MERRY-GO-ROUND "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT" Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: mass entertainment devices. SUBSTANCE: drive-operated shaft is rigidly secured to eccentric platform whose center is offset from shaft axis. Shuttle is suspended from framework which is installed on foundation with the aid of posts. As shaft built into shuttle on a bearing starts rotating, the eccentric platform with passenger cab suspended on rods is also set in rotation. As rotation speed grows, the cab moves along expanding ellipsoid spiral and shuttle starts reciprocating, putting the cab into wavelike motion with slight falls and rises. EFFECT: high entertaining capacity. 2 cl, 4 dwg