64results about "Power-and-free systems" patented technology

Systems and methods are disclosed for structural rib assemblies for container shuttle rails. In one embodiment, an example system for a shuttle may include a rib assembly. The rib assembly may include a first plate with a first tab on a first lateral side, a second tab on a second lateral side, a first cutout disposed adjacent to the first tab, a second cutout disposed adjacent to the second tab, and a third cutout disposed along an upper portion of the first plate. The rib assembly may include a second plate coupled to the first plate, the second plate having a third tab on a first lateral side, a fourth tab on a second lateral side, a fourth cutout disposed adjacent to the third tab, a fifth cutout disposed adjacent to the fourth tab, and a sixth cutout disposed along an upper portion of the second plate.

Among other things, a connection assembly for motion along a rail is disclosed. The connection assembly can include a first plate assembly, a second plate assembly, and a release assembly. The first plate assembly can include a first stop mounted to a first base. The second plate assembly can include a second stop mounted to a second base and a post mounted to the second base. The release assembly can include a rod and a spring. The rod can include an outward extension. The spring can be disposed between the extension and the second stop. The release assembly can be configured to occupy: a first state such that the spring pushes the extension against the first stop and thereby biases the first base away from the second base; and a second state such that the spring pushes the extension against the post.

A cableway in the case of which the safety and comfort for persons during the loading and unloading of the cableway vehicles can be improved as simply and economically as possible. This aim is achieved, according to the teaching, in that at least one vehicle-fixed contact rail which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle is arranged on the conveying body, and in that at least one guiding portion having at least one stationary first guiding device which extends in the direction of movement of the cableway vehicle is provided in at least one cableway station, the first guiding device cooperating with the contact rail of the cableway vehicle, at least during the movement of the cableway vehicle through the guiding portion, in order to generate a guiding force, the guiding force shifting the conveying body relative to the suspension from a rest position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved outside of the guiding portion, into a guidance position, in which the cableway vehicle can be moved through the guiding portion.

A novel actuating device (1) is described for use in combination with a pressurized packaging (6), which comprises an actuator head (2) having a discharge orifice (11), a discharge duct (3) which connects the discharge orifice with an entry port (4). The actuating device is provided for actuating a resilient biased valve means for dispensing the fluid from the fluid container (6) and further comprises an open piston (16) having at least an upper sealing lip (20) which is sealing towards an inner wall of the discharge duct (3). An inner rod (25) is attached to the open piston (16) having a free end (26; 53) for closing the discharge orifice (11). The open piston (16) is biased towards the discharge opening: The actuator head (2) comprises a lever (31) for actuating the open piston (16) towards the entry port of the discharge duct (3).

The invention relates to a parking system for cableway vehicles in order to improve the parking of cableway vehicles in a cableway, in particular the feeding of cableway vehicles in a cableway, and to simplify the handling of cableway vehicles, said cableway vehicles each having at least two connecting elements, the connecting elements are designed to detachably connect two adjacent cableway vehicles to each other during operation of the parking system; the parking track conveyor pulls the vehicle combination out of the parking track in the direction of the feed track, so that a connecting element, which can be detachably connected, of the two cableway vehicles located at the end of the vehicle combination facing the track end reaches the action range of an actuating device arranged in the region of the track end. And the actuating device disengages the connecting element of the disconnectable connection between the two cableway vehicles, and the feed rail conveyor takes over the cableway vehicle which is located at the end of the vehicle combination facing the rail end and has been disengaged from the vehicle combination and moves it away from the parking rail.

In order to facilitate the transport of objects and increase the safety of persons in a circulating ropeway (1) with at least two ropeway stations (2a-2c) and with a number of ropeway vehicles (3) that can be moved between the ropeway stations (2a-2c) by means of a haul rope (4), it is provided that a first detection device (D1) is provided in a first ropeway station (2a), which is configured to detect an object (O) intended for loading a cabin (K) of a ropeway vehicle (3) in a loading area (6) of the first ropeway station (2a) and to determine an object type for the object (O), and that a control unit (5) is provided which is configured to operate the circulating ropeway (1) in a defined transport operating mode when the object type determined for the detected object (O) is a specified object type.

In order to enhance the safety of a cableway, in particular when a cable car passes through a cableway support of the cableway, according to the present teaching a detection device having at least one evaluation unit and at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit is provided on at least one cableway support. A first sensor is located in the entry area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor. A second sensor is located in the exit area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor. The detection device is provided in order to detect a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal when the detected number exceeds a predefined maximum number.

