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EP0399919B1
EP0399919B1 EP90420198A EP90420198A EP0399919B1 EP 0399919 B1 EP0399919 B1 EP 0399919B1 EP 90420198 A EP90420198 A EP 90420198A EP 90420198 A EP90420198 A EP 90420198A EP 0399919 B1 EP0399919 B1 EP 0399919B1
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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
    • B61B12/10—Cable traction drives
    • 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
    • B61B7/045—Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks with suspended tracks serving as haulage cables having in each direction more than one track serving as haulage cables

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  • the invention relates to an overhead cable transport installation according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the detachable cable cars with two or more carrying cables with continuous running have in each station numerous pulleys for guiding and returning cables, relatively bulky.
  • the return pulleys are generally arranged in line with and at the height of the tracks, in the upper part of the station, at the location where the transfer and storage tracks also run, on which the vehicles uncoupled from the cables run. It may be advantageous to return the cables to other locations to avoid any interference between the cables and the vehicles or passengers in the station and facilitate the accommodation and / or training of the return pulleys.
  • the present invention aims to allow the realization of a simplified structure station, in which the return pulleys are arranged under the floor carrying the embarkation and disembarkation platforms for passengers. and this object is achieved by the features of claim 1.
  • Document GB-A-910354 describes a cable car with several carrier-tractor cables which pass through the stations on return pulleys, arranged under the platforms.
  • the grab is suspended from the cables by a hanger extending next to the cables and carrying jaws wedged in abutment on the cables by the weight of the grab.
  • the cables are deflected downwards while the skip rolls on a substantially horizontal track by lifting the jaws of the cables to uncoupled the skip.
  • the trajectory of the grab then diverges laterally from that of the cables, this being possible thanks to the lateral offset of the hanger on one side of the cables.
  • the return pulleys can be drive and / or tension pulleys and the drive mechanisms or tensioners are also fitted in the lower part of the station, clearly separated from the passenger circulation area.
  • the pulleys or deflection means are arranged at the entrance and at the exit of the station to deflect the cable down as soon as the vehicles are uncoupled or just before their re-coupling at the exit of the station. In this area the doors of the vehicles are closed and the on-board travelers are not likely to come into contact with the cables or the deflection pulleys, which extend on either side of the vehicle.
  • the length of the station is only slightly or not increased and the space freed up by the cables is available for the vehicle storage and transfer routes.
  • each cable passes at the entrance and at the exit of the station on a deflection pulley with axis transverse to the direction of cable run.
  • the cables which extend before the deflection pulleys in a substantially horizontal plane, pass in a vertical or inclined plane or more exactly in two slightly offset planes, to allow the cables to cross and the deflection pulleys are arranged in these vertical planes or tilted.
  • the cable guidance and return system according to the invention has symmetry with respect to the vertical plane which contains the longitudinal axis of the station.
  • the two pulleys or deflection means may be in spaced vertical planes and be followed by guide rollers which orient the cables towards the pulleys of dismissal.
  • One and preferably that of the deflection pulleys arranged on the inner side of the tracks, or the two deflection pulleys may be slightly inclined so as to each extend in one face of a dihedral with an edge oriented in the longitudinal direction of the cables and above these. This inclination automatically orients the cable transversely in the direction of the return pulley and avoids or limits the number of additional guide rollers.
  • the layout at the station exit is of course symmetrical with that at the entrance.
  • an inclined arrangement of the deflection pulleys causing the cables to diverge makes it possible to increase the spacing of the pulleys to the height of the vehicle to clear the vehicle clearance gauge.
  • the cable deflection pulley extending outside the track is preferably inclined at least, so as not to shift the deflection pulley too far outwards on the far side of the other track.
  • the internal deflection pulley is however inclined enough to guide the cable on the deflection pulley.
  • the diameter of the deflection pulleys can be less than the distance between the rising strand and the descending strand of the corresponding cable and the difference is then compensated either by the inclination of the deflection pulleys, or by additional guide rollers.
  • the spacing between the upward track and the downward track allows the accommodation of a central garage track extending over the entire length of the station passing between the two internal deflection pulleys.
  • the invention is applicable to an installation with two carrying cables-tractors moving in synchronism and whose spacing corresponds substantially to the width of the vehicles, but this spacing can of course be greater or significantly less and in the latter case it suffices to '' increase their spacing after uncoupling the vehicles and before their deviation downwards or at the exit of the station to decrease this spacing between the deviation pulleys and the coupling zone.
  • the invention is also applicable to installations having carrier-tractor cables offset in height relative to one another or having more than two carrier-tractor cables.
  • the means for deflecting the cables are trains of rollers which deflect the cables downward along an inclined path bringing the cables below the platforms where the deflection pulleys which are arranged in the inclined plane defined by the inclined path of the cables.
  • the length of the station is only slightly increased because the inclined section of the cables can coincide with the acceleration or deceleration section of the vehicles.
  • two carrier-towing cables 10, 12 of an overhead cable transport installation extend between two stations of which only one 14 is shown.
