EP2001721B1 - Automatic cable car facility - Google Patents

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EP2001721B1
EP2001721B1 EP07731224A EP07731224A EP2001721B1 EP 2001721 B1 EP2001721 B1 EP 2001721B1 EP 07731224 A EP07731224 A EP 07731224A EP 07731224 A EP07731224 A EP 07731224A EP 2001721 B1 EP2001721 B1 EP 2001721B1
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  • the present invention relates to an automatic cable transport installation along a closed-loop line, comprising disengageable vehicles clocked in the stations or in an intermediate station after passing on a disengaged circuit where they are driven at a slow speed along landing and boarding docks, the vehicles then being re-accelerated and re-coupled to the cable at the exit of the station or the station to constitute a noria of vehicles.
  • an installation is known to EP-A-0312497 .
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an automatic installation of cable vehicle transport, allowing vehicles disengaged in stations to exceed the allotted time of disembarkation and / or boarding stations, without affecting the regularity of operation of the noria of the other vehicles being in line and in stations.
  • each station or station comprises an automatic maneuvering mechanism capable of extracting vehicles from the slow path in the disengaged circuit, and to transfer them to a landing / loading station which is assigned to them by order of arrival, the previous vehicle having previously been reintegrated into the slow path in place of the vehicle extracted according to an established schedule.
  • any vehicle exceeding the disembarkation / landing time allocated to it will not block the flow of vehicles. other vehicles disengaged.
  • the disembarkation / boarding takes place at stations located outside the said path, that is to say that the disengaged vehicles are systematically extracted from the normal route, the time of disembarkation / boarding and then recovered.
  • the online vehicle noria is unaffected, with only one "hole” in line corresponding to the absence of the delayed vehicle which finds itself immobilized at a station off track in station.
  • the delayed vehicle is reinserted one turn later into the void that its absence creates. It is also possible to decadrate the noria on a number of vehicles to insert the delayed vehicle, and then resume the normal pace by adjusting the relative speeds of vehicles disengaged in the other station.
  • Each station or station is equipped in addition to at least one clearing station in which there is permanently an empty vehicle reserve capable of filling an empty space left by a delayed vehicle and blocked at the embarkation / disembarkation station. If, for any reason, a vehicle to be reintegrated into the path is not ready to leave ,. he remains at his post thus creating a gap in the path, empty which will be immediately filled by one of the spare vehicles available, thus reconstituting the timing of the installation.
  • the clearing station is intended solely for the disembarkation of passengers from a vehicle which should have gone to the embarkation / disembarkation station occupied by another delayed vehicle which could not be reintegrated in time in its place.
  • the operating mechanism for the extractions and reinsertion of vehicles may comprise various mechanical control members, including horizontal drawers, vertical or inclined elevators, plane switches leading the vehicles on appropriate channels.
  • the clearing stations are located downstream of the landing / loading stations in relation to the direction of the slow moving of the vehicles.
  • the disembarkation / embarkation of the passengers is made at a standstill, each vehicle stopping at its landing / boarding station in front of a platform, which is equipped with a landing door arranged opposite the door of the stopped vehicle. .
  • the opening and closing of vehicle doors and landing doors is automatic and simultaneous.
  • a plurality of vehicles 1 move on a closed loop track from a first station 2 to a second station 3, possibly with an intermediate station 4 ( Figure.2 ).
  • the vehicles 1 return in the opposite direction on another parallel track 6 with one or more cable (s) carriers and tractors in the case of a gondola, or any other way and traction means for other types of conveyors.
  • the vehicles 1 move at high speed, for example several meters per second, and are distributed from in a regular way, with reduced time intervals of the order of a few seconds.
  • the vehicles 1 are disengaged from the cables at the declutching zone 7, then are decelerated over a certain length in the deceleration zone 8. They then travel at slow speed along a disengaged circuit having an outline 9 ensuring their half-turn, and pass, depending on the type of station, in front of loading and embarkation docks 10, 11 located in the contour 9, either in rectilinear lateral parts.
  • the vehicles 1 are re-accelerated in the acceleration zone 12 and re-coupled to the cable in the clutch zone 13 at the exit of the station.
  • the landing and embarkation docks 14 extend laterally along the tracks 5, 6, the vehicles 1 being as in the end stations 2, 3 disengaged, slowed before passing in front of the platforms, then accelerated and engaged afterwards.
  • landing and embarkation docks 10, 11 and 14 are located near the main circuit of the disengaged lanes and are used by passengers on the ascent or descent. This is the classic operation of the detachable gondola installations with a continuous path along the track.
  • the end station illustrated in the figure 3 is equipped with an automatic DM operating mechanism to perform the extraction and reinsertion of the vehicles 1 disengaged in the contour 9.
  • the DM operating device comprises horizontal actuating drawers 17, for moving the vehicles 1 according to a transverse direction in the direction of travel, so as to extract them from the normal path for disembarkation, and put them back into the circuit after a predetermined time after embarkation.
  • the extracted vehicles 1 are stored at the location of the wharf 10, and their access doors are then placed in front of two landing and boarding stations. 15 and a clearing station 16. The unloading and embarkation of passengers shall be carried out exclusively when the vehicles stop.
  • the clearing station 16 is only provided for the disembarkation of the passengers, because it must receive the vehicle that should have gone to a post occupied by another vehicle that was not inserted in time in the circuit. In the compensation station 16 is thus permanently an empty vehicle ready to fill a gap in case of lack of online timing.
  • the installation may have several compensation stations 16, up to a number equal to that of the landing and embarkation stations 15.
  • the vehicles 1 disengaged and slowed in the deceleration zone 8 are extracted by the drawers 17 of the normal path in the contour 9 to reach the landing and boarding station 15 which is assigned to them in order of arrival.
