Tracked transportation system comprising emergency car braking system
AssigneeSoule
InventorJean Huon de Kermadec
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Abstract
In a tracked transportation system independent cars are drawn along by a common cable. A car comprises a rolling chassis with a cabin suspended above the chassis by a set of chains. The chains are coupled to a shaft forming apparatus for weighing the cabin and connected to an assembly for gripping the cable. The coupling between the chains and the gripping assembly can be released by a trigger device fixed to the track and operated by remote control to lower the cabin relative to the chassis and so achieve emergency braking.
Claims19
Transportation system comprising a track, at least one car adapted to be driven along said track and comprising a chassis adapted to roll on said track and a cabin, suspension members whereby said cabin is suspended from said chassis, braking means on a lower part of said cabin, and release means on said cabin, said suspension members are attached to a load summing mechanism incorporating said release means and said release means is adapted to release said suspension members and to cause lowering of said cabin and operation of said braking means.
Transportation system comprising a track, at least one car adapted to be driven along said track and comprising a chassis adapted to roll on said track and a cabin, said car is driven by a cable or the like circulating along said track and said car carries cable gripping means, suspension members whereby said cabin is suspended from said chassis, said suspension members are attached to a load summing mechanism, said load summing mechanism is coupled to said cable gripping means in such a way that the force exerted by said cable gripping means is representative of the loads transmitted to said load summing mechanism, braking means on a lower part of said cabin, and release means on said cabin adapted to release said suspension members and to cause lowering of said cabin and operation of said braking means.
Transportation system comprising a track, at least one car adapted to be driven along said track and comprising a chasis adapted to roll on said track and a cabin, suspension members whereby said cabin is suspended from said chasis, said chasis comprising a plurality of wheels, braking means on a lower part of said cabin comprising at least four brake skids, each of said brake skids being disposed above a respective wheel, release means on said cabin adapted to release said suspension members and to cause lowering of said cabin and operation of said braking means to brake said wheels and means to trigger said release means.
Transportation system comprising a track, at least one car adapted to be driven along said track and comprising a chasis adapted to roll on said track and a cabin, suspension members whereby said cabin is suspended from said chasis, braking means on a lower portion of said cabin comprising at least four brake skids, said cabin comprising upright members under its floor and above said track to which said brake skids are attached, said upright members carry means coupled to said cabin for anchoring said suspension members, release means on said cabin adapted to release said suspension members and to cause lowering of said cabin and operation of said braking means causing said brake skids to enter into frictional contact with said track and means to trigger said release means.
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