Cableway system that is used to transport occupied vehicles between a pair of transfer stations
OwnerVictor Hugo Ruedainventor
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Abstract
A continuously moving cableway system for the transport of cars with passengers on board has two pairs of track cables, which extend between, two towers. Specially fitted open transport cabins, are moved along the track cables by at least one traction cable. Speed reducers located at ground level outside of the two towers. Access control, toll type, with rising arm barrier outside of the two towers. Security gates actioned by hydraulic jacks located at ground level outside of the two towers. Conveyor belts located at ground level between the two towers. Roller ramps, conveyor belt, security gates actioned by hydraulic jacks inside of the specially fitted open transport, cabins.
Claims2
A cableway system that is used to transport occupied vehicles between a pair of transfer stations, the cableway system comprises:
- a pair of towers, each tower is located at each transfer station, each tower is comprised of a cable track support;
- at least one cable track that is mounted on the cable track supports, the at least one cable track forms a closed loop between the pair of towers;
- a vehicle transport cabin that is fixedly attached to the at least one cable track, the vehicle transport cabin has a cabin conveyor belt that turns on upon sensing a personal vehicle and that loads the personal vehicle up to a certain position on the vehicle transport cabin, a pair of hydraulic jacks that activate a pair of locks to secure the personal vehicle in place on the vehicle transport cabin upon the personal vehicle reaching the certain position, each vehicle transport cabin has a roller entrance ramp and a roller exit ramp;
- a pair of entrance conveyor belt systems, each entrance conveyor belt system is comprised of a speed reducer that is immediately followed by first conveyor belt, a barrier that follows the first conveyor belt, and a second conveyor belt that follows the barrier, each entrance conveyor belt system is on an entrance side of each transfer station;
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- a pair of exit conveyor belts, each exit conveyor belt is at an exit of each transfer station, wherein the speed reducers force a driver to slow down prior to entering the entrance conveyor belt system, the barrier has a sensor that detects the personal vehicle on the entrance conveyor system and that governs the entrance of the personal vehicle on to the cableway system, the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are activated by the barrier, after the barrier is opened, to move at the same speed upon a vehicle transport cabin being detected and upon the personal vehicle clearing the first conveyor belt, the first conveyor belt is stopped and the barrier is closed, the second conveyor belt moves at a greater speed than the vehicle transport cabin so that the personal vehicle will be loaded into the vehicle transport cabin by the movement of the second conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.