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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7490556 | Cableway installation with rotatable cableway transport devices A cableway installation has a suspension and hauling cable with transport devices such as cableway gondolas, lift chair, or the like, which are capable of being disconnected from the suspension and hauling cable in the stations. There, they are conveyed along guide ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7222540 | Wireline extensometer A new and useful wireline extensometer is provided that uses a tensioned cable extending between a supply spool and an anchor (e.g. of a type connected to a slope mass), measures movement of the cable to reflect movement of the anchor (e.g. due to movement of the sl... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7171906 | Friction-drive carriage type conveyor A friction-drive carriage type conveyor includes a carriage 1 so supported as to run in a running direction along a track, which includes a linear path and a turning path 18. The carriage 1 has a frictional surface 6a continuing li... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6543366 | Continuously moving cable traction haulage system with vehicles equipped with disengageable coupling clamps A continuously moving cable traction haulage system with vehicles equipped with coupling clamps disengageable from the cable comprising in the stations an uncoupling rail and one for coupling the clamp to the rail is described. In accordance with the pres... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6526894 | Traveling-gear mechanism for a transport assembly of a cableway system A running-gear mechanism for the transport assembly of a cableway system has running rollers that roll in guide rails while the coupling assembly is uncoupled from the haulage cable. In the region of the running rollers there is provided at least one down... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6427601 | Installation for conveying persons The installation conveys persons from a valley station to a mountain station and for carries individuals from the mountain station to the valley station via carriages that are guided along a track formed by a running rail. The installation has a cableway ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412420 | Cable by-pass device and system Disclosed herein is cable by-pass device comprising a guide wheel rotatably mounted to an axle, at least one toothed wheel having a plurality of teeth extending radially therefrom rotatably mounted independently of the guide wheel, a bracket to the rear o... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5515789 | Grip guiding device for aerial cableways A single-cable aerial cableway including guide rails forming a lead-in guide, secured to a stationary cable support structure. The lead-in guide cooperates with a wheel secured to the grip so as to stabilize and position the grip and the load before they ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5159880 | Cable transport installation with cars driven by friction In the by-pass zone of a car transfer track, in a terminal station of a detachable gondola lift or chairlift, the cars are driven by tired wheels. Transmission between two successive wheels comprises two toothed bevel pinions, wedged onto the wheel spindl... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5127338 | Load attachment, traversing device with spring biased scissor linkage to grip cable and permit traversal of cable hangers A load attachment system comprises an elongate element secured with respect to a supporting structure and a load attachment, traversing device engaged therewith for sliding movement therealong to traverse intermediate attachment points for the elongate el... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121695 | Overhead cableway An overhead cableway is disclosed, in particular a chair lift, with a cable revolving between stations and with transport devices having a traveling gear and connected with the cable via removable clamps. Travel segments are provided at every station whic... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5119733 | Tension terminal station of a cable transport installation A tension station of a detachable chairlift or gondola lift includes a sliding carriage which supports both the return pulley or drive pulley and transfer rail with the associated drive mechanism which drives the cars of the cable transport installation. ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4958574 | Cable transport system with garaging of carriers A cable conveyance having a storage region for garaging the carriers which an be decoupled from the transport cable. The carriers are displaced along a transport rail to the storage regions by a reversible drive and are permitted to move by gravity along s... | 09/25/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4440305 | Carriage for cable logging system A skyline logging system wherein a skyline cable is supported at an intermediate location by an intermediate support assembly and a logging carriage is supported on the cable and is arranged to pass over the intermediate support assembly. The carriage has... | 04/03/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4034678 | Toy car and track system A toy train system providing a plurality of sections of rigid and flexible track members and a switching device for selectively connecting one of the members together. The switching device includes a pair of stationary rings and a rotatable ring with the ... | 07/12/1977 |
