EP0454722B1 - Track system comprising a drive track and a vehicle - Google Patents

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EP0454722B1
EP0454722B1 EP19900901914 EP90901914A EP0454722B1 EP 0454722 B1 EP0454722 B1 EP 0454722B1 EP 19900901914 EP19900901914 EP 19900901914 EP 90901914 A EP90901914 A EP 90901914A EP 0454722 B1 EP0454722 B1 EP 0454722B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
    • A63G21/04—Chutes; Helter-skelters with fixed rails
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B13/00—Other railway systems
    • B61B13/04—Monorail systems
    • B61B13/06—Saddle or like balanced type
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B25/00—Tracks for special kinds of railways
    • E01B25/08—Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail
    • E01B25/10—Mono-rails; Auxiliary balancing rails; Supports or connections for rails

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  • the present invention relates to a track system comprising a downwardly inclined track with associated passenger-conveying vehicle, the track being in the form of a monorail bar and the vehicle being equipped with support and guide wheels and/or support and guide slide means which are supported against the bar and is equipped with brake means, which cooperate with equivalent braking surfaces on the bar, the bar being provided with a lower support portion and an upper support portion, the latter preferably having a substantially circular peripheral surface for the support of the support wheels and/or the support slide means of the vehicle on opposite sides of the peripheral surface thereof, which support portions are connected to a common framework with which the bar is fastened to the ground, the support wheels and/or support slide means of the vehicle being exclusively supported in the upper support portion of the bar, while the brake means and the guide wheels or the guide slide means of the vehicle are supported on opposite sides of the lower support portion.
  • the aim is a system which can be employed all the year round, that is to say during summer conditions with and without precipitation as well as during winter conditions, for example with precipitation in the form of snow or rain or with ice formations.
  • the aim is a robust and reliable solution, where one becomes more or less independent of changeable weather and temperature conditions.
  • a track system similar to that described above is priorly known from WO-A-80/00221. It is suggested therein to use a vehicle with an inverse U-shaped cross-section riding on top of a similarly shaped monorail bar. Different shapes and different constructions of the monorail bar is suggested, but all of the suggestions are based on a simple mounting and demounting of the vehicle on the monorail bar. There is no suggestion of controlling the grip between the vehicle and the monorail bar during use of the vehicle, and the user is dependent on a braking effect to be obtained by pressing braking means against the opposite sides of the monorail bar by a clamping force provided by user's legs. This arrangement may for some applications be useful to some extent to control the speed of the vehicle. However, there is no suggestion of controlling the vehicle to such extent that an unintended lifting-off action of the vehicle from the monorail bar can be prevented.
  • a major aim of the present invention is to be able to control all movements of the vehicle in relation to the monorail bar, including controlling the speed of the vehicle and including controlling vertical as well as sidewise acting movements of the vehicle in relation to the monorail bar, even at rather high speeds.
  • the aim is to maintain the vehicle in a safe and secure position on the monorail bar during use thereof.
  • tracks are known having chute-shaped, that is to say concavely curved cross-sections.
  • tracks are known having chute-shaped, that is to say concavely curved cross-sections.
  • it is easy for leaves, dirt, and the like to be collected together with rainwater, snow and ice formations which make difficult or possibly stop the operation.
  • a vehicle is employed having a braking system connected to a bar arrangement in the bottom of the chute-shaped track.
  • a braking system connected to a bar arrangement in the bottom of the chute-shaped track.
  • traction mechanism in the bottom of the chute-shaped track.
  • the aim is a solution based on a simple, but nevertheless robust and reliable monorail construction, where the disadvantages of known solutions are avoided.
  • the aim inter alia is a solution where a certain desired possibility of movement for the vehicle is achieved laterally and peripherally relative to the monorail bar and nevertheless a dependable and effective guidance and support of the vehicle together with a dependable and effective braking of the vehicle relative to the monorail bar.
  • the track system according to the invention is characterised in that there is an upwardly sloping traction track which is connected to the downwardly inclined track to form a ring-shaped track system, that the connection of the support portions to the common framework is separately done, and that the upper support portion is made of elastically yielding material and has an elastically yielding shape and is provided with longitudinal supporting parts located and fixed internally thereof to allow peripheral movement and to some extent longitudinal movement thereof in relation to the common rigid framework, whereas the lower support portion is made of rigid material and has a rather rigid shape to restrict movements thereof to bending movements in relation to the common rigid framework.
  • the lower support portion which shall form a support for guide wheels or guide slide means, and which shall form a reliable stop for brake blocks or other braking means, can correspondingly be supported separately in the framework, that is to say independently of the possible local, elastic deformations in the upper support portion. Consequently provision can be made in an easy manner for rigidly connecting the lower support portion directly to the framework, so that an effective support is obtained for guide wheels, brake blocks, etc. directly via the framework to the ground, outside the upper support portion. The result is that according to the conditions a readily adaptable system is achieved.
