Door Controller for a Cable Car Vehicle

Abstract

In order to enable more reliable actuation of the entry barrier ( 8 ) of a cable car vehicle ( 5 ) in a cable car station ( 2 ), at least one mechanically actuatable barrier actuation element ( 24 ) for actuating the entry barrier ( 8 ) is provided on the cable car vehicle ( 5 ), and at least one movable actuation component ( 28 , 30 ) is provided in the barrier actuation apparatus ( 10 ). The actuation component ( 28 , 30 ) is moved by the remote-control unit ( 11 ) upon activation of the barrier actuation apparatus ( 10 ) in order to exert an actuation force on the barrier actuation element ( 24 ), wherein the barrier actuation element ( 24 ) is moved by the actuation force in order to actuate the entry barrier ( 8 ).

1 . A barrier actuation apparatus for arrangement in a cable car station of a cable car for actuating an entry barrier of a cable car vehicle of the cable car, which barrier is displaceable between an open position and a closed position,
 the barrier actuation apparatus being actuatable by a remote-control unit in order to displace the entry barrier from the closed position into the open position and/or vice versa, when the cable car vehicle is located in the cable car station in the region of the barrier actuation apparatus,   at least one movable actuating component provided in the barrier actuation apparatus, which actuating component is displaced by the remote control unit when the barrier actuation apparatus is activated, in order to exert an actuating force on a mechanically actuatable barrier actuating element of the cable car vehicle provided for actuating the entry barrier, the barrier actuating element being displaced by the actuating force in order to actuate the entry barrier,   wherein at least one opening element is provided as the actuation component, which opening element can be displaced between an opening rest position and an opening operating position by an opening actuating unit, the opening element generating an opening force on the barrier actuating element when it is displaced from the opening rest position into the opening operating position in order to displace the entry barrier into the open position, and/or at least one closing element is provided as the actuating component, which closing element can be displaced between a closing rest position and a closing operating position by a closing actuating unit, the closing element generating a closing force on the barrier actuating element when it is displaced from the closing rest position into the closing operating position in order to displace the entry barrier into the closed position.   
     
     
         2 . The barrier actuation apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the opening actuating unit, for generating the opening force, has at least one electrically actuatable opening element actuator which can be actuated by the remote-control unit. 
     
     
         3 . The barrier actuation apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the closing actuation unit has at least one electrically actuatable closing element actuator, in order to displace the closing element from the closing operating position into the closing rest position, the closing element actuator being controllable by the remote control unit. 
     
     
         4 . The barrier actuation apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the closing element, for generating the closing force, is displaceable by gravity from the closing rest position into the closing operating position, at least one weight element on the closing element in order to generate a specific closing force. 
     
     
         5 . A cable car comprising:
 at least one cable car station and at least one cable car vehicle,   at least one actuatable entry barrier provided on the cable car vehicle, which barrier is displaceable between an open position and a closed position when actuated,   at least one mechanically actuatable barrier actuating element for actuating the entry barrier provided on the cable car vehicle,   wherein at least one remotely controllable barrier actuation apparatus according to  claim 1  for actuating the entry barrier of the cable car vehicle is provided in the cable car station,   the at least one movable actuating component of the barrier actuation apparatus displaced by the remote control unit when the barrier actuation apparatus is activated in order to exert an actuating force on the barrier actuating element, the barrier actuating element being displaced by the actuating force in order to actuate the entry barrier .   
     
     
         6 . The cable car according to  claim 5 , wherein the opening element is designed as an opening rail which extends over a predetermined opening region in the direction of movement of the cable car vehicle and/or the closing element is designed as a closing rail which extends over a predetermined closing region in the direction of movement of the cable car vehicle . 
     
     
         7 . The cable car according to  claim 6 , wherein the barrier actuating element of the cable car vehicle is located in a vertical direction above the opening element and/or below the closing element, when the cable car vehicle is located in the region of the barrier actuation apparatus. 
     
     
         8 . The cable car according to  claim 5 , wherein the barrier actuation apparatus is arranged in an upper area of an exit area of the cable car station provided for the exit of the cable car vehicle from the cable car station, and/or the barrier actuation apparatus is arranged in an upper area of the entry area of the cable car station that is provided for entry of the cable car vehicle into the cable car station. 
     
     
         9 . The cable car according to  claim 8 , wherein, in the exit area of the cable car station, a mechanical positive controller is provided for actuating the entry barrier for displacing the entry barrier into the closed position, the barrier actuation apparatus being mounted downstream of the mechanical positive controller in the exit movement direction of the cable car vehicle, and/or in the entry area of the cable car station, a mechanical positive controller is provided for displacing the entry barrier into the open position, the barrier actuation apparatus being arranged upstream of the mechanical positive controller in an entry movement direction of the cable car vehicles. 
     
     
         10 . The cable car according to  claim 5 , wherein the remote-control unit is designed as a stationary remote-control unit, which is arranged in a control room of the cable car station or outside the cable car station, or the barrier actuation apparatus can be actuated via a portable remote-control unit, it being possible for control signals from the remote-control unit to be transmitted wirelessly or in a wired manner to the barrier actuation apparatus. 
     
     
         11 . The cable car according to  claim 5 , wherein the cable car vehicle comprises a cabin, the entry barrier being a door, or the cable car vehicle comprises a chair, the entry barrier being a safety bar or a cover. 
     
     
         12 . A method for operating a cable car having at least one cable car station and having at least one cable car vehicle, the method comprising:
 providing at least one actuatable entry barrier on the cable car vehicle, which barrier is displaceable between an open position and a closed position when actuated,   moving the cable car vehicle in the cable car station into a region of a barrier actuation apparatus, the barrier actuation apparatus (10) being remotely controllable,   displacing the entry barrier from the open position into the closed position or vice versa by activating the barrier actuation apparatus by a remote-control unit, the entry barrier being actuated when the barrier actuation apparatus is activated, in that a movable actuating component of the barrier actuation apparatus is displaced and exerts an actuating force on a mechanically actuatable barrier actuating element of the cable car vehicle,   wherein the entry barrier is displaced from the closed position into the open position in that an opening force is generated on the barrier actuating element by at least one opening element of the barrier actuation apparatus, the opening element is displaced between an opening rest position and an opening operating position by at least one electrically actuatable opening element actuator and/or the entry barrier is displaced from the open position into the closed position in that a closing force is generated on the barrier actuating element by at least one closing element of the barrier actuation apparatus the closing element is displaced by gravity between a closing rest position and a closing operating position.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the barrier actuation apparatus is actuated using a stationary remote-control unit arranged inside or outside the cable car station, or the barrier actuation apparatus is operated using a portable remote-control unit, control signals being transmitted wirelessly or in a wired manner to the barrier actuation apparatus by the remote control unit. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the entry barrier of the cable car vehicle is actuated by a mechanical positive controller provided in the cable car station, before or after the cable car vehicle is moved into the region of the remotely controllable barrier actuation apparatus, in order to displace the entry barrier from the open position into the closed position or vice versa.