EP0663328B1 - Transport system with two aerial cables - Google Patents

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EP0663328B1
EP0663328B1 EP95410001A EP95410001A EP0663328B1 EP 0663328 B1 EP0663328 B1 EP 0663328B1 EP 95410001 A EP95410001 A EP 95410001A EP 95410001 A EP95410001 A EP 95410001A EP 0663328 B1 EP0663328 B1 EP 0663328B1
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  • the invention relates to a transport installation having at least one passive vehicle coupled to a towing cable by a disengageable clamp to be towed and to roll on a wide track, which connects two stations and which consists of two carrying cables extending parallel to the same level with a spacing substantially equal to or slightly less than the width of the vehicle, which vehicle includes rollers of bearing on the supporting cables, which are arranged above of the vehicle roof so that this roof is located below of the plan containing the two carrying cables.
  • a known installation of the kind mentioned comprises a carriage, which rolls on the cables and to which a hanger is articulated fixing the vehicle.
  • This cable car transporter designed to be installed in the mountains, is bulky and does not not allow circulation of several vehicles on the same way.
  • the installation according to the invention has the characteristics of Claim 1.
  • the lines or connections between the rollers and the vehicle preferably extend outside the cables carriers so as to frame these two cables, which are then supported by hooves held by the top and by the internal side by pylons.
  • a reverse layout is fine heard conceivable.
  • the towing cables pass advantageously in the stations on idler pulleys to form closed loops driving vehicles from one station to another and stopping vehicles at these stations.
  • the vehicle In the station the vehicle is coupled, by closing a clamp, to a loop of cable stopped, before being accelerated and driven on the track, by driving the cable loop, to the next station where it stops by stopping the loop of cable.
  • the same loop can extend between several stations successive and this loop is then stopped at each pass of the vehicle at a station.
  • the way can be subdivided into several sections, each equipped with a loop of tractor cable and in each station the vehicle is uncoupled from one of the loops to be coupled to the loop next.
  • each vehicle is equipped with a clamp suitable, in particular of the type described in French patent N ° 2,337,067 and the ends of the loops overlap.
  • the mechanism for driving and / or returning the towing cables is housed in the space defined by the interval between the carrying cables and the roof of the vehicle and between the two support shoes of the carrier cables in a station.
  • the station structure is simplified, the whole being fixed to the frame of the station which can be a simple pylon. It is possible to arrange the pulley driving the towing cable in a different location, for example at a vehicle stop station without change of cable.
  • tractor strands of the different loops are preferably grouped in a first horizontal layer, while the strands back are grouped in a second tablecloth arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the track.
  • the installation includes a forward and a return track, arranged side by side, the towing strand of a loop can be associated with one of the channels while the return strand extends the along the other track.
  • a passenger transport vehicle 10 is suspended from a track 11, consisting of two carrying cables 12,13, which extend parallel while being carried, to the same level, by pylons 22 schematically marked on the Figures 4, 5 and 6.
  • the spacing of the two carrying cables 12,13 is substantially equal to the width of the vehicle 10, of shape parallelepiped, to form a wide track 11, which connects two or more successive stations, where the vehicles 10, traveling on the track, stop for the disembarkation and / or embarkation of passengers.
  • Both side walls 14,15 of the vehicle 10, parallel to the track 11, are extended upwards by wings 16,17 bearing each of the rollers 18 rolling on the carrying cables 12,13.
