JP6791497B2 - Intermediate stop of automatic circulation cableway - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an intermediate stop of an automatic circulation type cableway that operates by mixing a gondola carrier and a chair carrier in a plurality of sections.

At ski resorts, an automatic circulation cableway is known as a facility for transporting a large number of personnel. This automatic circulation type cableway is a facility that circulates and drives the ropes stretched between the stops, and suspends a closed gondola carrier or a chair-type chair carrier on the ropes to transport personnel. The carrier is equipped with a gripping machine that can grip and release the rails, and it moves at high speed by gripping the ropes on the railroad track, and the ropes are released and laid in the stop. Passengers get on and off by moving at low speed along the rails. After this, the carrier is accelerated again to grab the cord and depart into the track.

In a general automatic circulation type cableway, it is usual to configure the carrier to circulate between two stops, but if you want to get on and off passengers even in the middle of the track, or if you want to get on and off the track horizontally, If it is desired to bend to the railroad track, an intermediate stop may be provided at the middle position of the track. In this case, at the intermediate stop, a truck is laid between each section, a point is provided to connect this truck and the rail of each section, and the carriers that have released the ropes are adjacent to each other via the truck. By moving between sections and switching points, the carrier is operated only in a single section or in a plurality of sections continuously (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition, in the automatic circulation type cableway, it is common to place only one of the gondola carrier and the chair carrier on the track for operation, but there are also facilities that operate by mixing these carriers. .. When the gondola carrier and the chair carrier are mixed and operated in this way, the position for getting on and off each carrier is divided because the carrier speed and the method of getting on and off each carrier are different at the stop. A method of getting on and off is conventionally proposed and implemented (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 61-129359 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-51086

When the carriers are mixed and operated in this way, each carrier can be boarded and disembarked by the method shown in Patent Document 2 at each terminal stop, but it is composed of a plurality of sections as described above. In the case of a track configuration, the method of getting on and off passengers at the intermediate stop becomes a problem. That is, when a passenger of the chair carrier gets off, a certain space is required in front of the chair carrier in order for the passenger to get up from the carrier and slide in the direction of travel of the carrier to get off. If the distance from the preceding gondola carrier is short, it is not possible to secure a space for passengers in the chair carrier to get off. In order to avoid such a situation, the distance between the preceding gondola carrier and the succeeding chair carrier should be set wide, but this will increase the length of the stop and the number of transport personnel per hour. Will also decrease.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and passengers of a chairlift carrier can safely disembark when a gondola carrier and a chair carrier are mixed and operated in a cableway facility having an intermediate stop. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an intermediate stop of an automatic circulation type cableway that can secure the number of transport personnel per hour without increasing the length of the intermediate stop.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has an intermediate stop, and in an automatic circulation type cableway in which a gondola carrier and a chair carrier are alternately arranged in a rail to operate, the intermediate stop is the gondola. A traveling rail on which the carrier and the chair carrier travel, a side line rail provided on the side of the forwarding section of the traveling rail, and a point device for connecting and disconnecting the side line rail and the traveling rail are provided. The gondola carrier travels on the traveling rail in the forwarding section, while the chair carrier travels on the side line rail in the forwarding section, and travels on the traveling rail from the side line rail in the acceleration section. The distance between the chair carrier and the gondola carrier at the time when the carrier shifts from the side rail to the traveling rail is the same as the distance when the gondola carrier and the chair carrier arrive at the intermediate stop. It is characterized in that the moving speed of the chair carrier on the side line rail is configured to be different from the moving speed of the gondola carrier on the traveling rail .

According to the present invention, passengers can get on and off safely without widening the distance between the gondola carrier and the chair carrier, and the number of transport personnel per hour can be secured without increasing the length of the intermediate stop. can do.

