A railway car stab parking garage

Abstract

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.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a branch parking track garage for cable car vehicles with a feeder track that is connected to a first branch parking track and a second branch parking track, wherein the first branch parking track and second branch parking track each end at the end facing away from the feeder track, wherein a first branch parking track conveyor is provided on the first branch parking track and second branch parking track, which extends from the feeder track to a transfer point on the first branch parking track and second branch parking track, and a second branch parking track conveyor is provided on the first branch parking track and second branch parking track, which extends from the transfer point to the end of the first and second branch parking tracks, wherein the first branch parking track conveyor and the second branch parking track conveyor of each branch parking track overlap in the area of ​​the transfer point.The invention also relates to a method for emptying cable car vehicles from such a branch parking track garage and to a method for parking cable car vehicles in such a branch parking track garage.

[0002] Circulating cable cars usually have a number of cable car stations, a number of cable car vehicles and a haulage cable for moving the cable car vehicles between the cable car stations. The haulage cable runs between cable car stations (e.g. a valley station and a mountain station), for example on cable sheaves in the cable car stations, with at least one cable sheave being driven. Circulating cable cars are also known in which the cable car vehicles are uncoupled from the haulage cable in a cable car station by means of a cable clamp in order to be moved through the cable car station in the uncoupled state and independently of the circulating haulage cable, usually at a speed lower than the speed of the circulating haulage cable. Before leaving the cable car station, the cable car vehicles are accelerated again to the speed of the circulating haulage cable if necessary and coupled to the haulage cable by means of the cable clamp.This allows, on the one hand, a high transport capacity to be achieved due to the high transport speed of the haulage cable and, on the other hand, the speed of the cable car vehicles within the cable car station can be reduced, thus making it easier for passengers to get on and off, or generally to load and unload the cable car vehicles. As a rule, at least one guide rail is provided within the cable car station for this purpose, along which the cable car vehicles are guided through the cable car station when uncoupled from the haulage cable. Rollers are usually arranged on the cable car vehicles, for example on the suspension system, with which the cable car vehicles roll along the guide rail. A station conveyor is provided for conveying the uncoupled cable car vehicles in a cable car station.The station conveyor can be designed as a conventional tire conveyor, in which driven tires arranged along the guide rail in the cable car station interact with a friction lining on the cable car vehicles to move the cable car vehicles onwards. The friction lining can be arranged, for example, on the suspension of the cable car vehicle. The cable clamp for coupling and uncoupling is also arranged on the suspension. The station conveyor can also be designed differently, for example as a mechanical continuous conveyor with a traction device (e.g. a belt or chain) on which carriers are provided which interact with part of a cable car vehicle to move it at the speed of the traction device. All cable car vehicles on the traction device are thus moved at the same speed as the traction device.

[0003] Such circulating cable cars with cable car vehicles that can be decoupled from the haulage cable often also have a parking storage facility in which the cable car vehicles that have been decoupled from the haulage cable can be garaged outside of the circulating cable car's operating hours. This means that, for example, maintenance can be carried out on the haulage cable or on the cable car vehicles and the cable car vehicles can be protected from the elements such as snow, ice, storms, etc. A number of cable car vehicles can also be garaged in the parking storage facility during operation of the circulating cable car, for example during times of low demand. Such a parking storage facility is usually located within or near one of the cable car stations, for example on the same level as the operating area where the boarding and / or alighting area for passengers is located or in a garage below the operating area.To transfer the cable car vehicles to their designated parking positions in the parking storage area, a parking conveyor is usually provided, which may comprise one or more conveyor systems. The parking conveyor is usually connected to the station conveyor to transfer cable car vehicles from the station conveyor to the parking conveyor, or vice versa. Switches may also be provided for this purpose to move cable car vehicles from the station conveyor to the parking conveyor, or vice versa. Examples of parking conveyors are known from EP 711 696 A1 or AT 392 766 B.

[0004] The movement of the cable car vehicles in the parking storage area often takes place on so-called gradient tracks as parking conveyors, or as part of a parking conveyor. A gradient track is essentially designed in the same way as the guide rail of the cable car station, but has a specific, fixed gradient. The movement of the cable car vehicles along the gradient track to the parking position is achieved solely by gravity due to the defined gradient, without any external drive. The gradient track can, for example, be connected to the guide rail of the cable car station via a switch, so that the cable car vehicles can be diverted from the guide rail to the gradient track for parking via the switch. The return transport of the cable car vehicles from the parking storage area to the operating area can, for example, be carried out using a tire conveyor, similar to the drive of the cable car vehicles along the guide rail in the operating area of ​​the cable car station.However, a gradient track has a number of disadvantages. Firstly, a gradient track is prone to failure. If the gradient is too shallow and / or if there are uneven surfaces, foreign objects, dirt, ice, etc. on the gradient track or on the cable car vehicles, this can lead to unintended movement of the cable car vehicle, such as unwanted stopping, excessively slow or excessively fast movement, etc., or to the blocking of the cable car vehicles. On the other hand, if the gradient is too steep, the cable car vehicles can collide with each other at excessive speed, which can cause damage to the cable car vehicles. In addition, the construction effort for the cable car station is relatively high due to the required level difference for the gradient track, and the installation of the gradient track is also relatively complex because, for the reasons mentioned above, the gradient must be adjusted as precisely as possible.

[0005] A parking garage often also features parallel parking tracks, which are loaded via a feeder track that connects the parking tracks. The feeder track is connected, for example, to a station conveyor. The parking tracks end at the end facing away from the feeder track. Such parking garages are also referred to as branch parking track garages, and the parking tracks as branch parking tracks. Examples of this are described in WO 2010 / 082125 A1, AT 392 766 B, or EP 369 981 A2. In a branch parking track garage, the cable car vehicles on the branch parking tracks are usually powered in some way for storage and / or loading of the cable car.

[0006] In AT 392 766 B, a continuous conveyor is provided on the feeder track, and the cable car vehicles are moved on the branch parking tracks by self-propelled cable car vehicle supports. However, this design is very complex because each cable car vehicle requires a cable car vehicle support with its own drive.

