EP3943357A1 - Siège pour une installation de transport par câble - Google Patents

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EP3943357A1
EP3943357A1 EP21187806.1A EP21187806A EP3943357A1 EP 3943357 A1 EP3943357 A1 EP 3943357A1 EP 21187806 A EP21187806 A EP 21187806A EP 3943357 A1 EP3943357 A1 EP 3943357A1
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Hannes Fischnaller
Günther Steger
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    • 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
    • B61B12/002—Cabins; Ski-lift seats

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  • the technical field of the present invention relates to aerial cable transportation systems in which passengers are transported along a predefined path in transportation units fed in succession one after the other suspended in mid-air, i.e., raised above the ground below, hanging from a cable.
  • the present invention relates to a particular type of transportation unit known as a chair.
  • These chairs include protection devices that must be operated manually by passengers at the start of the journey after embarkation.
  • the present invention will therefore address the problems associated with the handling of the aforementioned protection devices in order to offer a new and inventive solution compared to what has been proposed so far by the prior art.
  • the present invention relates to a chair for an aerial cable transportation system.
  • a chair of this type well known to the person skilled in the art, comprises a plurality of seats placed side by side and a suspension arm which, on one side, is connected to the row of seats, and on the other side, is provided with a device for coupling to the cable of the transportation system.
  • Embarkation and disembarkation of passengers on/from the chair takes place at appropriate stations located at the opposite ends of the system and possibly also at intermediate positions.
  • the chairs are temporarily stopped or moved forward at low speed without interrupting the advance.
  • the chairs in addition to the seats and the suspension arm, also comprise passenger protection devices.
  • the chair can comprise a safety bar, usually equipped with a footrest, configured to protect passengers from accidental falls during the journey.
  • the chairs may optionally be equipped with a protective dome configured to protect passengers from external atmospheric agents.
  • protection devices i.e., both the safety bar and the dome
  • the protection devices are movable between two positions. In a first position, the protection devices do not hinder the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers, and in a second position, when the passengers are seated, the protection devices are in such a position with respect to the passengers as to perform their protective function.
  • the safety bar In the first position, the safety bar, for example, is in a position distal from the seats, substantially above them. In the second position, instead, the safety bar is in a position proximal to the seats, substantially in front of them.
  • the movement between the first and the second position is of the rotary type.
  • the safety bar is connected by means of a suitable frame to a rotation pin generally positioned behind the back of the seats. Both the movement of the protective dome and its rest and working positions are similar to those of the safety bar.
  • the dome comprises a dome-shaped protective portion which ends at a front-end bar which in the first position is substantially in the same position as the safety bar described above.
  • the safety bar and the front bar of the dome are in the first, raised position so as not to hinder the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.
  • the safety bar and the front bar of the dome must be in the second position until the next disembarkation procedure.
  • the passage from the first to the second position takes place through manual operation by the passengers.
  • the obligation to close the bar is indicated along the exit area of the station by special signs.
  • the passage from the second to the first position can take place automatically or again through manual operation by the passengers.
  • the movement of the dome takes place in the same way with the only difference that the closing of the dome is not mandatory but at the discretion of the passengers.
  • the safety bar or the front bar of the dome is in the above-mentioned position distal from the seats (above the seats) .
  • This distal position represents a compromise between two different requirements.
  • the first requirement would be that these bars should be as far as possible (above the passenger's silhouette) in order not to interfere with the disembarkation and embarkation of passengers.
  • this distance must take into account the other requirement, namely the obligation (EN 13796 standard) that these bars must be reachable so that also children or passengers of low stature can close them. For this reason, at present the bars cannot be more than 850 mm from the seats.
  • these cords are simple cords made of a non-deformable material (non-elastic fabric or plastic) so that the pulling of the cord immediately generates a corresponding dragging of the safety bar or of the protective dome.
  • the length of the cords cannot be excessive because otherwise the condition of there being a hindrance to the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers would occur once again, and therefore the first phases of operation/handling of the known cords are not ideal for people of low stature.
  • the first grasping of the cord occurs with the arm being in a substantially extended position, and in this position, it is not easy to generate a pulling force such as to drag the bar or dome.
  • the arm grasping the cord assumes a position which is more angled and therefore capable of generating a pulling force without particular effort only after a first phase of handling of the bars.
  • the generation of the pulling force for the first movement of the cord is such that these passengers often perform this procedure by leaning out of the seat and generating a potentially risky situation.
  • DE202011003078U1 discloses a chair of a chair lift with a protection bar which extends transversely to the seat and is movable from an open position to a closed position.
  • FR2969100 discloses a seat for a lift system comprising a frame and a restraint bar capable of assuming a first, lowered end position defining a closed space which prevents the passenger from falling, and a second, raised end position in which the restraint bar clears the front space of the seat to allow one or more passengers to disembark.
  • one object of the present invention is to provide a chair for an aerial cable transportation system which can overcome the above-mentioned problem of the prior art.
  • the present invention relates to a chair for a cable transportation system, wherein the chair comprises:
  • a non-exhaustive list of protection devices includes a safety bar, configured to protect passengers from falling during transport, and a dome for protection against any external atmospheric agents.
  • a safety bar configured to protect passengers from falling during transport
  • a dome for protection against any external atmospheric agents.
  • the person skilled in the art is well aware of these protection devices, their conformation and their use.
  • both the safety bar and the protective dome in particular the front bar of the protective dome
  • This distance must avoid encumbrance during embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers and must allow the passengers, even those of low stature or children, to operate them manually.
  • the present invention inventively introduces an improvement by replacing the known and simple cord made of substantially inextensible textile or plastic material with a real "cord device". Therefore, according to the main aspect of the present invention, each classic cord for moving the safety bars and the protective domes in the chairs of an aerial cable transportation system is replaced by a cord device configured in such a way that, due to manual pulling by the passengers, it has an elastic behaviour during a first movement section so as to extend without dragging the protection device.
