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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7685947 | Cable railway system A cable railway system has a valley station and at least one mountain station. Transport vehicles such as cable cars are moved along a carrying and conveying cable and they are uncoupled from the cable in the stations and moved through the stations along a guide rai... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7603953 | Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus comprising a traveling unit which runs; a winding roller which is supported by the traveling unit; a belt which is wound on the winding roller so as to be unwound and wound by the winding roller; a pulley which has a peripheral surface guiding ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7549377 | Damper for cableway traction cables A damper is described for cableway traction cables comprising a carrying cable (2) stretched between a downstream station and an upstream station with a traction cable (3) returned by pulleys in the stations and at least one support (9) of the c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7207277 | System and method for moving objects within two-dimensional space Embodiments of the invention move objects throughout two-dimensional space by using a support rope that is coupled with both opposing sides of the platform. This rope controls the Y-axis motion and Z-axis motion of the platform and is designated the YZ movement rope... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7127998 | Object movement system and method Embodiments of the invention move objects throughout two-dimensional and three-dimensional space by using a movement line that is coupled with a plurality of opposing sides of the platform. The movement line is used to control the horizontal axis motion and Z-axis m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7088071 | Cabling system and method for facilitating fluid three-dimensional movement of a suspended camera Embodiments of the invention are ideally suited for use filming movies, sporting events, or any other activity that requires fluid movement of a camera or other object to any position within a defined volume of space. To accomplish such positioning embodiments of th... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6975089 | System and method for facilitating fluid three-dimensional movement of an object via directional force Embodiments of the invention are ideally suited for use filming movies, sporting events, or any other activity that requires fluid movement of a camera or other object to any position within a defined volume of space. To accomplish such positioning embodiments of th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6809495 | System and method for moving objects within three-dimensional space Embodiments of the invention move objects throughout three-dimensional by using two supporting ropes each of which connects to both opposing sides of the payload. If one rope breaks, the payload gently travels to the middle of the coverage area in a safe manner, mai... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6393995 | Apparatus and method for use in aerial ropeways An aerial ropeway wherein oppositely located first and second sheave trains are supported on a crossarm wherein first and second sheave train supporting apparatus are pivotally mounted at fixed spaced apart locations on the crossarm and the first and seco... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5690031 | Aerial cableway having a movement take up module The chairs or the cabins of an overhead cable transport installation are driven on a transfer rail in a station by means of friction sheaves staggered along the travel circuit and interconnected by a belt drive arrangement. The rotational movement of the ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5673625 | Method of yarding logs by introducing slack into a mono-cable system A method and apparatus for yarding logs by introducing slack is provided for use with a mono-cable system having a continuous loop of cable strung through a logging area along a path that the harvested timber is conveyed. The invention includes advancing ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5655457 | System of suspended supports for aerial transportation A system of suspended supports for aerial transportation like ski lifts, tramways, freight ropeways, and high voltage electricity lines, has a main carrying element which is a long-span cable along the route, and which is suspended at its ends. A pluralit... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5575215 | Bypass for the cars of a circuit cable railway system A bypass for a car of a circuit cable railway system, which is positioned at a turn-about station of the system between the incoming and outgoing lines of at least one revolving conveying cable. The bypass includes coupling points, disposed on incoming an... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5562040 | Rope guide system for an aerial ropeway, particularly a circuital aerial ropeway A rope guide system and for an aerial ropeway includes a haulage rope that travels along a path between two stations, and comprises two driving wheels 41, 42 disposed at one of the stations and laterally offset with respect to each o... | 10/08/1996 |
| 4998482 | Aerial tramway and method for relieving induced torque An aerial tramway having a pair of side-by-side, substantially parallel, movable haul ropes and at least one load carrying unit attached between the haul ropes for advancement therewith. A plurality of detachment assemblies are positioned periodically alo... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4833997 | Bicable aerial transport system operating on two carrier and haulage ropes running on off-set pulleys A bicable ropeway aerial transport system is disclosed which includes a pair of carrier and haulage ropes and at least two pair of end pulleys that are respectively engaged with the ropes in embarking and disembarking stations. The end pulleys in at least... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4777886 | Apparatus for supporting cables and transportation installation with aerial cables comprising an apparatus of this type An aerial transportation system including two generally parallel endless aerial carrier and traction cables is disclosed in which apparatus is respectively associated with each of the cables for separately supporting each cable. The supporting apparatus a... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4691642 | Multicable cable-car or gondola lift The cable-car or gondola lift according to the invention comprises two upper cables (10, 12) which laterally frame the upper part of the vehicle (18). The latter bears two support parts (20, 22) articulated on a single horizontal transverse axis of the ve... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4608930 | Cableway with transport path having one or more lateral inflection points A cableway-type transportation system has an endless cable looped under tension about two reversing pulleys between which its two substantially parallel runs are supported by sustaining rollers yieldably overlain by retaining rollers. At an intermediate p... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4523525 | Water skiing tow system The invention is directed to a boatless water skiing tow system and a unique traction apparatus for use therein. The traction apparatus comprises a plurality of cable loops connected end to end to form an endless sequence giving the semblance of a dual ca... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4509430 | Twin suspension/haulage cable gondola lift The invention relates to a continuous operation gondola lift with twin parallel suspension/haulage cables, between which the gondolas hang, connected to the cables by means of detachable grips. Inside the terminals the gondolas are disconnected from the c... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4401034 | Aerial cableway having a return sheave with a speed stabilization device The subject of this invention is an aerial cableway having a towing cable which is continually driven by a drive motor located in one station. In another station, the cable passes over a return sheave which is mechanically coupled to an electric speed sta... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4364314 | Single rope cableway with detachable head carriages Single rope aerial cableway having a load-carrying head carriage with two clips of inverted-V form for gripping the rope by the action of the weight of the load. Each clip is provided with a rearwards extending fork and is rotatably mounted to move the fo... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4212576 | Pipe handling apparatus A pipe handling apparatus for lifting and/or lowering heavy objects such as drill pipe, drill collars and the like to and from the elevated floor of a drilling rig from a lower storage position including an endless loop cable rove in a single layer in wid... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4136786 | Logging system and yarder therefor A rigging arrangement and yarder are disclosed for yarding in which a single cable is used. This cable is anchored at a main storage drum on a yarder and preferably at an anchor in the vicinity of the tail block. The single line serves as a running skylin... | 01/30/1979 |
| 3973669 | Endless cable conveyor with molded lugs The endless single cable conveyor with lugs moving in a guide channel for engaging either an article to be conveyed or a carrier for the article has the lugs molded of a synthetic resin onto the cable in triangular shape and received within a complimentar... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3935667 | Amusement device An amusement device having a housing which supports a rotatable member, such as a shaft. A power unit is supported by the housing for rotating the shaft. Track means is provided which includes one or more elongated, flexible track elements for selective f... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3931882 | Modular article conveyor An article conveyor comprises a pair of belts, each trained around a pair of pulleys, with straight stretches between said pulleys. The four straight belt stretches are coplanar and parallel. One pulley for each belt is so driven that the belts move in op... | 01/13/1976 |
