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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley A Cory, Malibu, CA (US);
Millard G Black, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Gilbert J Scholtz, La Puente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Walt Disney Productions, Burbank, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104 38 ; 104292 ; 246227 ;
Abstract
A turntable bearing tracks at a switching point in an amusement ride course, or other vehicular path having tracks, utilizes two linear induction motors, one for rotating the turntable and one for latching the turntable at selected rotational positions. The linear induction motors are mounted beneath the turntable and operate with an extremely high degree of reliability.