MOBILE SUSPENDED ROPEWAY Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B61B7/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: mobile suspended ropeway incorporates pulleys mounted on self-propelled vehicles, an endless haulage rope with clamping devices running around the said pulleys and suspended on telescope towers located along the ropeway route. The haulage units are hinged on to the said telescope towers and represent a roller system made up of carrying rollers fitted in pairs in the balance beams, in their turn, hinged to the traverses supported by the said telescope towers. The carrying rollers represent electrical inversed machines. The roller outer part is furnished with a high-friction material lining provided with the rope groove arranged lengthwise, the groove depth making (0.1...2)d, where d is a diameter of the haulage rope.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of long-route ropeways.

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