Whirlpool amusement ride

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1988-09-23

1989-06-06

Scherbel, David A.

Undertaking

272 35, 272 5654, 104 86, A63G 300

Patent

active

048365211

ABSTRACT:
An amusement ride simulating traverse of the edge of a whirlpool includes a floating vehicle, a conveyor lifting the vehicle to an inclined flume, a gate retaining the vehicle at the top of a steeply inclined portion of the flume, and a circular pond in which water is rotated by jets to form a vortex. A rotatable annular member is provided to rotate around the pond. A moat in which water is circulated by jets is disposed around the outer edge of the rotatable member and leads to a loading and unloading dock for the vehicles. Stairways and an observation deck permit entrance and exit of patrons from the loading and unloading dock. The vehicles descend the steeply inclined portion of the flume and enter the rotating waters of the pond which carry the vehicle to the rotatable member and restrain the vehicle at one of a plurality of lowermost disposed restraints, which can be retracted to permit the vehicle to move up to the next highest restraint on the rotatable member. Upon retraction of the uppermost restraint, the vehicle traverses the peak of the rotatable member and starts down the outer side of the rotatable member toward its outer edge. The path of the vehicle is defined by a guide and a plurality of driven rotating surfaces disposed parallel to the guide. The rotating surfaces are driven at speeds selected to slow down the vehicle to deposit the vehicle into the moat at substantially the same speed as the water rotating in the moat.

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