Fluid suspended passenger carrying spherical body having universal attitude control
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a base;
a spherical, passenger-holding body having closure means for receiving a passenger therein, the body being adapted to be mounted on the base in a lower position;
an upright tube having a lower opening and being mounted above the base for receiving the body as it is being raised from said lower position, to guide the body along a predetermined upward path of motion defined by the tube;
means for passing a fluid through the lower opening in the tube to raise the body above said lower position such that the body is supported solely by the fluid being received through the lower opening in the tube;
said fluid passing means being disposed above the lower opening of the tube and above the body at such times as the body is suspended in the tube;
external control means and internal control means, each having means adapted to be manipulated by the passenger to jointly control the universal attitude of the body when suspended in and by the fluid, the external control means biasing the body by reaction to the fluid and the internal control means biasing the body by imbalance.
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Abstract
Amusement apparatus is disclosed comprising a spherical passenger-holding body, and a vertical tube having a diameter sufficient to receive the body in a vertical path of motion. A turbine for moving air through the tube is located at the upper end of the tube for raising the body from the lower inlet end toward the upper end of the tube. To change the attitude of the body in its raised position, two sets of controls are utilized which are both manipulated by the passenger. Louver members externally mounted permits revolution of the body about its vertical axis by reaction to the air. Two U-shaped members in perpendicular planes are rotatably mounted at their ends in the body. Each has a weight slidable along its member, with the weights pivotally joined to each other. The passenger loaded body is wheeled on a cart to a position below the tube, and on actuation of the air the body is suspended in the tube, and by simultaneous manipulation of the louver members and the position of the weights, the air suspended body can assume any universal attitude desired.
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12 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a base; a spherical, passenger-holding body having closure means for receiving a passenger therein, the body being adapted to be mounted on the base in a lower position; an upright tube having a lower opening and being mounted above the base for receiving the body as it is being raised from said lower position, to guide the body along a predetermined upward path of motion defined by the tube; means for passing a fluid through the lower opening in the tube to raise the body above said lower position such that the body is supported solely by the fluid being received through the lower opening in the tube; said fluid passing means being disposed above the lower opening of the tube and above the body at such times as the body is suspended in the tube; external control means and internal control means, each having means adapted to be manipulated by the passenger to jointly control the universal attitude of the body when suspended in and by the fluid, the external control means biasing the body by reaction to the fluid and the internal control means biasing the body by imbalance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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