[0007] In EP 369 981 A2, the branch parking tracks are designed as gradient tracks, with the gradient being adjustable for garages and loading. However, this requires the entire branch parking track to be height-adjustable, which is again complex to implement.

[0008] In WO 2010 / 082125 A1, a tire conveyor is provided on the feeder track and a continuous conveyor on the branch parking track. The continuous conveyor is driven by the movement of the cable car vehicle on the tire conveyor. Each branch parking track has a continuous conveyor. For this purpose, the tire conveyor and the continuous conveyor overlap slightly. However, such a parking conveyor is prone to malfunctions. Slippage errors in the tire conveyor and spacing errors between the cable car vehicle and the tire conveyor can easily lead to an interruption in the drive of the ascending conveyor on the parking tracks, which can particularly disrupt the loading of the cable car.

[0009] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a branch parking track garage which is simple in design but nevertheless reliable in operation.

[0010] This is achieved with a branch parking track garage in which a continuous conveyor with a conveying means movable in two conveying directions is provided in the area of ​​the first branch parking track and second branch parking track, wherein the continuous conveyor has a first conveying section in which the conveying means extends along the first branch parking track between the transfer point of the first branch parking track and the end of the first branch parking track in order to form the second branch parking track conveyor of the first branch parking track, and the continuous conveyor has a second conveying section in which the conveying means extends along the second branch parking track between the transfer point of the second branch parking track and the end of the second branch parking track in order to form the second branch parking track conveyor of the second branch parking track.A first and a second driving finger are arranged on the conveying means of the continuous conveyor at a distance from one another in the direction of the conveying means, wherein the first and second driving fingers are each movable back and forth between a first driving finger position and a second driving finger position, wherein the driving fingers in the second driving finger position protrude further from the conveying means in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction by an engagement distance than in the first driving finger position. The distance between the first and second driving fingers on the conveying means is selected such that the first driving finger is located in the region of the transfer point of the first branch parking track or is located in an area of ​​the continuous conveyor facing the feeder track in the transverse direction between the first and second branch parking tracks when the second driving finger is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking track, and vice versa.With this design, only a single continuous conveyor with a single conveyor mechanism is required for the first and second branch parking tracks. This simplifies the construction of the branch parking track garage. Since only one conveyor mechanism needs to be controlled, the branch parking track garage can also be operated easily and safely.

[0011] It is advantageous if at least one of the driving fingers is designed such that, when the driving finger is in the second driving finger position, a force acting on the driving finger in the direction of the end of the branch parking track can be absorbed by the driving finger in order to transmit a driving force in the direction of the transfer point of the branch parking track, and a force acting on the driving finger in the direction of the transfer point of the branch parking track moves the driving finger from the second driving finger position, preferably translationally and / or rotationally, into the first driving finger position.

[0012] This enables purely passive control of the driving finger position solely through the movement of the conveyor.

[0013] This can be easily achieved if the first driving finger and / or the second driving finger is arranged on the conveyor means so that it can pivot between the first driving finger position and the second driving finger position and pivoting of the first driving finger and / or the second driving finger in the direction of the end of the first or second branch parking track is blocked and pivoting of the first driving finger and / or the second driving finger in the direction of the transfer point of the first or second branch parking track is enabled.

[0014] The control of the driving finger position can be achieved in a likewise advantageous embodiment in that a first switching gate with a first gate surface is arranged in the region of the conveying means, preferably in the region of the end of the first branch parking track and / or the second branch parking track, wherein the first gate surface interacts with the first or the second driving finger when the first or the second driving finger is located in the region of the first gate surface in order to move the first or the second driving finger from the first driving finger position to the second driving finger position when the first or second driving finger moves past or along the first gate surface with the conveying means.In the region of the end of at least the first branch parking track and / or the second branch parking track, a second switching gate with a second gate surface can also be arranged, wherein the second gate surface interacts with the first or second carrier finger when the first or second carrier finger is located in the region of the second gate surface, in order to move the first or second carrier finger from the second carrier finger position to the first carrier finger position when the first or second carrier finger moves past or along the second gate surface with the conveyor. The switching gates can be used to adjust the carrier finger position without the carrier finger striking a cable car vehicle.

[0015] The present invention is described below with reference to the Figuren 1 bis 7b which show exemplary, schematic and non-limiting advantageous embodiments of the invention. Fig.1 a cable car station with an inventive branch parking track garage, Fig.2 a suspension of a cable car vehicle, Fig.3 an inventive branch parking track garage with a continuous conveyor with circulating conveyor, Fig.4 und 5 inventive branch parking track garages with a continuous conveyor with non-circulating conveyor, Fig.6 a design of a driving finger and Fig.7a und 7b a link control for controlling the driving finger position of a driving finger.

[0016] Fig.1 shows a very schematic view of a cable car station 2 of a circulating cable car 1, for example a valley or mountain station. The circulating cable car usually has at least one further cable car station, for example a mountain or valley station or a middle station, which Fig.1 not shown. A haulage cable 3 runs between the cable car stations 2, for example on cable pulleys 4 in the cable car stations 2, wherein at least one cable pulley 4 is driven by a cable car drive 8. Cable car vehicles 5, such as gondolas or chairs, are transported between the cable car stations 2 on the haulage cable 3. In a cable car station 2, the cable car vehicles 5 are uncoupled from the haulage cable 3 in a known manner after entering the cable car station 2. Before exiting the cable car station 2, the cable car vehicles 5 are recoupled to the haulage cable 3. Cable clamps 33 on the cable car vehicles 5 are used for uncoupling and coupling ( Fig.2 ). A station conveyor 7, for example a tire conveyor or a continuous conveyor, is provided for moving a cable car vehicle 5 decoupled from the haulage cable 3 in the cable car station 2. At least one guide rail 6 can be provided in the cable car station 2, along which the cable car vehicles 5 are guided in the cable car station 2.

