JP2828487B2 - Gondola cabin body - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a body for a passenger compartment of a gondola used for an aerial cable, a ferris wheel, a monorail, an amusement park, and the like.

(Background technology)

Gondolas used for hollow cables, ferris wheels, monorails, amusement park vehicles, and the like need to have a structure that can safely carry passengers and allow them to enjoy the view.

The structure of the gondola's cabin body varies depending on the purpose of use, the number of passengers, etc., but in general, a box-shaped body is provided with doors for getting on and off, and inside it is equipped with seats according to the number of passengers. In order to make it easy for passengers to get on and off, to sit on, etc., sufficient space is secured around the seats.

On the other hand, in order to obtain a good view, it is desired to form the wall of the gondola with a transparent material as wide as possible in order to obtain a good view.

In a conventional gondola cabin body, when the seats are fixed, in order to secure the space necessary for passengers to get on and off, in the form where the passengers sit against the wall, In the case where the passengers must sit with the wall behind, it is not possible to fully view the outside scenery, and in any case, the passenger's viewpoint is located very close to the observation wall It was impossible, and it was quite difficult to get an immediate view.

In addition, it is not impossible for the floor surface on which passengers walk to be made of a transparent material, but it is practically impossible to form the floor surface with a material having appropriate physical properties such as abrasion resistance. It is difficult. An object of the present invention is to provide a novel gondola cabin body having excellent properties for a wide field of view that is not realized in the above-described conventional gondola cabin body.

[Disclosure of the Invention]

According to the present invention, a passenger cabin body of a novel gondola provided is provided with a main body having a door for getting on and off, a wall surface and a floor surface formed of a transparent material, and a rotatable or slidable member while a passenger is seated. And a first seat and a second seat supported on a floor plate of the main body. The means for supporting the first seat and the second seat are means for supporting the first seat and the second seat so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis, when rotatable, and are slidable. Is a means for supporting by a guide rail.

The cabin body of the above-mentioned novel gondola is the same as the body of the first invention of the present invention, wherein the first seat and the second seat are stopped at a position where the first seat and the second seat face each other toward the inside of the body when the passenger gets on and off. After the passenger is seated, the first seat and the second seat are stationary so that they face outward and face the observing wall, respectively. When a passenger gets on and off, the first seat and the second seat provided in the dorsal position are stationary at a position where the distance between them is as small as possible, and after seating, both seats are slid. , It is a structure that stops at the position near the observation wall.

The shape of the wall surface and the floor surface formed of the above-described transparent material is preferably such that both are integrated with the ceiling portion of the body so that the entire body becomes a capsule shape. In addition, box shape, elliptical spherical shape,
It can take various shapes such as oval, and is not particularly specified.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a state in which one example of a passenger cabin body of the gondola of the present invention is attached to a support structure, and FIG. 2 is an example of an attached state thereof. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cabin body 10, a main body 20, a door 30 for getting on and off, a viewing wall 40, a support structure 50, and a support structure 50.
For example, a support arm 60 having a truss structure of a steel frame material
And a mounting portion 70 provided on the top thereof, and a shaft 80 for suspending the gondola 1 by the mounting portion 70 are shown.

The cabin body 10 is a main body connected to the lower part of the support arm 60.
20 and an observation wall 40 formed of a transparent material. The main body 20 is formed of a metal frame or panel, and includes a door 30 for getting on and off. The observation wall surface 40 is formed into various desired shapes using, for example, a transparent reinforced plastic material, and is fixed to the main body 20 via a seal member or the like to form the entire body 10. I have.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are each a plan view as well as a sectional side view showing one embodiment of the body of the first invention of the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in these figures, the cabin body designated by the reference numeral 100 comprises a main body 120 and a viewing wall 150 made of a transparent material fixed to the main body 120.

