Drive for an amusement ride

Abstract

A amusement ride has a positionally fixed supporting structure on which transport devices for persons circulate. A rope drive conveys the transport devices about the supporting structure. The rope drive has one single closed-loop conveying rope which, in being crossed over by way of a deflecting device, forms two rope loops which engage on the transport devices.

1 . An amusement ride, comprising: 
 a positionally fixed supporting structure;    transport devices for persons circulating on said supporting structure;    a rope drive connected to move said transport devices about said supporting structure, said rope drive having a single closed-loop conveying rope; and    a deflecting device disposed to fold said single closed-loop conveying rope into two rope loops engaging with said transport devices.    
   
   
       2 . The amusement ride according to  claim 1 , wherein said transport devices are connected with said conveying rope by way of a frictionally locking connection.  
   
   
       3 . The amusement ride according to  claim 2 , which comprises at least one lockable pulley mounted on each of said transport devices, with said conveying rope bearing on said pulley.  
   
   
       4 . The amusement ride according to  claim 2 , wherein said conveying rope is connected to said transport device with detachable clamps.  
   
   
       5 . The amusement ride according to  claim 1 , which comprises interconnectors connecting said transport devices to one another with a fixed spacing.  
   
   
       6 . The amusement ride according to  claim 5 , wherein said interconnectors are formed by at least one rope that is fixedly connected to respective said transport devices.  
   
   
       7 . The amusement ride according to  claim 1 , wherein said supporting structure is formed with rails and said transport devices carry running rollers for running on said rails.  
   
   
       8 . The amusement ride according to  claim 7 , wherein wherein said transport devices are connected with said conveying rope by way of a frictionally locking connection, and said conveying rope is disposed to bear on and drive said running rollers.  
   
   
       9 . The amusement ride according to  claim 1 , wherein said deflecting device has two drive disks mounted coaxially and adjacent one another, and one pair each of deflecting rollers mounted adjacent one another at a run-in side before said drive disks and at a run-out side following said drive disks.  
   
   
       10 . The amusement ride according to  claim 9 , wherein said drive disks are driven in mutually opposite directions, and said deflecting rollers are mounted with axes thereof parallel to one another.  
   
   
       11 . The amusement ride according to  claim 9 , wherein said drive disks are commonly driven in a given direction, a first pair of said deflecting rollers is mounted coaxially, and a second pair of deflecting rollers is mounted with axes thereof inclined relative to one another, and said guide device is disposed in a region of said second pair of deflecting rollers, and said rope loops cross one another between said guide device and said second pair of deflecting rollers.  
   
   
       12 . The amusement ride according to  claim 11 , wherein said guide device is dispose before said second pair of deflecting rollers in a direction of motion of said rope.  
   
   
       13 . The amusement ride according to  claim 11 , wherein said guide device has two coaxially mounted pulleys.