Transit system employing a traction belt

B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – B

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B61B 9/00 (2006.01) B61B 13/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2187761

A transit system including a vehicle (21), an elongated flexible traction belt (22) coupled to the vehicle (21) to apply a traction force sufficient to propel the vehicle along a transit path (23), and a drive assembly (24) coupled to displace the traction belt (22). The traction belt (22) is oriented with sides (33) in a substantially vertical plane so that the vehicle (21) can be coupled to one edge (38) of the belt and the other edge (39) used to guide the vertical position of the belt. Intermediate the edges (38, 39) drive assemblies (36, 37) can be periodically provided along the length of the transit path (23) to frictionally engage and drive the traction belt without interference from either the guiding surfaces (56, 57, 58) or the vehicle coupling assembly (51). A method of propelling a vehicle (21) and a traction member-based transit system is provided including a step of applying a traction force to the vehicle (21) through a traction belt (22) while the belt is vertically oriented.

Système de transport comprenant un véhicule (21), une courroie de traction souple et allongée (22) accouplée au véhicule (21), de façon à exercer une force de traction suffisante pour propulser ledit véhicule le long d'un chemin de transport (23), ainsi qu'un ensemble de transmission (24) accouplé de façon à déplacer la courroie de traction (22). La courroie de traction (22) est orientée de façon que ses côtés (33) se trouvent dans un plan sensiblement vertical, afin de pourvoir accoupler le véhicule (21) à un bord (38) de la courroie et utiliser l'autre bord (39) afin de guider la position verticale de ladite courroie. Les ensembles de transmission (36, 37) situés entre les bords (38, 39) peuvent être ménagés périodiquement sur la longueur du chemin de transport (23), afin de venir en prise par friction avec la courroie de traction et actionner ladite, sans interférence des surfaces de guidage (56, 57, 58) ou l'ensemble d'accouplement (51) du véhicule. On a également prévu un mode de propulsion d'un véhicule (21) et système de transport à base d'un élément de traction comprenant une étape d'application d'une force de traction au véhicule (21) par l'intermédiaire d'une courroie de traction (22) tandis que ladite courroie est orientée verticalement.

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