Amusement ride

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1987-12-01

1989-03-28

Scherbel, David A.

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272 29, A63G 100

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048157287

ABSTRACT:
A Ferris wheel amusement ride has a main wheel supported by a shaft secured on top of two towers. A plurality of subwheels is mounted on the periphery of the main wheel and a plurality of passenger cabs is pivotally mounted on and with their longitudinal axes along, the periphery of the subwheels. A hydraulic system is provided for independently driving the main wheel and the subwheels. The passenger cabs are manually rotated by the passengers about the longitudinal axes thereof.

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patent: 3456943 (1969-07-01), Brown
patent: 3612517 (1971-10-01), Schwarzkopf

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