Passenger transport installation

(19)

REPUBLIC

AUSTRIA

Patent Office (10) number: AT 409 253 B ₍₁₂₎ PATENT WRITING (21) Application number: 1272/2000 (51) Int. CI.⁷: B61B7 / 00 (22) Filing date: July 20, 2000 A63G 21/04 (42) Start of patent term: November 15, 2001 (45) Date of issue: July 25, 2002 (56)

Citations:

DE2213268A1 US4236454A (73)

Patent holder:

INNOVA PATENT GMBH

A-6960 WOLFURT, VORARLBERG (AT).

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SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING PERSONS AND PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING SUCH A SYSTEM

System for transporting people from a valley station (10) to a mountain station (20) and for driving people from the mountain station (20) to the valley station (10) by means of trolleys (23) which are formed along a rail (21) Train are guided, with a cable car system (1), which has a hoisting rope (11) and transport equipment (13) that can be coupled to it for people and conveying equipment (13a) for transporting the carriages (23) from the valley station (10) to the mountain station ( 20), wherein the hoisting rope (11) in the valley station (10) and in the mountain station (20) is guided over rope deflection sheaves (12, 12a) and guide rails (14, 15) are provided in the valley station (10) and in the mountain station (20) , along which the driving operating means (13) and conveying means (13a) uncoupled from the hoisting rope (11) can be guided around the rope deflection sheaves (14, 15) by means of conveyor wheels. Both in the valley station (10) and in the mountain station (20), bypass rails (31, 31a) are connected to the guide rails (14, 15) via switches (32, 33; 32a, 33a), along which points (34, 34a) for coupling the trolleys (23) fed in the valley station (10) via the rail (21) to the conveying means (13a) or for uncoupling the trolleys (23) located in the mountain station (20) from the conveying means (13a) and are provided for their transfer to the running rail (21).

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The present invention relates to a system for transporting people from a valley station to a mountain station and for driving people from the mountain station to the valley station by means of trolleys which are guided along a track formed by a rail, with a cable car system, which has a hauling rope and with transport equipment that can be coupled to this, in particular armchairs or cabins, for people and means of conveyance for the transport of the car from the valley station to the mountain station, the hoisting rope in the valley station and in the mountain station being guided over rope deflection sheaves and guide rails being provided in the valley station and in the mountain station along which the transport equipment uncoupled from the hoisting rope and conveying means can be guided around the rope deflection sheaves by means of conveying wheels. This invention also relates to a method for operating such a system.

Cable car systems are known which are designed with driving equipment, such as cabins and armchairs, by means of which people can be transported from a valley station to a mountain station. In such cable car systems, the driving equipment is connected to the at a constant speed of, for example, 8 m / sec. moving hoisting rope can be coupled. In the stations, the transport equipment can be uncoupled from the hoisting rope and is guided along guide rails through the stations at such a low speed that people can get on and off them.

Such known cable car systems are used exclusively for the transportation of people.

From WO 98/36811 a system for moving people from a valley station to a mountain station and also from the mountain station to the valley station is known. The system for moving into the valley station consists of a running rail arranged on supports and trolleys which can be moved along this running rail and are designed with a device for accommodating at least one person. The system for moving to the mountain station consists of a cable car system by means of which people and cars are transported from the valley station to the mountain station. However, it is not specified in which way the system for driving the wagons into the valley station is functionally connected to the cable car system.

Known other systems require two separate devices on the one hand to transport people from the valley station to the mountain station and on the other hand the car from the valley station to the mountain station. These systems not only require a high level of design effort, but they also do not allow optimal utilization, taking into account the fact that the need for transporting people on the one hand and for transporting wagons on the other from the valley station to the mountain stations is different can be and each of the two conveying devices can only fulfill a specific function.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of connecting a system for transporting people to a mountain station with a system for driving people from a mountain station to a valley station so that the design effort is reduced and that optimal use of the between the Valley station and the mountain station provided cable car system is guaranteed.

This is achieved according to the invention in that both in the valley station and in the mountain station bypass rails are connected to the guide rails via switches, in the course of which points for coupling the carriage supplied in the valley station via the rail to the conveyor or for uncoupling the Carriages located in the mountain station are provided by the funds and for their transfer to the rail.

