Patent ID: 6427601
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B61B

Abstract:
An installation for conveying persons from a valley station to a mountain station and for carrying persons from the mountain station to the valley station, comprising:a track formed by a running rail extending between a mountain station and a valley station and carriages configured to be guided along said track for carrying persons from the mountain station to the valley station; a cableway system having a haulage cable, transport assemblies to be coupled to said haulage cable for conveying persons from the valley station to the mountain station, and conveying devices configured for conveying said carriages from the valley station to the mountain station; cable-deflecting pulleys guiding and deflecting said haulage cable in the valley station and in the mountain station; guide rails in the valley station and in the mountain station for receiving conveying wheels and guiding said conveying devices and said transport assemblies, uncoupled from said haulage cable, around said cable-deflecting pulleys; bypass rails connected to said guide rails via diverters in the valley station and in the mountain station, said bypass rails having defined locations for coupling to said conveying devices said carriages received in the valley station via said running rail and for uncoupling from said conveying devices said carriages in said mountain station, and for transferring said carriages to said running rail.