Kite system and method for operating a kite system
AssigneeSkySails Power GmbH
InventorsXaver Paulig, Christoph Heeckt, Bernd Specht, Felix Braun
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Abstract
A kite system having a kite (14) and a hauling rope (15) which extends between the kite (14) and a tow point (16). A marking holder (25) is disposed between the tow point (16) and the kite (14). The marking holder (25) is conceived for changing between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope (15), and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope (15). A fitting installation (31) initiates a changeover between the entrained state and the free-running state of the marking holder (25). The invention moreover relates to a method for operating a kite system.
Claims16
A kite system having a kite and a hauling rope, wherein the hauling rope extends between the kite and a tow point, and having a marking holder which is disposed between the tow point and the kite, wherein the marking holder is configured to change between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope, and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope, and having a fitting installation that initiates a changeover between the entrained state and the free-running state of the marking holder, wherein the marking holder comprises a plurality of marking holders disposed between the kite and the tow point, and wherein, in the entrained state, a spacing of two neighboring marking holders of the plurality marking holders is larger than 20 m.
A method for operating a kite system, in which a hauling rope extends between a kite and a tow point, said kite system including a plurality of marking holders with at least one marking holder configured to change between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope, and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope, said method comprising:
- dispensing said hauling rope through said at least one marking holder while said at least one marking holder is in the free-running state;
- monitoring a length of said hauling rope dispensed through said at least one marking holder;
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- changing the at least one marking holder from the free-running state in relation to the hauling rope to the entrained state in relation to the hauling rope once a predefined length of the hauling rope has been dispensed,
- wherein, in the entrained state, a spacing of two neighboring marking holders of the plurality of marking holders is larger than 20 m.
A kite system comprising:
- a kite;
- a tow point device;
- a hauling rope that extends between the kite and the tow point device;
- first and second marking holder devices arranged to move on the hauling rope between the tow point device and the kite;
- each of the first and second marking holder devices having a visual indicator and a clamp device configured to clamp onto a portion of the hauling rope to prevent movement;
- a fitting installation device arranged between the tow point device and the kite and being configured to engage with the first and second marking holder devices, wherein an engagement between the fitting installation device and at least the first marking holder device includes initiating a changeover between an entrained state in relation to the hauling rope and a free-running state in relation to the hauling rope,
- wherein, in the free-running state, the first marking holder device can move relative to the hauling rope, and
- wherein, in the entrained state, the clamp device of the first marking holder device engages with a portion of the hauling rope and a spacing of the first and second marking holder devices is larger than 20 m.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.