Mack Rides Gmbh & Co. Kg

Mac Rides Gmbh & Co. Kg

Mack Rides IP Gmbh & Co. Kg

Michael Kraus

Günter Burger

Frank Sornik

Guenter Burger

Dirk Wiebeck

Thorsten Köbele

A locking device () for a safety bar () includes a fluid channel () having a magneto-rheological fluid (), a movable locking element () and a magnet device (), wherein the locking element () is coupled to the safety bar () and forces the fluid () through the fluid channel () when the safety bar () moves, wherein the fluid channel () has at least one channel portion (), and wherein the magnet device () is arranged at least on opposing side walls () of the channel portion () in such a manner that the field lines () of the magnetic field of the magnet device () can pass through the channel portion (). A passenger accommodation has a safety bar () and a locking device () and an amusement ride having has a locking device ().

Locking device for a safety bar, passenger accommodation and amusement ride having a locking device of this kind

A secondary bar securing device () of a safety bar () of an amusement ride has a primary securing device that keeps the safety bar () in an angular position adapted to the anatomy of the passenger during travel of the amusement ride, and first and second blocking elements () arranged at a distance () to each other. In the event of a malfunction of the primary securing device, the safety bar () can be moved in a tolerance opening angle, which correlates to the distance () between the blocking elements (). If the tolerance opening angle is exceeded, one of the blocking elements () block the safety bar ().

Secondary bar securing device

The invention is a car for a fairground ride with at least one axle arranged on a rotatable carrier structure and a coupling element for coupling a further car, wherein the coupling element is movably mounted and connected to the carrier structure via a mechanical operative connection so that a movement of the coupling element leads to a rotation of the carrier structure and of the wheel axle arranged thereon and a rotation of the rotatable carrier structure leads to a movement of the coupling element, and a method for controlling the rotation of a mounted carrier structure of a wheel axle of a car of a fairground ride with a coupling element for a further car, wherein a position change of the relative position of the car in relation to another is translated into a position change of the coupling element.

Car with rotatably mounted wheel axle for a fairground ride and method for controlling a rotatably mounted wheel axle of such a car

A locking device for an axle includes a carrier for an axle, a cylinder for a fluid, having a cylinder wall, and a piston which is located inside the cylinder and is sealed against the cylinder wall at least in sections or at certain points, so that the interior of the cylinder is subdivided into a first volume and a second volume separated from the first volume by the piston, and also comprising a mechanical connection between the piston on one side and the carrier for the axle or the axle itself on the other, so that the position of the piston in the cylinder determines the orientation of the carrier for the axle or the orientation of the axle itself, and vice versa, wherein the first volume is connected to the second volume via a line system which has a line segment in which a valve is arranged.

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Ehrenkirchen, Germany

Michael Kraus