In the valley station, the guide rail is preferably designed with a first switch, via which the conveying means for the carriages can be moved onto the bypass rail A second switch is provided at this point, via which the conveyor means loaded with the car can be moved onto the guide rail.

Furthermore, the guide rail in the mountain station can be designed with a first switch, via which the conveying means loaded with the trolleys can be moved onto the bypass rail, in the course of which the point is provided in which the trolleys can be uncoupled from the conveying means, whereupon they can be fed to the running rail and a second switch can be provided after this point, via which the empty conveying means for the carriages can be moved back to the guide rail.

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According to a preferred embodiment, the entry point for the people in the valley station is also designed with a plateau which is at least 50 cm, preferably at least 1 cm, compared to the level that is in the area of ​​the bypass rail with the point for coupling the carriages m, and the exit point for people in the mountain station is designed with a plateau, which is opposite the level which is located in the area of ​​the bypass rail with the point for uncoupling the car, is raised by at least 50 cm, preferably by at least 1 m.

According to further preferred features, the conveying means for the carriages are designed with a gripper system that can be moved against a restoring force and are provided at the points of coupling and uncoupling of the car with or from the conveying means above the running rail for the car control rails for actuating the gripper system , through which the coupling process or the uncoupling process can be controlled.

According to the invention, a method for operating such a system consists in that at the point for coupling the conveying means, they are brought up to the conveying means at a higher speed than the speed of the car, whereupon the car is taken over by the conveying means by means of the gripper system operated by the control rails.

A system according to the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:

Fig. 1 is the overall view of a system according to the invention, in plan view:

FIG. 2 shows the valley station of this system in a plan view, FIG. 2a the valley station of this system in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2,

3 shows the mountain station of this system, in plan view, FIG. 3a shows the mountain station in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 3, FIGS

Ankuppeins of the wagons to the conveying means for the wagons for their promotion from the valley station to the mountain station, each seen in side view and in front view, as well as FIGS. 7 and 7a, 8 and 8a and 9 and 9a the uncoupling process taking place in the mountain station the car from the conveyor, each seen in side view and in front view.

As can be seen from Fig. 1, the system for transporting people from a valley station 10 to a mountain station 20 and for driving people from the mountain station 20 to the valley station 10 by means of a carriage 23 movable along a rail 21 consists of a cable car system 1 and from a system 2 for moving the carriages 23 along the running rail 21 running from the mountain station 20 to the valley station 10.

The cable car system 1, which is designed in a conventional manner, has a hoisting rope 11 which is guided in the valley station 10 over a deflection pulley 12 and in the mountain station 20 over a deflection pulley 12a, at least one of the deflection pulleys being driven. To the conveyor rope 11, which at a constant speed of, for example 8 m / sec is kept in motion, driving equipment 13, such as cabins or armchairs, can be coupled, as a result of which they can be moved from the valley station 10 to the mountain station 20. In the two stations 10 and 20, the driving equipment 13 is uncoupled from the hoist rope 11 and they are moved along guide rails 14 and 15 through the stations at such a speed that they can be boarded and left by people.

The system 2 for descending people from the mountain station 20 to the valley station 10 consists of a track which is located in the terrain sloping from the mountain station 20 to the valley station 10, this track being formed by a rope which is supported by supports and on which the running rail 21 is attached, along which the carriage 23 can be moved.

In the mountain station 20 there is an entry point 24 and a test station 26 and in the valley station 10 there is an exit point 25.

In order to be able to use the cable car system 1 also as a conveying device for the wagons 23, a coupling station 3 is provided in the valley station 10 and an uncoupling station 3a is provided in the mountain station 20. The coupling station 3 contains a first bypass rail 31 which can be connected to the guide rail 14 via switches 32 and 33 and in which there is a coupling point 34 for the carriage 23 with conveying means 13a. The uncoupling station 3a contains a second bypass rail 31a, which via switches 32a and 33a to the guide 3

AT 409 253 B rail 15 can be connected and in which there is a decoupling point 34a of the carriage 23 from the conveying means 13a. The conveying means 13a for the carriages 23, like the driving equipment 13, are designed with a running gear and with a clamping device for coupling them to the conveying rope 11.

