Transportation Device for Cableway Systems

Abstract

A transportation device, mainly a gondola or a chair with a covering hood, for a cableway system having a supporting and conveying cable which is guided, in the stations, over deflecting pulleys, of which at least one is driven. The transportation device may be firmly clamped to the supporting and conveying cable or it can be coupled thereto and, in the stations, can be uncoupled therefrom and moved along guide rails, through the boarding and disembarking regions, at a speed which is substantially reduced in relation to the speed of the supporting and conveying cable, and the passengers board the transportation device or disembark therefrom in the process. The gondola is formed with transparent wall parts or the chair is formed with a pivotally mounted transparent covering hood. The transparent wall parts or the transparent covering hood are produced from a plastic material, in particular from a polycarbonate, containing a dye.

1 . In a transportation device for a cableway system having a supporting and conveying cable extending between stations and guided about deflecting pulleys, wherein at least one of the pulleys is a driven pulley and the transportation device is firmly clamped to the supporting and conveying cable or configured to be coupled thereto and uncoupled therefrom in the stations, for movement along guide rails extending through boarding regions and disembarking regions at a speed substantially below a speed of the supporting and conveying cable, for enabling one or more passengers to board the transportation device or disembark therefrom in the station, the transportation device being formed with one or more transparent wall parts or having a transparent covering hood pivotally mounted thereon, the improvement which comprises: the one or more transparent wall part or the transparent covering hood is produced from a plastic material containing at least one dye. 
   
   
       2 . The transportation device according to  claim 1 , wherein said plastic material is polycarbonate. 
   
   
       3 . The transportation device according to  claim 1 , configured as a lift chair with a frame and a seating surface supported on said frame, and wherein said covering hood is a transparent bubble pivotally supported on said frame between an open position and a closed position. 
   
   
       4 . The transportation device according to  claim 1 , configured as a gondola formed with a cabin having a plurality of walls formed of said plastic material containing the dye. 
   
   
       5 . The transportation device according to  claim 1 , wherein said wall parts or said covering hood are thermoformed panels of a plastic material containing said at least one dye, pressed in a pressing operation in heated molds.