Branch parking track garage for cableway vehicles

Abstract

In order to implement a branch parking track garage, a continuous conveyor is provided with a first conveyor section and a second conveyor section, the conveying device of which moves along the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track between a transfer point and an end of the track, a first driving finger and a second driving finger are arranged at intervals in the direction of the conveying device and can move back and forth between a first driving finger position and a second driving finger position respectively, and in the latter, the driving fingers are further spaced from the conveying device by an engagement distance compared with in the former; on the conveying device, the distance between the first driving finger and the second driving finger in the conveying direction is selected in the mode that when the second driving finger is located in the area of the end of the second branch parking track, the first driving finger is located in the area of the transfer point of the first branch parking track. Or at a region of the continuous conveyor, between the first and second branch parking tracks in the transverse direction, facing the feed track; and vice versa.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a branch (branch) parking rail garage for cableway vehicles, the garage having a feed rail connected to a first branch parking rail and a second branch parking rail, wherein the first branch parking rail and the second branch parking rail each terminate at an end facing away from the feed rail, wherein a first branch parking rail conveyor is provided at the first branch parking rail and the second branch parking rail, respectively, which extends from the feed rail to a transfer point at the first branch parking rail and the second branch parking rail, and a second branch parking rail conveyor is provided at the first branch parking rail and the second branch parking rail, respectively, which extends from the transfer point to the end of the first branch parking rail and the second branch parking rail, respectively, wherein the first branch parking rail conveyor and the second branch parking rail conveyor of each branch parking rail overlap in the area of ​​the transfer point. The invention also relates to a method for emptying a cableway vehicle from such a branch parking rail garage, and a method for parking a cableway vehicle in such a branch parking rail garage. Background Art

[0002] A continuous cableway usually has a plurality of cableway stations, a plurality of cableway vehicles and a transport cable for moving the cableway vehicles between the cableway stations. The transport cable circulates between the cableway stations (e.g., valley stations and peak stations), for example, at cable rollers in the cableway stations, wherein at least one cable roller is driven. Also known are continuous cableways in which the cableway vehicle is disconnected from the transport cable by means of a cable clamp in the cableway station in order to move through the cableway station in the disconnected state and independently of the circulating transport cable, usually at a speed lower than the speed of the circulating transport cable. Before leaving the rail station, the cableway vehicle is accelerated again to the speed of the circulating transport cable if necessary and is coupled to the transport cable by means of a cable clamp. As a result, on the one hand, a high transport capacity can be achieved due to the high transport speed of the transport cable, while on the other hand, the speed of the cableway vehicle can be reduced within the cableway station, thereby facilitating the boarding and disembarking of passengers or generally facilitating the loading and unloading of the cableway vehicle. Usually, at least one guide rail is provided in the cableway station for this purpose, along which the cableway vehicle in the state of being disconnected from the transport cable is guided through the cableway station. In most cases, rollers are arranged on the cableway vehicle, for example on the pylon, by means of which the cableway vehicle rolls on the guide rails. In order to transport the disconnected cableway vehicle in the cableway station, a station conveyor is provided. The station conveyor can be implemented as a known tire conveyor, wherein in the cableway station, a tire arranged along the guide rail and driven interacts with a friction pad on the cableway vehicle in order to move the cableway vehicle further. In this case, the friction pad can be arranged, for example, on the pylon of the cableway vehicle. A cable clamp for disconnection and connection is also arranged on the pylon. However, the station conveyor can also be implemented in another form, for example, as a mechanical endless conveyor (conveyor belt) with a traction device (for example, a belt or chain), on which a drive member is provided, which acts together with a part of the cableway vehicle in order to move the cableway vehicle at the speed of the traction device. Thereby, all cableway vehicles at the traction device move at the same speed as the traction device.

[0003] Such endless ropeways with ropeway vehicles that can be detached from the transport cables often also have a parking and storage facility, in which the ropeway vehicles detached from the transport cables can be parked outside the operating hours of the endless ropeway. For example, maintenance of the transport cables or the ropeway vehicles can be carried out thereby, and the ropeway vehicles can be protected from weather conditions such as snow, ice, storms, etc. During the operation of the endless ropeway vehicles, for example during periods of low transport demand, some ropeway vehicles can also be parked in the parking and storage facility. Such a parking and storage facility is usually located inside one of the ropeway stations or in (one) area of ​​the ropeway station, for example on the same level (plane) as the operating area where the passenger boarding and / or disembarking area is located, or also in a garage below the operating area. In order to transfer the ropeway vehicle to its predefined parking position in the parking and storage facility, a parking conveyor is usually provided, which parking conveyor can include one or more conveying devices. The parking conveyor is usually connected to the station conveyor in order to transfer the ropeway vehicle from the station conveyor to the parking conveyor, or vice versa. For this purpose, switches may also be provided in order to move the cableway vehicle from the station conveyor to the parking conveyor or vice versa.Exemplary parking conveyors are known from EP 711 696 A1 or AT 392 766 B.

[0004] The movement of cableway vehicles in parking and storage facilities often takes place on so-called "inclined tracks" that serve as parking conveyors or as part of parking conveyors. The design of the inclined track is basically similar to the design and construction of the guide rails of the cableway station, but has a certain fixed slope. Here, the movement of the cableway vehicle along the inclined track to the parking position is achieved only by gravity due to the defined slope, without the need for an external drive. For example, the inclined track can be connected to the guide rails of the cableway station by a switch, so that the cableway vehicle can be diverted (deflected) from the guide rails to the inclined track by means of the switch to park. The transportation of the cableway vehicle from the parking and storage facility back to the operating area can be carried out, for example, by means of a tire conveyor, similar to driving the cableway vehicle along the guide rails in the operating area of ​​the cableway station. However, inclined tracks have many disadvantages. On the one hand, inclined tracks are prone to malfunctions, since too low a gradient and / or unevenness of the inclined track, foreign objects, dirt, ice, etc. on the inclined track or on the cableway vehicle may lead to unexpected movements of the cableway vehicle, such as unexpected stops, too slow movements, or too fast movements, etc., or may lead to a blockage of the cableway vehicle. On the other hand, too great a gradient may lead to the rail vehicles colliding with each other at high speed, which may lead to damage to the rail vehicles. In addition, due to the level differences required for the inclined track, the construction of the cableway station is relatively expensive, and the installation of the inclined track is also relatively laborious, since the inclined track needs to be set (adjusted) as accurately as possible for the above-mentioned reasons.

[0005] In parking storage facilities, parking rails arranged parallel to each other are often also provided, which are loaded by feeder rails connecting the parking rails to each other. For example, the feeder rail is connected to a station conveyor. The parking rail ends at the end facing away from the feeder rail. Such parking storage facilities are also referred to as "branch parking rail garages", and the parking rails are referred to as "branch parking rails". Examples of this are described in WO 2010 / 082125A1, AT 392 766B or EP 369 981A2. In branch parking rail garages, the cableway vehicles on the branch parking rails are usually driven in some way to park (warehouse) and / or load the cableway vehicles.

