JP2023180628A - Power supply device for cableway - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a power supply device for a cableway capable of increasing a charge amount to a carrier at a stop.SOLUTION: A power supply device for a cableway includes a plurality of power supply rails 23 arranged along traveling rails 16, 17 on which a carrier 18 travels in stops 11, 12 of a cableway, a plurality of garage line power supply rails 32 arranged along a garage line rail 30 in a garage line where the carrier 18 is stored, and a current collector 24 provided in the carrier 18 and being brought into contact with the power supply rails 23 and the garage line power supply rails 32. The carrier 18 is supplied with power while moving in the garage line.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a device for supplying power to a carrier at a cableway facility stop.

Cableway equipment is transportation equipment for transporting people and goods by suspending carriers from cables strung in the air, and is often used as a means of transporting people on mountain slopes, or as a means of transporting skiers and snowboarders at ski resorts. has been done. In addition, cableway equipment has come to be used as public transportation in urban areas, especially overseas, because it does not require laying rails on the ground like railways do, and less land is required for the tracks. There is.

In this way, when operating cableway facilities that operate closed carriages such as gondola lifts and ropeways as daily transportation in urban areas, each carriage must be equipped with air conditioning to improve passenger comfort. It is desirable to have equipment such as equipment and lighting equipment inside passenger cars. However, as is well known in the past, in cableway equipment, it is difficult to supply power to the carriages that move on the track, so in general, the carriages are equipped with small storage batteries, which are charged at the stop after the end of the trip. It was difficult to equip the carrier with equipment that consumes a lot of power, such as an air conditioner.

Charging after the end of a trip like this requires a large number of chargers for gondola lifts, etc. that operate a large number of carriers, which increases costs. It has been proposed in the past to charge a storage battery (for example, see Patent Document 1). The technology described in Patent Document 1 includes a charging connector that is attached to the outer surface of a carriage and connected to a storage battery in an automatic circulation cableway, and a charging connector that is installed in a stop placed in the middle of the cableway, and the carriage moves within the stop. An electric supply element that contacts a charging connector in between and a power supply device connected to the electric supply element are provided, so that the storage battery can be charged even when the carriage is moving within the stop.

In recent years, with the spread of electric vehicles and the like, storage batteries are becoming smaller and larger in capacity, and rapid charging of these storage batteries is also becoming more common. If such a technology is adopted to quickly charge the storage battery inside the carriage moving within the stop as in Patent Document 1, even if the carriage is on the track, the equipment mounted on the carriage will be charged sufficiently. Electric power can be supplied from the storage battery, and the environment inside the carrier can be maintained comfortably.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 7-31063

However, in the automatic circulation cableway shown in the above-mentioned patent document, as the distance between the stops increases, the time consumed by the transporter becomes longer, and the charging time along the normal route within the stop is insufficient for charging. could not be done.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a power supply device for a cableway that can increase the amount of charge to a carriage at a bus stop.

The invention of claim 1 provides a plurality of power supply rails disposed along a traveling rail on which a carriage runs in a cableway stop, and a plurality of garages arranged along a garage line rail in a garage line in which the carriage is stored. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a line power supply rail and a current collector that is provided for the carriage and contacts the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail, and the carriage is supplied with power while moving within the garage line.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail are arranged so that power is supplied to only one carrier with respect to the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail. .

According to the present invention, since charging is performed even within the garage line, the charging time can be made longer than during normal operation, and the amount of charge to the carrier can be increased.

Schematic diagram of a single-track automatic circulation cableway Diagram showing part of the stop Overall layout of power supply rail Plan view with garage line rails installed on the extension of the running rails

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a single-track automatic circulation cableway will be explained as a representative example of cableway equipment. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a single-track automatic circulation cableway. The single-track automatic circulation cableway 10 has a stop 11 and a stop 12 at the end of the track, and each stop 11 and 12 is rotatably equipped with a driving pulley 13 and a driven pulley 14. A cable 15 is endlessly wound around the driving pulley 13 and the driven pulley 14, and by rotating the driving pulley 13, the cable 15 circulates between the two stops 11 and 12. . A plurality of carriers 18 are suspended from the cables 15 at predetermined intervals on the track.

