Cable driven shuttle system having guideways of different length

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1981-09-28

1983-08-09

Stoner, Jr., Bruce H.

Railways

Traction

Cable

104 89, 104162, B61B 100

Patent

active

043972420

ABSTRACT:
A shuttle system using first and second cable driven cars and a drive cable for transporting passengers between first and second spaced apart stations on laterally spaced apart car supporting guideways is disclosed herein. The system is designed such that a first guideway is necessarily shorter than the second guideway by a predetermined amount. Therefore, while the first passenger car can be moved along the first guideway to and between the spaced apart stations by means of the drive cable directly, the second passenger car cannot be moved along the second guideway entirely to and between the stations by means of the drive cable directly. Rather, because the first guideway is shorter than the second guideway, the second car can be moved directly by the drive cable only between one of the stations and a predetermined point on the second guideway short of the other station by an amount equal to the difference in length of the two guideways. However, the shuttle system disclosed herein includes an arrangement which ensures that both passenger cars move into each of the stations even though one of the guideways is shorter than the other.

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