Zip Line Rail System
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220362681A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17878274

    申请日:2022-08-01

    申请人: JiMi IP, LLC

    发明人: Sean Horihan

    摘要: The zip line rail system can be connected to a challenge course, a zip line, a zip track system, or any combination thereof. The zip line rail system of the present invention can have two rails that a member slide's two wheels rollably engage with, and the zip line rail system can be configured in any of a variety of directions.

    Emergency Arrest Device for Zip-Lining

    公开(公告)号:US20220281493A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17193110

    申请日:2021-03-05

    IPC分类号: B61H9/02 F16D63/00

    摘要: An emergency arrest device for a zip line is disclosed. The device uses a rope wound around the zip line, e.g., in a double helix, as the “core reactor” that provides stopping force. The device receives the ends of the wound rope and controls the position of the rope and tension within the rope to create and modulate the stopping force. Specifically, the device may comprise a front plate, a rear plate assembly, connecting members connecting the front plate and the rear plate assembly, and a movable carriage. The rear plate assembly includes a first receiving structure adapted to receive and secure one end of the rope. The moveable carriage is mounted within the emergency arrest device between the front plate and the rear plate assembly and carries a second receiving structure adapted to receive and secure the other end of the rope.

    COASTER AND TROLLEY SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210170285A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17096534

    申请日:2020-11-12

    摘要: A rail coaster operates as a cross between a roller coaster and a zip line. A rail may be suspended under a frame by flexible cables or solid brackets. The rail may turn, incline, decline, or twist, but need not twist to still provide a “rolling” degree of freedom for a rider. An eddy current brake provides proportional braking as a function of speed. A cam-adjustment-axle (eccentric) carries certain wheels to provide finely divided, discrete, but incrementally small adjustments of idler wheel clearances to accommodate variations in the rail, wheel wear, and onsite adjustment of tolerances for curvature, unevenness, and friction. A “static universal” bracket provides adjustment in four degrees of freedom, three of translation and one of rotation in securing a rail to a supporting frame.

    CABLEWAY CARRIAGE
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210039690A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16977211

    申请日:2019-02-18

    发明人: Yukiyasu HIROSE

    IPC分类号: B61H9/02 B61B7/02 B61B12/12

    摘要: Provided is a single-drum-type cableway carriage that can also be used for lumber-yarding which involves either the raising of a load or the lowering of a load over gentle slopes and steep surfaces.
    The cableway carriage according to the present invention includes: a base member 1; a main cable braking member 10 that has a braking face that comes into contact with the main cable and that is secured to the base member; a first lever 20 that has a first fulcrum serving as a center of rotation and secured to the base member, a first lever braking face provided in a position facing the braking face, a biasing member that biases the first lever braking face in a direction of separation from the braking face, and a drive pulley capable of applying a force in the direction in which the first lever braking face is brought close to the braking face by the tensile force of the rope, and a second lever 30 that has a second fulcrum secured to the base member and serving as a center of rotation, and a first lever pressing part capable of pressing the first lever in the direction in which the first lever braking face is separated from the braking face.

    CONVEYANCE ARREST SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200339166A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16396942

    申请日:2019-04-29

    申请人: Paul W. Budge

    发明人: Paul W. Budge

    IPC分类号: B61K7/18 B61B7/00 B61H9/02

    摘要: A first conveyance arrest system includes a trolley arrest cylinder comprising a piston rod mechanically coupled a trolley receiver. The trolley receiver engages a conveyance trolley, displaces the piston rod and pressurizes a working fluid within the trolley arrest cylinder. The trolley arrest cylinder comprises a port that vents pressurized fluid within the trolley arrest cylinder and provides a vent resistance to fluid escaping the trolley arrest cylinder. A second conveyance arrest system includes a conveyance trolley slideably coupled to a conveyance guide, and a trolley arrest cylinder mechanically coupled to the conveyance trolley. The second conveyance arrest system also includes a conveyance stop configured to engage a stop engagement end of a piston rod and thereby pressurize fluid within the trolley arrest cylinder in response to movement of the trolley toward the conveyance stop.

    Zip line brake
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10746239B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15434827

    申请日:2017-02-16

    IPC分类号: F16D63/00 A63G21/22 B61H9/02

    摘要: A portable zip line emergency brake system intended to stop or slow down a zip liner (or load) on a cable while giving the control to the device user or operator on the opposite end of the zip line. As an out of control rider comes down the zip line the operator will lock the device onto the cable and roll it out onto the zip line using a combination of sending force by the operator and gravity to meet the rider's pulley. The device is adjustable for different riders' estimated weights. Once the rider's pulley comes in contact with the device far out on the cable it will use a lever camming action between two brake pads on the cable as it reverses direction. As the brake is engaged it will stop or slow the rider. The operator can then pull the rider to the end safely.

    Emergency Arrest Device for Zip Line
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190232984A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16263599

    申请日:2019-01-31

    IPC分类号: B61H9/02

    摘要: An emergency arrest device for a zip line is disclosed. The emergency arrest device is designed to tension and control a slide-and-grip knot, such as a Prusik knot, that is tied on the zip line. The device includes a mirror-image set of sidewalls, a front endwall connected between the pair of sidewalls at a front end of the device, and a rear endwall connected at a rear end of the device. The front and rear endwalls have openings sized to permit passage of the zip line therethrough. A tail fixation assembly including a clamp is mounted in the rear of the device. A knot-body control assembly is mounted in the front of the device. The knot-body control assembly includes arms that are resiliently biased to push the body of the slide-and-grip knot rearwardly when the device is impacted.

    EMERGENCY-EGRESS, ZIP-LINE SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20170157433A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-08

    申请号:US15441101

    申请日:2017-02-23

    申请人: ZIPHOLDINGS, LLC

    发明人: Eric S. Cylvick

    摘要: Emergency egress systems carry multiple riders simultaneously accessing zip line catenary from higher, inaccessible, working locations to lower, safer areas. Hangers above the track line suspend trolleys to avoid weighting the catenary unduly at the high end, which might otherwise alter (reduce) clearance distances and safety of riders above a launch platform (deck). Catenary shape is controlled against approaching a launch deck by sequencing the release from the hangers of each trolley to roll along the catenary with its own rider. Autonomous braking, inter-trolley bumpers, and vertical stabilizers enable each rider to quickly occupy a seat (harness, etc.) and launch onto the track line, unconcerned with riders ahead or behind until underway. Multiple trolleys may thus load, launch, and in close proximity on a single line, regardless of the total weight of multiple riders.

    BRAKE TROLLEY AND A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A CONTINUOUS BELAY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20170088150A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US14863683

    申请日:2015-09-24

    申请人: Kanopeo GmbH

    发明人: Jaques CHRISTINET

    IPC分类号: B61H9/02 B60T7/16

    摘要: A brake trolley (28) for a continuous belay system comprising a body portion (29) and a stopper (42) connected to the body portion and configured to abut against the pulley. The body portion comprising a slideable support tube (30) configured to be mounted around a riding cable (2), a connection flange (34) attached to a first end of the slideable support tube and configured to be attached to the traction member, and a spacer plate portion (38) attached to the second end of the slideable support tube and interconnecting the stopper to the slideable support tube. The connection flange and the spacer plate portion both extend in transverse directions in relation to an axial direction (A) of the slideable support tube, and the thickness (w1, w2) of the spacer plate portion and the connection flange are smaller than an external diameter (D) of the slideable support tube.