Title:
FERRIS WHEEL INSTALLATION COMPRISING GUIDE STRUCTURE FOR GONDOLAS HAVING SLIDING BALL JOINTS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2023007465
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a Ferris wheel installation that makes it possible to limit the stresses generated in the region of the interface between the gondolas and the wheel rim of the Ferris wheel.SOLUTION: A Ferris wheel installation (10) has at least one gondola (14) connected to a wheel rim structure (12) via a guide structure (16) including at least one bearing (20). Of at least two opposing raceways of the bearing (20), a first raceway (26) is firmly connected to a gondola (14) and a second raceway (28) is firmly connected to the support body (32). A support body (20) is connected to the wheel rim structure (12) by two sliding ball joints (42), the sliding axis centers (200) of the two sliding ball joints (42) being parallel to and apart from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Inventors:
JEAN-FRANCOIS MUGNIER
Application Number:
JP2022100946A
Publication Date:
January 18, 2023
Filing Date:
June 23, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POMA
International Classes:
A63G27/02; F16C11/06; F16C23/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shuji Sugimoto
Takeo Tsutsumi
Yuka Kobayashi
Daisuke Kaneko
Kenichi Nakata
Hiroki Taniguchi
Shinji Nakao
Takashi Sasanuma
Yuko Fujiwara
Kogo Aki
Takeo Tsutsumi
Yuka Kobayashi
Daisuke Kaneko
Kenichi Nakata
Hiroki Taniguchi
Shinji Nakao
Takashi Sasanuma
Yuko Fujiwara
Kogo Aki