[0017] Fig.2 shows, by way of example, a suspension device 30 of a cable car vehicle 5, with which the cable car vehicle 5 is suspended on the haulage cable 3 along the route and moved along guide rails 6 in the cable car station 2. The suspension device 30 is connected in a known manner by at least one suspension rod 38 to a means of transport (not shown) of the cable car vehicle 5, such as a cabin or a chair. A cable clamp 33 is arranged on the suspension device 30, which can clamp the haulage cable 3 under the action of a clamp spring 34 and which can be mechanically actuated for opening via a clamp actuation 35. Also arranged on the suspension device 30 is at least one guide roller 31, 32, which cooperates with at least one guide rail 6 in the cable car station 2 in order to guide the cable car vehicle 5 in the cable car station 2 along the at least one guide rail 6.In this embodiment, the station conveyor 7 is designed as a tire conveyor, in which a plurality of driven tires 37 are arranged one behind the other in the cable car station 2, rotatably mounted in the conveying direction. The tires 37 interact with a friction lining 36 on the suspension 30 to move the cable car vehicle 5, which is uncoupled from the conveyor cable 3, through the cable car station 2 by the rotation of the tires 37, e.g., along the guide rail 6.

[0018] A branch parking track garage 10 for cable car vehicles 5 of the circulating cable car 1 is also provided on the circulating cable car 1, in which cable car vehicles 5 can be accommodated. The branch parking track garage 10 is located in or near one of the cable car stations 2 of the circulating cable car 1.

[0019] The branch parking track garage 10 has a feeder track 11 and a first and a second branch parking track 13a, 13b connected to the feeder track 11, with the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b each terminating at the end facing away from the feeder track 11. A branch parking track 13a, 13b, for example, branches off from the feeder track 11 at a junction 12. The first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b are thus each designed as dead-end tracks.

[0020] A switch can be provided at a junction 12 or the junction 12 is designed as a switch in order to connect a branch parking track 13a, 13b with the feeder track 11 and, depending on the position of the switch, to guide a cable car vehicle 5 from the feeder track 11 to a branch parking track 13a, 13b or to guide it further along the feeder track 11.

[0021] The feeder track 11 is connected to the station conveyor 7 in the cable car station 2, for example via a switch 9, in order to transfer a cable car vehicle 5 from the station conveyor 7 to the feeder track 11, or vice versa.

[0022] On the feeder track 11, a feeder track conveyor 14 is provided to move a cable car vehicle 5 along the feeder track 11, the feeder track conveyor 14 can be designed as a tire conveyor (analogous to the design in Fig.2 ), continuous conveyor, or other suitable conveyor. For this purpose, a guide rail for the cable car vehicle 5 can also be provided in the area of ​​the feeder track conveyor 14.

[0023] A first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b is provided on each of the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, each extending from the feeder track 11 to a respective transfer point 15a, 15b on the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b. Furthermore, a second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b is provided on each of the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, each extending from the transfer point 15a, 15b to the area of ​​the end of the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b opposite the respective transfer point 15a, 15b. The first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b and the second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b overlap in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a, 15b on the respective branch parking track 13a, 13b. "Overlapping" means that in the overlapping area, the conveyance of a cable car vehicle 5 changes from the first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b to the second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b, or vice versa.

[0024] 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 is preferably designed as a tire conveyor (analogous to the design in Fig.2 ), but can also be designed as any other suitable conveyor.

[0025] In the movement area of ​​a cable car vehicle 5 in the branch parking track garage 10, a guide element, such as a guide rail 6 or a guide profile, can also be provided for guiding a cable car vehicle 5.

[0026] The first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b are preferably arranged parallel to each other, but could also be arranged at an angle to each other depending on the design of the branch parking track garage 10. A branch parking track 13a, 13b does not necessarily have to run straight as shown in the figures, but could also have deflections, for example, a 90° curve, or at least be curved in sections, depending on the design of the branch parking track garage 10.

[0027] A cable car vehicle 5 is moved with the first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b and the second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b on the respective branch parking track 13a, 13b.

[0028] To this extent, the branch parking track garage 10 according to the invention corresponds to a known design of a branch parking track garage, for example, as described in WO 2010 / 082125 A1. The design 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 are explained below.

[0029] In the area of ​​the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b, a continuous conveyor 17 with a conveyor belt in two opposite conveying directions R (indicated by the double arrow in Fig.1 ) movable conveyor means 18 is provided. The conveying direction R is in each case in the direction of the conveyor means 18. As the continuous conveyor 17, for example, a chain conveyor with a chain as the conveyor means 18 or a belt conveyor with a conveyor belt as the conveyor means 18 can be considered.

[0030] The continuous conveyor 17 preferably has a drive 19 (indicated in Fig.1 ) to move the conveyor 18 in the two conveying directions R. The drive 19 can be designed, for example, as a driven drive roller, as in Fig.1 indicated, or as a driven gear in the case of a chain conveyor. The continuous conveyor 17 could also be moved manually.

[0031] In Fig.1 the conveyor means 18 is designed in the form of an endless conveyor means, i.e. in the form of a closed conveyor means 18. Well-known deflection rollers for the circulating conveyor means 18 and / or a guide profile in which the conveyor means 18 is guided are shown in Fig.1 not shown for reasons of clarity. However, the conveyor 18 does not have to be designed as a continuous conveyor, as explained further below.

[0032] Of course, further branch parking tracks can be provided in the branch parking track garage 10, as in Fig.1 indicated by dashed lines, but which may also be designed differently than in accordance with the invention.

[0033] The continuous conveyor 17 has a first conveyor section 20a, in which the conveyor means 18 extends along the first branch parking track 13a and between the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a and the end region of the first branch parking track 13a, to form the second branch parking track conveyor 16a of the first branch parking track 13a. Likewise, the continuous conveyor 17 has a second conveyor section 20b, in which the conveyor means 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 region of the second branch parking track 13b, to form the second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b.

[0034] The continuous conveyor 17, specifically the conveyor 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, thus forms the respective second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b in both branch parking tracks 13a, 13b. Therefore, only a single conveyor 18 is required for both second branch parking track conveyors 16a, 16b, and thus only one drive and one control system for the continuous conveyor 17, which reduces the effort and costs.

