Mobile jaw vice for clamping and unclamping vehicles to and from a traction cable of a transport system
US6321658A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61B12/125
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A mobile jaw (11,12) vice (10) for clamping and unclamping vehicles (19) to and from a traction cable (13) of a single-cable or two-cable transport system, such as a chair lift, a funicular cableway and a city transport system or a telpher, comprising a lever system (14, 15, 16) for arm (17, 18) and jaw (11, 12) handling, adapted to guarantee a suitable opening and an effective grip of the vice (10) onto the cable (13) also in case of wide oscillations of the vehicle (19).
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