148 results about "Gondola lift" patented technology

Systems and methods for providing one-way rides by autonomous vehicles are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the invention operates as a personal ski lift that includes an autonomous snowmobile or all terrain vehicle for providing a low-cost and flexible means to ascend ski-able terrain to bring a skier to a high-altitude skiing destination, so that the skier may depart the vehicle and ski down the terrain independent from the vehicle. The vehicle of the exemplary embodiment may meanwhile travel autonomously to a lower-altitude rendezvous point to meet the skier upon completion of his skiing. Other embodiments within the invention for providing one-way rides by various types of vehicles for various purposes are disclosed.

From ancient history until now, man has constructed high-rise buildings of various kinds. They include monuments, castles, churches, office buildings, hotels, hospitals and residences. No matter how sophisticated construction techniques and technology have become, there is no system to transport people and equipment to or from selected locations between the ground level and roof of a high-rise; quickly, economically, consistently and safely outside the structure. Reed's High-Rise Emergency Rescue Egress System is such a system. This system solves the myriad problems which have existed for centuries relating to a need for external, vertical high-rise emergency evacuation and does so with substantial cost-efficiencies. Reed's High-Rise Emergency Rescue Egress System is comprised of varied electronic and mechanical components operating in unison. The three major pieces to the high-rise system are; a vehicle, a gondola and a roof-mount cantilever: The vehicle is a self-powered ground vehicle containing a gondola, stabilizing steel cables, drums, television screens, video cameras, communications, and remote control equipment. Once linked to a cantilever it provides power for lifting the gondola, equipment and personnel to monitor all activities below, beside or above the fire area. The self-powered cantilever is, remotely or manually, positioned on the roof of a high-rise building to a desired area of operation. The cantilever extends its connection arm over the edge of a high-rise building and lower cables to the ground rescue vehicle to make necessary connections with the gondola for traveling up and down the walls of a high-rise building. The cantilever roof-mount system is portable and contains steel cables, electric / hydraulic wenches, radio receivers, transmitters and video communication. The gondola, an enclosed cabin, is positioned on the rear, body portion, of the high-rise rescue vehicle. Once the gondola is linked to the vehicle and cantilever arm it becomes an exterior enclosed transporter in a matter of minutes. Reed's High-Rise Emergency Rescue Egress gondola will carry up to eight fully equipped firemen and can scale the wall of a burning building in minutes. The gondola carries firefighters and equipment below, beside or above the fire, while at the same time providing trapped building occupants a safe means of escape. A modified version of the gondola is used for high-rise building construction and maintenance.

A below-grade collapsible bollard and cable vehicle barrier system disposed in a vehicle pathway. The system comprises one or more bollard devices that include a vault located in the vehicle pathway, a rod rotatably mounted inside the vault, a bollard having a first end coupled to the rod, whereby rotation of the rod rotates the bollard to extend the second end thereof above the vehicle pathway. An actuator is secured within the vault for rotating the rod and thus raising the bollard. A cable is disposed perpendicular to the vehicle pathway with each end thereof affixed to anchors on either side of the pathway. The middle of the cable is affixed to the second end of the bollard. When the bollard is raised the cable is stretched across the pathway forming a barrier to traffic.

A gondola car has a body for lading carried on an underframe. The underframe includes a center sill and cross-bearers. The car has deep side beams having top chords, side sills, and side sheets. The lower portion of the car includes tubs that seat between the cross-bearers. The car may have an internal volume of more than 8000 cu. ft. The car may have rotary dump claw sockets. The car has opposed internal and external stiffeners aligned at the longitudinal stations of the cross-bearers. The internal stiffeners may be triangular cantilevers extending upwardly inside the side sheets. The side sheet lies intermediate the stiffeners and their flanges. The top chords may be wider in cross-section than the side sills. The side sills may define torque tubes that co-operate with the sidewall stiffeners and the top chords to resist lateral deflection. The car may include a false deck, or dog-house at one end to accommodate the brake reservoir and brake valve, such that the car is longitudinally asymmetric.

