US3742864A - Transport system particularly upright cableway, aerial cableway or overhead railway - Google Patents

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US3742864A
US3742864A US00208287A US3742864DA US3742864A US 3742864 A US3742864 A US 3742864A US 00208287 A US00208287 A US 00208287A US 3742864D A US3742864D A US 3742864DA US 3742864 A US3742864 A US 3742864A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/1041—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis
    • E05F1/1066—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance with a coil spring perpendicular to the pivot axis with a traction spring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • ABSTRACT A transport system, especially an upright cableway, aerial cableway or overhead railway wherein each cabin is provided with a door which, when closed, is locked and can be opened from the outside. Each door is equipped with a spring-loaded control lever provided at one end with a control pin. At each station there is provided at least one stationary control rail for displacing the control pin in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cabin and from a first into a second terminal position. In the first terminal position the door is closed and in the second terminal position the door is opened.
  • the present invention broadly relates to transport systems and, more particularly, to a new and improved construction of upright or standing cableway, aerial cableway or overhead railway.
  • Another and more specific object of the present invention relates to a novel construction of transport system having a foolproof and highly reliably operating cabin door actuating mechanism by means of which it is possible to dispense with the use of expensive operating personnel which normally heretofore were only briefly and intermittently used.
  • Another and more specific object of the present invention relates to a transport system equipped with a purely mechanical mechanism for automatically unlocking, opening, again closing, and locking the doors of each cabin at the cabin stations.
  • Still a further significant object of the present invention relates to a new and improved construction of transport system equipped with mechanism for reliably and automatically operating the doors as the cabin is at a station, thereby dispensing with the need to employ expensive operating personnel simply for this purpose, hence improving the economies of the transport system, while still affording the requisite safety and safeguards against unintentional or unauthorized manipulations of the cabin doors.
  • each door is operatively connected with at least one spring-loaded control lever provided at one end with a control pin.
  • at least one stationary control rail serving for displacing the control pin in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cabin and from a first terminal position into the second terminal position, whereby the door in the first terminal position is closed and in the second terminal position however is opened.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are respective simplified illustrations in plan of a portion of an aerial cableway cabin with the equipment for opening and closing a single-wing cabin door, the floor of the cabin being omitted for purposes of clarity in illustration, and with FIG. 1 showingthe door in closed position and FIG. 2 in open position;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the arrangement depicted in FIG. 2, taken substantially along the line III-III thereof;
  • FIGS. 4 9 likewise schematically illustrate details of asecond embodiment of cableway transport system, the cabin possessing a double-wing door, and wherein:
  • FIGS. 4 7 enlarged respective plan views illustrating the door openingand closing mechanism, FIGS. 4 and 5 showing the mechanism as used for opening the cabin door, whereas FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate the mechanism as used for closing the cabin door;
  • FIG. 8 is an enaarged sectional view showing details of the arrangement depicted in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG. 8.
  • the aerial cableway cabin wall is designated by reference character 1 and the single-wing door by reference character 2.
  • the cabin door 2 is rigidly connected with a guidearm 3 arranged beneath the floor of the cabin.
  • the end 3a of the guide arm 3 is hingedly connected with play to an arm 40 of a control lever 4, the other arm 4b of which is provided at its end with a control pin 5 carrying a control roller or roll 5a.
  • the play between the guide arm 3 and the control lever 4 may be provided for instance in that the arm 4a is Continuing, it will be observed that a spring 7 is attached at location 4d to the control lever 4, the other end of this spring 7 being attached to the cabin floor or at a carrier or support specifically arranged beneath the cabin floor. As should be readily apparent from the drawing the arrangement is undertaken in such a manner that the spring 7, when the door 2 is approximately halfway open, is located above the point of rotation 4e of the control lever 4.
  • reference numeral 6 designates a springloaded locking mechanism which, upon closing the cabin door 2, snaps-in and retains the door closed, and further which, as is well known in the art, although not particularly shown in the drawing, can be opened from the outside against the force of the spring, by means of a door grip or key and additionally by means of some suitable type of stationary control rail via a rod or Bowden cable.
  • FIGS. 1 3 there is attached to the bottom of the cabin floor a guide pin 8 equipped with a roller or roll 8a.
  • this guide pin 8 is guided at the lower portion of a floor rail 9 so as to prevent rocking of the cabin, and therefore to ensure, by means of the control rail 90 attached to the ground, positive guiding of the control roller a connected with the control pin 5.
  • the control pin 5 will be displaced perpendicular to the direction of travel of the cabin by the control rail 9a; in other words in the case under consideration this control pin 5 will be displaced upwards in the illustration of FIG. 1. Consequently, the control lever 4, loaded by' the spring member 7, will be rocked in counterclockwise direction so that the door 2 will be opened and, as best seen by referring to FIG. 2, will be fixedly retained in its open position by the spring member 7.
