Cable car and method for operating a cable car
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsChristoph Hofmayr, Daniel Pfeifer
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Abstract
In order to be able to more reliably assess and react to the potential hazard when a vehicle of a cable car enters a station of the cable car, it is provided that the deflection of the vehicle before the station entrance is measured by the sensor and transmitted to the cable car control unit, that at the same time the occurrence of a wind gust before the station entrance is detected by the cable car control unit and that the cable car control unit controls a cable car drive as a function of the transmitted deflection and of the detected wind gust.
Claims12
A method for operating a cable car with which a number of vehicles hanging on a hoisting cable are moved between at least two stations and on at least one vehicle of the cable car, the deflection of the vehicle from the vertical is measured with a sensor, wherein the deflection of the vehicle is measured with the sensor before the station entrance and transmitted to the cable car control unit, at the same time the occurrence of a wind gust as temporal change of the wind speed is detected by the cable car control unit with a wind sensor arranged on a cable car tower before the station entrance the cable car control unit combines the transmitted deflection of the vehicle and the detected wind gust for controlling a cable car drive as a function of the transmitted deflection and of the detected wind gust.
A cable car with a number of vehicles hanging on a hoisting cable, which are movable between at least two stations, wherein a sensor for detecting the deflection of the vehicle from the vertical is arranged on at least one vehicle of the cable car, wherein a cable car control unit is provided, which is connected to a cable car drive and controls the cable car drive, and a transmitting device is arranged on the vehicle in order to transmit the deflection of the vehicle measured by the sensor before the station entrance to a receiver in the area of the station, the receiver connected to the cable car control unit and the receiver transmitting the deflection to the cable car control unit, on a cable car tower before the station entrance a wind sensor is arranged which is connected to the cable car control unit and which detects the occurrence of a wind gust, as temporal change of the wind speed, before the station entrance and transmits the detected occurrence of a wind gust to the cable car control and that the cable car control unit combines the transmitted deflection of the vehicle and the detected wind gust for controlling the cable car drive as a function of the transmitted deflection and the detected wind gust.
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