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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015926 | Chair for a chair lift and chair lift Tracks are arranged on the floor of the entry region of a station of the chair lift, the tracks running below and in accordance with the path of movement of the seats of the chair and having a substantially equal width with the corresponding seats. The seat part and... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7389729 | Method for heating a gondola of a cableway system, a gondola suitable therefor and a cableway system A method for heating a gondola of a cableway system and a gondola that is suitable for carrying out the process, as well as a cableway system with gondolas of the type. In order to increase passengers' comfort when being conveyed, the floor or parts of the floor is ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7225744 | Chair lift accessory for accommodating snowboarders and mountain bikers A support for chairlifts includes bracketing for easily and simply retrofitting the support to an existing chairlift for providing support for snowboards on a chairlift which is easy to mount and provides a rugged, secure support. By changing orientation of the supp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7114451 | Apparatus for monitoring the locking of the safety bar of a chair in a cableway system An apparatus monitors the locking of the safety bar of the chairs of an aerial cableway system. A first sensor determines the occupancy of the chairs and a second sensor determines the locking of the safety bar. The sensor output signals from these two sensors are l... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105939 | Electrical generator having an oscillator containing a freely moving internal element to improve generator effectiveness An apparatus and method for providing electrical energy to an electrical device by deriving the electrical energy from motion of the device. In one embodiment, the inventive apparatus includes a novel kinetic electrical power generator (KEPG) consisting of an invent... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082880 | Assembly for fastening a transportation device of a cableway system on a suspension bar An assembly for fastening a transportation device of a cableway system, such as a cabin or a chair, on a suspension bar, which is formed at its upper end with a running mechanism, with a coupling clamp, interacting with the conveying cable or traction cable of the c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7002319 | Cable railroad system A cable railroad system has a load-bearing and traction cable and a large number of chairs. The chairs are provided with coupling devices with which they can be coupled to the load-bearing and traction cable. Here, the seats of the chairs are constructed with electr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6918469 | Curvilinear eddy current braking apparatus Eddy current braking apparatus includes an array of spaced apart permanent magnets and a plurality of flux steering magnets may be disposed in gaps between the spaced apart permanent magnets. The flux steering magnets are orientated in a manner to provide a steering... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6862998 | Aerial cableway system and cableway cabin An aerial cableway system has an endless, closed load-bearing and conveying cable which, in the terminal stations, is guided over drive or deflection wheels. Transportation devices, such as cabins and chairs, can be fixed to the load-bearing and conveying cable via ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6840179 | Amusement devices, such as roller-coasters Plant for amusement parks of the kind having a circuit and a series of vehicles joined one to another in an articulated way for the transport of passengers. The vehicles move along a rail track or the like, and can accommodate the transported passengers at different... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6729241 | Aerial cableway system with at least one load-bearing and conveying cable moving between a valley station and a mountain station An aerial cableway system has at least one load-bearing and conveying cable that is moved between a valley station and a mountain station, which is guided over deflection pulleys in the stations, and transportation devices that can be coupled to the load-bearing and... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6494145 | Automatic crossbar on ski chair-lift for facilitating passenger dismount An automatic crossbar on a ski chair-lift for containing seated passengers and facilitating dismounting passengers. A vertically elongated bar (20) with a cross (20a) attached at its base is pivotably suspended from a passenger chair, positioning the cros... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6453824 | Ski lift radio According to this invention, a ski lift radio is provided whereby data are stored electronically and converted to an audio signal to be played by the radio and wherein the system is charged by means of an inductive charge receptor associated with the radi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6035787 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5960718 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957056 | Combined underground (over-ground) vehicle for public transport, for horizontal and steep metropolitan terrain An underground, on-ground or over-ground public transportation train-like vehicle that can move both on steep-slope terrain and horizontal or semi-horizontal terrain along a straight line or almost straight line route when seen from above, while remaining... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5778797 | Vibration damping arrangement for cable car A vibration damping arrangement for a gondola of a type having a supporting unit attached to a cable, a hanger suspended from the supporting unit and a carriage suspended from the hanger. A vibration damping device includes an elongated hollow housing. A ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5653174 | Computerized electric cable powered/guided aircraft transportation/power/communication system Aircraft with full flight capability are connected to structural cables by an electrically powered drive element traveling inside the structural cables. Electricity distribution cables, part of a power distribution grid, connect to the structural cable al... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5460099 | Dynamic vibration absorber for pendulum type structure A dynamic absorber for a pendulum type structure is particularly useful for suppressing swing. In operative association with the pendulum type structure, the dynamic absorber is provided above the center of gravity of the pendulum type structure such that... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5437234 | Assembly for securing a gondola or a chair to a suspension bar An assembly for securing a gondola (5) or chair of a cableway system to a spension bar (1), which is embodied on its lower end with a support device (2) that fits under a load-bearing structure (3) for the gondola (5) or chair, wherein at least one dampin... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5383407 | Cableway cabins for transport of passengers A cableway cabin especially for a gondola lift has an asymmetrical shape with reference to the vertical median plane extending in the direction of travel of the cabin. The width of the inner lateral side of the cabin, which faces the inner side of the cur... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5372072 | Transportation system A transportation system comprises a continuous stationary track having a pair of opposed rigid bearing surfaces, and a plurality of discrete cantilevered load-carrying vehicle units movable beside said track. Each vehicle is coupled to the track by a bogi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5197390 | Suspended vehicle with orientation adjustment by horizontally translating the pivot point relative to the vertical axis A vehicle includes a carriage suspended with wheels from an overhead track. A suspension mechanism supports a passenger or cargo car from the carriage. The suspension mechanism includes horizontal pivot joint that allows the car to swing about a horizonta... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5107771 | Connection of several cableway cars The invention relates to a shock-absorbing angle-bent coupling rod disposed for the mechanical connection of cableway cars. Preferably, the coupling rod has a bend of approximately 90 degrees and includes at least one shock-absorber and spring mechanism. ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4811669 | Portable drive means supported on a skier A portable drive for coaction with a band is provided with a motor driven drive roller for transporting the drive along the band. The drive roller with coacting structure for maintaining operative coaction with the band are settable to two main positions,... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4693186 | Funicular railway car having compartment suspended above chassis A car of a funicular railway with track sections of different gradients, having a compartment suspended from a hanger arm supported by a carriage. A jack keeps the compartment horizontal, whatever the gradient.... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4655144 | Cabin for accommodating passengers A passenger cabin for an aerial cable railway or the like is constructed from outwardly convex panels connected at their adjoining edges by hollow profile sections. One sidewall of the cabin is equipped with a door. Sensing members of the cabin engage con... | 04/07/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4409905 | Device for moving the two sliding doors of a car of a continuous cable-way with automatic clamping A device for controlling the movement of the two doors is housed in a tile-shaped elongate support which is disposed above the doorway and is pivoted about a horizontal axis extending longitudinally of the roof of the car. The tile-shaped support carries ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4391200 | Medium distance transport device The device comprises cabins allowing a front or side access, each cabin having a first part and a second part. The first part of the cabin comprises a frame (6), rolling along a rolling track (1,2), carrying a fixed floor (11) surrounded by a fixed protec... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4369714 | Cable car docking sway arrester mechanism A cable car type vehicle arrester features a pair of trumpet bars which are interconnected by a link which either maintains the distance between the bars constant or reduces same upon one of the bars being deflected outboard of its home or rest position. ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4327648 | Funicular railway car cabin A cabin for a funicular railway comprises a floor, two lateral walls facing each other, one of which is provided with a door opening, two end-walls, and a roof. All of these parts are united detachably by means of bolts, so that the cabin may be transport... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4164990 | Passenger evacuation apparatus An apparatus for evacuating passengers from a passenger-carrying cabin having a floor suspended above the ground comprises upper and lower plates engageable over the upper and lower sides of a vertical hole through the floor. These plates are both secured... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4149471 | Automatic gondola for aerial ropeway, which opens and closes by rotating portions of the passenger compartment The gondola for an aerial ropeway comprises on a same lateral side two access openings extending from top to bottom and adapted to be cleared by pivotal movements of two portions of the gondola wall. It comprises a central ring rigid with the carrier fram... | 04/17/1979 |
| 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 |
| 3931769 | Automatic opening and closing cabin for ropeways This cabin gondola or car for ropeway, intended for transporting passengers between two stations on a rope driving a plurality of disconnectable cabins or cars, has an automatic door opening and closing mechanism and the two doors are slidably mounted on ... | 01/13/1976 |