  • the wings 16.17 are arranged outside the carrying cables 12,13 by framing these and each wing 16.17 carries two horizontal axes 19.20, at the front and rear of the vehicle 10, facing the interior perpendicular to the track.
  • On each axis 19.20 is articulated a pendulum with two rollers 18, the number of which can to be superior to constitute a train of pebbles.
  • the wings 16,17 play the role of connecting lines between the rollers 18 and the vehicle 10 and that they can be replaced by such lines and depending on the size of the vehicle 10 the number of axes 19,20 for rocker support at rollers 18 can be higher.
  • the interval "i" between rollers 18 and the roof 21 of the vehicle 10 is of low height "h", so as to bring the vehicle closer to the plane containing the load-bearing cables 12.13.
  • Each pylon 22 has a pair of shoes 23 for supporting the carrying cables 12,13, housed in the interval "i" and the assembly is arranged to allow the free passage of vehicle 10 traveling on track 11. Both shoes 23 are fixed to the pylon 22 by crosspieces 24 located inside lane 11, but a reverse arrangement with rollers 18 held from the inside and shoes 23 maintained from the outside, is conceivable.
  • the pylons 22 are of a well-known type with two lateral arms, each associated with one of the channels in the case of arranged return routes side by side or easel spanning a single track.
  • the vehicle 10 is a passive vehicle coupled in line to a cable tractor, which extends along track 11.
  • the length "m" of the vehicle can be several meters, for example 6 meters.
  • towing cable loops 25,26,27 each having one strand tractor 25a, 26a, 27a, and a return strand 25b, 26b, 27b.
  • Strands tractors 25a, 26a, 27a are grouped in a first ply 28 horizontal and the strands back 25b, 26b, 27b in a second horizontal tablecloth 29, arranged symmetrically from the first 28 relative to the axis of symmetry of track 11.
  • Cables 25,26,27 tractors are arranged between the two carrying cables 12.13 and they pass on support rollers 30, carried by jumpers 31 in support of the supporting cables 12,13 and in the stations on return pulleys 32.33, one of which 32 is driven and rotated by a motor 34.
  • the height "h" of the interval "i” is for example of the order of a meter or less than one meter, but sufficient to accommodate hooves 23 and towing cables 25,26,27 with their supports in the interval "i".
  • the vehicle 10 includes a disengageable clamp 35 capable of to couple the vehicle 10 to one of the tractor strands 25a, 26a, 27a, which then ensures the traction of the vehicle on the track 11.
  • the clamp 35 is for example of the type described in the aforementioned French patent No. 2,337,067 for coupling to any 27 any of the towing cables 25,26,27 and to one of these cables at once.
  • the clamp 35 is carried by the end of a cantilevered transverse arm passing over one 13 of the supporting cables and fixed to the adjacent wing 17. After closing the clamp 35 of the vehicle 10, at the stop in station, on the tractor cable 27, it is driven by the motor 34 for towing vehicle 10 on track 11 and take it to the next station where the cable and vehicle mated are stopped.
  • the wide track 11 ensures great stability of the vehicle 10 and provides sufficient space for the accommodation of the two layers 28.29 towing cables 25,26,27 between the two carrying cables 12,13 in the interval "i" of low height.
  • the driving of the towing cables 25, 26, 27 can be carried out by a driving drum arranged at any point of the track, in particular in a stop station without changing the cable or by any other operating means.
  • the invention is applicable to installations having only two loops of towing cables or a greater number of loops and the arrangement of these loops may be different, the two strands of the same loop being for example arranged side by side. In an installation having outward and return paths arranged side by side, the traction strands can extend along the outward path and the return strands along the return path and vice versa.

