Patent ID: 8065963
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. A fairground attraction system, comprising: a track under which there is arranged a conductor, the track including straight segments and curved segments defining bends, the segments being connected to form a closed loop, at least one people carrier, and an advancing device connected to the at least one people carrier for advancing thereof along the track, the advancing device includes at least one driven carriage or slide displaceable along the conductor, wherein the at least one people carrier is connected to the advancing device for pivoting about its top axis and is suspended in a cantilevered manner above the track or rests thereon via a supporting device displaceable at an angle to the direction of forward movement, wherein the at least one driven carriage or slide of the advancing device is arranged between the track and the at least one people carrier, and further includes a connecting member which protrudes from the track and on which the at least one people carrier is mounted substantially on its center line and around which the at least one people carrier can swivel, wherein the connecting member is placed near a front of the at least one people carrier in respect to in the direction of forward movement, such that in each bend of the track, the at least one people carrier performs a movement in a transverse direction under influence of centrifugal force, and wherein the conductor is current-carrying and the at least one driven carriage or slide is driven electrically, the conductor including a number of segments and the power supply being adjustable per conductor segment so as to accelerate the at least one people carrier at the beginning of a straight track segment and slow down the at least one people carrier before a bend.