Patents by Inventor Gerd Dur

Gerd Dur has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080011181
    Abstract: A cableway system has at least one continuous conveying cable, which is guided over deflecting pulleys in the terminal stations, and transport devices, such as cablecars and chairs, that can be coupled to the conveying cable. Guide rails are provided in the stations along which the transporting means uncoupled from the conveying cable can be displaced. Two vertical conveying wheels rotatably supported about a horizontal axis are provided in at least one of the stations for moving the transport devices between an upper plane and a lower plane in the station. The transport devices are uncoupled from the conveying cable, guided along a first guide rail in the upper plane of the station to a first vertical conveying wheel, which moves them from the upper plane into the lower plane, moved along the second guide rail in the lower plane through a passenger boarding and disembarking region, and moved to the second vertical conveying wheel, which conveys them back into the upper plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Gunter Troy, Gerd Dur
  • Publication number: 20040011240
    Abstract: An aerial cableway system has at least one load-bearing and conveying cable that is moved between a valley station and a mountain station, which is guided over deflection pulleys in the stations, and transportation devices that can be coupled to the load-bearing and conveying cable and that are formed by cabins and by chairs. The cabins and chairs can be uncoupled from the conveying cable in the stations, moved along guide rails through entry and exit regions located in the stations, and then once more coupled to the conveying cable. The entry and exit regions provided in the stations are respectively subdivided into two mutually separate sectors which follow each other in the direction of movement. A first sector is intended for the users of the cabins and a second sector is provided for the users of the chairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Gabriel, Herbert Dur, Gerd Dur