AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE HAVING A ROTATABLE, SWIVELLING AND TILTABLE RIGID GONDOLA

摘要

An amusement device comprising two supporting columns (21, 22) with a carrier arm (27, 28) mounted on each column (21, 22) by means of a horizontal rotation shaft (25, 26) so as to be drivable for rotation thereon. The two carrier arms (27, 28) are rotatable in substantially parallel planes, each carrier arm (27, 28) extending on either side of the associated rotation shaft (25, 26), with a counterweight (29, 30) mounted on the one end and a three-dimensional rotation joint (33, 34) mounted on the other end for attachment to one end of the gondola (35). The arrangement is such that the gondola (35) is carried on each end by a separate carrier arm (27, 28). A joint (36) mounted in at least one of the two carrier arms (27, 28) is in such a manner that the gondola-carry­ing arm portion (32) swivels about a shaft perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft (26).