US20080121133A1 - Pneumatic or Hydraulic Telescopic System For Pylons or Chair Lift Stations, Gondola Lifts and the Like - Google Patents

Pneumatic or Hydraulic Telescopic System For Pylons or Chair Lift Stations, Gondola Lifts and the Like Download PDF

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US20080121133A1
US20080121133A1 US11/885,319 US88531905A US2008121133A1 US 20080121133 A1 US20080121133 A1 US 20080121133A1 US 88531905 A US88531905 A US 88531905A US 2008121133 A1 US2008121133 A1 US 2008121133A1
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    • 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
    • B61B12/026—Guiding means for deflecting the direction of the cables between the stations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B10/00—Power and free systems
    • B61B10/02—Power and free systems with suspended vehicles
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to the implementation of a pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system in the support towers and stations of the air transport installations by cable destined to passengers: Chairlifts, Gondolalifts and the like.
  • such a transport installation comprises at least one tractor-transporter cable forming a ring between the departure and arrival stations, an undetermined number of chairs or cabins settled to the said movable cable with a predefined distance between them, a device of motorization to place the cable in rotation and some support towers of the cable along the route.
  • the support towers generally comprise a concrete_foundation in the ground, a vertical structure fixed to the said concrete foundation and a horizontal structure with pulleys where the cable passes through with the chairs or cabins.
  • the stations comprise at least a concrete pillar, where the station aisle is fixed, a motive wheel in case of the station motive, that is generally the departure station, and a wheel for inversing the direction of the cable in the station of return, which is generally the departure station.
  • the aim of the invention is to solve the problems mentioned in paragraphs [005], [006] and [007].
  • the object of the invention consists in the implementation of
  • This system allows the vehicles adjustment to several distances from the ground, being the entire installation able to follow the land's morphology, in order to withdraw the risks inherent to strong winds and to increase the users' security.
  • Another advantage of the invention concerns the fact that, currently, one is not able to guarantee, in the beginning of each journey, the safety conditions throughout the whole course, being the case in some the ski resorts.
  • the invention enables the installation to operate until the place where safety is guaranteed, creating for such a snow platform and lowering the installation to the required levels. In this way the loss of income is reduced for the operating company.
  • One of the key elements of the invention is a pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system that operates the support towers and stations to move in the ascending or descending direction according to the requirements.
  • the cylinders that compose it must be manufactured in steel and there should be a protection or defense fuselage in the system.
  • This fuselage will obligatory be telescopic to follow the movement of the system it contains inside.
  • Another key element of the invention are the sensors to be placed in the chairs or cabins.
  • two sensors are settled, one on the left side and the other on the right side of the vehicle, being both faced towards the direction of the route.
  • the scanning angle of the sensors must enclose the whole width of the chairs or cabins.
  • These sensors aim to detect the distance from ground along the course, when the installation is operating at considerable low levels, adjust the support towers to the adequate level and, consequently, ensure that no chair collides into an obstacle.
  • the mechanical interaction between these two elements is occurs in the following manner: the sensors detect an obstacle, send the information to the central office which, in its turn, activates the towers according to the predetermined directives and, consequently, the cable and the vehicles that it sustains.
  • FIG. 1 represents the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system and its fixing mechanics to the ground;
  • FIG. 2 represents a support tower with the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system of FIG. 1 , the horizontal structure of support and the protection fuselage of the system;
  • FIG. 3 represents the support tower in FIG. 2 with the protection fuselage of the telescopic system and an overview of the operation;
  • FIG. 4 represents a detail of the insertion and setting of the telescopic pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system in the stations;
  • FIG. 5 represents two frontal and lateral projections of motor station and the insertion of the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 6 represents a lateral and vertical projection of a return station and the implementation of the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 7 represents the frontal and vertical projection of a chair, with the armored boxes that contain the sensors;
  • FIG. 8 represents a vertical and lateral projection of a cabin with the armored box that contains a sensor
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic representation of a transport installation by cable—Chairlift or Gondola lift.
  • FIG. 1 represents vertical structure 1 of the support tower 10 of a transport installation by cable 20 .
  • the vertical structure 1 comprises several cylinders 2 A 2 F with different diameters.
  • the base cylinder 2 A is fixed and has the largest diameter, the following cylinder 2 B has a smaller diameter to work inside the base cylinder 2 A and thus successively.
  • the fixed base 2 A of vertical structure 1 is attached to the concrete foundation 3 by means of screws.
  • the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 receives at its end the horizontal support structure 8 which contains in turn the pulleys 7 for a good sliding of cable 6 , the chairs 17 or cabins 19 .
  • the horizontal support structure 8 is attached to the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 of the vertical structure 1 by means of a rabbet 9 and screws for a higher resistance.
  • This horizontal structure 8 is altered at the level of pulleys 7 , taking two rows of pulleys 7 instead of one, a superior row and an inferior row lined, because cable 6 passes between them. So being, when it becomes necessary to raise or lower towers 10 , the cable 6 which runs between both rows of pulleys 7 , is submitted to a certain pressure, either by the inferior or the superior pulleys 7 , following the movement of towers 10 . Consequently, it becomes rather improbable for cable 6 to be released.
  • the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 must have a protection fuselage 5 .
  • This fuselage 5 also telescopic, must be in steel alloy in cylindrical and hollow form.
  • the cylinder 5 A operates outside the fixed base 2 A and the cylinder 5 B operates outside the cylinder 5 A.
  • the cylinder 5 C operates the inside cylinder 5 B and thus successively. All fuselage works in a rail.
  • the tension of cable 6 can be compensated with the implementation of the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 in stations 14 , 16 being other compensation methods possible.
  • the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 is settled between the concrete pillar or pillars 11 and the structure 12 which sustains the aisle 15 of station 14 , 16 , through a setting in U and screws 13 presenting the dimensions demanded by the structure.
  • the system is also attached to the superior end of the concrete pillar 11 by means of the same technique previously described for the settlement of the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 to the concrete foundation 3 .
  • the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 does not require the same dimensions as the support 10 , since the task of the telescopic system 2 in stations 14 , 16 is to compensate the tension of cable 6 thus elevating or lowering them when necessary.
  • the implementation spot of the pneumatic or hydraulic telescopic system 2 is always between the concrete pillar 11 and the station's aisle 15 , despite the type of station 14 , 16 .
  • the sensors 18 are applied in chairs 17 or cabins 19 inside a shielded box for protection purposes. Two sensors 18 must be placed in vehicles 17 and 19 , one on the left side and the other on the right side of the vehicle, being both turned towards the route. The scanning angle of the sensors must enclose all the entire width of chairs 17 or cabins 19 .

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