Patent ID: 7823511
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: A63G,B61B

Abstract:
1. An installation for conveying passengers, the installation comprising: a plurality of supports; a running rail disposed above ground and supported by said supports; a transporting device guided by said running rail; a base station having a boarding location for the passengers and a disembarking location for the passengers; a top station defining a transfer location; a conveying tower for conveying said transporting device from said base station to said top station, said running rail starting from said top station and running predominantly downward, said running rail extending along curves and loops from said top station to said base station, said conveying tower having an upward-conveying apparatus for conveying said transporting device occupied by the passengers; said upward-conveying apparatus having at least one lifting carriage for moving said transporting device occupied by the passengers from said base station to said top station with said transfer location; said at least one lifting carriage having a carrying arm for said transporting device, said carrying arm being pivotable in at least a more or less horizontal plane and pivoting said transporting device at least more or less in a plane normal to a lifting movement; and at said transfer location of said top station, said transporting device occupied by the passengers being transferred from said upward-conveying apparatus to said running rail, along said running rail the passengers descend to said disembarking location of said base station.