The carrier 18 is detachably attached to the cable 15, and is attached to the cable 15 and moves together with the cable 15 on the railway, and is separated from the cable 15 within the stops 11 and 12. At the stops 11 and 12, running rails 16 and 17 that are U-shaped in plan view are installed, respectively, and the carrier 18 separated from the cable 15 is moved along the running rails 16 and 17 as follows. Move to. First, the carrier 18 that has arrived at the stops 11 and 12 is separated from the cable 15, transferred to the running rails 16 and 17, and is decelerated by a transfer device provided along the running rails 16 and 17. When the carrier 18 decelerates to a speed at which passengers can board and alight, the vehicle 18 maintains that speed and returns to the departure side within the stops 11 and 12, during which time passengers can board and alight. The carrier 18 that has returned to the departure side is accelerated to the same speed as the cable 15, and then attached to the cable 15 and detached from the running rails 16, 17 to depart onto the track.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a part of the stops 11 and 12. The rope gripping machine 20 of the carrier 18 is equipped with running rollers 21 that roll on the running rails 16 and 17, and is equipped with an end roller 22 at the end opposite to the running rollers 21. A guide rail 19 is provided at the position of the end roller 22 in parallel with the outer periphery of the travel rails 16 and 17, so that the posture of the carrier 18 traveling at the stops 11 and 12 is kept constant. An energized power supply rail 23 is laid along the lower part of the guide rail 19, and the rope gripping machine 20 is equipped with a current collector 24 that contacts the power supply rail 23. An electric wire cable 25 is connected to the collector 24 , and the other end of the electric wire cable 25 is connected to a storage battery 26 in the carrier 18 . Inside the stops 11 and 12, the power supply rail 23 and the current collector 24 move in contact with each other, and during this time, power is supplied to the carriage 18 and the storage battery 26 is charged.

FIG. 3 is an overall layout diagram of the power supply rail. The entire power supply rail 23 is made up of a plurality of power supply rails 23, and adjacent power supply rails 23 are arranged with a certain distance H between them. Electricity of the same capacity is supplied to each power supply rail 23 from the power sources of the stops 11 and 12, respectively. The current collector 24 of the moving carrier 18 comes into contact with each power supply rail 23 arranged along the moving path, and power is supplied to the carrier 18 . The length and position of each power supply rail 23 are set so that a plurality of carriers 18 do not pass through the same power supply rail 23.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a garage line rail 30 provided on an extension of the travel rails 16 and 17. The garage line rail 30 is laid in a U-shape like the running rails 16 and 17, and is equipped with point devices 31 at both ends, which allows the running rails 16 and 17 and the garage line rail 30 to be connected and connected. Detachment takes place. Further, along the garage line rail 30, a transfer device is provided similarly to the running rails 16 and 17, and the carrier 18 is transferred by this. Further, along the garage line rail 30, a plurality of garage line power supply rails 32 are laid, which have the same configuration as the above-described power supply. The carriage 18 is guided and stored on the garage line rail 30 when the service is suspended, such as at night.

In such a configuration, during normal operation, the carriage 18 moves along the running rails 16 and 17, but when there are few passengers, the point device 31 is operated to guide the carriage 18 into the garage line. It is moved along the garage line rail 30. During this movement, power is supplied from the garage line power supply rail 32 to the carriage 18 side, and the storage battery 26 is charged. Since charging is performed even within the garage line in this way, the charging time can be made longer than during normal operation, and the amount of charge to the carrier can be increased.

10 Single-track automatic circulation cableway 11 Stop 12 Stop 13 Driving pulley 14 Driven pulley 15 Cable 16 Running rail 17 Running rail 18 Carriage 19 Guide rail 20 Cable grip machine 21 Running roller 22 End roller 23 Power supply rail 24 Collector 25 Electric wire Cable 26 Storage battery 30 Garage line rail 31 Point device 32 Garage line power supply rail H Distance

Claims (2)

A plurality of power supply rails arranged along a running rail on which a carriage runs in a cableway stop, a plurality of garage line power supply rails arranged along a garage line rail in a garage line in which the carriage is stored, and the carriage. A power supply device for a cableway, characterized in that the carrier is provided with a current collector that contacts the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail in preparation for this, and is supplied with power while the carrier moves within the garage line. The electric power on the cableway according to claim 1, wherein the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail are arranged so as to supply power to only one carrier with respect to the power supply rail and the garage line power supply rail. Feeding device.

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