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The cable car transport installation has passive vehicles (10) drawn by a tractor cable (25,26,27). The vehicle is carried by two support cables (12,13) on pulleys (18) fitted the roof of the vehicle, on either side. The roof of the vehicle is below the plane of the two cables. The distance between the roof and the cables is sufficient to allow several tractor cables to lie between the two support cables at a slightly lower level than the plane of the support cables. The tractor cables pass round return pulleys at winder stations. Different cables allow different vehicles to be drawn at differing speeds, and vehicles to be stationary while others are moving.

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L'invention est relative à une installation de transport ayant au moins un véhicule passif accouplé à un câble tracteur par une pince débrayable pour être tracté et pour rouler sur une voie large, qui relie deux stations et qui est constituée de deux câbles porteurs s'étendant parallèlement à un même niveau avec un écartement sensiblement égal ou légèrement inférieur à la largeur du véhicule, lequel véhicule comprend des galets de roulement sur les câbles porteurs, qui sont disposés au-dessus du toit du véhicule de façon que ce toit est situé au-dessous du plan contenant les deux câbles porteurs.The invention relates to a transport installation having at least one passive vehicle coupled to a towing cable by a disengageable clamp to be towed and to roll on a wide track, which connects two stations and which consists of two carrying cables extending parallel to the same level with a spacing substantially equal to or slightly less than the width of the vehicle, which vehicle includes rollers of bearing on the supporting cables, which are arranged above of the vehicle roof so that this roof is located below of the plan containing the two carrying cables.

Une installation connue du genre mentionné comporte un chariot, qui roule sur les câbles et auquel est articulée une suspente de fixation du véhicule. Ce transporteur du type téléphérique, conçu pour être installé en montagne, est encombrant et ne permet pas une circulation de plusieurs véhicules sur une même voie.A known installation of the kind mentioned comprises a carriage, which rolls on the cables and to which a hanger is articulated fixing the vehicle. This cable car transporter, designed to be installed in the mountains, is bulky and does not not allow circulation of several vehicles on the same way.

Les avantages de respect de l'environnement, d'absence de pollution et de coût réduit des transporteurs à câbles aériens sont bien connus et la présente invention a pour but de permettre la réalisation d'un tel transporteur approprié aux transports urbains.The advantages of respect for the environment, absence of pollution and reduced cost of overhead cable carriers are well known and the present invention aims to allow the realization of such a transporter suitable for urban transport.

L'installation selon l'invention présente les caractéristiques de la Revendication 1.The installation according to the invention has the characteristics of Claim 1.

En site urbain la pente ou les changements de pente de la voie sont faibles et la quasi suppression de la suspente, qui permet une réduction notable de la hauteur de l'installation et donc de son coût, n'est pas gênante. Les véhicules roulent sur la voie constituée par les deux câbles porteurs comme des wagons de chemin de fer tractés par câble et l'infrastructure au sol est réduite à des pylônes échelonnés le long de la voie.In urban areas the slope or changes in slope of the track are weak and the virtual removal of the line, which allows a significant reduction in the height of the installation and therefore of its cost, is not annoying. Vehicles drive on the track formed by the two carrying cables like wagons of railway towed by cable and ground infrastructure is reduced to pylons staggered along the track.

Les suspentes ou les liaisons entre les galets de roulement et le véhicule s'étendent de préférence à l'extérieur des câbles porteurs de manière à encadrer ces deux câbles,lesquels sont alors supportés par des sabots maintenus par le haut et par le côté interne par des pylônes. Une disposition inverse est bien entendu concevable.The lines or connections between the rollers and the vehicle preferably extend outside the cables carriers so as to frame these two cables, which are then supported by hooves held by the top and by the internal side by pylons. A reverse layout is fine heard conceivable.

Les câbles tracteurs passent avantageusement dans les stations sur des poulies de renvoi pour constituer des boucles fermées d'entraínement des véhicules d'une station vers l'autre et d'arrêt des véhicules dans ces stations. Dans la station le véhicule est accouplé, par fermeture d'une pince, à une boucle de câble à l'arrêt, avant d'être accéléré et entraíné sur la voie, par entraínement de la boucle de câble, jusqu'à la station suivante où il s'arrête par arrêt de la boucle de câble. Une même boucle peut s'étendre entre plusieurs stations successives et cette boucle est alors arrêtée à chaque passage du véhicule dans une station. La voie peut au contraire être subdivisée en plusieurs sections, chacune équipée d'une boucle de câble tracteur et dans chaque station le véhicule est désaccouplé de l'une des boucles pour être accouplé à la boucle suivante. A cet effet chaque véhicule est équipé d'une pince appropriée, notamment du type décrit dans le brevet français N° 2 337 067 et les extrémités des boucles se chevauchent.The towing cables pass advantageously in the stations on idler pulleys to form closed loops driving vehicles from one station to another and stopping vehicles at these stations. In the station the vehicle is coupled, by closing a clamp, to a loop of cable stopped, before being accelerated and driven on the track, by driving the cable loop, to the next station where it stops by stopping the loop of cable. The same loop can extend between several stations successive and this loop is then stopped at each pass of the vehicle at a station. On the contrary, the way can be subdivided into several sections, each equipped with a loop of tractor cable and in each station the vehicle is uncoupled from one of the loops to be coupled to the loop next. For this purpose each vehicle is equipped with a clamp suitable, in particular of the type described in French patent N ° 2,337,067 and the ends of the loops overlap.

