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EP0165415B1 - Method of rescuing passengers from arrested carrying units of aerial ropeways, and rescue device for carrying out the method - Google Patents

Method of rescuing passengers from arrested carrying units of aerial ropeways, and rescue device for carrying out the method Download PDF

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EP0165415B1
EP0165415B1 EP85105074A EP85105074A EP0165415B1 EP 0165415 B1 EP0165415 B1 EP 0165415B1 EP 85105074 A EP85105074 A EP 85105074A EP 85105074 A EP85105074 A EP 85105074A EP 0165415 B1 EP0165415 B1 EP 0165415B1
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Anton Fux
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a method for rescuing people from aboveground locations according to the preamble of patent claim 1 and a rescue device for carrying out this method according to the preamble of patent claim 4.
  • a method and a corresponding rescue device of this type are known (US-A3934847), in which the rescue container is kept approximately at the level of the location during the transfer of the persons in the hover flight of the helicopter. Changes in the position of the rescue container relative to the location cannot be prevented while the passengers are changing because the suspended rescue container gives way when the weight is shifted from the location to the rescue container by sinking and changes or increases with changes in air flow, especially in gusty weather. moves sideways to and away from the location. Even with skillful countermeasures by the helicopter pilot, this is unavoidable, especially since a position correction, as with any control process, is only possible after a change in position, i.e. only with a delay, with air flow changes and gusts occurring suddenly and unexpectedly anyway.
  • the invention seeks to remedy this.
  • the object is achieved to enable passengers of a stopped driving unit of a cable car, the type described in claim 1, a problem-free, even in unfavorable wind conditions safe transfer to the rescue container.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that in the method according to the invention the rescue container or the rescue device according to the invention is not carried by the helicopter when the passengers change trains, but, like the driving unit, is carried by the suspension cable of the cable railway, the position the platform is secured in relation to the driving unit. Because the load rope is relieved, i.e. slack (with sag) between the helicopter and the rescue device or container, movements of the helicopter, z. B. with gusts, no effect on the location of the rescue container. The platform ensures that the rescue container, although it extends on both sides of the vertical plane lying in the direction of the suspension cable, can be reached by the drive unit, which can only be exited on a side parallel to the direction of travel. Overall, the invention is characterized by the fact that the passengers can be safely removed from their position in a simple, fearful and elderly manner, particularly in windy conditions in which the known method with the known rescue device would not be applicable.
  • the older, post-published EP-AO 126 227 describes a method for rescuing passengers of suspended travel units of a cable railway and a corresponding rescue device, in which a rescue device attached to a helicopter by means of a load rope is attached to the drive unit either in front of or behind it on the suspension cable and is carried by the driving unit or the carrying rope during the change while relieving the load rope.
  • a rescue device attached to a helicopter by means of a load rope is attached to the drive unit either in front of or behind it on the suspension cable and is carried by the driving unit or the carrying rope during the change while relieving the load rope.
  • no platform is provided to allow the passengers of a driving unit, such as e.g.
  • the figures show a rescue device for rescuing passengers from stationary driving units of a cable railway, which are accessible on a side parallel to the direction of travel, in the case of a chairlift for taking a seat and leaving the armchair, in the case of a gondola or cabin lift for getting on and off .
  • dash-dotted line for example, is held in a position on the suspension cable 3 of the cable suspension railway (not shown) in which its sides 4 and 5 are connected to the suspension cable 3 Support rope 3 are parallel, the side 5 has doors 6 through which the cabin 1 is accessible for getting in and out.
  • the basic construction of the rescue device consists of a rectangular frame 8, which is open on one side 9, on the opposite side 10 below contains a rescue container 11-14 for people and on the top with a fastening device 15 for a on the load hook of a (not shown) Helicopter attached load cable 16 and connected to a hitch 17, 18, 19 with which the rescue device can be hung on the support cable 3 in a position in which the open frame side 9 is perpendicular to the support cable 3.
  • the rescue container for people has a floor (grating) 11 and a railing 12, 13, 14.
  • a platform (grating) 20 is articulated, which runs next to the frame side 21, to which a railing 22, 23 attached to this frame side 21 belongs.
