Cable car vertical loop transport system

Abstract

A system, method and device for moving gondola cabins in a single vertical loop so as to pass above and below with end stations turning wheels placed vertically. The hauling ropes operate in a vertical loop and permit the vertical circulation of the cabins between stations with passenger boarding and deboarding of the cabins in the stations at two different levels. The system may be twinned to provide two parallel, horizontally adjacent systems operating on common towers to double the capacity of a single system. Both the single and twinned systems possess a smaller footprint than conventional horizontal transport systems.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A transportation system comprising:
 a support structure;   a vertical loop supported from the support structure;   a power supply for moving the vertical loop; and,   a gondola cabin supported from the vertical loop.