  • the extracted vehicle is then stopped for the duration necessary for the rise and descent of the passengers, then is reinserted into the main path by the corresponding drawer 17.
  • the same vehicle takes the place freed by a vehicle extracted according to an established program.
  • the compensation station 16 may advantageously be located downstream of the main circuit of the contour 9, and before the acceleration zone 12 so that the spare vehicle waiting in the compensation station 16 has time to fit into the empty space caused by the vehicle which could not leave in time.
  • FIGS. 4.0 to 4.47 illustrate the successive phases of normal operation of the installation with vehicles A, B, C, D passing through the downstream station, the vehicle E being that of reserve in the compensation station 16, which is slightly offset downstream landing and boarding stations 15.
  • Each arriving A, B, C, D vehicle goes to the landing / embarkation station 15 which has just been vacated, taking the place of the preceding vehicle which is re-entering the vehicle noria after having stopped for a while at his landing / embarkation station 15.
  • the reserve vehicle E remains permanently in place in the compensation station 16 during all the phases, given the operation regular timing of other vehicles A, B, C, D of the installation both online and stations.
  • the vehicles A, B, C, D are extracted from the main path in the station, and join separate landing / boarding stations 15, the previous vehicle having previously been reintegrated into the slow path, instead of 'a vehicle extracted.
  • the example of Figures 4.0 to 4.47 shows two separate landing / boarding stations 15, but it is clear that the higher the number of landing / boarding stations 15, the longer the landing / boarding time will be.
  • the Figures 5.0 to 5.47 represent the progress of an exceptional operation of the system, when the disembarkation / boarding of a vehicle exceeds the time allotted to it. This is the case of the vehicle B which remains blocked in its place of the landing / embarkation station 15, the other place of the landing / boarding station 15 being also normally occupied by the vehicle C.
  • the vehicle A arriving at the station could not go to the post 15 assigned to him, because the previous B vehicle which was to release the post and re-enter the vehicle noria, did not leave.
  • the arriving vehicle A therefore goes to the compensation station 16 (see Figures 5.8 to 5.22 ), whose empty standby waiting vehicle E parked there has just released, to fill the empty space in the vehicle noria left by the vehicle B blocked.
  • the vehicle A is thus temporarily moved to the compensation station 16 (see Figures 5.23 to 5.47 ) where passengers can disembark.
  • the empty vehicle then constitutes the reserve vehicle, and the vehicle E re-inserted online becomes one of the vehicles of the noria.
  • Vehicle B remains in default at station 15 until the figure 5.16 , the doors 21, 22 respectively remaining open.
  • the program established by the control automaton assigns to the vehicle B a new predetermined time of boarding, which expires at the phase of the figure 5.38 .
  • the doors 21, 22 of the vehicle B are still open at this time, and the controller puts it in default for a new delay (see Figures 5.39 to 5.47 ).
  • the vehicle A also remains in reserve in the compensation station 16.
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 represent as examples variants of the figure 3 with landing / boarding stations 15 and offset 16 with drawers 17 at end stations.
  • the landing / boarding and clearing stations 16 extend in the opposite straight portions of the disengaged circuit, respectively upstream and downstream of the outline 9.
  • the landing / loading station 15 is provided for three vehicles 1 of the noria, while the compensation station 16 on the opposite branch can receive two vehicles 1.
  • the operation is identical to that of the figure 3 .
  • the figure 8 illustrates the landing / boarding and clearing stations 16 distributed side by side along the contour 9, the compensation station 16 being always disposed downstream with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicles 1.
  • the figure 9 represents the same distribution of landing / boarding stations 15 and offset 16 drawers that the figure 8 but for an intermediate station.
  • FIGs 10 and 11 show schematic views in vertical section of a station where the landing / loading and clearing stations 16 are at a different level compared to the platforms 10.
  • the extraction and reinsertion of the vehicles 1 disengaged is then performed by vertical lifts 19 ( figure 10 ) or inclined 20 ( figure 11 ).
  • the Figures 12 to 15 represent different arrangements of end stations and intermediate, in which the extraction and reinsertion of vehicles 1 disengaged are made through switches 18 planes.
  • the compensation station (s) 16 are always arranged downstream of the functional landing / boarding stations 15, and there are still possibilities of platforms 10, 11, 14 allowing the return to a conventional operation of the gondola.
  • two landing / loading stations 15 are located on two auxiliary channels connected in parallel on the contour 9 by switches 18.
  • the compensation station 16 is located in the disengaged circuit just before the acceleration zone 12.
  • the figure 13 shows three auxiliary channels connected in parallel on the contour 9 by switches 18. Two lanes are provided for two landing / embarkation stations 15, and the third is assigned to the compensation station 16 downstream.
  • the figure 14 illustrates a switch arrangement 18 with two opposite platforms 11 in an end station.
  • the landing / loading station 15 of one of the platforms 11 is provided for two vehicles 1, and the compensation station 16 of the other platform 11 is provided for a reserve vehicle.
  • the figure 15 is a provision comparable to that of the figure 9 an intermediate station, but making use of switches 18 to deflect and reinsert vehicles 1 in the noria.
  • the figure 16 is a provision comparable to the figure 14 , but where the extraction and reinsertion of vehicles 1 disengaged for certain positions is done using a type of operating device (drawer, elevator, switch), and for other positions with different types.
  • the normal landing / loading stations 15 have drawers 17 on one side, and a compensation station 16 on the other side of the contour is equipped with switches 18 with an auxiliary channel.
  • the Figures 17 and 18 represent the system of automatic access to vehicles 1 at the landing / boarding stations 15.
  • Each vehicle 1 is provided with a door 21 with double leaves, and the landing / loading location of each station 15 includes a landing door 22 also double-leafed.
  • Forks 24 in the form of lyres are integral with the landing doors 22, and drive vertical pins 23 fixed above the doors 21 of the vehicles 1 to ensure their opening and closing at given times controlled by the automaton.

