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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Noel Blandon, Bernin, FR;
Christophe Tambourin, Mercure, FR;
Noel Blandon, Bernin, FR;
Christophe Tambourin, Mercure, FR;
Sommital, , FR;
Abstract
A cableway installation including a travel cable, a vehicle suspended therefrom, boarding and disembarking points, an aerial carrier configured to support and drive the travel cable, a mobile conductor disposed on the vehicle, a fixed conductor disposed on the aerial carrier adjacent to the travel cable and in an area proximate to at least one of the boarding and disembarking points, the fixed conductor including a first fixed contact element connected to a low voltage electric supply and a first plurality of flexible conductive contact wires extending from the fixed conductor along a longitudinal length of at least one side of the travel cable, where the mobile conductor is disposed so as to the contact the first plurality of flexible conductive contact wires and establish electrical contact with the first fixed contact element and with the low voltage electric supply when the vehicle is transported between the boarding and disembarking points.