JPH1111298A - Two-portion parallel boarding device for automatically circulating cableway - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To board passengers in a vehicle in parallel at specified portions by providing rails in parallel to a main line on each of an arrival side/a departure side of a carrier, further providing a roughly U-shaped rail in the rear of the main line rail and forwarding and transferring the carrier by using a forwarding and transferring device. SOLUTION: Rail 9 is juxtaposed in parallel to a main line rail 4 in the rear of a carrier arrival side 30. At this tip part, a rail switching device 12 guiding an advancing carrier to the rail 9 is provided. On a carrier departure side 31, rail 11 is juxtaposed in parallel to the main line rail 4. At the tip part, a rail switching device 15 guiding the carrier to the rail 4 is provided. In the rear of the main line rail 4, a roughly U-shaped rail 10 is provided. In the connection part of the rails 9, 11, points 13, 14 are provided. Along the rails 9, 11, chain carrier forwarding devices 16, 17 are provided. At a stopping place constituted in this way, passenger standby locations 20, 21, passenger approaching lanes 22, 23 and passenger boarding locations 24, 25 are provided in parallel at two places in the direction substantially perpendicular to a cableway line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for guiding passengers in parallel at two places at a stop of an automatic circulation type cableway, more specifically, at an automatic circulation type lift such as a ski lift.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A typical single-track automatic circulation ski lift of the automatic circulation type cableway is constructed and operated as follows. That is, as shown in FIG.
Are respectively provided with pulleys 3a and 3b, and between these pulleys 3a and 3b, a rope 1 is wound endlessly and stretched in a cableway 2. Each stop 50a, 50
b, main tracks 4a, 4b for guiding the transporter 51
Are generally U-shaped in plan view from the arrival side to the departure side of the transporter 51.

[0005] In the conventional example, the carriage 51 is a chair-type carriage having a known configuration in which a carriage chair is suspended from a towing machine. In the cableway line 2, the rope 1 is grasped by the towing line with the towing machine. It runs with the movement of the cable 1. Carriage 51 is one stop 5
When it arrives at 0a, the towing machine is separated from the rope 1 and guided by the main line rail 4a to start rolling and decelerated. Then, it is forwarded and transported at a slow speed to be treated as a passenger. After this, the carriage 51 is turned to the departure side and then accelerated, after which the towing machine grasps the rope 1 and moves to the cableway 2 with the movement of the rope 1. Although only one carrier is illustrated in the figure, a plurality or a plurality of carriers are used in practice and are operated one after another at predetermined intervals.

In order to guide passengers to the stop 50a of such an automatic circulation type cableway or an automatic circulation ski lift, conventionally, in general, the passenger is moved from the rear of the stop 50a to the passenger boarding position 54. A so-called front-rear direction guiding system for guiding and riding is used.

[0005] The case of FIG. 6 shows a case of such a passenger front-back direction guiding system. That is, at the stop 50a, a passenger approach lane 52 is provided on the extension line of the departure side of the carrier 51 in a direction substantially the same as the direction of the cableway 2, and the passengers are guided in the direction of the arrow 53, and the vicinity of the passenger boarding position 54. They are seated in the transport chair.

[0006] The automatic circulation type ski lift described above is employed particularly in ski areas and slopes which are particularly crowded due to its large transport capacity. In such a facility, a three- or four-person carrier is usually employed as a carrier, and in Europe, a large-sized six-person carrier is employed to further increase transport capacity.

[0007]

However, when the size of the transporter is increased as described above, a large number of passengers move from the standby position to the riding position at one time. It is necessary to be able to move safely. For this reason, the interval between departures of the transporters is set to be long, so that the number of transporters that depart within a certain period of time is smaller than that of equipment using a small transporter,
Increasing the size of the transporter does not necessarily have the effect of increasing transport capacity immediately.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to improve the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic recirculating ski lift using a large-sized transporter, which allows passengers to get on safely and efficiently and to improve transport capacity. And

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In response to this object, according to the present invention, a cable (1) circulating between stops at both ends is rigged by a cable rig provided with a carrier and a cableway (2). At the stop, the ropes (1) are unloaded from the cable truss and guided to the main track (4) to roll the transporter, and the deceleration section (6) and the forwarding section (7) , And acceleration section (8)
After that, start again into the cableway (2),
The main track (4) is provided at the arrival side (30) of the transporter at the stop of the automatic retrieving cableway, which handles passengers in the forwarding section (7) and thus circulates a plurality of transporters one after another. Rail provided in parallel with (9)
A rail (11) provided in parallel with the main rail (4) on the carrier departure side (31); and a substantially U-shaped rail (10) provided behind the main rail (4). With
A rail switching device (12) for guiding a carriage from the main rail (4) to the rail (9);
And a rail switching device (1) for guiding the carriage from the rail (11) to the main rail (4).
5) and a point device (1) for connecting the rail (10) and the rail (9, 11) to the rail (10).
3, 14) for transporting a transporter along the rail (9, 10, 11).
17), a passenger boarding position 25 is provided on the carriage passage of the rail 4 and a passenger boarding position 24 is provided on the carriage passage of the rail 10 so that the passengers can ride in two places in parallel. The present invention is configured as a two-point parallel riding device for an automatic circulation type cableway.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an automatic circulation type cableway, in particular, an automatic circulation type ski lift used as a ski lift, in which the two-point parallel riding apparatus of the present invention is mainly applied to a stop used for riding. is there.