Schematic diagram of automatic circulation cableway Side view of the intermediate stop Top view schematically showing the moving state Top view schematically showing the moving state Top view schematically showing the moving state Top view schematically showing the moving state Plan view showing lateral rails with different track shapes

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic circulation type cableway. The automatic circulation type tram stop 10 has a start point stop 11, an intermediate stop 12, and an end point stop 13, and a prime mover pulley 14 and a turn-back pulley 15 can be freely rotated at the start point stop 11 and the end point stop 13. Be prepared for. The rope 16 is stretched to the prime mover 14 and the turn-back pulley 15 in an endless manner, and the rope 16 circulates between the pulleys 14 and 15 by rotationally driving the prime mover 14.

A closed gondola carrier 17 and a chair-type chair carrier 18 are alternately arranged at predetermined intervals on the rope 16 for operation. The gondola carrier 17 and the chair carrier 18 are equipped with a gripping machine for gripping and releasing the rope 16, and on the railroad track, the rope 16 is gripped and moved together with the rope 16, and each stop is used. At 11, 12, and 13, the rope 16 is released and moved by the pushing device provided at each of the stops 11, 12, and 13. U-shaped traveling rails 19 and 20 in a plan view are fixedly installed at the start point stop 11 and the end point stop 13, and the carriers 17 and 18 are folded back to the opposite track along the running rails 19 and 20. A straight traveling rail 21 is fixedly installed at the intermediate stop 12, and a lateral line rail 30 is fixedly installed on the side of the up line side. Point devices 31a and 31b capable of connecting and disconnecting both rails 30 and 21 are provided between the siding rail 30 and the traveling rail 21. By switching the point devices 31a and 31b, a gondola carrier is provided. 17 travels along the traveling rail 21, and the chair carrier 18 travels on the lateral rail 30.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the intermediate stop 12. In addition, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, the lateral line rail 30 is omitted in the drawing. A traveling rail 21 extending linearly in the traveling direction of the carrier is fixed above the traveling rail 21 of the intermediate stop 12, and a pushing device 22 for transferring the carrier is along the traveling rail 21. Is installed. The pushing device 22 is a conventionally known device in which a large number of rubber tires are arranged in parallel, and the carriers 17 and 18 are transferred when the rubber tires come into contact with the gripping machine of the carrier and rotate. The pushing device 22 is also provided above the lateral line rail 30 in the same manner.

The pushing device 22 is provided with a deceleration section 23, a forwarding section 24, and an acceleration section 25 from the arrival side to the departure side of the carrier, and the carrier arriving at the intermediate stop 12 transfers to the traveling rail 21 and searches. After releasing the rail 16, it is decelerated in the deceleration section 23, then transferred to the forwarding section 24 at a slow speed to get on and off the passengers, and then accelerated to the same speed as the rail 16 in the acceleration section 25, and then again. Grasp the rope 16 and depart from the intermediate stop 12. The siding rail 30 is located in the forwarding section 24, and the chair carrier 18 guided by the siding rail 30 is transferred at a speed slightly faster than the speed at which the gondola carrier 17 moves in the forwarding section 24.

Next, a state in which the chair carrier 18 and the gondola carrier 17 move at the intermediate stop 12 will be described. 3 to 6 are plan views schematically showing a moving state of the chair carrier 18 and the gondola carrier 17. First, FIG. 3 shows a state in which the arrived gondola carrier 17a has passed through the deceleration section 23 and entered the forwarding section 24. At this time, the point device 31a on the rear side is in a state of being separated from the traveling rail 21, and the gondola carrier 17a travels straight along the traveling rail 21 at a slow speed. Further, behind the gondola carrier 17a, the arriving chair carrier 18a is moving while decelerating.