[0035] A branch parking track garage 10 thus preferably has an even number of branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, wherein a pair of the branch parking tracks 13a, 13b are combined with a continuous conveyor 17 according to the invention in order to form the respective second branch parking track conveyors 16a, 16b.

[0036] A first driving finger 21a and a second driving finger 21b are arranged on the conveyor 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, spaced apart from one another in the direction of the conveyor 18. The first and second driving fingers 21a, 21b are each arranged on the conveyor 18 so as to be movable back and forth between a first driving finger position P1 and a second driving finger position P2. The back and forth movement preferably takes place in a translational and / or rotational manner. In the second driving finger position P2, the driving fingers 21a, 21b protrude further from the conveyor 18 by an engagement distance A in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R on the branch parking track 13a, 13b than in the first driving finger position P1.The engagement distance A is selected such that a driving finger 21a, 21b in the second driving finger position P2 can be brought into engagement with a part of a cable car vehicle 5, preferably a part of the suspension 30 of the cable car vehicle 5, in order to drive the cable car vehicle 5 with the driving finger 21a, 21b when the conveying means 18 moves in a specific conveying direction R. In the first driving finger position P1, no engagement with a cable car vehicle 5 can be established, and the driving finger 21a, 21b in the first driving finger position P1 is ineffective. This will be explained in more detail below. The engagement distance A is, of course, predetermined and known by the specific design of the branch parking track garage 10 and the cable car vehicle 5.

[0037] The distance between the first and second driving fingers 21a, 21b on the conveyor 18 in the direction of the conveyor 18, i.e. in the conveying direction R, is selected such that the first driving finger 21a is located in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a when the second driving finger 21b is located in the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking track 13b, and vice versa (in Fig.1 indicated by dashed lines). In the other (reverse) arrangement, the second driving finger 21b is located in the area of ​​the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b when the first driving finger 21a is located in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking track 13a. If the conveying means 18 is moved in a corresponding conveying direction R, then one driving finger 21a, 21b moves from the area of ​​the transfer point 15a, 15b towards the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b and at the same time the other driving finger 21a, 21b moves from the end of the other branch parking track 13a, 13b towards the transfer point 15a, 15b. If the conveying direction R is reversed, then the driving fingers 21a, 21b move back with the conveying means 18 in the opposite direction.

[0038] Alternatively, the conveyor means 18 can be brought into a position in which at least the driving finger 21a, 21b located on a region of the continuous conveyor 17 facing the feeder track 11 is positioned in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R between the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, as in Fig.3 shown. In this case, a carrier finger 21a, 21b moves slightly beyond the transfer point 15a, 15b into the area between the two branch parking tracks 13a, 13b. The other carrier finger 21a, 21b at the end of the respective branch parking track 13a, 13b can, in the case of a circulating conveyor 18, also be positioned transversely between the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, as shown in Fig.3 In the case of a non-circulating conveyor 18, this driving finger 21a, 21b would be arranged at the end of the respective branch parking track 13a, 13b, as in Fig.3 shown in dashed lines.

[0039] As already mentioned, the conveyor 18 does not have to be designed as a continuous conveyor. In the design according to Fig.4 In a first position S1 of the conveyor 18, the conveyor means 18 of the continuous conveyor 17 extends along the first branch parking track 13a and between the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a and the region of the end of the first branch parking track 13a, in order to form the second branch parking track conveyor 16a of the first branch parking track 13a. In a second position S2 of the conveyor means 18, the same conveyor means 18 extends along the second branch parking track 13b and between the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b and the region of the end of the second branch parking track 13b (in Fig.4 (indicated by dashed lines) to form the second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b. The drive 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 is arranged, for example, in the transverse direction between the two branch parking tracks 13a, 13b. The conveyor 18 is guided, for example, in a guide profile of the branch parking track garage 10. In this design, the conveyor 18 only needs to be approximately half as long as with a revolving conveyor, which can save costs.

[0040] In order to position a driving finger 21a, 21b in a transverse direction between the branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, it can also be provided that the conveying means 18 is displaced in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a, 15b on a branch parking track 13a, 13b in the direction of the other branch parking track 13a, 13b, as in Fig.5 This can, of course, also be provided for a circulating conveyor 18.

[0041] In a configuration with non-circulating funding 18 as in Fig.4 oder Fig.5 The conveyor 18 does not extend simultaneously along the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b, at least not completely. Nevertheless, the conveyor 18 forms the first branch parking track conveyor 16a and the second branch parking track conveyor 16b, albeit not simultaneously.

[0042] Since the driving fingers 13a, 13b are arranged on the conveyor means 18 and are moved along with the conveyor means 18, and the driving fingers 21a, 21b can be located in a first ineffective driving finger position P1 and a second driving finger position P2 that enables the driving of a cable car vehicle 5, it may be necessary for the emptying and / or garage storage of cable car vehicles 5 to specifically set one of the two driving finger positions P1, P2 for a driving finger 21a, 21b. For this purpose, it may be necessary to move at least one of the driving fingers 21a, 21b from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2, or vice versa.

[0043] This can be done in a possible embodiment for a driving finger 21a, 21b with a driving finger drive on the conveyor 18 in order to move the driving finger 21a, 21b actively by the drive and controlled from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2, or vice versa.

[0044] A driver finger drive on the conveyor 18 is naturally more complex and difficult to implement. Therefore, it is preferable to move a driver finger 21a, 21b passively solely by the movement of the conveyor 18 from the first driver finger position P1 to the second driver finger position P2, or vice versa.

[0045] To achieve this, at least one driving finger 21a, 21b can be designed so that when a driving finger 21a, 21b is in the second driving finger position P2, a force Fw acting on the driving finger 21a, 21b in the direction of the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b can be absorbed by this driving finger 21a, 21b in order to transmit a driving force FM (as a reaction force) in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b of the branch parking track 13a, 13b, and a force Fw acting on this driving finger 21a, 21b in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b of the branch parking track 13a, 13b moves the driving finger 21a, 21b from the second driving finger position P2, preferably translationally and / or rotationally, into the first Driving finger position P1. Such an embodiment of a driving finger 21a, 21b is described below with reference to the Fig.6 explained.

