EP0135239A2 - Progressive Zugkraftvorrichtung mit zentrifugalbremse für Skilifte - Google Patents

Progressive Zugkraftvorrichtung mit zentrifugalbremse für Skilifte Download PDF

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EP0135239A2
EP0135239A2 EP84201262A EP84201262A EP0135239A2 EP 0135239 A2 EP0135239 A2 EP 0135239A2 EP 84201262 A EP84201262 A EP 84201262A EP 84201262 A EP84201262 A EP 84201262A EP 0135239 A2 EP0135239 A2 EP 0135239A2
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Hans Günter Czaloun
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B11/00—Ski lift, sleigh lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only
    • B61B11/004—Means connecting load and cable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/06—Safety devices or measures against cable fracture

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  • the present invention relates to a progressively acting hauling device for ski-lifts, and is particularly relating to the centrifugal brake with which the recall device is provided of the rope to which the skier clings.
  • the hauling devices consist of essentially three parts: a joint to the hauling cable, an intermediate connecting element, and a joint for the skier.
  • the intermediate connecting element consists of the rope suitable to be wound on a drum, on which a recall spiral spring is active, as well as of a centrifugal brake, whose purpose is of increasing the force necessary to cause the rope to be unwound, and of preventing a too rapid rewinding of the same, under the action of the said spiral wing.
  • centrifugal brakes for said recall devices. They comprise substantially at least a shoe provided with a high weight mass, said shoe being pivotally connected to the winding drum for the rope, and being kept by the action of a spring at a given distance from the inside cylindrical surface of the cas ing which encloses the recall device.
  • the brake shoe By turning the winding drum, either in a direction or in the other, whether the rope is drawn from the casing and hence unwound from the drum, or it is recalled into the casing and hence rewound on the drum, the brake shoe is centri fugally pressed against the inside surface of the casing, thus applying its braking force.
  • the shoe(s) of such centrifugal brakes are usually realized as a single formed metal piece, whose mass is high enough to the purpose of exerting the centrifugal force. These shoes undergo oxidation and corrosion by the humidity which can possibly penetrate inside the casing and, mainly after an inactivity period (during the summer) they are exposed to seize up, and to be not any more fully operating upon subsequent'restarting of the plant.
  • Eachone of these shoes moreover bears a gasket of friction material, which is usually cemented, or otherwise made solid with the metallic body of the shoe. This gasket undergoes wear, and when it is worn down, the whole shoe must be replaced.
  • centrifugal brake has been proposed for hauling devices, provided with at least one shoe consisting of a body moulded from plastics incorporating a metallic mass, on which body a separated gasket is clutched and hence rigid ly constrained, of self lubricating plastic material, such gasket being interchangeable, and having the two on posite ends directed towards the turning directions of the shoe pointedly shaped.
  • the gasket of the shoe being a separated component equipped with rapid fastening means, can be easily assembled on the body of the shoe and replaced when it is worn down.
  • the particular shape of the gasket has the purpose of securing the braking action also in the presence of liquid matter inside the casing, which shall be removed by the pointed ends of the gasket, thus eliminating any hydrodinamic lubrication effect (aquaplaning).
  • Purpose of the present invention is therefore of further improving the centrifugal brake for hauling devices according to the Applicant's preceding proposal, in order to conclusively solving the problem involved by the so-called "aquaplaning" and to securing the perfect efficiency of the brake even in the presence of water inside the casing.
  • a plurality of protruding teeth are formed along the periphery of the shoe, closely to its articu lation pin, and the gasket is provided on its rear face with a transverse groove suitable to be coupled with one of said teeth, so as to allow limited swinging movings to the gasket, around the coupling tooth, and to achieve a perfect fitting of the gasket to the inside sliding surface of the casing.
  • the penetration of humidity is thus avoided between the braking surfaces, and a more uniform wear is secured of the gaskets.
