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8166886 Wear monitoring system, cable operated transportation system and a method for monitoring wear-prone parts therein  
A wear monitoring system is provided for monitoring the wear and/or abrasion of at least one system component of a cable operated transportation system, where the system component is subjected to...
8042474 Device for suspending and moving an object or person  
The present invention concerns a device for the suspension and displacement of an object or a person, this device including at least two unaligned cables, a profile borne by the cables and a...
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...
7832339 Automatic cable car facility  
Automatic cable transport facility along a closed loop line, including vehicles that can be disengaged at a set rate in stations after moving along a disengaged circuit where they are driven at low...
7806055 Rope transport installation with grouping of vehicles before loading/unloading and method for controlling such an installation  
A transport installation comprising a continuous running rope supporting vehicles arranged at intervals along the rope with a preset running rate, comprises: a vehicle grouping section, arranged...
7802523 Cable railway system  
A cable railway system has two or more stations and at least one carrying cable and a conveying cable extending between the stations and guided in the stations by way of deflection pulleys. At...
7775161 Snowboarders chair for use on a ski lift  
The present invention relates to a ski lift chair specifically designed for use by snowboarders. The chair comprises a plurality of seats facing in a perpendicular to the line of travel direction...
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...
7559281 Transport installation with aerial rope conveying chairs and gondola cars  
A transport installation with a continuous running aerial rope supports chairs and gondola cars coupled by detachable grips. The rope extends in a closed loop between two bull-wheels, with an...
7552684 Remote-controlled vehicle designed to be mounted on a support and capable of clearing an obstacle  
The invention concerns a remote-controlled vehicle designed to be mounted on a support and capable of clearing an obstacle on the support. The vehicle comprises first and second mobile frames. At...
7398958 Multiple sheave assembly system with compression and support sheaves of an aerial ropeway transport installation rope  
A range of mixed support and compression sheave assemblies is formed from standard 2S2C modules each comprising: two compression sheaves (11) and two support sheaves (12) respectively mounted...
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...
7337726 Wind farm  
An offshore wind farm comprises a plurality of wind turbines. In order to provide such a wind farm with transport between separate wind turbines that can be effected more safely and with less...
7299752 Trolley retrieval system  
A trolley retrieval system for transporting or returning trolleys from a finish area back to a start area for traveling along a cable. The systems may include a cable held in suspension between the...
7240621 Personal lift device  
A personal lift device is disclosed having a motor having an output shaft. A gearing system is operatively connected to the output shaft for increasing torque. A strap for suspending a weight is...
7156714 Surfer lift system  
A rider is suspended a distance beneath a lift cable and moved over a region of water with incoming waves. The distance that the rider is suspended beneath the lift cable is controllably increased...
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...
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...
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...
6945499 Satellite stand-off tether system  
A tethered spacecraft is tethered to a base using a semirigid stand-off and a moving tether operated as a belt drive and operated in tension so that the tethered is precisely positioned in tension...
6938554 Method for detaching towable device from ski lift and detaching member  
The object of the invention is a releasing method and a releasing member for releasing a towed device from a cableway at a desired point without an assisting person or without stopping the lift....
6845721 Ground embedded wire tracks for a shelving system having mobile shelf units  
The shelving system has a number of electrically powered shelf units movable over ground, each shelf unit including an electronic circuit controlling the displacement of the shelf unit, a power...
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,...
6679182 Amusement device  
An amusement device (1) has one or several vehicles (2). The drive device (13) of the vehicles is configured as a high-performance catapult drive (22) which is provided with one or more hydromotors...
6644207 Installation for carrying persons from a higher station towards a lower station  
Installation for carrying persons down from a mountain station into a valley station along a guide rail which is born by supports or the like at a distance above the ground. Individual sections of...
6494143 Bolonkin's method movement of vehicles and installation for it  
The method and facilities for movement of vehicles over long distances are presented. The Method is comprised of the following steps: (a) connecting at least two main rollers displaced over a long...
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...
6397756 Amusement device  
To move a rail-borne vehicle (2) over a preferably ascending partial section, a finite chain section (8) is pulled in a stationary guide (13) in parallel to the rail (23) using a cable (9). The...