  • the platform 20 is in a horizontal position and in a position 20 'lockable.
  • the distance of the platform 20 from the support cable 3 is dimensioned with respect to that of the cabin floor 24 so that both are at approximately the same height at different slopes of the cable railway.
  • the platform 20 can be at a somewhat greater distance from the support cable 3 than the rescue container floor 24 if the rescue device is expediently suspended from the support cable 3 above the cabin in the slope direction.
  • the hitch has two support members 17 and 18, which run obliquely downward on a vertical rod 25, which also serves as a support member, in a plane parallel to the open frame side 9, so that two approximately inverted V-shaped support member arrangements are formed, the angular space of which is rounded to match the supporting cable cross section .
  • Another support member 19, which is plate or frame-shaped, runs on both sides of the rod 25 in a vertical plane perpendicular to the open frame side 9, it projects beyond the rod 25 in the direction of the open frame side 9 less than in the opposite direction (FIG. 1) because on that side are the (not shown) connecting means of the cabin support device 2 with the suspension cable 3 when the rescue device is brought up to the cabin 1.
  • the rescue device can be supported either with the support member 17 or with the support member 18 on the supporting cable 3, as shown in FIG. 2 and in viewing direction II in FIG. 1, the left and right side in FIG. 2 and in viewing direction II of the support member 19 rests laterally on the support cable 3 and secures the rescue device against rotation about a vertical axis.
  • This makes it possible for the rescue device to fly and to be supported both on the support cable in one direction of travel and on the support cable parallel to it in the opposite direction of travel, in each case from the side facing away from the other support cable, a lower part of the support member 19 first being brought laterally towards the support cable 3 and then the support member 17 to or 18 is supported on the suspension cable 3 by lowering the rescue device.
  • the rod 25 is connected to the upper corners of the frame 8 by means of struts 26 and two further struts 27.
  • the fastening device 15 for the load side 16 is an eyelet attached to the upper end of the rod 25.
  • the upward converging struts 25 and 26, sloping edges of the support member 19, two deflectors 28 on the upper side of the support members 17 and 18 and protective bracket 29 prevent the rescue device undesirable during flight movements on the supporting cable 3, on the cabin 1, on masts Cable car or other obstacles get stuck.
  • the rescue device is hung on a helicopter by means of the load rope 16.
  • the platform 20 is steeply downward (20 'in Fig. 1) and the railing 23 is pivoted to the frame side 21 to which it is articulated.
  • the rescue device is flown to the cabin 1 and hung there on the supporting cable 3 in front of or behind the cabin 1 in a position in which the frame side 21 is on the same side of the supporting cable 3 as the side 5 of the cabin 1 and the open frame side 9 facing the cabin 1.
  • the rescue device on the supporting rope possibly on a rope pulley, is slidably pulled from the helicopter to the cabin 1, so that it projects into the space of the frame 8 as far as the rescue container 11-14, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the helicopter pilot receives the necessary instructions from the escort in the rescue device. If the rescue device or the cabin 1 swings laterally, they do not collide with each other because the cabin side 4 is at a sufficient distance from the frame side 30, the railing 23 is pivoted to the frame side 21 and the platform is in position 21. After the mutual position of the rescue device and the cabin 1 shown in FIG.
  • the helicopter lowers its flying height, so that the load cable 16 sags loosely, the rescue device being carried only on the support cable 3.
  • the helicopter hovers at this altitude.
  • the accompanying person swings the platform from position 20 'into position 20 and brings the railing 23 into the position shown in the figures. After opening the doors 6, the passengers can now conveniently change to the platform 20 now enclosed on all sides by the railings 22, 23 of one of the doors 6 and the cabin side 5 and from there enter the rescue container 11-14, the accompanying person being helpful.
  • a height difference caused by different suspension line inclinations could also be compensated within certain limits by inclining the platform 20.
  • the accompanying person swivels the railing 23 again into a position lying against the frame side 21, and places the platform Form 20 in the position 20 '(Fig. 1) and closes a barrier (not shown) at the point at which the platform 20 connects to the floor 11. (Instead, the platform 20 could also be pivoted upward.)
  • the escort then instructs the pilot to lift the rescue device off the suspension cable 3 and to fly away.
  • the rescue device is placed on the ground (after the platform has been brought back into position 20), the passengers leave the rescue container 11-14 via the platform 20 and the frame 8 on its open side 9.

