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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141693 | Combined traffic flow and maintenance information display for a passenger conveyor A display device (40) for use with a passenger conveyor (20) provides a traffic flow direction indicator and visible maintenance information. One example includes a display panel (42) supported on a surface (38) that is conveniently posit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7775339 | Passenger conveyor In a passenger conveyor according to the present invention, an inlet safety device, an operation device, an operation condition display device, and a passenger detecting device are all received in a end-deck cover at an end of a balustrade panel. Thus, the passenger... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7673732 | Transfer plate and method of interfacing to a belt An apparatus according to the present invention is a transfer plate used in conveying manufactured product or raw materials onto or off from a conveyor belt. Generally, the transfer plate includes a support member and a transfer extension depending from the support ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7404476 | Escalator and skirt end structure An escalator, having a pair of balustrades disposed on both sides of traveling steps, includes a balustrade end, a skirt end portion, and an indicator. The balustrade end is configured to turn back a handrail belt wound around each of the balustrades. The skirt end ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7353931 | Comb plate for passenger conveyor with moving flange Comb plate (18) for a passenger conveyor (2) with a conveyor band and a moving flange a number of teeth (24) arranged on it essentially parallel to one another across the width of the conveyor band, which mesh in use with grooves (6) prov... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334672 | Method for detecting faults in a combplate and sensor combplate A combplate closes the terminal ends of a continuous belt transport system having grooved carrier plates. The combplate has a plurality of protrusions and a communications board. The plurality of spaced apart projections are located along the one lateral edge with a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320393 | Conveyor An arrangement for a people mover located near a floor surface comprises a transport conveyor structure including a conveyor and a handrail having a casing. A drive machine is operatively arranged at least for moving the conveyor and the handrail. The drive machine ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302223 | Image forming device An image forming device includes an image forming device body having an image forming unit in the interior thereof, and at least one paper tray attached to the image forming device on which paper is to be mounted. The paper tray includes a paper mounting unit having... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290646 | Conveyor A travelator and method for transporting passengers on a travelator. The travelator includes a plurality of successive conveyors arranged to form an acceleration section, a constant speed section including at least one conveyor having a constant transport speed, and... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7249667 | Traffic flow indicator for a passenger conveyor A display device (40) for use with a passenger conveyor (20) provides traffic flow direction information. One example includes a display panel (42) supported on a surface (38) that is conveniently positioned beneath the handrail (28 | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234583 | Escalator or moving walk An improved escalator or moving walk construction, head elements are pre-assembled as a sub-assembly which is subsequently mounted on the truss of the escalator. The sub-assembly includes comb plate holders, one on each side, which carry a comb plate. The comb plate... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210569 | Transfer device for conveyor belt A transfer device for transferring small items from one conveyor belt to another includes a plurality of independent wedge-shaped sections, supported by at least one rod. A tapered end of each section is preferably positioned proximate a moving conveyor belt. