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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B10/00—Power and free systems
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
  • B61B12/02—Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables
  • B61B12/022—Vehicle receiving and dispatching devices
  • B61B12/024—Docking devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B11/00—Ski lift, sleigh lift or like trackless systems with guided towing cables only
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
  • B61B12/02—Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables
  • B61B12/022—Vehicle receiving and dispatching devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B61—RAILWAYS
  • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B61B7/00—Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
  • B61B7/04—Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables

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• the present invention relates to a parking system for a plurality of cable car vehicles of a cable car system, wherein the parking system comprises a parking area with a parking track for parking the plurality of cable car vehicles, wherein the parking track has an axial track end, wherein a feeder track of the cable car is connected to the track end of the parking track, wherein the cable car vehicles, in a state decoupled from a haul rope of the cable car, can be moved from the feeder track via the track end into the parking track, wherein a feeder track conveyor is provided on the feeder track for moving a cable car vehicle along the feeder track.
• the present invention also relates to a method for operating a parking system.
• Circulating cable cars typically have multiple stations, several cars, and a haul rope to move the cars between the stations.
• the haul rope runs between the stations (e.g., a valley station and a mountain station), for example, around pulleys in the stations, with at least one pulley being driven.
• Circulating cable cars with track cables are also known.
• Such a cable car consists of at least two fixed track cables as a roadway, on which the rollers of a cable car's carriage roll, and a circulating haul rope onto which the carriages are clamped outside the cable car stations. In the cable car stations The cable car vehicles are then disconnected from the haul rope.
• Gondola lifts with track ropes allow the use of larger cable car vehicles, are particularly characterized by high wind stability, and enable long cable spans (sections without cable car pylons).
• At least one guide rail is provided within the cable car station, along which the cable car vehicles, uncoupled from the haul rope, are guided through the station.
• Rollers are usually attached to the cable car vehicles, for example, to the suspension system, which allow the vehicles to roll along the guide rail.
• a station conveyor is provided for transporting the detached cable car vehicles within a cable car station.
• the station conveyor can be 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 them.
• the friction lining can be located, for example, on the suspension of the cable car vehicle.
• the rope clamp for coupling and uncoupling to the haul rope is also located on the suspension.
• the station conveyor can also be designed differently, for example, as a mechanical continuous conveyor with a traction element (such as a belt or chain) on which carriers are provided that interact with a section of a cable car vehicle to move it at the speed of the traction element. The cable car vehicles attached to the traction element are thus moved at the same speed as the traction element.
• Such circulating cable cars with detachable cabins often also feature a parking area or storage facility where the cabins can be stored outside of operating hours. This allows for maintenance work on the haul rope or the cabins, and protects them from the elements such as snow, ice, and storms.
• a number of cabins can also be stored in the parking area during operation, for example, during periods of low passenger demand.
• Such a parking area is typically located within or near one of the cable car stations, for example, on the same level as the operating area, where passengers board and/or disembark, or in a garage below the operating area.
• a parking conveyor which includes one or more conveying devices.
• the parking conveyor is typically 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 to move cable car vehicles from the station conveyor to the parking conveyor, or vice versa. Examples of parking conveyors are made of... EP 711 696 A1 or AT 392 766 B known.
• a gravity track is essentially designed analogously to the guide rail of the cable car station, but with a specific, predetermined gradient.
• the movement of the cable car vehicles along the gravity track to their parking position is achieved solely by gravity due to the defined gradient, without any external drive.
• the gravity track can, for example, be connected to the guide rail of the cable car station via a switch, allowing the cable car vehicles to be diverted from the guide rail onto the gravity track for parking.
• the return transport of the cable car vehicles from the parking area to the operating area can be accomplished, for example, with a tire conveyor, similar to how the cable car vehicles are driven along the guide rail in the operating area of the cable car station.
• AT 392 766 B A continuous conveyor is planned, and the cable car vehicles are moved on the parking tracks by self-propelled cable car vehicles.
• this design is very complex because each cable car vehicle requires its own cable car vehicle vehicle with its own drive.
• the cable car vehicles are usually moved individually for parking and loading, resulting in a high logistical effort.
• EP 2 551 164 A2 Cable car vehicles are pushed together in a parking area of a cable car station to compact them and move them together, saving space.
• handling the compacted cable car vehicles is very limited and inflexible, as care must be taken to determine which vehicle can be moved without the vehicles being separated. For example, the last cable car in the direction of travel is moved to push the vehicles ahead. To brake the cable car vehicles, the foremost vehicle in the direction of travel must be braked, thereby also slowing down the vehicles behind it.

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