[0006] In AT 392 766B, a continuous conveyor (continuous conveyor belt / continuous conveyor device) is provided at the feed track, and the cableway vehicles are moved on the branch parking track by a self-propelled cableway vehicle receiving part. However, this implementation is very laborious, because a cableway vehicle receiving part with a separate drive must be provided for each cableway vehicle.

[0007] In EP 369 981A2, the branch parking track is implemented as a slope track, wherein the slope is changeable, for parking (warehousing) and loading. Yet, for this purpose, the entire branch parking track must be adjustable in height, which is very time-consuming to implement.

[0008] In WO 2010 / 082125 A1, a tire conveyor is provided at the feed track, and a continuous conveyor is provided at the branch parking track, wherein the continuous conveyor is driven by the movement of the cableway vehicle at the tire conveyor. There is a continuous conveyor at each branch parking track. For this purpose, the tire conveyor and the continuous conveyor overlap slightly (there is a section of overlap). However, such parking conveyors are susceptible to malfunctions. Due to slip errors in the tire conveyor and due to distance errors of the cableway vehicle at the tire conveyor, the drive of the continuous conveyor of the parking track is easily interrupted, whereby in particular the loading of the cableway vehicle may be disturbed. Summary of the invention

[0009] Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a branch parking track garage which is simple to implement but reliable in operation.

[0010] This is achieved by a branch parking track garage as described below, in which a continuous conveyor with a conveying device movable in two conveying directions is arranged in the area of ​​a first branch parking track and a second branch parking track, wherein the continuous conveyor has a first conveyor section in which the conveying device extends along the first branch parking track between a transfer point of the first branch parking track and an end of the first branch parking track so as to form a second branch parking track conveyor of the first branch parking track, and the continuous conveyor has a second conveyor section in which the conveying device extends along the second branch parking track between a transfer point of the second branch parking track and an end of the second branch parking track so as to form a second branch parking track conveyor of the second branch parking track. At the conveying device of the continuous conveyor, a first and a second entraining finger are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction of the conveying device, wherein the first and the second entraining finger can be moved back and forth between a first and a second entraining finger position, respectively, wherein in the second entraining finger position the entraining finger is further away from the conveying device by a coupling distance in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction than in the first entraining finger position. At the conveying device, the distance between the first and the second entraining finger is selected such that, when the second entraining finger is in the region of the end of the second branch parking track, the first entraining finger is in the region of the transfer point of the first branch parking track or in the region of the continuous conveyor facing the feed track in the transverse direction between the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track, and vice versa. With such a design, only a single continuous conveyor with a conveying device has to be provided for the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track. This simplifies the implementation of the branch parking track garage. Branch parking rail garages can also be operated more simply and more safely, since only one conveyor unit has to be controlled.

[0011] Advantageously, at least one entraining finger is designed and constructed in such a way that, when it is in the second entraining finger position, forces acting on the entraining finger in the direction of the end of the branch parking track can be absorbed by the entraining finger in order to transmit the entraining force in the direction of the transfer point of the branch parking track, and forces acting on the entraining finger in the direction of the transfer point of the branch parking track move the entraining finger from the second entraining finger position, preferably translationally and / or rotationally, to the first entraining finger position. This allows purely passive control of the position of the entraining finger solely by the movement of the conveying device.

[0012] This can be easily achieved when the first entraining finger and / or the second entraining finger are arranged at the conveying device so as to be pivotable between a first entraining finger position and a second entraining finger position, and when a pivoting of the first entraining finger and / or the second entraining finger in the direction of the end of the first or second branch parking rail is prevented, while the first entraining finger and / or the second entraining finger are able to pivot in the direction of the transfer point of the first or second branch parking rail.

[0013] In an equally advantageous design construction, control of the position of the driving finger can be achieved in the following manner: a first switching linkage device (first sliding guide) having a first linkage (guide) surface is arranged in the area of ​​the conveying device, preferably in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking rail and / or the end of the second branch parking rail, wherein, when the first or second driving finger is located in the area of ​​the first linkage surface (first guide surface), the first linkage surface acts together with the first or second driving finger so that when the first or second driving finger passes through the first linkage surface or moves along the first linkage surface with the aid of the conveying device, the first or second driving finger is moved from the first driving finger position to the second driving finger position. Likewise, a second switching linkage having a second linkage surface can be arranged in the region of at least the end of the first branch parking rail and / or the second branch parking rail, wherein the second linkage surface interacts with the first or second driving finger when the first or second driving finger is located in the region of the second linkage surface in order to move the first or second driving finger from the second driving finger position to the first driving finger position when the first or second driving finger is moved by means of the conveying device over the second linkage surface or along the second linkage surface. The driving finger position can be set (adjusted) by means of the switching linkage without the driving finger hitting the cableway vehicle. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] In the following we will refer to Figures 1 to 7b To explain the present invention in more detail, Figures 1 to 7b The advantageous design of the present invention is shown by way of example, schematically and not limiting. The accompanying drawings show:

[0015] Figure 1 A cableway station with a branch parking rail garage according to the invention is shown,

[0016] Figure 2 Showing the pylons of the cableway vehicles,

[0017] Figure 3 A branching rail parking garage according to the invention is shown with a continuous conveyor having a circulating conveying device,

[0018] Figure 4 and Figure 5 The branching rail parking garage according to the invention with a continuous conveyor having a non-circulating conveying device according to the invention is shown.

[0019] Figure 6 The design structure of the driving finger is shown, and

[0020] Figure 7a and Figure 7b A link control device (sliding guide device) for controlling the entraining finger position of the entraining finger is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] Figure 1 A cableway station 2, for example a valley station or a peak station, of a cableway 1 is shown very schematically. A cableway usually has Figure 1 At least one other cableway station not shown in the figure, for example a peak station or a valley station or an intermediate station. The transport cable 3 circulates between the cableway stations 2, for example at a cable pulley 4 in the cableway station 2, wherein at least one cable pulley 4 is driven by a cableway drive 8. At the transport cable 3, a cableway vehicle 5, such as a cabin or a chairlift, is transported between the cableway stations 2. In the cableway station 2, the cableway vehicle 5 is disconnected from the transport cable 3 in a known manner after entering the cableway station 2. Before exiting the cableway station 2, the cableway vehicle 5 is connected to the transport cable 3 again. The cable clamp 33 at the cableway vehicle 5 is used for disconnection and connection ( Figure 2 In the cableway station 2, a station conveyor 7, for example a tire conveyor or a continuous conveyor, is provided for moving the cableway vehicle 5 detached from the transport cable 3. At least one guide rail 6 can be provided in the cableway station 2, along which the cableway vehicle 5 is guided in the cableway station 2.