The invention relates to a cable derailing prevention device for carrier / traction cables of cable car systems in an installation including: a carrier / traction cable; a multitude of rollers which flank a coupling rail and are located at the exit from the station; a multftude of clamps from which the driving means are suspended; at least one roller that has a couple and clamp and supports the cable, and a support roller or hold-down roller battery according to the cable guide, the coupling rail forming a coupling area between the cable and the clamps. According to the invention, an aligning device is mounted in front of the coupling area of the clamps on the cable before the coupling rail and limits the deviation of the cable due to a derailing on the roller battery so that the cable is always located inside the opening of the clamp.

An adjustable arm gondola lighting system is provided. The adjustable arm gondola lighting system allows a user to illuminate retail merchandise located on a vertical wall by angularly and linearly adjusting the positioning of a light element of the adjustable arm gondola lighting system. The adjustable arm gondola lighting system may integrate a light shade which may include advertising by having printed graphics thereon. The light shade can be positioned around or within a light element to adjust the lighting characteristics of the adjustable arm gondola lighting system.

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

A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a passenger compartment, a floor pan, a cable-actuated component (such as a transmission) located outside the passenger compartment, and a telescopeable cable assembly (such as a transmission cable) operably connected to the cable-actuated component. The telescopeable cable assembly includes an end (such as a sheath on a sleeve of the cable assembly) attached to the floor pan via a bracket and a telescopeable cable having a first connector on an end of the telescopeable cable. A control assembly (such as a transmission shifter assembly) is provided for connection to the cable-actuated component. The control assembly includes a base configured for attachment to the vehicle in the passenger compartment, a lever pivoted to the base, and a second connector operably attached to the lever. The second connector is configured to mateably engage the first connector as the control assembly is installed in the vehicle from a raised pre-installation position to a lowered installed position, and to be secured to the first connector to operably connect the control assembly to the cable-actuated component via the telescopeable cable assembly.

A hybrid aerial vehicle is optimized, for example, and not by way of limitation, to operate above 100,000 feet in altitude and provide persistent and maneuverable flight while carrying a wide array of communications and sensing payloads. The hybrid vehicle may use the high altitude winds to gain altitude by pitching up with the center of gravity (CG) control and using its propulsion drive to thrust into the wind to create aerodynamic lift to rise above the neutral buoyancy altitude. The hybrid vehicle will pitch down with the CG control so as to use gravity and propulsion to accelerate. Yaw control directs the flight towards any compass direction by rotating the gondola. This maneuvering capability permits the vehicle to station operate persistently, even in high winds. The lighter-than-air inflatable saucer shape is optimized for maintaining an aerodynamic cross-section to the prevailing wind from any direction in the vehicle horizontal plane. A gondola below the saucer contains a motor, batteries, solar collector, sensors, and yaw and CG control mechanisms.

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a water vehicle including a deck that accommodates a group of passengers above a waterline and an observation gondola accommodating the group of passengers below the waterline. The access between the observation gondola and the deck is provided by way of an aperture in a top of the observation gondola. The observation gondola includes a transparent floor and walls allowing the group of passengers to enjoy an underwater experience without exposure to the water and while maintaining an unobstructed panoramic view of the underwater environment. The underwater observation gondola can include a substantially open top, which may include a sun screen or weather protective cover. The open top exposes the observation gondola to fresh air, while alleviating any claustrophobic sensations as might otherwise be experienced by passengers during underwater observation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The invention belongs to the field of oil drilling, and particularly relates to a continuous tubing steel shot jet flow perforating device, which comprises a perforating liquid storage tank, a sand mixing pump, a steel shot storage tank, a screw conveyor, a fracturing pump, a liquid inlet valve body, a drain valve body, a cable car, a coiled tubing, a whipstock, an anchoring device, a centralizingdevice, a perforating device, a nozzle and the like. The effective high-pressure sealing of the solid-liquid two-phase fluid of large-diameter high-density steel shots can be realized by the fracturing pump, and the steel shots and fluid are conveyed through the coiled tubing to improve the tripping efficiency; the steel shots and fluid underground are sprayed out through a well-designed nozzle to achieve rapid penetration of a casing and a cement ring, thereby effectively increasing the depth and diameter of a formation perforation, increasing the drainage area of reservoirs and improving the production of the reservoirs.

