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US 10,807,010 B2Granted
Conveyor ride system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsGregory S. Hall, Keith Michael McVeen, Michael Joseph Tresaugue
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Abstract
Provided herein is a conveyor ride system that includes a conveyor structure having a plurality of conveyor beams and a plurality of conveyor grooves. The plurality of conveyor beams and the plurality of conveyor grooves are configured to direct a ride vehicle along a surface of the conveyor structure. The surface of the conveyor structure defines at least a portion of a ride path of the conveyor ride system.
Claims20
A conveyor ride system, comprising:
- a ride vehicle;
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- a conveyor structure comprising a plurality of conveyor beams and a plurality of conveyor grooves, wherein the plurality of conveyor beams and the plurality of conveyor grooves are configured to direct the ride vehicle along a surface of the conveyor structure, wherein the surface of the conveyor structure defines at least a portion of a ride path of the conveyor ride system, wherein the plurality of conveyor beams is configured to direct the ride vehicle linearly, circumferentially, or both, along the surface of the conveyor structure, and wherein a segment of a conveyor beam of the plurality of conveyor beams is configured to move along a conveyor groove of the plurality of conveyor grooves in a circumferential direction, a linear direction, or both, about the conveyor structure.
A system, comprising:
- a conveyor structure comprising a plurality of conveyor beams and a plurality of conveyor grooves, wherein the plurality of conveyor beams is configured to direct a ride vehicle linearly along a surface of the conveyor structure, and wherein a segment of a conveyor beam of the plurality of conveyor beams is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a conveyor groove of the plurality of conveyor grooves in a circumferential direction about the conveyor structure.
A ride system, comprising:
- a ride vehicle comprising a base and a seat rotatably coupled to the base;
- a conveyor structure comprising a conveyor beam and a conveyor groove, wherein the ride vehicle is configured to couple to the conveyor beam and the conveyor groove via a guide assembly, wherein the guide assembly is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a surface of the conveyor structure via the conveyor beam and the conveyor groove, and wherein the surface of the conveyor structure defines a first portion of a ride path of the conveyor ride system;
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- a track defining a second portion of the ride path of the conveyor ride system, wherein the ride vehicle is configured to transition from the conveyor structure to the track, wherein the conveyor beam is configured to direct the ride vehicle linearly, circumferentially, or both, along the surface of the conveyor structure, and wherein a segment of the conveyor beam is configured to move along the conveyor groove in a circumferential direction, a linear direction, or both, about the conveyor structure.
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