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Amusement power-cable-propelled and channel-guided boat ride structure

  • US 5,732,635 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1996
  • Issued: 03/31/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An amusement boat ride for carrying passengers across a watercourse comprising, in combination:

  • a first launch station disposed adjacent one end of the watercourse;

    a second launch station disposed adjacent an opposite end of the watercourse;

    means defining a guide channel extending through the watercourse from the first launch station to the second launch station;

    a passenger boat movably coupled to the guide channel means for forward and return travel across the watercourse; and

    ,power drive means including first and second take-up reels and a drive cable attached to the passenger boat, the drive cable having first and second end portions coupled in reeved engagement with the first and second take-up reels, respectively, and first and second drive motors coupled to the first and second take-up reels, respectively, for pull-pull power transmission to the power drive cable.

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