The invention provides a barge rocker arm device for launching a jacket. The device comprises a rocker arm, wherein the middle part of the rocker arm is hinged to the end of a barge angled deck integrally; a sliding groove I is formed in the surface, which is opposite to the barge angled deck, of the upper part of the rocker arm; a sliding groove II corresponding to the sliding groove I is formed in the barge angled deck; a rolling wheel is placed inside the sliding groove II, abuts against the hinged position of the rocker arm and the barge angled deck and is limited by a detachable limiting device; and a rolling wheel sunk compartment containing the rolling wheel and a winch spool sunk compartment containing a winch spool are manufactured on the barge angled deck, the winch spool sunk compartment is located behind the rolling wheel sunk compartment, and a cable winding around the winch spool winds around the rolling wheel and is fixed at the upper end of the rocker arm. The device substitutes for past balance weight methods or cable car traction methods, so that after the jacket is launched from the rocker arm of a barge, the rocker arm can return to the original position at the constant speed automatically, no safety problem exists, and the efficiency is high.

The invention relates to a multifunctional bridge type circulating cable car, which belongs to the field of transportation. The rapid development of vehicles brings about large-area urban traffic jams, and great amount of urban air pollution and noise. In order to solve the problems, the invention provides the bridge type circulating cable car which is erected at the center of a street and only occupies a ground area with about 1.2m width. The cable car consists of four large parts, namely a bridge body, a transportation system, a safety system and a monitoring system. The cable car has a great delivery capacity, can replace more than 80 percent of vehicles entering the city for business, correspondingly and greatly improve the urban air pollution and noise condition, and save a plurality of energy sources. As the cable car enables boarding and disembarkation without stopping or slowing down the vehicle and free boarding and disembarkation at any time for short distance, the cable car can provide great convenience for the trips of people.

Automatic cable transport facility along a closed loop line, including vehicles that can be disengaged at a set rate in stations after moving along a disengaged circuit where they are driven at low speed along disembarkation and embarkation platforms. Each station includes an automatic control mechanism able to extract the vehicles from the slow progression in the disengaged circuit, and transfer them to a disembarkation / embarkation point which is assigned to them in order of arrival, the previous vehicle having previously been reintegrated into the slow progression line in the place of the vehicle extracted in accordance with a preset program. A compensation point includes a permanently available spare empty vehicle which can be used to fill an empty space left by a vehicle that has been delayed and stopped at the disembarkation / embarkation point.

The invention relates to a high-rise rescue device, which comprises a cableway erected between two buildings, a cable car suspended on the cableway and a transmission device, wherein the transmission device is connected with the cable car through a rope and used for pulling the cable car back to a starting point, and the transmission device comprises a transmission support, a rope winder which isarranged on the transmission support and used for winding and storing the rope and a handle for driving the rope winder to rotate. The high-rise rescue device has the advantages of realizing multi-person repeated rescue and fast rescue speed.

The invention relates to an aerial cableway, particularly to a variable-frequency auto-synchronous transmission system for the getting-on and getting-off of a cableway cable car. The variable-frequency auto-synchronous transmission system for the getting-on and getting-off of a cableway cable car disclosed by the invention solves the problems of difficult getting-on and getting-off as well as the existence of potential safety hazard of the present passenger aerial cableway. The variable-frequency auto-synchronous transmission system for the getting-on and getting-off of a cableway cable car comprises a mechanical part and an electrical control part. The mechanical part comprises a moving walkway disposed outside a cable car cableway in parallel, the inside edge of the moving walkway is next to the outside surface of a cable car compartment, and the moving road surface of the moving walkway is level with the bottom surface of the cable car compartment; and the electrical control part comprises a human-machine conversation interface, a programmable controller, a frequency converter, an asynchronous motor, a sensor etc. The variable-frequency auto-synchronous transmission system for the getting-on and getting-off of a cableway cable car disclosed by the invention is a special auxiliary system matched with a single-cycle passenger cable car with fixed grips, and is suitable for passenger sightseeing and transportation in various tourist attractions.