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The installation has releasable vehicles (1) locked in stations or in an intermediate station after passing on a released circuit. Each station has an automatic shunting mechanism (DM) adapted to remove the vehicles from a slow creep in the circuit and to transfer the vehicles toward a loading/unloading post (15) which effectuates loading/unloading based on the order of arrival. A preceding vehicle that is already removed from the creep is reintegrated in the creep at the place of another removed vehicle based on an established program.

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Domaine technique de l'inventionTechnical field of the invention

La présente invention concerne une installation automatique de transport par câble le long d'une ligne en boucle fermée, comprenant des véhicules débrayables cadencés dans les gares ou dans une station intermédiaire après passage sur un circuit débrayé où ils sont entraînés à vitesse lente le long de quais de débarquement et d'embarquement, les véhicules étant ensuite réaccélérés et réaccouplés au câble à la sortie de la gare ou de la station pour constituer une noria de véhicules. Une telle installation est connue de EP-A-0312497 .The present invention relates to an automatic cable transport installation along a closed-loop line, comprising disengageable vehicles clocked in the stations or in an intermediate station after passing on a disengaged circuit where they are driven at a slow speed along landing and boarding docks, the vehicles then being re-accelerated and re-coupled to the cable at the exit of the station or the station to constitute a noria of vehicles. Such an installation is known to EP-A-0312497 .

État de la techniqueState of the art

On connaît beaucoup de moyens de transport automatiques, c'est-à-dire fonctionnant sans nécessité de présence permanente de personnel de surveillance au débarquement et à l'embarquement des passagers (ou des matériaux).Many automatic means of transport are known, that is to say operating without the need for permanent presence of surveillance personnel when disembarking and loading passengers (or materials).

Le plus répandu d'entre eux est l'ascenseur présentant une sécurité quasi-totale et avec un minimum de problème de fonctionnement.The most common of these is the elevator with almost total safety and with a minimum of operating problems.

Il existe aussi de nombreux transporteurs de personnes et de funiculaires automatiques, dotés d'un fonctionnement à va et vient, va ou vient, ou avec un intervalle important entre les véhicules. Un dépassement d'un temps prédéterminé de débarquement et/ou d'embarquement se traduit par un retard propre du seul véhicule concerné.There are also many people carriers and automatic funiculars, with a functioning back and forth, back and forth, or with a significant interval between vehicles. Exceeding a predetermined time of disembarkation and / or embarkation results in a specific delay of the only vehicle concerned.

Le problème est différent lorsqu'un tel retard affecte un véhicule faisant partie d'une noria continue de véhicules qui, si aucun aménagement particulier n'a été prévu, est forcé de s'arrêter pour attendre le véhicule retardataire. L'ensemble des véhicules en ligne est alors arrêté au détriment du rendement de l'installation, et susceptible de réaction des passagers lorsqu'il s'agit de transport de personnes.The problem is different when such a delay affects a vehicle forming part of a continuous noria of vehicles which, if no particular arrangement has been provided, is forced to stop to wait for the late vehicle. All vehicles online is then stopped at the expense of the performance of the facility, and likely reaction of passengers when it comes to passenger transport.

Objet de l'inventionObject of the invention

L'objet de la présente invention consiste à réaliser une installation automatique de transport de véhicules par câble, permettant à des véhicules débrayés en gares de dépasser le temps imparti de débarquement et/ou d'embarquement en stations, sans affecter la régularité du fonctionnement de la noria des autres véhicules se trouvant en ligne et en stations.The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic installation of cable vehicle transport, allowing vehicles disengaged in stations to exceed the allotted time of disembarkation and / or boarding stations, without affecting the regularity of operation of the noria of the other vehicles being in line and in stations.

L'installation est caractérisée en ce que chaque gare ou station comporte un mécanisme de manoeuvre automatique apte à extraire les véhicules du cheminement lent dans le circuit débrayé, et à les transférer vers un poste de débarquement/embarquement qui leur est affecté par ordre d'arrivée, le véhicule précédent ayant préalablement été réintégré dans le cheminement lent à la place du véhicule extrait selon un programme établi.The installation is characterized in that each station or station comprises an automatic maneuvering mechanism capable of extracting vehicles from the slow path in the disengaged circuit, and to transfer them to a landing / loading station which is assigned to them by order of arrival, the previous vehicle having previously been reintegrated into the slow path in place of the vehicle extracted according to an established schedule.

Pour maintenir le fonctionnement continu de la noria des véhicules en ligne, quelque soit le temps consacré au débarquement/embarquement d'un véhicule débrayé en gare, tout véhicule dépassant le temps de débarquement/embarquement qui lui est imparti, ne bloquera pas le cheminement des autres véhicules débrayés. Le débarquement/embarquement s'effectue à des postes situés en dehors dudit cheminement, c'est-à-dire que les véhicules débrayés sont systématiquement extraits du cheminement normal, le temps du débarquement/embarquement et récupérés ensuite.To maintain the continuous operation of the vehicle noria online, regardless of the time spent disembarking / boarding a vehicle disconnected in the station, any vehicle exceeding the disembarkation / landing time allocated to it, will not block the flow of vehicles. other vehicles disengaged. The disembarkation / boarding takes place at stations located outside the said path, that is to say that the disengaged vehicles are systematically extracted from the normal route, the time of disembarkation / boarding and then recovered.

La noria des véhicules en ligne n'est pas affectée, avec seulement un « trou » en ligne correspondant à l'absence du véhicule retardé qui se retrouve immobilisé à un poste hors cheminement en station. Pour revenir à la noria normale, le véhicule retardé est réinséré un tour après dans le vide que son absence à crée. Il est aussi possible de décadencer la noria sur un certain nombre de véhicules pour y insérer le véhicule retardé, et on reprend ensuite la cadence normale en jouant sur les vitesses relatives des véhicules débrayés dans l'autre station.The online vehicle noria is unaffected, with only one "hole" in line corresponding to the absence of the delayed vehicle which finds itself immobilized at a station off track in station. To return to the normal noria, the delayed vehicle is reinserted one turn later into the void that its absence creates. It is also possible to decadrate the noria on a number of vehicles to insert the delayed vehicle, and then resume the normal pace by adjusting the relative speeds of vehicles disengaged in the other station.

