Abstract: A cable transportation system comprising: a first terminal station; a second terminal station; a plurality of transporting units moved between the terminal stations; at least one supporting cable for supporting the transporting units between the terminal stations; wherein the supporting cable comprises a first end housed inside the first terminal station and a second end housed inside the second terminal station; a first anchor device for anchoring the first end of the supporting cable inside the first terminal station; a second anchor device for anchoring the second end of the supporting cable inside the second terminal station; wherein the anchor devices are configured to selectively block the ends of the supporting cable inside the respective terminal stations and to enable a stepped sliding of the supporting cable between the terminal stations.

Abstract: A display system is easily attached to the safety bar of a chair on a chair lift system at the beginning of a season. The display system includes brackets formed of rails holding clamp portions that may be fastened together to clamp the display system to a chair, such as to the safety bar across the lap of a rider. At the end of a season, the display system may be removed from each chair, the clamp portions removed, and the display systems stacked. In one simplified system, adjacent displays may be stacked back to back, and such adjacent pairs may be stacked with the displays in adjacent pairs positioned face-to-face. Thus, metal brackets on the backs need not scratch up the reading faces or surfaces. Meanwhile, the displays may be stored in minimal space, with great stability, while minimizing wear and damage.

Abstract: A transportation unit for a cable transportation system has a chair with a bench; a safety frame movable between an open position and a closed position and having a front bar; and at least one safety barrier, which is fixed to the front bar, extends predominantly between the front bar and the bench when the safety frame is in the closed position, and has a support with an anchoring portion fixed to the front bar, and a projecting portion, which projects from the anchoring portion, is elastically flexible under stress oriented in given or designated directions, and is substantially rigid under stress oriented in other directions.

Abstract: A zip line or trolley system kit for propelling a person or an object using gravity along an extended cable line suspended between two trees or towers. The zip line system having a frame with one or more wheels, an adjustable length seat, a handle and a braking system for slowing the speed of descent of the zip line system. The trolley system having at least two wheels spaced apart at a suitable distance to increase ride smoothness and improve sliding of the zip line system along the extended cable. An actuator of the braking system allows for the rider to control of the speed of descent of the zip line system.

Abstract: A display system is easily attached to the safety bar of a chair on a chair lift system at the beginning of a season. The display system includes brackets formed of rails holding clamp portions that may be fastened together to clamp the display system to a chair, such as to the safety bar across the lap of a rider. At the end of a season, the display system may be removed from each chair, the clamp portions removed, and the display systems stacked. In one simplified system, adjacent displays may be stacked back to back, and such adjacent pairs may be stacked with the displays in adjacent pairs positioned face-to-face. Thus, metal brackets on the backs need not scratch up the reading faces or surfaces. Meanwhile, the displays may be stored in minimal space, with great stability, while minimizing wear and damage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a chairlift seat (3), the width thereof extending in a transverse direction (I-I). The seat (3) is to be moved in a longitudinal direction (II-II) and comprises a bicycle (2) transport device (1) secured thereto. The transport device (1) includes supporting means (6) extending in a first direction (III-III) substantially parallel to the transverse direction (I-I) of the seat (3). At least one receiving and holding device (8), carried by the supporting means (6), is shaped such as to receive and hold at least one first wheel (2a) of a bicycle (2) oriented in a plane (P) substantially perpendicular to the first direction (III-III). The transport device (1) is arranged behind the seat (3).

Abstract: A chair of a chairlift contains a footrest which is connected to an automatic positioning mechanism and which may be positioned below the seat of the chair between a travel position and a boarding and/or disembarking position. The chair further has at least one seat with a seat surface and a safety bar extending transversely over the seat and being pivoted from an open position into a closed position.

Abstract: A chair-lift has a chair, in turn having a seat, a safety bar rotating about a first axis between an open position and a closed position, and at least one footrest bar supported by the safety bar and mounted to rotate about a second axis to move the footrest bar with respect to the seat, when the safety bar is in the closed position.

Abstract: Ski lift seat including a frame and a restraining bar which is capable of assuming a first lowered end position defining an enclosed space that makes it possible to prevent a passenger from falling, and a second lifted end position in which the restraining bar frees up the front space of the seat so as to enable one or more passengers to disembark, the ski lift seat including a means for locking the restraining bar when the latter assumes the lowered position, the locking means including a first magnetic member which is attached on the frame and which engages with a second member that can be magnetized so as to hold the restraining bar in the lowered position.

