Cable transportation system for moving transportation units along a track
AssigneeRopfin B.V.
InventorsGiuseppe Conte, Franco Coco
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Abstract
A cable transportation system configured to move transportation units along a designated or given track has a switch with a first movable guide having one degree of freedom, along an operating plane, between two designated or given positions; a second movable guide having one degree of freedom, along the operating plane, between two designated or given positions; and a third and a fourth movable guide connected rigidly to each other and having one degree of freedom, along the operating plane, between two designated or given positions; the first, second, third and fourth movable guide being configured so that the first and second movable guide each define a continuation of the third or fourth movable guide.
Claims14
A cable transportation system configured to move transportation units along a designated track, the cable transportation system comprising:
- a switch including:
- a first movable guide configured to move 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,
- a second movable guide configured to move along the operating plane, from a third designated position to a fourth designated position and from the fourth designated position to the third designated position,
- a third movable guide, and
- a fourth movable guide rigidly connected to the third movable guide, said third and fourth movable guides configured to move along the operating plane, from a fifth designated position to a sixth designated position and from the sixth designated position to the fifth designated position, wherein the first movable guide, the second movable guide, the third movable guide and the fourth movable guide are configured such that the first movable guide and the second movable guide alternatively define a continuation of at least one of the third moveable guide and the fourth movable guide.
A cable transportation system switch comprising:
- a first movable guide configured to move 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;
- a second movable guide configured to move along the operating plane, from a third designated position to a fourth designated position and from the fourth designated position to the third designated position;
- a third movable guide;
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- a fourth movable guide rigidly connected to the third movable guide, said third and fourth movable guides configured to move along the operating plane, from a fifth designated position to a sixth designated position and from the sixth designated position to the fifth designated position, wherein the first movable guide, the second movable guide, the third movable guide and the fourth movable guide are configured such that the first movable guide and the second movable guide alternatively define a continuation of at least one of the third moveable guide and the fourth movable guide.
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