Patent ID: 8375866
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B61B

Abstract:
1. A system for conveying persons, comprising: at least one track and a plurality of vehicles to be supported on said at least one track; a plurality of continuous conveying cables for driving said vehicles along said at least one track, said conveying cables including a first conveying cable and at least one successive conveying cable disposed successively to said first conveying cable and with an overlap region therebetween; at least one drive associated with each of said successive conveying cables for independently driving each of said conveying cables; said vehicles each carrying clamping devices configured for clamping said vehicles to respective said conveying cables; said cables having cable run s overlapping one another in mutually associated end regions thereof to form said overlap region, enabling a coupling of a respective said vehicle to be transferred from said first conveying cable to a successive said conveying cable; and at least one servo device disposed in said overlap region at which said first conveying cable and said successive conveying cable overlap one another, and configured to move the cable run of said successive conveying cable into said clamping device of a vehicle to be coupled, while said clamping device is in an open position.