Selon un développement important de l'invention le mécanisme d'entraínement et/ou de renvoi des câbles tracteurs est logé dans l'espace défini par l'intervalle entre les câbles porteurs et le toit du véhicule et entre les deux sabots de support des câbles porteurs dans une station. En logeant les poulies de renvoi et le cas échéant leurs moteurs d'entraínement dans cet intervalle, la structure de la station est simplifiée, l'ensemble étant fixé à la charpente de la station qui peut être un simple pylône. Il est possible de disposer la poulie d'entraínement du câble tracteur en un emplacement différent, par exemple en une station d'arrêt du véhicule sans changement de câble.According to an important development of the invention, the mechanism for driving and / or returning the towing cables is housed in the space defined by the interval between the carrying cables and the roof of the vehicle and between the two support shoes of the carrier cables in a station. By housing the pulleys of return and if necessary their drive motors in this interval, the station structure is simplified, the whole being fixed to the frame of the station which can be a simple pylon. It is possible to arrange the pulley driving the towing cable in a different location, for example at a vehicle stop station without change of cable.

Selon un développement de l'invention plusieurs câbles tracteurs ou boucles de câbles tracteurs équipent une même voie, chaque câble étant entraíné indépendamment des autres pour permettre une circulation simultanée de plusieurs véhicules sur une même voie, de la manière décrite dans la demande de brevet français N° 93 01630 du 08 février 1993. Les brins tracteurs des différentes boucles sont de préférence groupés en une première nappe horizontale, tandis que les brins retour sont groupés en une deuxième nappe disposée symétriquement par rapport à l'axe de la voie. Lorsque l'installation comporte une voie aller et une voie retour, disposées côte à côte, le brin tracteur d'une boucle peut être associé à l'une des voies tandis que le brin retour s'étend le long de l'autre voie.According to a development of the invention, several cables tractors or loops of tractor cables equip the same track, each cable being driven independently of the others to allow simultaneous circulation of several vehicles on the same lane, as described in the French patent application N ° 93 01 630 of February 08, 1993. The tractor strands of the different loops are preferably grouped in a first horizontal layer, while the strands back are grouped in a second tablecloth arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the track. When the installation includes a forward and a return track, arranged side by side, the towing strand of a loop can be associated with one of the channels while the return strand extends the along the other track.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques ressortiront plus clairement de la description qui va suivre d'un mode de mise en oeuvre de l'invention donné à titre d'exemple et représenté aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels:

  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'un véhicule d'une installation de transport selon l'invention;
  • les figures 2 et 3 sont des vues en coupe, respectivement transversale et longitudinale du véhicule selon la figure 1;
  • les figures 4 et 5 sont des vues en plan et en élévation d'une section de voie équipée d'une seule boucle de câble tracteur;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en coupe transversale du véhicule au passage d'un pylône.
    • Other advantages and characteristics will emerge more clearly from the description which follows of an embodiment of the invention given by way of example and shown in the appended drawings, in which:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a vehicle of a transport installation according to the invention;
  • Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views, respectively transverse and longitudinal of the vehicle according to Figure 1;
  • Figures 4 and 5 are plan views and elevation of a track section equipped with a single loop of tractor cable;
  • Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the vehicle when passing a pylon.