  • Each cable 10, 12 forms an endless loop extending along an upward path 16 and a downward path 18 and passing through the stations on a return pulley 20, 22, which can be a drive pulley of cable drive 10, 12 and / or a tension pulley.
  • the two cables 10, 12 are driven continuously in synchronism and in the example illustrated by the figures, they are parallel at the same horizontal level.
  • Vehicles 24 are coupled to the two cables 10, 12 by a carriage 26 with disengageable clamps, several vehicles 24 being able to follow one another or be staggered along the cables 10, 12.
  • the vehicles 24 are uncoupled two cables 10, 12 by opening the coupling clamps, are decelerated and supported by transfer rails 28 passing in front of embarkation and disembarkation docks and leading the vehicles 24 to the opposite lane.
  • the vehicles are re-accelerated before being re-coupled to the two cables 10, 12.
  • a vehicle 24 has just entered the station and its carriage 26 is already rolling on the transfer rail 28 while a ramp (not shown) for controlling the coupling clamps causes them to open and uncoupling vehicle 24 cables 10, 12.
  • Vehicle 24 is decelerated by any suitable means, for example by pneumatic braking wheels and driven on the transfer path, in particular by a drive chain, in a well known manner , to the landing platform where the vehicle doors open.
  • the cables 10, 12 each pass over a deflection pulley 30, 32, which directs the cable downwards towards the floor 34 of the station, which it crosses to pass on the corresponding return pulley 20, 22 before joining the opposite path where it again passes over a deflection pulley 36, 38, disposed before the re-coupling zone of the vehicle 24.
  • the return pulleys 20, 22, under the floor 34 are with horizontal axes oriented in the longitudinal direction of the station and the two return pulleys 20, 22 are offset laterally with respect to each other and slightly in the longitudinal direction to allow the crossing of the cables 10, 12
  • the axes of the return pulleys 20, 22 can be aligned, but the advantages of the lateral offset will become apparent later.
  • the return pulleys 20, 22 can be drive pulleys and they are then driven by motors (not shown). They can be tension pulleys and for this purpose be mobile.
  • the width of the vehicle 24 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is less than the spacing "d" of the cables 10, 12 in the deflection zone, which is located after the decoupling zone at the entrance to the station, seen in the direction of movement of the vehicle and before the re-coupling zone at the station exit.
  • This spacing "d" can be the same in line, but it can also be imposed by guide rollers causing a lateral deflection of the cables 10, 12 after uncoupling of the vehicle 24.
  • the deflection pulley 30, 38 disposed at the exterior of the downward or upward track, is vertical with an axis oriented transversely to the track for deviating the cable by 90 ° and the relative position of this deflection pulley 30, 38 and the associated deflection pulley 20, 22 is such that the cable 10, 12 extends linearly and vertically between the two pulleys.
  • the deflection pulley 32, 36 disposed inside the tracks, is inclined laterally to deflect the cable 10, 12 laterally and orient it towards the associated deflection pulley 20, 22.
  • the spacing between the deflection pulleys 30 , 32; 36, 38 in line with the passage of the vehicle is greater than the spacing "d" of the cables 10, 12 and it allows the passage of the vehicle between the two deflection pulleys towards the rear part of the station (not shown) where the embarkation and disembarkation docks and passenger traffic areas.
  • the doors of the vehicle 24 are closed when the latter is not in this rear part and a barrier of course separates this rear part from the front part where the cables 10, 12 run and the deflection pulleys 30, 32 are arranged; 36, 38.
  • the vertical position of the external deflection pulleys 30, 38 prevents any increase in the width of the station and allows a side-by-side arrangement of the deflection pulleys 20, 22 and their machinery.
  • the diameter of the deflection pulleys 20, 22 can be less than the spacing of the two tracks 16, 18 without requiring additional guide rollers. It is clear that the internal deflection pulleys 32, 36 can also be vertical, the cable 10, 12 then being guided towards the return pulleys 20, 22 by guide rollers (not shown). Similarly, during a lateral offset of the deflection pulleys 20, 22 relative to the external deflection pulleys 30, 38 this offset can be compensated for by guide rollers.
  • the cable system is completely symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis 40 of the station, and the outer cable of the uplink becomes the interior cable of the downlink and vice versa.
  • FIG. 5 similar to Figure 4, illustrates an alternative embodiment, in which the same reference numbers are used to designate equivalent elements.
  • the spacing "d" between the two cables 10, 12 at the level of the deflection pulleys 30, 32; 36, 38 is substantially equal to or slightly less than the width of the vehicle 24.
  • the clearance gauge for the vehicle 24 is increased by laterally tilting the external deflection pulley 30, 38, the two deflection pulleys 30, 32; 36, 38 then being contained in the faces of a dihedral with an edge arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cables 10, 12 and above them.
  • the return pulleys 20, 22 are offset towards the outside by a corresponding value, but it is possible to provide guide rollers, avoiding this lateral offset.
  • the inclination of the external deflection pulleys 30, 38 is preferably as small as possible.