Under the main body 120, a substrate 122 and a floor plate 124 fixed above the substrate 122 are provided. Room body 1
00 has an oblong shape formed by a semicircular observing wall surface 150 and a linear wall surface of the box-shaped main body 120 in a plan view, and has a first central axis C ₁ and a second central axis C ₁ . ₂ , a first seat 200 and a second seat 300, each of which is shown in a semicircular shape, are provided around the center. An entrance door 130 is provided on one straight wall surface of the main body 120, and a window 140 is provided on the other straight wall surface.

The first seat 200 includes a cylindrical backrest portion 204 and a seat portion 202 having a shape shown by a semicircle in a plan view. In this embodiment, the seat portion 202 is divided into three parts,
The seat portions 202A, 202B, 202C for the seats are shown. A step 206, which is shown in an arc shape in a plan view, is provided below the seat portion 202.

The first seat 200 is mounted on a shaft 210 centered on a _first central axis C ₁ , the shaft 210 being a floor plate 124.
Extends downward through the. Lower surface of first seat 200 and floorboard 1
Between thirty-four, a thrust bearing 220 is provided.
Accordingly, the first seat 200 is rotatably supported on the first around the rotation axis C ₁ on floor plate 124.

A first motor 240 is mounted on the substrate 122 of the main body 120. A first worm gear reduction device 230 is disposed adjacent to the first motor 240, and an output pulley 24 of the first motor 240 is provided.
2 and an input pulley 232 of the first worm gear reduction device 230 are connected by a transmission member 250 such as a belt or a chain.
The output shaft of the first worm gear reduction device 230 is the shaft 2
It is integrally connected to 10. Therefore, the first motor
The rotational force of 240 is reduced by first worm gear reduction device 230, and first seat 200 rotates about _first central axis C1.

Similarly, the second seat 300 includes a cylindrical backrest 304,
A semicircular seat portion 302 including seat portions 302A, 302B, and 302C for three seats, and a step provided below the seat portion 302
306.

The second seat 300, the output shaft integral with the shaft 310 of the second worm gear reducer 330 rotatably supported by the second around the rotation axis C _2, the thrust and the lower surface of the second seat 300 It is received by a thrust bearing 320 disposed between the floor plate 124 and the floor plate 124.

Disposed on the substrate 122, and the second motor 340 between the second worm gear reducer 330 are connected by a transmission member 350, the second seat 300 is rotated to the second central axis C ₂ around .

 Next, the operation of the body shown in this embodiment will be described.

The door 130 is opened, and the passenger H gets into the cabin body 100 in the direction of the arrow E, and sits on the first seat 200 and the second seat 300 that are inwardly stationary. In the present embodiment, seats for six people are prepared in the cabin body 100. Each sheet preferably has a belt 40
0 is prepared, and the passenger H is held by this belt to ensure its safety. The passenger H can place his feet on the step boards 206, 306.

When the seating of all the passengers is completed, the first motor 240 and the second motor 340 are activated by a control device (not shown), and each seat is rotated at an appropriate speed. First seat 20
If the rotation direction R ₁ of the second seat 300 is clockwise and the rotation direction R ₂ of the second seat 300 is counterclockwise, the first seat 200 and the second seat 300
The relative movement speed between the seats 300 is reduced, and safety is improved.

When the first seat 200 and the second seat 300 are rotated by 180 degrees, respectively, the control device issues a command to issue the first motor.
240 and the second motor 340 are stopped.

In this state, the passenger H can face the transparent observing wall 150 and can enjoy the outside view including the feet in a wide view through the observing wall 150. That is, passenger H
While sitting on the seat, the feeling that the user is protruding toward the observation wall and the floor 150 made of a transparent material is felt, and from the head to the feet is covered with the surface formed of the transparent material, and the passenger H Can have a powerful wide-view view.

When getting off, the first seat 200 and the second seat 300 are rotated by 180 degrees, and both seats are stopped at positions facing each other inward.