[0046] In the execution of the Fig.6 The conveyor means 18 is designed as a chain, but could just as easily be designed as a belt or in any other way. In this embodiment, a driving finger 21a, 21b is arranged on the conveyor means 18 so as to be pivotable between the first driving finger position P1 and the second driving finger position P2. In the illustrated embodiment, the driving finger 21a, 21b is arranged so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis 22. The driving finger 21a, 21b has two arms 23a, 23b projecting from the pivot axis 22. In the second driving finger position P2 (in Fig.6 shown), the first arm 23a projects transversely from the conveyor means 18 by the engagement distance A, and the second arm 23b rests against the conveyor means 18. Thus, the driving finger 21a, 21b can only be pivoted in one direction starting from the second driving finger position P2. The driving finger 21a, 21b can absorb a force Fw acting on the driving fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b (opposite the transfer point 15a, 15b) because the second arm 23b rests against the conveyor means 18 and the driving finger 21a, 21b cannot be pivoted in this direction in order to transmit a driving force FM (reaction force) in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b of the branch parking track 13a, 13b. By means of the entrainment force Fnn in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b, the cable car vehicle 5 with the conveying means 18 can be carried in the conveying direction R in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b.

[0047] If the conveying means 18 is moved in the opposite direction towards the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b and the driving finger 21a, 21b comes into contact with another component, in particular a cable car vehicle 5, then the driving finger 21a, 21b cannot absorb the force Fw acting on the driving finger 21a, 21b in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b and the driving finger 21a, 21b pivots from the second driving finger position P2 into the first driving finger position P1 (in Fig.6 indicated by dashed lines). Thus, when the conveyor 18 moves towards the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b, no driving force FM can be transmitted by the driving finger 21a, 21b towards the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b, and the driving finger 21a, 21b is ineffective.

[0048] However, a driving finger 21a, 21b does not necessarily have to be pivotably mounted on the conveyor 18, but could, for example, also be arranged to be translationally movable, so that the driving finger 21a, 21b can be moved translationally from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2 and vice versa. For example, the driving finger 21a, 21b could be pushed from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1 by a force Fw acting on the driving finger 21a, 21b. A combined rotational and translational movement of the driving finger 21a, 21b is also conceivable. In terms of design, there are, of course, a multitude of possibilities for implementing a driving finger 21a, 21b.

[0049] It is also possible to move at least one driving finger 21a, 21b automatically from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2 by means of a pre-tensioning element 24, such as a spring, and to hold it in the second driving finger position P2 by means of the pre-tensioning element 24, as shown in Fig.6 The driving finger 21a, 21b is thus to be moved against the preload force of the preload element 24 from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1.

[0050] A driving finger 21a, 21b that is automatically held in the second driving finger position P2, for example by a pretensioning element 24, will strike the cable car vehicles 5 as they move past when the conveyor 18 is moving and when cable car vehicles 5 are present. This can leave marks on the cable car vehicle 5 and also represent a source of noise. For these reasons, it is advantageous if the driving fingers 21a, 21b are not automatically held in the second driving finger position P2. This can be achieved by a driving finger drive on the conveyor 18, as already mentioned above. However, this can also be achieved by an external driving finger drive 40, i.e., a driving finger drive that is not arranged on the conveyor 18 itself.

[0051] Such an external driving finger drive 40 can be implemented in the form of a first switching gate 41, which is arranged in the region of the conveyor 18, in the region of the end of the first branch parking track 13a and / or the second branch parking track 13b. The first switching gate 41 has a first gate surface 43, wherein the first gate surface 43 interacts with a driving finger 21a, 21b when the driving finger 21a, 21b is located in the region of the first gate surface 43, in order to move the driving finger 21a, 21b from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2 when the driving finger 21a, 21b moves past or along the first gate surface 43 with the conveyor 18. Additionally or alternatively, a second switching gate 42 with a second gate surface 44 can be arranged in the area of ​​the conveying means 18, for example in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking track 13a and / or the second branch parking track 13b.The second guide surface 44 cooperates with the driving finger 21a, 21b when the driving finger 21a, 21b is located in the region of the second guide surface 44 in order to move the driving finger 21a, 21b from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1 when the driving finger 21a, 21b moves past or along the second guide surface 44 with the conveyor means 18.

[0052] A possible design of a first and second switching gate 41, 42 is shown in the Figuren 7a, 7b shown.

[0053] In this embodiment, the conveyor 18 is designed as a conveyor chain guided in a guide profile. The conveyor 18 is not designed to be circulating. However, this is not mandatory, of course.

[0054] A driving finger 21a, 21b is arranged on the conveyor 18. The driving finger 21a, 21b has an arm 23a pivotably arranged about a rotation axis 22. The arm 23a is in the first driving finger position P1 ( Fig.7a ) folded in and in the second driving finger position P2 ( Fig.7b ) unfolded. In the second driving finger position P2, the arm 23a rests against a component of the driving finger 21a, 21b and cannot be pivoted beyond the second driving finger position P2. Thus, the driving finger 21a, 21b can absorb a force F w acting on the arm 23a of the driving finger 21a, 21b and consequently transmit a driving force FM, as described above. Fig.6 A force Fw acting in the opposite direction would fold the arm 23a and move it to the first driving finger position P1, as described above. Fig.6 explained. However, the arm 23a is not held in the second driving finger position P2 by a preloading element 24, which is why it is necessary, if necessary, to move a driving finger 21a, 21b located in the first driving finger position P1 into the second driving finger position P2 by means of the external driving finger drive 40, or vice versa. The first and second switching gates 41, 42 are provided for this purpose.

[0055] The first switching gate 41 comprises a first gate surface 43 which cooperates with an engagement element 45, such as a pin or a roller, on the driving finger 21a, 21b, specifically on the arm 23a in the embodiment shown. If a driving finger 21a, 21b located in the first driving finger position P1 is moved past or along the first gate surface, the engagement element 45 comes into contact with the first gate surface 43. The first gate surface 43 is arranged, here obliquely arranged, so that the driving finger 21a, 21b is moved from the first driving finger position P1 to the second driving finger position P2. In the embodiment shown, the arm 23a folds out when the engagement element 45 is moved past or along the first gate surface 43. The driving finger 21a, 21b in the second driving finger position P2 can be moved past the second guide surface 43 in the opposite conveying direction R.

