Perfected brake
AssigneeAdrenaline X-Treme Adventures Group S.R.L.
InventorsSAMUEL MIANO, CARLO TREBO
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Abstract
A safety device for a carriage slidable along a main track. The safety device includes a support that is associable with the carriage, an auxiliary track associable with a section of the main track and an auxiliary wheel that is associated with the support and rotating in contact with the auxiliary track around a first axis of rotation. The device further includes a brake provided with a rotor integral in rotation with the auxiliary wheel and activatable through the effect of the centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the auxiliary wheel.
Claims12
A safety device for a carriage (C) slidable along a main track (T), comprising:
- a support (1) that is associable with the carriage (C);
- an auxiliary track (2) associable with a section of the main track (T);
- an auxiliary wheel (3), associated with the support (1) and rotating in contact with the auxiliary track (2) around a first axis of rotation (X);
- wherein
- a brake (4), provided with a rotor (4a,4b) integral in rotation with the auxiliary wheel (3) and activatable through the effect of the centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the auxiliary wheel (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.