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WO2013003774A1 - Attraction à piste suspendue - Google Patents

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WO2013003774A1
WO2013003774A1 PCT/US2012/045042 US2012045042W WO2013003774A1 WO 2013003774 A1 WO2013003774 A1 WO 2013003774A1 US 2012045042 W US2012045042 W US 2012045042W WO 2013003774 A1 WO2013003774 A1 WO 2013003774A1
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suspension cable
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William J. Kitchen
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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
    • A63G21/04—Chutes; Helter-skelters with fixed rails
    • 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
    • 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
    • A63G21/20—Slideways with movably suspended cars, or with cars moving on ropes, or the like

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  • Amusement rides are well known in the art.
  • the amusement ride industry has seen an increasing growth in what are called thrill rides, rides that provide the appearance of danger to the rider.
  • Rides such as swing rides, sling shot rides and bungee jumps are among the many thrill rides currently known.
  • the safety of the rider is always a primary concern, and always constrains the design of rides.
  • Other concerns include cost of installation and maintenance, the size of the footprint (space needed on the ground) and number of riders that can use the ride in a given interval of time.
  • Various types of cable supported rides are well known, including ski lifts and other similar rides. Cable rides are generally not considered suitable for thrill rides because of the difficulties of moving the rider at the speeds necessary for a thrill ride while being able to make sharp turns also considered desirable in a thrill ride.
  • Fixed track rides, rides with a solid metal track are considered better suited to thrill rides, but have the disadvantage that the weight of the track requires a much larger footprint to have a suspended track.
  • An aspect of the amusement ride disclosed is to provide a fixed track that is suitable for use as a thrill ride with a minimal footprint on the ground.
  • the amusement ride is a suspended fixed track loop that has a means for conveying multiple riders in a generally front down prone position.
  • the single track rail is supported by tensioned cables.
  • a second embodiment of the amusement ride is a people mover type ride using the tensioned cable supported track.
  • Figure 1 is a top perspective view of the suspended track amusement ride.
  • Figure 2 is a top perspective view of the rider loading/unloading area.
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation view of a suspension tower.
  • Figure 4 is a side elevation view of a tilted suspension tower.
  • Figure 5 is a rear perspective view of the rider train.
  • Figure 6 is a rear perspective view of the rider conveyance assembly with riders with outer surface removed.
  • Figure 7 is a cross section of a rider conveyance assembly
  • Figure 8 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of the ride.
  • Figure 1 is a top perspective view of a suspended track amusement ride 100.
  • a single rail track 101 is suspended in the air from towers 102 by a catenary curved suspension cable 110.
  • the track 101 is a continuous loop that can be between 150 meters and 500 meters long.
  • the real limit on the length of the track 101 is the strength of the track 101 and the suspension cable 110 and not any limitations on the other elements of the ride.
  • the loop is about 480 meters long.
  • the towers can vary in height between 6 and-60 meters tall, or higher. In the depicted embodiment the towers range in height between 6 meters and 20 meters.
  • the track 101 is attached to the towers 102 and is supported by tensioned cable 110.
  • Riders R are carried on a flyer train 105 with rider conveyances in a generally front down orientation in the depicted embodiment. If desired the riders could be sitting in a seat or swing type device (not shown). In order to make it easier to load the riders on flyer train 105, it may be desirable to have two towers 102 be shorter than the other towers 102 to bring the flyer train 105 closer the ground at loading area 106. In some installations, this may not be desired. Maximum distance between the towers is dependent on the height of the towers and the terrain. If desired a second train (not shown) could be provided on the opposite side of the suspended track loop from the rider train 105 to add more passenger capacity.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a loading area 106.
  • a queue guide 107 is provided to organize and guide the line of people waiting to ride on the suspended track amusement ride 100.
  • the design of such queue guides 107 to ensure safety and minimize customer dissatisfaction with wait times is well known and will not be further discussed here.
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation view of a tower 102 with the suspension cable 110 attached to the tower 102 and the track 101 suspended from the suspension cable 110.
