US 12,269,515 B2
Passage detection for a cableway
Daniel Pfeifer, Sankt Anton am Arlberg (AT); and Adrian Mohni, St. Gallen (CH)
Assigned to INNOVA PATENT GMBH, Wolfurt (AT)
Appl. No. 17/432,312
Filed by Innova Patent GmbH, Wolfurt (AT)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/182791, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 50200/2019 (AT), filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169290 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B61B 12/06 (2006.01); B61B 12/02 (2006.01); B61B 10/02 (2006.01); B61B 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61B 12/06 (2013.01) [B61B 12/02 (2013.01); B61B 10/02 (2013.01); B61B 10/027 (2013.01); B61B 11/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cableway with two end stations between which at least one cable car can be moved on at least one conveyor cable and with at least one cableway support arranged between the end stations for guiding the at least one conveyor cable, wherein the cableway support extends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor cable over a cableway support length between two opposing support ends, wherein in the area of a first support end an entry area is provided for the entry of the cable car into the cableway support and in the area of the second support end an exit area is provided for the exit of the cable car from the cableway support,
wherein a detection device with at least one evaluation unit and with at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit is provided on at least one cableway support,
wherein a first sensor is arranged in the entry area of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor, and a second sensor is arranged in the exit area of the cableway support to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor,
wherein the detection device is configured to determine a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal if the determined number exceeds a predetermined maximum number.