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...
6363858 Transport device comprising at least one carriage or like vehicle circulating on a cable  
A transport device includes a vehicle on an elongated support element extending between a departure station and an arrival station, the departure station being located at a higher elevation than...
6363859 Automatic clamping device for cableway systems of the two-cable type  
An automatic clamping device for cableway systems including a pair of jaws. One jaw of the pair of jaws is driven in opening and closing through at least one arm, which is capable of rotating...
6360669 Installation for moving persons from a mountain station into a valley station  
The installation for moving persons from a mountain station to a valley station has a supporting cable which is guided via supporting pylons or the like. Carriages, to which there are attached...
6345578 Double-acting trolley to support one-cable installations and in particular chair lifts and cabin lifts  
A double-acting trolley for a one-cable installation support for chair lifts and cabin lifts, includes a bearing member mounted in a swinging manner to a one-cable installation support, and...
6237503 Garbage and debris conveying system  
This invention relates generally to a conveying system for moving garbage from a house to a road. A support structure includes interlocking sections that can be interconnected to provide a desired...
6237502 Sheave arrangement suitable for slack pulling carriage  
A sheave arrangement having a driving drum and a tension wheel. The driving drum includes a circumferential groove that has two side walls disposed at an angle, alpha. A line preferably is placed...
6189455 Transport apparatus  
An easily carried and assembled apparatus for use in moving materials between two elevated locations, such as windows of spaced building, that includes a sending assembly positionable across a...
6152044 Skier towing system  
A system for towing skiers up shallow slopes, comprising a continuously moving rope with a towing run resting on and sliding along the surface of the snow, and a return run held in a raised...
6109699 Tow line equipped remote mining machine and method  
A method and apparatus for advancing cables and hoses to a remotely operated mining machine and retrieval of the machine in case of accident, and for remote haulage of material in a self-propelled...
6024022 Disengageable clamp of a traction cable type conveyor  
A traction cable-type vehicle for a reserved lane conveyor is equipped with a disengageable clamp secured below the vehicle. A mobile jaw of the clamp is designed as an elbow lever mounted in a...
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...
5893329 System for the transportation of persons and/or of goods  
Persons and/or goods are transported in vehicles which are each equipped with running wheels. The vehicles are connectable to a continuously driven traction cable by which they are driven along a...
5819668 System for the transportation of persons and/or goods  
Persons and/or goods are transported in a plurality of vehicles with runn wheels rolling on a track, such as on rails. A continuously moving, endless traction cable drives the vehicles on the...
5732635 Amusement power-cable-propelled and channel-guided boat ride structure  
Cable driven racing boats compete in a simulated race including forward and return heats. In the forward heat, the racing boats are accelerated along parallel guide channels from a forward launch...
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...
5666996 Forced air cleaning system for textile machines  
An air channel extends parallel to and underneath the straight runway of a travelling cleaner, and the runway and air channel extend above a row of weaving machines. Provided above each weaving...
5664499 Ski lift loader and unloader  
An apparatus for loading skiers on a ski lift consisting of a plurality of rollers the rollers being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the ski lift at least during the portion of its...
5660113 Aerial cable support system for snow ski jumping  
A support system that allows skiers and snow boarders to descend from cliffs and other elevated surfaces while eliminating the high speed impact landing after the descent. Aerial cables (10 and...
RE35555 Automatic bundle loading apparatus and method  
In an automatic loading system and method wheeled carts receive five or six layers of newspaper bundles of four to six bundles per layer. A waist-high conveyor and an inclined ramp conveyor move...
5626078 Cable car system with passenger carriers suspended from a suspension and traction cable guided around two deflection pulleys  
A cable car system has a suspension and traction cable carrying passenger rriers, such as lift chairs. The cable is guided around two deflection pulleys. A conveyor device conveys passengers from...
5595122 Funicular system of rail and running cable type  
In order to operate both arms of a clamp of a funicular system of a rail and running cable vehicle with the same force and at the same time, a guide carrier element, which includes two longitudinal...
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