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1. A method of rescuing persons from locations situated high above the ground, by using a rescue container (11-14) suspended by a load-carrying cable (16) from a helicopter and moved to a position close to the said location, the rescue container comprising a platform (20) via which the persons can climb into the rescue container in order subsequently to be flown away, characterised in that the point of rescue is a mobile unit (1) of a suspended cable railway which has come to a stop while suspended from a supporting cable (3) and which provides access on a side (5) parallel with the direction of travel for passengers to climb in and out or to take or leave their places, and in that the rescue container (11-14) which is carried by the helicopter is suspended from the supporting cable (3) of the suspended cable railway in such a position in front of or behind the mobile unit (1) and is carried by the supporting cable (3) during transfer, accompanied by a simultaneous relieving of the load-carrying cable (16) and in that the platform (20) adjacent the rescue container is disposed on that side (5) of the mobile unit (1) which is parallel with the direction of travel and is disposed at the height of the floor (24) of the said mobile unit (1).

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Verfahren zum Retten von Personen aus hoch über dem Erdboden gelegenen Aufenthaltsorten nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 1 und ein Rettungsgerät zur Durchführung dieses Verfahrens nach dem Oberbegriff des Patentanspruchs 4.The invention relates to a method for rescuing people from aboveground locations according to the preamble of patent claim 1 and a rescue device for carrying out this method according to the preamble of patent claim 4.

Es sind ein Verfahren und ein entsprechendes Rettungsgerät dieser Gattung bekannt (US-A3934847), bei dem der Rettungsbehälter während des Umsteigens der Personen im Schwebeflug des Helikopters annähernd auf der Höhe des Aufenthaltsortes gehalten wird. Dabei können Lageänderungen des Rettungsbehälters relativ zum Aufenthaltsort während des Umsteigens der Personen nicht verhindert werden, weil der schwebend getragene Rettungsbehälter bei der Verlagerung des Gewichts jeder Person vom Aufenthaltsort zum Rettungsbehälter durch Absinken nachgibt und bei Luftströmungsänderungen, ganz besonders bei böigem Wetter, absinkt oder steigt, sich seitlich zum Aufenthaltsort und auch von diesem weg bewegt. Das ist auch bei geschicktem Gegensteuern des Helikopterpiloten nicht vermeidbar, zumal dadurch eine Lagekorrektur, wie bei jedem Regelvorgang, erst nach einer Lagenänderung, also nur verzögert möglich ist, wobei Luftströmungsänderungen und Böen sowieso unerwartet, plötzlich auftreten. Durch die Plattform des bekannten Rettungsgerätes, die um eine horizontale Achse schwenkbar mit dem Rettungsbehälter verbunden ist, und - wenn der Aufenthaltsort z. B. ein Gebäude ist - durch an den unteren Rand einer Fensteröffnung anzuhängenden Haken in einem begrenzten Winkelbereich an diesem Rand gehalten werden kann, können nur kleine Höhenabweichungen überbrückt werden. Das Umsteigen wird problematisch, wenn die Plattform zu steil ist oder ihre Neigung plötzlich ändert, und lebensgefährlich, wenn die Plattform sich vom Aufenthaltsort löst, weil sie diesen dann jederzeit plötzlich verlassen kann.A method and a corresponding rescue device of this type are known (US-A3934847), in which the rescue container is kept approximately at the level of the location during the transfer of the persons in the hover flight of the helicopter. Changes in the position of the rescue container relative to the location cannot be prevented while the passengers are changing because the suspended rescue container gives way when the weight is shifted from the location to the rescue container by sinking and changes or increases with changes in air flow, especially in gusty weather. moves sideways to and away from the location. Even with skillful countermeasures by the helicopter pilot, this is unavoidable, especially since a position correction, as with any control process, is only possible after a change in position, i.e. only with a delay, with air flow changes and gusts occurring suddenly and unexpectedly anyway. Through the platform of the known rescue device, which is pivotally connected to the rescue container about a horizontal axis, and - if the location z. B. is a building - can be held at this edge by hooks attached to the lower edge of a window opening in a limited angular range, only small height deviations can be bridged. Switching becomes problematic if the platform is too steep or its inclination suddenly changes, and life-threatening if the platform detaches itself from its location because it can suddenly leave it at any time.

Hier will die Erfindung Abhilfe schaffen. Durch das im Patentanspruch 1 gekennzeichnete Verfahren und das entsprechende, im Patentanspruch 4 gekennzeichnete Rettungsgerät wird die Aufgabe gelöst, Passagiere einer stehengebliebenen Fahreinheit einer Seilbahn, der im Anspruch 1 beschriebenen Gattung ein problemloses, auch bei ungünstigen Windverhältnissen ungefährliches Umsteigen zum Rettungsbehälter zu ermöglichen.The invention seeks to remedy this. By the method characterized in claim 1 and the corresponding rescue device characterized in claim 4, the object is achieved to enable passengers of a stopped driving unit of a cable car, the type described in claim 1, a problem-free, even in unfavorable wind conditions safe transfer to the rescue container.

