Cable car system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10112624-B2
Application number	US-201415127485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Apr 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A cable car system includes vehicles that are clamped to a hauling cable along the route and decoupled from the hauling cable upon entering the stations. The vehicles are moved through the stations by control tires which are coupled to one another by gear mechanisms and driven via a supporting pulley for the hauling cable. The control tires are mounted on a supporting frame on at least one supporting structure. The rotation of the supporting pulley that drives the control tires is derived from the hauling cable by way of a drive belt. The drive belt runs over the supporting pulley, which is mounted on a pivotable rocker, and over at least one control tire. The pivotable rocker is mounted on the supporting structure for the supporting frame, or the pivotable rocker is mounted on a supporting structure to which the supporting frame is not attached.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cable car system, comprising:
a hauling cable extending between stations of the system and being guided over supporting pulleys and reversing pulleys in the stations;
vehicles to be coupled to said hauling cable along a route between the stations and decoupled from said hauling cable upon entering the stations, whereupon said vehicles are guided through the stations along guide rails to enable passengers to embark and disembark, and said vehicles are once more coupled to said hauling cable on exiting the stations;
a supporting frame disposed on at least one supporting structure in a respective station;
a plurality of control tires mounted on said supporting frame in the stations, said control tires including decelerating tires disposed to decelerate said vehicles upon entering a respective station, conveying tires disposed to move said vehicles through the station, and accelerating tires for accelerating said vehicles towards a speed of said hauling cable before being coupled to said hauling cable;
a pivotally mounted rocker carrying at least one of said supporting pulleys and a drive belt connected between said at least one supporting pulley and at least one of said control tires for driving said control tires by way of said at least one supporting pulley in the respective station, wherein a drive of said control tires is diverted from said hauling cable by way of said at least one supporting pulley and said drive belt;
said pivotally mounted rocker being mounted on a supporting structure to which said supporting frame is not attached.

2. The cable car system according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one supporting structure for said supporting frame consists of a support column and a cross beam disposed thereon, said cross beam having two ends and said at least one rocker is mounted at one of said two ends of said cross beam.

3. The cable car system according to claim 2 , wherein a support beam on which said at least one rocker is mounted is disposed at an end of said cross beam.

4. The cable car system according to claim 1 , wherein:
said supporting frame for said control tires is disposed on at least one supporting structure comprising a support column and a cross beam and
a further support column is provided with a cross beam having an one end carrying said at least one rocker on which said at least one supporting pulley is mounted, and wherein said supporting frame is not attached to said cross beam.

5. The cable car system according to claim 1 , wherein said rocker is one of two pivotally mounted rockers on which two supporting pulleys are mounted and which are each coupled via a drive belt to at least one of said control tires.

6. A cable car system, comprising:
a hauling cable extending between stations of the system and being guided over supporting pulleys and reversing pulleys in the stations;
vehicles to be coupled to said hauling cable along a route between the stations and decoupled from said hauling cable upon entering the stations, whereupon said vehicles are guided through the stations along guide rails to enable passengers to embark and disembark, and said vehicles are once more coupled to said hauling cable on exiting the stations;
a supporting frame disposed on at least one supporting structure in a respective station;
a plurality of control tires mounted on said supporting frame in the stations, said control tires including decelerating tires disposed to decelerate said vehicles upon entering a respective station, conveying tires disposed to move said vehicles through the station, and accelerating tires for accelerating said vehicles towards a speed of said hauling cable before being coupled to said hauling cable;
a pivotally mounted rocker carrying at least one of said supporting pulleys and a drive belt connected between said at least one supporting pulley and at least one of said control tires for driving said control tires by way of said at least one supporting pulley in the respective station, wherein a drive of said control tires is diverted from said hauling cable by way of said at least one supporting pulley and said drive belt;
said pivotally mounted rocker carrying said at least one supporting pulley being mounted on said supporting structure for said supporting frame; and
said at least one supporting structure for said supporting frame consisting of a support column and a cross beam disposed thereon, said cross beam having two ends and said at least one rocker being mounted at one of said two ends of said cross beam.

Assignees

• Innova Patent Gmbh

Inventors

• Duer Gerd

Classifications

• B61B1/00

  General arrangement of stations, platforms, or sidings; Railway networks; Rail vehicle marshalling systems (shunting humps and shunting devices B61J; construction of platforms E01F1/00; time-tables G09D) · CPC title

• B61B12/105 Primary

  Acceleration devices or deceleration devices other than braking devices · CPC title

• B61B12/04

  Devices for damping vibrations · CPC title

• B61B15/00

  Combinations of railway systems · CPC title

• B61B12/122

  for aerial ropeways (B61B12/127 takes precedence) · CPC title