Constrained guide urban transport system

摘要

A constrained guide urban transport system (11), including numerous stations among which at least one ring-closed guide (14) is located which supports the mutually spaced vehicles (12). A cable (15) runs along the guide (14) which is driven in translation by a winch (16) placed within a tractor station and sent to a transmission station. Along each runway all of the stations have acceleration or deceleration conveyors (18) in order to accelerate the vehicles (12) leaving the stations to bring them to a synchronous speed with a cable speed (15) and in order to brake the vehicles (12) arriving into the station to a minimum speed or to a halt, to allow for the passengers of the vehicles (12) to get on and/or off. The vehicles (12) have clamps (17) aimed at grasping the cable (15) when the vehicle (12) moves away from the station and moves towards another station and aimed at releasing the cable (15) when the vehicle (12) moves towards a station and is led by the acceleration or deceleration conveyors (18).