Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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TUBULAR TOY OR/AND AMUSEMENT STRUCTURE
The invention relates to a toy using tubes and ~neumatic ~ro-
~ulsion-this toy being in form of a roller coaster with tubes but
the structure could be used also for a real roller coaster if the
size ic an~rc~iate for accomodating human beings.
The existing systems use guides in form of rails and this is
determining the vehicles sometimes to derail.Also ,com~licated mecha-
nisms are necessary for elevating the vehicles again for doing the
roller coaster evolution. These are disadvantages making the systems
com~licated and unsafe.
The above disadvantages are eliminated by the ~resent invent~ion
by the fact that the toy com~rises:
-a trans~arent tubular guideway in form of a closed circuit
_whereby the tubular guideway has a tridimansional form made of
100~8, s~irals,straight areas-inclined or horizontal
_whereby the said tubular guideway has 2 o~en cut se~itubular areas
and a vent with means to adjust the air vented
-whereby the lenght of the o~en cut semitubular areas are as follows:
the first one (called the entering area) has a lenght of more than
three diameters of the tubular guideway and the second one(called
the air injection area) having a lenght of at least 2 diameters
of the tubular guideway
_whereby the said vent being ~laced at a distance of at least 15
diameters of the tubular guideway
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-also the toy containing tube vehicles able to move inside of the
tubular guideway
-whereby the tube vehicles having antifriction means like rollers
: or felt/teflon collars
-whereby the sense of travelling of these tube vehicles being uni- -
directional
-whereby the succesion of the vent,entering area and airinjection
area being: vent,entering area,airinjection area and the direction
of travelling of the said tube vehicles being from vent to the
b airinjectiOn area,the area petween vent and entering area being
:~ called the braking area ~ ~ ~
-also the toy contains~ cess ~latforms ~laced on each side of the
~ entering area,these ~latform~ being mobile(haying the same s~eed as
i tube vehilces in the entering area or fixed ~ ~
/~ -also the toy contains: a sensing device to sense any ~rotruding
object out of the tube vehicles able to interfere with the tubu-
lar guideway
-whereby the sensing device is nlaced on the tubular guideway at
one end of the entering area
1 20 _also the toy contains: a mechanical driving system for the tube
~ vehicles,this driving system being a closed belt conveyor or chain
able to ~ositively drive the tube vehicles by friction between the
bottom of the tube vehicles and the rubber of the belt or by some
dog arrangement and chain
, 2~ -also the toy contains: a source of com~ressed air,being it a fan
~ or a coM~ressor ,a ~lenum chamber enlosing the airinjection area and
-I a manifold connecting the exit of the source of com~ressed air with
I the ~lenum chamber 2
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-also the toy containing: human figures either real or made of ~lastic
able to stay inside of the said tube vehicles
~HE WAY of using the tubular toy is as follows:
The source of comnressed air is started,the air is as~ired from
atmos~here and injected in the ~lenum chamber ;at the begining we
have the whole area of entering, till the nlenum chamber filled
with tube vehicles,that is the tubular guideway is full in those
; areas with tube vehicles;also there are at least 2-3 tube vehicles
unstream the entering area-in these areas the tube vehicles be~g
10 bum~.~er to bumnerswhen the mech?~nical driving system is started,
the tube vehicles are moved in a forced way against the ~ressure
of the air source,then,immediately a tube vehicle is nas~ing the
~ ~lenum chamber area, it will be moved by the air sun~lied by the
¦ source;so the tube vehicles , one by one will be launched from the
¦ /~ area with mQchanical driving system and distributed along the
tubular guideway;but the unstream of the entering area is blocked
¦ by at least 2 tube vehicles,the air escaning through the vent;
~ the means to adjust the vented air are adusted so that to have
¦ some over nressure in the u~stream area of the entering area so
2~that the tube vehicles to be nressed bumner to bum~er in the entering
area and also to be ke~t moving at slow s~eed(the s~eed of the
mechanical driving system);when a tube vehicle is coming with high
, sPeed ,this will enter in the braking area , will brake and then
i will come in a bumner to bumner ~osition with the bumner to bumner
~ ~Sstring of tube vehicles moving slowly towards the air injection area
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inside of the tube vehicles are the human figures made o~ ~lastic
or real,they being introduced into the tube vehicles via the access
~latforms,also when the travel is considered finished then the human
figures are getting out also via the access ~latforms
~The invention is develo~ing the sense of space and han~ling ability
for children and even adults.