Abstract: The seat surface of a chair of a chair lift can be pivoted with the aid of a pivot mechanism. Thus, the seat surface can, while a passenger is sitting thereon, be pivoted in such a way that it extends so as to descend, or descend more markedly, toward the rear edge of the seat part. Passengers enter automatically, and independently of their size and sitting position on the chair, into a stronger, stable back position, thereby reliably counteracting slipping in the direction of the front edge of the seat part and thus slipping-through between the seat surface and transverse hoop.

Abstract: A display system is easily attached to the safety bar of a chair on a chair lift system at the beginning of a season. The display system includes brackets formed of rails holding clamp portions that may be fastened together to clamp the display system to a chair, such as to the safety bar across the lap of a rider. At the end of a season, the display system may be removed from each chair, the clamp portions removed, and the display systems stacked. In one simplified system, adjacent displays may be stacked back to back, and such adjacent pairs may be stacked with the displays in adjacent pairs positioned face-to-face. Thus, metal brackets on the backs need not scratch up the reading faces or surfaces. Meanwhile, the displays may be stored in minimal space, with great stability, while minimizing wear and damage.

Abstract: An aerial tramway system that conveys carriers between terminals along a haul rope, in which the carriers (a) detach from the haul rope within at least one of the terminals for loading and unloading, and (b) reattach to the haul rope for conveyance to the next terminal, includes one or more Linear Synchronous Motors (LSMs) within at least one of the terminals, that move the carriers for at least part of the time that the carriers are detached from the haul rope. The system also includes a plurality of the carriers, each carrier comprising a reaction rail that includes at least one magnet configured for magnetic interaction with the one or more LSMs. A carrier for an aerial tramway system includes a chair, a freight carrier or a gondola, and a reaction rail that interacts with a linear synchronous motor of the system, to control movement of the carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski lift chair specifically designed for use by snowboarders. The chair comprises a plurality of seats facing perpendicular to the line of travel direction and can be either in-line back to back, in-line front-to-back or a combination of the two. The chair can be mixed on a ski lift with chairs designed for skiers or used alone with only snowboarder chairs.

Abstract: A transportation unit for a cable transportation system has a chair with a bench; a safety frame movable between an open position and a closed position and having a front bar; and at least one safety barrier, which is fixed to the front bar, extends predominantly between the front bar and the bench when the safety frame is in the closed position, and has a support with an anchoring portion fixed to the front bar, and a projecting portion, which projects from the anchoring portion, is elastically flexible under stress oriented in given or designated directions, and is substantially rigid under stress oriented in other directions.

Abstract: A chair of a chairlift contains a footrest which is connected to an automatic positioning mechanism and which may be positioned below the seat of the chair between a travel position and a boarding and/or disembarking position. The chair further has at least one seat with a seat surface and a safety bar extending transversely over the seat and being pivoted from an open position into a closed position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat for a chair-lift installation composed of a seating part (1) and a back (2) and further including a support arch (3) intended to be connected to a carrier cable, a safety bar (4) mounted to tilt with respect to the seat between a lowered position and a raised position and provided with a horizontal bar (5). According to the invention, the seat includes, at least one of the side flanks a tilting device (8) arranged so that the horizontal bar (5) of the safety bar (4) makes, in a side plane, a non circular motion facilitating the passage from the lowered position to the raised position and vice versa.

Abstract: A chair for a chair lift has seats with a seat surface and a safety bar that extends transversely over the seats and can be pivoted from an open position into a closed position. Securing parts, in particular protective panels, are arranged on the safety bar and, in the closed position of the safety bar, extend in the direction toward the center of the front edge of the respective seat surface. The securing parts have a first section which is adjacent to the safety bar and is oriented toward the front edge, and a second end section which is oriented at an angle of less than 180° to the first section.

Abstract: Tracks are arranged on the floor of the entry region of a station of the chair lift, the tracks running below and in accordance with the path of movement of the seats of the chair and having a substantially equal width with the corresponding seats. The seat part and/or the backrest of a seat differ/differs with regard to the graphical design from the seat part and/or backrest of an adjacent seat. It is therefore made clear to the passengers, in particular children, how the seat division on the chair has been conceived by the manufacturer and where to stand in the entry region in order to be correctly seated on an approaching seat. If the graphical design of the tracks is identical to the graphical design of the corresponding seat, the effect of the chair according to the invention is reinforced by the unambiguous visual association between the track and seat.

Abstract: A transporting means of a chair lift or of a cableway system has a safety bar, a device for closing the safety bar, an energy storage device, a device for charging the energy storage device and a blocking device which prevents the energy storage device from being charged. The blocking device can be activated and deactivated. The opening of the safety bar is prevented in the active state of the blocking device. The blocking device prevents the safety bar from being opened over at least part of the distance covered by the safety bar between its fully open position and its fully closed position, in particular over the entire distance.

