US 11,220,277 B2Granted

Cable transportation system

AssigneeLeitner S.P.A.

InventorsHartmut Wieser, Alexander Pechlaner, Stefano Fontana

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Abstract

A cable transportation system comprising: a first terminal station; a second terminal station; a plurality of transporting units moved between the terminal stations; at least one supporting cable for supporting the transporting units between the terminal stations; wherein the supporting cable comprises a first end housed inside the first terminal station and a second end housed inside the second terminal station; a first anchor device for anchoring the first end of the supporting cable inside the first terminal station; a second anchor device for anchoring the second end of the supporting cable inside the second terminal station; wherein the anchor devices are configured to selectively block the ends of the supporting cable inside the respective terminal stations and to enable a stepped sliding of the supporting cable between the terminal stations.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A cable transportation system comprising:

a first terminal station;
a second terminal station;
a transporting unit;
a supporting cable configured to support the transporting unit between the first terminal station and the second terminal station, wherein the supporting cable comprises a first end housed inside the first terminal station and a second end housed inside the second terminal station;
a first anchor device configured to anchor the first end of the supporting cable inside the first terminal station, the first anchor device configured to selectively block the first end of the supporting cable inside the first terminal station;
and
a second anchor device configured to anchor the second end of the supporting cable inside the second terminal station, the second anchor device configured to selectively block the second end of the supporting cable inside the second terminal station, wherein at least one of the first anchor and the second anchor is configured to enable a sliding of the supporting cable between the first terminal station and the second terminal station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/525,048Filed 29 Jul 2019
Priority: IT 10201800000769231 Jul 2018
Published: US 2020/0039537 A16 Feb 2020
Granted: 11 Jan 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B61B 7/06
Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks: with self-propelled vehicles
B61B 12/007
Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00: cable tensioning devices
B61B 7/02
Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks: with separate haulage cables
B61B 12/02
Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00: suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels;…