[0022] Figure 2The hanging frame 30 of the cableway vehicle 5 is shown by way of example, by means of which the cableway vehicle 5 is suspended on the section of the conveying cable 3 and moves along the guide rails 6 in the cableway station 2. The hanging frame 30 is connected in a known manner to a conveying device (not shown) of the cableway vehicle 5, for example, by means of a gondola or a chairlift, by means of at least one hanging frame rod 38. A cable clamp 33 is arranged on the hanging frame 30, which can clamp the conveying cable 3 under the action of a clamping spring 34 and can be mechanically actuated to open by a clamping actuation element 35. At least one guide roller (guide roller) 31, 32 is also arranged on the hanging frame 30, which cooperates with at least one guide rail 6 in the cableway station 2 in order to guide the cableway vehicle 5 along the at least one guide rail 6 in the cableway station 2. In the present embodiment, the station conveyor 7 is designed as a tire conveyor, in which a plurality of driven tires 37 are arranged in the cableway station 2 in a rotatably supported manner one after the other in the conveying direction. The tire 37 interacts with the friction lining 36 on the cradle 30 so that the cableway vehicle 5 detached from the conveyor cable 3 is moved, for example, along the guide rail 6 through the cableway station 2 by the rotation of the tire 37 .

[0023] A branch rail garage 10 for the cableway vehicles 5 of the endless cableway 1 is also provided at the endless cableway 1 , in which the cableway vehicles 5 can be accommodated. The branch rail garage 10 is arranged in the cableway station 2 of the endless cableway 1 or in the vicinity of the cableway station 2 .

[0024] The branch parking track garage 10 has a feed track 11 and first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b connected to the feed track 11, wherein the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b respectively terminate at ends away from the feed track 11. For example, the branch parking tracks 13a, 13b branch (branch out) from the feed track 11 at a fork 12. Thus, the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b are respectively implemented as dead-end tracks.

[0025] A switch may be provided at the branch 12, or the branch 12 may be implemented as a switch to connect the branch parking rails 13a, 13b to the feed rail 11, and to guide the cableway vehicle 5 from the feed rail 11 to the branch parking rails 13a, 13b, or to continue to guide it at the feed rail 11, depending on the position of the switch.

[0026] The feed rail 11 is connected to the station conveyor 7 in the cableway station 2, for example via a switch 9, in order to transfer the cableway vehicle 5 from the station conveyor 7 to the feed rail 11, or vice versa.

[0027] A feeding track conveyor 14 is provided at the feeding track 11 so as to move the cableway vehicle 5 along the feeding track 11. The feeding track conveyor 14 can be implemented as a tire conveyor (similar to a tire conveyor). Figure 2), continuous conveyor, or other suitable conveyor. For this reason, guide rails can also be provided for the cableway vehicle 5 in the region of the feed rail conveyor 14.

[0028] At the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b, first branch parking rail conveyors 14a, 14b are respectively provided, which extend from the feed rail 11 to the corresponding transfer points (transfer points) 15a, 15b at the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b. In addition, (one) second branch parking rail conveyors 16a, 16b are respectively provided on the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b, and the second branch parking rail conveyors extend from the transfer points 15a, 15b to the areas of the ends of the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b opposite to the corresponding transfer points 15a, 15b. The first branch parking rail conveyors 14a, 14b and the second branch parking rail conveyors 16a, 16b overlap (intersect) in the areas of the transfer points 15a, 15b of the corresponding branch parking rails 13a, 13b. “Overlap” here means that in the overlap region, the transport of the cableway vehicles 5 is carried out by switching from the first branch parking rail garage conveyors 14a, 14b to the second branch parking rail conveyors 16a, 16b, or vice versa.

[0029] The first branch parking track conveyor 14a of the first branch parking track 13a and / or the second branch parking track conveyor 14b of the second branch parking track 13b are preferably implemented as tire conveyors (similar to Figure 2 ), but may also be implemented as any other suitable conveyor.

[0030] In the movement region of the cableway vehicle 5 in the branch parking rail garage 10 , guide elements such as guide rails 6 or guide contours can be provided for guiding the cableway vehicle 5 .

[0031] The first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b are preferably arranged parallel to each other, but may also be arranged at an angle relative to each other according to the embodiment of the branch parking track garage 10. The branch parking tracks 13a and 13b do not necessarily have to extend straight as shown in the figure, but may also have a deflection portion (turning portion), such as a 90° curve, or be at least partially (partially) implemented in a curved shape according to the embodiment of the branch parking track garage 10.

[0032] The cableway vehicle 5 moves on the corresponding branch parking rails 13a, 13b by means of first branch parking rail conveyors 14a, 14b and second branch parking rail conveyors 16a, 16b.

[0033] In this respect, the branch parking track garage 10 according to the invention corresponds to a known embodiment of a branch parking track garage, such as described in WO 2010 / 082125 A1. The embodiment according to the invention of the second branch parking track conveyor 16a of the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b will be explained below.

[0034] A continuous conveyor 17 is provided in the region of the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b, which has two conveying directions R ( Figure 1 The conveying direction R is correspondingly in the direction of the conveying device 18. As the continuous conveyor 17, for example, a chain conveyor with a chain as the conveying device 18 or a belt conveyor with a conveyor belt as the conveying device 18 can be used.

[0035] The continuous conveyor 17 preferably has a drive member 19 ( Figure 1 ) in order to move the conveying device 18 in two conveying directions R. For example, the drive member 19 can be implemented as follows Figure 1 The driven (driven) drive roller shown, or in the case of a chain conveyor, is implemented as a driven gear. However, the continuous conveyor 17 can also be moved manually.

[0036] exist Figure 1 In the embodiment, the conveying device 18 is cyclically implemented as an endless conveying device, that is, as a closed conveying device 18. For the sake of clarity, Figure 1 Not shown are sufficiently known deflecting rollers for the circulating conveyor 18 and / or guide contours (guide profiles) in which the conveyor 18 is guided. However, the conveyor 18 does not have to be designed as an endless conveyor, as will be explained below.

[0037] Of course, if Figure 1 As shown by the middle dotted line, more branch parking tracks may be provided in the branch parking track garage 10, but these branch parking tracks may also be implemented differently from the present invention.

[0038] The continuous conveyor 17 has a first conveyor section 20a in which the conveying device 18 extends along the first branch parking rail 13a and between the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking rail 13a and the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking rail 13a to form a second branch parking rail conveyor 16a of the first branch parking rail 13a. Similarly, the continuous conveyor 17 has a second conveyor section 20b in which the conveying device 18 extends along the second branch parking rail 13b and between the transfer point of the second branch parking rail 13b and the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking rail 13b to form a second branch parking rail conveyor 16b of the second branch parking rail 13b.

[0039] Thus, the continuous conveyor 17, specifically the conveying device 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, forms the second branch parking track conveyors 16a, 16b in the two branch parking tracks 13a, 13b respectively. Therefore, only one conveying device 18 is required for the two second branch parking track conveyors 16a, 16b, and thus only one drive part and one control part are required for the continuous conveyor 17, which reduces the expenditure and cost.

