Ferris wheel
AssigneeCobra Beheer B.V.
InventorsLouisito Johannes Eusebio Kroon, Albert Louisito Phillipus Kroon
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Abstract
A ferris wheel has a base, a supporting structure, which includes two pairs of masts erected on the base, and at their top end bear a head and a wheel that is rotatably supported on the head. The masts can be folded down on the base. At least one mast of each pair of masts is articulated, in such a way that in the erected state of the supporting structure the articulations of a mast are aligned in each case, and in the folded-down state of the supporting structure the articulations of a mast are in each case rotated relative to each other out of the aligned state.
Claims10
In a ferris wheel comprising base means (1), a supporting structure (2) consisting of two pairs of masts (4, 5), which are erected on the base means (1) and at their top end bear a head (6), and also a wheel (7) that is rotatably supported on the head (6), wherein said two pairs of masts (4, 5) can be folded down on the base means (1);
- the improvement wherein at least one mast of each pair of masts (4, 5) is articulated, in such a way that in the erected state of the supporting structure (2) the articulations (11-14) of each of said masts (4, 5) are aligned and in the folded-down state of the supporting structure the articulations of each of said masts (4, 5) are both rotated relative to the base means out of the aligned state.
In a ferris wheel comprising a base and masts articulately connected to the base for movement between a lowered position and a raised position, said masts in said raised position comprising two sides of a triangle of which the base comprises a third side, the masts carrying a head and a wheel that is rotatably supported on the head at an apex of said triangle when said masts are in said raised position;
- the improvement wherein at least one of said masts is comprised by a plurality of sections that are articulately interconnected with each other and with said base and which lie one on top of the other in said lowered position.
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