CN1196684A

CN1196684A - Falling amusement ride

Info

Publication number: CN1196684A
Application number: CN 97190769
Authority: CN
Inventors: 植村比吕志
Original assignee: SEGAYUNTAPURAIZES CO Ltd
Current assignee: SEGAYUNTAPURAIZES CO Ltd; Sega Corp
Priority date: 1996-06-28
Filing date: 1997-06-19
Publication date: 1998-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 2017-06-19
Also published as: JPH1015249A; WO1998000212A1; AU716077B2; CN1133475C; KR19990044277A; AU3190397A; KR100490814B1

Abstract

The riders can feel a thrill similar to that given by a conventional falling ride even though the height of the ride of this invention is low. A falling ride, in which a seat which is supported elevatably is made to fall, has an illusion producing means by which the riders are given illusion concerning the feeling of a height.

Description

Falling amusement ride

The present invention relates to a kind of being used for raises up the player that rides on the seat, and then freely falls, and allows the player experience the falling amusement ride of the enjoyment of intense stimulus.

For above-mentioned falling amusement ride, the position that begins to fall is high more, and the player is just exciting and excited.

Therefore, before this, very high support or tower have been built, so that make the player can be thus lifted to suitable height.Yet, owing to will be restricted so build this game device at outdoor construction towering support or tower.Particularly, because hardly may be at this falling amusement ride of indoor construction, so in fact this game device of Jian Zaoing is few.

The present invention is exactly this situation in view of in the past, purpose is to provide a kind of falling amusement ride, though this height of devices is limited, can raise up the player, allow him enjoy and same intense stimulus that in the past Riding Accommodation is experienced when falling.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of falling amusement ride, the seat of this device can lifting, and has and can make the player who is sitting on the seat produce the false sense of height, produces the device of illusion.

Because the device of above-mentioned generation illusion can make the player who is sitting on the seat produce illusion highly, so, though the height of device itself is not high, the player feels it is fallen from the very high position, the strong impulse the during whereabouts that can enjoy degree same.

Therefore, the place of building this device does not have any restriction, and the quantity of this device is increased greatly.

The device of above-mentioned generation illusion is made up of following parts: many photophores that vertically are arranged in the place ahead, seat of energy lifting; And make the control device that direction successively light and extinguish of above-mentioned these many photophores in up or down.

When above-mentioned lighting extinguished control device the photophore of arranging is lighted and when extinguishing from top to bottom successively, in fact be sitting in and seeing on the seat that these photophores light the player who extinguishes and just can produce the own illusion that is rising, perhaps opposite, when photophore is lighted successively from top to bottom and extinguished, in fact be sitting in and seeing on the seat that these photophores light the player who extinguishes and just can produce the own illusion that is descending.

Above-mentionedly light that to extinguish control device be in the seat lifting, make above-mentioned photophore light successively and extinguish along the direction opposite with the lifting of above-mentioned seat, in this falling amusement ride, when the player rises with the seat, extinguish if photophore is lighted downwards successively, the player is produced than the illusion faster of lifting speed in fact; On the contrary, when the player descends with the seat, extinguish, the player is produced than actual decrease speed illusion faster if photophore is lighted upward successively.

Perhaps, the device of the generation illusion in the above-mentioned falling amusement ride can be made up of following parts: the preceding moving body that can move along above-below direction at seat that can lifting; And the driving control device that above-mentioned moving body is moved up or down.

When driving control device moves downward moving body, be sitting in the player on the seat owing to seen the moving body that moves downward before eyes, though in fact sit, can produce the own illusion that is rising; On the contrary, when moving body moves upward, be sitting in the player on the seat,, can produce the own illusion that is descending though in fact sit owing to seen the moving body that moves upward before eyes.

When above-mentioned driving control device makes above-mentioned moving body towards the direction opposite with seat travel direction motion in the seat lifting, when the player rises with the seat, if moving body moves, the player is produced than the illusion faster of lifting speed in fact downwards; On the contrary, when the player descends with the seat,, the player is produced than actual decrease speed illusion faster if moving body moves upward.

Perhaps, in above-mentioned falling amusement ride, the device that produces illusion also can separate the lifting space and the external world at seat with side plate, and on the position that the side plate in the place ahead, seat is stipulated, leave window, this window is used to limit the visual field that is sitting in the player on the seat, makes him can not see extraneous bottom.