The maritime transfer system is for crewmember safety when transferring to and from a vessel to a small oil or gas production platform that otherwise has only a swing rope for transfer. The system includes a platform extension permanently affixed to the platform, and a motor and winch installed on the extension. The motor and winch operate a cable that extends to a davit, the davit and cable suspending a car or gondola therefrom. Control is provided by a remote control switch installed on the distal end of a freely suspended control cable. In this manner, the car may be raised to the platform when not in use, the control hanging from the control cable for access from the crew vessel when needed. The crewmember may then carry the control with him or her in the car as it is raised and lowered to and from the platform.

The invention discloses a sand lifting and energy storing power station, and aims to change intermittent input electric energy into electric energy which can be stably output and is convenient to use by increasing and lowering the height of quicksand. A bridge (2) is built above a high-position sand warehouse (1), and a tunnel (4) is built under the high-position sand warehouse (1). A bridge (8) is built above a low-position sand warehouse (7), and a tunnel (9) is built under the low-position sand warehouse (7). Sand leakage openings (5) are respectively formed in the bottom of the high-position sand warehouse (1) and the bottom of the low-position sand warehouse (7). The sand warehouses at the upper portion and the tunnels at the lower portion are communicated. Quicksand control devices (6) are installed at the portions of the sand leakage openings (5). A sand conveying channel (11) is built between the high-position sand warehouse (1) and the low-position sand warehouse (7). A rail (10) is built in the direction of the bridge (8), the sand conveying channel (11) and the tunnel (4). A ground cable car sand lifting device (12) is installed on a rail (3). A ground cable car electricity generating device (13) is installed on the rail (10).

The present invention relates to a passenger transportation system, in particular a ski lift system in the form of a chair lift system or a circulating gondola lift system, having a main conveyor, in particular a chair lift or a circulating gondola lift, having a boarding / disembarking platform to board and / or alight from the main conveyor moving past the boarding / disembarking platform as well as having an auxiliary conveyor in the form of a conveyor floor for the conveying of persons to and / or from the boarding / disembarking platform. It is proposed in accordance with the invention that the conveyor floor describes a curved conveyor path which includes a first conveyor path section which feeds to the boarding platform or feeds away from the disembarking platform at an acute angle inclined to the conveying direction of the main conveyor and a second conveyor path section which extends substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the main conveyor at the boarding platform.

The invention provides a solar energy, wind energy and electric energy hybrid power sightseeing cable car system. A cable car runs under a track; if sunlight is sufficient, solar energy can be converted into electric energy by a first solar panel to supply power to the sightseeing cable car; if sunlight is insufficient, electric energy stored in an energy storage device can be used for supplying power to the sightseeing cable car. Electric energy generated by a second solar panel and wind generators is stored in energy storage devices of stations; when needing to be charged, the cable car runsinto and stops at one station, and the energy storage device on the cable car is charged through the energy storage device of the station. Thus, multiple modes of power supply with solar energy, windenergy and electric energy are achieved, clean solar energy and wind energy are fully utilized, traditional energy is saved, and low carbon and environmental protection are achieved. According to thesightseeing cable car system, by erecting the air track, the sightseeing cable car is hung under the track to run, so that ground space is saved, visitors in a scenic spot in the peak season are dispersed, the quantity of visitors which the scenic spot can hold is increased to some extent, and the crowding problem is relieved.

The invention relates to the technical field of power transmission line maintenance operation, in particular to a bypass operation maintenance method suitable for lifting of a cable along with a hoisting platform in complex terrains. The bypass operation maintenance method is characterized in that a maneuvering team consisting of two crawler-type lifting working platforms and a crawler-type cablewinding and unwinding device is adopted to complete bypass operation, a hot-line worker and a bypass cable synchronously go up to a tower at one time, and replacement of a disconnecting switch is completed by means of auxiliary lifting appliances on the working platforms. Compared with the prior art, the bypass operation maintenance method has the beneficial effects that 1) the crawler-type three-vehicle maneuvering team is strong in maneuverability and is more suitable for the bypass operation of farmland cultivated land or other complex terrain environments; 2), the hot-line worker and the bypass cable can synchronously go up to the tower without going up to and going down from the tower for many times, so that the labor intensity is low, and the work efficiency is higher; 3), field workrequirements are met, large-scale equipment such as a cable laying vehicle can be replaced to complete bypass work, so that the flexibility is improved; and 4), extra cranes are not needed to be additionally arranged, so that resources are saved.