  • the cord device is configured so as not to extend further and to have a rigid behaviour only in a second movement section following the first one, so as to drag the protection device connected thereto.
  • the advantage of this cord device is therefore that of postponing the request for pulling force to move the protection device from the initial phase of grasping and moving the cord to a second phase in which the passenger's arm is no longer in the extended configuration but is in a more angled configuration and therefore more able to generate an adequate pulling force.
  • the required force is only that necessary to lengthen the cord device, whereas in the second section the required force must be able to move the protection device.
  • a cord device capable of exhibiting the aforesaid two behaviours in series can be made in various ways.
  • the present invention provides two preferred embodiments which will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
  • the cord device comprises a cord integrated into an elastic element or in a spring and/or made of a material configured to elongate elastically due to manual pulling by the passengers until reaching a maximum elongation beyond which no further elongation is possible. Therefore, elastic property herein is not intended to mean the intrinsic elastic property of almost every material that exhibits such a behaviour with small elongations, but for the purposes of the present invention, reference is made to a material which guarantees an elongation at least equal to about 10% of the length at rest.
  • the cord device comprises two elements joined together in series, i.e., a spring device having a first end secured to the protection device and a cord made of standard non-extensible material (fabric or plastic) connected to the second end of the spring device.
  • a spring device having a first end secured to the protection device and a cord made of standard non-extensible material (fabric or plastic) connected to the second end of the spring device.
  • the elongation of the first pulling section is delegated to the spring device, which is therefore configured to elongate or deform elastically due to manual pulling by the passengers until reaching a maximum elongation or deformation beyond which no further elongation is possible.
  • the spring device preferably comprises a leaf spring.
  • this leaf spring is shaped like a hook with a curved end connected to the bar so that at rest the spring is substantially horizontal, and the cord is therefore in a position even closer to the seats.
  • Figure 1 shows a chair 1 for an aerial cable transportation system.
  • a chair 1 of this type comprises a plurality of seats 2 placed side by side along a substantially continuous row.
  • the arrow F1 indicates the direction of movement of the chair 1
  • the arrow F2 indicates the direction of gravity
  • the arrow F3 indicates the direction transverse to the direction of movement F1.
  • the seats 2 are placed side by side along the transverse direction F3.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic view of the chair 1 along the transverse direction F3, therefore only one seat 2 occupied by its passenger is visible.
  • Figure 1 also shows, in a known way, the presence of a footrest 3, an armrest 4 and a protection device in the form of a dome 5 configured to protect the passenger from atmospheric agents during transport.
  • a chair 1 of this type i.e., for an aerial cable transportation system
  • a suspension arm which, starting from the seats 2, extends along the vertical direction F2.
  • the opposite end of the suspension arm comprises a vice for selective coupling to the cable of the transportation system.
  • this suspension arm 6 is only partially visible in Figure 6 .
  • the dome comprises a front bar 7, a rear bar 8, and a curved portion 9 joining these bars and is configured to protect passengers.
  • the dome is movable around a transverse pin 10 (shown schematically in Figure 1 ) for passing from the shown position to the working position (shown in Figure 5 ).
  • Figure 1 shows the dome in a first position in which it is not a hindrance to passengers who have to board or leave the chair 1.
  • the front bar 7 is substantially above the passengers' silhouette.
  • the position of the bar 7 is a compromise (subject to regulations) to avoid encumbrance to the passengers and to allow manual handling of the dome 5.
  • the dome 5 before leaving the station, the dome 5 must be moved by the passengers from the position in Figure 1 to its correct use position in which the bar 7 is substantially close to the passenger (for example, see Figure 5 ).
  • FIG. 1 shows a first example of a cord device according to the present invention identified with reference numeral 11.
  • this cord device 11 comprises a first end constrained to the bar 7 of the dome 5, and a second free end 12 (possibly provided with a small knob) which hangs down towards the passenger by gravity.
  • the position of the second end 12 is substantially the same position currently provided for known cords in which, in order to grasp the cord, the passengers seated on the seats 2 (as mentioned above, especially passengers of low stature) must extend their arm almost completely.
  • FIG 2 shows a subsequent step of use of the cord device 11 following the grasping step shown in Figure 1 .
  • This figure shows that the cord device 11 has lengthened due to the passenger's pulling without however dragging the dome into rotation until reaching a length such that the arm of the passenger is no longer in an extended condition but in an angled condition.
  • the passenger can generate a pulling force much more easily than in the position shown in Figure 1 with the arm extended.
  • This lengthening of the cord device 11 is allowed because the cord device 11 of this example incorporates a spring or is made of a material configured to elongate elastically due to manual pulling by the passengers until reaching a maximum elongation beyond which no further elongation is possible.
  • any further pulling action on the cord device 11 will generate a movement of the dome 5.
  • the force required for such dragging will be easily supplied by the passenger as his/her arm will no longer be extended but will be angled.
  • FIG 3 shows a chair 1 very similar to that of the preceding figures.
  • the only difference is the presence of a second example of a cord device 13 according to the present invention.
  • the general principle of the present invention is guaranteed as shown in Figure 4 , wherein during the first operating steps the dome 5 is not dragged and the passenger's arm passes without particular effort from the extended to the angled configuration.
  • This cord device 13 will be described in detail with reference to Figures 7-9 , but already in Figures 3 and 4 it is possible to appreciate that, according to this example, the cord device 13 comprises a spring 14 coupled to the bar 7, and a cord 15 made of non-extensible material coupled to the other end of the spring 14.
  • Figure 6 shows a different chair 1 in which the dome 5 is not present but a safety bar 16 (of a known type) is visible.
  • the bar 16 is also in the raised position during embarkation and disembarkation and must be lowered by the users before leaving the station.
  • Figure 6 also shows that said bar 16 can be provided with the cord device according to the present invention, for example provided with a cord device 13 or 11.
  • the operation dynamics, first the elongation without the dragging of the bar 16 and then the dragging step, are identical to what is described in the previous figures. It is of course possible to provide a chair equipped with both the safety bar 16 and the dome 9, wherein both the protection devices are equipped with cord devices according to the present invention.
  • Figures 7-9 show enlarged views of the cord device 13 mentioned with reference to Figures 3-5 , in which it is possible to see that the spring 14 is a leaf spring having a hook-shaped end which at least partially embraces the respective bar to be dragged.