Be sitting in the player on the seat, when in the lifting space that separates with the external world, rising, just be difficult to obtain the correct height sense, after this, when when the window of specified altitude is seen the external world, because the visual field is subjected to seeing the restriction of extraneous bottom, will produces and oneself be in quite high locational illusion.

When the tower in the lifting space at the formation seat of above-mentioned falling amusement ride is arranged on the inside of building, because the top of tower is blocked by the ceiling of building, the player can't see before taking this game device by the cat head that ceiling blocked of building, and just can produce tower is to stretch out illusion very towering outside the ceiling.When he is sitting in when rising on the seat,, also can produce the sensation that has been raised to very high height even the actual height that rises is not high under this illusion.

Below, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the outside drawing of seeing from interior of building of an embodiment of falling amusement ride of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the in-built cross-sectional view of above-mentioned building and falling amusement ride;

Fig. 3 is the above plane in ground of the tower of above-mentioned falling amusement ride;

Fig. 4 is the in-built cross-sectional view of tower;

Fig. 5 is the player watches the televimonitor in the place ahead in box state diagram;

Fig. 6 is the player watches the photophore in the place ahead in box state diagram;

Fig. 7 is the player watches window outside, the place ahead in box state diagram.

Fig. 1 is the outside drawing of falling amusement ride 10 of the present invention.This falling amusement ride 10 is arranged on the inside of building 1, and its outer shape is tower 11 shapes.

Be covered with the roof 2 of arch above the building 1, when when interior of building shown in Figure 1 is seen tower 11, because tower 11 sticks up on the roof outside 2, so can't see cat head.

Therefore, upwards watching the people of tower 11 can produce this tower 11 is to give prominence on the roof illusion very high more than 2, and still, in fact tower is only higher a little than roof 2.

One deck of tower 11 forwards protrudes, two

admission mouths

12,12 about the front has.Front above tower 11 one decks is provided with a plurality of monitors 13, and the

windows

15,15 of the

gate

14,14 that two bands can switches about being provided with above this monitor.

As shown in Figure 2, tower 11 is based upon on the second layer 3 of building 1, and building 1 also has towards tower 11 and protrudes, as the 3rd layer 4 and the 4th layers 5 of covered corridor.

The player P that plays on this falling amusement ride enters when looking up tower 11 in the field from admission mouth 12, just can produce the illusion that this is a very high tower.

Fig. 3 is the plane of one deck of tower 11, two passenger compartments 17,17 are arranged from two

admission mouths

12,12 after by passage 16,16, from passenger compartment 17,17 inwards, useful door 18,18 and passenger compartment separate, along the

vertical lift passage

20,20 of the longitudinal extension of tower 11.

In above-mentioned

vertical lift passage

20,20, be provided with that player P takes can lifting

box

21,21.

Above-mentioned box 21 is the casing shape, and the front has the gateway, and inside is provided with two platoon leader's bar chairs 22, and back row's rectangular chair 22 is higher than front-seat rectangular chair 22.

See also Fig. 4, on the inwall of the left and right sides of vertical lift passage 20, respectively be provided with two guide rails 25 vertically, and at the left and right sides of box 21 sidewall all around, respectively be provided with two assembly pulleys 23, the pulley on these assembly pulleys 23 is clipped in the both sides of above-mentioned guide rail 25, can rotate, for box 21 guiding, make its lifting stably.

In addition, the centre of the front and

back guide rail

25,25 on the inwall of the left and right sides of vertical lift passage 20, be provided with in vertical direction many about in opposite directions brake block 26.When about in opposite

directions brake block

26,26 close mutually, and respectively with box 21 on about during braking fin 27 sliding-contacts, just from about clamp box 21, brake, when about in opposite

directions brake block

26,26 when leaving mutually, just unclamp box 21 and make its can freely-movable.

Be provided with a hook device 28 on plane on box 21 roofs, this device has a pair of left hook that can open and close and right hook.

Above box 21, be provided with one can lifting traction chassis 30, this traction chassis 30 also is clipped in the both sides of above-mentioned guide rail 25 with the pulley of the assembly pulley 31 that can roll, lead at above-below direction.

On the crossbeam 40 of the topmost that flatly is erected at vertical lift passage 20, be provided with motor 41 and hoist engine 42, the steel wire rope 43 of on the hoist engine 42 that drives by motor 41, reeling, an end of steel wire rope hangs down, and is fixed on the traction chassis 30.