Chaque gare ou station est dotée en plus d'au moins un poste de compensation dans lequel se trouve en permanence un véhicule vide de réserve susceptible de combler un espace vide laissé par un véhicule retardé et bloqué au poste d'embarquement/débarquement. Si, pour une raison quelconque, un véhicule devant être réintégré dans le cheminement n'est pas prêt à partir,. il reste à son poste créant ainsi un vide dans le cheminement, vide qui sera immédiatement comblé par un des véhicules de réserve à disposition, reconstituant ainsi le cadencement de l'installation.Each station or station is equipped in addition to at least one clearing station in which there is permanently an empty vehicle reserve capable of filling an empty space left by a delayed vehicle and blocked at the embarkation / disembarkation station. If, for any reason, a vehicle to be reintegrated into the path is not ready to leave ,. he remains at his post thus creating a gap in the path, empty which will be immediately filled by one of the spare vehicles available, thus reconstituting the timing of the installation.

Le poste de compensation est prévu uniquement pour le débarquement des passagers d'un véhicule qui aurait dû aller au poste d'embarquement/débarquement occupé par un autre véhicule retardé qui n'a pas pu être réinséré à temps à sa place.The clearing station is intended solely for the disembarkation of passengers from a vehicle which should have gone to the embarkation / disembarkation station occupied by another delayed vehicle which could not be reintegrated in time in its place.

Le mécanisme de manoeuvre pour les extractions et les réinsertions de véhicules peut comporter divers organes mécaniques de commande, notamment des tiroirs horizontaux, des ascenseurs verticaux ou inclinés, des aiguillages plans amenant les véhicules sur des voies appropriées.The operating mechanism for the extractions and reinsertion of vehicles may comprise various mechanical control members, including horizontal drawers, vertical or inclined elevators, plane switches leading the vehicles on appropriate channels.

Les postes de compensation sont situés en aval des postes de débarquement/embarquement par rapport au sens du cheminement lent des véhicules.The clearing stations are located downstream of the landing / loading stations in relation to the direction of the slow moving of the vehicles.

Le débarquement/embarquement des passagers s'effectue à l'arrêt, chaque véhicule s'arrêtant à son poste de débarquement/embarquement devant un quai, lequel est muni d'une porte palière disposée en regard de la porte du véhicule à l'arrêt. L'ouverture et la fermeture des portes des véhicules et des portes palières est automatique et simultanée.The disembarkation / embarkation of the passengers is made at a standstill, each vehicle stopping at its landing / boarding station in front of a platform, which is equipped with a landing door arranged opposite the door of the stopped vehicle. . The opening and closing of vehicle doors and landing doors is automatic and simultaneous.

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D'autres avantages et caractéristiques ressortiront plus clairement de la description qui va suivre de modes particuliers de réalisation de l'invention donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs et représentés aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • les figures 1 et 2 sont des vues schématiques d'une installation de télécabines débrayable à un et deux tronçons;
  • la figure 3 montre une vue schématique d'une gare d'extrémités d'une installation automatique équipée d'un dispositif de manoeuvre à tiroirs d'actionnement selon l'invention ;
  • les figures 4.0 à 4.47 représentent les phases successives d'un fonctionnement normal de l'installation avec des véhicules A, B, C, D de passage dans la gare, le véhicule E étant celui de réserve dans le poste de compensation ;
  • les figures 5.0 à 5.47 illustrent le déroulement d'un fonctionnement exceptionnel du système, lorsque le débarquement/embarquement dans un véhicule dépasse le temps qui lui est imparti ;
  • les figures 10 et 11 représentent des vues schématiques en coupe d'une installation, dans laquelle le dispositif de manoeuvre est constitué par un jeu d'ascenseurs, respectivement verticaux et inclinés ;
  • les figures 12 à 15 se rapportent à diverses installations où le dispositif de manoeuvre est constitué par le jeu d'aiguillages ;
  • la figure 16 se rapporte à une autre installation avec une utilisation mixte de tiroirs et d'aiguillages ;
  • les figures 17 et 18 montrent respectivement des vues en plan et en élévation du système d'ouverture et fermeture des portes palières.
Other advantages and features will emerge more clearly from the following description of particular embodiments of the invention given by way of non-limiting example and represented in the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • the Figures 1 and 2 are schematic views of a single and two-section detachable gondola system;
  • the figure 3 shows a schematic view of an end station of an automatic installation equipped with an operating device with actuating drawers according to the invention;
  • the Figures 4.0 to 4.47 represent the successive phases of normal operation of the installation with vehicles A, B, C, D passing through the station, the vehicle E being that of reserve in the compensation station;
  • the Figures 5.0 to 5.47 illustrate how the system operates exceptionally when the disembarkation / boarding of a vehicle exceeds the time allotted to it;
  • the Figures 10 and 11 represent schematic sectional views of an installation, in which the operating device consists of a set of elevators, respectively vertical and inclined;
  • the Figures 12 to 15 relate to various installations where the maneuvering device is constituted by the set of switches;
  • the figure 16 refers to another installation with mixed use of drawers and switches;
  • the Figures 17 and 18 show respectively plan and elevation views of the opening and closing system of the landing doors.

Description de modes particuliers de réalisationDescription of particular embodiments

En référence aux figures 1 et 2, une pluralité de véhicules 1 se déplacent sur une voie 5 en boucle fermée d'une première gare 2 à une deuxième gare 3, avec éventuellement une gare intermédiaire 4 (figure.2). Les véhicules 1 reviennent en sens inverse sur une autre voie parallèle 6 grâce à un ou plusieurs câble(s) porteurs et tracteurs dans le cas d'un télécabine, ou tout autre voie et moyen de traction pour d'autres types de convoyeurs.With reference to Figures 1 and 2 a plurality of vehicles 1 move on a closed loop track from a first station 2 to a second station 3, possibly with an intermediate station 4 ( Figure.2 ). The vehicles 1 return in the opposite direction on another parallel track 6 with one or more cable (s) carriers and tractors in the case of a gondola, or any other way and traction means for other types of conveyors.

Entre les différentes gares 2, 3, 4 de la boucle, les véhicules 1 se déplacent à grande vitesse, par exemple à plusieurs mètres par seconde, et sont répartis de façon régulière, avec des intervalles de temps réduits de l'ordre de quelques secondes.Between the various stations 2, 3, 4 of the loop, the vehicles 1 move at high speed, for example several meters per second, and are distributed from in a regular way, with reduced time intervals of the order of a few seconds.

