NL1003339C2 - Transport system, esp. for subways, with horizontal track along which cabins move - Google Patents

Abstract

The system has a track (1) which runs over a horizontal distance and two horizontally spaced stations for loading and unloading persons and or goods from the cabin (2). The stations are at a different vertical level of several metres. The transport track bridges the level difference through a relatively steep course. The track and or the cabin are mutually adapted for passenger comfort over the bridging part. The cabin has supports adapted to the course of the track in the bridging part and or has movable supports. In the bridging part of the transport track there is a length that maintains the cabin in a forward velocity when bridging the levels.

Description

Transport system

Where large numbers of people have to be transformed in urban areas, a metro system is often chosen as an affordable transport, characterized in that this metro has its own job; either under the existing traffic or over it. In some cases there is even a completely individual job at MV level, but this is beyond the concept to be described below. We limit ourselves to underground metros, although the same method can be used for high-altitude metro jobs.

A characteristic of the conventional approach is that both the metro itself and the stations are located underground.

An alternative would be to run the metro underground, but raise it again at the stations. A practical drawback here is that, based on standard metros, the mutual distance between the stations is so small that, in a manner of speaking, there are only exits on and off because the current metros for passenger comfort only tolerate a very slight vertical slope.

2 0 It is different when we start with small wagons that follow each other with a very short interval. The large, long metro is, as it were, split into separate sections that run individually. This system is not new. This system is found at airports as so-called people movers. In addition, there are systems in which small shuttles are pulled with a cable and where the speed at the transfer points is reduced in such a way that it is possible to get on and off safely.

Such systems are economically feasible only if the steering is automatic and a driver is not required on every shuttle. Automation with computer measurement and control techniques has now made this all technically possible and, for safety reasons, acceptable.

The present inventions relate to the use of the above described small shuttles, which drive through a tunnel tube at a short interval under the ground, but at the stations, lift the shuttle up a steep slope, whereby the shuttle itself remains horizontal, so that the passenger comfort guaranteed. The shuttle has become a lift at the stations.

Keeping the shuttle horizontal can be done by guiding the front wheels of the shuttle and the rear wheels over a separate 1003339 2 lifting track, the front wheels describing a narrower track than the rear one. This is reversed when it falls. A shifting mechanism is provided for this.

The mechanical implementation of this mechanism is not object 5 of the invention, but the concept of: - small shuttles with short intervals - driving underground - getting in and out above ground.

10 In contrast to underground stations, this solution offers: - no permanent lighting - no ventilation - no stairs and escalators - no lift (for roller chairs) - greater social safety

Because the system is a small shuttle, smaller than a standard metro, a small tunnel tube is sufficient, as it were a large sewer pipe. Because it is cheaper to carry out, a smaller grid density can be afforded with the same budget.

Because all facilities are smaller, better integration in historic city centers is possible.

Due to the short interval time of the shuttles, there is practically no waiting time for the passengers. Because there is no waiting time, there also does not have to be a waiting room, so that the stopping space can be considerably smaller than the standard stations.

It is recommended to find a good architectural fit for the stops, for example, integrated with telephone booth, kiosk, ticket vending machine, etc. 30 The kiosk holder can have the space available free of charge, with whey then having an obligation to keep an eye on him. keep for safety. The kiosk owner does not have to intervene in case of danger, but has a red immergency button, so that he can direct the flying keep metro police directly to the place of disaster.

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By way of example, the invention is further explained as follows:

The shuttle travels on a roadway with four wheels, two in the front and two in the rear, on either side of the center longitudinal axis and with the same 5 track width. The carriageway can have the width of the track width of the shuttle, but it can also, as for instance rails for trains etc., consist of two parallel carriageway strips approximately the width of the wheels and aligned with the wheels. In places where the shuttle has to bridge a large height difference over a short distance, the carriageway is designed as shown in the figure. When ascending and descending, the front wheels 2 of the shuttle 1 drive over a male part 3 with a different course than the male part 4 over which the rear wheels 5 drive. The course of these track parts 3 and 4 coincides at both the highest and the lowest point of the roadway 6. There they merge into a common hand part, so that outside the inclined track parts 3 and 4, the wheels 2 and 5 are aligned. The hand part 3 is closer to the central longitudinal axis than the hand part 4. When ascending (shuttle 1a, moving in the direction of the arrow A), the front wheels 2 are brought in for this purpose. When descending (shuttle lb, moving in the direction of the arrow A), the rear wheels 5 are brought in for this purpose. Bringing in the front resp. rear wheels from the starting position and back can take place in various ways. For example, mechanically steered by a spindle 7 located off the carriageway at the highest and the lowest point of the rise / fall section. This spindle engages with an exchange mechanism at the bottom of the shuttle when the shuttle 1 passes that 30 spindle. Then one of the wheel sets is brought in via a transmission and at the highest point the other wheel set (front or rear wheels) is brought in. The spindle can also be located on the shuttle, and the change system on or on the lane 6. Another 35 wheel adjustment option is, for example with a servo motor, activated by a wirelessly transmitted signal when moving inward and / or outward. the wheels is required.