    • Sur les figures un véhicule 10 de transport de passagers est suspendu à une voie 11, constituée par deux câbles porteurs 12,13, qui s'étendent parallèlement en étant portés, à un même niveau, par des pylônes 22 schématiquement repérés sur les figures 4, 5 et 6. L'écartement des deux câbles porteurs 12,13 est sensiblement égal à la largeur du véhicule 10, de forme parallélépipèdique, pour constituer une voie large 11, qui relie deux ou plusieurs stations successives, où le ou les véhicules 10, circulant sur la voie, s'arrêtent pour le débarquement et/ou l'embarquement des passagers. Les deux parois latérales 14,15 du véhicule 10, parallèles à la voie 11, sont prolongées vers le haut par des ailes 16,17 portant chacune des galets 18 roulant sur les câbles porteurs 12,13. Dans l'exemple représenté sur les figures les ailes 16,17 sont disposées à l'extérieur des câbles porteurs 12,13 en encadrant ces derniers et chaque aile 16,17 porte deux axes horizontaux 19,20, à l'avant et à l'arrière du véhicule 10, orientés vers l'intérieur perpendiculairement à la voie. Sur chaque axe 19,20 est articulé un balancier à deux galets 18, dont le nombre peut être supérieur pour constituer un train de galets. Il est clair que les ailes 16,17 jouent le rôle de suspentes de liaison entre les galets 18 et le véhicule 10 et qu'elles peuvent être remplacées par de telles suspentes et que selon la taille du véhicule 10 le nombre d'axes 19,20 de support de balanciers à galets 18 peut être supérieur. L'intervalle "i" entre les galets 18 et le toit 21 du véhicule 10 est de faible hauteur "h", de manière à rapprocher le véhicule du plan contenant les câbles porteurs 12,13. Chaque pylône 22 comporte une paire de sabots 23 de support des câbles porteurs 12,13, logés dans l'intervalle "i" et l'ensemble est agencé pour permettre le libre passage du véhicule 10 roulant sur la voie 11. Les deux sabots 23 sont fixés au pylône 22 par des traverses 24 situées à l'intérieur de la voie 11, mais une disposition inverse avec des galets 18 maintenus de l'intérieur et des sabots 23 maintenus de l'extérieur, est concevable. Les pylônes 22 sont d'un type bien connu à deux bras latéraux, chacun associé à l'une des voies dans le cas de voies aller et retour disposées côte à côte ou à chevalet enjambant une voie unique. Le véhicule 10 est un véhicule passif accouplé en ligne à un câble tracteur, qui s'étend le long de la voie 11. La longueur "m" du véhicule peut être de plusieurs mètres, par exemple 6 mètres.In the figures, a passenger transport vehicle 10 is suspended from a track 11, consisting of two carrying cables 12,13, which extend parallel while being carried, to the same level, by pylons 22 schematically marked on the Figures 4, 5 and 6. The spacing of the two carrying cables 12,13 is substantially equal to the width of the vehicle 10, of shape parallelepiped, to form a wide track 11, which connects two or more successive stations, where the vehicles 10, traveling on the track, stop for the disembarkation and / or embarkation of passengers. Both side walls 14,15 of the vehicle 10, parallel to the track 11, are extended upwards by wings 16,17 bearing each of the rollers 18 rolling on the carrying cables 12,13. In the example shown in the figures, the wings 16.17 are arranged outside the carrying cables 12,13 by framing these and each wing 16.17 carries two horizontal axes 19.20, at the front and rear of the vehicle 10, facing the interior perpendicular to the track. On each axis 19.20 is articulated a pendulum with two rollers 18, the number of which can to be superior to constitute a train of pebbles. It's clear that the wings 16,17 play the role of connecting lines between the rollers 18 and the vehicle 10 and that they can be replaced by such lines and depending on the size of the vehicle 10 the number of axes 19,20 for rocker support at rollers 18 can be higher. The interval "i" between rollers 18 and the roof 21 of the vehicle 10 is of low height "h", so as to bring the vehicle closer to the plane containing the load-bearing cables 12.13. Each pylon 22 has a pair of shoes 23 for supporting the carrying cables 12,13, housed in the interval "i" and the assembly is arranged to allow the free passage of vehicle 10 traveling on track 11. Both shoes 23 are fixed to the pylon 22 by crosspieces 24 located inside lane 11, but a reverse arrangement with rollers 18 held from the inside and shoes 23 maintained from the outside, is conceivable. The pylons 22 are of a well-known type with two lateral arms, each associated with one of the channels in the case of arranged return routes side by side or easel spanning a single track. The vehicle 10 is a passive vehicle coupled in line to a cable tractor, which extends along track 11. The length "m" of the vehicle can be several meters, for example 6 meters.

