TRAVELATOR, MOVING RAMP OR ESCALATOR

WIPO Patent Application WO2005075332

A3

A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting people, comprising a people mover (1); a balustrade (2) ex­tending alongside the people mover throughout its length. The balustrade comprises a handrail belt (3) formed as an endless loop and having an upper handhold portion (4), which the passenger can grasp with a hand for support, a lower return portion (5), and a turn-­around portion (6) between the handhold portion and the return portion. The bal­ustrade frame (7) comprises a turn-­around guide (8) at the end of the bal­ustrade to form a so-called turn-around to support and guide the turn-around portion (6) of the handrail belt. The turn-around guide (8) comprises a number of pressure rollers (9) arranged as a sequence in the form of a circular arc, spaced by a distance from each other. In addition, a drive assembly (10) is pro­vided to move the handrail belt. The drive assembly comprises a drive belt (11) formed as an endless loop and hav­ing a contact portion (12), which is in driving contact with the handrail belt (3) over a predetermined length, and a power means (13) for driving the drive belt. The contact portion (12) of the drive belt (11) is passed over the se­quence of pressure rollers (9) between the pressure rollers (9) and the turn­around portion (6) of the handrail belt (3).

AULANKO ESKO (FI)
MUSTALAHTI JORMA (FI)
OSSENDORF MARC (DE)

PCT/FI2005/000043

December 01, 2005

January 21, 2005

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KONE CORP (FI)
AULANKO ESKO (FI)
MUSTALAHTI JORMA (FI)
OSSENDORF MARC (DE)

B66B23/04; (IPC1-7): B66B23/04

DE2239982A1	1974-03-07
US3283878A	1966-11-08

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