Die durch die Erfindung erzielten Vorteile sind im wesentlichen darin zu sehen, dass beim erfindungsgemässen Verfahren der Rettungsbehälter bzw. das erfindungsgemässe Rettungsgerät während des Umsteigens der Passagiere nicht vom Helikopter, sondern, ebenso wie die Fahreinheit, vom Tragseil der Seilschwebebahn getragen ist, wobei die Lage der Plattform in bezug auf die Fahreinheit sichergestellt ist. Weil das Lastseil dabei entlastet ist, d.h. schlaff (mit Durchhang) zwischen dem Helikopter und dem Rettungsgerät bzw. -behälter verläuft, haben Bewegungen des Helikopters, z. B. bei Böen, keine Wirkung auf die Lage des Rettungsbehälters. Durch die Plattform wird erreicht, dass der Rettungsbehälter, obwohl er sich beiderseits der in der Tragseilrichtung liegenden Vertikalebene erstreckt, von der Fahreinheit, die nur an einer zur Fahrtrichtung parallelen Seite verlassen werden kann, erreichbar ist. Insgesamt zeichnet sich die Erfindung dadurch aus, dass die Passagiere gefahrlos auf einfache, auch ängstlichen und älteren Personen _zumutbare Weise aus ihrer Lage befreit werden können, insbesondere auch bei Windverhältnissen, bei denen das bekannte Verfahren mit dem dazu bekannten Rettungsgerät nicht anwendbar wäre.The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that in the method according to the invention the rescue container or the rescue device according to the invention is not carried by the helicopter when the passengers change trains, but, like the driving unit, is carried by the suspension cable of the cable railway, the position the platform is secured in relation to the driving unit. Because the load rope is relieved, i.e. slack (with sag) between the helicopter and the rescue device or container, movements of the helicopter, z. B. with gusts, no effect on the location of the rescue container. The platform ensures that the rescue container, although it extends on both sides of the vertical plane lying in the direction of the suspension cable, can be reached by the drive unit, which can only be exited on a side parallel to the direction of travel. Overall, the invention is characterized by the fact that the passengers can be safely removed from their position in a simple, fearful and elderly manner, particularly in windy conditions in which the known method with the known rescue device would not be applicable.

In der prioritätsälteren, nachveröffentlichten EP-AO 126 227 sind ein Verfahren zum Retten von Passagieren stehengebliebener Fahreinheiten einer Seilschwebebahn und ein entsprechendes Rettungsgerät beschrieben, bei dem ein mittels eines Lastseiles an einen Helikopter gehängtes Rettungsgerät an die Fahreinheit entweder vor oder hinter derselben an das Tragseil gehängt und von der Fahreinheit bzw. dem Tragseil während des Umsteigens bei gleichzeitiger Entlastung des Lastseiles getragen, wird. Dabei ist jedoch keine Plattform vorgesehen, die es den Passagieren einer Fahreinheit, die wie z.B. übliche Seilkabinen, an einer zur Fahrrichtung parallelen Seite zum Ein- und Aussteigen bzw. zum Platznehmen und Verlassen der Plätze zugänglich ist, das Umsteigen in einen Rettungsbehälter ermöglichen würde, der vor oder hinter der Fahreinheit am Tragseil hängt und sich beiderseits der in der Tragseilrichtung liegenden Vertikalebene erstreckt.The older, post-published EP-AO 126 227 describes a method for rescuing passengers of suspended travel units of a cable railway and a corresponding rescue device, in which a rescue device attached to a helicopter by means of a load rope is attached to the drive unit either in front of or behind it on the suspension cable and is carried by the driving unit or the carrying rope during the change while relieving the load rope. However, no platform is provided to allow the passengers of a driving unit, such as e.g. Conventional cable cabins, accessible from a side parallel to the direction of travel for getting in and out or to take a seat and leave the places, would enable changing into a rescue container that hangs in front of or behind the driving unit on the suspension cable and on both sides of the cable in the direction of the suspension cable Vertical plane extends.

Im folgenden werden das erfindungsgemässe Rettungsgerät anhand lediglich ein Ausführungsbeispiel darstellender, nur schematischer Zeichnungen und im Zusammenhang damit Ausführungsbeispiele des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. eine perspektivische Ansicht eines am Tragseil einer Seilschwebebahn hängenden Retttungsgerätes,
  • Fig. eine Seitenansicht in Blickrichtung II der Fig. 1, in grösserem Massstab,
  • Fig.3 eine Draufsicht auf den unteren Teil des Rettungsgeräts in Blickrichtung 111 der Fig. 2.
In the following, the rescue device according to the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to only an exemplary embodiment, only schematic drawings and in connection therewith exemplary embodiments of the method according to the invention. Show it:
  • 1 is a perspective view of a rescue device hanging on the suspension cable of a cable railway,
  • 1 is a side view in viewing direction II of FIG. 1, on a larger scale,
  • 3 shows a plan view of the lower part of the rescue device in viewing direction 111 of FIG. 2.