A l'entrée dans l'une des gares d'extrémités 2, 3, les véhicules 1 sont débrayés des câbles au niveau de la zone de débrayage 7, puis sont décélérés sur une certaine longueur dans la zone de décélération 8. Ils cheminent ensuite à vitesse lente le long d'un circuit débrayé doté d'un contour 9 assurant leur demi-tour, et passent, selon le type de gares, devant des quais de débarquement et d'embarquement 10, 11 situés soit dans le contour 9, soit dans des parties latérales rectilignes.At the entrance to one of the end stations 2, 3, the vehicles 1 are disengaged from the cables at the declutching zone 7, then are decelerated over a certain length in the deceleration zone 8. They then travel at slow speed along a disengaged circuit having an outline 9 ensuring their half-turn, and pass, depending on the type of station, in front of loading and embarkation docks 10, 11 located in the contour 9, either in rectilinear lateral parts.

A la fin de leur cheminement lent dans le circuit débrayé, les véhicules 1 sont réaccélérés dans la zone d'accélération 12 et réaccouplés au câble dans la zone d'embrayage 13 à la sortie de la station.At the end of their slow path in the disengaged circuit, the vehicles 1 are re-accelerated in the acceleration zone 12 and re-coupled to the cable in the clutch zone 13 at the exit of the station.

Dans une station intermédiaire 4 (figure 2) traversée par les véhicules 1, les quais de débarquement et d'embarquement 14 s'étendent latéralement le long des voies 5, 6, les véhicules 1 étant comme dans les gares d'extrémités 2, 3 débrayés, ralentis avant de passer devant les quais, puis accélérés et embrayés après.In an intermediate station 4 ( figure 2 ) crossed by the vehicles 1, the landing and embarkation docks 14 extend laterally along the tracks 5, 6, the vehicles 1 being as in the end stations 2, 3 disengaged, slowed before passing in front of the platforms, then accelerated and engaged afterwards.

Dans le cas des figures 1 et 2, les quais de débarquement et d'embarquement 10, 11 et 14 sont situés près du circuit principal des voies débrayées, et sont empruntés par les passagers à la montée ou à la descente. Il s'agit du fonctionnement classique des installations de télécabines débrayables avec un cheminement continu le long de la voie.In the case of Figures 1 and 2 landing and embarkation docks 10, 11 and 14 are located near the main circuit of the disengaged lanes and are used by passengers on the ascent or descent. This is the classic operation of the detachable gondola installations with a continuous path along the track.

Dans une installation automatique de télécabines ou autres véhicules 1 débrayables cadencés sans surveillance, la gare d'extrémité illustrée à la figure 3, est équipée d'un mécanisme de manoeuvre DM automatique pour effectuer l'extraction et la réinsertion des véhicules 1 débrayés dans le contour 9. Le dispositif de manoeuvre DM comporte des tiroirs 17 d'actionnement horizontaux, permettant de déplacer les véhicules 1 selon une direction transversale au sens de défilement, de manière à les extraire du cheminement normal pour le débarquement, et à les remettre dans le circuit au bout d'un temps prédéterminé après embarquement. Les véhicules 1 extraits sont stockés en retrait à l'emplacement du quai 10, et leurs portes d'accès se trouvent alors placées devant deux postes de débarquement et d'embarquement 15 et un poste de compensation 16. Le débarquement et l'embarquement des passagers s'effectuent exclusivement à l'arrêt des véhicules 1.In an automatic installation of gondolas or other vehicles 1 disengaged clocked unattended, the end station illustrated in the figure 3 , is equipped with an automatic DM operating mechanism to perform the extraction and reinsertion of the vehicles 1 disengaged in the contour 9. The DM operating device comprises horizontal actuating drawers 17, for moving the vehicles 1 according to a transverse direction in the direction of travel, so as to extract them from the normal path for disembarkation, and put them back into the circuit after a predetermined time after embarkation. The extracted vehicles 1 are stored at the location of the wharf 10, and their access doors are then placed in front of two landing and boarding stations. 15 and a clearing station 16. The unloading and embarkation of passengers shall be carried out exclusively when the vehicles stop.

Le poste de compensation 16 est uniquement prévu pour le débarquement des passagers, car il doit réceptionner le véhicule qui aurait dû aller à un poste occupé par un autre véhicule n'ayant pas été inséré à temps dans le circuit. Dans le poste de compensation 16 se trouve ainsi en permanence un véhicule vide prêt à combler un vide en cas de défaut de cadencement en ligne. L'installation peut avoir plusieurs postes de compensation 16, jusqu'à un nombre égal à celui des postes de débarquement et d'embarquement 15.The clearing station 16 is only provided for the disembarkation of the passengers, because it must receive the vehicle that should have gone to a post occupied by another vehicle that was not inserted in time in the circuit. In the compensation station 16 is thus permanently an empty vehicle ready to fill a gap in case of lack of online timing. The installation may have several compensation stations 16, up to a number equal to that of the landing and embarkation stations 15.

Les véhicules 1 débrayés et ralentis dans la zone de décélération 8 sont extraits par les tiroirs 17 du cheminement normal dans le contour 9 pour rejoindre le poste de débarquement et d'embarquement 15 qui leur est affecté par ordre d'arrivée. Le véhicule extrait est alors à l'arrêt pendant toute la durée nécessaire à la montée et descente des passagers, puis est réinséré dans le cheminement principal par le tiroir 17 correspondant. Le même véhicule prend la place libérée par un véhicule extrait selon un programme établi.The vehicles 1 disengaged and slowed in the deceleration zone 8 are extracted by the drawers 17 of the normal path in the contour 9 to reach the landing and boarding station 15 which is assigned to them in order of arrival. The extracted vehicle is then stopped for the duration necessary for the rise and descent of the passengers, then is reinserted into the main path by the corresponding drawer 17. The same vehicle takes the place freed by a vehicle extracted according to an established program.

