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AssigneePOMA-OTIS Systemes de Transport
InventorAlain Mollet
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A switching device for ground-effect vehicles, the said device comprising at least three sections of guidance and support tracks for the entry and exit of the vehicles, at least one of these tracks being the vehicle entry track, the said device comprising at least one support surface able to move between at least two positions, each of the said positions corresponding to a path by which the vehicles cross the switching device, the support surfaces of the sections of guide tracks being, for each path, in continuity with the movable support surface or surfaces. The device is characterized in that it comprises at least one auxiliary guidance device, fixed over the major part of its length, for the vehicles when they pass vertically in line with the movable support surfaces. Installation for transportation by ground-effect vehicles, notably for the automatic transportation of persons and/or products comprising at least one such device.
A switching device for ground-effect vehicles, the said device comprising at least three sections of guidance and support tracks for the entry and exit of the vehicles, at least one of these tracks being the track for entry of the vehicles into the device, the device comprising at least one support surface movable between two positions, each of the said positions corresponding to a path by which the vehicles pass through the switching device, the support surfaces of the guide track sections being, for each path, in continuity with the movable support surface or surfaces, characterised in that it comprises at least one auxiliary guidance device, fixed over the major part of its length, for the vehicles when they pass vertically in line with the movable support surfaces.
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