  • each cabin is equipped with a double-wing door arrangement 11, 12.
  • the individual door wings have been designated by reference numerals 11 and 12, and the wall of the cabin by reference character 13.
  • the cabin floor has again been conveniently omitted for the purpose of improving clarity in illustration, the line 35 representing the edge of a removable floor cover which when removed renders readily accesible from above the mechanism to be described hereinafter.
  • a bearing for a pivot pin 16a of a control lever 16 is equipped with two arms, a shorter arm 16b and a longer arm 16c. At the end of the shorter lever arm 16b there is disposed a control pin 17 provided with a control roller or roll 17a.
  • the outer end of the other arm is connected via two springs 18 with a pin 19 which interconnects both ends of the guides or control members 20 and 21, the other ends of which are each hingedly connected with one of the door wings 11 and 12, as shown.
  • a third guide or control member 22 By means of a third guide or control member 22 the pin 19 is hingedly connected with the pin 16a, so that this pin 19 can rock or pivot about the stationary pin 16a.
  • a claw rod 23 having two claw members 23 a and 23b which, together with the lengthwise displaceable bolts or locks 24a and 24b of the lock component 24, form an arresting mechanism and retain the door 11, 12 in closed position.
  • the bolts or locks 24a and 24b can be retracted against the force of springs not visible in the drawing, by means of the balance or beam 25 and the tension or draw rod 26 hingedly connected with the guide or control rod 27 and owing to the action of the cam 16d rigidly connected with the control lever 16, so that the claw rod 23 and therefore the three guides or control members 20, 21 and 22 are released.
  • the guide member 28 serves to estblish the requisite operable connection between the three guides or control members 20, 21 and 22 and the control lever 16. As should be apparent from FIG. 8, this guide member 28 is hingedly connected with play to the control lever 16 and without play to the guide member 20.
  • the bolt 16e at the lever arm 16c is displaced within the slot of the guide member 28 until it impacts against the end of the slot and then during further rocking movement displaces the guide 28 in such a manner that by means of both of the guides 20 and 21 the opening movement of the door wings 11 and 12 is initiated.
  • the mechanism assumes the position illustrated in FIG. 5 wherein the door wings 11 and 12 are held open by the spring force, however these door wings can also be manually closed against the force of such springs.
  • the aerial cableway cabin travels past a second control rail 33 whereby the mechanism is operated in the sense of closing the doors l1 and 12.
  • the control rail 33 displaces the control pin 17 with the control roller 17a again in a direction perpendicular to the direction of cabin travel, however this time in the direction towards the cabin door. Consequently, the control lever 16 is rocked in clockwise direction against the force of the springs 18, so that the pin l6e guided at the slot of the guide member 28, as soon as it bears against the end of this slot, entrains this guide member so that the closing operation of both door wings 11 and 12 is initiated.
  • This closing operation is terminated by the springs 18 as soon as such have moved past their dead-center position.
  • the arresting mechanism 23, 24 also snaps-in.
  • Such is constructed as a double-stage locking device in order that the arresting mechanism can also then fixedly hold the door if, for instance, owing to ice or snow or interference by an object, such as a ski pole, it is not yet completely closed.
  • the inventive apparatus possesses an extremely simple disturbance-free construction, especially suitable for use during rough weather conditions and whichreliably opens the doors at given stations, holds the doors open, again shuts the doors and holds such closed, and wherein the door wings in order to prevent accidents when they are in their open position are elastically retained in such open position.
  • the equipment can be modified by carrying out certain constructional changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventive concepts.
  • the described mechanism be arranged beneath the passenger space or cabin region, it could also be arranged above such.
  • the necessary transmission elements are present, such as for instance rods or Bowdenor flexible cables.
  • a transport system especially upright cableway, aerial cableway or elevated railway, comprising at least one cabin, each cabin having a door which in its closed position is locked and can be opened from the outside, a locking mechanism for each door, control rail means provided at each station, means cooperating with said control rail means for acting upon said locking mechanism to open the latter, said cooperating means comprising at least one spring-loaded control lever provided for the cabin door, said control lever being equipped at one end with a control pin, said control rail means comprising at least one stationary control rail provided at each station for displacing the control pin in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travei of the cabin from a first terminal position into a second terminal position, wherein the door in the first terminal position is closed and in the second terminal position is opened, the door of the cabin is constructed as a double-wing door, and wherein both wings of each such door are connected via a respective first and second guide member with a third guide member, means defining a fixed point of rotation, said third guide member being pivotably connected with said fixed point of
  • control lever is connected with play via a fourth guide member with one of said three guide members in such a manner that during rocking of the control lever from a first terminal position into a second terminal position such initially acts upon said arresting mechanism and releases such before it pivots the guide members hinged with the door wings, and wherein when the door is opened at least one door wing can be elastically rocked through a limited angle without acting upon said control lever.

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