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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5295441 | Sliding door apparatus for platform A sliding door apparatus for a railway platform, has a plurality of sliding doors provided along an edge of a railway platform, the plurality of sliding doors being, in a closed position, arranged continuously along a line; a sliding door shifting apparat... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5253589 | Folding door apparatus for a railway platform A folding door apparatus for a railway platform has a plurality of continuously provided folding doors each composed of two elements, a mid-portion between the two elements serving as an inflection point, the plurality of folding doors being movable betwe... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5237931 | Transportation system for city transportation with traction cable and railroad system having a central routing control and electronic calling systems in the stations In a transportation system for city transportation in which the cars are moved on a rail system and are brought at least part of the time into circulation from a circulating traction cable and the cars are fastened with clamps on the traction cable, stati... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5176082 | Subway passenger loading control system A passenger detection loading and unloading control system is provided for high volume passenger transporters such as subway trains and the like which electronically counts the passengers in each passenger compartment and prepositions passengers that inte... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5119731 | Station on a railway or other line, situated on a viaduct Station on a railway or similar line, situated on a viaduct consisting of a carrying structure which comprises a running deck (3) stiffened by longitudinal (4), vertical or oblique ribs placed beneath the deck, the carrying structure resting on supports s... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5069140 | Loading and unloading arrangement for a cable transportation system A transportation system includes a continuously moving traction cable; a plurality of carriers connectable to and disconnectable from the traction cable; a station for receiving, loading, unloading and dispatching the carriers; an uncoupling zone at the e... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5033392 | Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft, such as for use in boat rides at amusement parks, include a substantially planar inclined platform mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the platform. The platform ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5016539 | Track installation for the vehicles of a transport installation, especially a revolving aerial cable transport installation A track installation for vehicles of a transport installation comprises a track supporting the vehicles at their vehicle carriages and possessing an inbound side and an outbound side for the vehicles. A conveyor is operatively associated with the track an... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4898100 | Aerial transport installation with two suspension-traction cables and pulleys displaced vertically 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 ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4843968 | Overhead cable transport installation containing a transfer section equipped with a clock conveyor At a station of an overhead cable transport installation, such as an aerial cableway, wherein the disembarking section is connected with the embarking section by a transfer section, a revolving clock conveyor travels along the transfer section. This clock... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843970 | Overhead cable transport installation containing a transfer section between a disembarking section and an embarking section The overhead cable transport installation possesses at each of the stations a transfer section between a disembarking section and an embarking section. At a still linear starting section of each transfer section there are provided driven wheels and at the... | 07/04/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4690064 | Side-mounted monorail transportation system A monorail beam is provided with a lower, upwardly-facing support surface, a lower, laterally-facing support surface and an upper, medially-facing support surface (relative to the support beam). Vehicles are hangingly supported, pendulum-like, from davit-... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4662285 | Passenger aerial cableway Aerial chairlift comprising at the loading station two separate loading areas spaced apart along the travel path of the chairs. Each loading area comprises separate lanes for queuing skiers normally closed by gates. A traffic control system for controllin... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4627361 | Overhead cable transport installation with regular spaced load supporting carriages Gondola lift or chairlift with carriages supporting a gondola or a chair and having a grip for coupling on a continuously moving cable. In the terminals the carriages uncoupled from the cable run without stopping on a transfer rail. The carriages are regu... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4503778 | Transportation system A transportation system for rapidly loading people from a platform into and from a plurality of cars. The system includes an elongated trackway which extends along a platform. Trolleys extend between the trackway and the cars supporting the cars on the tr... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4394837 | Passenger station for elevated railway system In an elevated railway system having a track comprising upper and lower rails extending longitudinally along one side of a beam structure, and passenger cars traveling on the track having doors on their sides adjacent the beam structure, a passenger stati... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4202272 | Pneumatic transport apparatus and method of propulsion A pneumatic transport system in which a continuous overhead rail extends through a plurality of transport stations. Transport tubes are arranged along the rail for high-speed travel of a vehicle which is suspended therefrom. Between the transport tubes, t... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4124129 | Loader and storage system This invention is a loader-unloader and storage system for loads such as cargo containers or trailers to transfer them to or from trains or vehicles moving by. This loader has a lift frame with forks or hooks for engaging under to hold a load. The frame i... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4111130 | Method of transferring passengers from vehicles to a station A station for a transport system comprising a track, an entry level, a transit level vertically spaced from the entry level and at which vehicles or trains may be stopped and two pairs of lifts arranged one pair on each side of the track, the lifts being ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4098036 | Elevated train station The station, including access stairs and elevator systems are supported by a single vertical girder to reduce the space requirement for the station in a crowded inner city. Various components of the station may be prefabricated and then joined together at... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4050385 | High capacity passenger transport apparatus There is disclosed a high capacity passenger transport apparatus which may be employed as a ski lift including a high speed main cable ascending up a ski run and driven at high speeds. A pair of first and second shuttle tracks lead from the downhill run o... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4027596 | Rapid transit system An enclosed roadway supported by a superstructure forms an endless transit loop on which vehicles are propelled for the mass transportation of passengers between selected stations in the transit loop. A stabilizing system maintains the vehicles on the roa... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3971324 | Automatically actuated suspended railway cabin closures A cable transport system for cabins wherein at each station there are secured two control rails and wherein each cabin comprises a door which, in its closed condition, is locked by a locking mechanism, the door being operatively connected with an actuatio... | 07/27/1976 |