[0056] The second shift gate 42 is also designed with an inclined second gate surface 44, wherein the second gate surface 44 interacts with the engagement element 45 on the driver finger 21a, 21b when a driver finger 21a, 21b located in the second driver finger position P2 is moved past or along the second gate surface 43. In the embodiment shown, the arm 23a folds in when the engagement element 45 is moved past or along the second gate surface 44.

[0057] In the design of the Fig.7a und 7b Both switching gates 41, 42 are provided and arranged one behind the other in the conveying direction R. This enables the safe assumption of either the first driving finger position P1 or the second driving finger position P2. For this purpose, the conveying means 18 only needs to move to two different holding positions H1, H2. In the first holding position H1, the first driving finger position P1 is safely assumed, and in the second holding position, the second driving finger position P2 is safely assumed. The holding positions can, of course, also be swapped.

[0058] In order that in such an embodiment the first guide surface 43 does not block the opposite movement of the driving finger 21a, 21b in the first driving finger position P1 from the first holding position H1, the first guide surface 43 can be arranged pivotably (as in Fig.7a, 7b indicated by dashed lines) or otherwise moved out of the travel range of the driving finger 21a, 21b in the first driving finger position P2.

[0059] A design with non-circulating funding 18 (as in Fig.4 oder Fig.5 ) leads to a branch parking track garage 10 for cable car vehicles 5 with a feeder track 11 and a first and a second branch parking track 13a, 13b connected to the feeder track 11, wherein the first branch parking track 13a and second branch parking track 13b each end at the end facing away from the feeder track 11, wherein a first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b is provided on the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, which extends from the feeder track 11 to a transfer point 15a, 15b on the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b. On the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, a second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b is provided, which extends 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.In the area of ​​the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b, a continuous conveyor 17 with a conveyor 18 movable in two conveying directions is provided. The continuous conveyor 17 has a first conveying section 20a, in which the conveyor 18 extends, in a first position S1 of the conveyor 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 to form the 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 means 18 extends in a second position S2 of the conveyor means 18 along the second branch parking track 13b between the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b and the end of the second branch parking track 13b in order to form the second branch parking track conveyor 16b of the second branch parking track 13b.A first and a second driving finger 21a, 21b are arranged on the conveyor 18 of the continuous conveyor 17, spaced apart from one another in the direction of the conveyor 18. The first and second driving fingers 21a, 21b are each movable back and forth between a first driving finger position P1 and a second driving finger position P2. In the second driving finger position P2, a driving finger 21a, 21b protrudes further from the conveyor 18 by an engagement distance A than in the first driving finger position P1.The distance between the first and second driving fingers 21a, 21b on the conveyor means 18 is selected such that the first driving finger 21a is located in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a or in an area of ​​the continuous conveyor 17 facing the feeder track 11 in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R between the first and second branch parking tracks 13a, 13b when the second driving finger 21b is located in the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking track 13b, and vice versa.When the driving fingers 21a, 21b are in the second driving finger position P2, a force Fw acting on the driving fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the end of the branch parking track 13a, 13b can preferably be absorbed by the driving fingers 21a, 21b in order to transmit a driving force Fnn in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b of the branch parking track 13a, 13b, and a force Fw acting on the driving fingers 21a, 21b in the direction of the transfer point 15a, 15b of the branch parking track 13a, 13b moves the driving fingers 21a, 21b from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1.

[0060] The design with non-circulating conveyor means 18 can also have the same features as a design with circulating conveyor means 18.

[0061] The inventive design of the second branch parking track conveyor 16a, 16b with a conveyor means 18 (circulating or non-circulating) with the driving fingers 21a, 21b enables a method according to the invention for emptying cable car vehicles 5 from the branch parking track garage 10 or for parking cable car vehicles 5 in the branch parking track garage 10, as explained below.

[0062] When emptying, it is assumed that cable car vehicles 5 are lined up next to each other on the first and / or second branch parking track 13a, 13b, as shown in Fig.1on the first branch parking track 13a. The first driving finger 21a is positioned in the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking track 13a, for example via the drive 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 or manually, whereby the second driving finger 21b is positioned on the second branch parking track 13b in the area of ​​the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b. Alternatively, the second driving finger 21b can be positioned in the area of ​​the continuous conveyor 17 facing the feeder track 11 in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction R between the first and second branch parking tracks. The first driving finger 21a is located in the second driving finger position P2 and thus protrudes from the conveying means 18 by the engagement distance A.From this initial position, the first driving finger 21a is moved with the conveyor 18 in a first conveying direction R from the area of ​​the end of the first branch parking track 13a toward the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a, for example, via the drive 19 of the continuous conveyor 17 or manually. The first driving finger 21a protruding from the conveyor 18 engages with a part of a cable car vehicle 5 that is located closest to the end of the first branch parking track 13a. As a result, the first driving finger 21a takes the cable car vehicle 5 with a corresponding movement of the conveyor means 18 in the direction of the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking track 13a, whereby the cable car vehicle 5 resting on the first driving finger 21a, and also all cable car vehicles 5 located in front of it in the direction of the transfer point 15a, are pushed in the direction of the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking track 13a.At the first transfer point 15a, each cable car vehicle 5 on the first branch parking track 13a engages with the first branch parking track conveyor 14a of the first branch parking track 13a, and each cable car vehicle 5 on the first branch parking track 13a is moved from the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking track 13a by the first branch parking track conveyor toward the feeder track 11. In this way, the cable car vehicles 5 on the first branch parking track 13a are moved to the feeder track 11, where the cable car vehicles 5 can be moved further to the circulating cable car 1 using the feeder track conveyor 14. This is of course also possible if the entire first branch parking track 13a is not filled with cable car vehicles 5 and if only a single cable car vehicle 5 is parked on the first branch parking track 13a.

