RESCUE VEHICLE FOR A CABLE RAILWAY AND METHOD FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE RESCUE VEHICLE

摘要

A rescue vehicle for a cable railway system having at least one carrying cable. The rescue vehicle includes a rescue basket, running gear and suspension tackle. The running gear is adaptable for conduction on the at least one carrying cable. The suspension tackle is swivably attached to the running gear and includes upper and lower traverses and a plurality of cables which cooperate to form a cable frame which supports the rescue basket and couples the rescue basket to the running gear. Specifically, the upper traverse is swivably coupled to the running gear and the lower traverse is coupled by the cables to the upper traverse and the rescue basket. A traction mechanism is disposed in the rescue basket and includes a rotatable wheel to which the cables are coupled. The rotatable wheel rotates in a first direction to adjust the lengths of the plurality of cables to lift the rescue basket toward the running gear and rotates in a second direction to adjust the lengths of the plurality of cables to lower the rescue basket away from the running gear. The rescue vehicle further includes a second traction mechanism which, independent of the first traction mechanism, lifts the rescue basket toward the running gear to place the rescue basket in a parking position for storage in a station of the cable railway system, and lowers the rescue basket back to a driving position where it can be conveyed along the at least one carrying cable.