Device for the automatic connection of a vehicle to the cable or

Details Device for the automatic connection of a vehicle to the cable or Device for the automatic connection of a vehicle to the cable or

1987-02-20

1988-08-02

Croyle, Carlton R.

Railways

Traction

Cable

104211, 104214, B61B 1212

Patent

active

047607980

ABSTRACT:
A device for the automatic connection of a vehicle to the cable of a continuously moving cableway comprises a clamp which is constituted by two jaws, an inner one and an outer one, carried by the upper end of the vehicle suspension system, and which is arranged to close automatically to engage the cable under the action of resilient member and a cam located at each station for automatically and opening the clamp simultaneously loading the resilient member, so as to cause the temporary unhooking of the vehicle from the cable on its arrival at the station and the closure of the clamp on the departure of the vehicle from the station. The outer jaw is carried by an operating lever hinged at one end to a support member and having its other end subject directly to the action of the cam located at each station. The pivoting of the operating lever causes the opening of the clamp and causes the simultaneous loading of a helical spring wound around a shank of the operating lever by a movable plate slidable on the shank and fixed to a pin which slides in a longitudinal slot in the operating lever and in two cam slots of the support member. The inner jaw is carried by an intermediate lever interposed between the operating lever and the support member and pivoted at one end to the support member. The movement of this intermediate lever is effected by the pin which is slidable in the operating lever and engages two cam slots formed in this intermediate lever.

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