Next, when the gondola carrier 17a passes the position of the point device 31a as shown in FIG. 4, the point device 31a is connected to the traveling rail 21. As a result, the chair carrier 18a that has finished deceleration is guided to the siding rail 30 and moves along the siding rail 30. The track shape of the lateral line rail 30 is such that the track shape extends diagonally forward from the traveling rail 21 in order from the arrival direction to the departure direction, and then is folded back and extends diagonally to the traveling rail 21 again. The moving speed of the chair carrier 18a moving on the rail 30 is set to move slightly faster than the moving speed of the gondola carrier 17a moving on the traveling rail 21.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the chair carrier 18a finishes passing through the point device 31a, the point device 31a is separated from the traveling rail 21, and the subsequent gondola carrier 17b moves along the traveling rail 21. At this time, the point device 31b on the front side is also separated from the traveling rail 21, so that the preceding gondola carrier 17a can pass the position of the point device 31b. A slope 32 is formed on the floor of the intermediate stop 12 at a position where the chair carrier 18a has slightly advanced from the point device 31a, and skiers and snowboarders who board the chair carrier 18a follow the slope 32 in the direction of arrow 33. Glide towards and exit from the intermediate stop 12.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when the preceding gondola carrier 17a finishes passing the position of the point device 31b, the point device 31b is in a state of being connected to the traveling rail 21. When the preceding gondola carrier 17a enters the acceleration section 25 and departs from the intermediate stop 12, the chair carrier 18a moves to the traveling rail 21, and the chair carrier 18a departs from the intermediate stop 12 following the gondola carrier 17a. At this time, as described above, the moving speed of the chair carrier 18a on the lateral rail 30 is made faster than the moving speed of the gondola carrier 17a, so that the distance between the gondola carrier 17a and the chair carrier 18a is set between the respective carriers 17a and 18a. Is the same as the interval when On the other hand, in the rear, when the rear gondola carrier 17b passes the position of the point device 31a, the point device 31a is connected to the traveling rail 21 and the subsequent chair carrier 18b is guided to the lateral rail 30. The same operation is repeated sequentially from the initial state.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a lateral line rail 30a having a rail shape different from the above-mentioned track shape. The track shape of the side rail 30a is sequentially extended from the arrival direction to the departure direction from the traveling rail 21 side in the direction orthogonal to the traveling rail 21, and then bent at a right angle and extended toward the departure direction. It has a shape that extends diagonally in the direction of the traveling rail 21. In the lateral line rail 30a having such a shape, passengers get off from the chair carrier 18 as follows.

First, as a first method, in a portion where the lateral rail 30a extends in a direction orthogonal to the traveling rail 21, a slope 34 is provided in parallel with the side rail 30a, and passengers slide in the direction of the arrow 35 along the slope 34. And exit from the intermediate stop 12. As a second method, a ramp 36 is similarly provided at a portion where the siding rail 30a extends toward the departure side, and passengers slide in the direction of arrow 37 along the ramp and exit from the intermediate stop 12. By deforming the track shape of the lateral line rail 30 (a) as necessary in this way, the direction in which the passengers exit from the intermediate stop 12 can be freely set.

10 Automatic circulation type cableway 11 Start point stop 12 Intermediate stop 13 End point stop 14 Motor pulley 15 Folding pulley 16 Cable line 17 Gondola carrier 17a Gondola carrier 17b Gondola carrier 18 Chair carrier 18a Chair carrier 18b Chair carrier 19 Travel rail 20 Travel rail 21 Traveling rail 22 Pushing device 23 Deceleration section 24 Forwarding section 25 Acceleration section 30 Side line rail 30a Side line rail 31a Point device 31b Point device 32 Slope 33 Arrow 34 Slope 35 Arrow 36 Slope 37 Arrow

Claims (1)

In an automatic circulation type cableway that has an intermediate stop and operates by alternately arranging gondola carriers and chair carriers in the track.
At the intermediate stop, the traveling rail on which the gondola carrier and the chair carrier travel, the lateral line rail provided on the side of the forwarding section of the traveling rail, and the lateral rail and the traveling rail are connected and disconnected. With a point device to
The gondola carrier travels on the traveling rail in the forwarding section, while the chair carrier travels on the siding rail in the forwarding section, and travels on the siding rail from the siding rail in the acceleration section.
The distance between the chair carrier and the gondola carrier at the time when the chair carrier shifts from the side rail to the traveling rail is the same as the interval when the gondola carrier and the chair carrier arrive at the intermediate stop. As described above, the intermediate stop of the automatic circulation type cableway is configured such that the moving speed of the chair carrier on the side rail is different from the moving speed of the gondola carrier on the traveling rail .

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