[0040] Thus, preferably, (one) branch parking rail garage 10 has an even number of branch parking rails 13a, 13b, wherein a corresponding pair of branch parking rails 13a, 13b is combined with (one) continuous conveyor 17 according to the present invention to form a corresponding second branch parking rail conveyor 16a, 16b.

[0041] At the conveying device 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, a first entraining finger 21a and a second entraining finger 21b are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction of the conveying device 18. The first and second entraining fingers 21a, 21b are arranged at the conveying device 18 and can be moved back and forth between a first entraining finger position P1 and a second entraining finger position P2. Preferably, this back and forth movement is performed translationally and / or rotationally. In the second entraining finger position P2, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are spaced further from the conveying device 18 by a joining distance A in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R at the branch tracks 13a, 13b than in the first entraining finger position P1. The engagement distance A is selected such that the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the second entraining finger position P2 can be brought into engagement with a part of the cableway vehicle 5, preferably a part of the hanger 30 of the cableway vehicle 5, so that the cableway vehicle 5 is driven by means of the entraining fingers 21a, 21b when the conveying device 18 moves in a specific conveying direction R. In the first entraining finger position P1, engagement with the cableway vehicle 5 is not possible and the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the first entraining finger position P1 are inactive. This will be explained in more detail below. Of course, the engagement distance A is predetermined and known here by the specific embodiment of the branch rail garage 10 and the cableway vehicle 5.

[0042] The distance between the first and second entraining fingers 21a, 21b at the conveying device 18 in the direction of the conveying device 18, i.e. in the conveying direction R, is selected so that: when the second entraining finger 21b is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking track 13b, the first entraining finger 21a is located in the region of the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a; and vice versa ( Figure 1 ). In another (opposite) arrangement, when the first entraining finger 21a is located in the region of the end of the first branch parking rail 13a, the second entraining finger 21b is located in the region of the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking rail 13b. If the conveying device 18 moves in the corresponding conveying direction R, one entraining finger 21a, 21b is thereby moved from the region of the transfer point 15a, 15b in the direction toward the end of the branch parking rail 13a, 13b, while the other entraining finger 21a, 21b is moved from the end of the other branch parking rail 13a, 13b in the direction toward the transfer point 15a, 15b. If the conveying direction R is reversed, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b move back in the opposite direction together with the conveying device 18.

[0043] Alternatively, the conveying device 18 can be brought into a position as follows: Figure 3As shown, at least the entraining fingers 21a, 21b located in the region of the continuous conveyor 17 facing the feed rail 11 are positioned between the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b in a transverse direction to the conveying direction R. In this case, one entraining finger 21a, 21b is slightly moved beyond the transfer point 15a, 15b to the region between the two branch parking rails 13a, 13b. Figure 3 As shown, in the case of a circulating conveyor 18, the respective other entraining finger 21a, 21b at the end of the respective branch parking rail 13a, 13b can also be positioned in the transverse direction between the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b. In the case of a non-circulating conveyor 18, the entraining finger 21a, 21b will be arranged at the end of the respective branch parking rail 13a, 13b, as shown in FIG. Figure 3 Shown by the dashed line.

[0044] As mentioned above, the conveying device 18 does not have to be implemented as a circulating endless conveyor. Figure 4 In the embodiment of the embodiment, the conveying device 18 of the continuous conveyor 17 extends along the first branch parking track 13a in the first position S1 of the conveying device 18 and extends between the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a and the end area of ​​the first branch parking track 13a to form a second branch parking track conveyor 16a of the first branch parking track 13a. In the second position S2 of the conveying device 18, the same conveying device 18 extends along the second branch parking track 13b and between the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b and the end area of ​​the second branch parking track 13b ( Figure 4 The second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b is extended between the two branch parking tracks 13a and 13b (shown by dotted lines in FIG. 1 ) to form a second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b. For example, the drive element 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 is arranged between the two branch parking tracks 13a and 13b in the transverse direction. For example, the conveying device 18 is guided in the guide contour of the branch parking track garage 10. In this embodiment, the length of the conveying device 18 only needs to be about half of the length in the case of a circulating conveying device, thereby saving costs.

[0045] like Figure 5 As shown, in order to position the driving fingers 21a, 21b in the area between the branch parking rails 13a, 13b in the transverse direction, it can also be provided that the conveying device 18 in the area of ​​the transfer points 15a, 15b on one branch parking rail 13a, 13b is shifted in the direction toward the corresponding other branch parking rail 13a, 13b. Of course, this can also be set in the circulating conveying device 18.

[0046] In such Figure 4 or Figure 5 In the illustrated design with the non-circulating conveyor 18, the conveyor 18 does not extend simultaneously, at least not simultaneously and completely, along the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b. Nevertheless, the conveyor 18 forms the first branch parking track conveyor 16a and the second branch parking track conveyor 16b, even if they are not formed simultaneously.

[0047] Since the driving fingers 13a, 13b are arranged at the conveying device 18 and move with the conveying device 18, and the driving fingers 21a, 21b can be located in the first driving finger position P1 that is inactive and in the second driving finger position P2 that is active for driving the cableway vehicle 5, it may be necessary to specifically set one of the two driving finger positions P1, P2 for one driving finger 21a, 21b in order to park (store) and / or empty the cableway vehicle 5. For this purpose, it may be necessary to move at least one driving finger 21a, 21b from the first driving finger P1 to the second driving finger position P2; or vice versa.

[0048] In one possible design construction, this can be achieved for the entraining fingers 21a, 21b by means of a finger drive at the conveying device 18, so that the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are actively and controlled by the drive to move the entraining fingers 21a, 21b from the first entraining finger position P1 to the second entraining finger position P2, or vice versa.

[0049] Of course, the finger drive at the conveying device 18 is more complex and difficult to implement. It is therefore preferred that the finger drive 21a, 21b is moved passively from the first finger drive position P1 to the second finger drive position P2, or vice versa, only by moving the conveying device 18.

[0050] To achieve this, at least one of the entraining fingers 21a, 21b can be designed and constructed such that when the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are in the second entraining finger position P2, the force F acting on the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b is W can be absorbed by the driving fingers 21a, 21b so as to transfer the driving force F M The force F along the branch parking rails 13a, 13b is transmitted (as a reaction force) in the direction of the transfer points 15a, 15b of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b and acts on the driving fingers 21a, 21b. W The entraining fingers 21a, 21b are moved from the second entraining finger position P2, preferably translationally and / or rotationally, into the first entraining finger position P1. Figure 6This embodiment of the entraining fingers 21 a , 21 b is explained.

