The present invention provides an apparatus for pulling a line cart along a section of suspended cable. The apparatus comprises a frame; a motor that is supported by the frame; one or more drive wheels that are cooperative with the cable for suspending the frame from the cable and the drive wheels rotate along the cable. The apparatus further comprises a transmission system for operatively connecting the motor to the drive wheels and a brake that engages the drive wheels. The present invention further comprises a line cart with an apparatus that includes the features described above. The apparatus provides the required power to pull the line cart up steep sections of suspended cables and the brake allows an operator to hold the line cart in a desired section of the suspended cable.


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    Title :

    APPARATUS FOR MOVING A LINE CART ALONG A CABLE


    Contributors:
    WALL PETER (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-10-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen / B61B RAILWAY SYSTEMS , Eisenbahnanlagen



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