Funicular driven by a cable with two towing sections and method for controlling such a funicular
AssigneeAgence Nationale Pour La Gestion Des Dechets Radioactifs
InventorGuillaume Cottard
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Abstract
A funicular intended particularly for transporting heavy loads between an upstream station (10) and a downstream station (12), comprises a track (14), preferably a railway, connecting the upstream station (10) to the downstream station (12), a vehicle (16) running on the track (14) and at least one towing cable (30) in closed loop having a first towing section (32.1) passing over a first pulley (20.1) of the upstream station and over a first return pulley (26) fixed to the vehicle (16) and a second towing section (32.2), in all ways separate from the first towing section and passing over the return pulley (26) and over a second pulley (20.2) of the upstream station (10).
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A funicular comprising an upstream station, a downstream station, a track connecting the upstream station to the downstream station, a vehicle running on the track, wherein the funicular comprises at least one towing cable in closed loop having a first towing section passing over a first pulley of the upstream station and over a first return pulley fixed to the vehicle, a second towing section, which has no common part with the first towing section and passes over the first return pulley and over a second pulley of the upstream station, a first linking section extending between the first pulley of the upstream station and a first pulley of the downstream station, a second linking section extending between the second pulley of the upstream station and a second pulley of the downstream station, a first return section extending between the first pulley of the downstream station and a second return pulley situated on the vehicle and a second return section extending between the second pulley of the downstream station and the second return pulley, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one undercarriage having a track width for running on the track, wherein the first return pulley has a diameter greater than half of the track width.
A funicular comprising an upstream station, a downstream station, a track connecting the upstream station to the downstream station, a vehicle running on the track, wherein the funicular comprises at least one towing cable in closed loop having a first towing section passing over a first pulley of the upstream station and over a first return pulley fixed to the vehicle, a second towing section, which has no common part with the first towing section and passes over the first return pulley and over a second pulley of the upstream station, a first linking section extending between the first pulley of the upstream station and a first pulley of the downstream station, a second linking section extending between the second pulley of the upstream station and a second pulley of the downstream station, a first return section extending between the first pulley of the downstream station and a second return pulley situated on the vehicle and a second return section extending between the second pulley of the downstream station and the second return pulley, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one undercarriage having a track width for running on the track, further comprising a first motor for driving the first towing section and second motor for driving the second towing section independently from the first towing section.
A funicular comprising an upstream station, a downstream station, a track connecting the upstream station to the downstream station, a vehicle running on the track, wherein the funicular comprises at least one towing cable in closed loop having a first towing section passing over a first pulley of the upstream station and over a first return pulley fixed to the vehicle, a second towing section, which has no common part with the first towing section and passes over the first return pulley and over a second pulley of the upstream station, a first linking section extending between the first pulley of the upstream station and a first pulley of the downstream station, a second linking section extending between the second pulley of the upstream station and a second pulley of the downstream station, a first return section extending between the first pulley of the downstream station and a second return pulley situated on the vehicle and a second return section extending between the second pulley of the downstream station and the second return pulley, wherein the vehicle comprises at least one undercarriage having a track width for running on the track, wherein the first return pulley has a diameter greater than half a width of the vehicle.
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