The cable 1 stretched in the cableway 2 is guided into the stop, wound around the periphery of the pulley 3, folded back into a U-shape, and guided again into the cableway 2. In the stop, the main track 4 is disposed in a substantially U-shape in a plan view, and the transporter arriving at the stop from the cableway 2 is provided with a traveling roller or the like provided in a gripping device of the transporter on the main track 4. It is guided by contact and rolls. A transfer device 5 is provided along the main rail 4. The transfer device 5 is of a friction-feeding type that has been frequently used, that is, a plurality of transfer wheels are pivotally provided along the main rail 4, and the transfer wheels are mounted on a towing machine of a carrier. A pushing plate and the like are frictionally transferred. After arriving at the stop, after unloading the rope 1, the transporter is decelerated in the deceleration section 6 of the transfer device 5 and transferred to the transport section 7, where the transporter is transported at a slow speed in the transport section 7. After that, the vehicle is guided to the acceleration section 8 and then accelerated again in the acceleration section 8 to grasp the rope 1 and depart to the cableway line 2. The configuration described so far is a configuration that has been frequently used.

[0012] In the two-point parallel riding device of the present invention,
The following configuration is provided in addition to the configuration described above. A rail 9 is arranged in parallel with the main rail 4 from the middle of the deceleration section 6 to the rear of the carriage arrival side 30. A rail switching device 12 is provided at the tip end of the rail 9, and a traveling carrier can be guided to the rail 9 by switching the rail switching device 12. On the carry-out departure side 31, the rail 11 is arranged side by side in parallel with the main rail 4 in a portion behind the acceleration section 8,
A rail switching device 15 is provided at the tip end of the rail 11, and the carriage that has traveled along the rail 11 is guided to the main line rail 4 by switching the rail switching device 15.

Next, a rail 10 having a substantially U-shape in plan view is disposed behind the main rail 4, and the ends of the rail 10, that is, the connecting portions with the rails 9 and 11, are provided respectively. Pointing devices 13 and 14 are provided. The configuration of the point devices 13 and 14 is a conventionally known technology, for example, a technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Hei 2-84770. By rotating the device, the rail 9 or the rail 1 is rotated.
1 and the rail 10 are connected and disconnected.

Next, the rails 9, 1 constructed as described above are used.
Along 0 and 11, a chain type transport device 16,
17 is provided. The transporter transporting devices 16 and 17 are chain-type transporting devices that have been frequently used in the related art, and a plurality of transfer cams 42 and 4 are mounted on chains 40 and 41 circulating endlessly.
Are pivotally extended at equal intervals, and the chains 40, 41 are circulated to drive the transfer cams 42, 42,.
Abuts on the transporter to transfer the transporter.

Next, at the stop constructed as described above, the passenger waiting positions 20 and 21 and the passenger approach lanes 22 and 2 are arranged in parallel at two locations in a direction substantially perpendicular to the cableway.
3, and a passenger boarding position 24, 25 is provided.

