Railways – Amusement – Racing
Patent
1989-12-26
1991-02-12
Halvosa, George E. A.
Railways
Amusement
Racing
104 35, 104 67, 104292, A63G 2500
Patent
active
049915142
ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetically powered drag racing ride attraction is disclosed. The present invention includes a two lane track having a starting line and designed to look and operate like a conventional drag strip, each lane of the two lane track having a track bed, a center line, a data link, a far end, and a near end of the track, a load/unload vehicle rotation assembly disposed at the far end of the two lane track, the far end of the turntable/transfer table assembly turning the vehicles around and facilitating loading and unloading of the vehicles off the two lane track simultaneously while two other vehicles are racing down the two lane track, a vehicle support pedestal disposed at the center line of the each of the two lane tracks, a continuous row of loudspeakers mounted within the pedestal, a linear induction motor support rail, a linear induction motor affixed to the linear induction motor support rail in the two lane track bed, induction plate assemblies disposed on the vehicles, and a turntable assembly disposed at the near end of the two lane track, the turntable turning the vehicles around for their return run down the two lane track.
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Powell Tyrone E.
Trani James
Halvosa George E. A.
Kroll Michael I.
Morano S. Joseph
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