Therefore, traction chassis 30 is hung on the steel wire rope 43, and when motor 41 drove hoist engines 42 Wound steel ropes 43, traction chassis 30 just rose, otherwise when winding off steel wire rope, draws chassis and just descend.

Be used to accept the hook jockey 32 of the hook device 28 on the above-mentioned box 21 playing one on the above-mentioned traction chassis 30, when traction chassis 30 moves downward near the box 21 that stopping, above-mentioned hook jockey 32 can automatically strut a pair of left and right hook of hook device 28, and is connected with this a pair of hook locking.Like this, box 21 just can rise with traction chassis 30.

On the crossbeam 40 of vertical lift passage 20 topmosts, be provided with the align member 44 of the extreme higher position of decision traction chassis 30 risings vertically downward, with unclamp the cylinder 45 that is connected, make traction chassis 30 energy and box 21 stop at together on the predetermined extreme higher position, and the cylinder 45 of connection is unclamped in driving under this state, makes the lock release of hook device 28, and releasing hook jockey 32 is connected with a pair of hook, so box 21 just can freely fall.

The bottom of vertical lift passage 20 be provided with from below supporting the air spring 46 of bearing 47.Under normal circumstances, by bearing 47 supporting

boxes

21,46 of air springs stop on the preposition box 21.Just in case box 21 has remaining energy when falling, just this air spring absorbs these energy, plays damper.

Vertical lift passage 20 on the inner surface of the front openings of the box 21 of oscilaltion, be provided with five televimonitors 50 on the position that is equivalent to the 3rd floor height, six horizontal rows are to the lamps 51 of five row about being provided with on the position that is equivalent to the 4th floor height.In addition, on the high position of layer 5, be provided with above-mentioned window 15.

On televimonitor 50, demonstrate various pictures, so that the player P in the box 21 is instructed.And control lamp 51 makes it light successively on some directions from top to bottom and extinguish.

The structure of falling amusement ride 10 of the present invention the following describes the order of its operation roughly as mentioned above.

At first, from admission mouth 12 by enter the player P in the passenger compartment 17 after the passage 16, enter be parked on the predetermined lower position and door 18 boxes of having opened 21 in, with the player's switch that from box 21, comes out.Then, the player P that enters in the box 21 takes a seat on rectangular chair 22, the safety pole that can shake that ties up to rectangular chair 22 the place aheads is placed on below the waist, and the earphone of setting up 52 is worn on the head.From this earphone 52, can send stereosonic sound, make player P can hear the explanation of effect sound and guidance recreation.

After door 18 is closed, in the box a slice dark, player P can only hear the sound that transmits in the earphone.Meanwhile, traction chassis 30 is descending, and

hook device

28 and 32 engagements of hook jockey are locked together, the result, and box 21 has just connected together with traction chassis 30.Then, hoist engine 42 Wound steel ropes 43 raise up box 21 and traction chassis 30 together.

At the beginning, as shown in Figure 5, player P has seen the picture on the televimonitor 50, and by the speech in this picture and the earphone 25 explanation of directiveness is carried out in the recreation of this whereabouts.

At this moment, box 21 is up, with certain acceleration by after the above-mentioned televimonitor 50, so the time lamp 51 that goes out when bright just attracted player's notice (Fig. 6).Because lamp 51 is lighted downwards successively and extinguished, so player P has just had lamp moving downward, perhaps he is own to be higher than the illusion that actual speed upwards rises.

One after box 21 passes through these lamps 51, and it has just stopped, and the gate 14 in player P the place ahead is opened, and makes the player see outside (Fig. 7) by window 15.Because window 15 visual field of having limited player P, make him can only see those projections on the 4th layer 5 and the 3rd layers 4 of the belows, and can't see the second layer 2 resemble the covered corridor, perhaps only see the part of the second layer.Therefore, the player just has a kind of illusion, and as if he saw which floor all is very high floor.

Because the very high illusion of this tower had just been arranged before player P enters, again and the illusion that caused of the sensation of the rising of being experienced in the dark and lamp 51 about the rate of climb stack up, made the player obtain very dark impression, so when he sees down into the situation of outside by window, as if very strong illusion has just been arranged, and he has been elevated to a place more much higher than actual height.

Then, gate 14 is closed, and hoist engine 42 rotates in the opposite direction, allows box 21 3m (decline of dizzy property) that quickly just falls, so that excite player's fear.Then, promote box 21 again again, and start the cylinder 45 that unclamps connection this moment, open hook device 28, so, just free-falling of box 21.

