Funicular system of rail and running cable type
AssigneeLeitner S.P.A.
InventorsFerruccio Levi, Giuseppe Conte
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Abstract
In order to operate both arms of a clamp of a funicular system of a rail and running cable vehicle with the same force and at the same time, a guide carrier element, which includes two longitudinal surfaces over which the free ends of the movable jaws move, is formed in one piece and can move vertically transverse to the free ends so as to be instantaneously and automatically self-centering about the jaws and hence about the clamp.
Claims17
A funicular system which utilizes a rail and running cable in which the movement of a vehicle is controlled, during stopping and starting, thereof by motorized rollers positioned on at least one side of the system, which comprises:
- a cable;
- at least one clamp comprising two operating arms having movable jaws, said jaws being selectively coupleable to and releasable from said cable;
- a pair of guides respectively acting on the free ends of the operating arms of said movable jaws, said arms being movable to cause said movable jaws to be movable apart to open said movable jaws and to be moveable to close said movable jaws wherein said guides (29) are rigidly connected together and form a single guide carrier element supported in such a manner as to be movable vertically parallel to itself wherein said guide carrier element is vertically movable by said free ends of the operating arms only in operation of said operating arms such that said guide carrier is instantaneously and automatically self-centered about said operating arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.