PASSENGER CAR SUSPENSION DEVICE HAVING MECHANISM FOR ROTATING PASSENGER CAR OF FERRIS WHEEL AROUND PASSENGER CAR SHAFT ORTHOGONAL TO HANGING SHAFT

摘要

PURPOSE: To make it possible for a pussenger to evenly enjoy a view of 360° even when one sits on any seat by supporting a passenger car mounted on a passenger car shaft through a passenger car suspension arm by a hanging shaft fixed to and supported by a Ferris wheel body in such a manner as to always keep the posture suspended in the center-of-gravity direction. ;CONSTITUTION: Both ends of a body shaft fixed to the central part of a Ferris wheel body 4 are mounted on the upper connecting parts of struts 1 through body bearings, and both ends of a hanging shaft 5 are fixed to the outer circumferential top end of the Ferris wheel body 4. A pussenger car 12 is mounted on a passenger car shaft 10, and the rotating force and thrust are supported by a bearing 8 mounted on a passenger car suspension arm 7. The passenger car suspension arm 7 is mounted on the hanging shaft 5 through a bearing 9, and bevel gears 6, 11 are fixed in the state geared with the hanging shaft 5 and the passenger car shaft 10. Since the passenger car tries to keep an erect posture when the Ferris wheel body 4 is rotated, the bevel gear 11 is rolled around the bevel gear 6, and a passenger car 12 mounted on the vehicle shaft 10 is rotated. Thus, a passenger in the Ferris wheel can have a view of 360° in a sitting posture on a seat in the passenger car.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1994,JPO&Japio