[0063] As the first branch parking track 13a is emptied due to the movement of the conveyor 18 in the first conveying direction R, the second carrier finger 21b on the second branch parking track 13b simultaneously moves in the opposite direction toward the end of the second branch parking track 13b and is thus positioned in the area of ​​the end of the second branch parking track 13b. The first carrier finger 21a is located in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a of the first branch parking track 13a or transversely between the two branch parking tracks 13a, 13b.

[0064] To enable this, the second driving finger 21b must either be moved into the first driving finger position P1 prior to the movement, for example, using a driving finger drive on the conveyor 18, or the second driving finger 21b automatically assumes the first driving finger position P1 when the second driving finger 21b strikes a cable car vehicle 5 in the second branch parking track 13b during the movement. This also works if a pre-tensioning means 24 is provided that repeatedly moves the second driving finger 21b back to the second driving finger position P2.

[0065] This is possible, for example, because the second driving finger 21a, 21b cannot project a driving force FM toward the end of the second branch parking track 13b. If the second driving finger 21b engages with a cable car vehicle 5 on the second branch parking track 13b, the force Fw acts on the second driving finger 21b, moving the second driving finger 21b from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1.

[0066] Now, the conveying direction R of the conveyor 18 can be reversed, so that the conveyor 18 moves in the opposite direction. This repeats the emptying process in an analogous manner on the second branch parking track 13b.

[0067] For parking cable car vehicles 5 in a branch parking track garage 10, the first driving finger 21a is positioned near the end of the first branch parking track 13a, whereby the second driving finger 21b is positioned near the transfer point 15b of the second branch parking track 13b. To enable cable car vehicles 5 to move past the driving finger 21b located near the transfer point 15b, it must be ensured that the second driving finger 21b on the conveyor 18 is in the first driving finger position P1. For this purpose, the second driving finger 21b can, if necessary, be moved from the second driving finger position P2 to the first driving finger position P1. After prior emptying, the second driving finger 21b will typically be in the second driving finger position P2.Alternatively, the second carrier finger 21b can be positioned in the area of ​​the continuous conveyor 17 facing the feeder track 11 in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction F between the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b. In this case, the position of the carrier finger 21b is irrelevant for the parking process, because the position of the carrier finger 21b allows cable car vehicles to pass by anyway. Of course, the parking process can also be carried out with the carrier fingers arranged in reverse, i.e., with the second carrier finger 21b at the end of the second branch parking track and with the first carrier finger 21a in the area of ​​the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking track 13a, or in the transverse direction between the first branch parking track 13a and the second branch parking track 13b.

[0068] Cable car vehicles 5 are now moved from the feeder track 11 to the transfer point 15a on the first branch parking track 13a and / or to the transfer point 15b on the second branch parking track 13b using 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. The cable car vehicles 5 are discharged from the circulating cable car 1, for example, using the feeder track conveyor 14. The cable car vehicles 5 are moved by the first branch parking track conveyor 14a of the first branch parking track 13a and / or by the first branch parking track conveyor 14b of the second branch parking track 13b toward the first transfer point 15a and / or toward the second transfer point 15b, and from there further to the first branch parking track 13a and / or the second branch parking track 13b. The second branch parking track conveyors 16a, 16b are preferably inactive during parking, meaning that the conveyor 18 does not need to be moved.The cable car vehicles 5 are pushed toward the ends of the branch parking tracks 13a, 13b by the respective first branch parking track conveyor 14a, 14b or manually. The branch parking tracks 13a, 13b can thus be filled with cable car vehicles 5 using the first branch parking track conveyors 14a, 14b or manually. Alternatively, a separate conveyor could be provided for moving the cable car vehicles 5 from the respective transfer point 15a, 15b on the branch parking track 13a, 13b toward the end of the respective branch parking track 13a, 13b.

[0069] When parking, the two branch parking tracks 13a and 13b do not need to be completely filled with cable car vehicles 5. Only one cable car vehicle can be parked on a branch parking track 13a and 13b.

Claims

1. Branch parking track garage for cable car vehicles (5) with a feeder track (11) which is connected to a first branch parking track (13a) and a second branch parking track (13b), wherein the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b) each end at the end facing away from the feeder track (11), wherein a first branch parking track conveyor (14a, 14b) is provided on the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b), which in each case extends from the feeder track (11) to a transfer point (15a, 15b) on the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b), and a second branch parking track conveyor (16a, 16b) is provided on the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b), which in each case extends from the transfer point (15a, 15b) extends to the end of the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b), wherein the first branch parking track conveyor (14a, 14b) and the second branch parking track conveyor (16a,16b) each branch parking track (13a, 13b) overlap in the area of ​​the transfer point (15a, 15b), , characterized in thatin the area of ​​the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b), a continuous conveyor (17) with a conveyor means (18) movable in two conveying directions (R) is provided, wherein the continuous conveyor (17) has a first conveyor section (20a), in which the conveyor means (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) 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 conveyor means (18) extends along the second branch parking track (13b) between the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b) and the end of the second branch parking track (13b) to form the second branch parking track conveyor (16b) of the second branch parking track (13b), thata first driving finger (21a) and a second driving finger (21b) are arranged on the conveying means (18) of the continuous conveyor (17) at a distance from one another in the direction of the conveying means (18), wherein the first driving finger (21a) and the second driving finger (21b) are each movable back and forth between a first driving finger position (P1) and a second driving finger position (P2), wherein the driving fingers (21a, 21b) in the second driving finger position (P2) protrude further from the conveying means (18) by an engagement distance (A) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R) than in the first driving finger position (P1), and thatthe distance between the first driving finger (21a) and second driving finger (21b) in the conveying direction (R) on the conveying means (18) is selected such that the first driving finger (21a) is located in the region of the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking track (13a) or is located in a region of the continuous conveyor (17) facing the feeder track (11) in the transverse direction between the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b) when the second driving finger (21b) is located in the region of the end of the second branch parking track (13b), and vice versa.

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

3. Branch parking track garage according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in thatat least one of the driving fingers (21a, 21b) is movable by means of a driving finger drive on the conveyor means (18) or in the branch parking track garage (10) from the first driving finger position (P1) into the second driving finger position (P2), and vice versa.

4. Branch parking track garage according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that at least one of the driving fingers (21a, 21b) is designed such that, when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is in the second driving finger position (P2), a force (Fw) acting on the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the end of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) can be absorbed by the driving finger (21a, 21b) in order to generate a driving force (F M) in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b) of the branch parking track (13a, 13b), and a force (Fw) acting on the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b) of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) moves the driving finger (21a, 21b) from the second driving finger position (P2), preferably translationally and / or rotationally, into the first driving finger position (P1).

5. Branch parking track garage according to claim 4, characterized in that the at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) is arranged on the conveyor means (18) so as to be pivotable between the first driving finger position (P1) and the second driving finger position (P2), and pivoting of the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the end of the branch parking track (13a, 13b) is blocked and pivoting of the driving finger (21a, 21b) in the direction of the transfer point (15a, 15b) is enabled.

6. Branch parking track garage according to claim 4, characterized in thatin the region of the conveying means (18), preferably in the region of the end of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b), a first switching gate (41) with a first gate surface (43) is arranged, wherein the first gate surface (43) interacts with the at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is located in the region of the first gate surface (43) in order to move the driving finger (21a, 21b) from the first driving finger position (P1) to the second driving finger position (P2) when the driving finger (21a, 21b) moves past or along the first gate surface (43) with the conveying means (18).

7. Branch parking track garage according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in thatin the region of the conveying means (18), preferably in the region of the end of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b), a second switching gate (42) with a second gate surface (44) is arranged, wherein the second gate surface (44) interacts with the at least one driving finger (21a, 21b) when the driving finger (21a, 21b) is located in the region of the second gate surface (44) in order to move the driving finger (21a, 21b) from the second driving finger position (P2) into the first driving finger position (P1) when the driving finger (21a, 21b) moves past or along the second gate surface (44) with the conveying means (18).

8. Branch parking track garage according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in thata pre-tensioning element (24) is provided on the conveyor means (18), which automatically holds the first driving finger (21a) or the second driving finger (21b) in the second driving finger position (P2), and the first driving finger (21a) or the second driving finger (21b) can be moved from the second driving finger position (P2) into the first driving finger position (P1) by overcoming the action of the pre-tensioning element (24).

9. Branch parking track garage according to claim 1, characterized in that a conveyor drive (19) is provided on the continuous conveyor (17) in order to drive the conveyor means (18) in a first conveying direction and an opposite second conveying direction.

10. Branch parking track garage according to 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) is designed as a tire conveyor.

11. Method for emptying cable car vehicles (5) from a branch parking track garage (10) according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein in the branch parking track garage (10) on the first branch parking track (13a) and second branch parking track (13b) cable car vehicles (5) are lined up next to each other, characterized in thatthe first driving finger (21a) is positioned in the second driving finger position (P2) in the region of the end of the first branch parking track (13a), whereby the second driving finger (21b) is positioned in the region of the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b) or in the region of the continuous conveyor (17) facing the feeder track (11) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R) between the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b), and the first driving finger (21a) in the second driving finger position (P2) is moved with the conveying means (18) in a first conveying direction from the region of the end of the first branch parking track (13a) in the direction of the transfer point (15a) of the first branch parking track (13a), whereby the first driving finger (21a) in the second driving finger position (P2) is positioned on a part of a Cable car vehicle (5) that is closest to the end of the first branch parking track (13a),is applied and the first driving finger (21a) takes this cable car vehicle (5) and pushes it in the direction of the transfer point (15a) on the first branch parking track (13a), whereby all cable car vehicles (5) on the first branch parking track (13a) are pushed in the direction of the transfer point (15a) on the first branch parking track (13a), where each cable car vehicle (5) engages with the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and each cable car vehicle (5) on the first branch parking track (13a) is moved from the transfer point (15a) on the first branch parking track (13a) with the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) in the direction of the feeder track (11), and thatby emptying the first branch parking track (13a), the second driving finger (21b) is simultaneously positioned in the region of the end of the second branch parking track (13b) and is located 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 with the conveying means (18) in an opposite second conveying direction from the region of the end of the second branch parking track (13b) in the direction of the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b), whereby the second driving finger (21b) in the second driving finger position (P2) is applied to a part of a cable car vehicle (5) that is located closest to the end of the second branch parking track (13b), and the second driving finger (21b) takes this cable car vehicle (5) along and in the direction of the transfer point (15b) on the second branch parking track (13b),whereby all cable car vehicles (5) on the second branch parking track (13b) are pushed towards the transfer point (15b) on the second branch parking track (13b), where each cable car vehicle (5) engages with the first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b) and each cable car vehicle (5) on the second branch parking track (13b) is moved from the transfer point (15b) on the second branch parking track (13b) with the first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b) towards the feeder track (11).

12. Method for parking cable car vehicles (5) in a branch parking track garage (10) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in thatthe first driving finger (21a) is positioned in the region of the end of the first branch parking track (13a), whereby the second driving finger (21b) is positioned in the region of the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b) and the second driving finger (21b) is moved on the conveyor (18) from the second driving finger position (P2) to the first driving finger position (P1) or the second driving finger (21b) is positioned in the region of the continuous conveyor (17) facing the feeder track (11) in a transverse direction transverse to the conveying direction (R) between the first branch parking track (13a) and the second branch parking track (13b), or vice versa, and thatCable car vehicles (5) are moved with the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or with the first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b) from the feeder track (11) to the transfer point (15a) on the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the transfer point (15b) of the second branch parking track (13b) and from there further to the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b).

13. Method for garage storage according to claim 12, characterized in that the cable car vehicles (5) are pushed into the first branch parking track (13a) and / or the second branch parking track (13b) with the first branch parking track conveyor (14a) of the first branch parking track (13a) and / or with the first branch parking track conveyor (14b) of the second branch parking track (13b).

14. Cable car with at least one cable car station (2), a plurality of cable car vehicles (5) and a branch parking track system (10) according to one of claims 1 to 10 for parking at least one of the plurality of cable car vehicles (5).

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