[0051] exist Figure 6 In the embodiment shown, the conveying device 18 is designed as a chain, but it can also be designed as a belt or in any other way. In this design, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are arranged on the conveying device 18 so as to be pivotable between a first entraining finger position P1 and a second entraining finger position P2 on the conveying device 18. In the embodiment shown, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are arranged so as to be pivotable about the rotation axis 22. The entraining fingers 21a, 21b have two arms 23a, 23b extending from the rotation axis 22. In the second entraining finger position P2 ( Figure 6 ), the first arm 23a protrudes from the conveying device 18 by the engagement distance A in the transverse direction, while the second arm 23b rests on the conveying device 18. As a result, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b can only be pivoted in one direction from the second entraining finger position P2. The entraining fingers 21a, 21b can absorb the forces F acting on the supporting entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the ends of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b (the ends opposite the transfer points 15a, 15b). W , because the second arm 23b rests on the conveying device 18 and the driving fingers 21a, 21b cannot pivot in this direction in order to transmit the driving force F in the direction of the transfer points 15a, 15b of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b M (Reaction force). The driving force F in the direction of the transfer points 15a and 15b M The cableway vehicle 5 can be moved by means of the conveying device 18 in the conveying direction R in the direction of the transfer points 15 a , 15 b .

[0052] If the conveying device 18 is moved in the opposite direction towards the end of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b and the entraining fingers 21a, 21b here rest against another component, in particular the cable car 5, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are not able to absorb the forces F acting on the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the transfer points 15a, 15b. W , and the driving fingers 21a, 21b are pivoted from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1 ( Figure 6 Thus, when the conveying device 18 moves in the direction toward the ends of the branch parking rails 13a and 13b, no driving force F can be transmitted in the direction toward the ends of the branch parking rails 13a and 13b by means of the driving fingers 21a and 21b. M , and the driving fingers 21a, 21b do not work.

[0053] However, the driving fingers 21a, 21b do not necessarily have to be arranged pivotably on the conveying device 18, but can also be arranged, for example, to be translationally movable, so that the driving fingers 21a, 21b can be translationally moved from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2, and vice versa. For example, the driving fingers 21a, 21b can be moved translationally by a force F acting on the driving fingers 21a, 21b. W The entraining fingers 21a, 21b are pushed from the second entraining finger position P2 into the first entraining finger position P1. A combined rotational and translational movement of the entraining fingers 21a, 21b is also conceivable. Of course, here, in terms of construction, there are many possibilities for implementing the entraining fingers 21a, 21b.

[0054] like Figure 6 As shown, at least one entraining finger 21a, 21b can also be automatically moved from the first entraining finger position P1 to the second entraining finger position P2 by a pretensioning element 24, such as a spring, and held in the second entraining finger position P2 by the pretensioning element 24. As a result, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are moved from the second entraining finger position P2 to the first entraining finger position P1 against the pretensioning force of the pretensioning element 24.

[0055] For example, the entraining fingers 21a, 21b which are automatically held in the second entraining finger position P2 by the pretensioning element 24 can strike the cableway vehicle 5 when the conveyor device 18 is moving and in the presence of the cableway vehicle 5, which on the one hand can leave marks on the cableway vehicle 5 and on the other hand can also represent a noise source. It is therefore advantageous if the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are not automatically held in the second entraining finger position P2. As described above, this can be achieved by an entraining finger drive on the conveyor device 18. However, this can also be achieved by an external entraining finger drive 40, i.e. an entraining finger drive which is not arranged on the conveyor device 18 itself.

[0056] This external finger-carrying drive 40 can be realized in the form of a first switching linkage (first sliding guide) 41, which is arranged in the area of ​​the conveying device 18, in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking track 13a and / or the second branch parking track 13b. The first switching linkage (first sliding guide) 41 has a first linkage surface (first guide surface) 43, wherein the first linkage surface 43 cooperates with the driving fingers 21a, 21b when the driving fingers 21a, 21b are located in the area of ​​the first linkage surface 43, so that the driving fingers 21a, 21b are moved from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2 when the driving fingers 21a, 21b move with the conveying device 18 over the first linkage surface 43 or along the first linkage surface 43. Additionally or alternatively, a second switching linkage 42 having a second linkage surface 44 may also be arranged in the region of the conveying device 18, for example, in the region of the end of the first branch parking rail 13a and / or the second branch parking rail 13b. When the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are located in the region of the second linkage surface 44, the second linkage surface 44 cooperates with the entraining fingers 21a, 21b so that the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are moved from the second entraining finger position P2 to the first entraining finger position P1 when the entraining fingers 21a, 21b pass through the second linkage surface or move along the second linkage surface 44 by means of the conveying device 18.

[0057] exist Figure 7a , 7b A possible embodiment of the first and second shift linkage devices 41 , 42 is shown in FIG.

[0058] In this design, the conveying device 18 is implemented as a conveyor chain guided in a guide rail profile. The conveying device 18 is not implemented as a circulating one here. Of course, this does not necessarily have to be the case.

[0059] Driving fingers 21a, 21b are arranged at (on) the conveying device 18. The driving fingers 21a, 21b have arms 23a which are arranged to be pivotable about the rotation axis 22. The arms 23a are arranged in a first driving finger position P1 ( Figure 7a ) and in the second driving finger position P2 ( Figure 7b ). In the second driving finger position P2, the arm 23a rests on a part of the driving fingers 21a, 21b and cannot be pivoted beyond the second driving finger position P2. As a result, the driving fingers 21a, 21b can absorb the force Fw acting on the arm 23a of the driving fingers 21a, 21b and thus transmit the driving force F M , as mentioned above about Figure 6 The opposite force F W This will cause the arm 23a to be folded in (retracted / folded inwardly) and moved into the first finger-carrying position P1, as described above with respect to Figure 6 However, the arm 23a is not held in the second finger-carrying position P2 by the pretensioning element 24, so it is necessary to move the finger-carrying elements 21a, 21b in the first finger-carrying position P1 to the second finger-carrying position P2 by means of an external finger-carrying drive 40, or vice versa. For this purpose, first and second switching linkages 41, 42 are provided.

[0060] The first switching linkage (first sliding guide) 41 comprises a first linkage surface (first guide surface) 43, which cooperates with an engagement element 45, such as a pin or a roller (roller), at the driving finger 21a, 21b, in the illustrated embodiment, in particular at the arm 23a. If the driving finger 21a, 21b in the first driving finger position P1 passes through the first linkage surface or moves along the first linkage surface, the engagement element 45 comes into contact with the first linkage surface 43. The first linkage surface 43 is arranged, here obliquely, so that the driving finger 21a, 21b moves from the first driving finger position P1 into the second driving finger position P2. In the illustrated design, the arm 23a is folded outwards (extended / turned outwards) when the engagement element 45 passes through or moves along the first linkage surface 43. The driving finger 21a, 21b in the second driving finger position P2 can move over the second linkage surface 43 in the opposite conveying direction R.

