JP4994981B2 - Method of temporary suspension operation of a carrier in an automatic circulation type cableway - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation method in which a passenger or the like who uses a wheelchair gets on and off a carrier at a stop of an automatic circulation type cableway facility having an intermediate stop to temporarily get on and off the carrier.

  The automatic circulation type cableway equipment is operated by suspending a rope endlessly between each pulley arranged at the stops at both ends, and suspending a carrier on this rope to circulate between the stops. It is widely known that it is widely used as a transportation facility for sightseeing in mountainous areas and as a transportation facility for ski resorts. Recently, it has also been used as a transport facility in venues such as expositions, and is also attracting attention as an application for urban or regional transportation.

  The operation of this automatic circulation type cableway facility is generally performed as follows. First, a plurality of transporters are arranged at predetermined intervals in the cableway, and the gripping device provided in these transporters grips the rope, and the transporter moves as the rope moves. When the transporter arrives at the stop, the gripper of the transporter is transferred to the main rail elevated in the stop, and then the gripper unloads the rope and travels on the main rail. A transport device for the transporter is disposed along the main rail, and the transporter that has arrived is decelerated by the transport device, and the passengers get off while being transported at a very low speed after the deceleration is completed. Thereafter, the transporter is sent to the departure side in a U shape along the main rail, and passengers are boarded while the transporter moves at a slow speed. When the boarding is completed, the transporter is accelerated again by the transfer device. When the speed becomes the same as the speed of the cable, the cable is gripped, suspended by the cable, and departed into the cableway. The above operation is sequentially performed every time the transporters arranged at predetermined intervals arrive at the stop one after another.

  Such an operation method of getting on and off while the transporter is moving has no problem if it is installed in a mountainous area, a ski resort or the like and used for passengers of normal healthy people. However, when used as a means of transportation in cities and regions as described above, convenience and safety for wheelchair users must be taken into account. It is the best way to stop and get on and off.

In this way, as a method of operating by temporarily stopping the carrier in the automatic circulation type cableway facility, a side line rail is provided outside the carrier transfer part of the main rail in the stop, and a specific carrier is introduced into this side rail. An operation method has been proposed in which this transporter is joined to the main rail again after stopping and getting on and off (Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-55288 A

  However, in the operation method described in Patent Document 1, a side rail is provided separately from the main rail, and it is necessary to provide a transport device for the carrier, a rail switching device, and the like. However, there is a problem that a space or a site for installing these has to be secured, and the cost required for the equipment becomes expensive.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and in an automatic circulation type cableway facility, a specific carrier is temporarily stopped and operated without requiring large facilities or space. The purpose of this is to provide a method for temporarily stopping a carrier in an automatic circulating cableway.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the method for temporarily stopping a transporter in an automatic circulation cableway according to the present invention, a plurality of vehicles that circulate and move between a stop at both ends, an intermediate stop located between the stops, and these stops In the automatic circulation type cableway that operates with at least one transporter, at least one of the transporters is a temporary stop transporter that temporarily stops in each stop, and the stop transporter is stopped at both ends. Immediately before the temporary stop at the field, there is a carrier interval set wider than the normal interval between the temporary stop carrier and the subsequent carrier of the temporary stop carrier, and the temporary stop carrier at the intermediate stop After the temporary stop, the transporter is transferred at a speed higher than the normal transfer speed by the control of the forward transfer device of the intermediate stop, so that the interval between the temporary transporter and the subsequent transporter is at both ends. At the stop It is characterized in that back to kicking the carriage spacing.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to perform a temporary stop operation of the transporter by appropriately arranging the interval between the transporter that performs the temporary stop and the subsequent transporter of the transporter, and requires a large facility and space. Absent. In addition, even when the present invention is applied to existing equipment, it is only necessary to provide a detector for detecting a carrier to be temporarily stopped, and to control the transfer device of the carrier by the signal of this detector. It can be applied easily and inexpensively.

  Hereinafter, based on drawings, the concrete embodiment of the temporary stop operation method of the carrier in the automatic circulation type cableway according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 shows the arrangement relationship of the entire automatic circulation type cableway facility having an intermediate stop.

  As shown in the figure, the automatic circulation cableway facility of the present application has stop stations 11 and 12 at both ends and an intermediate stop station 13 located between these stop stations 11 and 12. Pulleys 14 and 17 are pivoted at the stops 11 and 12 at both ends, and pulleys 15 and 16 are pivoted at the intermediate stop 13. A rope 18 is stretched endlessly between the pulley 14 of the stop 11 at one end and the pulley 15 of the intermediate stop 13. Between the pulley 16 of the stop 13, a rope 19 is stretched endlessly. The ropes 18 and 19 are both driven to circulate and move in the same rotational direction.

