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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113333 | Step band guard for a passenger conveyor A step band guard (30) for use of a passenger conveyor (20) includes a first panel (32) comprising a first piece of material. A second panel (34) comprises a second piece of material that is distinct and separate from the first piece of m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7762381 | Travelator conveyor having releaseably connected conveyor modules and method for connecting or releasing such conveyor modules The conveyor of a travelator comprises a number of shafts and a number of mutually parallel endless belts. The conveyor comprises a number of conveyor modules successively connected to each other with a connecting section between them. The belts in the connecting se... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7703594 | 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, preferab... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7581631 | 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 o... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7537100 | Method and apparatus for moving a pallet running on wheels in a travelator or equivalent A method for changing the direction of motion of a pallet moving on wheels at an end of a travelator. The method comprises moving the pallet in a traveling direction at a first level, positioning a supporting element in alignment to receive a wheel of the pallet usi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7500549 | People mover A people mover, such as a travelator, moving ramp or escalator, comprises a conveyor. The conveyor comprises a frame having a first frame part secured to a fixed structure, and a second frame part mounted to be movable in relation to the first frame part in the long... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484614 | Pallet arrangement A pallet arrangement for a people mover includes a pallet adapted to move on wheels and form part of a moving track. The pallet includes a pallet body having at least two profile sections joined together. A wear surface is coupled to the pallet body and the two prof... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7475766 | Multi-purpose transportation system The present invention provides a multi-purpose transportation system, including: a carrying platform including a gap path; a conveying module located underneath the carrying platform and extending along the gap path; and a carrying device coupled through the gap pat... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7438174 | Travelator, moving ramp or escalator A people mover includes a conveyor and a protective skirting made from an extruded metal profile. The protective skirting is located adjacent to a side of the conveyor, with a narrow gap located between the protective skirting and the side to prevent objects from en... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426989 | Escalator or moving walk with ropelike tiedown An escalator or moving walk has a truss that is supported in the area of its extreme ends. In the area between its two extreme ends, the truss has at least one tension element which, at a first end, is connected mechanically to the truss, and at a second end is conn... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424944 | Travelator and belt pulley A conveyor for use in a travelator for transporting passengers in a transport direction. The conveyor comprises a frame; a plurality of shafts mounted on the frame substantially transversely to the transport direction, each of the plurality of shafts being substanti... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7370748 | Conveyor A pallet arrangement for a travelator comprises a pallet body comprising a profiled bar having a predetermined size, at least one surface plate attached to the pallet body and forming a wearing surface, a wheel mounted on at least one end of the pallet body, and a f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360643 | Electroconductive modular belt A modular belt having plug-inserts produced from electroconductive material. The plugs may be snapped into respective holes that are preformed or machined in a standard plastic belt module. The modules may be produced from low cost materials such as polypropylene or... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353932 | Travelator, moving ramp or escalator A travelator, moving ramp or escalator comprises a conveyor having a driven end driven by a power machine and a non-driven end. At the driven end, a first drive element, in the form of an endless loop, is passed over a first driving pulley rotated by the power machi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344015 | Conveyor The present invention relates to a method of changing the direction of motion of a pallet at an end of a transport conveyor while maintaining the pallet at a substantially constant attitude. The method comprises conveying pallets in a passenger transport direction a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318500 | Method of integrating telecommunication services with services performed for one or more automatic devices The present invention relates to a method for including the telecommunication connections needed in the use of remote monitoring of automatically operated equipment in contracts between a company maintaining said equipment and a client owning said equipment. Accordi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7308978 | Drive equipment for escalator step or moving walkway plate An escalator or moving walkway has a step or plate belt with motor-driven steps or plates and free-running steps or plates. A drive frame connected with a frame serves as support for a drive unit of a motor-driven step or plate. The drive unit includes a motor, a tr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7267223 | Belt conveyor with a supporting platform formed from a single sheet of metal A conveyor, primarily but not exclusively for use in the food industry, in which a conveyor belt (19) is supported on a belt platform (11) for movement relative thereto, and the belt platform (11) is formed as a unitary component from a single s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232028 | Cleaning unit for cleaning travel equipment, travel equipment with a cleaning unit and method for carrying out a cleaning sequence for cleaning travel equipment A cleaning unit for cleaning travel equipment allows the travel equipment to be shifted from an operating mode to a cleaning mode. The cleaning equipment is an escalator or a moving walkway which has tread units connected with an endless conveyor. The cleaning unit ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210563 | Guide for stairlift The invention relates to a guide for a lift along a staircase, comprising an elongate profile with at least one edge thereon, which edge extends along a considerable part of the length of the profile, wherein the edge of the profile is serrated and forms a gear rack... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207427 | Base for an escalator or moving walkway An arrangement for a base region of an escalator or moving walkway includes an external covering element for being attached in the base region of the escalator or moving walkway. A substructure includes a profile, a support element extending from the profile and a m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204361 | Escalator with riser brushes, step of such an escalator and method of modernizing an escalator An escalator with steps having a tread surface and riser surface has riser brushes arranged at the riser surface. The riser brushes provide a barrier for the gap which is normally present between the tread surface of a first step and the riser surface of an adjacent... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7168547 | Passenger conveyor drive machine Passenger conveyor (2) including an endless conveyor band (6) connected to a drive chain (8) at each lateral edge thereof and driven by a conveyor band drive (40) including an electric motor (48) and one drive output device (42 | 01/30/2007 |