  • the variant embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, in which the same reference numbers are used, comprises trains of deflection rollers 30, 32 which orient the cables on an inclined path under the floor 34 of the station where the stations are arranged. the return pulleys 20, 22 with inclined axes to extend in the plane of the cables 10, 12. When the diameter of the return pulleys is less than the spacing "d" of the cables in line with the guide rollers 44 cause a lateral deviation of cables.
  • the invention has been described in its preferred application to two carrier-tractor cables and to vehicles suspended from these cables in line. It is applicable to installations of the type described in French patent No. 2,572,698 having a higher number of cables, for example four, framing the vehicle or any other number.

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  1. Seilbahnanlage mit zwei Endstationen (14), in denen jedes Seil auf einer Umlenkrolle (20,22) läuft um in einer endlosen Schlinge längs der Bergbahn (16) und der Talbahn (18) zu laufen und mit Wagen (24) die an wenigstens zwei parallelen, synchron umlaufenden Trage- und Zugseilen (10,12) kuppelbar sind und in den Stationen von den genannten Seilen zum Laufen auf einer die Talbahn und die Bergbahn verbindenden Überführungschiene (28) entkuppelbar sind, wobei die Breite jedes Wagens (24) kleiner, gleich oder leicht grösser ist als der Abstand ("d") der beiden gennanten Seile (10,12) in der Stationseingangszone und/oder Ausgangzone nach dem Entkuppeln und/oder vor dem Kuppeln des Wagens (24), und wobei die Umlenkrollen (20,22) unter der Wagenumlaufstrecke in der Station (14) stehen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass beiderseites der Wagenlaufstrecke in der Stationseingangzone und in der Stationausgangszone, und zwischen der Entkuppel- oder Kuppelzone und den Umlenkrollen (20,22) stehende Seilablenkmittel (30,32;36;38), die Seile (10,12) nach unten in Richtung der Umlenkrollen ablenken.
  2. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die gennanten Ablenkmittel (30,32:36,38) in der genannten Stationseingangszone zwischen der Wagenentkuppelzone und der Wagentürenöffnungszone stehen und/oder in der genannten Stationsausgangszone zwischen der Türenschliesszone und der Wagenkuppelzone.
  3. Anlage nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Umlenkrollenachse ungefähr waagerecht und in der Längsrichtung der Berg- (16) und Talbahnen (18) steht.
  4. Anlage nach Anspruch 1, 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Station eine Symmetrielängsachse (40) zwischen der Bergbahn (16) und der Talbahn (18) aufweist und dass die genannten Ablenkmittel (30,32;36,38) symmetrisch zu der senkrechten die genannte Längsachse enthaltenden Fläche liegen mit einer leichten Längsverschiebung für das Kreuzen des Seile.
  5. Anlage nach irgendeinem der vorigen Ansprüche, mit zwei Trage- und Zugseilen (10,12), an welchen die Wagen (24) auf der Linie angehängt sind und deren Abstand ("d") in den Stationseingangs- und Ausgangszonen grösser als die Wagenbreite ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden gennanten Seile (10,12) auf in zwei parallelen senkrechten Flächen liegenden Ablenkrollen (30,32;36,38) laufen, und dass Führungsrollen mit den abgelenkten Seilen zusammenwirken, um den Unterschied zwischen dem Umlenkrolldurchmesser und dem Abstand zwischen Talbahn und Bergbahn auszugleichen.
  6. Anlage nach irgendeinem der vorigen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, mit zwei Trage- und Zugseilen (10,12) an welchen die Wagen (24) auf der Linie angehängt sind und deren Abstand ("d") in den Stationseingangs- und Ausgangszonen grösser als die Wagenbreite ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden genannten Seile (10,12) je auf einer Ablenkrolle (30,32;36,38) laufen, und dass wenigstens die auf der Innenseite der Berg- oder Talbahn stehende Ablenkrolle (32;36) eine geneigte Achse hat, um das Seil nach unten und seitlich in der Richtung der Umlenkrolle, deren Durchmesser kleiner ist als der Abstand zwischen der Tal- und Bergbahn, abzulenken.
  7. Anlage nach irgendeinem der vorigen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, mit zwei Trage- und Zugseilen (10,12) an welchen die Wagen (24) auf der Linie angehängt sind und deren Abstand ("d") leicht kleiner oder ungefähr der Wagenbreite entspricht, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden genannten Seile auf geneigten, einen Dieder bildenden Ablenkrollen (30,32;36,38) laufen, mit einer über und parallel zu den genannten Seilen stehenden Kante, um den Wagendurchgangsweg zu verbreitern.
  8. Anlage nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Ablenkrolle (30,38) auf der Linienaussenseite leicht geneigt ist, um gerade den Wagendurchgang zu befreien, und dass die Neigung der Ablenkrolle (32,36) auf der Linieninnenseite zur Seilführung auf der Umlenkrolle (20,22) genügt.
  9. Anlage nach irgendeinem der vorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Rollenbatterien (30,32;36,38) zum Ablenken der Seilen (10,12) nach unten und in geneigter Richtung aufweist, und dass die Umlenkrolle (20,22) unter den Bahnsteigen liegen, in der durch die genannte geneigte Seilbahn bestimmten geneigten Fläche.
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