Launching system for passenger units in equipments for amusement parks, such as roller-coasters or the like
AssigneeDario Begotti
InventorMarco Begotti
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Abstract
The object of this invention is a launching system for cars running on a track in equipments for amusement parks, such as roller-coasters or the like, including a mechanical launching device where a falling counterweight moves a rope to pull a train of cars with the needed force, and wherein the counterweight is slowly lifted back up at the end of the launch, while the cars complete their track, thus only requiring some low-powered equipment. The system according to the invention is far cheaper to be produced than the known systems, and offers far lower operating costs.
Claims9
A system for launching cars that are part of equipment used in amusement parks, in which the cars lay on a track that has a substantially vertical segment and the cars are given a speed needed to complete a run by inertia, comprising;
- means for guiding the cars from a starting position toward the substantially vertical segment of the track;
- means for pushing the cars onto the substantially vertical track segment which is separate and discontinuous from the guiding means;
- a counterweight shifting away from an initial position and acting on the pushing means so as to give the cars an acceleration and a speed to complete a run;
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- means for returning the counterweight to the initial position while the cars are completing the run.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.