A maintenance vehicle for an attraction system includes a maintenance component configured to discharge material onto a path of a path system of the attraction system, a guide engagement device configured to capture a protrusion of the path system, the protrusion being off the path, and a wheel set configured to move the maintenance vehicle along the path system while the guide engagement device maintains capture of the protrusion and moves the maintenance component along the path.

A transport system in a fabrication facility includes a driving unit moving along a driving rail, and a steering unit selectively contacting a steering guide rail at a branching part where the driving rail branches off. The steering unit includes horizontal steering wheels contacting a vertical guide part of the steering guide rail, and vertical steering wheels contacting a horizontal guide part of the steering guide rail.

In order to achieve easier object transport and to improve the safety of persons in a circulating ropeway (1) having at least two ropeway stations (2a-2c) and having a plurality of ropeway vehicles (3) which can be moved between the ropeway stations (2a-2c) by means of a transport cable (4), it is provided that a first detection device (D1) is provided in a first ropeway station (2a), which is configured to detect an object (O) provided in a loading area (6) of the first ropeway station (2a) for loading a cabin (K) of a ropeway vehicle (3) and to determine an object type for the object (O), and that a control unit (5) is provided, which is configured to operate the circulating ropeway (1) in a defined transport operating mode if the object type determined for the detected object (O) is a defined object type.

A synchronization device for synchronizing a hanging dolly assembly to a conveyor includes a first pole body assembly comprising a first pole body and a first spring that is configured to bias the first pole body in a first direction and a second pole body assembly with a second pole body slidably connected to the first pole body and a second spring that is configured to bias the second pole body in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Parking system to improve the parking and feeding of cableway vehicles. Each cableway vehicle has connecting elements designed to detachably connect adjacent cableway vehicles. When parking, a jointly movable vehicle combination of detachably connected cableway vehicles is parked on the parking track. For feeding cableway vehicles, a parking track conveyor pulls the vehicle combination from the parking track toward the feed track until the detachably connected connecting elements of two cableway vehicles at an end of the vehicle combination facing the track end are in an effective range of an actuating device. The actuating device detaches the connecting elements between these two cableway vehicles, and the feed track conveyor moves the cableway vehicle located at the end of the vehicle combination facing the track end away from the parking track.

In order to improve transport efficiency of an object transport system, an object transport system includes, a ceiling carrier configured to travel on at least travel rail and transport an object; and a transfer device including a hanging part configured to hang the object and configured to be capable of being raised and lowered, the transfer device being disposed so as to be separated from the ceiling carrier.

A suspended conveyor includes a rail and a conveying means, which is movably mounted on the rail in a conveying direction and includes carriers, for releasable holding suspended transportation means. The suspended conveyor includes a special clearing arrangement for clearing at least a section of the rail of transport means. The clearing arrangement generally includes a clearing device, which is either movably arranged with a guide bearing along the rail section and includes a clearing element or is arranged in a fixed position. Furthermore, the clearing arrangement includes an actuating arrangement that is configured to move the clearing device from a standby state to a clearing state. In the clearing state, the clearing element is configured to release the transport means from the carriers in the rail section by a relative movement of the clearing device to the conveying means.

Provided herein is a vehicle wash system. The vehicle wash system comprises a tunnel having a length extending between an entrance opening and an exit opening, a vehicle wash path extending along the length of the tunnel, a plurality of conveyors arranged sequentially along at least one side of the vehicle wash path, and wash equipment disposed along the sides and overhead of the vehicle wash path. The conveyors comprise a frame, a drive roller connected to the frame, a tail roller connected to the frame, a belt in contact with the drive roller and the tail roller, a plurality of idler rollers, and a plurality of bushings connected to the frame, wherein each idler roller is rotatably connected to at least one of the bushings. In some embodiments, each idler roller is configured to rotate only when subjected to a load from a vehicle on the belt above the idler roller.

Switch system (1) for a cable transport installation intended to transport a transport unit which comprises a disengageable coupling device supporting rollers and a balancing roller, said switch system comprising an upstream track, a main track (3) and a secondary track (4), the main track comprising a movable main rail section (32), a static main rail section (33), a movable main slide section (34) and a static main slide section (35), and the secondary track comprising a first movable secondary rail section (42), a second movable secondary rail section (44) and a static secondary slide (41), wherein the second movable secondary rail section and the movable main slide section are mechanically connected and jointly movable by an actuator between a main switch configuration and a secondary switch configuration.Abstract Figure: Figure 4.