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Other applications are conceivable, instead of the wheels moving over different parts of the handle in order to keep the shuttle substantially horizontal during lifting and lowering. For example, in which auxiliary wheels are used, which are usually not in engagement with the carriageway, but are for instance located at some height above the wheels 2, 5 on either side of the shuttle. For example, when ascending, the front set of auxiliary wheels will operate, while the descending set the rear set.

10 The shuttle can also be used, for example, to lift a ship over a dike. The shuttle then forms a mobile dock. The distance over which that dock is to be moved will usually be limited to the immediate vicinity of the dike.

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Claims (14)

1. Transport system with a transport track along which one or more cabins are movable, which track extends for a considerable horizontal distance, and comprises at least two horizontally spaced stations for loading and / or unloading from the cab of persons and possibly goods, which stations are at a considerably different vertical height of at least a few meters, and the transport track bridges the difference in height along a relatively steep track and the transport track and the cabin are coordinated in such a way that passenger comfort along the part of the transport track where the height difference is bridged is guaranteed. 2. Transport system according to claim 1, wherein the transport path in the section in which the height difference is bridged offers different support for different parts of the cabin, in order to ensure the passenger comfort. Transport system according to claim 2, wherein the cabin has front and rear supports, in engagement with the transport track, wherein the front supports follow a part of the transport track configured differently from the rear supports, in the part in which the transport track the height difference bridges. Transport system according to claim 3, wherein the further supports are located further inward than the rear supports, and this situation is reversible by mechanism for adjustment to rise or fall. Transport system as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the transport track is situated substantially on one level, with the exception of the locations of stations located on another, considerably different level and the bridging sections thereon. 6. Transport system as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the slope of the part of the transport track for bridging the height difference is more than 30 °, in particular more than 45 °, more in particular more than 60 °. Transport system as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, 1003339, wherein the part of the transport track for bridging the height difference, with the exception of the connection to the remaining part of the transport track, has a substantially constant angle of inclination. Transport system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein substantially immediately before and after a station, the transport track bridges the difference in height. 9. Passenger transport system for transport over a relatively large distance with at least two spaced-in and / or disembarkation points along the transport tram, the system is largely located over a considerable difference in height, relative to another passenger transport system for connecting transport. deviating height level, such as a metro tube located at some depth in the ground on the one hand and a road traffic network of footpaths and / or carriageways mainly on the earth's surface, on the other hand, the system is equipped with one or more mobile or otherwise along a trajectory of transportable transport elements for one or more persons and possibly 20 goods, and which system is designed in such a way and those transport elements are equipped in such a way that at least some of those entry and exit points these transport elements along a relatively steep track and preferably substantially unchangeable to the height level from n that other transport system, for which said transport elements are preferably relatively short compared to conventional metros and trains, for the substantial avoidance of additional intermediate transport systems for passenger transport between the transport systems near those entry and exit points. 10. Method for transporting one or more persons seated, lying or standing in a cabin between horizontally and vertically spaced stations for getting in and out of the cab, wherein said cabin is led along a conveyor track and that conveyor track is transported over a relatively short horizontal distance that bridges vertical distance such that when the cabin follows the position of that transport path, the passenger comfort is particularly disadvantaged, and it is ensured that in the sections where the transport track bridges that vertical distance, the cabin is placed in a is maintained in such a way that passenger comfort is ensured, and wherein this method is optionally carried out with a device according to any one of the preceding claims. 11. Method as claimed in claim 10, wherein instead of a cabin, a chassis is used, for transporting persons and possibly goods. A method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the height difference is bridged along a slope whose angle of inclination is comparable to that of conventional stairs along which persons walking can come to another level. 15 A method according to claim 10, 11 or 12, wherein the conveyor track extends horizontally over at least a hundred meters, preferably at least several hundred meters, and the stations are at a distance of at least ten meters, preferably at least some tens of 20 meters apart. 14. Method as claimed in any of the foregoing claims 10-13, wherein a support at the front of the cabin is guided on the part of the conveyor track for bridging the height difference along a first conveyor track part and a support at the rear of the cabin. The cabin is guided along a second conveyor track section, which first and second conveyor track sections run substantially parallel over the major part of their length, with a horizontal spacing substantially corresponding to the horizontal distance between said supports. 1 00333 i