System for transporting people

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9688289-B2
Application number	US-201414763569-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2014
Priority date	Nov 28, 2013
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

A transport system has at least one hauling cable to which a cableway vehicle formed with running gear and a vehicle cab can be coupled. Alternatively, the system has a carrying cable or a track on which a cableway vehicle formed with running gear and a cab can be moved by a traction cable. The section with the hauling cable or carrying cable, or the track, is adjoined by a further track section along which a carrying vehicle for the cableway vehicle can be moved. The carrying vehicle has a drive motor. The running gear of the cableway vehicle runs onto and attaches to the carrying vehicle, whereupon the cableway vehicle is movable along the adjoining track by the carrying vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A transport system, comprising:
a multi-segment travel path including a cableway segment and at least one additional travel path adjoining said cableway segment;
said cableway segment having at least one transport cable or at least one carrier cable and an associated traction cable;
said at least one additional travel path for said carrier vehicle being a track segment formed with at least one travel rail or at least one travel beam;
at least one cable car vehicle for transporting people or goods, said at least one cable car vehicle having a vehicle cabin and a travel mechanism for coupling to said at least one transport cable or to said traction cable; and
at least one carrier vehicle equipped with a drive motor for moving said at least one carrier vehicle along said additional travel path;
wherein said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle can be advanced toward said carrier vehicle and secured thereto, whereupon said carrier vehicle moves said cable car vehicle along said additional travel path in continuance of the multi-segment travel path.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier vehicle comprises at least two pairs of running rollers.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said carrier vehicle further comprises pairs of guiding rollers.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier vehicle comprises a carrier frame for said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle, and said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle is configured to be locked to said carrier frame.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said carrier vehicle and said cable car vehicle include at least one locking device for securing said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle to said carrier vehicle.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein said locking device has two clamping jaws.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein said locking device has a fixed clamping jaw and a movable clamping jaw, said movable clamping jaw is movable by way of a clamping lever counter to a restoring force, from the closed position into the open position.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the restoring force is generated by a pressure spring.

9. The system according to claim 7 , wherein said clamping lever is formed with a control roller disposed to interact with a control rail in a transfer station between said cableway segment and said additional travel path.

10. The system according to claim 4 , wherein said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle is formed with at least one locking pin configured to cooperate with clamping jaws located on said carrier vehicle.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said drive motor of said carrier vehicle is a combustion engine.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said drive motor of said carrier vehicle is an electric motor.

13. The system according to claim 12 , which further comprises conductor rails arranged along said additional travel path and configured to supply said electric motor with electrical power.

14. The system according to claim 1 , wherein said carrier vehicle is drivable in an inductive manner.

15. A transport system, comprising:
a multi-segment travel path including a cableway segment and at least one additional travel path adjoining said cableway segment;
said cableway segment having at least one transport cable or at least one carrier cable and an associated traction cable;
at least one cable car vehicle for transporting people or goods, said at least one cable car vehicle having a vehicle cabin and a travel mechanism for coupling to said at least one transport cable or to said traction cable; and
at least one carrier vehicle equipped with a drive motor for moving said at least one carrier vehicle along said additional travel path;
wherein said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle can be advanced toward said carrier vehicle and secured thereto, whereupon said carrier vehicle moves said cable car vehicle along said additional travel path in continuance of the multi-segment travel path;
said carrier vehicle having a carrier frame for said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle, and said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle being configured to be locked to said carrier frame; and
said carrier vehicle and said cable car vehicle including at least one locking device for securing said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle to said carrier vehicle.

16. A transport system, comprising:
a multi-segment travel path including a cableway segment and at least one additional travel path adjoining said cableway segment;
said cableway segment having at least one transport cable or at least one carrier cable and an associated traction cable;
at least one cable car vehicle for transporting people or goods, said at least one cable car vehicle having a vehicle cabin and a travel mechanism for coupling to said at least one transport cable or to said traction cable;
at least one carrier vehicle equipped with an electric drive motor for moving said at least one carrier vehicle along said additional travel path; and
conductor rails arranged along said additional travel path and configured to supply said electric drive motor with electrical power;
wherein said travel mechanism of said cable car vehicle can be advanced toward said carrier vehicle and secured thereto, whereupon said carrier vehicle moves said cable car vehicle along said additional travel path in continuance of the multi-segment travel path.

Assignees

• Innova Patent Gmbh

Inventors

• Luger Peter
• Moritzhuber Johannes
• Duer Gerd

Classifications

• B61B3/02 Primary

  with self-propelled vehicles · CPC title

• B61B15/00 Primary

  Combinations of railway systems · CPC title

• B61B7/02

  with separate haulage cables · CPC title

• B61B12/00

  Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00 (railway brakes B61H; turntables B61J1/06) · CPC title

• B61B10/022

  Vehicles; trolleys · CPC title