Cableway system for transporting persons or goods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9475503-B2
Application number	US-201414317439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

A cableway system for the transport of persons or goods has two pairs of track cables, which extend between two terminal stations, such as a valley station and a mountain station. Transport vehicles, such as gondolas, are moved along the track cables by at least one traction cable. The track cables run in a curved path in the region of at least one tower and the traction cable is guided in the region of the at least one tower via carrying rollers. At least some of the carrying rollers for the traction cable, which are located in the region of the at least one tower, are adjustable in terms of their position in relation to the two track cables.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cableway system for transporting persons and goods, the cableway system comprising:
two pairs of track cables extending between two terminal stations and configured to carry transport vehicles traveling between the terminal stations;
at least one traction cable configured to move the vehicles along said track cables between said terminal stations;
at least one tower supporting said track cables, wherein said track cables run in a curved path as seen in a plan view in a region of said at least one tower;
a plurality of carrying rollers disposed to guide said traction cable in the region of said at least one tower, at least some of said carrying rollers for said traction cable being mounted to said at least one tower for adjustment in a relative position thereof in relation to said track cables in a vertical direction and a lateral direction.

2. The cableway system according to claim 1 , wherein said carrying rollers are adjustable under an action of an adjusting force.

3. The cableway system according to claim 1 , wherein the respective said carrying roller for supporting said traction cable is mounted on a pivot arm that is pivotable in height about a substantially horizontal axis under the action of an adjustment mechanism.

4. The cableway system according to claim 3 , wherein the adjustment mechanism is an adjusting spring.

5. The cableway system according to claim 3 , wherein said track cables rest, in the region of the at least one tower, on supports, and said pivot arm, on which a carrying roller for the at least one traction cable is mounted, is supported pivotally in height.

6. The cableway system according to claim 5 , wherein said supports are supporting plates.

7. The cableway system according to claim 5 , which comprises supporting plates mounted to said tower and carrying support bearings for said track cables, wherein said pivot arm, with said carrying roller mounted thereon, is articulated to one of said two supports, and the other of said two supports is configured with stops for said pivot arm.

8. The cableway system according to claim 5 , which comprises two stops between which said pivot arm is adjustable in height.

9. The cableway system according to claim 1 , wherein each of said two track cables rests in the region of said at least one tower on a respective support, and said supports are connected to one another by an obliquely oriented connecting strut, and wherein a sleeve, which is acted upon by a restoring force, and on which a carrying roller is mounted, is displaceable on said connecting strut.

10. The cableway system according to claim 9 , wherein said supports are supporting plates and said restoring force is provided by a compression spring.

11. The cableway system according to claim 9 , which comprises a stop assigned to said displaceable sleeve.

12. The cableway system according to claim 1 , wherein each of said two track cables rests in the region of said at least one tower on a respective support, and said two supports are connected to one another by a connecting strut, and two link arms are mounted on said connecting strut with a support for a carrying roller articulated thereon, wherein said support is acted upon by an adjusting force, by which said support is laterally adjustable in relation to said supports for said track cables.

13. The cableway system according to claim 12 , wherein said supports for said track cables are supporting plates, and said adjusting force is provided by a compression spring for laterally adjusting said support in relation to said supports for said track cables in relation to said supporting plates.

14. The cableway system according to claim 13 , wherein one of said two supporting plates is configured with a stop.

15. The cableway system according to claim 1 , which comprises supports disposed in the region of said at least one tower and a pivot arm mounted therebetween and having a carrying roller mounted thereon, said pivot arm being pivotally mounted on a fixed bolt and said pivot arm being adjustable under the action of an adjusting force into an upper pivot position.

16. The cableway system according to claim 15 , wherein said supports are vertical supporting plates, and said adjusting force is provided by a weight or an electric motor.

17. The cableway system according to claim 16 , which comprises two stops between which said pivot arm is adjustable in height.

Assignees

• Innova Patent Gmbh

Inventors

• Fessler Dietmar
• Luger Peter

Classifications

• B61B12/026

  Guiding means for deflecting the direction of the cables between the stations · CPC title

• B61B12/02

  Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables · CPC title

• B61B10/02

  with suspended vehicles · CPC title

• B61B7/04

  with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables · CPC title

• B61B7/02 Primary

  with separate haulage cables · CPC title