US2682838A - Single cable ropeway - Google Patents

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US2682838A
US2682838A US251950A US25195051A US2682838A US 2682838 A US2682838 A US 2682838A US 251950 A US251950 A US 251950A US 25195051 A US25195051 A US 25195051A US 2682838 A US2682838 A US 2682838A
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Dumur Marc
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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
    • B61B12/12—Cable grippers; Haulage clips
    • B61B12/122—Cable grippers; Haulage clips for aerial ropeways
    • 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

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  • My invention has for its object a single cable ropeway including a carriage provided on one hand with jaws adapted to clamp automatically the driving and carrying cable and on the other hand a suspension device carrying equipment for the transportation of passengers.
  • My improved ropeway is characterized by the fact that at least one of the jaws is connected positively with a slider guided inside a slideway of the carriage, while the suspension member or device is adapted to move vertically inside a guide provided on the rope railway carriage; the connection between the suspension member and the slider being ensured by an oblique slideway provided on one of said members, and cooperating with a transmitting stud, provided on the other member, the suspension member being provided moreover with a bearing member such as a lateral roller that is adapted to provide its rising movement through its temporary engage ment with a stationary disconnecting sloped track, the object of this arrangement being to provide for transient release of the jaws under the action of the rising of the suspension member inside its casing or guiding member while the load urges the suspension downwardly and provides for the resumed tightening of said jaws.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 are general elevational views of the arrangement according to the invention as seen respectively from the side and from the front.
  • Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the carriage, part of which is omitted.
  • Fig. 4 is a cross section of the carriage through the axis of the slider.
  • Fig. 5 is a plan view of a carriage including a partial sectional view through line V-V of Fig. 3.
  • the suspension rod l on the ropeway carries a double seat cabin 2 arranged in a manner such that when inoperative the center of gravity of.
  • the load registers with a vertical line passing through the axis of the carrier and driving cable 3.
  • the suspension rod I is connected with a carriage 4-6 provided with rollers 5 which are adapted to run over upper and lower stationary rails 31 and 38 that are provided at each station but'not between stations.
  • the side frames 4 of the carriage are rigid with a transverse plate -6 forming one piece with a hub 1.
  • a stationary jaw 8 is secured to the carriage plate 6 while the huh I has an inner cylindrical surface 5 Claims. (Cl. 104-211) provided with an anti-friction lining 9 inside 8 which may rotate the coaxial horizontal hollow arm Ill of a guiding member l0-l6 (Fig. 4) assuming the shape of 'a hollow box-shaped structure.
  • a slider I I having a longitudinally extending body is carried inside the arm l0 through the agency of an anti-friction lining; said arm l0 forms thus a normally horizontal slideway for the slider ll.
  • Said slider is provided on its right hand side as shown in Fig. 4 with an extension I2 forming a pivot adapted to revolve inside a corresponding perforation provided in the bent flange of the movable jaw l3, said flange being held over the pivot l2 in one direction by an elastic washer l4 fitted in a groove at the end of the pivot 12 and in the other direction by a ball bearing 33.
  • the jaws 8 and I3 are shaped in a manner such as to be capable of clamping the cable 3 over the major part of its periphery.
  • each of the arms I! is provided on its outer surface with a recess assuming the shape of a'gutter with vertical walls, the sides [8 of which form races for the corresponding rollers l9 rigid with spindles mounted in the ball bearings 20 providedin the adjacent sides of the guiding member l6.
  • the arms H are provided with elongated slots 2
  • the slider II (Fig. 5) carries transverse trunnions or studs 22 fitted through the agency of needle bearings 23 inside the oblique slots 2
  • One of the vertical arms I1 is provided outwardly with notches or serrations 24 assuming a saw-tooth shape (Fig. 3) the guide I 6 carries a bracket 25 serving as a bearing for a spindle 26 to which is keyed a bell crank the lower arm 2'! of which is adapted to engage the notches 24 under the action of two coil springs 28.
  • the arrangement including parts 24 to 28 forms a collapsible locking device.
  • the suspension rod I carries through a ball bearing having a horizontal axis, a bearing roller 30 extending underneath the guiding member IS.
  • the suspension rod I may have a tendency to rise inside the guiding member It, but this would be prevented by the engagement of the serration 24 with the lever arm 2%.
  • Each station of the ropeway is provided with angle bars 39 adapted to release the means looking the suspension rod through action on the upper arm 40 of the lever 2l40 to rookut-he latter in the direction of the arrow F-3, when the "carriage of the ropeway enters the station. :Consequently, the lower arm 21 of said lever 23-40 .disengages the .serration 24 which allows the rod extensions W to slide vertically inside the guiding member I6.
  • the disconnecting track 36 is downwardly operated from beneath the bearing roller 30 by means that are not illustrated. At substantially the same time, the
  • carriage-releasing angle bar 39 is downwardly actuated to release the lever 48. Then, the lever arm is again urged by spring 28 on the serration 24. In the meantime, the carriage has advanced over the downwardly sloping rails 3'1 and 38 so that it may be lowered sufiiciently for the jaws 8 and I3 to return into the level registering with the location of the cable 3.
  • This loweringqmotion .of the carriage is almost simultaneous with a vertical downward sliding of the extensions I1 in the guiding member I6, the track 36 being operated asabove described, so that the jaw I3 reengages the cable 3 under the action of the slider .II, urg d :by the trunnions 22 in the direction of the ,arrow F-I.
  • a carriage adapted to run on guiding rails at :said stations, twojaws one of which is rigid with the carriage and the other is slidingly carried thereon to move in a direction transverse and horizontally with reference to the cable, said jaws being adapted to clamp the cable between them, suspension means mounted on said carriage and adapted to carry the load, a slideway provided transversely on the carriage, a slider adapted to slide inside the slideway, a swivelling link connectingsaid slider with the movable jaw, a vertical ,guideway provided in the carriage and in which the suspension means are slidingly carried, a connection between the suspension means and the slider including a slotted member the slot in which is oblique with reference to the vertical and a transmitting stud engaging the slot,
  • said slotted member and transmitting stud carried respectively by one of the following parts, the suspension means and the slider, a vertically reciprocable disconnecting track adapted to take an upper and a lower position at each station of the ropeway, .sa-id track being sloped up with respect :to said cable at :each station, so that in its upper position said track is adapted to raise the Suspension means as it passes into-a station, the raising .of the suspension means acting on the slider through the slotted member and said transmitt-mg studs to urge the slider and movable jaw away from the first Jaw, the lowering of the suspension means and load under the action of gravity rat ;a point beyond :the disconnecting track at each station returning the :slider and jaw into their operative cable clamping positions.
  • the sus pension means including a slotted member the slot in which is oblique with reference to the vertical and two jaws one of which is rigid with the carriage and the other is slidingly carried thereon to move in a direction transverse and horizontally with reference to the cableysaid .iaws being adapted to clamp the cable between them, suspension means mounted on said carriage and adapted to carry the load, a slideway provided transversely on the carriage, a slider adapted to slide inside the slideway and pivotally connected with the movable jaw, a vertical guideway provided in the carriage and in which the suspension means are slidingly carried, collapsible looking means fitted partly on the suspension means and partly on the guideway to hold the suspension means in their lowermost position for constantly urging the jaws into their cable clamping position between said stations, means carried by each station for releasing said locking means, as the carriage passes said releasing means, the sus pension means including a slotted member the slot in which is oblique with reference to the vertical and