The operation of this system is as follows:

By means of the cable car installation 1, people are conveyed from the valley station to the mountain station 20 or from the mountain station 20 to the valley station 10 in a manner known per se with the travel equipment 13. In addition, in the valley station 10, conveyor means 13a are moved over the switch 32 onto the bypass rail 31; if empty carriages 23 are coupled to this in the coupling point 34, the conveyor means 13a loaded with the carriages 23 are moved over the switch 33 into the guide rail 14 and the loaded conveying means 13a are accelerated in the same way as the driving operating means 13 and are clamped onto the hoisting rope 11, as a result of which they are conveyed into the mountain station 20. In the mountain station 20, the conveying means 13a loaded with the carriage 23 are moved via the switch 32a onto the bypass rail 31a, the carriages 23 are uncoupled from the conveying means 13a at the uncoupling point 34a, whereupon they get to the system 2, the empty conveying means become 13a moved over the switch 33a onto the guide rail 15 and they are subsequently clamped again to the hoisting rope 11, by means of which they are conveyed to the valley station 10.

Decisive for the entire system are the coupling station 3 and the uncoupling station 3a, through which the cable car system 1 and the system 2 are functionally connected to one another for driving down people by means of trolleys 23.

The design of the valley station 10 is explained below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 2a. It should be noted here that on the one hand it must be possible for people to get on and off the transport equipment 13 and on the other hand that the conveying means 13a loaded with the car 23 have a greater height than the transport equipment 13, which is why the one in the valley station 10 particular importance is attached to existing levels. For this reason, there is a need to To design the exit point 10a as a plateau, the level of which is at least 50 cm, preferably 1 m higher than the level in the rest of the area of ​​the valley station 10. These different levels can be seen from the illustration in FIG. 2a.

This also applies analogously to the mountain station 20, in which the exit or entry station 20a is also designed as a plateau, the level of which is at least 50 cm, preferably about 1 m, above the level of the rest of the mountain station 20, as can be seen from FIGS. 3, 3a and 3b can be seen.

4, 4a, 5, 5a and 6, 6a, the process of coupling a carriage 23 to a conveying means 13a taking place in the coupling point 34 is explained below. As can be seen from FIGS. 4 and 4a, a conveyor means 13a moved along the bypass rail 31 is fed from behind to a carriage 23 moving at the end of the guide rail 21 on the valley side. The conveying means 13a is formed at its lower end with two coupling hooks 41 which are pivotably mounted about bolts 42 and which are held in the open position before the coupling process by means of a control lever 43 against the action of an adjusting spring 46. For this purpose, the adjusting lever 43 is designed at its free end with an adjusting roller 44 which is guided along a control rail 45. In addition, the conveying means 13a is designed with rollers 47 and 48 which are guided in a guide rail 49. The conveying means 13a is brought up to the carriage 23 in the direction of arrow a at a slightly increased speed compared to the carriage 23. For the coupling, the carriage 23 is formed on its two side surfaces with coupling openings 23a associated with the coupling hooks 41.

In the area in which the carriage 23 and the conveyor 13a are vertically one above the other, whereby the coupling hooks 41 are outside the coupling openings 23a, the control rail 45 ends, whereby the coupling hooks 41 are pivoted towards each other under the action of the adjusting spring 46 and into the coupling openings 23a into place. As a result, the carriage 23 is coupled to the conveying means 13. Reference is made to FIGS. 5 and 5a.

As can also be seen from FIGS. 6 and 6a, the carriage 23 moving in the direction of arrow a then lifts off the guide rail 21, whereupon it moves with the conveyor

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13a is fed to the guide rail 14 via the switch 33. In this it is accelerated in the same way as the driving equipment 13 and subsequently coupled to the hoisting rope 11, by which it is moved into the mountain station 20.

In FIGS. 7, 7a, 8, 8a and 9, 9a, the uncoupling process taking place in the mountain station 20 is shown. The carriage coupled to the conveying means 13a moves in the direction of arrow b into the area of ​​the running rail 21. As soon as the carriage 23 is on it is opened, the coupling hooks 41 are pivoted apart by a control rail 45a against the action of the adjusting spring 46, whereby they come out of the latching openings 23a. The driving equipment 13a is guided by means of a control rail 49a. Subsequently, the carriage 23 travels along the rail 21, whereas the conveyor 13a is moved along the bypass rail 31a via the switch 33a to the guide rail 15, along which it is accelerated and subsequently clamped to the conveyor rope 11.