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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Leitner S.p.a., Vipiteno, IT;

Inventor:

Rudolf Beha, Vipiteno, IT;

Assignee:

LEITNER S.P.A., Vipiteno, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 12/06 (2006.01); B61B 7/00 (2006.01); B61B 7/04 (2006.01); B61B 11/00 (2006.01); B61B 12/02 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B 12/06 (2013.01); B61B 7/00 (2013.01); B61B 7/04 (2013.01); B61B 11/00 (2013.01); B61B 12/022 (2013.01); B61B 12/024 (2013.01); B61B 12/026 (2013.01); B61L 23/04 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aerial cable transportation system comprising: at least one hauling cable; a first fixed structure; at least one transportation unit; a plurality of sensors configured for detecting the passage of the transportation units; a control unit; wherein the plurality of sensors comprises at least a first sensor arranged at the exit area of the first fixed structure and at least a second sensor downstream of the first sensor, respectively, at is least a distance sfrom the first sensor measured in cable-meters; wherein the control unit is connected to the sensors and is configured for: upon the passage of each transportation unit at the first sensor, starting to count the meters of cable fed outside the first fixed structure; when the counting of the meters of cable fed outside the first fixed structure reaches amounts about equal to the at least one distance s, autonomously activating safety procedures if the passage of the transportation unit is not detected by each corresponding second sensor downstream of the first sensor.


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