[0061] The second switching linkage device 42 is also implemented with an inclined second linkage surface 44, wherein the second linkage surface 44 cooperates with the engagement element 45 at the entraining fingers 21a, 21b when the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the second entraining finger position P2 pass or move along the second linkage surface 43. In the illustrated design configuration, when the engagement element 45 passes or moves along the second linkage surface 44, the arm 23a is folded inwards (retracted / turned inwards).

[0062] exist Figure 7a and Figure 7b In the design shown, two switching linkages 41, 42 are provided and arranged one behind the other in the conveying direction R. This makes it possible to safely adopt the first entraining finger position P1 or the second entraining finger position P2. To this end, the conveying device 18 only has to move to two different holding positions H1, H2. In the first holding position H1, the first entraining finger position P1 can be safely adopted, while in the second holding position, the second entraining finger position P2 can be safely adopted. Of course, these holding positions can also be interchanged.

[0063] Thus, in such an embodiment, the first link surface 43 does not hinder the reverse movement of the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the first entraining finger position P1 out of the first holding position H1. The first link surface 43 can be arranged to be swingable (e.g. Figure 7a , 7b ), or in other ways make it come out of the movement range (travel range) of the entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the first entraining finger position P2.

[0064] The design structure with non-circulating conveying device 18 (such as Figure 4 or Figure 5) leads to a branch parking rail garage 10 for cableway vehicles 5, which has a feed rail 11 and a first and a second branch parking rail 13a, 13b connected to the feed rail 11, wherein the first branch parking rail 13a and the second branch parking rail 13b respectively terminate at the ends away from the feed rail 11, wherein at the first and the second branch parking rails 13a, 13b, first branch parking rail conveyors 14a, 14b are respectively arranged, which extend from the feed rail 11 to transfer points 15a, 15b at the first and the second branch parking rails 13a, 13b, respectively. A second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b is provided at the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, respectively, which extend from the transfer point 15a, 15b to the end of the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, wherein the first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b and the second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b of each branch parking track 13a, 13b overlap in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a, 15b. A continuous conveyor 17 is provided in the area of ​​the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, which has a conveying device 18 movable in two conveying directions. The continuous conveyor 17 has a first conveyor section 20a, in which the conveying device 18 extends in a first position S1 of the conveying device 18, along the first branch parking track 13a, between the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a and the end of the first branch parking track 13a, so as to form a second branch parking track conveyor 16a of the first branch parking track 13a. The continuous conveyor 17 has a second conveyor section 20b, in which the conveyor device 18 extends in the second position S1 of the conveyor device 18, along the second branch parking track 13a, between the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b and the end of the second branch parking track 13b, so as to form a second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b. At the conveyor device 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, first and second entraining fingers 21a, 21b are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction of the conveyor device 18, wherein the first and second entraining fingers 21a, 21b can be moved back and forth between a first entraining finger position P1 and a second entraining finger position P2, respectively. The entraining fingers 21a, 21b in the second entraining finger position P2 are further away from the conveyor device 18 by a coupling distance A than in the first entraining finger position P1.At the conveying device, the distance between the first and second entraining fingers 21a, 21b is selected so that: when the second entraining finger 21b is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking rail 13b, the first entraining finger 21a is located in the region of the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking rail 13a, or in the region of the continuous conveyor 17 between the first and second branch parking rails 13a, 13b in the transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R, facing the feed rail 11; and vice versa (the reverse is also possible). (At the conveying device, the distance between the first and second entraining fingers is selected so that: when the second entraining finger is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking rail, the first entraining finger is located in the region of the transfer point of the first branch parking rail, or in the region of the continuous conveyor between the first and second branch parking rails in the transverse direction, facing the feed rail; and vice versa (the reverse is also possible)). When the entraining fingers 21a, 21b are in the second entraining finger position P2, a force F acting on the entraining finger(s) 21a, 21b, preferably in the direction of the end of the branch parking rail 13a, 13b, can be absorbed by the entraining fingers 21a, 21b. W , so that the driving force F M The force F along the branch parking rails 13a, 13b is transmitted in the direction of the transfer points 15a, 15b of the branch parking rails 13a, 13b and acts on the driving fingers 21a, 21b. W The entraining fingers 21 a , 21 b are moved from the second entraining finger position P2 into the first entraining finger position P1 .

[0065] Otherwise, the configuration with a non-circulating conveyor device 18 can have the same features as the configuration with a circulating conveyor device 18 .

[0066] According to the invention, the second branch parking conveyor 16a, 16b has a design structure of a conveying device 18 (circulating or non-circulating) with driving fingers 21a, 21b, which implements the method according to the invention for emptying the cableway vehicle 5 from the branch parking rail garage 10, or for parking the cableway vehicle 5 in the branch parking rail garage 10, as explained below.

[0067] When emptying, it is assumed that the cableway vehicles 5 are arranged in a row adjacent to each other on the first and / or second branch parking rails 13a, 13b, such as Figure 113a. For example, the first entraining finger 21a is positioned in the region of the end of the first branch parking track 13a by the drive 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 or manually, so that the second entraining finger 21b is positioned at the second branch parking track 13b in the region of the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b. Alternatively, the second entraining finger 21b can be positioned in the region of the continuous conveyor 17 between the first and second branch parking tracks in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R, facing the feed track 11. The first entraining finger 21a is located in the second entraining finger position P2 and therefore extends from the conveying device 18 by the engagement distance A. Starting from this starting position, the first entraining finger 21a is moved by the conveying device 18 along the first conveying direction R from the region of the end of the first branch parking track 13a in the direction toward the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a, for example by the drive 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 or manually. Here, the first driving finger 21a extending from the conveying device 18 engages with the portion of the end of the cableway vehicle 5 closest to the first branch parking rail 13a. Thus, when the conveying device 18 moves accordingly, the first driving finger 21a drives the cableway vehicle 5 to move in the direction toward the transfer point 15a at the first branch parking rail 13a (the first driving finger 21a drives the cableway vehicle 5 to move in the direction of the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking rail 13a), thereby, the cableway vehicle 5 at the first driving finger 21a and all the cableway vehicles 5 located in front of it in the direction toward the transfer point 15a will be pushed in the direction toward the transfer point 15a at the first branch parking rail 13a (will be pushed in the direction of the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking rail 13a). At the first transfer point 15a, each cableway vehicle 5 at the first branch parking rail 13a is engaged with the first branch parking rail conveyor 14a of the first branch parking rail 13a, and each cableway vehicle 5 at the first branch parking rail 13a is moved from the transfer point 15a at the first branch parking rail 13a in the direction toward the feed rail 11 by means of the first branch parking rail conveyor. In this way, the cableway vehicle 5 is moved at the first branch parking rail 13a to the feed rail 11, where the cableway vehicle 5 can be further moved to the circulating cableway 1 by means of the feed rail conveyor 14. Of course, it is also possible that not the entire first branch parking rail 13a is full of cableway vehicles 5, but only a single cableway vehicle 5 is parked at the first branch parking rail 13a.

