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US 2022/0169290 A1Published application
Passage Detection for a Cableway
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsDaniel Pfeifer, Adrian Mohni
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AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsDaniel Pfeifer, Adrian Mohni
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In order to enhance the safety of a cableway, in particular when a cable car passes through a cableway support of the cableway, according to the present teaching a detection device having at least one evaluation unit and at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit is provided on at least one cableway support. A first sensor is located in the entry area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor. A second sensor is located in the exit area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor. The detection device is provided in order to detect a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal when the detected number exceeds a predefined maximum number.
A cableway with two end stations between which at least one cable car can be moved on at least one conveyor cable and with at least one cableway support arranged between the end stations for guiding the at least one conveyor cable, wherein the cableway support extends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor cable over a cableway support length between two opposing support ends, wherein in the area of a first support end an entry area is provided for the entry of the cable car into the cableway support and in the area of the second support end an exit area is provided for the exit of the cable car from the cableway support, wherein a detection device with at least one evaluation unit and with at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit is provided on at least one cableway support, wherein a first sensor is arranged in the entry area of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor, and a second sensor is arranged in the exit area of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor, wherein the detection device is configured to determine a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal if the determined number exceeds a predetermined maximum number.
A detection device for a cableway support of a cableway extending in the longitudinal direction of a conveyor cable guided on the cableway support over a cableway support length between two opposing support ends, to detect the passage of cable cars, wherein the detection device has at least one evaluation unit and at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit, wherein at least one first sensor is provided for arrangement in an entry area at a first support end of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor and at least one second sensor is provided for arrangement in an exit area at the second support end of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor, and the detection device is configured to determine a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal if the determined number exceeds a predetermined maximum number.
A method for detecting the passage of cable cars on a cableway support of a cableway, which support extends in the longitudinal direction of a conveyor cable guided on the cableway support over a cableway support length between two opposing support ends, wherein at least one cable car is moved on the conveyor cable over the cableway support, wherein the cable car is moved into an entry area provided in the area of a first support end of the cableway support, wherein at least one first sensor provided in the entry area detects the presence of the cable car in a detection area of the first sensor and transmits a sensor value to an evaluation unit, the cable car is moved from the entry area into an exit area of the cableway support provided in the area of the second end of the support, wherein at least one second sensor provided in the exit area detects the presence of the cable car in a detection area of the second sensor and transmits a sensor value to the evaluation unit, and the evaluation unit processes the received sensor values in order to determine a number of cable cars between the first and second sensors and generates a fault signal if the determined number exceeds a predetermined maximum number.
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