Patents Assigned to Zierer Karussell und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH
  • Patent number: 8943975
    Abstract: A roller coaster ride system comprising a first track section which is adapted to guide a passenger car and a second track section which extends in a first plane. The roller coaster ride system is characterized in that the second track section is attached to a platform which is moveably guided on a frame in a second plane that is inclined in relation to the first plane, in particular perpendicular thereto, and that the second track section can be coupled in a first position to the first track section in order to transfer a passenger car from the first track section to the second track section, and can be in a second position is spatially offset along the second plane relative to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Zierer Karussell-und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Gmeinwieser, Walter Steininger, Rupert Koeckeis
  • Patent number: 7677671
    Abstract: A passenger restraint apparatus for funfair rides is disclosed. It includes: a restraint body (30) having a leg support surface (31) which is adapted to be placed on the thighs of the passenger, and a first guide lever (40) which is fixed at its first end to the restraint body and which is pivotably coupled with its second end in the floor region in front of a passenger seat of a funfair ride in such a way that the restraint body can be pivoted in relation to the passenger seat about a first lower axis (61) which is disposed in transverse relationship to the longitudinal axis of the thigh of the seated passenger from an opened position into a closed position, characterized in that the first guide lever is coupled at its first end to the restraint body pivotably about a first upper axis (34) which is disposed in parallel relationship with the first lower axis and arranged adjacent to the first guide lever is a second guide lever (50) which i.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Zierer Karussell und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Steininger, Erwin Kraus, Roland Gmeinwieser
  • Publication number: 20080179937
    Abstract: A passenger restraint apparatus for funfair rides is disclosed. It includes: a restraint body (30) having a leg support surface (31) which is adapted to be placed on the thighs of the passenger, and a first guide lever (40) which is fixed at its first end to the restraint body and which is pivotably coupled with its second end in the floor region in front of a passenger seat of a funfair ride in such a way that the restraint body can be pivoted in relation to the passenger seat about a first lower axis (61) which is disposed in transverse relationship to the longitudinal axis of the thigh of the seated passenger from an opened position into a closed position, characterised in that the first guide lever is coupled at its first end to the restraint body pivotably about a first upper axis (34) which is disposed in parallel relationship with the first lower axis and arranged adjacent to the first guide lever is a second guide lever (50) which i.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ZIERER Karussell und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Steininger, Erwin Kraus, Roland Gmeinwieser