VEHICLE TRANSFER DURING OPERATION OF AN OMNIMOVER RIDE

An assembly for transferring passenger-carrying vehicles to and from an amusement park ride conveying a train of vehicles without stopping for passenger loading. The assembly includes a transfer vehicle and a vehicle receiver positioned in the vehicle train. The vehicle receiver includes a connectio...

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Main Authors CRAWFORD DAVID W, ROSE CHRISTOPHER J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.10.2009
Subjects
AMUSEMENTS
CHUTES
CONVEYING
GAMES
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HUMAN NECESSITIES
MERRY-GO-ROUNDS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
ROCKING-HORSES
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
SPORTS
STORING
SWINGS
SWITCHBACKS
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An assembly for transferring passenger-carrying vehicles to and from an amusement park ride conveying a train of vehicles without stopping for passenger loading. The assembly includes a transfer vehicle and a vehicle receiver positioned in the vehicle train. The vehicle receiver includes a connection mechanism, such as an electromagnet selectively operable to capture and release the transfer vehicle. A turntable is positioned adjacent to the track and selectively rotates at a rotation rate. The turntable includes an engagement mechanism, such as an electromagnet, on its periphery operable to capture and release the transfer vehicle (e.g., to capture when the vehicle receiver releases and vice versa). The rotation rate and the ride speed synchronize turntable rotation with travel of the train to mesh placement of the turntable engagement mechanism proximate to the connection mechanism of the vehicle receiver to facilitate hand off of the transfer vehicle without stopping the vehicle train.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080109195