70results about "Russian swings" patented technology

To provide a chairlift riding device capable of detecting a high risk situation.SOLUTION: A chairlift riding device (10) includes at least two adjacent timing gates (20) for adjusting a stream of people passing through the timing gates (20). The riding device (10) includes a detection device (30) that can determine the presence of a person having the possibility of passing through each of the timing gates (20) and determine whether or not the person having the possibility is taller than a predetermined height (G), and a data processing unit (40) for determining the presence of a high risk situation when a person shorter than the predetermined height (G) is detected before a given gate (20) among the adjacent gates (20) and a person taller than the predetermined height (G) is not detected before one of the adjacent gates (20) according to data from the detection device (30).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The system includes a virtual queue controller configured to receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an amusement park attraction, determine a reduced capacity for the attraction, identify each guest in the attraction's virtual queue having a return time affected by the reduced capacity event, remove the guests with the affected return times from the virtual queue, generate re-entry time slots for the guests removed from the virtual queue, select two or more updated return times within the re-entry time slots for each of the guests removed from the virtual queue, provide a notification to each guest removed from the virtual queue requesting guest input to select a single updated return time from the two or more updated return times, and return each guest to the virtual queue upon receiving a corresponding selection of the single updated return time.

The application relates to the technical field of amusement facilities, in particular to a ferris wheel stand column and a ferris wheel. The ferris wheel stand column comprises a stand column assembly, a wheel hub shaft seat and a stand column head. The stand column assembly comprises two stand columns, one end of each stand column is connected to each other, and the two stand columns are used for supporting the whole ferris wheel together. The wheel hub shaft seat is installed at both ends of the stand column assembly. The stand column head is sleeved on the stand column and supports the turntable and the wheel hub shaft seat. The two stand columns are symmetrically arranged along the center of the wheel hub shaft seat. The symmetrically arranged stand columns are connected with the wheel hub shaft seat and the stand column head to form an integral whole, and the action force of the whole ferris wheel is dispersed. The stand column comprises a plate rib structure, the plate rib structure comprises a first plate rib and a second plate rib, the first plate rib is arranged along the axial direction of the stand column, the second plate rib is arranged along the circumferential direction of the stand column, and the connecting points of the first plate rib and the second plate rib are uniformly distributed in the interior of the stand column. The action force acting on the stand column can be dispersed through the first plate rib and the second plate rib, and the supporting action of the stand column itself is further ensured.

An amusement ride comprises a pair of swinging arms, each supporting a support element that includes a plurality of seats to accommodate riders. The arms may share a rotation axis and are rotatable with respect to one another. The arms may each be coupled to a rotatable vertical tower. The support elements at the ends of the respective arms each oscillate by swinging about a pivot axis, due to the swinging motion of the arms. A control system controls the swinging of the arms such that the supporting elements oscillate at a resonance frequency.

Systems and related methods related to structures with large-scale rotatable elements. Some of the present systems comprise: a tower defining a plurality of human-habitable spaces; a tower hub coupled to the tower and having a transverse dimension of at least 50 feet; an observation wheel rotatably coupled to the tower and having a central wheel hub; and one or more bearings disposed between the tower hub and the wheel hub to rotatably support the observation wheel relative to the tower.

An amusement ride comprises a track having at least one oval portion, at least one vehicle adapted to travel around the track, and a movement mechanism adapted to cause the at least one vehicle to travel around the track. The movement mechanism and the track cause each vehicle to experience an acceleration when the vehicle reaches a curved end of the oval portion and wherein the acceleration causes a top, carriage portion of the vehicle to rotate with respect to a lower carriage portion of the vehicle, about the vehicle axis. Each vehicle is rotatable around a vehicle axis at all locations about the track, including straight portions.

Ride (1), in particular for use at fairs, folk festivals or in amusement parks, comprising: - a substantially rigid passenger structure (2); - a substantially rigid support structure (3) on which the passenger structure (2) is mounted so as to be rotatable and / or substantially vertically displaceable; - at least one gondola (4) forming a passenger cabin for passengers of the ride, wherein the at least one gondola (4) is mounted on the passenger structure (2) and has a floor (5) and a roof (6); - at least one boarding area (7) for boarding and disembarking passengers into and out of the at least one gondola (4) in a boarding position of the at least one gondola (4); and - at least one electric or hydraulic motor designed to move the passenger structure (2) relative to the support structure (3) in order to move the at least one gondola (4) from the boarding position at a first height (h1) to a viewing position at a second height (h2) different from the first; wherein a passenger extension (8) is arranged on the roof (6) of the at least one gondola (4), which forms a walkable platform (9) for passengers of the ride.

