Railways – Traction – Cable
Patent
1989-12-18
1991-06-04
Butler, Douglas C.
Railways
Traction
Cable
104112, 1041731, 104178, B61B 1200
Patent
active
050204432
ABSTRACT:
A skyline-suspended carriage system for transporting a heavy load slopewisely of a hill, comprising: (a) first and second vertically-offset and horizontally spaced mobile anchor points; (b) hoists, mounted to the first and second anchor points; (c) a single skyline, partially wound around the hoists; (d) an elongated carriage having carriage suspending idle pulleys riding on the skyline and an intermediate driving pulley engaging the bottom of the skyline which is wrapped around the top sector of the driving pulley to obtain slipless engagement; and a load-grabbing and retaining dragline, wound on a hoist in the carriage. One idle pulley and the driving pulley are close together at the downhill end of the carriage while the other idle pulley is substantially spaced from the driving pulley being located at the uphill end of the carriage. This arrangement stabilizes the carriage on the skyline. The positions of the driving pulley and the dowhill idle pulley can be changed to modify the inclination of the carriage relative to the skyline depending on the slope gradient.
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Butler Douglas C.
Le Mark T.
Lesperance Pierre
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