Rope conveying system, in particular for a recreational sports system

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system (10) in which a user (30) is towed by means of rope forces (46) through a movement region (20) which can be configured by software. The ropes (16) are parallel-kinematically connected at an anchor point (26), via which the user (30) is connected to the recreational sports system (10). By selectively tensioning the individual ropes (16), a controllable resultant tensile force (48) is created in the anchor point (26), which tensile force flexibly tows the user (30) along a movement path (40; 50).

1 . A rope conveying system, comprising a plurality of rope conveying devices, each with a rope and a control system with which the rope conveying devices can be controlled, so that a free rope length of the rope conveyed by the respective rope conveying device can be adjusted, wherein the ropes are coupled kinematically via a common anchor point and the rope conveying devices are arranged around the anchor point, so that the anchor point can be positioned in a movement region spanning between the rope conveying devices. 
     
     
         2 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein the rope conveying system comprises at least three rope conveying devices. 
     
     
         3 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one movement path for the anchor point is stored in the control system. 
     
     
         4 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 3 , wherein the movement path can be programmed while the anchor point is moving along the movement path. 
     
     
         5 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 4 , wherein at least one user interface is provided for the programming of the movement path, which contains an element from the following group; a manual data input device, a wireless interface for the coupling of a mobile input device, a sensor for detecting a gesture, a sensor for detecting a force, a sensor for detecting a voice command. 
     
     
         6 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the rope conveying devices are mounted stationary or mobile on the underlying base. 
     
     
         7 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein a towing rope is additionally attached to the anchor point and can be held by a user at its end facing away from the anchor point, or that an object receptacle for accommodating an object is arranged directly at the anchor point. 
     
     
         8 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein electric rope winches are provided as rope conveying devices. 
     
     
         9 . The rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein the rope conveying system is equipped with a regenerative energy source. 
     
     
         10 . A control system designed to control a rope conveying system according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising a rope conveying system according to  claim 1 , wherein rope conveying devices of the rope conveying system are arranged relative to a traffic surface in such a way that a common anchor point of ropes of the rope conveying devices, in a tensioned state of the ropes, can be arranged above the traffic surface, and that a vertical projection of the traffic surface overlaps with a movement region of the anchor point at least in sections. 
     
     
         12 . A method for operating a rope conveying system comprising rope conveying devices arranged relative to a traffic surface in such a way that a common anchor point of ropes of the rope conveying devices, in a tensioned state of the ropes, can be arranged above the traffic surface, and that a vertical projection of the traffic surface overlaps with a movement region of the anchor point at least in sections, comprising the following steps:
 adjustment of free rope lengths of ropes of said rope conveying system by means of a control system, so that an anchor point of the rope conveying system-is positioned at a starting position;   detection of a start signal for movement of the anchor point along a movement path by the control system;   control of the free rope lengths by means of the control system, in such a way that the anchor point follows the movement path.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein at least one rope conveying device of the rope conveying system, towards which the anchor point moves at a point in time, applies a rope force which is greater than a rope force of at least one other rope conveying device, from which the anchor point is distanced at the same point in time. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein a user of the system gives at least one user command via a user interface of the control system, which leads to the movement path being changed during the operation. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein
 during operation of the method rope forces are measured directly or indirectly by the control system and   at least once a change is detected, which is characteristic of the fact that a user of the system has lost a towing rope attached to the anchor point, or that an object accommodated in an object receptacle directly attached to the anchor point has been lost.   
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein a loss position on the movement path is stored by the control system and the anchor point is then lead back automatically to the loss position.