[0068] Since the movement of the conveying device 18 in the first conveying direction R leads to the emptying of the first branch parking rail 13a, the second entraining finger 21b at the second branch parking rail 13b is simultaneously moved in the opposite direction toward the end of the second branch parking rail 13b and is thus positioned in the region of the end of the second branch parking rail 13b. Here, the first entraining finger 21a is in the region of the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking rail 13a, or in the transverse direction between the two branch parking rails 13a, 13b.

[0069] To achieve this, either the second entraining finger 21b is brought into the first entraining finger position P1 before the movement, for example by means of an entraining finger drive at the conveying device 18, or the second entraining finger 21b automatically assumes the first entraining finger position P1 during the movement when the second entraining finger 21b hits the cableway vehicle 5 in the second branch track 13b. This is also possible if a pretensioning device 24 is provided, which always moves the second entraining finger 21b back into the second entraining finger position P2.

[0070] This is possible, for example, because the second entraining fingers 21a, 21b do not transmit any entraining force F in the direction of the end of the second branch parking rail 13b. M If the second driving finger 21b engages with the cableway vehicle 5 at the second branch parking track 13b, the force F W The force will act on the second entraining finger 21b, and the force will move the second entraining finger 21b from the second entraining finger position P2 to the first entraining finger position P1.

[0071] Now, the conveying direction R of the conveying device 18 can be reversed, so that the conveying device 18 moves in the opposite direction. Thus, the emptying is repeated in a similar manner at the second branch parking track 13b.

[0072] In order to park the cableway vehicle 5 in the branch parking rail garage 10, the first entraining finger 21a is positioned in the region of the end of the first branch parking rail 13a, whereby the second entraining finger 21b is located in the region of the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking rail 13b. In order to enable the cableway vehicle 5 to pass the entraining finger 21b arranged in the region of the transfer point 15b, it is ensured that the second entraining finger 21b at the conveying device 18 is located in the first entraining finger position P1. To this end, if necessary, the second entraining finger 21b can be moved from the second entraining finger position P2 to the first entraining finger position P1. After the earlier emptying, the second entraining finger 21b is usually located in the second entraining finger position P2. Alternatively, the second entraining finger 21b can be positioned in the region of the continuous conveyor 17 between the first branch parking rail 13a and the second branch parking rail 13b in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction F, facing the feed rail 11. In this case, the position of the driving finger at which the second driving finger 21b is located is irrelevant for parking (storing), because the cableway vehicle can pass through the position of the driving finger 21b anyway. Of course, parking (storing) can also be carried out with the driving fingers arranged in the opposite way, that is, the second driving finger 21b is located at the end of the second branch parking rail, and the first driving finger 21a is located in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a at the first branch parking rail 13a, or in the transverse direction between the first branch parking rail 13a and the second branch parking rail 13b.

[0073] Now, the cableway vehicle 5 is moved from the feed track 11 to the transfer point 15a at the first branch stop track 13a and / or the transfer point 15b of the second branch stop track 13b by means of the first branch stop track conveyor 14a of the first branch stop track 13a and / or by means of the first branch stop track conveyor 14b of the second branch stop track 13b. For example, the cableway vehicle 5 is turned (moved out) from the endless cableway 1 by means of the feed track conveyor 14. The cableway vehicle 5 is moved in the direction of the first transfer point 15a and / or the second transfer point 15b by means of the first branch stop track conveyor 14a of the first branch stop track 13a and / or the first branch stop track conveyor 14b of the second branch stop track 13b, and from there further moves to the first branch stop track 13a and / or the second branch stop track 13b. The second branch stop track conveyors 16a, 16b are preferably in a non-operating state during parking, i.e., the conveying device 18 does not have to be moved. The cableway vehicle 5 is pushed by the corresponding first branch parking rail conveyor 14a, 14b or manually in the direction toward the end of the branch parking rail 13a, 13b. Thus, the branch parking rails 13a, 13b can be filled with cableway vehicles 5 by means of the first branch parking rail conveyor 14a, 14b or manually. However, alternatively, for parking in the warehouse, a separate conveyor can also be provided for moving the cableway vehicle 5 from the corresponding transfer points 15a, 15b at the branch parking rails 13a, 13b in the direction toward the end of the corresponding branch parking rails 13a, 13b.

[0074] When parking in the warehouse, the two branch parking rails 13a, 13b do not have to be completely full of cableway vehicles 5. It is also possible to park only a single cableway vehicle on one branch parking rail 13a, 13b.

Claims

1. A branch parking rail garage for a cableway vehicle (5), comprising a feed rail (11) connected to a first branch parking rail (13a) and a second branch parking rail (13b), wherein: The first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b) respectively terminate at the end away from the feed track (11), wherein the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b) are respectively provided with first branch parking track conveyors (14a, 14b), which respectively extend from the feed track (11) to the transfer points (15a, 15b) at the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b), and the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b) are respectively provided with second branch parking track conveyors (16a, 16b), which respectively extend from the feed track (11) to the transfer points (15a, 15b) at the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b). The invention relates to a parking track which is connected to the parking vehicle transport vehicle of the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track. The parking track is connected to the parking track of the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track. The parking track is connected to the parking track of the second branch parking track and the first branch parking track. The parking track is connected to the parking track of the first branch parking track and the second branch parking track. The continuous conveyor (17) has a first conveying section (20a), in which the conveying device (18) extends along the first branch parking track (13a) between the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and the end of the first branch parking track (13a) so as to form the second branch parking track conveyor (16a) of the first branch parking track (13a), and the continuous conveyor (17) has a second conveyor section (20b), in which the conveying device (18) extends along the second branch parking track (13b) between the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and the end of the first branch parking track (13a) The second branch parking track conveyor (16b) extends between the transfer point (15b) and the end of the second branch parking track (13b) to form the second branch parking track (13b), and at the conveying device (18) of the continuous conveyor (17), a first driving finger (21a) and a second driving finger (21b) are arranged at intervals from each other in the direction of the conveying device (18), wherein the first driving finger (21a) and the second driving finger (21b) can move back and forth between a first driving finger position (P1) and a second driving finger position (P2), respectively, wherein, compared with the first driving finger position (P1),The entraining fingers (21a, 21b) are spaced further apart from the conveying device (18) by an engagement distance (A) in the second entraining finger position (P2) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R), and the distance between the first entraining finger (21a) and the second entraining finger (21b) in the conveying direction (R) at the conveying device (18) is selected such that: when the second entraining finger (21b) is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking rail (13b), the first entraining finger (21a) is located in the region of the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking rail (13a) or in the region of the continuous conveyor (17) between the first branch parking rail (13a) and the second branch parking rail (13b) in the transverse direction, facing the feed rail (11); and vice versa.

2. The branch parking track garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: At least one of the entraining fingers (21a, 21b) is movable translationally and / or rotationally from the first entraining finger position (P1) into the second entraining finger position (P2), and vice versa.