To provide a visual confirmation device for the locking status of Ferris wheel gondola doors, which can improve safety through human confirmation and reduce human error by introducing visual confirmation work by workers. [Solution] The system is equipped with a locking device 120 that is positioned above the door 210 and locks the door when the first locking member on the gondola 200 side and the second locking member on the door side are grounded, a handle that is positioned on the outside of the door and has a grip lever that moves the second locking member, allowing the door to be opened and closed, and a visual confirmation unit that is positioned between the locking device and the handle and allows workers to visually check the locking status of the door from outside the Ferris wheel gondola, making it easy to distinguish between locked, semi-locked and unlocked states, which has the effect of significantly reducing the risk of accidents due to sensor malfunctions or human error.

The present application relates to a kind of rope cylinder drive structure and swing amusement equipment, including the drive wheel of being installed on the overall frame of swing amusement equipment, rope cylinder and reversing guide pulley, and using first steel wire rope and second steel wire rope to establish drive connection, the up and down movement of rope cylinder is converted to swing arm horizontal swing by gear train mechanism, the compressibility of gas is fully utilized, the control difficulty of equipment is greatly reduced, swing arm keeps stable in the process of operation, transmission efficiency is close to gear drive structure, while system structure and control complexity are similar to friction drive structure, while the advantages of two existing drive structures are considered, it is an ideal swing amusement equipment drive structure.

The utility model relates to the technical field of recreation facilities, and discloses a pirate ship body rapid swing stopping device which comprises a base, the top of the base is rotationally connected with a supporting rod, the top of the supporting rod is fixedly connected with a first fixing plate, the top of the first fixing plate is provided with a contact assembly, and an adjusting assembly is arranged between the first fixing plate and the base. The adjusting assembly comprises a first connecting block, the top of the first connecting block is rotationally connected to the bottom of the first fixing plate, one side of the first connecting block is fixedly connected with a first telescopic rod, and one end of the first telescopic rod is fixedly connected with a second fixing plate. According to the brake device, the output end of the hydraulic rod extends out to drive the compression spring to deform through the second fixing plate to extrude the first fixing plate, the first fixing plate drives the friction wheel to be attached to the bottom of a ship body through the connecting plate, and the effect of adjusting brake pressure is achieved; the problem that a rapid swing stopping device cannot brake according to different swing speeds when braking through friction force is solved, and the braking performance of the rapid swing stopping device is improved.

The utility model relates to ferris wheel amusement equipment which comprises a supporting stand column assembly, a center base is arranged at the upper end of the supporting stand column assembly, a rotating body is installed on the front side of the center base in a rotating mode, and a plurality of rotating arms are evenly distributed on the outer side of the rotating body in an array mode along the circumference. A cabin is rotationally mounted on the front side of the outer end of each rotating arm; the plurality of rotating arms are arranged on the outer side of the rotating body, and the cabin is rotationally mounted on the front side of the outer end of each rotating arm, so that a traditional wheel carrier is not required to be arranged, and the cabin is arranged on the front side of each rotating arm, so that when the cabin opens the movable door body outwards, no interference exists, and meanwhile, a rotating shaft does not need to be arranged above the cabin; the ferris wheel can be directly arranged on the rear side of a cabin, so that the rotating diameter of the ferris wheel can be reduced, the ferris wheel is an excellent choice for small and medium-sized parks, and good economic benefits can be generated.

An amusement ride comprising a wheel frame having one or more straight sections in a circumferential direction, one or more rotary drive units configured to rotate the wheel frame around a rotational axis, wherein, during rotation of the wheel frame, the one or more rotary drive units are maintaining a contact engagement with the one or more straight sections of the wheel frame.

An amusement ride (100) with at least two flight support towers (103, 104) and a lift tower (107). The support towers are spaced apart with a gondola (300) suspended from a support structure (105) therebetween by flight cables (113, 114). The lift tower has a lift cable (108) with release mechanism (1500) to bring the gondola up into a launch position (109). When released, the gondola swings from the support structure on the flight cables. The support structure includes a bridge (1600) extending between support towers. The bridge comprises a track (1603) with parallel rails extending along the gondola flight path (201) and a sled (1604) movably mounted on the track. A swing damper system is provided to arrest the motion of the gondola and bring it to a controlled stop. The damper system includes a rack-and-pinion system (1610) acting between the bridge and the sled. The pendulum motion of the gondola pulls the sled back and forth on the track, such that the sled provides a passive braking force against the swing motion of the gondola. Additional ride features are also described.

