Cable car system

Abstract

A cable railway system has two or more stations and at least one carrying cable and a conveying cable extending between the stations and guided in the stations by way of deflection pulleys. At least one of the pulleys is driven. Vehicles, such as cable cars or chairs, may be boarded or disembarked from in the stations by the passengers. The system may also have one or more fixed carrying cables along which the cars are moved by way of one or more hauling cables. At least one device is associated with the vehicles along the section of the cable railway system, by way of which device the pendulum movements that the vehicles are subject to transversely relative to the direction of movement of the vehicles are detectable and its output signals are conducted to a device that controls the drive of the cable railway system. The drive is thereby controllable in dependence on the extent of the pendulum movements.

Description

technical field

[0001] The present application relates to an aerial cableway system having at least two platforms and furthermore at least one conveyor cable which is guided in the platforms by means of deflection pulleys. At least one of the primary pulleys is driven. Vehicles such as cable cars, chair lifts or gondolas can be coupled to and decoupled from the conveyor lines in the stations and can pass along guide rails through these stations. The vehicle may also be securely fixed to the conveyor line. Passengers board or disembark from vehicles in said platforms.

[0002] The invention also relates to an aerial ropeway system with at least two platforms and with at least one rigidly arranged conveying rope on which vehicles, such as cable cars or chairs, can be moved by means of at least one traction rope transport between the platforms in which the passengers board or disembark from the vehicles, respectively.

[0003] This application claims priority to Australian Pa...

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