| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198335000 | Moving hand-support structure | 36 |
| 20080271974 | Passenger Conveyor Handrail and Method of Manufacture - A passenger conveyor ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080296125 | Load sharing handrail drive apparatus - A handrail drive apparatus is provided comprising a first drive wheel assembly configured to drive a handrail and comprising a planetary gear train arranged to be driven by a first driving member. The handrail drive apparatus further comprises a second drive wheel assembly configured to drive the handrail, the second drive wheel assembly being coupled to the planetary gear train of the first handrail drive wheel assembly by a second driving member. The planetary gear train of the first handrail drive wheel assembly is configured to divide a torque imparted by the first driving member between the first and second drive wheel assemblies. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080308385 | Newel Guide for Supporting a Handrail Traveling Over a Newel - The present invention provides a newel guide for supporting a handrail, comprising: a friction belt having a closed curved shape and including an outer surface in contact with an internal surface of the handrail; and a support member for supporting an inner surface of the friction belt to allow the friction belt to make an endless continuous movement around the support member. The support member includes a newel frame having a pair of plate members at its upper portion, wherein the plate members are separated from each other and extend in a longitudinal direction of the newel frame. An intermediate guide is mounted on the pair of plate members and has a depressed surface in contact with the inner surface of the friction belt. A pair of joint guides is mounted to the newel frame adjacent to both ends of the intermediate guide, wherein an end of the joint guide provides a support surface for supporting the endless continuous movement of the friction belt. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090050443 | Travelator, moving ramp or escalator - A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting passengers, comprises a conveyor mounted on a frame that is supported on a fixed structure. The frame comprises a number of mutually identical profiled metallic bodies joined together end to end one after the other and containing coupling, supporting and/or guide elements integrated in the profiled metallic body of solid material. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090057097 | TRANSPORTATION DEVICE WITH DEFLECTOR APPARATUS - An escalator or moving walk has respectively a step band and steps, or a moving walk with a pallet band and pallets. A balustrade has a handrail that is held by means of a balustrade skirt. Arranged on the balustrade skirt is a wedging guard apparatus or deflector apparatus that prevents wedging or pinching of objects and persons between the steps and the balustrade skirt. The wedging guard or deflector apparatus has a carrier or base section and a brush unit that is arranged on a vertical area of the balustrade skirt. The carrier or base section has fastening parts for vertical mating or joining with the brush unit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090139831 | ARRANGEMENT IN THE DRIVE MACHINERY OF A TRAVELATOR, METHOD FOR CHANGING THE DRIVE BELT OF THE HANDRAIL BELT OF THE HANDRAIL OF A TRAVELATOR, AND SUPPORT ELEMENT OF THE HANDRAIL BELT OF THE HANDRAIL OF A TRAVELATOR - An arrangement in drive machinery of a travelator, moving walkway, escalator or similar apparatus, includes at least a drive motor, at least one handrail with a handrail belt, a support element supporting the handrail and a drive belt connecting rotational movement of the drive motor to the support element. The support element comprises a supporting wheel, having a rim and adapted for use by the drive belt which is fitted to the rim of the support element. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100147648 | LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE AND/OR GOODS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - Load-bearing structure of a people and/or goods transport system, comprising a mobile band, blades/rungs containing a roller; two side beams; a central body in the form of a sheet having: an upper connection surface to connect the side beams through connection elements; a lower sealing surface parallel to the upper connection surface, at a level below the upper connection surface, to define a closure of the load-bearing structure. The two side beams have a lower connection surface to connect with the central body through connection elements. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110083937 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR HANDRAIL DRIVE - A passenger conveyor ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110315508 | MODULAR CHAIN NEWEL WITH STANDARD BEARING - A roller bearing and newel guide assembly ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120168278 | PEOPLE MOVER AND METHOD - People mover such as a travelator or the like, includes a plurality of pallets for carrying and moving people. The pallets are arranged one after the other and form an endless track. The track includes an upper track section and a lower track section, and the people mover includes an area of direction change of the pallets where a respective one of the pallets moves between the upper track section and the lower track section. A motor produces the driving force needed to move the pallets. A flywheel is arranged to even out with its rotational energy movement in the travel direction of the pallet track. