Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
ESCALATOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1998/057879
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An escalator (11), in which stepboards (12) are connected to a chain (20) encompassing an upper sprocket wheel (18) provided on an upper floor (15) and a lower sprocket wheel (19) provided on a lower floor (16) and allowed to travel along a circulating path. While being maintained horizontal in a conveying area (S5) users are conveyed. Riding surfaces (22) of the stepboards are circulatingly driven while facing upward at all times, so that the escalator (11) can be made thin.

Inventors:
OGAWA YUTAKA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1998/002491
Publication Date:
December 23, 1998
Filing Date:
June 05, 1998
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
NIPPON FILLESTER KK (JP)
OGAWA YUTAKA (JP)
International Classes:
B66B23/12; B66B23/14; (IPC1-7): B66B23/14; B66B23/00; B66B23/12
Foreign References:
JPH01242389A1989-09-27
JPH0632577A1994-02-08
Other References:
See also references of EP 0997425A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Saikyo, Keiichiro (2-6 Bingomachi 3-chome, Chuo-k, Osaka-shi Osaka, JP)
Download PDF: