Amusement park device having a rail-guided route course and having at least one vehicle guided on the rail
AssigneeMack Rides GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarkus Becherer, Timo Lässle
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Abstract
The invention is an amusement-park device, comprising a rail-guided route course and at least one vehicle guided on the rail, which vehicle has a brake apparatus having at least one, preferably two brake pads fastened to a brake-pad carrier, which brake pads are provided for braking or clamping the vehicle at a point of the rail-guided route course during a braking event. According to the invention, the brake apparatus has a brake carrier and/or the at least two brake pads can be pivoted in relation to the stationary bike carrier. The vehicle equipped with such a brake apparatus can follow unevenness in the rail-guided route course in a simple manner, resulting in reliable braking behavior.
Claims21
An amusement park device comprising a rail-guided route course as well as at least one vehicle guided on the rail, comprising a brake device with one or two brake pad(s) fastened at a brake pad carrier for braking or clamping tightly the vehicle at a point of the rail-guided route course in case of a braking situation, wherein the brake device comprises a brake carrier, which is arranged fixed at the vehicle, and a first pivoting means is provided by which the brake pad carrier is pivotal in reference to a fixed brake carrier and a second pivoting means is provided by which at least two brake pads are pivotal in reference to the brake pad carrier, wherein the brake carrier comprises a first stop and a second stop, at which a stop pin of the brake pad carrier contacts according to a predetermined maximum pivotal angle, and wherein the brake pad carrier further comprises a first brake caliper part for fastening the first brake pad and a second brake caliper part for fastening the second brake pad, wherein the first brake caliper part and the second brake caliper part respectively being supported floating in a brake caliper console such that the first and second brake caliper parts can jointly deflect an axial motion.
An amusement park device comprising a rail-guided route course as well as at least one vehicle guided on the rail, comprising a brake device with one or two brake pad(s) fastened at a brake pad carrier for braking or clamping tightly the vehicle at a point of the rail-guided route course in case of a braking situation, wherein the brake device comprises a brake carrier, which is arranged fixed at the vehicle, and pivoting means are provided by which the brake pad carrier and at least two brake pads are pivotal in reference to a fixed brake carrier, wherein the brake carrier comprises a first stop and a second stop, at which a stop pin of the brake pad carrier contacts according to a predetermined maximum pivotal angle, and wherein the brake pad carrier comprises a first bake caliper part for fastening the first brake pad and a second brake caliper part for fastening the second brake pad, with the first brake caliper part and the second brake caliper part respectively being supported floating in a brake caliper console, wherein both by the first brake caliper part as well as the second brake caliper part, spring-loaded pins are provided for the floating support, with the pins being held at the brake caliper console.
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