The invention discloses a non-fixed-track-gauge PRT track system, and belongs to the technical field of double-track track traffic, the non-fixed-track-gauge PRT track system comprises a fixed turnout track and a track vehicle, the fixed turnout track comprises a main track and a bifurcated track, the track gauges of the main track and the bifurcated track are non-fixed, and different track radiuses correspond to different track gauges. The railway vehicle comprises a vehicle body and a bogie, the bogie comprises a wheel set assembly and a steering mechanism, and the steering mechanism comprises a steering tie rod, a left steering knuckle, a right steering knuckle, a left steering trapezoidal arm, a right steering trapezoidal arm, a steering gear, a rack and an anti-derailment steering guide part. The non-fixed-gauge PRT rail provided by the invention is specially suitable for the rail vehicle provided by the invention, and each pair of wheel pair assemblies of the bogie of the rail vehicle can independently steer left and right, so that the available space of the rail vehicle can be effectively increased, the transportation and cutting amount can be increased, and the popularization of a novel rail traffic personal rapid transportation system is facilitated.

A surface-mounted vehicle includes a body and a mounting system configured to couple the surface-mounted vehicle to a surface. The surface-mounted vehicle also includes a propulsion system configured to move the surface-mounted vehicle along the surface. In addition, the surface-mounted vehicle includes a rail coupling system having at least one rail coupled to the body. The at least one rail is configured to couple a component to the surface-mounted vehicle. The rail coupling system also includes multiple electrical connectors disposed along the at least one rail. The electrical connectors are configured to provide electrical power to the component.

For a simply designed and reliably operated dead-end parking garage, a continuous conveyor (17) with a conveying element (18) movable in two conveying directions (R) is provided in the area of ​​the first dead-end parking track (13a) and the second dead-end parking track (13b), wherein the continuous conveyor (17) has a first and second conveying section (20a, 20b) in which the conveying element (18) travels along the first dead-end parking track (13a) and the second dead-end parking track (13b) between the respective transfer point (15a, 15b) and the end of the respective dead-end parking track (13a) in order to form the second dead-end parking track conveyor (16a, 16b) of the first and second dead-end parking track (13a, 13b), wherein a first drive finger is spaced apart from each other on the conveying element (18) of the continuous conveyor (17) in the direction of the conveying element (18). (21a) and second drive finger (21b) are arranged,wherein the first drive finger (21a) and second drive finger (21b) are each movable back and forth between a first drive finger position (P1) and a second drive finger position (P2), wherein the drive fingers (21a, 21b) in the second drive finger position (P2) project further from the conveying means (18) in a transverse direction perpendicular to the conveying direction (R) by an engagement distance (A) than in the first drive finger position (P1), and the distance of the first drive finger (21a) and second drive finger (21b) in the conveying direction (R) on the conveying means (18) is selected such that the first drive finger (21a) is located in the area of ​​the transfer point (15a) of the first stub parking track (13a) or is located on an area of ​​the continuous conveyor (17) facing the feeder track (11) in the transverse direction between the first stub parking track (13a) and the second The dead-end parking track (13b) is locatedwhen the second take-off finger (21b) is located in the area of ​​the end of the second dead-end parking track (13b), and vice versa.

An actuator apparatus includes an actuator rod with an interior cavity and a set of rod holes. Each rod hole extends through the actuator rod to the cavity. The set of rod holes is positioned in a straight line. The apparatus includes a light assembly that is positioned to light the cavity. The apparatus includes an actuator block that includes an opening extending through the actuator block sized to conform to an outer surface of the actuator rod and a set of block holes in the opening. Spacing between the block holes matches spacing between the rod holes. The actuator block includes a light sensor positioned in a block hole to sense light coming through a rod hole aligned with the block hole and a ball bearing for each block hole of the set of block holes without a light sensor and extending partially through the corresponding block hole.

A parking system for cable car vehicles (2) is provided to improve the parking and, in particular, the loading of cable car vehicles (2) of a cable car (2) and to simplify the handling of the cable car vehicles (2), wherein the cable car vehicles (2) each have at least two connecting elements (4) which are designed to detachably connect two adjacent cable car vehicles (2) to each other during operation of the parking system (10), wherein, when using the parking system (10), a jointly movable vehicle assembly (12) consisting of the cable car vehicles (2) detachably connected to each other via the connecting elements (4) is parked on the parking track (11), and wherein, for loading the cable car vehicles (2), a parking track conveyor (15) is provided on the parking track (11), which pulls the vehicle assembly (12) out of the parking track (11) towards the feed track (21).so that the detachably connected connecting elements (4) of the two cable car vehicles (2) located at one end of the vehicle assembly (12) facing the track end (11a) enter the area of ​​operation of an actuating device (13) arranged in the area of ​​the track end (11a) and the actuating device (16) releases the detachably connected connecting elements (4) between these two cable car vehicles (2) and the feeder track conveyor (22) takes over the cable car vehicle (2) located at the end of the vehicle assembly (12) facing the track end (11a) and detached from the vehicle assembly (12) and moves it away from the parking track (11).