As described above, the cabin body according to the present embodiment has two rotatably mounted seats disposed to face each other, and when the passenger gets on and off, the rotatably mounted seat faces inward. It makes the passengers stand still, facilitates getting on and off the passengers, and after seating, the seats are turned outward so that the passengers have a wide field of view, so that hollow cables, ferris wheels, amusement park vehicles, etc. It can be applied to a wide range of uses.

In this embodiment, a motor and a worm gear reduction device are shown as a driving device for rotating the seat. However, in other embodiments, various other rotating mechanisms can be used.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The cabin body indicated by reference numeral 500 in FIGS. 5 and 6 includes a main body 520, a wall surface and a floor 550 formed of a transparent material.

Below the main body 520, a substrate 522 and a floor plate 524 fixed above the substrate 522 are provided. The shape of the guest room 500 in FIG. 6 has an oblong shape in which the semicircular observing wall surface and the floor portion 550 and the straight wall surface of the main body 520 of the box-shaped frame are connected, and is represented by a straight line. A door 530 for getting on and off is provided on one of the wall surfaces, and a window 540 is provided on the other wall surface which is represented by a straight line.

Two parallel guide rails 610, 62 are provided on the lower surface of the floor plate 524.
The first seat 700 is slidably supported by two guide rails 610 and 620 via a linear bearing 780. The first seat 700 includes a seat portion 715 fixed on a step plate 710 and a backrest portion 720, and a linear guide 780 is fixed to a lower surface of the step plate 710. A nut 765 is fixed to the lower surface of the step plate 710, and a first ball screw 760 is screwed to the nut 765. The first ball screw 760 is rotatably supported on the lower surface of the floor plate 524, and a first motor 750 is disposed adjacent to the first ball screw 760. The first motor 750 includes a main body 52
The first ball screw 760 is disposed on the upper surface of the zero substrate 522 or the lower surface of the floor plate 524, and rotates the first ball screw 760 via the chain 770.

The first seat 700 is, for example, a bench seat type, and a plurality of passengers can sit side by side. By driving the first motor 750 by non-illustrated control device, it is possible to move the first seat 700 in the direction of X ₁ by a distance S _1.

The second seat 800, which is arranged back to back with respect to the first seat 700, also has a seat portion fixed on the step board 810.
815 and a backrest 820, and a linear guide 880 and a nut 865 are fixed to the lower surface of the step plate 810. The linear bearing 880 is engaged with the two rails 610 and 620, and the second seat 800 is slidably supported.

The nut 865 is screwed into a second ball screw 860 rotatably supported on the lower surface of the floor plate 524, and the second ball screw 8
60 is driven by a second motor 850 via a chain 870. Second motor 850 controlled by the controller
Moves the second seat 800 in the direction of the X ₂ by a distance S _2.

 Next, the operation of the cabin body of this embodiment will be described.

When the door 530 opens, the passenger H enters the cabin body 500,
The user rides in the direction of arrow E, and sits on the first seat 700 and the second seat 800 in a state where the backrests 720 and 820 are close and stationary. A belt 900 for a certain number of seats is attached to each seat, and the belt is used to hold the passenger H and ensure its safety.

When the seating of all passengers is completed, it has started the first motor 750 by not-shown control device of the second motor 850, the first and the seat 700 first 2 X ₁ of the seat 800, respectively direction and X ₂ direction To move. After both the seat is moved by a distance S ₁ and S _2, the operation of the two motors 750,850 stopped, put the first seat 700 of the second seat 800 in a stationary state.
The distances S ₁ and S ₂ are substantially equal.

In this state, the passenger H approaches the wall 550 made of a transparent material as much as possible, the view is widened, and the passenger H has a wall and floor formed from a transparent material from above the head to the feet. By being covered, a powerful wide-field view can be obtained.

When the passenger gets off the vehicle, the first seat 700 and the second seat 800 are respectively slid toward the center of the passenger compartment 500 and moved backward, and the seats are stopped back to back.

