Transportable Ferris Wheel Cross-Shape Vehicle Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Transportable Ferris wheels with larger diameters face challenges due to the need for extremely long and heavy vehicles, which are not permitted under standard road traffic regulations, requiring special permits and increased transportation effort.
Innovation Solution
The structure is accommodated on multiple vehicles, arranged in a cross-shaped or three-row configuration to reduce overall length and weight, allowing for normal road traffic compliance, with support structures and wheel components distributed across vehicles to maintain alignment and stability during assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the Ferris wheel is built with a larger diameter to increase ride capacity and attraction value, then the wheel rim diameter increases, but the vehicle length and weight required for transport exceed standard road traffic regulations
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into multiple separate vehicles (at least four vehicles arranged in a cross-shaped or three-row configuration). Each vehicle carries a portion of the overall structure, allowing the Ferris wheel to have a large diameter while each individual transport vehicle remains within standard length and weight limits for road traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicles are arranged in a two-dimensional cross-shaped or three-row configuration rather than a single linear arrangement. This spatial distribution across multiple dimensions allows the assembled structure to achieve a large wheel diameter while each vehicle component remains compact and road-legal.
2Shape
If the Ferris wheel is built with a larger diameter to increase ride capacity and attraction value, then the wheel rim diameter increases, but the vehicle weight increases requiring special permits and increasing transport costs
Solution Approach 1:
The total weight of the Ferris wheel structure is distributed across multiple separate vehicles. Each vehicle carries only a portion of the overall weight, keeping individual vehicle weights within standard road traffic limits and avoiding the need for special permits, while the assembled structure achieves the desired large diameter.
3Shape
If the Ferris wheel is built with a larger diameter to increase ride capacity and attraction value, then the wheel rim diameter increases, but the assembly time increases due to more complex logistics
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure components are pre-assembled on vehicles in a standardized cross-shaped or three-row configuration before transport to the final location. This preliminary arrangement of vehicles with their respective components ready for assembly reduces the time required for on-site assembly of the large-diameter Ferris wheel.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a transportable amusement ride, in particular a Ferris wheel, comprising a horizontal main axis (16), a wheel rim (17) with spokes (22) rotating about this main axis, on which the individual passenger cabins are arranged radially outside, and a support structure resting on several vehicles (10, 11, 12, 13, 14), wherein in the assembly position of the Ferris wheel at least two vehicles are arranged side by side, wherein according to the invention in the assembly position at least two vehicles (10, 11; 12, 13) are also arranged longitudinally one behind the other and at least one further vehicle (14) is arranged transversely between the two longitudinally arranged vehicles and approximately orthogonally to them.By using a compact arrangement of several vehicles (10, 11, 12, 13, 14) partly in a longitudinal direction one behind the other and partly in a transverse direction next to each other, it is possible to set up a Ferris wheel which has a wheel rim (17) with a large diameter, whereby the individual vehicles used for transport do not exceed a maximum length and a maximum weight permitted in road traffic.