There is provided to a path following arrangement having a catenary structure and a method for operating such an arrangement. The path following arrangement permits a ride participant or a passenger to traverse tracts of land having a relatively wide range of scenic variety in that the path of travel can include linear portions and non-linear (change of direction) portions.

A cable transportation installation, including an aerial hauling cable, a vehicle having an attachment device to attach the vehicle to the hauling cable, a structure on which at least one sheave is mounted movable between a first position in which the at least one sheave is in contact with the hauling cable and a second position in which the at least one sheave is separated from the hauling cable, and at least one actuating device coupled to the at least one sheave and configured to exert a first force on the at least one sheave in order to move the at least one sheave to the first position, and to exert a second force on the at least one sheave in order to move the at least one sheave to the second position.

For reliable detection of the wear on a cable sheave of a cable car system, the distance between a cable sensor and a hoisting cable is measured when the cable car system is at a standstill and the wear on the at least one cable sheave is deduced from the distance measured at a standstill.

Device for supporting and guiding an aerial carrying-hauling cable of a cable lift installation, said device including a beam supporting a plurality of rotary sheaves designed to press on the cable to guide it when it is running, each rotary sheave being associated with a damping connection articulated around a pivot to form an individual module fixed individually to the beam, the different individual modules being staggered at regular intervals along the beam.

Cableway installation, including at least one carrying cable supported by support blocks provided in the terminals, and actuating device for repositioning the carrying cable to periodically renew the surface directly in contact with the support blocks, wherein the actuating device is configured so as to make said carrying cable rotate on itself by angularly modifying the contact area according to the profile of the housing groove of the support blocks.

A funicular intended particularly for transporting heavy loads between an upstream station (10) and a downstream station (12), comprises a railway track (14) connecting the upstream station (10) to the downstream station (12) and a vehicle (16) running on the track (14) and drawn by at least one towing cable (30). The vehicle comprises a chassis (50) defining a median longitudinal vertical plane that rests on at least one pendulum running gear, comprising two independent lateral pendulum devices (60) situated on either side of the median longitudinal vertical plane, wherein each lateral pendulum device (60) comprises a secondary pendulum (62) articulated in relation to the chassis (50) around a horizontal secondary pivot axis and two primary pendulums, each articulated in relation to the secondary pendulum (62) around a horizontal primary pivot axis, wherein the primary pivot axes of the two primary pendulums are spaced apart from one another longitudinally on either side of the secondary pivot axis, wherein each primary pendulum is associated with at least two support rollers designed to run on the railway track (14), each rotating around a rotation axis parallel to the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum and situated longitudinally on either side of the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum.

The invention relates to a transport facility (100), having a first traction cable (11) that describes a first closed loop (10) and is configured to be driven by at least a first drive means (12) at a nominal linear velocity, and a vehicle (30) having a coupling device (31) for coupling the vehicle to the first traction cable, the transport facility comprising at least a first traffic lane (101) having at least a first segment (110) comprising at least one track (111) along the first traction cable, the first traffic lane comprising at least a second segment (120), the transport facility being configured so that the vehicle is coupled to the first traction cable and pulled by same at the nominal velocity so as to pass through the first segment and the second segment, the first traction cable fully supporting the vehicle and driving it at the nominal speed along the second segment.

A funicular intended particularly for transporting heavy loads between an upstream station (10) and a downstream station (12), comprises a track (14), preferably a railway, connecting the upstream station (10) to the downstream station (12), a vehicle (16)running on the track (14) and at least one towing cable (30) in closed loop having a first towing section (32.1) passing over a first pulley (20.1) of the upstream station and over a first return pulley (26) fixed to the vehicle (16) and a second towing section (32.2), in all ways separate from the first towing section and passing over the return pulley (26) and over a second pulley (20.2) of the upstream station (10).

A cable transportation system cable return pulley has a hub, which is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation and has a plurality of lateral coupling sides lying along respective coplanar straight lines crosswise to the axis of rotation; and a main body, which is coupled to the hub, has an annular seat configured to house the cable, and a quantity of sectors equal to the quantity of lateral coupling sides of the hub, and wherein each sector is coupled to the hub and to the adjacent sectors solely along two of the straight lines.

An aerial cable transportation system comprising: at least one hauling cable; a first fixed structure; at least one transportation unit; a plurality of sensors configured for detecting the passage of the transportation units; a control unit; wherein the plurality of sensors comprises at least a first sensor arranged at the exit area of the first fixed structure and at least a second sensor downstream of the first sensor, respectively, at is least a distance s1 from the first sensor measured in cable-meters; wherein the control unit is connected to the sensors and is configured for: upon the passage of each transportation unit at the first sensor, starting to count the meters of cable fed outside the first fixed structure; when the counting of the meters of cable fed outside the first fixed structure reaches amounts about equal to the at least one distance s1, autonomously activating safety procedures if the passage of the transportation unit is not detected by each corresponding second sensor downstream of the first sensor.