As described above, the cabin body in this embodiment is provided with a pair of seats arranged back to back inside the body so as to be slidable toward the wall surface, so that passengers can get on and off the gondola on the cabin body. Is easily performed, and after the seat is seated, the entire seat can be moved to the vicinity of the wall surface, so that the passenger can obtain a view with a wide field of view.

In this embodiment, two guide rails and a linear bearing are used as means for slidably supporting the seat, and ball screws and nuts are used as means for driving the seat.

In other embodiments, various suitable means, such as a piston and a cylinder, can be used as the means for driving the seat.

As the shape of the seat in the plan view, a semicircular seat as in the first embodiment can be used instead of the short bench shape.

In this case, in addition to the configuration in which the two seats are moved back and forth, the configuration in which the whole is rotated by 180 degrees allows the passenger to remain in a seated state from the front view to the rear view of the gondola. You can also enjoy the view of the circumference.

Further, regarding the shape of the plan view of the cabin body, in addition to the shape shown in this drawing, a circle and others,
Various shapes are also possible.

〔The invention's effect〕

The body for the passenger compartment of the gondola of the present invention, as described above,
The first structure is such that a first seat and a second seat are rotatably or slidably provided on a main body having a door for passengers to get on and off. At the time of getting on and off, the first seat and the second seat are brought closer to the door for getting on and off, so that passengers can easily get on and off, and after seating, the first and second seats are moved. Through the wall and floor made of transparent material,
A special effect is achieved in that it allows the passenger to have a wide view.

Since the seat is supported by the body and the total weight of the passenger is supported by the seat, the walls and floors made of transparent material do not receive the weight of the passenger at all, and therefore A part of the ceiling to a part of the floor can be integrally formed of a transparent material, so that a wide field of view from the overhead to the feet of the passenger can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a state in which a passenger cabin body of a gondola of the present invention is mounted on a support structure, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional side view according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 5 is a sectional side view according to an embodiment of the body of the second invention of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof. 1… Gondola, 10… Guest body, 20… Body, 40
... Observation wall, 50... Support structure, 100... Cabin body, 120... Body, 150... Observation wall, 200... First seat, 230. ... first
Motor 300, second seat 330, second worm gear reducer 340 second motor 500, cabin body 520 body 550 observation wall 610,620 Guide rail, 700 first seat, 750 first motor,
760 …… First ball screw, 800 …… Second seat, 850…
… Second motor, 860… second ball screw.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A body for a passenger compartment of an aerial moving gondola used for an aerial cable, a ferris wheel, a monorail, an amusement park, and the like, wherein the main body has a door for getting on and off, and a wall and a floor made of a transparent material. A seat, a first seat and a second seat rotatably supported on a floor plate of the main body, respectively, and a rotating device for rotating and driving the first seat and the second seat, respectively. When the passenger gets on and off, the first seat and the second seat are stationary at a position facing each other toward the inside of the body, and after the passenger is seated, the first seat and the second seat face outward. A gondola body for a passenger cabin, characterized in that it has a structure in which it is turned and stopped at a position facing the observation wall. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the rotation devices for rotating and driving the first seat and the second seat is a motor and a worm gear reduction device driven by the motor. Gondola room body. 3. A cabin body of an aerial moving gondola used for an aerial cable, a ferris wheel, a monorail, an amusement park playground equipment, etc., comprising a main body having a door for getting on and off, and a wall and a floor formed of a transparent material. A first seat and a second seat slidably supported by guide rails on the floor and the floor plate of the main body, and the first seat and the second seat are moved along the respective guide rails. The first seat and the second seat are provided in a dorsal position, and when the passenger gets on and off, the distance between the first seat and the second seat is as small as possible. Characterized by being stationary at a certain position, and having a structure in which the first seat and the second seat are slid after being seated to be stopped at a position immediately adjacent to the observing wall, respectively. . 4. A driving device for moving the first seat and the second seat along a guide rail is a motor, a ball screw driven by the motor, and a nut fixed to the seat. The body for a passenger compartment of the gondola according to claim 3.