The utility model discloses a novel ferris wheel driving structure, which belongs to the technical field of ferris wheel driving structures, comprises a rotating wheel outer ring assembly, two groups of driving assemblies and two groups of tensioning assemblies, and is characterized in that the rotating wheel outer ring assembly comprises a plurality of supporting beams, the outer surfaces of the supporting beams are fixedly connected with reinforcing rods which are arranged at equal intervals; a friction ring is installed outside the rotating wheel outer ring assembly, the outer ring assembly is connected into a ring through a connecting piece, the outer surface of each reinforcing rod is fixedly connected with two reinforcing plates, and the outer surface of each reinforcing plate is fixedly connected with a supporting beam. Through cooperation of the gear motor, the driving frame, the solid tire, the fixing base, the connecting piece, the spring sleeve, the adjusting screw sleeve and the spring mandrel, the equipment can rotate more smoothly, the situation that a rotating wheel is stuck can be prevented, and therefore the practicability of the equipment is improved, and through arrangement of a reinforcing rod and a reinforcing plate, the overall strength of the equipment is improved.

An amusement ride comprising an oscillating arm pivotally connected to a supporting surface and oscillates around an pivot axis, a rotary chassis rotatably connected to the oscillating arm and rotates around an axis wherein the rotary chassis can rotate fully or partially around the axis in both directions, and a seat assembly installed on the rotary chassis for sitting a passenger wherein the passenger is off-center relative to the axis, wherein the rotary chassis rotating a passenger around the axis, wherein the oscillating arm oscillating the passenger around the pivot axis.

A virtual queue system, comprising a virtual queue controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions accessed from the memory to cause the virtual queue controller to: receive an indication of a reduced capacity event from an attraction; determine a reduction in capacity of the attraction associated with the reduced capacity event; identify guest groups affected by the reduced capacity event based on having a return time in a virtual queue of the attraction during the reduced capacity event and the reduction in capacity of the attraction; select a subset of the identified guest groups to remove from the virtual queue during the reduced capacity event; generate a reaccommodation time slot for the selected subset removed from the virtual queue, wherein a length of the reaccommodation time slot is based on a total number of affected return times of the subset of guest groups removed from the virtual queue; select one or more updated return times within the reaccommodation time slot for each guest group in the subset removed from the virtual queue; generate a notification on one or more guest devices associated with each guest group removed from the virtual queue, wherein the notification causes display of a user interface on the one or more guest devices requesting guest input to select one or more updated return times; and return an individual guest group in the subset to the virtual queue upon receiving the guest input.

An amusement ride comprises a pair of swinging arms, each supporting a support element that includes a plurality of seats to accommodate riders. The arms may share a rotation axis and are rotatable with respect to one another. The arms may each be coupled to a rotatable vertical tower. The support elements at the ends of the respective arms each oscillate by swinging about a pivot axis, due to the swinging motion of the arms. A control system controls the swinging of the arms such that the supporting elements oscillate at a resonance frequency.

The invention discloses a ferris wheel type gravity energy storage system and an operation method thereof.The ferris wheel type gravity energy storage system comprises a mass block, a ferris wheel body, an energy conversion device, a mass block loading device, a mechanical locking device and a control device, and the ferris wheel body comprises a rotating frame and a plurality of lift cars; the lift car is arranged on the rotating frame and used for containing the mass block, and the energy conversion device is electrically connected with a power grid, mechanically coupled to the ferris wheel body and used for converting electric energy into mechanical energy in the energy storage stage to drive the ferris wheel body to rotate so as to lift the mass block and converting the mechanical energy generated when the mass block descends into the electric energy in the power generation stage. Through the unique ferris wheel frame, the problems of traditional gravity energy storage in the aspects of engineering implementation, operation efficiency, maintenance cost and the like are effectively solved, and a novel large-scale energy storage solution with technical feasibility, economical efficiency and high reliability is provided.

A swing device (100) for amusing passengers by a swing ride comprising a linkage of an upstanding first and second support (21,22) on a base (1) and at distal support ends interconnected by a coupling element (6). At least one of the first and second support (21, 22) is drivable by an actuator (5) to introduce a rocking motion. The swing device comprises at least one swing arm (31, 32) suspended from respectively one of the first and second support. The swing arm is movable along an own swing path. At least one passenger carrier (41, 42) is connected to a distal swing arm end (34) of the swing arm (31, 32). The combination of the rocking motion of the supports, the swing motion of the swing arm and the rotating motion of the coupling element provide to public and passengers a spectacular attraction of superimposed movements.