Patents Assigned to Soriani & Moser
  • Patent number: 5941777
    Abstract: An amusement ride presenting a platform; two parallel vertical uprights extending upwards from the platform; two arms fitted to respective uprights and rotated by drive means about a first horizontal axis; and a passenger car fitted to the arms and rotating about a second axis; characterized in that the car presents a supporting structure, and three rows of seats fitted to the structure and all facing in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Soriani & Moser Manufacturers of Amusement Rides S.r.L.
    Inventors: Alfeo Moser, Claudio Soriani
  • Patent number: 5803816
    Abstract: An amusement ride presenting a platform, two parallel vertical posts extending upwards from the platform, and two arms fitted respectively to the posts and rotated about a horizontal axis by a first drive means. The ride is characterized in that it presents a passenger car in turn presenting a circular supporting structure fitted to an axial end of the two arms, a circular plate fitted to the structure and rotated freely about its own central axis by a second drive means and a number of seats fitted to the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Soriani & Moser
    Inventors: Alfeo Moser, Claudio Soriani
  • Patent number: 5791998
    Abstract: An amusement ride presenting a column fitted to a beam which pivots about a pin on the platform and is connected to the column by at least one jack. The column is fitted in articulated manner with four blocks, each presenting a horizontal pin about which pivots one end of a roundabout supporting member, and a support rotating about the supporting member presents a number of cars with which it forms a roundabout. Each car is mounted on two pins of the support, presents an axis perpendicular to the rotation axis of the support, and may be rotated through a full turn by centrifugal force. Each block is normally locked in relation to the column by means of a key, and the supporting member is in the form of a boom fitted in articulated manner with an L-shaped arm and in turn integral with a shaft about which the support rotates, so that the shaft may be inclined by an angle of over 90 degrees in relation to its idle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Soriani & Moser
    Inventors: Alfeo Moser, Claudio Soriani