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Load-Engaging Elements For Cranes (AREA)
  • Forklifts And Lifting Vehicles (AREA)
  • Flexible Shafts (AREA)
  • Lift-Guide Devices, And Elevator Ropes And Cables (AREA)
  • Carriers, Traveling Bodies, And Overhead Traveling Cranes (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
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US2955544A (en) * 1954-11-23 1960-10-11 Goirand Pierre Continuous travel telephers of the monocable (or bicable) type, with automatic coupling to the traction cable
US4050385A (en) * 1975-09-29 1977-09-27 Walt Disney Productions High capacity passenger transport apparatus
US4473011A (en) * 1981-03-14 1984-09-25 Phb Weserhutte Ag Circulating aerial ropeway and car therefor
US4957047A (en) * 1987-03-25 1990-09-18 Von Roll Transportsysteme Ag Cable transport installation

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US2955544A (en) * 1954-11-23 1960-10-11 Goirand Pierre Continuous travel telephers of the monocable (or bicable) type, with automatic coupling to the traction cable
US4050385A (en) * 1975-09-29 1977-09-27 Walt Disney Productions High capacity passenger transport apparatus
US4473011A (en) * 1981-03-14 1984-09-25 Phb Weserhutte Ag Circulating aerial ropeway and car therefor
US4957047A (en) * 1987-03-25 1990-09-18 Von Roll Transportsysteme Ag Cable transport installation

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CH286312A (fr) 1952-10-15
CH291119A (fr) 1953-05-31
DE919714C (de) 1954-11-02
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FR1044303A (fr) 1953-11-17
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