# US 2023/0057771 A1 · Cable-car Support Comprising a Climb-over Apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0057771 A1 - Document ID: US20230057771A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/594,013 - Filed: 2020-03-31 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-02 - Assignees: Innova Patent GmbH - Applicants: Innova Patent GmbH - Inventors: Oliver Schmid; Josef Sutter; Gernot Ilg; Martin Schönenberger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230057771A1 ## CPC - B61B 12/06: Safety devices or measures against cable fracture - B61B 12/00: Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J1/06) - B61B 12/002: {Cabins; Ski-lift seats (B61B12/028 takes precedence)} - B61B 12/02: Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables - B61B: RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (lifts or hoists, elevators, escalators, moving walkways B66B) ## Abstract In order to make it easier to access an access unit (4) of a cableway support (1) of a cableway (2), according to the invention a climb-over apparatus (15) for persons to climb over from a cable car (7) of the cableway (2) onto the access unit (4) or vice versa is provided on the cableway support (1), wherein the climb-over apparatus (15) is positioned on the cableway support (1) by means of a fastening unit (21) so as to be movable relative to the access unit (4), wherein the climb-over apparatus (15) can be displaced relative to the access unit (4) from a rest position (RP), in which the climb-over apparatus (15) is stowed on the access unit (4), into a standby position (BP), which is provided for performing the climb-over action. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Cableway support (1) of a cableway (2) with an access unit (4) for people to climb over, characterized in that a climb-over apparatus (15) is provided on the cableway support (1) for people to climb over from a cable car (7) of the cableway (2) to the access unit (4) or vice versa, wherein the climb-over apparatus (15) is arranged on the cableway support (1) by means of a fastening unit (21) so as to be movable relative to the access unit (4), wherein the climb-over apparatus (15) can be moved relative to the access unit (4) from a rest position (RP) in which the climb-over apparatus (15) is stowed on the access unit (4) into a standby position (BP) which is provided for performing the climb-over. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cableway support (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that a locking unit (18) for locking the climb-over apparatus (15) in the rest position (RP) is provided on the cableway support (1). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cableway support (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the locking unit (18) can be actuated mechanically, hydraulically or electrically. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2, 3) The cableway support (1) according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that an actuating unit (19) for actuating the locking unit (18) is provided on the cableway support (1) in order to release the locking of the climb-over apparatus (15) in the rest position (RP), in order to move the climb-over apparatus (15) from the rest position (RP) into the standby position (BP). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cableway support (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the actuating unit (19) has at least one first lever element (24a) in order to actuate the locking unit (18) from a cable car (7), wherein the actuating unit (19) preferably has a second lever element (24b) in order to actuate the locking unit (18) from the access unit (4). ### Claim 6 (depends on 4, 5) The cableway support (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the actuating unit (19) has an actuating means (31) in the form of a cable pull or a flexible shaft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the climb-over apparatus (15) has a braking device in order to brake a movement of the climb-over apparatus (15) from the rest position (RP) into the standby position (BP) caused by gravity, wherein the braking device is preferably mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the cableway support (1) has at least one sensor element (29) which is provided to detect a position of the climb-over apparatus (15), in particular to detect whether the climb-over apparatus (15) is in the rest position (RP), wherein the sensor element (29) generates a sensor value that can be transmitted to a system control unit of the cableway (2). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cableway support (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the sensor element (29) is provided to detect a locked state of the locking unit (18), in particular whether the climb-over apparatus (15) is locked in the rest position (RP) by means of the locking unit (18). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the climb-over apparatus (15) has at least one step element and/or holding element (16) for a person to step on and/or to hold onto. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a length of the climb-over apparatus (15) can be changed in order to adapt the length of the climb-over apparatus (15) to a variable distance between the access unit (4) and the cable car (7). ### Claim 12 (depends on 10, 11) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 10 to 11, characterized in that the climb-over apparatus (15) is designed as a ladder, preferably as a telescopic ladder, wherein the at least one step element and/or holding element (16) is a rung of the ladder. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) The cableway support (1) according to any of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a railing (13) is provided on the access unit (4) and that the climb-over apparatus (15) forms part of the railing (13) in the rest position (RP). ### Claim 14 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) A cableway (2) with a number of cableway supports (1) for guiding a conveyor cable of the cableway (2) and with at least one cable car (7) arranged on the conveyor cable, characterized in that a climb-over apparatus (15) according to any of claims 1 to 13 is provided on at least one cableway support (1). ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cableway (2) according to claim 14, characterized in that the cableway (2) has a system control unit for controlling the cableway (2), wherein the system control unit is configured to process the sensor value of the sensor element (29) in order to switch off the cableway (2) or to generate a warning signal via a signaling device when the sensor element (29) detects a position of the climb-over apparatus (15) which deviates from the rest position (RP) and/or when the sensor element (29) detects an unlocked state of the climb-over apparatus (15) in the locking unit (18). ### Claim 16 (depends on 14, 15) A method for performing a climb-over from a cable car (7) of a cableway (2) according to claim 14 or 15 to an access unit (4) of a cableway support (1) of the cableway (2) or vice versa, characterized in that the cable car (7) is moved into a climb-over position, that from the cable car (7) or from the access unit (4) the climb-over apparatus (15) of the cableway support (1) is moved from the rest position (RP) into the standby position (BP), that a person climbs over from the cable car (7) via the climb-over apparatus (15) to the access unit (4) or vice versa, and that from the access unit (4) or from the cable car (7) the climb-over apparatus (15) is preferably moved from the standby position (BP) back into the rest position (RP) after the climb-over.