Abstract:
A method for the transfer of people on wheel-chair on/from public transport means provides for the use of an electric vehicle for transporting people on wheel-chair to enable people on wheel-chairs to get on/off public transport means Independently and automatically. The above-mentioned method, using a special electric vehicle with a liftable supporting board, makes it unnecessary to install any lifting device on board the transport means.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a self moving transport mean for partially disabled people and a method for using said transport mean in shopping centres or other specific public areas. The transport mean houses seats or wheel-chairs and gives the user the chance to access all the services of said areas thanks to proper drive systems, safety devices, and a simple and safe lifting device of a flat surface supporting the wheel-chair or the seat. The method of the invention provides a box for housing and recharging the transport means and the exchange of data between them and a central processing unit of the area apt to let the user completely enjoying the services of the area and the mobility features of the transport means.
Abstract:
An apparatus, and related method, for monitoring and controlling the traffic of public transport means, and in particular railway trains, provides that the position of the trains, equipped with specific devices comprising, among other things, satellite positioning systems, is monitored by a series of centralized units dedicated to control adjacent areas with determined layout and extension of the railway network; the method for monitoring and controlling provides, in case that anomalous traffic situations as well as dangerous situations are detected, sending proper alarm signals and signals for automatically putting into action the breaking means of the vehicles, the devices that are installed in the various vehicles comprising interfacing means for connecting to said breaking means and to sensors placed along the railway paths and in the trains. Said devices also comprise wireless receiving and transmitting means, covering areas concerned with the transit of the vehicles, apt to exchange positioning data or other kind of data of various sensors, among vehicles running within a certain mutual distance, and also apt to starting, if needed, alarm or stop signals of said vehicles. Finally, the devices comprise memory means for storing data, information and parameters concerning the way the means of transport, where the device is installed, works; said memory means being kept in a shock, high temperature, water and dust resistant box in order to preserve the data themselves for future analysis and inspections.
Abstract:
A device, which can be placed everywhere along safety belts on vehicles equipped with automatic belt rewinders, is apt to avoid, on the driver, or passenger, body, the pressure due to the rewinding force normally applied at one end of said belt by its rewinder. The device comprises elements which can be coupled together and placed at the opposite surfaces of the belt in a fixed or sliding mode. Moreover, the device acts as a perfumer for the vehicle since it is made of perfumed materials and/or is combined with perfuming components such as sticks, soaps, sponges or different supports apt to gradually release their fragrance.