The invention provides a cable car hanging mechanism. The mechanism comprises a supporting component, which is provided with a keeping mechanism suitable for a cable rope to pass through and stabilizing the cable rope; a driving mechanism, which is installed on the supporting component and supported by the cable rope, and drives the supporting component to move along the cable rope under the driveof external forces; a drive mechanism, which provides driving force for the driving mechanism; a hanging cabin, which is connected under the supporting component. When the hanging mechanism runs to an orbital transfer connection structure, the hanging mechanism can gradually make the transition and switch from connection with the cable rope to connection with the orbital transfer connection structure through the keeping mechanism, the problems of the cable car shaking and even the cable rope slipping caused by fluctuation of service of the hanging mechanism during the transition because of adiameter change of the cable rope are solved.

The invention provides a cable car wire rope winding and whipping monitoring device which comprises an online loop resistance detecting unit, a single chip microcomputer, a logic controller interface, an industrial personal computer, two Kelvin test clips and a temperature and humidity sensor, wherein the two Kelvin test clips are mounted between a traction cable of a cable car and the online loop resistance detecting unit and between a bearing cable of the cable car and the online loop resistance detecting unit respectively. The cable car wire rope winding and whipping monitoring device can monitor whether winding and whipping occur to the traction cable and the bearing cable on the cable car, and at the same time, the device has the characteristics of high anti-interference capacity, easiness in maintenance, compatibility, expansibility and the like and can be widely applied to a cable car transporting system.

The present invention provides a cooling system-containing gondola lift having a capacity for at least one passenger, the gondola lift comprising a cabin and a cooling system installed in the cabin, wherein the cooling system comprises: a porous case having a plurality of holes; a block of ice disposed in the case; a liquid container connected to the case for housing the liquid melted from the block of ice; and an atomizer for atomizing the liquid melted from the block of ice.

The invention provides an automatic water bottom sampling device. According to the automatic water bottom sampling device, cable cars, cables and electronic equipment are not required; the fidelity of a grabbed water bottom sludge sample is good and the automation of moving between the water bottom and the water surface is realized; the device can be stayed at the water bottom for short time. A buoyancy force is provided by a steel can and a sinking pull force is provided by a sand bag; the water bottom sludge sample is grabbed by a sampling pipe with two opened ends, is hollow and is fixed vertically; a rope slipknot for tying a sand bag opening is unfastened by a pull force generating by that an equal-weight staggered metal ball hung on a central hanging hole reaches the water bottom, and sand in the sand bag is released to relive the pull force to realize floating; the small sand bag opening is formed so that the sand is released slowly to realize the aim of staying for short time; a sequence that in-bag small balls and in-bag large balls hidden in different positions of the sand bag roll out realizes the aim that a sleeve plastic bag is pulled to close a pipe opening below the sampling pipe; the aim of closing a pipe cover and sealing an upper opening of the sampling pipe by a water flow acting force in the floating process is realized. The automatic water bottom sampling device is used for realizing the water bottom sampling and is particularly used for grabbing the sludge sample at the water bottom of deepwater.

An aerial rope tramway or slope hoist system suitable for use in an open pit mine or similar application. According to an embodiment, the aerial slope hoist system comprises an upper station and a lower station. The upper station is configured in proximity to a surface section of the open pit and the lower station is configured at a lower section of the open pit mine. According to an embodiment, the upper station comprises first and second towers and the lower station comprises first and second towers. The towers are configured to support respective ends of first and second suspension cable assemblies. Each of the suspension cable assemblies is configured to support and carry a trolley or skip. The system comprises a hoist configured to move the respective trolleys in opposite directions. The towers for the lower station are configured to be moveable and provide the capability to break down the system and / or lengthen or reduce the span of the system.