    Dans l'intervalle "i" au-dessus du toit 21 s'étendent trois boucles de câbles tracteurs 25,26,27, ayant chacune un brin tracteur 25a,26a,27a, et un brin retour 25b,26b,27b. Les brins tracteurs 25a,26a,27a sont groupés en une première nappe 28 horizontale et les brins retour 25b,26b,27b en une deuxième nappe horizontale 29, disposée symétriquement de la première 28 par rapport à l'axe de symétrie de la voie 11. Les câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 sont disposés entre les deux câbles porteurs 12,13 et ils passent sur des galets de support 30, portés par des cavaliers 31 en appui des câbles porteurs 12,13 et dans les stations sur des poulies de renvoi 32,33, dont l'une 32 est motrice et entraínée en rotation par un moteur 34. La hauteur "h" de l'intervalle "i" est par exemple de l'ordre du mètre ou inférieure à un mètre, mais suffisante au logement des sabots 23 et des câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 avec leurs supports dans l'intervalle "i".In the interval "i" above the roof 21 extend three towing cable loops 25,26,27, each having one strand tractor 25a, 26a, 27a, and a return strand 25b, 26b, 27b. Strands tractors 25a, 26a, 27a are grouped in a first ply 28 horizontal and the strands back 25b, 26b, 27b in a second horizontal tablecloth 29, arranged symmetrically from the first 28 relative to the axis of symmetry of track 11. Cables 25,26,27 tractors are arranged between the two carrying cables 12.13 and they pass on support rollers 30, carried by jumpers 31 in support of the supporting cables 12,13 and in the stations on return pulleys 32.33, one of which 32 is driven and rotated by a motor 34. The height "h" of the interval "i" is for example of the order of a meter or less than one meter, but sufficient to accommodate hooves 23 and towing cables 25,26,27 with their supports in the interval "i".