To easily install a scaffold.SOLUTION: A lifting device (100) includes a frame (10), a lifting rail (30) into which a carriage (120) is capable of entering, a lifting body (20) elevated integrally with the lifting rail (30) and supported by a support unit (11) provided on the frame (10) in a lower position, and a scaffold (40) attached to the lifting body (20) in a detachable manner, and the scaffold (40) is mounted on the lifting body (20) in a state where one portion is engaged to one portion of the lifting body (20) so that movement in the horizontal direction is restricted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a transport vehicle having excellent transport efficiency when transporting an article while rotating around a circular route having at least a partial arc-shaped section while maintaining an orientation of a vehicle body.SOLUTION: A transport vehicle (1) includes a vehicle body (2), a drive unit (3), and a coupling device (4) that couples the vehicle body (2) and the drive unit (3). The drive unit (3) includes wheels, a travel drive source that drives and rotates the wheels, and a steering device that turns the wheels around a steering axis (Xs). The coupling device (4) includes a mounting portion (41) that is attached to the vehicle body (2), and an adjustment mechanism that can change a reference direction (R) around the steering axis (Xs) with respect to a front-rear direction (L) of the vehicle body (2) by changing a mounting attitude of the mounting portion (41) relative to the vehicle body (2).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

The transportation system (100) includes a plurality of wagons (110) with no motive power and a plurality of main tracks with drive belts for frictionally engaging and moving each wagon. The wagons (110) can be carried by last-mile delivery vehicles to provide a seamless connection between commuters' starting points and destinations without change. The transportation system includes a station (150) with a diverting belt (104), an accelerator / decelerator path (106), and a diverting device (114) for transferring the wagons (110) between the main track (102) and the last-mile delivery vehicles.

A ropeway or cable system is disclosed having at least two cable loops (1,20) that form a track, a first loop extending directly between two end station embarking or disembarking stations of the track, and a second loop extending between the two end stations via intermediate embarking or disembarking stations) or turning towers on the track. A vehicle (2) is carried from a loop, the vehicle (2) having a cable gripping mechanism (37, 38, 43, 44), the cable gripping mechanism being capable of switching attachment of the vehicle between two or more cable loops (1,20), so as to change the loop that carries the vehicle (2).

A synchronization device for synchronizing a hanging dolly assembly to a conveyor includes a first pole body assembly comprising a first pole body and a first spring that is configured to bias the first pole body in a first direction and a second pole body assembly with a second pole body slidably connected to the first pole body and a second spring that is configured to bias the second pole body in a second direction opposite the first direction.

A maintenance vehicle for an attraction system includes a maintenance component configured to output a material onto a path of a pathway system of the attraction system, a guide engager configured to capture a projection of the pathway system, the projection being separate from the path, and a set of wheels configured to move the maintenance vehicle along the pathway system while the guide engager maintains capture of the projection to move the maintenance component along the path.

The present invention provides a transport trolley which can be used to carry out operations in the space in front and behind the moving direction with a simple structure, and will not occupy useless transport space where operations are not required. Specifically, the transport trolley comprises a moving frame (101), a main bracket (102) capable of carrying transported objects, and a moving direction operation deck (103) arranged side by side on the main bracket (102) and the moving frame (101) in the front and back of the moving direction. The moving direction operation deck (103) is configured to change its angle with the main bracket (102) according to the curvature of the path, and is configured to change its height in the up and down directions through a height variable mechanism.

A rail-type floor conveyor system includes at least two rail pairs of different running directions, at least four rotatably mounted support plates on bearings, located in the intersection region of the rail pairs and on which wheels of a floor conveyor are rotated from a first into a second running direction, at least one floor conveyor having at least four wheel cassettes, rotated about a vertical axis and each have at least one wheel in contact with the rails, and wherein each wheel has a peripheral contour complementary to at least one profile of a rail so that transverse forces on the floor conveyor are absorbed by the rail pair, and a wheel-cassette rotary drive assembly connected to the floor conveyor and able to rotate the wheel cassettes about their vertical axis on the support plates, wherein no profiling for guiding the wheels is on the support plates.