods 20, 21 and coupled to the gondola 19 between both its pivot axes 23, 24 by means of a pivot joint 25.
  • The full lines indicate the lowest position; the broken lines and the reference numerals provided with an accent indicate another extreme position, from which it is apparent that the rod mechanism determines the position of the gondola so that horizontal rocking of the gondola such as can occur particularly in the device according to EP-A-0 140 238 is positively prevented.
  • In the embodiment drawn the rod mechanism has an exactly symmetrical form.
  • It will be apparent from the above that the device according to the invention ensures great reliability with mechanically very simple means, which is of fundamental importance for this kind of device.

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  1. An amusement device (1) comprising:
       two posts (2,3) placed at a mutual distance;
       two bearings (4,5), one of which is present on each post (2,3), with horizontal common rotational axis (6), each bearing (4,5) supporting a carrying shaft (7,8) to which is connected a rigid arm (9,10) which carries a mass (11,12) on one side and a first three-dimensional coupling (13,14) on the other;
       a gondola (19) which is supported by the rigid arms (9,10) between those ends of these arms (9,10) which carry said first three-dimensional coupling (13,14) and in which users of the device (1) can take up position;
       drive means for rotatably driving the rigid arms (9,10) at selected speeds,
        characterized in that
       each rigid arm (9,10) is rigidly connected to the respective shaft (7,8),
       each first coupling (13,14) supports a carrying arm (15,16),
       each said carrying arm (15,16) carries a second three-dimensional coupling (17,18), each said second coupling (17,18) being connected with the gondola (19), and the amusement device (1) comprises:
       a rod mechanism (20,21,22) co-acting with both carrying arms (15,16) and the gondola (19) and comprising two control rods (20,21) each connected pivotally to a carrying arm (15,16) and a coupling rod (22) pivotally connected by means of two pivot axes (23,24) to these control rods (20,21) and coupled pivotally to the gondola (19) between both said pivot axes (23,24).
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NL9002499A NL9002499A (en) 1990-11-15 1990-11-15 AMUSEMENT EQUIPMENT.
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