CA2612331A1 - Aerial cableway - Google Patents

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CA2612331A1
CA2612331A1 CA002612331A CA2612331A CA2612331A1 CA 2612331 A1 CA2612331 A1 CA 2612331A1 CA 002612331 A CA002612331 A CA 002612331A CA 2612331 A CA2612331 A CA 2612331A CA 2612331 A1 CA2612331 A1 CA 2612331A1
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Markus Beck
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/02Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables
    • B61B12/026Guiding means for deflecting the direction of the cables between the stations
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B11/00Ski lift, sleigh lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B10/00Power and free systems
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/10Cable traction drives
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61BRAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B7/00Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
    • B61B7/04Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables

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Abstract

An aerial cableway with means of transportation (6) comprises two cable loops (4, 5) to which the means of transportation (6) can be coupled and from which the means of transportation (6) can be decoupled, and comprises a lower station (1), a middle station (2) and an upper station (3). In the section from the lower station (1) to the middle station (2) the lower cable loop (4) is arranged, and from the middle station (2) to the upper station (3) the upper cable loop (5) is arranged. In the middle station (2) the lower cable loop (4) and the upper cable loop (5) are guided around a shared guide device (7) in the form of a double-groove pulley.

Description

AERIAL CABLEWAY

The invention relates to an aerial cableway comprising means of transportation, such as chairs or gondolas;
comprising two cable loops to which the means of transportation can be coupled and from which the means of transportation can be decoupled; and comprising a lower station, an upper station and a middle station, wherein in the sectiori from the lower station to the middle station the lower cable loop is arranged, and from the middle station to the upper station the upper cable loop is arranged.

zn generic aerial cableways with two cable loops the lower cable loop leads from a].ower station (valley station) to a first middle station (intermediate station). Furthermore, the upper cable loop then leads from a second middle station (intermediate station) to an upper station (top station).

Two middle stations are associated with a disadvantage in that they require more space and involve greater expenditure. Fuxthermo.re, noise generation in the case of twc stations is graater than in the case of only one station. Therefore, solutions are known in which only a single cable loop leads from a valley station through an intermediate station right up to a top station.
However, these solutions are associated with a disadvantage in that only slight angular deviations of the top and bottom sections of the cable loop from the straight position, i.e. 180 , are possible, unless very high technical expenditure for deflection equipment is accepted. Solutions compxising only one cable loop are also associated with a disadvantage in that they involve long cable lengths with correspondingly high cable tension and the associated disadvantages of larger cable cross sections and more expensive support stxuctures, roller batteries etc. Compared to this, again, installat-ions comprising two or more cable loops a.re advantageous, in~ which distribution of the cable length and of the ension path to a corresponding number of sections is~possible.

it is the object of 1he invention to provide an aerial cableway that overco es the disadvantages of the state of the art.

According to the invention, this object is met with an aerial cableway that comprises the characteristics of claim 1.

Preferred and advantageous ernboda.ments of the a.eriaJ, cableway according to the invention form part of the subordinate claims.

Since in the aerial cableway according to the invention the lower and the upper cable loops in the middle station are guided around a shared guide device it is sufficient to provide merely a single middle station between the lower station and the upper station.
Passengers can embark and disembark as usual in this middle station. However, with the invention it ia also possible to travel in the same means of transportation from the lower station directly to the upper station, irrespective as to whether the upper and the lower cable loops are arranged at an angle of 160 or at some other angle.

Preferably, the guide device is a double-groove pulley, wherein in the context of the invention the use of two single-groove pulleys that are mechanically connected or coupled is also possible. The simpJ.e design of this pulley or these pulley is advantageous.

In a particulazly preferred embodiment, the guide device is arranged so as to be stationary in the middle station, wherein in the lower station and in the upper station in each case a slidable pulley is provided so as to ensure the correct tension of the cables of the cable loops-In the invention it is further preferred if the pulley in the middle station comprises a drive. As an alternative it is, however, also possible for the lower pulley to comprise a drive, and/or for the upper pulley to comprise a drive.

Within the scope of the invention it is preferred if in each case in front of and behind the guide device in the middle station regions for coupling and decoupling the means of transportation to/from the cable loops are provided, and for a transport device for the means of transportation to be provided between these regions, which transport device guides the means of transportation past the guide device. In this way the means of transportation can be decelerated to a lower speed when approaching the middle station, at which station passengers can conveniently leave and enter the means of transportation, and after departure from the station the means of transportation can again be accelerated to a speed that corresponds to the transport. speed of the means of transportation between th.e stations, i.e. =to the speed of the cable loops.

Within the scope of the invention, more than two cable loops in sequence can also be provided.

Further details, characteristics and advantages of the aerial cableway according to the invention are stated in the following description with reference to the associated drawings that show preferred embodiments.
The following are shown:
1 a first embodiment of a middle station of an aerial cableway according to the invention comprising cable loops arranged at an angle of 90 to each other:
Fig. 2 the middle station in the region of the approach end or departure and of the means of transportation;
Fig. 3 the middlc station in the region of a support in the approach region or departure region of the station;
Fig. 4 a detail of an embodiment of the guide device in the form of two interconnected pulleys; Fig. 5 a second embodiment of a middle station with cable loops arranged at an angle of 180 ; and Figs 6 to 8 diagrammatic views of various drive variants of the aerial cableway according to the invention.

The aerial cableway diagramxnatically shown in Figs 6, 7 and 8 comprises three stations, e.g. a lower station 1 (valley station), a middle station 2 (intermediate station) and an upper station 3 (top station). In the section from the lower stata.on 1 to the middle station 2 a lower cable loop 4 is arranged, and in the section from the middle station 2 to the upper station 3 an upper cable loop 5 is arranged. For the purpose of conveying passengers, and where applicable goods, means of transportation 6, for example chairs or gondolas can be coupled to and from the cables of the cable loops 4, in a manner that is known per se. The lower cable loop 4 and the upper cab].e loop 5 are arranged at an angle a of 90 in relation to each other.

Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of the middle station 2, in which station 2 the lower cable loop 4 and the upper cable loop 5 come together and are guided around a shared guide device 7. As shown in Fig. 5, the guide device 7 can Gomprise two single-groove pulleys that are mechanically connected or coupZed. A double-groove pulley is also possible. The guide device or pulley 7 is arranged horizontally and in this position comprises a lower groove 8 and an upper groove 9, wherein the lower groove 8 is associated with the lower cable loop 4, and the upper groove 9 is associated with the upper cabl.e loop 5.

In F~g- 1 the cable loops 4 and 5 are guided at a right angle to each other around the pulley 7. This angle is only exemplary, because the two cable loops 4 and 5 can be arranged in the middle station at any desired angle less than 180 relative to each other, with the aerzal cableway according to the invention also being usable with a straight arrangement of the two cable loops, i.e. at 1800, as shown in Fig. 5. It is understood that the aerial cableway according to the invention can also be used if the gradients between the lower cable loop 4 and the upper cable loop 5 differ.

The means of transportation 6 move up and down at a certain gradient in the direction of the middle station 2, wherein the approach regions and departure regions of the middle station 2 are arranged so as to be horizontal, as shown in Figs 1 to 4. For this horizontal movement, in each case in front of and behind the guide device 7 in the middle station 2, regions l0a for coupling and decoupling the means of transportation 6 are provided in a manner that is known per se, wherein between these regions a, transport device IOb for the means of transportation 6 is provided, wh.zoh transport device 14b guides the means of transportation 6 at constant low speed around the guide device 7. Preferably, the transport device 10a, 10b extends so as to be largely parallel beside the corresponding regions of the cable loops 4, S. Figs 2 and 3 show that the means of transportation 6 during movement through. the middle station 2 are guided by way of the transport device 10a, lOb, which extends so as to be essentially horizontal.
when, in the middle station 2, the means of transportation 6 are decoupled from the cable of the corresponding cable loop 4, 5, said means of transportation 6 are decelerated to a low speed, after which passengers can conveniently leave and enter said means of transportation 6 while the latter are gua.ded past the guide device or the pulley 7. Subsequentl,y, the means of transportation 6 are again accelerated to a speed that corresponds to the speed of the cables of the cable loops 4, 5, after which said means of transportation 6 are again coupled to the cable.

Figs 6 to 8 diagrammatically show an overview of an aerial cableway with the lower station 7., the middle station 2, and the upper station 3. In the lower station 1 a pulley 11 is arranged, and i.n the upper station 3 a pulley 12 is arranged, which pulleys can be designed as is known from the state of the art. As indicated by the double arrows 13, the pulleys 11 and 12 are slidable along the longitudinal extension of the respective cable loop 4, 5 in order to maintain the correct cable tension, whereas the guide device 7 in the middle station is arranged so as to be stationary.
Furthermore, Figs 6=to 8 show different variants for_ driving the aerial cableway. In, Fig. 6 a drive 14 and a tension device are provided in the lower station 1, while in Fig. 7 a drive 14 and a tension device are prov.ided in the upper station 3. If the drive 14 is located in the lower station. 1(Fig. 6), the lower cable loop 4 drives the upper cable loop 5 by way of the guide device or pulley 7 in the middle station 2.
However, if the drive 14 is arranged in the upper station 3 (Fig. 7), the upper cable loop 5 drives the lower cable loop 4 by way of the guide device or pulley 7 in the middle station. 2. In a further variant (Fig.

_ 7 , 8) the guide device 7 comprises a drive 14 in the middle station, wherein in this case both cable loops 4, 5 are driven from the middle station 2.

Claims (12)

1. An aerial cableway comprising means of transportation (6), such as chairs or gondolas;
comprising two cable loops (4, 5) to which the means of transportation (6) can be coupled and from which the means of transportation (6) can be decoupled; and comprising a lower station (1), a middle station (2) and an upper station (3), wherein in the section from the lower station (1) to the middle station (2) the lower cable loop (4) is arranged, and from the middle station (2) to the upper station (3) the upper cable loop (5) is arranged, characterised in that the lower cable loop (4) and the upper cable loop (5) are guided around a shared guide device (7) in the middle station (2).
2. The device according to claim 1, characterised in that the guide device (7) is arranged so as to be stationary.
3. The device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the guide device (7) is a double-groove pulley.
4. The device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the guide device (7) comprises two single-groove pulleys that are mechanically connected or coupled.
5. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the guide device (7) is arranged horizontally.
6. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that in the lower station (1) and in the upper station (3) a slidable pulley (11, 12) is provided for the respective cable loop (4, 5).
7. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the pulley(s) (7) in the middle station (2) comprises(comprise) a drive (14).
8. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the lower pulley (11) comprises a drive (14).
9. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the upper pulley (12) comprises a drive (14).
10. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the lower cable loop (4) and the upper cable loop (5) in the middle station (2) are arranged at an angle (.alpha.) of less than 180°
relative to each other.
11. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the lower cable loop (4) and the upper cable loop (5) in the middle station (2) are arranged at an angle (.alpha.) of 180° relative to each other.
12. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that in each case in front of and behind the guide device (7) in the middle station (2), regions for coupling and decoupling the means of transportation (6) to or from the cable loops (4, 5) are provided, and in that between these regions a transport device (10) for the means of transportation (6) is provided, which transport device (10) guides the means of transportation (6) around the guide device (7).
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