Cable transportation system switch
AssigneeRopfin B.V.
InventorsGiuseppe Conte, Franco Coco
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Abstract
A switch for a cable transportation system has a movable guide with one degree of freedom, along an operating plane, between two designated or given positions; and an actuating assembly having a rotary actuator, and a crank which is rotated by the rotary actuator between two limit stops about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the operating plane, and is connected to the movable guide in such a manner as to define a mechanism having two stable positions corresponding to the designated or given positions of the movable guide when the crank is in the limit stop positions.
Claims15
A cable transportation system switch comprising:
- a movable guide movable, along an operating plane, from a first designated position to a second designated position and from the second designated position to the first designated position;
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- an actuating assembly including:
- a rotary actuator, and
- a crank configured to be rotated by the rotary actuator about an axis of rotation transverse to the operating plane, said crank configured to be rotated from a first limit stop position to a second limit stop position and from the second limit stop position to the first limit stop position, and said crank being connected to the movable guide to define a mechanism having:
- (i) a first stable position corresponding to the first designated position of the movable guide when the crank is in the first limit stop position, and (ii) a second stable position corresponding to the second designated position of the movable guide when the crank is in the second limit stop position.
A cable transportation system switch comprising:
- a rotary actuator;
- a crank configured to be rotated by the rotary actuator about an axis of rotation transverse to an operating plane of a movable guide, said crank configured to be moved to each of a first stable position and a second stable position;
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- a connecting rod hinged to the crank and the movable guide, wherein:
- (i) when the crank moves to the first stable position, the connecting rod pivots to cause the movable guide to move to a first designated position, and (ii) when the crank moves to the second stable position, the connecting rod pivots to cause the movable guide to move to a second designated position.
A cable transportation system switch comprising:
- a rotary actuator;
- a crank configured to be rotated by the rotary actuator about an axis of rotation transverse to an operating plane of two movable guides, said crank configured to be moved to each of a first stable position and a second stable position,
- a first connecting rod hinged to the crank,
- a second connecting rod hinged to a first end of the first connecting rod, and
- a third connecting rod hinged to a second, different end of the first connecting rod, wherein:
- (i) when the crank moves to the first stable position, the connecting rods move to cause the movable guides to move to a first designated position, and (ii) when the crank moves to the second stable position, the connecting rods move to cause the movable guides to move to a second designated position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.