Fairground Attraction Having a People Carrier Suspended from Two Mutually Parallel Rotatable Arms

Abstract

A fairground attraction with two mutually parallel arms which are each rotatable about an axis lying at an angle to the horizontal and between which a people carrier is suspended is disclosed. The people carrier can herein be pivotable about an axis which connects the arms and be suspended from spacers lying transversely of the ends of the arms. The rotation shaft of the arms can be supported by masts which are connected by a frame. The frame can herein be embodied as a rolling chassis which can be pulled by a vehicle. The arms can be driven rotatingly in mutually synchronous manner, each by its own motor, which motors are coupled in a master-slave connection.

1 . Fairground attraction comprising at least two mutually parallel arms which are each rotatable about an axis and between which at least one people carrier is suspended, wherein the rotation axes of the arms are at an angle to the horizontal.  
   
   
       2 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the people carrier is pivotable about an axis which connects the arms.  
   
   
       3 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 2 , further comprising means for at least one of damping and bounding a pivoting movement of the people carrier.  
   
   
       4 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each arm includes a spacer which lies substantially transversely thereof close to one of its ends and from which the people carrier is suspended.  
   
   
       5 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the people carrier is suspended from the arms close to its outer ends.  
   
   
       6 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the people carrier includes a guard at each outer end.  
   
   
       7 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the rotation shaft of each arm is supported by a mast.  
   
   
       8 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the masts are connected by a frame.  
   
   
       9 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the frame is embodied as a rolling chassis and includes means for coupling thereof to a tractive vehicle.  
   
   
       10 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the arms take a divided form and the parts are at least one of collapsible and telescopic.  
   
   
       11 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the spacers are collapsible.  
   
   
       12 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the parts of the one arm are movable relative to each other in a plane other than the parts of the other arm.  
   
   
       13 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a platform which is displaceable in a height direction when the arms occupy a substantially vertical rest position.  
   
   
       14 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the people carrier is displaceable in a height direction when the arms occupy a substantially vertical rest position.  
   
   
       15 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein a top of each mast supporting the rotation shaft is connected to a foot of the mast for pivoting about a lying axis.  
   
   
       16 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 15 , further comprising means for fixing the people carrier during a pivoting movement of the mast tops and the rotation shafts.  
   
   
       17 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising means for driving the arms rotatingly in a mutually synchronous manner.  
   
   
       18 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the drive means for each arm comprise a motor, and the motors are coupled in a master-slave connection.  
   
   
       19 . Fairground attraction as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one stabilizing rod connecting the arms.