Mast Support System With Coupled Stabilizing Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional mobile amusement device support systems, such as those for swing carousels, face inefficiencies and cost issues when operating at heights greater than 60-80 meters due to insufficient load absorption, requiring time-consuming and costly stabilization structures at each location.
Innovation Solution
A supporting system comprising stabilizing vehicles with displaceable arms and a mast base, allowing vehicles to be coupled for increased stability and mobility, with the stabilizing arms providing support in all directions and the base cooperating with the vehicles to distribute loads effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a single trailer with supports is used to stabilize the mast, then the device can be mobile and easily transported, but the load absorption is insufficient for heights greater than 60-80 meters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple stabilizing vehicles (trailers) to form a single cooperative support system. The vehicles are coupled together via coupling means at their rear ends, allowing them to work in unison to provide enhanced stability for the mast. This merging of multiple mobile units resolves the contradiction by achieving the stability of a large support structure while retaining the mobility and simplicity of individual trailer units.
2Strength
If multiple stabilizing vehicles are coupled together to increase stability, then the load absorption capacity increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into multiple independent stabilizing vehicles, each capable of functioning as a separate unit. These segmented units are then coupled together to achieve the required load absorption capacity. This segmentation allows the system to scale strength by adding modular units rather than designing a single complex structure, thereby increasing load absorption while managing complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
Each stabilizing vehicle is designed as a universal module that can perform multiple functions: it can stabilize the mast when coupled with other vehicles, it can be transported independently on roads, and it can be configured in different arrangements. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity by using standardized components rather than specialized parts for each function.
3Area of stationary object
If conventional base structures are used, then the width is limited by the vehicle dimensions, but the stability in all directions is insufficient for greater heights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the stabilization in multiple directions by providing stabilizing arms that can swing out laterally from each vehicle. This adds a lateral dimension to the stability profile, allowing the system to achieve stability in all directions (vertical through the mast support and horizontal through the swung-out arms) rather than relying solely on base width. This dimensional approach resolves the contradiction by achieving multi-directional stability without being constrained by vehicle width.
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AI summary
A supporting system for a mast, for example for a swing carousel, includes stabilizing vehicles which each include a chassis, sets of wheels for moving the stabilizing vehicle, coupling elements near one end of the chassis, and at least one stabilizing arm which is displaceable between an inoperative position in which the stabilizing arm is swung in and a swung-out position in which the stabilizing arm extends outwards with respect to the chassis. At their free ends, the stabilizing arms each have a support for stabilizing the stabilizing vehicle on the ground in the swung-out position of the stabilizing arm. A base is provided for the mast, which base includes complementary coupling elements situated opposite one another, one complementary coupling element of which is coupled to the coupling element of a stabilizing vehicle and the other complementary coupling element of which is coupled to the coupling element of another stabilizing vehicle.