Patent ID: 8359980

Claim:
A cable railway system, comprising: a conveying cable extending between two terminal stations and guided about respective headwheels in the stations; transport vehicles each having a clamping device for coupling to said conveying cable and a running gear, wherein said vehicles are coupled to said conveying cable en route between the stations and decoupled from said conveying cable upon entering the stations; guide rails disposed for guiding said vehicles with said running gears through the stations, for enabling passengers to disembark from and board said vehicles, and whereupon said vehicles are once more coupled to said conveying cable for exiting the respective station; a plurality of control tires disposed in said stations effecting a movement of said vehicles in the stations, said control tires including decelerating tires, conveying tires, and accelerating tires, drivingly coupled to one another by gear mechanisms and disposed such that a speed of said vehicles, after having been decoupled from said conveying cable, is reduced by said decelerating tires, said vehicles are moved by said conveying tires at a relatively low speed through an embarkation and disembarkation area for the passengers, and the speed of said vehicles is increased by said accelerating tires, whereupon said vehicles are reconnected to said conveying cable; and a support roller disposed to support said conveying cable at the station and at least one drive belt connected between said support roller and said control tires for driving said control tires, said support roller being mounted on a rigidly fastened axle, and including a sleeve of elastically deformable material disposed between said support roller and said rigidly fastened axle.