Below is given an examnle of illustrating the invention in connec-
tion with Fig l and Fig 2 re~resenting:
Fig 1- a ners~ective view of the tubular toy
lo Fig.2-a ~ers~ective view of the access ~latforms,mechanical drive
I and the comresed air source
As it is seen in the illustration, the tubular toy is comnrising:
-a trans~arent tubular guidewa ~in form of a closed circuit t :~
_whereby the tubular guideway has a tridim~hsional form3 made of
/Sloo~s~s~irals~ traight areas~ nclined ~or horizontal
-whereby the said tubular guideway has 2 oDen cut se~itubular areas~ ID
and a vent with meansrto adjust the air vented /3
-whereby the lenght of the o~en cut semitubular areas are aQ follows:
3~ the first one~ called the entering area) has a lenght of more than
~, ~othree diameters of the tubular guideway and the ~econd on ~called
the air injection area) having a lenght of at least 2 diameters
of the tubular guideway
_whereby the said vent being ~laced at a di~tance of at least 15
diameters of the tubular guideway
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-also the toy containing tube vehicles able to move inside of the
tubular guideway
-whereby the tube vehicles having antifriction means~ ike rollers
or felt/teflon collars
S -whereby the sense of travelling of these tube vehicles being uni-
directional
-whereby the succesion of the vent,entering area and airinjection
area being: vent,entering area,airinjection area and the direction
of travelling of the said tube vehicles being fram vent to the
lo airinjectiOn area,the are~ between vent and entering area being
called the braking are ~ ~ . ~
-also the toy contains:access olatforms~ laced on each side of the
t;ll entering area,these Platforms being mobil ~ha ing the same s~eed as
', tube vehilces in the entering area or fixed ~
also the toy contains: a sensing devic ~ o sense any ~rotruding
object out of the tube vehicles able to interfere with the tubu-
lar guideway
~i -whereby the sensing device is nlaced on the tubular guideway at
one end ~of the entering area
¦ 2~ Oalso the toy contains: a mechanical driving system~ or the tube
vehicle~,this driving ~ystem being a closed belt conveyor~or chain
, able to oositively drive the tube vehicles by friction between the
bottom of the tube vehicles and the rubber of the belt or by some
dog arrangement and chain
_also the toy contains: a i~ource ~f com~ressed air,being it a fan24
or a co~oressor ,a Plenum chambe ~en~osing the airinjection area and
~.
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a manifold~c'onnecting the exit of the source of com~ressed air with
:. the Plenum chamber ~
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-also the toy containing: human figures~ ither real or made of ~lastic
able to stay inside of the said tube vehicles
THE WAY of using the tubular toy is as follows:
The source of com~ressed air is started,the air is as~ired from
atmos~here and injected in the ~lenum chamber 7at the begining we
have the whole area of entering, till the nlenum chamber filled
with tube vehicles,that is the tubular guideway is full in those
areas with tube vehicles;also there are at least 2-3 tube vehicles
! u~stream the entering area-in these areas the tube vehicles bei~g
bum~er to bum~er7when the mechanical driving system is started,
the tube vehicles are moved in a forced way against the ~ressure
of the air source,then,immediately a tube vehicle is ~assing the
~lenum chamber area, it will be moved by the aîr su~nlied by the
1 source7so the tube vehicles , one by one will be launched fro~, the
¦ k area with m~chanical driving ~ystem and distributed along the
tubular guideway:but the unstream of the entering area i8 blocked
by at lea~t 2 tube vehicles,the air escaning through the vent,
the means to adjust the vented air are adusted so that to have
some over ~ressure in the u~stream area of the entering area 80
', 2~ that the tube vehicle9 to be ~ressed bumner to bumner in the entering
area and al~o to be ke~t moving at ~low s~eed(the sPeed of the
mechanical driving ~ystem)7when a tube vehicle i~ coming with high
~eed ,this will enter in the braking area , will brake and then
will come in a bum~er to bum~er nosition with the bumner to bumner
2~ ~tring of tube vehicles moving slowly towards the air injection area
inside of the tube vehicles are the human fi~ ~ of 71astic
or real,they being introduced into the tube vehicles via the access
~latform9~also when the travel is considered finished then the human
figures are gatting out also via the access ~latforms
The invention is develo~ing the sense of space and han~ling ability
for children and even adults.
Below is given an exam~le of illustrating the invention in connec-
tion with Fig l and Fig 2 re~resenting:
Fig 1- a ~ers~ective view of the tubular toy
b Fig.2-a ~ers~ective view of the access ~latforms,mechanical drive
and the com~resed air source
A9 lt i6 seen in the ill~tration, the tubular toy is camnrising:
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