Le poste de compensation 16 peut être situé avantageusement en aval du circuit principal du contour 9, et avant la zone d'accélération 12 pour que le véhicule de réserve en attente dans le poste de compensation 16 ait le temps de s'insérer dans l'espace vide causé par le véhicule qui n'a pu repartir à temps.The compensation station 16 may advantageously be located downstream of the main circuit of the contour 9, and before the acceleration zone 12 so that the spare vehicle waiting in the compensation station 16 has time to fit into the empty space caused by the vehicle which could not leave in time.

Les figures 4.0 à 4.47 illustrent les phases successives d'un fonctionnement normal de l'installation avec des véhicules A, B, C, D de passage dans la gare aval, le véhicule E étant celui de réserve dans le poste de compensation 16, lequel est légèrement décalé en aval des postes de débarquement et d'embarquement 15. Chaque véhicule A, B, C, D arrivant se dirige vers le poste de débarquement/embarquement 15 qui vient de se libérer, prenant la place du véhicule précédent qui se réinsère dans la noria de véhicules après s'être immobilisé un certain temps à son poste de débarquement/embarquement 15.The Figures 4.0 to 4.47 illustrate the successive phases of normal operation of the installation with vehicles A, B, C, D passing through the downstream station, the vehicle E being that of reserve in the compensation station 16, which is slightly offset downstream landing and boarding stations 15. Each arriving A, B, C, D vehicle goes to the landing / embarkation station 15 which has just been vacated, taking the place of the preceding vehicle which is re-entering the vehicle noria after having stopped for a while at his landing / embarkation station 15.

On note que le véhicule de réserve E reste en permanence en place dans le poste de compensation 16 pendant toutes les phases, étant donné le fonctionnement cadencé régulier des autres véhicules A, B, C, D de l'installation tant en ligne qu'en stations. Lorsqu'ils sont débrayés, les véhicules A, B, C, D sont extraits du cheminement principal en gare, et rejoignent des postes distincts de débarquement/embarquement 15, le véhicule précédent ayant préalablement été réintégré dans le cheminement lent, à la place d'un véhicule extrait. L'exemple des figures 4.0 à 4.47 montre deux postes distincts de débarquement/embarquement 15, mais il est clair que plus le nombre de postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 est élevé, plus le temps imparti pour le débarquement/embarquement sera important.It is noted that the reserve vehicle E remains permanently in place in the compensation station 16 during all the phases, given the operation regular timing of other vehicles A, B, C, D of the installation both online and stations. When they are disengaged, the vehicles A, B, C, D are extracted from the main path in the station, and join separate landing / boarding stations 15, the previous vehicle having previously been reintegrated into the slow path, instead of 'a vehicle extracted. The example of Figures 4.0 to 4.47 shows two separate landing / boarding stations 15, but it is clear that the higher the number of landing / boarding stations 15, the longer the landing / boarding time will be.

Le débarquement et l'embarquement des passagers dans les postes 15 s'opèrent à l'arrêt des véhicules A, B, C, D, et sont contrôlés par des portes 21, 22 coulissantes, l'une 21 étant intégrée à chaque véhicule, et l'autre porte 22 étant agencée en regard sur le poste 15. Le fonctionnement automatique de ces portes 21, 22 sera décrit en détail par la suite en référence aux figures 17 et 18.The disembarkation and embarkation of the passengers in the stations 15 take place at the stop of the vehicles A, B, C, D, and are controlled by sliding doors 21, 22, one 21 being integrated with each vehicle, and the other door 22 being arranged opposite to the station 15. The automatic operation of these doors 21, 22 will be described in detail later with reference to Figures 17 and 18 .

Les figures 5.0 à 5.47 représentent le déroulement d'un fonctionnement exceptionnel du système, lorsque le débarquement/embarquement dans un véhicule dépasse le temps qui lui est imparti. C'est le cas du véhicule B qui reste bloqué à sa place du poste débarquement/embarquement 15, l'autre place du poste débarquement/embarquement 15 étant également occupé normalement par le véhicule C.The Figures 5.0 to 5.47 represent the progress of an exceptional operation of the system, when the disembarkation / boarding of a vehicle exceeds the time allotted to it. This is the case of the vehicle B which remains blocked in its place of the landing / embarkation station 15, the other place of the landing / boarding station 15 being also normally occupied by the vehicle C.

Le véhicule A qui arrive en gare (voir figures 5.0 à 5.7) ne peut pas se diriger vers le poste 15 qui lui était imparti, car le véhicule B précédent qui devait libérer le poste et se réinsérer dans la noria de véhicules, n'est pas parti. Le véhicule A arrivant se dirige donc vers le poste de compensation 16 (voir figures 5.8 à 5.22), dont le véhicule de réserve E vide en attente qui y stationnait vient de libérer, pour combler l'espace vide dans la noria de véhicules laissé par le véhicule B bloqué. Le véhiculeA est ainsi déplacé provisoirement dans le poste de compensation 16 (voir figures 5.23 à 5.47) où les passagers peuvent débarquer. Le véhicule A vide constitue alors le véhicule de réserve, et le véhicule E réinséré en ligne devient un des véhicules de la noria.The vehicle A arriving at the station (see Figures 5.0 to 5.7 ) could not go to the post 15 assigned to him, because the previous B vehicle which was to release the post and re-enter the vehicle noria, did not leave. The arriving vehicle A therefore goes to the compensation station 16 (see Figures 5.8 to 5.22 ), whose empty standby waiting vehicle E parked there has just released, to fill the empty space in the vehicle noria left by the vehicle B blocked. The vehicle A is thus temporarily moved to the compensation station 16 (see Figures 5.23 to 5.47 ) where passengers can disembark. The empty vehicle then constitutes the reserve vehicle, and the vehicle E re-inserted online becomes one of the vehicles of the noria.

