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Aerial transport installation with two suspension-traction cables and pulleys displaced vertically

US4898100A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 1988
Grant dateFeb 6, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61B12/105
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aerial transport installation having two parallel continuously moving suspension traction cables defining two endless loops have at least one cable car equipped with ward rippers for clamping the cables on the top part of the cables. The cables define a line of circulation for the cars including a track of arrival and a track of departure at each station, with the tracks defining horizontal planes. The end pulleys at each station include at least one return pulley for separating the cable loops so that the cable car can be totally disengaged and disassociated from the cable. The pulleys are arranged such that a longitudinal free space is provided between the loops of the cable at each station to facilitate the removal of the cable car from the cables.

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