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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7036435 | Drive device of the bull-wheel of a single carrying-hauling rope chair lift with fixed rope grips A bull-wheel of a fixed carrying-hauling rope chair lift is driven by a geared motor mechanism having a coaxial shaft line extending perpendicularly to the bull-wheel in a substantially vertical direction. The geared motor mechanism is composed of an electric motor ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004077 | Cable car system A cable car system has two pairs of supporting cables that are respectively anchored in a valley station and in a mountain station. Cabins or similar people movers travel along the supporting cables while they are coupled to a self-contained traction cable. The cabi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6720873 | Method and apparatus for testing magnetic proximity detectors on ski lifts A device for testing a cable deroped magnetic proximity detector positioned adjacent a cable sheave or sheave assembly on a cable operated ski lift. A sleeve of non-ferromagnetic material is temporarily secured coaxially over the steel lift cable and the sleeve is d... | 04/13/2004 |
| 5060576 | Detachable cable-car A terminal of a detachable cable-car with two or more carrier-hauling ropes including bull-wheels located underneath the floor. After the cars have been uncoupled the carrier-hauling ropes run on downward diversion means which direct the ropes towards the... | 10/29/1991 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4802416 | Cableway having a multipass lift cable In the cableway having a multistrand lift cable, especially a double strand ift cable, with a plurality of couplable and uncouplable conveying means, the lift cable is guided at a driving station by at least two drive disks coupled with each other. The lif... | 02/07/1989 |
