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US 2020/0215444 A1Published application
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.
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.
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