Parking system for a circulating cableway

Abstract

A parking system for cableway includes a feed track; at least two stabling tracks; and a transfer device to transfer the cableway vehicles from the feed track to the at least two stabling tracks including a stationary guide device; a displacement device displaceable in a direction of movement along the stationary guide device between first and second transfer positions and having first and second track segments; wherein in the first transfer position, a cableway vehicle is movable from the first track segment onto the first stabling track and a cableway vehicle is movable from the feed track onto the second track segment; and wherein in the second transfer position, a cableway vehicle is movable from the feed track onto the first track segment and a cableway vehicle is movable from the second track segment onto the second stabling track.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A parking system for a parking area of a cableway station of a cableway having a plurality of cableway vehicles of the cableway, comprising:
 a feed track;   at least a first stabling track and a second stabling track; and   a transfer device configured for transferring the cableway vehicles from the feed track onto the first and second stabling tracks, further comprising:
 a stationary guide device; 
 a displacement device configured for displacement in a direction of movement along the stationary guide device between a first transfer position and a second transfer position; 
 the displacement device having a first track segment and a second track segment; 
 wherein in the first transfer position, one of the cableway vehicles is movable from the first track segment onto the first stabling track and one of the cableway vehicles is movable from the feed track onto the second track segment; and 
 wherein in the second transfer position, one of the cableway vehicles is movable from the feed track onto the first track segment and one of the cableway vehicles is movable from the second track segment onto the second stabling track. 
   
     
     
         2 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , wherein the displacement device further comprises one of:
 a displacement carriage on which the first track segment and the second track segment are arranged at a distance from one another in the direction of movement of the displacement device, configured to jointly displace the first track segment and the second track segment, or   at least a first displacement carriage and a second displacement carriage, wherein the first track segment is arranged on the first displacement carriage and the second track segment is arranged on the second displacement carriage, wherein the first and second displacement carriages are configured to independently displace the first track segment and the second track segment.   
     
     
         3 . The parking system according to claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein the first and second stabling tracks, the feed track, and the first and second track segments each have at least one of:
 a first guide rail configured to guide a main guide roller of the cableway vehicles; and   a second guide rail configured to guide a support guide roller of the cableway vehicles.   
     
     
         4 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first and second stabling tracks each have a straight section at their respective ends facing the displacement device;   the feed track has a straight section at its end facing the displacement device; and   the first and second track segments each have a straight section at least at their respective ends.   
     
     
         5 . The parking system according to  claim 4 , wherein the straight sections of the first and second track segments are configured in one of the following arrangements:
 parallel to one another and wherein the direction of movement of the displacement device along the stationary guide device is straight; or   in a track angle relative to one another and wherein the direction of movement of the displacement device along the stationary guide device is curved.   
     
     
         6 . The parking system according to  claim 4 , wherein the ends of the first and second stabling tracks facing the displacement device are spaced apart from one another in the direction of movement of the displacement device by a parking distance corresponding to one of:
 at least one vehicle width of one of the cableway vehicles, or   a sum of the vehicle width and a fixed safety distance.   
     
     
         7 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , wherein a segment length of each of the first and second track segments transverse to the direction of movement of the displacement device corresponds to one of:
 at least one cable clamping length of a cable clamp, or   a running gear length of a running gear of one of the cableway vehicles.   
     
     
         8 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , the stationary guide device further comprising at least one of:
 at least one guide rail, the displacement device comprising a plurality of rolling elements configured to move along the at least one guide rail, and   at least two guide rails spaced apart transversely to the direction of movement of the displacement device.   
     
     
         9 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a drive device configured to drive the displacement device along the stationary guide device. 
     
     
         10 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , wherein the displacement device further comprises a first conveying device configured to convey one of the cableway vehicles along the first track segment and a second conveying device configured to convey one of the cableway vehicles along the second track segment. 
     
     
         11 . The parking system according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of:
 a third conveying device configured to convey one of the cableway vehicles along the first stabling track;   a fourth conveying device configured to convey one of the cableway vehicles along the second stabling track; and   fifth conveying device configured to convey one of the cableway vehicles along the feed track.   
     
     
         12 . The parking system according to  claim 10 , at least one of the first and second conveying devices comprises at least one of:
 a tire conveyor, wherein the cableway vehicle comprises a friction lining, and wherein the tire conveyor engages the friction lining to convey the cableway vehicle;   a chain conveyor; and   a toothed belt conveyor.   
     
