Opfindelse: Cykelmetro

Opfinder: Palle R Jensen

Problem:

The climate challenge is such a big problem that the usual solutions cannot

deal with it.

Commuting is one of the activities that is responsible for large CO2 emissions because people

uses car and sits alone in the car.

Denmark has a great advantage by virtue of the widespread cycling, but many commuters

can not use the bike for the daily commute as the distance is too long.

Bicycles can be taken by S-train and metro, but not during rush hour.

Parking bicycles by S-train is very chaotic and the commuter has to invest in 2 bicycles

to be able to commute by bike + train.

Solution:

The problem is so big that it makes sense to build a completely new transport system.

The invention relates to a new transport system which is targeted at transport

cyclists with bicycles.

It is an ultralight and inexpensive system that can be easily fitted into modern cities

The function is as follows:

The cyclist is driving from his home at a time that suits him. After a few km

(highest) he comes to the start of the bike subway where a number of cabins stop

ready. He drives into the cabin and presses the start button. The rear of the cabin

closes and the cabin moves up to a safe height before accelerating.

The system now moves the cabin at high speed (100 km / h) over a long

stretch that extends from a local area with housing and business to another area

with equivalent.

Upon arrival, the cabin is lowered to the ground so that the front of the cabin can

act as a slide where the cyclist can drive directly on without stopping.

In this way, a commuter will arrive faster than a motorist and with much lower

energy consumption. The energy is based on electricity, so CO2 can be brought down to 0 by

use of electricity from renewable energy.

Technical details:

Train formation

The cabins are designed so that they can be connected closely together to form a train

with very low air resistance. It is the same as is known from the RUF system

(www.ruf.dk), but here it can be done more consistently, as the cabins do not work

as vehicles that need to look good on the road. That means a cabin inside the train

contributes with an air resistance that is less than 1/10 of what it would be if

it drove alone

Security system

The cabin hangs in two carriages, which roll inside a closed rail with a slot

downwards through which the carrying units connect the carriage and cab. The carrying units

is shaped like a flat ellipse such that the slit consists of two plastic slats

(nylon or similar) is only opened minimally by passage.

In this way, the rail acts as an air cylinder and the carriages as pistons.

Thus, it will be impossible for two vehicles to approach each other quickly then

the pistons will build up an overpressure which cannot escape quickly.

In this way, the system is secured against collisions between cabins.

As the slits do not close completely tightly, it will still be possible to approach slowly

to each other when necessary.

Change track

If you expand the system, to not only be line-based from A to B, but allow

stations along the way, or an actual network, one needs to be able to change tracks.

This can be done as follows:

The time axis is down.

The trolley is supported by 4 wheels with a horizontal axis and steered sideways by 2 wheels with a fixed vertical

axis.

A shift wheel is located with a vertical axis at the top of the carriage. Usually it is located to

one side or to the other but never right in the middle.

When changing, a vertical flange fits in the rail to fit the shift wheel.

Straight

When driving straight ahead in a braid (the image sequence on the left) is the shift wheel

placed on the left side well before the flange appears.

Now press the shift wheel against the left side of the flange, thus relieving the right ones

support wheels. The rail can now be split into two parts, as the right support wheels are relieved.

To the right

When driving to the right (image sequence to the right), place the shift wheel on the right side in

good time before the flange shows up.

Now press the shift wheel towards the right side of the flange, thus relieving the left ones

support wheels. The rail is split in two and the carriage follows the right rail.