Amusement devices – Having trip-release supporting person against gravity
Patent
1994-04-05
1995-05-23
Friedman, Carl D.
Amusement devices
Having trip-release supporting person against gravity
472131, 187273, A63G 3110
Patent
active
054176158
ABSTRACT:
An air driven amusement ride propels a passenger vehicle upward along a guide cable out of an acceleration tube by a blast of pressurized air within the tube under the vehicle. Passengers experience a feeling of weightlessness and free fall from the time the vehicle exits the tube until it later re-enters, which can exceed ten seconds. The source of pressurized gas for the tube preferably includes a gas reservoir, a pump that raises the gas pressure in the reservoir at a predetermined pump rate, and a release that allows gas to flow from the reservoir into the tube at a rate substantially faster than the pump rate. Various mechanisms are disclosed to prevent the vehicle from over shooting the top of the ride and to limit the acceleration, including pressure relief valves in the acceleration tube, a pressure relief valve that extends through the vehicle itself, an emergency deceleration tube at the top of the guide cable with a pressure relief mechanism and emergency stops, and a system to adjust the acceleration pressure in accordance with the vehicle weight.
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Friedman Carl D.
Nguyen Kien T.
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