Abstract: A cable railway system has two or more stations and at least one carrying cable and a conveying cable extending between the stations and guided in the stations by way of deflection pulleys. At least one of the pulleys is driven. Vehicles, such as cable cars or chairs, may be boarded or disembarked from in the stations by the passengers. The system may also have one or more fixed carrying cables along which the cars are moved by way of one or more hauling cables. At least one device is associated with the vehicles along the section of the cable railway system, by way of which device the pendulum movements that the vehicles are subject to transversely relative to the direction of movement of the vehicles are detectable and its output signals are conducted to a device that controls the drive of the cable railway system. The drive is thereby controllable in dependence on the extent of the pendulum movements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski lift chair specifically designed for use by snowboarders. The chair comprises a plurality of seats facing in a perpendicular to the line of travel direction and can be either in-line back to back, in-line front-to-back or a combination of the two. The chair can be mixed on a ski lift with chairs designed for skiers or used alone with only snowboarder chairs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski lift chair specifically designed for use by snowboarders. The chair comprises a plurality of seats facing perpendicular to the line of travel direction and can be either in-line back to back, in-line front-to-back or a combination of the two. The chair can be mixed on a ski lift with chairs designed for skiers or used alone with only snowboarder chairs.

Abstract: A chair-lift has a chair, in turn having a seat, a safety bar rotating about a first axis between an open position and a closed position, and at least one footrest bar supported by the safety bar and mounted to rotate about a second axis to move the footrest bar with respect to the seat, when the safety bar is in the closed position.

Abstract: Tracks are arranged on the floor of the entry region of a station of the chair lift, the tracks running below and in accordance with the path of movement of the seats of the chair and having a substantially equal width with the corresponding seats. The seat part and/or the backrest of a seat differ/differs with regard to the graphical design from the seat part and/or backrest of an adjacent seat. It is therefore made clear to the passengers, in particular children, how the seat division on the chair has been conceived by the manufacturer and where to stand in the entry region in order to be correctly seated on an approaching seat. If the graphical design of the tracks is identical to the graphical design of the corresponding seat, the effect of the chair according to the invention is reinforced by the unambiguous visual association between the track and seat.

Abstract: A chair of a chair lift has seats with a seat surface and a safety bar which extends transversely over the seats and can be pivoted from an open position into a closed position. Separating elements rising over the seat surfaces are arranged between the seat surfaces. By use of the separating elements, a passenger notices immediately if he is sitting in the transition region from one seat to an adjacent seat. He will then immediately correct his sitting position even before the safety bar is pivoted into its closed position.

Abstract: A chair of a chair lift has a seat, a safety bar which extends transversely over the seat and can be pivoted from an open position into a closed position, and a footrest. The footrest is supported on the safety bar by way of a supporting bar. In the closed position of the safety bar, the supporting bar extends in the central region in front of the seat downwards from the safety bar to the footrest. The footrests form a plate-like support for the passengers' feet or sports equipment.

Abstract: A seat part and/or a backrest of a seat differ with regard to the graphical design from the seat part and/or backrest of an adjacently arranged seat. The seat division on the chair is therefore made clear to the passengers, in particular to children. Tracks are arranged on the floor of the entry region of a station of the chair lift, the tracks running below and in accordance with the path of movement of the seats of the chair and being substantially identical in width to the corresponding seats. If the graphical design of the tracks is identical to the graphical design of the corresponding seat, the effect of the chair is reinforced by the unambiguous visual relationship between the track and seat.

Abstract: In order to prod passengers, and children in particular, to sit down on a seat in such a manner that a securing part can be positioned between the thighs, the seat part of the seat has, in the region of the front edge thereof, a central region which differs with regard to its graphical design from the regions that are arranged laterally adjacent thereto and on which the thighs are intended to be positioned.

Abstract: A chair for a chair lift has seats with a seat surface and a safety bar that extends transversely over the seats and can be pivoted from an open position into a closed position. Securing parts, in particular protective panels, are arranged on the safety bar and, in the closed position of the safety bar, extend in the direction toward the center of the front edge of the respective seat surface. The securing parts have a first section which is adjacent to the safety bar and is oriented toward the front edge, and a second end section which is oriented at an angle of less than 180° to the first section.

Abstract: The seat surface of a chair of a chair lift can be pivoted with the aid of a pivot mechanism. Thus, the seat surface can, while a passenger is sitting thereon, be pivoted in such a way that it extends so as to descend, or descend more markedly, toward the rear edge of the seat part. Passengers enter automatically, and independently of their size and sitting position on the chair, into a stronger, stable back position, thereby reliably counteracting slipping in the direction of the front edge of the seat part and thus slipping-through between the seat surface and transverse hoop.