In den Figuren ist ein Rettungsgerät zum Retten von Passagieren aus stehengebliebenen Fahreinheiten einer Seilschwebebahn dargestellt, die an einer zur Fahrrichtung parallelen Seite zugänglich sind, im Falle einer Sesselbahn zum Platznehmen und Verlassen der Sessel, im Falle einer Gondel- oder Kabinenbahn zum Ein-und Aussteigen. Die als beispielsweise Fahreinheit in Fig. 2 und 3 strichpunktiert dargestellte Kabine 1 ist mittels einer nur teilweise angedeuteten Tragvorrichtung 2 in einer Lage am Tragseil 3 der (im übrigen -nicht dargestellten) Seilschwebebahn gehalten, in der ihre Seiten 4 und 5 zum Tragseil 3 parallel sind, wobei die Seite 5 Türen 6 hat, durch welche die Kabine 1 zum Ein- und Aussteigen zugänglich ist.The figures show a rescue device for rescuing passengers from stationary driving units of a cable railway, which are accessible on a side parallel to the direction of travel, in the case of a chairlift for taking a seat and leaving the armchair, in the case of a gondola or cabin lift for getting on and off . 2 and 3, dash-dotted line, for example, is held in a position on the suspension cable 3 of the cable suspension railway (not shown) in which its sides 4 and 5 are connected to the suspension cable 3 Support rope 3 are parallel, the side 5 has doors 6 through which the cabin 1 is accessible for getting in and out.

Das Rettungsgerät besteht in seinem grundsätzlichen Aufbau aus einem rechteckigen Gestell 8, das an einer Seite 9 offen ist, an der gegenüberliegenden Seite 10 unten einen Rettungsbehälter 11-14 für Personen enthält und oben mit einer Befestigungsvorrichtung 15 für ein am Lasthaken eines (nicht dargestellten) Helikopters angebrachtes Lastseil 16 und mit einer Anhängevorrichtung 17, 18, 19 verbunden ist, mit der das Rettungsgerät an das Tragseil 3 in einer Lage gehängt werden kann, in der die offene Gestellseite 9 senkrecht zum Tragseil 3 ist.The basic construction of the rescue device consists of a rectangular frame 8, which is open on one side 9, on the opposite side 10 below contains a rescue container 11-14 for people and on the top with a fastening device 15 for a on the load hook of a (not shown) Helicopter attached load cable 16 and connected to a hitch 17, 18, 19 with which the rescue device can be hung on the support cable 3 in a position in which the open frame side 9 is perpendicular to the support cable 3.

Der Rettungsbehälter für Personen hat einen Boden (Gitterrost) 11 und ein Geländer 12, 13,14. An einem Ende der inneren Längsseite des Bodens 11 ist eine Plattform (Gitterrost) 20 angelenkt, die neben der Gestellseite 21 verläuft, zu ihr gehört ein an dieser Gestellseite 21 angebrachtes Geländer 22, 23. Die Plattform 20 ist in horizontaler Lage und in der Lage 20' arretierbar. Der Abstand der Plattform 20 vom Tragseil 3 ist in bezug auf den des Kabinenboden 24 so bemessen, dass beide bei verschiedenen Steigungen der Seilschwebebahn auf annähernd gleicher Höhe liegen. Dazu kann die Plattform 20 einen etwas grösseren Abstand vom Tragseil 3 haben als der Rettungsbehälterboden 24, wenn das Rettungsgerät zweckmässigerweise jeweils in Steigungsrichtung oberhalb der Kabine an das Tragseil 3 gehängt wird.The rescue container for people has a floor (grating) 11 and a railing 12, 13, 14. At one end of the inner longitudinal side of the floor 11, a platform (grating) 20 is articulated, which runs next to the frame side 21, to which a railing 22, 23 attached to this frame side 21 belongs. The platform 20 is in a horizontal position and in a position 20 'lockable. The distance of the platform 20 from the support cable 3 is dimensioned with respect to that of the cabin floor 24 so that both are at approximately the same height at different slopes of the cable railway. For this purpose, the platform 20 can be at a somewhat greater distance from the support cable 3 than the rescue container floor 24 if the rescue device is expediently suspended from the support cable 3 above the cabin in the slope direction.

