Binary Track Safety Traverse System Reconfigurable to Provide Safe Trajectories Over a Wide Range of Inclinations

• US 20140007789A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Buttercup Business, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Darren W. Hreniuk
• Inventors: Hreniuk, Darren W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,045,146 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 104/113
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 12/005 Rescue devices for passengers safety devices for preventing accidents to passengers when entering or leaving railway vehicles B61K13/04; emergency escape closures in vehicle bottom in general B60J9/02
• CPC Class Codes: B61B 7/00 Rope railway systems with suspended flexible tracks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 30/00 Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

Abstract

The present invention is related to the field of mechanical engineering and describes an automatically adjustable system of traverse rails with multiple characteristics that extend the useful life of the sustain by a minimum factor of four while providing redundant security backup to the rails allowing human passengers to move from one place to another in and easy and safe manner with a minimum of noise and vibration while providing the owner of the system benefits of lower maintenance cost and less exposure to financial risk. Also the system can be installed in a multitude of natural places without the need to cut or damage the environment. Using the same components this system offers other configuration options to increase the possibilities of installing a system with desirable characteristics over a greater number of inclinations. Combining the various components starting with a smooth rail as in FIG. 1 with the self-equalizing system FIG. 3 for a maximum conservation of energy to maximum breaking rail with the skeleton braid in FIG. 2 with the maximum braking security system of in FIG. 4.

Claims

1. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations, that is comprised of at least, two rails or cords, a self equalizing component, an automatic tension adjusting component, a vehicle, a support apparatus, a back up anchor.

2. A binary track security traverse system as in claim 1, characterized by the use of tracks or rails of extruded plastic.

3. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 2, characterized by having tracks or rails of encrusted with the braking augmenting component.

4. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 2 and 3, characterized by the tracks or rails being reinforced with a fiber.

5. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 1, characterized by the total weight of the passenger is supported by one of the lines while a second line or rail acts as a security line above it.

6. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 1, characterized by a self-equalizing component that automatically distributes passengers wait between the two tracks or rails.

7. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 5, characterized by having an automatic tension adjusting component that allows for the change in dynamics of the principle line without interfering with the security of the passenger.

8. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 1, characterized by use of an over and under pulley vehicle or a pulley and a safety tether.

9. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claim 1, characterized by the use of a limiting device or independent safety backup rail that allows a passenger to travel on the primary line or rail while second line or rail automatically adjusts tension within the predetermined operational parameters and that the passenger cannot exceed a pre established limit should that principle line lose its capacity to transport.

10. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations as in claims 1, 6 and 7, characterized by the use of a double pulley that travel the length of both lines simultaneously.

11. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations characterized by lines or rails that can be reconfigured to extend the principle component of the rails.

12. A binary track security traverse system reconfigurable to offer safe trajectories over a wider range of inclinations characterized by having a self equalizing component that incorporates a pulley that is mounted on a articulated arm that automatically aligns the pulley with the center of the trajectory.