Abstract: A method of producing a wall part for a gondola of a cableway system or a covering hood for a lift chair starts out from a panel made of plastic material, in particular of polycarbonate. The panel is introduced into a heatable mold, and pressed therein, in order to form the wall part or the covering hood. The plastic material of the panel contains at least one dye. Different gradations of color of the wall part or of the covering hood indicate different wall thicknesses and insufficient wall thicknesses of this wall part or covering hood.

Abstract: A transportation device, mainly a gondola or a chair with a covering hood, for a cableway system having a supporting and conveying cable which is guided, in the stations, over deflecting pulleys, of which at least one is driven. The transportation device may be firmly clamped to the supporting and conveying cable or it can be coupled thereto and, in the stations, can be uncoupled therefrom and moved along guide rails, through the boarding and disembarking regions, at a speed which is substantially reduced in relation to the speed of the supporting and conveying cable, and the passengers board the transportation device or disembark therefrom in the process. The gondola is formed with transparent wall parts or the chair is formed with a pivotally mounted transparent covering hood. The transparent wall parts or the transparent covering hood are produced from a plastic material, in particular from a polycarbonate, containing a dye.

Abstract: A chair for an aerial transport installation comprises a pivoting protective cover actuated by an operating mechanism with automatic latching of the cover in the closed position. An operating lever is pivotally mounted on a first pivoting spindle of the cover and operates in conjunction with a latch actuated by a cable transmission device between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch comprises a first arm equipped with a latching nose and a second arm designed to come up against a first stop corresponding to the latched position or a second stop corresponding to the unlatched position. The latching zone is situated at the base of the shell, preferably in a gap situated between the first spindle and the second spindle.

Abstract: The device, intended in particular for a seat on an installation for amusement parks, has two flaps (10, 10?) mounted for articulation at the end of the support (6) of the base (7) of the seat.

Abstract: An apparatus monitors the locking of the safety bar of the chairs of an aerial cableway system. A first sensor determines the occupancy of the chairs and a second sensor determines the locking of the safety bar. The sensor output signals from these two sensors are led to a control device, which is enabled to switch the chairlift system off.

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.

Abstract: A chair for a cableway system is provided with a closure bar, which can be pivoted into a closed position about a axis running transversely to the direction of travel of the chair. The chair is preferably provided with a number of footrests which correspond to the seats. In a front region of each of the at least one seat there is provided a cam device or protrusion or the like which is coupled in terms of movement to the closure bar. When the closure bar is pivoted into its closed position, the cam device is adjusted to project upwardly centrally at the seat, that is, between the thighs of a person sitting on the respective seat of the chair.

Abstract: An ski paraphernalia basket for use with a chair ski lift having a pivotally moveable safety bar is disclosed. The basket includes a floor suitable for receiving ski paraphernalia, first and second side walls extending upwardly from the floor, and front and rear walls extending upwardly from the floor. The front wall includes an exterior surface having a plurality of inner fastening blocks disposed on thereon. Each inner fastening block includes a recess and each recess is preferably shaped to cradle the safety bar. An outer fastening block is preferably attached to each inner fastening block. Each outer fastening block includes a recess shaped to cradle the safety bar and a sub recess shaped to receive a clamp associated with the safety bar.

Abstract: A chair for a cableway system has a load-bearing framework on which seat surfaces are fastened, a load-bearing bar with a top end at which a clamping apparatus for coupling to a supporting and haulage cable and running rollers are attached. Side panels or the like are disposed at the two lateral ends of the chair. A closure bar and, if appropriate, a covering hood, can be pivoted about spindles which are aligned at least approximately horizontally in the operating position of the chair. The closure bar and/or the covering hood can be pivoted from the open positions into the closed positions counter to the action of at least one adjusting spring. At least one of the side panels or the like is formed with a cavity in which at least one adjusting spring is arranged.

Abstract: An aerial ropeway wherein oppositely located first and second sheave trains are supported on a crossarm wherein first and second sheave train supporting apparatus are pivotally mounted at fixed spaced apart locations on the crossarm and the first and second sheave train supporting apparatus are each pivotally connected to an elongated member extending therebetween.

Abstract: According to this invention, a ski lift radio is provided whereby data are stored electronically and converted to an audio signal to be played by the radio and wherein the system is charged by means of an inductive charge receptor associated with the radio which is charged by means of a stationary inductive charger.