Patent ID: 7832339

Claim:
An automatic installation for cable transport along a closed loop line, said closed loop line comprising a cable at least two stations along said closed loop line, a plurality of vehicles to be moved along the cable of said closed loop line, wherein each station comprises: an entry decoupling track, the entry decoupling track being adapted to decouple the vehicles from the cable, a slow path released circuit, the slow path released circuit being adapted to advance the vehicles in a staged movement in the station at a slow speed, drop-off and pick-up positions, an automatic maneuvering mechanism, the automatic maneuvering mechanism being adapted to extract a vehicle from the slow path released circuit and to transfer the vehicle to a drop-off and pick-up position or a compensation position that is assigned to the vehicle in order of arrival, and an exit coupling track, the exit coupling track being adapted to reaccelerate the vehicles and to recouple them to the cable at an exit of the station in order to constitute an endless stream of vehicles, wherein said automatic maneuvering mechanism has previously reincorporated a previous vehicle into the released circuit in place of the extracted vehicle according to an established program, wherein said automatic maneuvering mechanism has previously stored an empty vehicle in said compensation position and transfers said empty vehicle into said released circuit according to an established program in the event of a timing fault, and wherein the slow path released circuit is adapted to advance the vehicles in the staged movement along the drop-off and pick-up positions.