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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Innova Patent Gmbh, Wolfurt, AT;
Daniel Pfeifer, Sankt Anton am Arlberg, AT;
Adrian Mohni, St. Gallen, CH;
INNOVA PATENT GMBH, Wolfurt, AT;
Abstract
In order to enhance the safety of a cableway, in particular when a cable car passes through a cableway support of the cableway, according to the present teaching a detection device having at least one evaluation unit and at least two sensors connected to the evaluation unit is provided on at least one cableway support. A first sensor is located in the entry area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the first sensor. A second sensor is located in the exit area of the cableway support in order to detect the presence of a cable car in a detection area of the second sensor. The detection device is provided in order to detect a number of cable cars between the first sensor and the second sensor and to generate a fault signal when the detected number exceeds a predefined maximum number.