Die Anhängevorrichtung hat zwei Stützglieder 17 und 18, die an einer ebenfalls als Stützglied dienenden vertikalen Stange 25 schräg abwärts in einer zur offenen Gestellseite 9 parallelen Ebene verlaufen, so dass zwei annähernd umgekehrt V-förmige Stützgliedanordnungen gebildet sind, deren Winkelraum dem Tragseilquerschnitt angepasst gerundet ist. Ein weiteres Stützglied 19, das platten- oder rahmenförmig ist, verläuft beiderseits der Stange 25 in einer vertikalen, zur offenen Gestellseite 9 senkrechten Ebene, es überragt die Stange 25 in Richtung zur offenen Gestellseite 9 weniger als entgegengesetzt dazu (Fig. 1), weil an jener Seite die (nicht dargestellten) Verbindungsmittel der Kabinentragvorrichtung 2 mit dem Tragseil 3 sind, wenn das Rettungsgerät an die Kabine 1 herangeführt ist. Das Rettungsgerät kann entweder, wie in Fig. 2 und in Blickrichtung II in Fig. 1 dargestellt, mit dem Stützglied 17 oder mit dem Stützglied 18 am Tragseil 3 abgestützt werden, wobei die in Fig. 2 und in Blickrichtung II linke bzw. rechte Seite des Stützgliedes 19 seitlich am Tragseil 3 anliegt und das Rettungsgerät gegen Drehung um eine vertikale Achse sichert. Dies ermöglicht es, das Rettungsgerät sowohl an das Tragseil der einen Fahrrichtung als auch an das dazu parallele Tragseil der entgegengesetzten Fahrrichtung jeweils von der dem anderen Tragseil abgewandten Seite heranzufliegen und abzustützen, wobei zuerst ein unterer Teil des Stützgliedes 19 seitlich an das Tragseil 3 herangeführt und dann das Stützglied 17 bis bzw. 18 durch Senken des Rettungsgeräts auf dem Tragseil 3 abgestützt wird. Die Stange 25 ist durch dachkantenartig verlaufende Streben 26 und zwei weitere Streben 27 mit den oberen Ecken des Gestells 8 verbunden. Die Befestigungsvorrichtung 15 für das Lastseit 16 ist eine am oberen Ende der Stange 25 angebrachte Öse. Die nach oben konvergierenden Streben 25 und 26, schräge Ränder des Stützgliedes 19, zwei Abweiser 28 an der oberen Seite der Stützglieder 17 und 18 sowie Schutzbügel 29 verhindern, dass das Rettungsgerät bei Flugbewegungen unerwünscht am Tragseil 3, an der Kabine 1, an Masten der Seilschwebebahn oder anderen Hindernissen hängen bleibt.The hitch has two support members 17 and 18, which run obliquely downward on a vertical rod 25, which also serves as a support member, in a plane parallel to the open frame side 9, so that two approximately inverted V-shaped support member arrangements are formed, the angular space of which is rounded to match the supporting cable cross section . Another support member 19, which is plate or frame-shaped, runs on both sides of the rod 25 in a vertical plane perpendicular to the open frame side 9, it projects beyond the rod 25 in the direction of the open frame side 9 less than in the opposite direction (FIG. 1) because on that side are the (not shown) connecting means of the cabin support device 2 with the suspension cable 3 when the rescue device is brought up to the cabin 1. The rescue device can be supported either with the support member 17 or with the support member 18 on the supporting cable 3, as shown in FIG. 2 and in viewing direction II in FIG. 1, the left and right side in FIG. 2 and in viewing direction II of the support member 19 rests laterally on the support cable 3 and secures the rescue device against rotation about a vertical axis. This makes it possible for the rescue device to fly and to be supported both on the support cable in one direction of travel and on the support cable parallel to it in the opposite direction of travel, in each case from the side facing away from the other support cable, a lower part of the support member 19 first being brought laterally towards the support cable 3 and then the support member 17 to or 18 is supported on the suspension cable 3 by lowering the rescue device. The rod 25 is connected to the upper corners of the frame 8 by means of struts 26 and two further struts 27. The fastening device 15 for the load side 16 is an eyelet attached to the upper end of the rod 25. The upward converging struts 25 and 26, sloping edges of the support member 19, two deflectors 28 on the upper side of the support members 17 and 18 and protective bracket 29 prevent the rescue device undesirable during flight movements on the supporting cable 3, on the cabin 1, on masts Cable car or other obstacles get stuck.