  • the suspension cable 110 is a single loop of cable that is fed through the towers 102 and tensioned and then attached to the tower 102. Cable 110 is slid through channels in the top of the towers and then clamped in place in the channels when the desired tension is reached. This method allows the whole cable 110 to be tensioned all at the same time in one operation, helping to ensure that the tension is even over the whole ride. If desired the suspension cable 110 could be strung and tensioned between the towers 102 as separate segments. In the depicted embodiment the suspension cable 110 is a 30 mm (1 1 ⁇ 2 inch) diameter steel cable.
  • the track 101 is suspended beneath the suspension cable 110 on attachment cables 104, which are 13 mm ( 1 ⁇ 2 inch) diameter cables in the depicted embodiment attached to the suspension cable 110 with swaged clamps in the depicted embodiment.
  • the track 101 is a 15 cm (six inch) diameter cylindrical rail 124 with a welded plate 125 on top that the attachment cables 104 attach to with swaged clevis in the depicted embodiment.
  • the plate 125 is welded to the rail 124 in the depicted embodiment, other ways of attaching would work as well, including casting the track as a single piece.
  • the distance between the towers 102 varies between 150 and 110 feet with between 15 to 10 feet of sag in the suspension cable at the middle of the span.
  • the amount of span and swag will depend on the size of the ride and the wind loads the ride 100 is designed to withstand.
  • Stay cables 108 are used to balance the tower 102 against the pull of the suspension cable 110 and the weight of the ride.
  • the tension on the cable is between 4.5 to 4545.5 kilograms (10 to 100,000 poundsO depending on the size of the ride and the length of the spans.
  • Figure 4 is a side elevation view of a tilted suspension tower 140 with stay cables 141.
  • This configuration of tower can be used if there is a particular geometry of the track that is desired, but for some reason a tower cannot be placed exactly where required in an upright position.
  • a rider train 105 supports the riders R on rider conveyances 130.
  • the rider conveyance 130 is shown with its outer casing removed. Multiple rider conveyances 130 are mounted to the track 101 a given distance Dl apart. In the depicted embodiment Dl is about 3.7 meters to ensure that the riders R cannot come into contact with each other. Other distances could be used as well, so long as safety considerations are met.
  • a rider support rod 118 is suspended by hanger 143 from the rider conveyance 130. The rods 118 are pivotally attached to connection members 117.
  • connection members 117 function to reduce any forward and backward (relative to the direction of travel of the rider R) sway of the rider R and to tie the riders R in the rider train 105 together to prevent too much strain on the track 101 being caused by each rider R being able to sway individually when the riders R are coming out of a turn.
  • the connection members 117 are rigid in the depicted embodiment.
  • Riders R are attached below the rod 118 on straps 119 attached to a flight suit 120 in at least two locations at the neck and base of the spine of the rider R to prevent twisting of the rider R.
  • straps 119 are made of webbing.
  • the flight suits 120 in the depicted embodiment are a modified hang gliding suit with the two attachment locations, such as are used on Skycoaster® amusement rides and other similar flight rides.
  • FIG 7 is a cross sectional view through a rider conveyance 130.
  • the rider conveyance 130 has ten wheels in the depicted embodiment that function to attach the rider conveyance 130 to the track 101.
  • Two horizontal stabilizing wheels 133 ride along plate 125. At least two 132 wheel are driven, in the depicted embodiment all of wheels 132 are driven.
  • Plate 125 has electric feed rails 136 that carry power for the ride.
  • the rider conveyances 130 connect to the electric feed rails with a contact armature (not shown) known in the art in the depicted embodiment. Other methods of driving the rider conveyance along the track would work as well, including being pulled by cables, gravity, chain drives or other known methods.
  • Figure 8 is a perspective view of a rider carriage embodiment of the rider conveyance for the suspended cable amusement ride 200.
  • the flexibility of the layout of the cable 101 that is allowed by the towers 102 and the suspension cable 110 may be desirable in standard cable lift uses, such as ski lifts, aerial viewing rides, people movers or similar types of rides.
  • a rider carriage 205 would be used instead of suspending the riders R as in the other embodiment.
  • a loading platform 206 would be provided to allow the riders R to come up to the level of the rider carriage 205, or the cable 101 could dip low enough that this is not necessary.
  • the cable could either be moving slow enough (1.6 -2.4 kilometer per hour) that riders could walk on to the slowing moving rider carriage 205 and then a ride operator would close and lock door 188 or the cable 101 could be stopped and the ride loaded and unloaded as above.
  • the design of the rider conveyances 130 allows the rider carriage 205 to be easily stopped and started, unlike with standard bull wheel type cable lifts.

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La présente invention concerne une attraction à piste suspendue. Un rail cylindrique est suspendu depuis des câbles de support tendus incurvés caténaires par des câbles de fixation verticaux, formant une voie ferrée unique qui peut être suspendue sur de grandes distances.
PCT/US2012/045042 2011-06-30 2012-06-29 Attraction à piste suspendue WO2013003774A1 (fr)

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