  • the hauling device generally indicated as 10, com prises in a known manner a casing 11 intended for being connected, e.g., fastened to a hauling cable (not shown) of a ski-lift plant.
  • the casing 11 houses the recall device (not shown) for a rope 12 which goes to the outside through a funnel-form lower orifice 13 of the casing, such rope bear ing at its free end a joint 14 for the skier.
  • This recall device comprises in a known way a drum 15 for winding the rope 12, such drum being rotatably mounted on a pivot 16 supported inside the casing 11 and in a cover tightly applied on the casing, and defining a chamber which houses a recall spiral spring fixed at one of its ends to said cover, and at the other end at a hub coupled with said drum 15. This spiral spring tends to rotate the drum 15 in the winding direction of the rope.
  • One side of the winding drum 15 is provided on dia metrally opposed positions, with two articulation pins 20 for two shoes 21 which have their opposite end 22 hook . like shaped, and are loosely hooked to a brake guide 23 mounted on the hub 24 of drum 15.
  • Springs 25 connect the two shoes 21 to each other in order to holding them, un der static conditions, spaced apart from the inside cylindrical surface 26 of the casing 11.
  • each shoe 21 consists of a shaped body moulded in one single piece from plastics, said body completely enclosing a metallic mass 27, which confers to the body itself the necessary weight for the centrifugal action.
  • This shaped body moreover is already provided with all functional components, such as in particular the hook 22, a through hole 28 suitable to house the articulation pivot 20, as well as bores 29, 30 for hooking the springs 25.
  • the hole 28 for the pivot 20 communicates with a slit 31 which makes the same hole elastically en largeable and allows an elastically blocked coupling to be realized with the pin 20, thus securing a silent and smooth operating of the brake.
  • the shoe of plastics bears moreover a gasket 32, which, according to the invention, is mounted on the bo dy of the shoe itself so as to be able to slightly swing and to be easily replaced.
  • this gasket 32 which-is made from self lubricating plastic material, is provided on its rear side with two transverse ribs 33 as a single piece, which define between each other a groove intended for being coupled with one from a series of transverse teeth 35 peripherically protruding from the body of plastics of the shoe 21 (see Fig. 2).
  • the coupling between the rear groove of the gasket 32 and the tooth 35 is such as to allow a limited swinging of the gasket around the slightly enlarged and rounded head of the tooth 35, so as to secure during the braking action the perfect fitting of the outside.surface of the gasket to the inside cylindrical surface 26 of the casing 11.
  • the forming is avoided of a hydrodynamic bearing between the braking surfaces, and the phenomenon of "aquaplaning" is avoided.
  • the gasket 32 is additionally provided with two flexible side fins of substantially triangular shape 36 with enlarged free ends 37, whose purpose is of radial ly holding in position the gasket on the shoe, by acting in cooperation with side shoulders 38 of the shoe itself, without preventing said gaskets from swinging.
  • the transverse teeth 35 are provided on the periphery of the shoe 21 in the nearby of its through hole 28 suitable to house the articulation pivot 20.
  • the pres ence of such teeth 35 makes it possible to move the gas ket 32 from tooth to tooth, thus allowing the braking force to be varied. Indeed, the closer the gasket is mounted to the shoe articulation axis, the larger is the braking force.
  • the operating way of the centrifugal brake describe ed is not different to that of known brakes of this type and a detailed description of it is therefore not neces sary.
  • the brake is active in both the turning directions of the winding drum 15, that is to say, when the rope 12 is being extracted from the casing 11 and is unwound from the drum, as well as when the rope 12, due to the action of the recall spring, is returned inside the cas ing, for being rewound on the drum.

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EP84201262A 1983-09-16 1984-09-03 Progressive Zugkraftvorrichtung mit zentrifugalbremse für Skilifte Expired - Lifetime EP0135239B1 (de)

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ITMI1983U22994U IT8322994U1 (it) 1983-09-16 1983-09-16 Freno centrifugo per dispositivo di traino ad azione progressiva per sciovie.

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EP0135239B1 (de) 1990-04-04

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