Method and installation for loading passengers on a mobile suspended carrier
AssigneeRene Montagner nee Ailloud
InventorRene Montagner
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Abstract
A passenger loading method and installation is provided by means of which passengers are mechanically propelled and accelerated to a velocity substantially the same as that of a main transport structure onto which they can be loaded without the necessity of stopping or slowing movement of the main transport structure. The invention is particularly applicable to ski-lifts and enables an increase in hourly carrying capacity of such lifts.
Claims27
Method for loading passengers onto carrying elements of a moving suspended carrying structure through driving or propelling the passengers in the direction of movement of the carrying elements in order to achieve increased passenger loading speed with a low relative velocity between passengers and the carrying elements, said method including the steps of engaging said passengers above their feet with a pushing instrument, pushing said passengers at a variable speed to accelerate the speed of the passengers, and thereafter engaging the passengers with the moving suspended carrying structure.
System for loading passengers onto carrying elements of a moving suspended carrying structure comprising a launching means for launching passengers capable of placing themselves in a plane approximately parallel to the plane of motion of the carrying structure and a controllable means for driving the launching means at variable speeds, said launching means including a pusher element means coupled to a driving device driven by a prime mover at a variable speed to engage the passengers above their feet and push the passengers in the direction of motion of the carrying-structure carrying elements on which they are to be loaded.
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