Cableway station with a continuous conveyor

Abstract

A cableway station with small spatial requirements that includes boarding and disembarking areas for passengers, a first station level and a second station level. The first station level includes a station conveyor and a continuous conveyor. The continuous conveyor has a conveyor track connecting the station levels, at least one carrying element, and a conveyor for continuously moving the at least one carrying element along the conveyor track. The at least one carrying element is designed to grab a cableway vehicle moved in the first station level by the station conveyor at a transfer point of the station conveyor track and to carry the cableway vehicle to the second station level. The conveyor track at least in sections runs transversely to a gravity plane that includes a gravity direction of gravity acting on the cableway vehicle at the transfer point and the station conveyor direction at the transfer point.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A cableway station with a first station level and a second station level, the first station level includes a station conveyor with a station conveyor track for moving a cableway vehicle along the station conveyor track in a station conveyor direction, the cableway station comprising:
 a continuous conveyor comprising a conveyor track fixed relative to the cableway station that connects the first station level to the second station level, at least one carrying element configured to grab a cableway vehicle, and a conveyor for continuously moving the at least one carrying element along the conveyor track,   wherein the at least one carrying element is configured to grab a cableway vehicle moved in the first station level by the station conveyor along the station conveyor track at a transfer point of the station conveyor track and to carry the cableway vehicle along the conveyor track to the second station level,   wherein the conveyor track runs at least in sections along a direction transverse to a gravity plane that includes a direction of gravity acting on the cableway vehicle at the transfer point and the station conveyor direction at the transfer point.   
     
     
         2 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the gravity plane is at a given transverse direction angle to the transverse direction. 
     
     
         3 . The cableway station according to  claim 2 , wherein the transverse direction angle is between 30 degrees and 150 degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The cableway station according to  claim 2 , wherein the transverse direction angle is between 60 degrees and 120 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The cableway station according to  claim 2 , wherein the transverse direction angle is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees. 
     
     
         6 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the continuous conveyor is configured to transport the cableway vehicle carried by the at least one carrying element along a section of the conveyor track running in the transverse direction to carry the cableway vehicle at least one of away from the gravity plane or towards the gravity plane. 
     
     
         7 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the continuous conveyor is configured to lift the cableway vehicle at the transfer point when it is picked up from the station conveyor track. 
     
     
         8 . The cableway station according to  claim 7 , wherein the continuous conveyor is configured to lift the cableway vehicle at the transfer point vertically relative to the direction of gravity. 
     
     
         9 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one carrying element is designed to carry the cableway vehicle into the second station level while maintaining a relative position assumed by the cableway vehicle with respect to the at least one carrying element. 
     
     
         10 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the continuous conveyor is configured as a circulating conveyor, wherein the conveyor is designed as a chain drive or a belt drive or a cable drive. 
     
     
         11 . The cableway station according to  claim 10 , wherein the continuous conveyor is configured to grab a cableway vehicle via the at least one carrying element while maintaining a continuous movement of the cableway vehicle from the station conveyor and to carry the cableway vehicle to the second station level. 
     
     
         12 . The cableway station according to  claim 11 , wherein a continuous movement of the at least one carrying element along the conveyor track is synchronizable with a movement of the cableway vehicle to be carried along the station conveyor track in order to maintain a continuous movement of the cableway vehicle to be carried along. 
     
     
         13 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , further comprising a second transfer point located in the first station level or in the second station level, wherein the cableway vehicle is coupled again to a station conveyor track of a station conveyor at the second transfer point. 
     
     
         14 . The cableway station according to  claim 13 , wherein the continuous conveyor is further configured to set down the cableway vehicle at the second transfer point for coupling to the station conveyor track. 
     
     
         15 . The cableway station according to  claim 14 , wherein the continuous conveyor is further configured to set down the cableway vehicle at the second transfer point vertically along the direction of gravity. 
     
     
         16 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a disembarking area or boarding area located in the second station level, wherein the conveyor track passes through the at least one of a disembarking area or boarding area. 
     
     
         17 . The cableway station according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one carrying element comprises carrying elements moved simultaneously along the conveyor track and spaced apart from one another to prevent a collision of cableway vehicles carried by the carrying elements. 
     
     
         18 . A cableway system comprising:
 a cableway station according to  claim 1 ; and   at least one further cableway station,   wherein the cableway station and the further cableway station are connected by a circulating traction cable for transporting cableway vehicles between the cableway station and the at least one further cableway station.   
     
     
         19 . The cableway system according to  claim 18 , wherein the at least one further cableway station comprises two station levels connected by a continuous conveyor for continuous transport of cableway vehicles. 
     
     
         20 . A method for moving a cableway vehicle in a cableway station having a first station level, a second station level and a station conveyor with a station conveyor track for moving a cableway vehicle along the station conveyor track in a station conveyor direction, the method comprising:
 moving the cableway vehicle in the cableway station via a continuous conveyor, where the continuous conveyor comprises a conveyor track fixed relative to the cableway station, at least one carrying element, and a conveyor for continuously moving the at least one carrying element along the conveyor track from the first level to the second level,   the at least one carrying element grabbing the cableway vehicle at a transfer point between the station conveyor track and continuous conveyor and carrying the cableway vehicle along the conveyor track to the second level,   wherein the conveyor track of the continuous conveyor runs at least in sections along a direction transverse to a gravity plane which includes a direction of gravity acting on the cableway vehicle at the transfer point and the station conveyor direction at the transfer point.