Le véhicule B reste en défaut au poste 15 jusqu'à la phase de la figure 5.16, les portes 21, 22 respectives restant ouvertes. Le programme établi par l'automate de contrôle affecte au véhicule B un nouveau temps prédéterminé d'embarquement, lequel expire à la phase de la figure 5.38. Les portes 21, 22 du véhicule B restent toujours ouvertes à cet instant, et l'automate le remet en défaut pour un nouveau délai (voir figures 5.39 à 5.47). Tout se passe normalement à l'autre poste 15 adjacent où les véhicules C et D sont extraits et réinsérés selon le programme établi pour conserver la régularité du fonctionnement de la noria. Le véhicule A reste également en réserve dans le poste de compensation 16.Vehicle B remains in default at station 15 until the figure 5.16 , the doors 21, 22 respectively remaining open. The program established by the control automaton assigns to the vehicle B a new predetermined time of boarding, which expires at the phase of the figure 5.38 . The doors 21, 22 of the vehicle B are still open at this time, and the controller puts it in default for a new delay (see Figures 5.39 to 5.47 ). Everything normally happens at the other adjacent station where the vehicles C and D are extracted and reinserted according to the program established to maintain the regularity of the operation of the noria. The vehicle A also remains in reserve in the compensation station 16.

Les figures 6 à 8 représentent à titre d'exemples des variantes de la figure 3, avec des postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 et de compensation 16 à tiroirs 17 en stations d'extrémités.The Figures 6 to 8 represent as examples variants of the figure 3 with landing / boarding stations 15 and offset 16 with drawers 17 at end stations.

Sur la figure 6, les postes de débarquement/d'embarquement 15 et de compensation 16 s'étendent dans les parties rectilignes opposées du circuit débrayé, respectivement en amont et en aval du contour 9. Le poste débarquement/d'embarquement 15 est prévu pour trois véhicules 1 de la noria, tandis que le poste de compensation 16 sur la branche opposée peut recevoir deux véhicules 1. Le fonctionnement est identique à celui de la figure 3.On the figure 6 , the landing / boarding and clearing stations 16 extend in the opposite straight portions of the disengaged circuit, respectively upstream and downstream of the outline 9. The landing / loading station 15 is provided for three vehicles 1 of the noria, while the compensation station 16 on the opposite branch can receive two vehicles 1. The operation is identical to that of the figure 3 .

Sur la figure 7, l'un des postes de débarquement/d'embarquement 15 de la figure 6 remplace à l'opposé l'une des places du poste de compensation 16.On the figure 7 , one of the landing / embarkation stations 15 of the figure 6 replaces the opposite one of the places of the compensation station 16.

La figure 8 illustre les postes de débarquement/d'embarquement 15 et de compensation 16 réparties côte à côte le long du contour 9, le poste de compensation 16 étant toujours disposé en aval par rapport au sens de cheminement des véhicules 1.The figure 8 illustrates the landing / boarding and clearing stations 16 distributed side by side along the contour 9, the compensation station 16 being always disposed downstream with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicles 1.

La figure 9 représente la même répartition des postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 et de compensation 16 à tiroirs que la figure 8, mais pour une station intermédiaire.The figure 9 represents the same distribution of landing / boarding stations 15 and offset 16 drawers that the figure 8 but for an intermediate station.

Les figures 10 et 11 montrent des vues schématiques en coupe verticale d'une station où les postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 et de compensation 16 sont à un niveau différent par rapport aux quais 10. L'extraction et la réinsertion des véhiculés 1 débrayés s'effectue alors par des ascenseurs verticaux 19 (figure 10) ou inclinés 20 (figure 11).The Figures 10 and 11 show schematic views in vertical section of a station where the landing / loading and clearing stations 16 are at a different level compared to the platforms 10. The extraction and reinsertion of the vehicles 1 disengaged is then performed by vertical lifts 19 ( figure 10 ) or inclined 20 ( figure 11 ).

Les figures 12 à 15 représentent différentes dispositions de stations d'extrémités et intermédiaire, dans lesquelles l'extraction et la réinsertion des véhicules 1 débrayés sont réalisées grâce à des aiguillages 18 plans. Le ou les poste(s) de compensation(s) 16 sont toujours disposés en aval des postes fonctionnels de débarquement/embarquement 15, et il existe toujours des possibilités de quais 10, 11, 14 permettant le retour à une exploitation classique du télécabine.The Figures 12 to 15 represent different arrangements of end stations and intermediate, in which the extraction and reinsertion of vehicles 1 disengaged are made through switches 18 planes. The compensation station (s) 16 are always arranged downstream of the functional landing / boarding stations 15, and there are still possibilities of platforms 10, 11, 14 allowing the return to a conventional operation of the gondola.

Sur la figure 12, deux postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 sont situées sur deux voies auxiliaires connectées en parallèle sur le contour 9 par des aiguillages 18. Le poste de compensation 16 est situé dans le circuit débrayé juste avant la zone d'accélération 12.On the figure 12 two landing / loading stations 15 are located on two auxiliary channels connected in parallel on the contour 9 by switches 18. The compensation station 16 is located in the disengaged circuit just before the acceleration zone 12.

La figure 13 montre trois voies auxiliaires connectées en parallèle sur le contour 9 par des aiguillages 18. Deux voies sont prévues pour deux postes de débarquement/embarquement 15, et la troisième est affectée au poste de compensation 16 situé en aval.The figure 13 shows three auxiliary channels connected in parallel on the contour 9 by switches 18. Two lanes are provided for two landing / embarkation stations 15, and the third is assigned to the compensation station 16 downstream.

La figure 14 illustre une disposition à aiguillages 18 avec deux quais 11 opposés dans une gare d'extrémités. Le poste de débarquement/embarquement 15 de l'un des quais 11 est prévu pour deux véhicules 1, et le poste de compensation 16 de l'autre quai 11 est prévu pour un véhicule de réserve.The figure 14 illustrates a switch arrangement 18 with two opposite platforms 11 in an end station. The landing / loading station 15 of one of the platforms 11 is provided for two vehicles 1, and the compensation station 16 of the other platform 11 is provided for a reserve vehicle.

La figure 15 est une disposition comparable à celle de la figure 9 d'une station intermédiaire, mais faisant usage d'aiguillages 18 pour dévier et réinsérer les véhicules 1 dans la noria.The figure 15 is a provision comparable to that of the figure 9 an intermediate station, but making use of switches 18 to deflect and reinsert vehicles 1 in the noria.