  In the cable track, conventionally known transporters 26 that are capable of controlling the rope are suspended from the ropes 18 and 19 and arranged at equal intervals. The plurality of transporters 26 seize the ropes 18 and 19 in the cable track and move along with the movement of the ropes. In the stops 11, 12, and 13, the ropes 18 and 19 are unloaded, It is supported by rails 20, 21, and 22 provided at each stop and moves along this.

The rails 20 and 22 provided at the stops 11 and 12 at both ends have a U shape in plan view, and a transfer device for transferring the transporter 26 is provided along the rails 20 and 22. (Not shown). The transfer device is conventionally known. For example, a plurality of rubber tire wheels are arranged side by side along the rail, and the periphery of the rubber tire wheels is pressed against the gripping device of the transporter 26 to transfer the transporter 26. What is used is a decelerating transfer device that decelerates the speed of the transporter 26 on the arrival side of the transporter 26, a forward transfer device that transports the decelerated transporter 26 at a slow speed, and the speed of the transporter 26 on the departure side of the transporter 26 Is composed of an acceleration transfer device for accelerating the wire to the same speed as the ropes 18 and 19. The carrier 26 arriving in the direction of the arrow A at the stops 11 and 12 moves on the rails 20 and 22 and unloads the ropes 18 and 19 and is decelerated to a slow speed by the deceleration transfer device. Next, the transporter 26 is transported to the departure side along the circular arc track while maintaining a low speed state by the transporting and transporting device. At this time, the landings 23 and 25 are located on the side of the track through which the transporter 26 passes. Passengers get on and off in this area. The transporter 26 forwarded to the departure side is accelerated to the same speed as the ropes 18 and 19 by the acceleration transfer device, and then grips the ropes 18 and 19, and enters the cableway line in the direction of arrow B. depart.

  On the other hand, the rail 21 provided in the intermediate stop 13 has a linear shape, and a transfer device for transferring the transporter 26 is provided along the rail 21 (not shown). ). That is, this transfer device comprises a decelerating transfer device, a forward transfer device, and an acceleration transfer device. The carrier 26 that has arrived at the intermediate stop 13 decelerates by releasing the ropes 18 and 19 and then slowly It is routed around the center of the stop at high speed, and then accelerated again to seize the ropes 18 and 19 and depart into the cableway. In the intermediate stop 13, a landing 24 is provided in the forward transfer section near the center of the stop, and passengers get on and off in this section.

A description will be given of a method in which a specific carrying device is temporarily stopped and operated at each stop of the automatic circulation type cableway equipment configured as described above. 1 and 2 show the arrangement of the transporter 26 in the stop 11 at one end, and the operation or mode of the transporter 26 shown in each figure is similarly performed in the stop 12 at the other end. First, in FIG. 2, the transporter 26a is in a state where it is accelerated from the departure side and departs in the direction of arrow B. The transporter 26b is in a state where passengers are getting on and off while being transported at a slow speed through the landing 23, and the temporary transporter 26c that temporarily stops in the stop 11 enters in the direction of arrow A on the arrival side. The deceleration is complete. Here, both the transporter 26a and the transporter 26b are transporters that allow passengers to get on and off while moving at a slow speed without stopping at the landing 23, and the temporarily stopped transport 26c is temporarily stopped at an arbitrary position on the landing 23. This is a transporter that carries out and gets on and off, and is shown by hatching in the figure for easy understanding. In the state shown in the figure, the intervals between the transporters 26a, 26b, and 26c are equal. For example, an interval is set such that each transporter 26a, 26b, and 26c passes through a certain position every 12 seconds. Yes. Hereinafter, this interval will be referred to as a normal interval, and in this embodiment, the normal interval will be specifically described as being 12 seconds. However, the actual implementation is not limited to this time. In addition, the transporters do not contact or interfere with each other during the movement of the transporters in the bus stop, and are set in consideration of the time required for passengers to get on and off.

  Next, FIG. 1 shows a state at the time when the pause transporter 26c has advanced to the pause position and stopped, and when the pause transporter 26c reaches this position, the pause transporter 26c is stopped by the control of the forward transfer device. Be made. At the time when this stop is started, the interval between the temporary transporter 26c and the preceding transporter 26b does not change and is the normal interval of 12 seconds. On the other hand, the interval between the temporary transporter 26c and the subsequent transporter 26d is set in advance to 24 seconds, which is twice the normal interval, and the transporter 26d is arranged. From this state, the temporary transporter 26c stops at a half of the normal interval, that is, for 6 seconds, during which passengers get on and off, and after that, the forward transfer device operates and the temporary transporter 26c moves. To start. At the point when the temporary transporter 26c starts to move, the temporary transporter 26c stops and the interval between the temporary transporter 26c and the preceding transporter 26b is increased to 6 seconds to 18 seconds. The interval with the transport device 26d is reduced to 6 seconds to 18 seconds. That is, the intervals between the respective carriers are equal and 1.5 times the normal interval. After that, the subsequent transporter 26d is forwarded without stopping at the landing position in the same manner as a normal transporter. Therefore, these transporters 26b, 26c, and 26d are in the above-described state until the intermediate stop 13. Move along the cableway with a certain distance.