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120241284 | Plasma Sterilization and Cleaning Treatment Device for Escalator, and Escalator Using the Same - Sterilization and cleaning of an escalator hand rail are performed. A sterilization and cleaning device including a hand rail; a plasma source for irradiating the hand rails with ions or radicals or UV light; an enclosure for housing the plasma source; a power source for generating plasma; a fan for generating relatively negative pressure in the enclosure; filter units for removing removed bacteria, viruses, and organic matters such as hand marks; and filter plates located backward and forward of a moving direction of the hand rail in the enclosure along the hand rail is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140190790 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a passenger conveyor, comprising
| 07-10-2014 |
| 20150298942 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING A HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a device ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150329328 | ESCALATOR OR MOVING WALKWAY WITH A TRANSPARENT BALUSTRADE - The invention relates to a transparent balustrade ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329329 | BALUSTRADE SUPPORT FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a balustrade support ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 198336000 | With handrail tensioning means | 3 |
| 20090183968 | LINEARLY ACTUATED ROTATING HANDRAIL SYSTEM FOR ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKWAYS - The present invention is a linearly actuated rotating handrail system for escalators and moving walkways. The system includes a worm band or a handrail, having a first friction device on one side, a dragging device formed by a second friction device and coupled to the first friction device to drag the worm band in the displacement direction. The pressure device includes a first layer of kinematic support, formed by a crank, an articulated shaft, a driving connection rod, shafts and driven cranks. There is a second layer formed by traction rollers. The application of pressure to the worm band or handrail and its balanced distribution over the different pressure rollers is carried out by slides actuated by a distributor, tightened by an elastic system. The elastic system transmits the tension by a beam. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20150090558 | Brake System for Passenger Conveyors - A system for braking an escalator or moving walkway includes a handrail and passenger support in registration with one another so as to move together. A braking tensioner selectively increases tension in the handrail during operation. The increased tension serves to frictionally brake the handrail and hence the passenger support. The braking tensioner may be located in any of various locations depending upon system design, and may be driven in any suitable manner, e.g., hydraulically, electrically, electromagnetically, and so on. Frictional wear on the handrail is reduced by the fact that the described braking system spreads the frictional load over a large area of the handrail, e.g., the many locations where the handrail contacts the underlying support throughout its length. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160016760 | SELF-CLAMPING HANDRAIL DRIVE - Embodiments are directed to a self-clamping handrail device comprising: a belt-handrail compound comprising a first belt, a second belt coupled to the first belt, and a handrail coupled to the second belt, a counter bar and a clamping frame configured to support the belt-handrail compound as the belt-handrail compound passes between the counter bar and the clamping frame, the clamping frame configured to move about a clamping curve based on a tension force applied to the handrail, and the first belt and the second belt applying a normal force to the handrail based at least in part on the tension force. | 01-21-2016 |
| 198337000 | Specific handrail configuration | 17 |
| 20080202890 | Passenger Conveyor Handrail Having a Gripping Surface with a Generally Circular Cross-Section - A passenger conveyor handrail ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080302632 | Passenger Conveyor Handrail Sliding Layer Treatment - A passenger conveyor handrail ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090008217 | POSITIVE LINEAR HANDRAIL DRIVE WITH TOOTHED BELT - A passenger conveyor handrail ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090071798 | Hand Rail And Guide Rail For Passenger Conveyance System - The invention relates to a hand rail for an escalator or a moving walkway, comprising a flexible base body ( | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090127067 | PASSENGER CONVEYOR HANDRAIL WITH A UNIQUE SLIDING LAYER - A passenger conveyor handrail ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090218192 | HANDRAIL - The invention encompasses a handrail for escalators or moving walkways that includes a grip piece of a thermoplastic elastomer including soft segments and hard segments and optionally a sliding layer arranged on the underside of the grip piece relative to the mounting orientation of the handrail. A ratio of the proportions of the soft segments to the hard segments is selected from a range with a lower limit of 1:1 and an upper limit of 9:1, or, in a variation, from a range with a lower limit of 1.5:1 and an upper limit of 6:1, or, in another variation, from a range with a lower limit of 2.5:1 and an upper limit of 4:1. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100181164 | HANDRAIL FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR - There is provided a handrail for passenger conveyor in which it is possible to give a prescribed strength to a junction of a canvas and it is possible to prevent vibrations and noises which might be generated when a driving roller passes by the junction of the canvas. For this purpose, a canvas is provided along an inner surface of an annular core body having a C-shaped cross section, which is formed from a thermoplastic elastomer material, and a surface of each of adjacent end portions of the canvas in a junction is formed to be indented toward the core body side compared to surfaces of other portions which form an inner surface of a handrail. An application cloth is provided between the end portions of the canvas so as to cover a gap formed between the end portions of the canvas. A surface of a portion of the application cloth corresponding to a flat portion of the core body is arranged to be flush with an adjacent surface of the canvas, whereas a surface of a portion corresponding to a curved portion of the core body is arranged to be indented with respect to the adjacent surface of the canvas. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100258403 | MODIFIED HANDRAIL - Modified handrails for use in escalators, moving walkways and other transportation apparatus are provided. Handrail can include a configuration for a cable array as a stretch inhibitor that reduces cable buckling under severe flexing conditions. Handrail can also include a configuration for first and second thermoplastic layers in the lip portions that reduces strain and bending stresses and increases fatigue failure life under cyclic loading conditions. Handrail can also include, for the stretch inhibitor, the use of cables comprising large outer strands and small inner strands that enable penetration and adhesion within the first layer and can reduce incidence of fretting or corrosion. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110061990 | HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a handrail ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110067972 | PERSON CONVEYING DEVICE, PARTICULARLY ESCALATOR OR MOVING WALKWAY, WITH A HANDRAIL, AND HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - A handrail ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110067973 | HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING SIDEWALK - A handrail ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110067974 | HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - The handrail has an at least partially coated outer shell ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110083938 | HANDRAIL FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAY - The invention relates to a handrail ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110114443 | HANDRAIL FOR MOVING WALKWAYS, ESCALATORS AND THE LIKE - Handrail which can be mounted on a guide element and which is intended for moving walkways, escalators or the like, in which an inner sliding surface ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120279826 | KIT FOR THE GUIDE OF A STAIRLIFT - The invention provides a kit and method for the assembly of a stairlift guide rail, the kit comprising a plurality of sections of guide rail wherein the sections have predetermined standard dimensions. The kit preferably includes a plurality of sections of straight guide rail and a plurality of sections of curved guide rail. When fitted together according to the method of the invention, the plurality of sections of guide rail facilitate the construction of a stairlift guide rail assembly and a stairlift assembly, such that an operative is able to complete the full assembly on site. The stairlift assembly preferably also comprises load bearing means, typically in the form of seating means, chassis means and driving means. The kit and method of the invention offer significant advantages over the systems and methods of the prior art in terms of cost and time. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120279827 | ESCALATOR HANDRAIL CHAIN - A handrail assembly for an escalator system includes a handrail movable along a length of the escalator and a handrail guide assembly defining a travel path for the handrail. The handrail guide assembly includes a handrail guide and a plurality of sliding bearing supports interconnected to form a handrail chain and secured to the handrail guide. One or more sliding bearings extend at least partially through each sliding bearing support of the handrail chain. A shaft extends through each sliding bearing support and is in sliding contact with the one or more sliding bearings. One or more rollers are secured to at least one end of the shaft and is in rolling contact with the handrail. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130299305 | HANDRAIL FOR A MOVING WALKWAY - A moving walkway or escalator includes a handrail and a guide for the handrail. The handrail is driven by motor and moved along the longitudinal axis thereof at or on the guide. The handrail is guided at or on the guide along an arcuate portion of the guide while rotated or twisted about the longitudinal axis thereof, so that it can be guided more easily around curves of the moving walkway. | 11-14-2013 |
| 198338000 | Handrail guard | 1 |
| 20150008095 | ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION HANDRAIL DRIVING DEVICE - Disk-shaped pulleys | 01-08-2015 |