Perhaps, the decline of above-mentioned dizzy property can be carried out like this,, opens hook device 28 with the cylinder 45 that unclamps connection that is, allows box 21 free-fallings, and with brake block 26 it is stopped.The decline of above-mentioned dizzy property also can repeat several times.

When box 21 passed through lamp 51 in the whereabouts, these lamps 51 were just lighted successively from bottom to top and are extinguished.Therefore, the player just has the falling speed illusion faster than actual speed, makes him experience stronger fear, also just can make it enjoy strong impulse and excitement.

Box 21 usefulness are clamped the brake block 26 of braking fin 27 and are braked, and stop on dropping on bearing 47 time.Then, because the effect of air spring 46, box 21 rises again slightly, arrives preposition, promptly original starting altitude position, recreation constipation bundle.

As mentioned above, this falling amusement ride 10 has been given player P an illusion by means of the effect of each different phase, as if he has been thus lifted to very high height, though actual height is very not high.Therefore, the player can enjoy his really fallen strong impulse from the very high position to a certain extent.

Because it is high that this falling amusement ride 10 does not resemble the common equipment, thus it also can build indoors, as present embodiment.Therefore, the place of building this falling amusement ride does not have any restriction, can expect that the quantity of this device will increase greatly.

Though tower 11 is based upon on the ground floor in the above embodiments,, this tower also can be based upon on the above suitable aspect of ground floor easily.

Above-mentioned box 21 also can be parked on the position of the contiguous lamp 51 of from up to down lighting successively and extinguishing, so just can be with the lighting and extinguishes to the player P in box 21 and cause illusion of lamp, seem him to rising.

In addition, also the object of motion up and down can be set in the place ahead of box, replace the set lamp 51 of speed illusion up and down that causes in the foregoing description, so that, cause the speed that moves up and down to be higher than the illusion of actual speed by means of this direction of motion object opposite with the direction of motion of box.

The present invention can be used for falling amusement ride, makes the player enjoy strong impulse in the free-falling again after raising.

Claims

Modification according to the 19th of treaty

1. falling amusement ride, the seat of this device can liftings, it is characterized in that,

Said apparatus has can make the player that is sitting on the seat produce the false sense of height, produces the device of illusion; And

The device of above-mentioned generation illusion is made up of following parts: the preceding moving body that can move along above-below direction at seat that can lifting; And the driving control device that above-mentioned moving body is moved up or down.

2. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned driving control device makes above-mentioned moving body towards the direction motion opposite with the seat travel direction in the seat lifting.

3. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the device of above-mentioned generation illusion separates the lifting space and the external world at seat with side plate, and on the position that the side plate in the place ahead, seat is stipulated, leave window, this window is used to limit the visual field that is sitting in the player on the seat, makes him can not see extraneous bottom.

4. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the tower in the lifting space, formation seat of above-mentioned falling amusement ride is arranged on the inside of building, and the top of tower is blocked by the ceiling of building.

Claims

1. falling amusement ride, the seat of this device can liftings, and have and can make the player who is sitting on the seat produce the false sense of height, produce the device of illusion.

2. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the device of above-mentioned generation illusion is made up of following parts: many photophores that vertically are arranged in the place ahead, seat of energy lifting; And make the control device that direction successively light and extinguish of above-mentioned these many photophores in up or down.

3. the falling amusement ride shown in claim 2 is characterized in that, above-mentionedly lights that to extinguish control device be in the seat lifting, makes above-mentioned photophore light successively and extinguish along the direction opposite with the lifting of above-mentioned seat.

4. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the device of above-mentioned generation illusion can be made up of following parts: the preceding moving body that can move along above-below direction at seat that can lifting; And the driving control device that above-mentioned moving body is moved up or down.

5. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, above-mentioned driving control device makes above-mentioned moving body towards the direction motion opposite with the seat travel direction in the seat lifting.

6. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the device of above-mentioned generation illusion separates the lifting space and the external world at seat with side plate, and on the position that the side plate in the place ahead, seat is stipulated, leave window, this window is used to limit the visual field that is sitting in the player on the seat, makes him can not see extraneous bottom.

7. falling amusement ride as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the tower in the lifting space, formation seat of above-mentioned falling amusement ride is arranged on the inside of building, and the top of tower is blocked by the ceiling of building.