Cable railway system
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorMarkus Beck
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Abstract
A cableway system has a conveying cable that is guided via a head wheel pulleys in the two terminal stations of the system. Vehicles, such as gondolas or chairs, are coupled to the conveying cable between stations, and they are guided through the stations by way of travelling-gear mechanisms. In the stations, the vehicles are moved by way of tire wheels or control tires, and the tire wheels are driven by at least one supporting roller for the conveying cable. The supporting roller is located in the relevant station. The at least one of these supporting rollers for the conveying cable via which the drive power of the control tires is derived from the conveying cable is adjustable in the vertical direction.
Claims11
A cableway system, comprising:
- a conveying cable extending between and guided about deflecting pulleys in two terminal stations of the system;
- vehicles formed with a coupling device for coupling the vehicles to said conveying cable and with a travelling-gear mechanism, wherein said vehicles are coupled to said conveying cable along a path of the cableway system, uncoupled from said conveying cable at an entrance into the respective station, guided through the station along guide rails by way of the travelling-gear mechanisms, whereupon passengers disembark from and board said vehicles, and wherein said vehicles are coupled once more to said conveying cable at an exit from the respective station;
- a plurality of tire wheels connected to one another and disposed to move said vehicles through the stations, said tire wheels including decelerating tires, conveying tires, and accelerating tires, wherein a speed of said vehicles, after uncoupling from said conveying cable, is reduced by said decelerating tires from a higher speed to a lower speed, said vehicles are moved by said conveying tires at the lower speed through a disembarking and boarding region at which passengers disembark from and board said vehicles, and the speed of said vehicles is increased from the lower speed to the higher speed by said accelerating tires, whereupon said vehicles are once more coupled to said conveying cable and conveyed away from the station;
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- at least one supporting roller disposed to support said conveying cable in the station and connected to drive said tire wheels by transferring a drive power from said conveying cable to said tire wheels, said at least one supporting roller being mounted for adjustment in the vertical direction.
A cableway system, comprising:
- a conveying cable extending between and guided about deflecting pulleys in two terminal stations of the system;
- vehicles formed with a coupling device for coupling the vehicles to said conveying cable and with a travelling-gear mechanism, wherein said vehicles are coupled to said conveying cable along a path of the cableway system, uncoupled from said conveying cable at an entrance into the respective station, guided through the station along guide rails by way of the travelling-gear mechanisms, whereupon passengers disembark from and board said vehicles, and wherein said vehicles are coupled once more to said conveying cable at an exit from the respective station;
- a plurality of tire wheels connected to one another and disposed to move said vehicles through the stations, said tire wheels including decelerating tires, conveying tires, and accelerating tires, wherein a speed of said vehicles, after uncoupling from said conveying cable, is reduced by said decelerating tires from a higher speed to a lower speed for traversing the station and the speed of said vehicles is increased from the lower speed to the higher speed by said accelerating tires, whereupon said vehicles are once more coupled to said conveying cable and conveyed away from the station;
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- at least one supporting roller disposed in the station and driven by said conveying cable by frictional engagement therewith and connected to drive said tire wheels by transferring a drive power from said conveying cable to said tire wheels, said at least one supporting roller being mounted to reduce a transfer of vibrations of said conveying cable to a load-bearing structure of the station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.