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EP1151903A2 (fr) * 2000-04-25 2001-11-07 Innova Patent GmbH Siège pour un téléphérique
EP1195305A1 (fr) * 2000-10-04 2002-04-10 Garaventa Holding Ag Procédé et dispositif pour fermer un capot pour un télésiège
DE202011003078U1 (de) 2011-01-24 2011-05-05 Innova Patent Gmbh Sessel eines Sesselliftes
FR2969100A1 (fr) 2010-12-17 2012-06-22 Sommital Siege de remontee mecanique avec verrouillage magnetique de garde-corps
CH704724A2 (de) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-28 Bartholet Maschb Ag Fahrbetriebsmittel für eine Seilbahnanlage.

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1151903A2 (fr) * 2000-04-25 2001-11-07 Innova Patent GmbH Siège pour un téléphérique
EP1195305A1 (fr) * 2000-10-04 2002-04-10 Garaventa Holding Ag Procédé et dispositif pour fermer un capot pour un télésiège
FR2969100A1 (fr) 2010-12-17 2012-06-22 Sommital Siege de remontee mecanique avec verrouillage magnetique de garde-corps
DE202011003078U1 (de) 2011-01-24 2011-05-05 Innova Patent Gmbh Sessel eines Sesselliftes
CH704724A2 (de) * 2011-03-17 2012-09-28 Bartholet Maschb Ag Fahrbetriebsmittel für eine Seilbahnanlage.

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