  • the upper support portion is locally secured to the longitudinal parts of the framework, and that the lower support portion is rigidly connected to transverse parts of the framework, the longitudinal parts being rigidly connected to the transverse parts independently of the upper and lower support portion.
  • the upper support portion comprises a series of mutually aligned pipe sections, which are each provided with a longitudinal, downwardly directed access slot to the inner hollow space of the pipe section, the longitudinal frame parts, which are received shielded off in the pipe section, forming a series of peripherally mutually separated support surfaces for support of the inner surface of the pipe section in a sliding engagement with the framework, and that by means of longitudinal sheet pieces, which are arranged on each side of a longitudinal plane through the centre axis of the pipe section and the access slot of the pipe section parallel to the longitudinal frame parts, the lower support portion is rigidly connected to the framework via transverse frame parts, the transverse frame parts, which at the one end are directly secured to the longitudinal frame parts, passing through the access slot and at the opposite end are fastened to the ground.
  • Fig. 1 shows in perspective a track system according to the invention illustrated by a section of an upwardly sloping traction track.
  • Fig. 2 shows in perspective a track system according to the invention illustrated by a section of a downwardly inclined track.
  • Fig. 3 shows a vertical section across the bar.
  • Fig. 4 shows a section of a joint connection in the bar.
  • Fig. 5 and 6 show in side elevation and in front elevation a track system according to the invention, illustrated with a section of the track with vehicle and passengers.
  • Fig. 7 shows in front elevation the same as in Fig. 6, but illustrated with a laterally obliquely positioned bar in combination with a longitudinally arched track contour (left swing).
  • Fig. 8 shows a vertical section across the vehicle.
  • Fig. 9 shows a side elevation of vehicle and bar.
  • Fig. 10 and 11 show in section various details of the vehicle and the bar.
  • Fig. 1 and 2 there is shown a track system according to the invention, illustrated during wintry conditions, that is to say with snow cover in regions which push tightly up to the track system, but with snow-free conditions as far as possible in the track system itself.
  • a bar 10 which forms a part of the track system, is arranged on top of a triangular terrain construction 11, which projects substantially upwards above the terrain.
  • Fig. 1 is a first section of the track system, which is designed to pull a number of vehicles 12 one after the other along an upwardly sloping bar 10a from a lower point of departure (not shown) to an upper start area (not shown either).
  • the section of the track system as shown in Fig 1 is arranged just by an parallel to a conventional ski tow 13, there being employed an easily hookable and unhookable pulling line piece 14 from a common main pulling line 15 to the individual vehicle 12. In this way one can combine a conventional ski tow with a traction system for the vehicles in the present track system.
  • Fig. 2 there is shown a section of another main section of the track system, which is designed to transport the vehicle 12 along a downwardly inclined bar 10b, designed correspondingly as in a conventional switchback or rodel track from the start area to the lower point of departure.
  • the advancement, of the vehicle 12 through the other section of the track system, as illustrated in part in Fig. 2, takes place in a conventionally known manner by means of the action of the force of gravity of the vehicle and its passenger(s).
  • the speed of advancement through the other part of the track system can be adjusted by means of a brake mechanism, which will be described further below.
  • the two sections of the track system are designed to form a part of a coherent ring-shaped track system.
  • two or more downwardly inclined tracks can be connected for example to a common upwardly sloping track, so that in practice the users can employ various track lines of different length and different speed, according to desire and need.
  • the downwardly inclined tracks can also be laid down for example in an existing chair hoist or gondola installation where vehicle and passengers are conveyed upwardly in a gondola (hoist chair) and whereby the upwardly sloping traction track can be omitted.
  • Fig. 3 there is shown a cross-section of a bar 10 according to the invention.
  • the bar 10 comprises an upper, convexly curved support portion 16 and a lower, compressed support portion 17, which projects downwardly from the under side of the support portion 16, largely as a continuation of the latter.
  • the support portions 16 and 17 are not directly connected to each other, but are separately fastened to a common framework 18.
  • the upper support portion 16 is shown in the form of a more or less continuous series of endways impacting and mutually aligned pipe sections.
  • Each pipe section is made of extruded plastic (polyethylene).
  • Each pipe section 16 is split longitudinally by means of a longitudinal access slot 19 laterally to the inner hollow space 20 of the pipe section.
  • In the inner hollow space 20 there are received parts 21, 22, 23 of the framework 18, that is to say a pair of duct-shaped frame parts 21, 22 with oppositely facing duct openings and the upper portion 23a of transverse frame parts 23, of which only one frame part 23 is shown in Fig. 3, together with an upper portion of sheet pieces 24, 25 which form a part of the lower support portion 17.