    Le véhicule 10 comporte une pince débrayable 35 susceptible d'accoupler le véhicule 10 à l'un des brins tracteurs 25a,26a,27a, qui assure alors la traction du véhicule sur la voie 11. La pince 35 est par exemple du type décrit dans le brevet français précité N° 2 337 067 pour un accouplement à l'un 27 quelconque des câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 et à un seul de ces câbles à la fois. La pince 35 est portée par l'extrémité d'un bras transversal en porte à faux, passant au-dessus de l'un 13 des câbles porteurs et fixé à l'aile adjacente 17. Après la fermeture de la pince 35 du véhicule 10, à l'arrêt en station, sur le câble tracteur 27, celui-ci est entraíné par le moteur 34 pour tracter le véhicule 10 sur la voie 11 et l'amener vers la station suivante où le câble et le véhicule accouplé sont arrêtés. On commande par tout moyen approprié l'ouverture de la pince 35 et sa fermeture sur un câble tracteur de la section de voie suivante lequel déplace alors le véhicule 10 sur cette autre section de voie et ainsi de suite. Les extrémités des câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 de deux sections de voie successives se chevauchent pour autoriser un changement de câble sans déplacement du véhicule, mais d'autres dispositions sont concevables.The vehicle 10 includes a disengageable clamp 35 capable of to couple the vehicle 10 to one of the tractor strands 25a, 26a, 27a, which then ensures the traction of the vehicle on the track 11. The clamp 35 is for example of the type described in the aforementioned French patent No. 2,337,067 for coupling to any 27 any of the towing cables 25,26,27 and to one of these cables at once. The clamp 35 is carried by the end of a cantilevered transverse arm passing over one 13 of the supporting cables and fixed to the adjacent wing 17. After closing the clamp 35 of the vehicle 10, at the stop in station, on the tractor cable 27, it is driven by the motor 34 for towing vehicle 10 on track 11 and take it to the next station where the cable and vehicle mated are stopped. We order by any appropriate means opening the clamp 35 and closing it on a cable tractor of the next track section which then moves the vehicle 10 on this other track section and so on. The ends of the towing cables 25,26,27 of two sections successive lanes overlap to authorize a change of cable without moving the vehicle, but others provisions are conceivable.

    L'emploi de trois boucles indépendantes de câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 permet une présence simultanée de trois véhicules 10, qui se déplacent indépendamment l'un de l'autre, sur la même section de voie 11 de la manière décrite dans la demande de brevet précitée N°93 01630, à laquelle le lecteur se reportera avantageusement pour de plus amples détails sur le fonctionnement de l'installation.The use of three independent towing cable loops 25,26,27 allows the simultaneous presence of three vehicles 10, which move independently of each other, on the same track section 11 as described in the request for aforementioned patent No. 93 01630, to which the reader will refer advantageously for further details on the operation of the installation.

    La voie large 11 assure une grande stabilité du véhicule 10 et offre une place suffisante au logement des deux nappes 28,29 de câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 entre les deux câbles porteurs 12,13 dans l'intervalle "i" de faible hauteur.The wide track 11 ensures great stability of the vehicle 10 and provides sufficient space for the accommodation of the two layers 28.29 towing cables 25,26,27 between the two carrying cables 12,13 in the interval "i" of low height.

    En se reportant plus particulièrement aux figures 4 et 5, sur lesquelles une seule boucle de câbles tracteurs a été représentée, on voit que les poulies de renvoi 32,33 ainsi que le mécanisme d'entraínement de la poulie motrice 32 avec le moteur 34, sont logés dans l'intervalle "i" avec éventuellement une faible saillie vers le haut, qui entrave nullement le passage du véhicule 10. L'infrastructure de la station est ainsi notablement simplifiée et elle peut être constituée par un pylône ou une charpente de support de faibles dimensions, les quais étant au niveau du sol.Referring more particularly to FIGS. 4 and 5, on which only one loop of towing cables was shown, it can be seen that the return pulleys 32.33 as well as the drive mechanism of the driving pulley 32 with the motor 34, are housed in the interval "i" with possibly a slight upward projection, which in no way hinders the passage of the vehicle 10. The infrastructure of the station is thus significantly simplified and it can be constituted by a small pylon or support frame, the platforms being at ground level.