Zum Einsatz wird das Rettungsgerät mittels des Lastseiles 16 an einen Helikopter gehängt. Im Rettungsbehälter 11-14 befindet sich eine Begleitperson, die in Sprechfunkverbindung mit dem Helikopterpiloten steht. Die Plattform 20 ist steil abwärts (20' in Fig. 1) und das Geländer 23 ist an die Gestellseite 21, an der es angelenkt ist, geschwenkt. Das Rettungsgerät wird zur Kabine 1 geflogen, und dort an das Tragseil 3 vor oder hinter der Kabine 1 in einer Lage gehängt, in der die Gestellseite 21 an derselben Seite des Tragseils 3, wie die Seite 5 der Kabine 1, und die offene Gestellseite 9 der Kabine 1 zugewandt ist. Dann wird das Rettungsgerät am Tragseil, evtl. an einer Seilrolle, gleitend vom Helikopter an die Kabine 1 herangezogen, so dass diese bis an den Rettungsbehälter 11-14 in den Raum des Gestells 8 hineinragt, wie Fig. 3 zeigt. Für die dazu erforderlichen Flugbewegungen erhält der Helikopterpilot die notwendigen Weisungen von der Begleitperson im Rettungsgerät. Wenn das Rettungsgerät oder die Kabine 1 dabei seitlich pendelt, stossen sie nicht aneinander, weil die Kabinenseite 4 einen ausreichenden Abstand von der Gestellseite 30 hat, das Geländer 23 an die Gestellseite 21 geschwenkt und die Plattform in der Lage 21 ist. Nachdem die in Fig. dargestellte gegenseitige Lage des Rettungsgerätes und der Kabine 1 erreicht ist, verringert der Helikopter seine Flughöhe, so dass das Lastseil 16 locker durchhängt, wobei das Rettungsgerät nur am Tragseil 3 getragen ist. Der Helikopter bleibt im Schwebeflug auf dieser Höhe. Die Begleitperson schwenkt die Plattform aus der Lage 20' in die Lage 20 und bringt das Geländer 23 in die in den Figuren dargestellte Lage. Die Passagiere können nun nach Öffnen der Türen 6 auf die nun allseitig von den Geländern 22, 23 einer der Türen 6 und die Kabinenseite 5 umschlossenen Plattform 20 bequem umsteigen und von dieser in den Rettungsbehälter 11-14 gelangen, wobei die Begleitperson behilflich ist. Beim Umsteigen ist kein erheblicher Höhenunterschied zu überwinden. Im übrigen könnte ein durch unterschiedliche Tragseilneigungen bedingter Höhenunterschied in gewissen Grenzen auch durch Schrägstellen der Plattform 20 ausgeglichen werden. Wenn die Passagiere im Rettungsbehälter 11-14 sind, schwenkt die Begleitperson das Geländer 23 wieder in eine an der Gestellseite 21 anliegende Lage, stellt die Plattform 20 in die Lage 20' (Fig. 1) und schliesst eine (nicht dargestellte) Barriere an der Stelle, an welcher die Plattform 20 an den Boden 11 anschliesst. (Statt dessen könnte die Plattform 20 auch nach oben geschwenkt werden.) Die Begleitperson gibt dann dem Piloten die Weisung zum Abheben des Rettungsgeräts vom Tragseil 3 und zum Wegfliegen. An einer Sammelstelle für die geretteten Personen wird das Rettungsgerät auf den Boden abgesetzt (nachdem die Plattform wieder in die Lage 20 gebracht wurde), die Passagiere verlassen den Rettungsbehälter 11-14 über die Plattform 20 und das Gestell 8 an dessen offener Seite 9.For use, the rescue device is hung on a helicopter by means of the load rope 16. In the rescue container 11-14 there is an accompanying person who is in radio communication with the helicopter pilot. The platform 20 is steeply downward (20 'in Fig. 1) and the railing 23 is pivoted to the frame side 21 to which it is articulated. The rescue device is flown to the cabin 1 and hung there on the supporting cable 3 in front of or behind the cabin 1 in a position in which the frame side 21 is on the same side of the supporting cable 3 as the side 5 of the cabin 1 and the open frame side 9 facing the cabin 1. Then the rescue device on the supporting rope, possibly on a rope pulley, is slidably pulled from the helicopter to the cabin 1, so that it projects into the space of the frame 8 as far as the rescue container 11-14, as shown in FIG. 3. For the flight movements required for this, the helicopter pilot receives the necessary instructions from the escort in the rescue device. If the rescue device or the cabin 1 swings laterally, they do not collide with each other because the cabin side 4 is at a sufficient distance from the frame side 30, the railing 23 is pivoted to the frame side 21 and the platform is in position 21. After the mutual position of the rescue device and the cabin 1 shown in FIG. 1 has been reached, the helicopter lowers its flying height, so that the load cable 16 sags loosely, the rescue device being carried only on the support cable 3. The helicopter hovers at this altitude. The accompanying person swings the platform from position 20 'into position 20 and brings the railing 23 into the position shown in the figures. After opening the doors 6, the passengers can now conveniently change to the platform 20 now enclosed on all sides by the railings 22, 23 of one of the doors 6 and the cabin side 5 and from there enter the rescue container 11-14, the accompanying person being helpful. There is no significant height difference to overcome when changing trains. In addition, a height difference caused by different suspension line inclinations could also be compensated within certain limits by inclining the platform 20. When the passengers are in the rescue container 11-14, the accompanying person swivels the railing 23 again into a position lying against the frame side 21, and places the platform Form 20 in the position 20 '(Fig. 1) and closes a barrier (not shown) at the point at which the platform 20 connects to the floor 11. (Instead, the platform 20 could also be pivoted upward.) The escort then instructs the pilot to lift the rescue device off the suspension cable 3 and to fly away. At a collection point for the rescued people, the rescue device is placed on the ground (after the platform has been brought back into position 20), the passengers leave the rescue container 11-14 via the platform 20 and the frame 8 on its open side 9.

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1. A method of rescuing persons from locations situated high above the ground, by using a rescue container (11-14) suspended by a load-carrying cable (16) from a helicopter and moved to a position close to the said location, the rescue container comprising a platform (20) via which the persons can climb into the rescue container in order subsequently to be flown away, characterised in that the point of rescue is a mobile unit (1) of a suspended cable railway which has come to a stop while suspended from a supporting cable (3) and which provides access on a side (5) parallel with the direction of travel for passengers to climb in and out or to take or leave their places, and in that the rescue container (11-14) which is carried by the helicopter is suspended from the supporting cable (3) of the suspended cable railway in such a position in front of or behind the mobile unit (1) and is carried by the supporting cable (3) during transfer, accompanied by a simultaneous relieving of the load-carrying cable (16) and in that the platform (20) adjacent the rescue container is disposed on that side (5) of the mobile unit (1) which is parallel with the direction of travel and is disposed at the height of the floor (24) of the said mobile unit (1).
2. A method according to Claim 1, characterised in that for suspending the rescue container (11-14) from the supporting cable (3), a supporting means (17-19) connected to the rescue container is supported on the carrying cable (3) by the helicopter descending, the said supporting means (17-19) being secured thereby against rotation about a vertical axis, the helicopter descending farther to relieve the load on the loadcar- rying cable (16), is then maintained hovering in this further lowered position during transfer of the passengers, the supporting means (17-19) being subsequently lifted off the carrying cable (3) by the fact that the altitude at which the helicopter is hovering is increased.
3. A method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the rescue container (11-14) is suspended from the carrying cable (3) at a distance from the mobile unit (1) and, guided by the carrying cable (3), is pulled by the helicopter into the position favourable for transfer of passengers or is suspended from the carrying cable (3) above the mobile unit (1) at some location on the suspended cable railway at which there is a gradient or pitch so that it can roll or slide downwards along the carrying cable until it abuts the mobile unit (1).
4. A rescue appliance for carrying out the method according to one of Claims 1 to 3 in the form of a rescue container (11-14) with a fixing means (15) for the load-carrying cable (16) suspended from the helicopter and comprising a platform (20), characterised in that the rescue container (11-14) comprises a suspension means (17-19) for attachment to a cable railway cable (3) in such a way that it is secured against rotation about a vertical axis, and in that when the rescue appliance is securely suspended on the carrying cable (3) and cannot rotate about the said vertical axis, the rescue container (11-14) extends on either side of the vertical plane located in the direction of the carrying cable, the platform (20) extending at a distance from and parallel with this plane in order to allow the passengers to transfer from the mobile unit (1) to the platform (20).
5. A rescue appliance according to Claim 4, characterised in that the suspension device comprises approximately inverted V-shaped supporting members (17,25 or 18, 25) which, in the condition in which they are supported on the carrying cable (3), lie in a plane which extends transversely to the carrying cable (3), and form a supporting member (19) which is secured against rotation about a vertical axis and which bears on the carrying cable (3) laterally in front of and behind the support point.
6. A rescue appliance according to Claim 4, characterised in that the suspension device comprises approximately inverted V-shaped guide members which guide the carrying cable (3) during suspension of the rescue container, in a groove in a cable pulley which serves for supporting the rescue appliance from the carrying cable, the rescue appliance further comprising a support member which, when the rescue appliance is supported on the carrying cable, bears on one side of the carrying cable in front of and behind the support point in order to secure the rescue container against rotation about a vertical axis.
7. A rescue appliance according to one of Claims 4 to 6, characterised in that means (17, 25; 28, 25) which can be supported on the carrying cable (3) are disposed both on one side and also on the other side of a plate or frame-shaped supporting member (19) of which one side or the other, when the rescue appliance is supported on the carrying cable (3), bears laterally on the carrying cable (3) before and after the support point in order to secure the rescue appliance against rotation about a vertical axis.
8. A rescue appliance according to one of Claims 4 to 8, characterised in that the rescue container (11-14) and the platform (20) are disposed in an at least approximately rectangular frame (8) which at the top is connected to the fixing device (15) and the suspension device (17-19) and, when the rescue appliance is suspended from the carrying cable (3), is open on a side (9) which is at least approximately at right angles to the carrying cable (3), in order partially to engage around the mobile unit (1) and in that the rescue container (11-14) is disposed on the side of the frame (10) which is opposite the open side (9) . while the platform (20) is disposed on one (21) of the other two sides (21,22) of the frame.
9. A rescue appliance according to one of Claims 4 to 8, characterised in that the platform (20, 20') can be pivoted about an at least approximately horizontal axis and can be locked at least in a horizontal position.
10. A rescue appliance according to one of Claims 4 to 9, characterised by, converging upwardly on its outside, parts (19, 26-28) and protective brackets (29) which prevent an undesired fouling of the carrying cable (3) on the mobile unit (1), on masts of the suspended cable railway or other obstructions.
EP85105074A 1984-05-15 1985-04-26 Method of rescuing passengers from arrested carrying units of aerial ropeways, and rescue device for carrying out the method Expired EP0165415B1 (en)

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