  • the frame parts 21, 22 are arranged on opposite sides of the frame members 23 and are fastened to the upper end of each of these with a pair of fastening bolts 26 and associated fastening nuts 26a.
  • the sheet pieces 24, 25 are correspondingly arranged on each side of the frame parts 23 and are fastened to the latter with fastening pins 27, pop nails or like fastening means. All the fastening means, that is to say the fastening bolts 26 and the fastening pins 27, are received in a shielded-off manner in the inner hollow space 20 of the pipe sections 16.
  • the frame parts 23 are in addition connected to each other by means of galvanised steel plates 29, which are arranged between the sheet pieces 24, 25 and the frame parts 23 and are extended a significant distance below the sheet pieces 24, 25 and downwards into the terrain construction 11, while the frame parts 23 are extended further downwards and fastened in the ground a distance (not shown further) below the terrain construction.
  • galvanised steel plates 29 which are arranged between the sheet pieces 24, 25 and the frame parts 23 and are extended a significant distance below the sheet pieces 24, 25 and downwards into the terrain construction 11, while the frame parts 23 are extended further downwards and fastened in the ground a distance (not shown further) below the terrain construction.
  • Fig. 4 there is shown a joint connection between two pipe sections 16, the one end of the one pipe section being fastened with an approximately S-shaped fastening bracket 30 to the flange of the beam 21.
  • the adjacent end of the other pipe section is without fastening to the beam 21, so that it can expand or contract longitudinally relative to the beam with different temperature changes.
  • the pipe sections are terminated by an intermediate expansion gap 31.
  • a sleeve-shaped thin plate 32 of metal (steel) is fastened to one end of the one pipe section and projects axially displaceably inwards over the adjacent end of :he other pipe section.
  • Fig. 5 and 6 show the vehicle 12 during use on the downwardly inclined bar 10b.
  • the vehicle is shown with a front, shield-forming front piece 23, which extends below over into a longitudinal foot support 34 and 35 on opposite sides of the bar 10b. It is evident from Fig. 5 and 6 that the vehicle 12 surrounds the upper support portion 16 and the lower support portion 17 with the front piece 33 and a main portion 36 disposed behind with associated seat 36a.
  • the main portion 36 and the front piece 33 with the foot supports 34, 35 project a small distance vertically below the support portion 17.
  • the vehicle 12 is shown in a curved contour (left swing) of the bar 10b, and frame parts 23 of the bar 10b are shown in a corresponding oblique position relative to a horizontal plane, in order to counteract the centrifugal force of the vehicle.
  • FIG. 8 two support wheels 37, 38 are shown on their respective associated rotary shafts 39, 40 at the rear end of the main portion 36, while two corresponding support wheels (of which only one support wheel is shown in Fig. 9) are arranged at the front end of the main portion 36 in equivalent positions.
  • the centre planes 37a, 38a of the support wheels 37, 38 cross each other at the centre axis 16a of the pipe section 16 at a mutual angle of 90°.
  • Each and all slide means 41 are arranged at a certain distance from the pipe section and are adapted to form intermittent supporting abutments against the pipe section on the occurrence of elastic deformations (longitudinal and peripheral) of the pipe section during use.
  • the vehicle forms support and guide abutments against the sheet pieces 24, 25 via a pair of opposite support and guide wheels 42, 43, which are rotatably mounted about rotary shafts 42a, 43a in their respective brackets 44, 45.
  • Fig. 10 there is fastened pivotably mounted on the rear bracket 45 (and 44 on the opposite side) the one, short branch 46a of a two-branched lever 46.
  • the other, long branch 46b of the lever is connected at the outer end via a brake wire 47 to a pivotably mounted brake actuating means 48 (see Fig. 5 and 8) on the front piece 33 of the vehicle 12.
  • the lever 46 carries in the passage between the two branches 46a and 46b a brake block 49 pivotably mounted about a pivot pin 50.
  • a compression spring 51 presses the brake block 49 directly against the sheet piece 24 (an equivalent brake block is pressed against the sheet piece 25 from the opposite side).
  • the actuating means 48 forms a handle for passenger 49 of the vehicle and acts as a "dead man's" control, where the braking force from the compression spring 51 is nullified by an equivalent power loading from the passenger via the handle 48, but where the braking force is activated immediately the passenger eliminates the power loading against the handle 48.
  • the brake mechanism is shown in Fig. 10 in full lines in an active braking position and with dotted lines in a released condition where the vehicle is released for unhindered driving on the bar 10.
  • An equivalent brake mechanism with associated lever 52 and brake block 53 can be operated via a brake wire 54 of a foot pedal 55 (see Fig. 5), where the braking force is for example applied by means of the power of the foot as required.

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NO890282A NO166620C (no) 1989-01-23 1989-01-23 Banesystem omfattende en kjoerebane og et kjoeretoey.

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