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US 12,509,126 B2Granted
Cableway having car stabilization
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsGerd Dür, Magnus Zündel, Jürgen Eberle
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AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsGerd Dür, Magnus Zündel, Jürgen Eberle
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A cableway in the case of which the safety and comfort for persons during the loading and unloading of the cableway vehicles can be improved as simply and economically as possible. This aim is achieved, according to the teaching, in that at least one vehicle-fixed contact rail which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle is arranged on the conveying body, and in that at least one guiding portion having at least one stationary first guiding device which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle is provided in at least one cableway station, the first guiding device cooperating with the contact rail of the cableway vehicle, at least during the movement of the cableway vehicle through the guiding portion, in order to generate a guiding force, the guiding force shifting the conveying body relative to the suspension from a rest position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved outside of the guiding portion, into a guidance position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved through the guiding portion.
A cableway having at least two cableway stations and at least one cableway vehicle that can be moved between the cableway stations using a traction cable, the cableway vehicle having a conveying body and a suspension, the conveying body serving to accommodate persons and/or objects and the conveying body being suspended on the suspension, at least one vehicle-fixed contact rail which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle being arranged on the conveying body, and at least one guiding portion having at least one stationary first guiding device which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle being provided in at least one cableway station, wherein the conveying body is suspended in a spring-loaded manner on the suspension and in that the first guiding device cooperates with the contact rail of the cableway vehicle, at least during the movement of the cableway vehicle through the guiding portion, in order to generate a guiding force, the guiding force shifting the conveying body relative to the suspension from a rest position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved outside of the guiding portion, into a guidance position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved through the guiding portion.
A method for operating a cableway having at least two cableway stations and at least one cableway vehicle that can be moved between the cableway stations using a traction cable, the cableway vehicle having a conveying body and a suspension, the conveying body serving to accommodate persons and/or objects and the conveying body being suspended on the suspension, the cableway vehicle being moved in a guiding portion of a cableway station, a stationary first guiding device of the cableway station, which guiding device extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle, cooperating, during the movement of the cableway vehicle through the guiding portion, with a vehicle-fixed contact rail which is arranged on the conveying body and which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway, wherein the conveying body is suspended in a spring-loaded manner on the suspension, and in that the first guiding device and the contact rail cooperate in order to generate a guiding force by means of which the conveying body is moved, during the movement through the guiding portion, relative to the suspension from a rest position, in which the cableway vehicle is moved outside of the guiding portion, into a guidance position, in which the cableway vehicle is moved through the guiding portion.
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