     
         13 . The parking system according to  claim 9 , further comprising a control unit configured to control the drive device. 
     
     
         14 . The parking system according to  claim 13  further comprising at least one of:
 a first sensor device configured to generate a first sensor signal representative of a position of the displacement device on the stationary guide device, and 
 a second sensor device configured to generate to generate a second sensor signal representative of a presence of a cableway vehicle in a defined section of the feed track; and 
 wherein the control unit is configured to control the parking system as a function of, in part, at least one of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. 
 
     
     
         15 . A method of parking cableway vehicles of a cableway having a plurality of cableway vehicles, the cableway having a parking system according to  claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
 moving a first cableway vehicle from:
 the feed track onto the first track segment when the displacement device is in the second transfer position; or 
 from the feed track onto the second track segment when the displacement device is in the first transfer position, 
   displacing the displacement device and the first cableway vehicle along the stationary guide device between the second transfer position and the first transfer position; and   moving the first cableway vehicle:
 from the first track segment onto the first stabling track, when the displacement device is in the first transfer position; or 
 from the second track segment onto the second stabling when the displacement device is in the second transfer position. 
   
     
     
         16 . The method of parking cableway vehicles of a cableway according to  claim 15 , further comprising the steps of:
 moving a second cableway vehicle:
 from the feed track onto the second track segment, while the first cableway vehicle is moved from the first track segment onto the first stabling track; or 
 from the feed track onto the first track segment, while the first cableway vehicle is moved from the second track segment onto the second stabling track. 
   
     
     
         17 . A cableway having a plurality of cableway stations and having a plurality of cableway vehicles movable between the cableway stations using a conveyor cable, at least one cableway station having a parking area and a parking system according to  claim 1 , comprising a vehicle guiding device in the at least one cableway station having a parking area, the at least one cableway station also having an entry area and an exit area, the vehicle guiding device configured for movement of the cableway vehicles decoupled from the conveyor cable along the vehicle guiding device from the entry area to the exit area and for movement of the decoupled cableway vehicles from the vehicle guiding device onto the feed track. 
     
     
         18 . A method of parking cableway vehicles in a parking area of a cableway station of a cableway having a plurality of cableway vehicles, comprising the steps of:
 moving a first cableway vehicle along a feed track and from the feed track onto one of:
 a first track segment of a displacement device, the displacement device being configured for displacement along a direction of movement between a first transfer position and a second transfer position, when the displacement device is in the second transfer position; or 
 a second track segment of the displacement device, the second track segment being spaced apart from the first track segment in a direction of movement of the displacement device, when the displacement device is in the first transfer position; 
   moving the first cableway vehicle along a stationary guide device between the first transfer position and the second transfer position and:
 from the first track segment onto a first stabling track when the displacement device is in the first transfer position; or 
 from the second track segment onto a second stabling track, the second stabling track being spaced apart from the first stabling track in the direction of movement of the displacement device, when the displacement device is in the second transfer position. 
   
     
     
         19 . The method of parking cableway vehicles according to  claim 18 , further comprising the step of moving a second cableway vehicle following the first cableway vehicle along the feed track and onto one of:
 the second track segment, while the first cableway vehicle is moved from the first track segment onto the first stabling track; or   the first track segment, while the first cableway vehicle is moved from the second track segment onto the second stabling track.   
     
     
         20 . The method of parking cableway vehicles according to  claim 19 , further comprising the steps of:
 repeating the steps of  claim 19  with at least one following cableway vehicle following the second cableway vehicle; and   parking one of the at least one following cableway vehicles on one of the first or second track segments when a maximum storage capacity is reached on at least one of the first stabling track and the second stabling track.   
     
     
         21 . The parking system according to  claim 10 , further comprising a control unit configured to control at least one of the first conveying device; and the second conveying device. 
     
     
         22 . The parking system according to  claim 11 , further comprising a control unit configured to control at least one of the third conveying device; the fourth conveying device; and the fifth conveying device. 
     
     
         23 . The parking system according to  claim 11 , at least one of the third, fourth, and fifth conveying devices comprises at least one of:
 a tire conveyor, wherein the cableway vehicle comprises a friction lining, and wherein the tire conveyor engages the friction lining to convey the cableway vehicle;   a chain conveyor; and   a toothed belt conveyor.