Connection of several cableway cars
AssigneeWaagner-Biro Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJohann Kainz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shock-absorbing angle-bent coupling rod disposed for the mechanical connection of cableway cars. Preferably, the coupling rod has a bend of approximately 90 degrees and includes at least one shock-absorber and spring mechanism. In one preferred embodiment, the side of the bend in the coupling rod includes a friction vibration absorber. The vibration absorption between the individual cableway cars provided by the present invention allows such vibration to be distributed throughout the entire cableway system so that the cableway speed and traveling comfort can be increased without compromising safety.
Claims8
A suspension cableway apparatus, comprising
- a first and second cableway car each having a top and a bottom, track disposed above said first and said second cableway cars, said first and second cableway cars connected to said track via a first and second suspension tackle, respectively, and
- a coupling rod connecting said first and second cableway cars, said coupling rod having a first end connected to the bottom of said first cableway car and a second end connected to the bottom of said second cableway car, said first and second ends being substantially centered below said first and second suspension tackles, respectively, said coupling rod having a bend of approximately 90 degrees and including at least one shock-absorbing means and at least one elastic member.
In a suspension cable having a plurality of cableway cars suspended from a track running above said cableway cars and each of said cableway cars are suspended from said track via a suspension tackle, the improvement comprising connecting adjacent cableway cars with a coupling rod bent at an approximately 90 degree angle, said coupling rod being disposed below said cableway cars and having a first end connected to the bottom of a first cableway car and an opposite end connected to the bottom of an adjacent cableway car, the connection of said first end and said opposite end to said first and adjacent cableway cars being substantially directly below the point of engagement of said cableway cars with said suspension tackles, said coupling rod including at least one shock-absorbing means and at least one elastic member.
A coupling rod for connecting adjacent cableway cars in a suspension cableway apparatus, said coupling rod including a first end having means for attachment to a first cableway car and an opposite end having means for attachment to an adjacent cableway car, said coupling rod further comprising a main body portion having a bend of approximately 90 degrees, said coupling rod having at least one shock-absorbing means and at least one elastic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.