| 7131522 | Stair lift system A stairs lift system capable of converting stairs climbing operation into a walking movement along a horizontal plane. The system comprises an existing substrate, flight of stairs, and a second, overlying layer of stairs. Each one of the overlying stairs comprises a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086120 | Caster for shopping and transport trolleys A caster for shopping and transport trolleys which are suitable for conveyance on travelators, includes a wheel fork provided with fork arms and carrying an axle body having a round cross-section and extending through a hub which is arranged between the fork arms an... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070038 | Escalator chain drive mechanism An escalator having a twin chain drive. Each chain 10, 11 comprises links 13 consisting of two side plates 14 interconnected by hollow sleeves 15, 23. The links are pivotally connected together to form a chain by linking plates 18 ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063202 | Moving walkway A moving walkway includes at least one drive belt having one side arranged to engage a synchronizing disk and another side presenting fixing elements spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the belt. Each of a plurality of pallets has at least one component to d... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6955254 | Escalator or moving walkway For reduction in externally excited oscillations there is provided at an escalator or a moving walkway an oscillation damper which is connected with the escalator or the moving walkway within a self-supporting region, preferably at the point of greatest oscillation ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945379 | Chain segment for personnel conveyor Personnel conveyor (2) featuring endless personnel conveyor belt (6) formed of numerous step elements (4), in which step elements (4) are attached to conveyor chains (8) along both of their sides that are driven around a first and ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942088 | Conveyor system for transport of empty luggage carts from remote loading stations to multi-lane retrieval stations and method A system and method for returning empty luggage carts over long distances from a remote collecting station to a retrieval station in a passenger terminal, where they may be retrieved by arriving passengers for the transportation of their luggage to parking lots, cab... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932209 | Transfer device, transfer device assembly, and accommodating device thereof A transfer device includes an upper mechanism and a lower mechanism associated with the upper mechanism. The upper mechanism includes a first endless belt that circulates in forward and reverse directions. The lower mechanism includes a second endless belt that circ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6848562 | Device for removal of controller assembly from escalator pit In accordance with the present invention, there is a need for removal of the controller assembly from its stored location within the escalator pit for the purpose of working on the escalator or the escalator controller itself. The risk for human injury associated wi... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6834753 | Escalator or moving walkway For reduction in externally excited oscillations there is provided at an escalator or a moving walkway an oscillation damper which is connected with the escalator or the moving walkway within a self-supporting region, preferably at the point of greatest oscillation ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6814215 | Support construction A support construction for an escalator or moving walkway comprises at least one framework element integrally constructed as a flat, non-profiled, cut plate. Multiple framework elements can be assembled into a unitary support construction. By virtue of the simple st... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6808057 | Truck-mounted escalator The truck-mounted escalator is an improvement to mobile passenger stairways used to allow airline passengers to board and alight from large commercial aircraft. The improvement consists of motorizing the steps so they would function identically to escalator staircas... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6796416 | High-speed escalator for slope In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, shape of an auxiliary rail is set, in a section between a forward path side horizontal section and a forward path side constant inclined section of a circulation path, such that, of steps adjacent to each other, a ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758318 | Continuously moving sidewalk pedestrian transport system A continuously moving sidewalk pedestrian transport system includes a railway loop having a pair of continuous parallel rails connected by a plurality of elongated tie rods disposed upon a ground surface. An area defined between the pair of rails and ground surface ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6712192 | Staircase guide for a stairlift A staircase guide for a device for ascending a staircase, the device has a frame with a carrying element for people or goods and a drive connected to the frame. The guide has a cylindrical tube to be adapted to a staircase with at least one protrusion which extends ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6705450 | Clean room having an escalator, and method of transporting a semiconductor device therein In a clean room having a plurality of floors of different levels, an escalator is disposed between the plurality of floors for transporting an article between the floors. A self-propelled vehicle is used for transporting an article between floors. The self-propelled... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6685002 | Method of escalator modernization A method of modernizing an escalator using modular components. The mechanical and electrical parts of an existing escalator are removed, leaving only the structural truss framework and cross members as well as all external parts, such as external panels, ... | 02/03/2004 |