An operation method in the two-part parallel riding device of the present invention configured as described above will be described below. FIG. 2 shows a state where the transporters 18a and 19a have arrived at the stop. Cargo 18a arriving at the stop from cableway 2,
19a is guided along the main track 4 after the cable 1 is released, and is decelerated in the deceleration section 6 of the transfer device 5. The transporter 18a that has arrived first is guided to the rail 9 by switching the rail switching device 12 at a position just before the deceleration is completed. At this time, the transporter 18a is separated from the transfer device 5, and is subsequently transported along the rail 9 by the transporter transport device 16. After the transporter 18a is guided to the rail 9,
The rail switching device 12 is switched again, and the subsequent transporter 19a is decelerated and travels along the main rail 4, and after the deceleration is completed, it travels to the transport section 7 and is transported at a slow speed. The transport speed of the transport device 16 is set to be relatively faster than the transport speed of the transport device 7 in the transport section 7 of the transport device 5, and therefore, the distance between the transport devices 18a and 19a is set. Is gradually spread as it progresses.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the transporter 18a traveling along the rail 9 rotates the pointing device 13 to connect the rail 9 and the rail 10, and is guided to the rail 10. The point device 13 rotates again after the transporter 18a passes, so that it does not interfere with the transporter 19a traveling along the main rail 4. The transport speed of the transport device 17 is substantially the same as the transport speed of the transport device 5 in the transport section 7 and is set to a slow speed that is safe for passengers to get on. The transported device 18a is delivered to the transporter forwarding device 17 and transported at a slow speed. At this time, the passenger waiting at the passenger standby position 20 has entered the passenger entry position 24 via the passenger entry lane 22, while the passenger waiting at the passenger standby position 21 has the transporter 18 a having the passenger entry lane. After passing through 23, the vehicle starts moving to the passenger boarding position 25.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The transporter 18a transported at a low speed by the passenger travels along the rail 10 at the passenger riding position 24. At this time, the subsequent passenger who has been waiting at the passenger standby position 20 to get on the next vehicle starts moving to the passenger riding position 24. On the other hand, next, the transporter 19a that has traveled along the main rail 4 also allows the passenger to get on at the passenger getting on position 25. In addition, the transporter arrival side 30 further includes a subsequent transporter 18b.
Arrives and is guided to the rail 9 in the same manner as the above-described transporter 18a.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a state where the transporter is further advanced. The transporter 19a carrying the passenger is transported along the main rail 4 to the departure side 31. At this time, the point device 14
Is rotated so that the rail 10 and the rail 11 are separated from each other, so that the transporter 19a can pass without interfering with the pointing device 14. After being transported to the departure side 31, the transporter 19 a is accelerated in the acceleration section 8 of the transport device 5, then grabs the cable 1 and departs to the cableway 2. The point device 14 rotates after the transporter 19a passes through this portion, and the rail 10 and the rail 11 are connected. The transporter 18a that has traveled along the rail 10 is guided to the rail 11. After this, the transporter 18a that has advanced the rail 11
Is guided to the main line rail 4 by switching the rail switching device 12, and accelerated in the same manner as the transporter 19a, and the rope 1
And depart to cableway 2. In this way, by changing the order of the transporters arriving at the transport arrival side 30 and the order of departure of the transporters at the transport departure side, the transporter 18a
When the vehicle departs, the distance between it and the transporter 19a is adjusted to be the same as the distance when it arrives again.

In this way, the vehicles arriving one after another at the stop are sequentially guided alternately by the main rail 4 and the rails 9, 10 and 11, and the passengers are boarded at the two passenger riding positions 24 and 25. It is operated repeatedly.

[0021]

As described above, in the two-parallel riding system of the automatic circulation cableway according to the present invention, a three-seater or four-seater carrier is mounted by using a large carrier, for example, a six-seater carrier. Even when operating on the track at the same carrier spacing as when used, the passengers can be installed at two places at the stop and alternately guided to the respective boarding positions, It is possible to travel to the boarding position safely with sufficient time, and the transport capacity of the ski lift can be efficiently increased by increasing the size of the transporter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a two-part parallel riding device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where the transporter has arrived at a stop.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a traveling state of the transporter.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a traveling state of the transporter.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a traveling state of the transporter.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the overall arrangement relationship in a conventional automatic circulation type cableway facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cable 2 Cableway 3, 3a, 3b Pulley 4, 4a, 4b Main track 5 Transfer device 6 Deceleration section 7 Forwarding section 8 Acceleration section 9,10,11 Rail 12,15 Rail switching device 13,14 Point device 16, 17 Carrier forwarding device 18a, 18b, 19a, 19b, 51 Carrier 20, 21 Passenger waiting position 22, 23, 52 Passenger approach lane 24, 25, 54 Passenger boarding position 30 Carrier arrival side 31 Carrier departure side 40, 41 Chain 42 Transfer Cam 50a, 50b stop 53 arrow

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rope circulating between stops at both ends is gripped by a towing machine equipped with a carriage, and a carriage is operated on a cableway line. The cable (1) is unloaded from the machine, guided to the main track (4), and the carriage is rolled. After passing through the deceleration section (6), the forwarding section (7), and the acceleration section (8), the cableway ( 2) In the automatic circulation type cableway stop where passengers are handled in the forwarding section (7) and a plurality of carriages are circulated one after another in this way, the carriage arrival side ( 30) a rail (9) provided in parallel with the main rail (4), and a carriage starting side (31) on the main rail (4).
A rail (11) provided in parallel with the main rail (4), and a rail (10) provided substantially in a U-shape provided behind the main rail (4).
A rail switching device (12) for guiding a carriage from the main rail (4) to the rail (9); the rail (11) includes the rail (11); ) And a rail switching device (15) for guiding the carriage to the main rail (4), and the rail (10) includes the rail (10).
A point device (13, 14) for connecting the rail (9, 11) to the rail (9, 10, 1).
Along with 1), a transporting device (16, 17) for transporting a transporter is provided, and a passenger boarding position 25 is provided in the transporting route of the rail 4 and a passenger riding location 24 is provided in the transporting route of the rail 10. And a passenger is boarded at two places in parallel.