    Les changements de câble tracteur sont effectués à l'arrêt dans les stations et un tel changement n'intervient pas forcément dans chaque station, si une même boucle de câble tracteur s'étend le long de plusieurs stations, les stations intermédiaires étant de simples stations d'arrêt.
    L'entraínement des câbles tracteurs 25,26,27 peut être réalisé par un tambour d'entraínement disposé en un point quelconque de la voie, notamment dans une station d'arrêt sans changement de câble ou par tout autre moyen opérant. L'invention est applicable à des installations n'ayant que deux boucles de câbles tracteurs ou un nombre supérieur de boucles et la disposition de ces boucles peut être différente, les deux brins d'une même boucle étant par exemple disposés côte à côte. Dans une installation ayant des voies aller et retour disposées côte à côte les brins tracteurs peuvent s'étendre le long de la voie aller et les brins retour le long de la voie retour et réciproquement.    Changes in the towing cable are made when the stations are stationary and such a change does not necessarily take place in each station, if the same loop of towing cable extends along several stations, the intermediate stations being simple stations stop.
    The driving of the towing cables 25, 26, 27 can be carried out by a driving drum arranged at any point of the track, in particular in a stop station without changing the cable or by any other operating means. The invention is applicable to installations having only two loops of towing cables or a greater number of loops and the arrangement of these loops may be different, the two strands of the same loop being for example arranged side by side. In an installation having outward and return paths arranged side by side, the traction strands can extend along the outward path and the return strands along the return path and vice versa.

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    1. A transport installation with at least one passive vehicle (10) coupled with a hauling cable (25, 26, 27) by a disengageable clamp (35) in order to he hauled and to run on a wide track (11), connecting two stations and consisting of two carrying cables (12, 13) extending parallel to the same level at a distance more or less equal or smaller than the width of the vehicle (10), whereby said vehicle comprises rollers (18) running on the carrying cables (12, 13), arranged above the roof (21) of the vehicle so that said roof is located beneath the plane containing both carrying cables (12, 13) characterised in that the height (h) of the separation interval (i) between said roof (21) and said plane containing the carrying cables (12, 13) is more or less constant and reduced and in that the supporting shoes (23) of the carrying cables (12, 13) as well as a number of hauling cables (25, 26, 27) are accommodated in said interval (i), while they are interposed between both carrying cables (12, 13),
         wherein a track is fitted with several hauling cables or cable loops (25, 26, 27), whereby the hauling ropes (25a, 26a, 27a) of the different loops (25, 26, 27) are gathered into a first horizontal layer (28), while the return ropes (25b, 26b, 27b) are gathered into a second layer (29) arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis of the track (11),
         wherein both sidewalls (14, 15) of the vehicle (10) parallel to the track (11) are extended upwards by wings (16, 17) each carrying rollers (18) running on carrying cables (12, 13).
    2. An installation according to claim 1, characterised in that the running rollers (18) are connected to the vehicle (10) via short links or suspenders (14, 15) surrounding both carrying cables (12, 13) externally, whereby said cables are supported by fixed shoes (23) held from the inside.
    3. An installation according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the hauling cables (25, 26, 27) go through the stations over return pulleys (32, 33) in order to make up closed loops for driving the vehicles (10) from one station to another and to stop said vehicles in said stations.
    4. An installation according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that a station comprises a driving (34) and/or return (32, 33) mechanism for the hauling cables (25, 26, 27), said mechanism being accommodated in the space delineated by said interval (i) between both shoes (23) supporting the carrying cables (12, 13).
    5. An installation according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that a track section comprises at least two independent loops of hauling cables (25, 26, 27) capable of hauling two vehicles (10) at different speeds on said section.
    6. An installation according to any of the previous claims, whose track (11) is subdivided into several sections, characterised in that a stop and changeover station for a hauling cable (25, 26, 27) is interposed between two sections, wherein said station is fitted with return pulleys (32, 33) for the hauling cables of the first section and of the second section, so that the ends of the hauling cables overlap each other so that cables can be changed when the vehicle has stopped.
    7. An installation according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the hauling cables (25, 26, 27) are driven by a return pulley (32) provided as a driving pulley.
    8. An installation according to any of the claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the hauling cables (25, 26, 27) are driven by a driving drum arranged along the track (11), particularly in a halt station without any cable changes.
    9. An installation according to any of the previous claims, with a one-way track and a return track arranged side by side, characterised in that it comprises a cable loop with a hauling rope provided along one of the tracks and a return rope provided along the other track.
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