| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198326000 | By stairway having steps forming an endless member | 53 |
| 20090065328 | TURNAROUND CURVE SYSTEM FOR A CHAIN CONVEYOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a turnaround curve system for a chain conveyor system, having a chain having linear traction which is driven in turnaround sections by means of turnaround guides ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090101470 | SELF-SUPPORTING GUIDING SYSTEM FOR MOVING WALKWAYS - The invention relates to a system having: a first longitudinal member and a second longitudinal member arranged symmetrical to the first longitudinal member in relation to a longitudinal mid-plane of the conveyor system, to define a forward movement track and a return track of the rollers ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100122890 | Information Display System for Passenger Conveying Device - An information display system for a conveying device, the information display system comprising a driving mechanism, a flexible display loop driven by the driving mechanism to travel in a closed loop, and an image forming module configured to provide media to at least a section of the flexible display loop. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100213024 | STEP BAND GUARD FOR A PASSENGER CONVEYOR - A step band guard ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110042179 | PEOPLE CONVEYOR GLASS BALUSTRADE LIGHTING - People conveyor ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120031729 | Device for the transport of passengers - Device for the passenger transport, in particular an escalator provided with steps or a moving walkway equipped with pallets, wherein the steps or pallets are connected to each other to form a continuous step or pallet belt and can be moved in the direction of transport by means of drive elements, wherein a lower entrance or exit section of the device is connected to an upper exit or entrance section via at least one arched transport section which, seen over the length and height thereof, is formed by different radii which verge into each other, wherein at least the arched transport section is composed of several linear framing sections which are connected to each other in the region of the facing ends thereof. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120073934 | CONVEYING EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONS - Conveying equipment for persons includes sheet metal parts, stiffeners, H-frames and travel tracks, which together with respect to statics, load-bearing capability and stiffness can be used as a framework support construction. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120181142 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A CHAIN TO A STEP OR A PALLET OF A PASSENGER CONVEYING INSTALLATION - A device for connecting a chain, which is actively connected to a roller, to a step or a pallet of an escalator or a moving walkway, respectively. The chain has a roller side and a step or pallet side. The device includes a hollow stud disposed on the roller side and a cylindrical shoulder disposed on the step or pallet side. The hollow stud has a clearance to receive the cylindrical shoulder. A slide bearing is arranged at least radially between a circumferential surface of the hollow stud defining the clearance and an outer circumferential surface of the shoulder. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130228414 | ESCALATOR OR MOVING WALKWAY WITH A SOFFIT PLATE - An escalator or a moving walkway includes a support structure and a soffit plate. A first side edge region of the soffit plate is fixedly connected with the support structure. In addition, the soffit plate is biased between the first side edge region and a second side edge region, which is opposite the first side edge region, by a predetermined biasing force. In order to maintain the bias the second side edge region is fixedly connected with the support structure, wherein through the maintenance of the biasing force a stiffness of the support structure is increased and in operation of the escalator or the moving walkway the output of noise is reduced. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140326577 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR - Provided is a passenger conveyor apparatus that can be reduced in number of components. The passenger conveyor apparatus includes a plurality of footsteps to be moved in a circulating manner, a moving handrail to be moved in a circulating manner in synchronization with the movement of the plurality of footsteps, and a truss for supporting the plurality of footsteps and the moving handrail. A skirt guard is provided on a lateral side of the plurality of footsteps. At least one roller is provided to each of the plurality of footsteps. The roller is guided by a rail corresponding to the roller. The rail is fixed to a rail supporting plate supported on the truss. At least one of the skirt guard and the moving handrail is fixed to the rail supporting plate. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150090557 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR - In a passenger conveyor, a supporting angle that is supported on a building beam is fixed to an end portion of a truss main body. A plurality of movement limiting members that come into contact with the supporting angle to limit horizontal movement of the supporting angle are disposed on the building beam. The supporting angle includes: a first supporting portion; and a pair of second supporting portions that are disposed on two sides of the first supporting portion in a width direction of the truss. A horizontal protruding dimension of the first supporting portion from the truss main body is different than horizontal protruding dimensions of the second supporting portions from the truss main body. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150344269 | CONVEYING CHAIN SPROCKET AND/OR DEFLECTION CHAIN SPROCKET HAVING AN INCREASED SERVICE LIFE - The invention relates to an escalator ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160137460 | GUIDE STRIP FOR A GUIDE RAIL OF AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - Guide rail for an escalator of a moving walkway, comprising at least one planar base surface with a guide surface for rollers, particularly for guide rollers of a step belt or plate belt of an escalator or a moving walkway, and at least one guide strip with a guide flank for lateral guidance of these rollers, wherein the guide strip is a separate component. | 05-19-2016 |