La figure 16 est une disposition comparable à la figure 14, mais où l'extraction et la réinsertion des véhicules 1 débrayés pour certains postes se fait à l'aide d'un type de dispositif de manoeuvre (tiroir, ascenseur, aiguillage), et pour d'autres postes avec des types différents. Les postes normaux de débarquement/embarquement 15 comportent des tiroirs 17 d'un côté, et un poste de compensation 16 de l'autre côté du contour est équipé d'aiguillages 18 avec une voie auxiliaire.The figure 16 is a provision comparable to the figure 14 , but where the extraction and reinsertion of vehicles 1 disengaged for certain positions is done using a type of operating device (drawer, elevator, switch), and for other positions with different types. The normal landing / loading stations 15 have drawers 17 on one side, and a compensation station 16 on the other side of the contour is equipped with switches 18 with an auxiliary channel.

Les figures 17 et 18 représentent le système d'accès automatique aux véhicules 1 au niveau des postes de débarquement/embarquement 15. Chaque véhicule 1 est pourvu d'une porte 21 à double battants, et l'emplacement de débarquement/embarquement de chaque poste 15 comprend une porte palière 22 également à double battants. Des fourchettes 24 en forme de lyres sont solidaires des portes palières 22, et entraînent des pions verticaux 23 fixés au dessus des portes 21 des véhicules 1 pour assurer leur ouverture et fermeture à des instants donnés contrôlés par l'automate.The Figures 17 and 18 represent the system of automatic access to vehicles 1 at the landing / boarding stations 15. Each vehicle 1 is provided with a door 21 with double leaves, and the landing / loading location of each station 15 includes a landing door 22 also double-leafed. Forks 24 in the form of lyres are integral with the landing doors 22, and drive vertical pins 23 fixed above the doors 21 of the vehicles 1 to ensure their opening and closing at given times controlled by the automaton.

Il peut être prévu, quelque soit la disposition adoptée par tiroirs 17, ascenseurs 19, 20, ou aiguillages 18, la possibilité de l'existence de quais 10, 11, 14 longeant le circuit principal des véhicules débrayés, pour permettre un fonctionnement classique dès lors que les systèmes d'extraction ne sont pas utilisés.
Si le système d'extraction des véhicules aux postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 est horizontal (tiroirs, aiguillages), il s'agit de quais mobiles verticalement, et relevés après disparition de tout véhicule des postes de débarquement/embarquement 15.
Si le système d'extraction des véhicules aux postes de débarquement/embarquement 15 est vertical (ascenseurs), ces quais peuvent être prévus à poste fixe.It can be provided, regardless of the arrangement adopted by drawers 17, elevators 19, 20, or switches 18, the possibility of the existence of platforms 10, 11, 14 along the main circuit of the disengaged vehicles, to allow conventional operation from when the extraction systems are not used.
If the vehicle extraction system at the landing / embarkation stations 15 is horizontal (drawers, switches), these are vertically movable platforms, and noted after the disappearance of any vehicle from the landing / loading stations 15.
If the vehicle extraction system at the landing / boarding stations 15 is vertical (elevators), these platforms can be provided stationary.

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  1. An automatic installation for cable transport along a closed loop line, comprising releasable vehicles (1) timed in the stations (2, 3) or in an intermediate station (4) after traveling over a released circuit where they are pulled at a slow speed along drop-off and pick-up platforms (10, 11, 14), the vehicles (1) then being reaccelerated and recoupled to the cable at the exit of the station in order to constitute an endless stream of vehicles (1), characterized in that each station comprises an automatic maneuvering mechanism (DM) capable of extracting the vehicles (1) from the slow path in the released circuit, and of transferring them to a drop-off/pick-up position (15) that is assigned thereto in order of arrival, the previous vehicle having been previously reincorporated into the slow path in place of an extracted vehicle according to an established program.
  2. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each station is furnished with at least one compensation position (16) in which there is permanently an empty reserve vehicle capable of filling an empty space left by a vehicle delayed and stopped at the pick-up/drop-off position (15).
  3. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the compensation position (16) is provided only for the drop-off of passengers from a vehicle that would have had to go to the pick-up/drop-off position (15) occupied by another delayed vehicle that has not been able to be reinserted in its place in time.
  4. The automatic transport installation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the maneuvering mechanism (DM) is fitted with horizontal actuation sidings (17) making it possible to move the vehicles (1) in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the endless stream in the slow path.
  5. The automatic transport installation as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the maneuvering mechanism (DM) comprises vertical or inclined elevators (19, 20) for drop-off/pick-up positions (15) and compensation positions (16) arranged at a level different from the platforms (10, 11, 14).
  6. The automatic transport installation as claimed in one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the maneuvering mechanism (DM) comprises level points (18) for diverting and reinserting the vehicles (1) into the slow path via auxiliary tracks.
  7. The automatic transport installation as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the number of compensation positions (16) may be less than or equal to that of the drop-off/pick-up positions (15).
  8. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the compensation positions (16) are situated downstream of the drop-off/pick-up positions (15) relative to the direction of slow path of the vehicles (1).
  9. The automatic transport installation as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 8, characterized in that the drop-off/pick-up of the passengers is carried out when stopped, each vehicle (1) stopping at its drop-off/pick-up position (15) in front of a platform, which is furnished with a landing door (22) placed opposite the door (21) of the vehicle (1) that is stopped.
  10. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the opening and closing of the doors (21) of the vehicles (1) and of the landing doors (22) is automatic and simultaneous.
  11. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the landing doors (22) each comprise a fork (24) for operating a pin (23) attached to the top of the doors of the vehicles (1) in order to open and close them automatically.
  12. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 4 or 6, characterized in that the platforms (10, 11, 14) along the circuit of path of the released vehicles (1) are movable by lifting after the disappearance of any vehicle in the drop-off/pick-up positions (15).
  13. The automatic transport installation as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the platforms (10) are permanently placed along the circuit of path of the released vehicles (1) by being situated at a different level relative to the drop-off/pick-up positions (15) and compensation positions (16).
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