Electricity: transmission to vehicles – Plate conductor
Patent
1978-02-15
1980-08-19
Blix, Trygve M.
Electricity: transmission to vehicles
Plate conductor
180 2R, B60M 100
Patent
active
042179750
ABSTRACT:
A current collector arrangement for amusement park bumper cars in which current for the driving motor of the car is taken from a wire mesh stretched overhead. The current is conducted by a current collector tube and returned to the floor provided with metal panels. A roller is located at a substantially small distance from the collector tube, for the purpose of collecting current from the wire mesh. The roller is mounted in a freely rotating spring-supported mounting with concave-turned surface, and the major portion of the roller is enclosed by a bowl. The bowl, furthermore, is coated on the inside with an adhesive-saturated felt lining. The bowl may also be lined on the inside with magnetic material. The mounting has a rod sliding in the collector tube, and in the end region of the rod, there are two relatively short arms attached at right angles for holding the axle of the roller. The rod, moreover, is enclosed by a spring between the end of the current collector tube and a ring attached to the rod. The axle of the roller may be supported in non-conducting bearings in the arms of the mounting, and current transfer from the roller to the mounting may be carried out by associated contact springs or pins associated with the roller axle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 593847 (1897-11-01), Kirsch
patent: 1478979 (1923-12-01), Stoehrer
patent: 1760020 (1930-05-01), Stalder
patent: 3748683 (1973-07-01), Smith
Blix Trygve M.
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Fogiel Max
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