Drive member for rail-type amusement-ride car
AssigneeFirma Anton Schwarzkopf Stahl- und Fahrzeugbau
InventorAnton Schwarzkopf
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Abstract
An amusement ride has rails defining a longitudinal travel direction along which a car is displaceable. A longitudinally extending drive member secured to this car is engageable by drive members which rotate to displace the car along the rails in the longitudinal direction. This member comprises at least two generally parallel, longitudinally extending, and vertically spaced chains each formed of a longitudinal succession of links and a plurality of longitudinally succeeding rigid segments each having a pair of transversely bolted-together halves flanking the chains. The halves of each segment are complementarily formed to and encase a respective plurality of the chain links.
Claims15
In an amusement ride comprising:
- rails defining a longitudinal travel direction;
- a car displaceable along said rails in said longitudinal direction;
- a longitudinally extending drive member having ends secured to said car;
- and
- drive rollers transversely engageable with said member for displacing said car along said rails in said direction;
- the improvement wherein said member comprises:
- at least two generally parallel, longitudinally extending and vertically spaced chains each formed of a longitudinal succession of links;
- means connected between at least one of said ends and said car for longitudinally tensioning said chains between said ends;
- a plurality of longitudinally succeeding rigid segments having respective pairs of transversely engaging halves flanking said chains, the halves of each segment being complementarily formed to and encasing a respective plurality of said links;
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- means for securing one half of each segment transversely to the other respective half for gripping the respective plurality of links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.