| 198327000 | Having hinged plates forming steps | 3 |
| 20090101471 | MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a moving walkway formed by a series of pallets ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110233029 | MOVING SKIRT MECHANISM FOR CHAIN DRIVEN PASSENGER CONVEYORS - A tread plate assembly for a passenger conveyer system includes a first tread plate projecting from a first skirt plate, a second tread plate projecting from a second skirt plate and arranged adjacent the first tread plate, a link pivotally connected to the first skirt plate and slidably and pivotally connected to the second skirt plate, and a bridge member connected to the link and arranged between the first skirt plate and the second skirt plate to form a moving skirt of the passenger conveyer system. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120006647 | ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR STEP FLANGE COVER - A connection between step flange covers | 01-12-2012 |
| 198328000 | Trained about vertical axis or axes | 3 |
| 20090026038 | ESCALATOR OR TRAVELATOR - An escalator or travelator comprising a circulating step belt or panel belt. Each step or panel of a belt is provided on each side respectively with a supporting roller and a chain roller, which are guided on supporting roller rails and chain roller rails in forward travel and in return travel. Supporting roller return travel rails are adapted to support the supporting roller only partially. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20140069771 | DUO SPIRAL ESCALATOR WITH DIRECT RETURN - This invention describes the design of a carrier system for people or goods permitting the continuous path of travel of a duo spiral escalator ascending and descending around a tower with a fixed diameter from the top to the bottom. At the bottom level and at the top level of the duo spiral escalator the invention consists of discontinuous upper and lower tracks for reversing the tread direction. Escalator chains connected to the tread support rods insure a smooth transfer of the treads between sets of tracks. This invention permits continuous transportation of the riders ascending and descending to a plurality of floors of varying ceiling heights. Current straight and spiral escalators have half of the treads carrying riders while the other half are empty as they travel back underneath. With this invention, as the treads move between floors, all of them may have riders aboard. This design saves horizontal space and requires fewer treads and materials than current escalators. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20150068864 | Duo spiral escalator with curved return - This invention describes the design of a carrier system for people or goods that provides a continuous path of travel of a duo spiral escalator ascending and descending around a cylindrical tower with all stairway treads remaining upright and in continuous operation. At the bottom level and at the top level of the spiral escalator the treads follow a curved path from one side of the tower to the other as they travel along two half circle tracks. At the end of the first half circle in the center of the tower, each tread is lifted from its tracks, rotated 180 degrees, and placed back down on the tracks at the beginning of the second half circle. This invention permits continuous transportation of the riders ascending and descending to a plurality of floors of varying ceiling heights. | 03-12-2015 |
| 198329000 | With means allowing tensioning of the endless member | 1 |
| 20090159397 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR - Obtained is a passenger conveyor that, in the case of the elongation of a step chain of the passenger conveyor, causes a hydraulic cylinder to move a lower-part step chain wheel, thereby absorbing a slack in the step chain and tensioning the step chain with any push-out force. In a passenger conveyor provided with a step chain tensioning device that, in the case of the elongation of a step chain, causes a lower-part step chain wheel to move, thereby absorbing a slack in the step chain and tensioning the step chain with any tensioning force, the step chain tensioning device includes a tensioning device section, which has a hydraulic cylinder and pushes out the lower-part step chain wheel with a push-out force of the hydraulic cylinder on a side where the step chain is tensioned, and a pressure device section, which has a pressure piston to which a load by a weight is applied and causes the hydraulic cylinder of the tensioning device section to constantly give any tension to the step chain via a hydraulic oil due to the pressure of the pressure piston. | 06-25-2009 |
| 198330000 | With drive means | 20 |
| 20090008216 | Passenger Conveyor - Provided is a passenger conveyor including a plurality of steps ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090120762 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MOVING WALKWAYS AND STAIRS - The invention relates to a drive system for moving walkways and stairs by means of horizontal drive chains, having a drive actuation mechanism and drive chains responsible for causing the movement of the plates of the walkway or steps of the stairs. The drive chains and the pallets or steps have direct mutual engagement devices which are opposite and coupled to one another along a straight section of the path of the belt or stairs. The devices have deformable rollers which are assembled in the links of the drive chain and engage in complementary cavities that the plates or links have at the back part. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090173596 | TWO DIRECTIONS ESCALATOR DRIVED BY SINGLE MACHINE - A bi-directional escalator includes a going-up escalator ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090301837 | BI-DIRECTIONAL ESCALATOR - A bi-directional escalator with an integrate framework is disclosed. It consists of a first escalator including a first driver having a first drive shaft; a second escalator including a second driver having a second drive shaft; and a two-stage bevel gear reversing unit. The two-stage bevel gear reversing unit includes: a first bevel gear connected to the first drive shaft, a second bevel gear connected to the second drive shaft, a third bevel gear engaged with the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear, and a main driving machine which drives the first escalator and the second escalator simultaneously by means of the two-stage bevel gear reversing unit. The invention is good design, low cost and energy saving. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090308712 | ESCALATOR - An escalator includes a plurality of steps or panels, a chain for driving the steps or panels, at least one chain wheel around which the chain is deflected and wherein the chain, starting from the chain wheel, forms an upper strand and a lower strand. There is also provided a device for the polygonal compensation of the movement of the at least one chain wheel. The effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the upper strand is substantially equal to the effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the lower strand. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100025186 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A conveyance device has two endless arrangements of tread steps, step plates or pallets driven in a transportation direction by a drive. Adjacent to a first longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a first balustrade with a handrail, and adjacent a second longitudinal side of the first arrangement is a second balustrade and handrail. The second arrangement is located parallel and next to the first arrangement and is also driven by the drive. The second balustrade is configured as a center balustrade between the two arrangements to be used by persons on both arrangements. A third balustrade and handrail is adjacent a second side of the second arrangement. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110024262 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE MOVER - A power transmission system for a people mover includes a transmission housing, a first motor having a motor shaft, an output gear located inside the transmission housing, and a plurality of gears located inside the transmission housing. The plurality of gears includes an output gear located inside the transmission housing, and first and second reduction gears cooperating to drive the output gear. At least one of the first and second reduction gears has an input/output shaft extending outside the transmission housing. The system also includes an external reduction stage located outside the transmission housing and driven by the first motor shaft to rotate the input/output shaft. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110108387 | CORD AND POLYMER JACKET ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADHESION ENHANCER IN THE POLYMER JACKET MATERIAL - An exemplary assembly includes at least one elongated tension member ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110155538 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKWAYS - Drive system for escalators and moving walkways, comprising a set of wheels ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110220456 | ESCALATOR - An escalator includes a plurality of steps or panels, a chain for driving the steps or panels, at least one chain wheel around which the chain is deflected and wherein the chain, starting from the chain wheel, forms an upper strand and a lower strand. There is also provided a device for the polygonal compensation of the movement of the at least one chain wheel. The effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the upper strand is substantially equal to the effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the lower strand. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220457 | ESCALATOR - An escalator includes a plurality of steps or panels, a chain for driving the steps or panels, at least one chain wheel around which the chain is deflected and wherein the chain, starting from the chain wheel, forms an upper strand and a lower strand. There is also provided a device for the polygonal compensation of the movement of the at least one chain wheel. The effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the upper strand is substantially equal to the effective lever arm of the chain on the at least one chain wheel in the lower strand. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120085618 | RELEASABLE STEP LOCKING SYSTEM - A passenger conveyor includes a releasable step locking system having a clamp, a lock, and an actuator. The clamp couples a step to a propulsion mechanism, the lock secures the coupling between the step and the propulsion mechanism, and the actuator changes the state of the lock so that the propulsion mechanism can be either engaged or disengaged from the step. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120111695 | BALUSTRADE AND DECK MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A PASSENGER CONVEYOR - A balustrade assembly includes a decking panel and a skirt panel that are attached to one another and to a balustrade support structure without fasteners. A positioning device included in the balustrade assembly varies the position of the skirt panel relative to moving steps in two directions by pushing against stationary components that are a part of or otherwise connected to a frame of a passenger conveyor. A balustrade support employed in the assembly reduces material and manufacturing costs and is adjustable to vary the height of a balustrade panel and handrails in a passenger conveyor. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120181143 | Drive System for a Passenger Transport Installation - A drive system for transport of a passenger transport installation including an escalator or a moving walkway. Steps or pallets of the transport are actively connected to pulling elements which can be moved in the transport direction by at least one electric motor provided with a gear train having a chain wheel. The electric motor containing the gear train is positioned in one of the reversing areas of the transport and a further electric motor exclusively serves for the linear motion of the transport. Bushes/rolls of plate link chains are adjacent to or roll along individual teeth of the chain wheel while only getting into line contact, outside the tooth ground of the chain wheel. A point of force application of the bushes/rolls on the respective tooth of the chain wheel is realized such that only a one-directional force application component is generated at the respective tooth. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120181144 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR WITH MOVABLE LATERAL PANEL MEMBERS - A passenger conveyor ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130192952 | PROFILE TRACK INTEGRATED DRIVE SYSTEM - A method for assembling a drive system for an escalator system includes securing one or more track sets extending along a path of the escalator to one or more support members extending at least partially across a width of the escalator system. A drive member is secured to the one or more support members such that the drive member is operably connected to the one or more track sets. The one or more track sets, the one or more support members and the drive member are installed into the escalator system as a unit. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130270061 | REGENERATIVE POWER CONTROL FOR PASSENGER CONVEYORS - An exemplary device for controlling power associated with a passenger conveyor motor includes a regenerative drive that is configured to facilitate providing electricity generated by the motor to a power source when the passenger conveyor is moving. The controller determines when an operating condition of the regenerative drive is outside of a desired range and responsively prevents the regenerative drive from facilitating providing the electricity to the power source. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20150375967 | LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE IN INCLINED LANE - Embodiments of the invention provide a long-distance transport system for people in an inclined lane, in which the system includes a plurality of hydraulic driving units, a traction chain, a truss, supporting guide rails and retractable pedals. According to an embodiment of the invention, the truss is formed by a plurality of truss units sequentially connected end to end. Each truss unit is provided with the hydraulic driving unit. The traction chain and the supporting guide rails are all arranged in the length direction of the truss. The traction chain is driven by and connected with the plurality of the hydraulic driving units. The retractable pedals are arranged on the traction chain and are provided with supporting rollers rolling along the supporting guide rails. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160167929 | CONVEYOR BAND DRIVE SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
| 198331000 | With means synchronizing the operation of the steps and a handrail | 1 |
| 20150336774 | ENDLESS ESCALATOR HANDRAIL AND ESCALATOR - The endless escalator handrail is made up of a thermoplastic resin member having a first and a second curved portions and a joint section; a flat woven fabric bonded to an inner surface of the thermoplastic resin member; a first patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the first curved portion side in the joint section; and a second patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the second curved portion side in the joint section. The divergent potion of the first patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the first curved portion, and the divergent potion of the second patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the second curved portion. | 11-26-2015 |
| 198333000 | With specified step structure | 13 |
| 20080257682 | Escalator or Moving Sidewalk - An escalator or moving sidewalk exhibits a frame for the formation of a supporting structure between entry and exit that is made at least partially of perforated plate, with the holes in particular being provided over a significant part of the frame height, preferably roughly one half the frame height. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090114505 | MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a moving walkway transporting people on a grooved surface included in pallets ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090255777 | DEVICE FOR WORKING ON AN ESCALATOR | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090266675 | STEP MECHANISM OF TRANSPORT DEVICE - A transport device includes a plurality of endlessly connected steps ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100206691 | STEPS OR PLATES FOR A CONVEYING DEVICE, AND CONVEYING DEVICE - Step cheek ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100206692 | STEP FOR ESCALATOR OR PLATE FOR TRAVELATOR, AND ESCALATOR OR TRAVELATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION - The escalator step ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100213025 | STEP SUPPORT OR PLATE SUPPORT FOR TREAD UNITS OF A CONVEYING DEVICE, TREAD UNITS AND CONVEYING DEVICE - The step support ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100282570 | STEP FOR ESCALATOR, AND ESCALATOR WITH SUCH A STEP | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100320058 | Tread Elements For A Conveyor And Method And Device For Testing Tread Element Strips - The invention relates to a tread element ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120325617 | ESCALATOR STEP - An escalator step has: a first surface ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140124329 | SELF-REGULATING HEATING CABLE FOR A PASSENGER CONVEYOR COMPONENT - The invention relates to a passenger conveyor comprising steps/pallets which are mounted to an endless drive member running between an upper conveying path and a lower return path, characterized in that at least one heating element is provided in the step/pallet, which heating element is connected to a power source. This solution prevents the building of ice surfaces on the steps/pallets of outdoor passenger conveyors. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150136563 | ESCALATOR STEP AND ESCALATOR HAVING THEREOF - An escalator step includes a tread having a body section on which a plurality of convex sections are arranged in parallel, a riser connected to a rear end portion of the tread and having thereon a plurality of convex sections and a plurality of concave sections formed between the adjacent convex sections, and a shock absorbing cleat provided on a corner at which the riser and tread are connected to each other. The shock absorbing cleat includes a plurality of long convex sections which are arranged in parallel and a plurality of short convex sections which are arranged in parallel between the adjacent long convex sections. The shock absorbing cleat is formed of a polymeric material having a Young's modulus of 1000 MPa or less. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20160186297 | ALUMINIUM ALLOY, MECHANICAL PARTS MADE THEREFROM, AND USE THEREOF - An aluminium alloy includes: 4 to 6% by weight of magnesium; 0.3 to 0.9% by weight of ferrum; 0.1 to 0.6% by weight of manganese; and 0.2 to 2% by weight of silicon. A mechanical part can be made from the aluminium alloy, and a method includes using the aluminium alloy in manufacturing a mechanical part. | 06-30-2016 |
