Transport system comprising vacuum tunnel

Abstract

A system for transporting people or goods in a wagon on a conducted route, the route having at least three sections, one section being formed by a vacuum tunnel and two sections each forming a connecting route to an end point of the route. The connecting routes and the respective end points of the routes are under atmospheric pressure.

1 . System for transporting people or goods in a wagon on a conducted route, the conducted route comprising at least three sections, at least one section being formed by a vacuum tunnel and two sections each forming a connecting route to an end point of the conducted route,
 the two sections each forming the connecting route and the respective end points point of the route being under atmospheric pressure.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a chamber positioned at each end of the vacuum tunnel, each chamber being dimensioned such that it can accommodate the wagon, and designated to be able to be placed in a vacuum state or under atmospheric conditions. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein each chamber has a lock gate at each of its two ends, which, in the closed state, seals off the interior volume of the chamber from the adjacent sections of the route. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the chamber is intended to be brought into a vacuum state or to be dissolved into a vacuum state within the chamber by removing or supplying air. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein a pumping device is provided to convey the air into or out of the chamber. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a magnetic levitation train track. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the vacuum tunnel has a linear shape and thus the section in the vacuum tunnel does not comprise any curves. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 2 , wherein the chamber has a width of 300 to 400 cm and a height of 350 to 450 cm or, in the case of a circular cross section, a diameter of 300 to 450 cm. 
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the wagon is part of the system. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the wagon is magnetically driven. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the wagon is formed by a single solid body movable in the longitudinal direction of the route. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 9 , wherein a width of the chamber is minimally greater than that of the wagon. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 9 , wherein the chamber is longer than the wagon. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a rotating device positioned between the chamber and the end point of the route, the rotation of which rotating device causes the wagon to change direction. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the rotating device has at least the length of the wagon. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the rotating device is configured to perform a horizontal rotational movement. 
     
     
         17 . The system according to  claim 14 , wherein the rotating device is configured to perform a vertical tilting movement. 
     
     
         18 . The system according to  claim 1  wherein the conducted route can only be traveled in one direction. 
     
     
         19 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises two parallel routes, and the two parallel routes can be traveled in opposite directions.