3. The branch parking track garage according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: At least one of the entraining fingers (21a, 21b) can be moved from the first entraining finger position (P1) to the second entraining finger position (P2), and vice versa, by means of an entraining finger drive at the conveying device (18) or in the branch parking track garage (10).

4. The branch parking track garage according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: At least one of the driving fingers (21a, 21b) is designed and constructed so that: when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is in the second driving finger position (P2), a force (F) acting on the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the end of the branch parking rail (13a, 13b) W ) can be absorbed by the driving fingers (21a, 21b) in order to transmit the driving force (F) in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b) of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) M ), and a force (F) acting on the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b) of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) W ) moves the entraining finger (21a, 21b) from the second entraining finger position (P2) into the first entraining finger position (P1), preferably in a translational and / or rotational manner.

5. The branch parking track garage according to claim 4, characterized in that: The at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) is pivotally arranged on the conveying device (18) between the first driving finger position (P1) and the second driving finger position (P2), and the pivoting of the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the end of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) is blocked, while the driving finger (21a, 21b) can pivot in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b).

6. The branch parking track garage according to claim 4, characterized in that: In the area of ​​the conveying device (18), preferably in the end area of ​​the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b), a first switching linkage device (41) with a first linkage surface (43) is arranged, wherein, when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is located in the area of ​​the first linkage surface (43), the first linkage surface (43) acts together with at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) so that when the driving finger (21a, 21b) passes through or moves along the first linkage surface (43) with the aid of the conveying device (18), the driving finger (21a, 21b) is moved from the first driving finger position (P1) to the second driving finger position (P2).

7. The branch parking track garage according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: In the area of ​​the conveying device (18), preferably in the end area of ​​the first branch parking rail (13a) and / or the second branch parking rail (13b), a second switching linkage device (42) with a second linkage surface (44) is arranged, wherein, when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is located in the area of ​​the second linkage surface (44), the second linkage surface (44) acts together with at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) so that when the driving finger (21a, 21b) passes through or moves along the second linkage surface (44) with the aid of the conveying device (18), the driving finger (21a, 21b) is moved from the second driving finger position (P2) to the first driving finger position (P1).

8. The branch parking track garage according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: A pre-tensioning element (24) is provided at the conveying device (18), which automatically keeps the first driving finger (21a) or the second driving finger (21b) in the second driving finger position (P2), and by overcoming the action of the pre-tensioning element (24), the first driving finger (21a) or the second driving finger (21b) can move from the second driving finger position (P2) to the first driving finger position (P1).

9. The branch parking track garage according to claim 1, characterized in that: A conveyor drive (19) is provided at the continuous conveyor (17) in order to drive the conveying device (18) in a first conveying direction and in an opposite second conveying direction.

10. The branch parking track garage according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b) are implemented as tire conveyors.

11. A method for emptying a rail vehicle (5) from a branch parking rail garage (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: The cableway vehicles (5) are arranged in a row adjacent to each other on the first branch parking rail (13a) and the second branch parking rail (13b) in the branch parking rail garage (10), characterized in that the first driving finger (21a) in the second driving finger position (P2) is positioned in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking rail (13a), whereby the second driving finger (21b) is positioned in the area of ​​the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking rail (13b), or is positioned on the continuous conveyor (17) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R) between the first branch parking rail (13a) and the second branch parking rail. The first driving finger (21a) is located in an area between the first branch parking track (13b) and facing the feed track (11), and the first driving finger (21a) located in the second driving finger position (P2) is moved along the first conveying direction from the area at the end of the first branch parking track (13a) in the direction toward the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking track (13a) by means of the conveying device (18), whereby the first driving finger (21a) located in the second driving finger position (P2) rests on the part of the cableway vehicle (5) closest to the end of the first branch parking track (13a), and the first driving finger (21a) drives the cableway vehicle (5) and transfers the cableway vehicle The invention relates to a method for pushing the first branch parking track (13a) toward a transfer point (15a) at the first branch parking track, thereby pushing all the cableway vehicles (5) at the first branch parking track (13a) in the direction toward the transfer point (15a) at the first branch parking track (13a), wherein each of the cableway vehicles (5) reaches engagement with the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a), and each of the cableway vehicles (5) at the first branch parking track (13a) is moved from the transfer point (15a) at the first branch parking track (13a) to the transfer point (15a) at the first branch parking track (13a) by means of the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a). 5a) is pushed in the direction toward the feed track (11), and, by clearing the first branch parking track (13a), the second driving finger (21b) is simultaneously positioned in the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking track (13b) and in the second driving finger position (P2), or is brought into the second driving finger position (P2), and the second driving finger (21b) in the second driving finger position (P2) is moved by means of the conveying device (18) in the opposite second conveying direction from the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking track (13b) in the direction toward the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b), therebyThe second driving finger (21b) in the second driving finger position (P2) rests against the portion of the cableway vehicle (5) closest to the end of the second branch parking rail (13b), and the second driving finger (21b) drives the cableway vehicle (5) and pushes the cableway vehicle toward the transfer point (15a) at the second branch parking rail (13b), thereby pushing all the cableway vehicles (5) at the second branch parking rail (13b) in the direction toward the transfer point (15b) at the second branch parking rail (13b), wherein each of the cableway vehicles (5) reaches engagement with the first branch parking rail conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking rail (13b), and with the help of the second branch parking rail conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking rail (13b), each of the cableway vehicles (5) at the second branch parking rail (13b) is pushed from the transfer point (15b) at the second branch parking rail (13b) in the direction toward the feed rail (11). , 12. A method for parking a cableway vehicle (5) in a branch parking track garage (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that: The first driving finger (21a) is positioned in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking rail (13a), wherein the second driving finger (21b) is positioned in the area of ​​the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking rail (13b), and at the transport device (18), the second driving finger (21b) is brought from the second driving finger position (P2) to the first driving finger position (P1), or the second driving finger (21b) is positioned on the continuous conveyor (17) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R) between the first branch parking rail (13a) and the second branch parking rail. (13b) in an area between the first and second branch parking rails (13a) and facing the feed rail (11); or, vice versa, and the cableway vehicle (5) moves from the feed rail (11) to a transfer point (15a) at the first branch parking rail (13a) and / or a transfer point (15b) at the second branch parking rail (13b) by means of the first branch parking rail conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking rail (13a) and / or by means of the first branch parking rail conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking rail (13b), and from there further moves to the first branch parking rail (13a) and / or the second branch parking rail (13b).

13. The method for parking a vehicle according to claim 12, characterized in that: The cableway vehicle (5) is pushed into the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b) by means of a first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or by means of a first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b).

14. A cableway comprising at least one cableway station (2), a plurality of cableway vehicles (5), and a branch parking rail garage (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the branch parking rail garage is used to park at least one cableway vehicle among the plurality of cableway vehicles (5).

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