Wooden rail for a ride as well as a method for fabricating and mounting such a wooden rail
OwnerWerner Stengelinventor
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Abstract
A wooden rail for a ride, in particular for a roller coaster, includes a number of layers of individual planks/boards, laminated veneer wood or presspahn wood, bonded with each other and milled to the precise rail form in accordance with a roller coaster design. In a method for the fabrication of such a wooden rail, the layers are bonded with each other to form an oversized wood package and, after hardening, the bonded wood package is given the precise rail form in accordance with the design of the ride by means of machining. Finally, in a method for mounting such a wooden rail on a rail support that is fixed to a trestle of the ride includes mounting finished rails having steel sheets, rail joints and connection elements to the rail support.
Claims11
A wooden rail for a ride, comprising a number of layers of individual wood members, bonded to each other and milled to a precise rail form in accordance with a roller coaster design, and a connection element mounted to the precise rail form for mounting the rail to a rail support and the connection element includes a U-shaped portion for receiving the rail support.
A wooden rail for a ride, comprising a number of layers of individual wood members, bonded with glue to each other to form an oversized package, from which is milled a precise rail form in accordance with a roller coaster design, and wherein the precise rail form includes a plurality of layers bonded together to form a core, and one or more further layers bonded to each of a top and a side of the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.