  In order to perform the above operation, it is necessary to identify the suspension carrier 26c in the control device that controls the operation of the cableway, and to control the operation of the transfer device. As a method for identifying the temporary stop carrier 26c, a non-contact detection method in which the temporary stop carrier 26c is equipped with an RFID tag and detected in the stop, or a member protruding from the carrier is provided in the carrier 26c in advance. A contact-type detection method or the like that detects this with a limit switch provided at the stop is used. Then, the detection signal of the temporary transporter 26c detected in this way is input to the control device, and the advance position of the temporary transporter 26c is calculated based on this signal, and the control of the transfer device is based on this. Is done.

  Next, operation | movement of each carrier in the intermediate stop 13 is demonstrated. In FIG. 3, the preceding transporter 26a is in a state of being accelerated from the departure side after passing through the landing 24 of the intermediate stop 13, and behind this transporter 26a, a normal distance from this transporter 26a is maintained. The transporter 26b travels through the boarding area 24 at a slow speed. As described above, the temporary stop transporter 26c arrives behind the transporter 26b with an interval of 1.5 times the normal interval. When the temporary transporter 26c arrives and decelerates and reaches a predetermined position on the landing 24, the movement of the temporary transporter 26c is stopped by the control of the forwarding / transferring device. The temporary transporter 26c stops at the stop position for half the normal interval, that is, for 6 seconds, like the stop 11, and passengers get on and off during this time. Then, at the point in time when the pause transporter 26c starts moving again after the elapse of the stop time of 6 seconds, as shown in FIG. 4, the transporter 26b preceding the pause transporter 26c has a normal interval from the pause transporter 26c. The interval extends to 24 seconds, which is twice the interval, while the interval between the transporter 26d following the pauser 26c and the pauser 26c narrows to the normal interval of 12 seconds.

Thereafter, the temporary transporter 26c that has started to move from the stop position is transferred at a speed higher than the normal transfer speed under the control of the forward transfer device. And by this transfer, the space | interval of the temporary transporter 26c and the succeeding transporter 26d is expanded again so as to keep twice the normal space, that is, 24 seconds. Then, while maintaining this interval, the temporary stop carrier 26c and the carrier 26d depart from the intermediate stop 13 into the cableway.

  As described above, in the intermediate stop 13, the interval between the temporary transporter 26 c and the subsequent transporter 26 d is temporarily reduced to the normal interval by the stoppage of the temporary transporter 26 c, but then the temporary transporter 26 c is normally transferred. By carrying out faster, the intervals between the transporters are set to the same intervals as in the initial state, that is, the state in the stop 11 described above. Accordingly, each of the transporters 26b, 26c, and 26d in the stop 12 at the other end may perform the stop operation of the temporary stop transporter 26c by the same operation as that performed in the stop 11, and is temporarily stopped by the above series of operations. The transporter 26c can perform a stop operation at each stop.

Plan view showing the train of transporters at one stop Plan view showing the train of transporters at one stop Plan view showing the train of transporters at the intermediate stop Plan view showing the train of transporters at the intermediate stop Explanatory drawing showing the entire cableway equipment

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11, 12 stop 13 intermediate stop 14, 15, 16, 17 pulley 18, 19 rope 20, 21, 22 rail 23, 24, 25 landing 26, 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d carrier A, B arrow

Claims (1)

In an automatic circulation cableway that operates with a stop at both ends, an intermediate stop located between the stops, and a plurality of carriers that circulate between these stops, at least one of the carriers A transporter is a temporary transporter that performs a temporary stop in each stop, and immediately before the temporary stop transporter performs a temporary stop at both ends, the temporary transporter and a subsequent transporter of the temporary stoper, There is a carrier interval that is set wider than the normal interval, and after the suspension carrier temporarily stops at the intermediate stop, the normal transfer speed is controlled by control of the forward transfer device at the intermediate stop. In addition, the transporter is transported at a high speed so that the distance between the temporary transporter and the subsequent transporter is returned to the distance between the transporters at the stops at both ends. Direction .

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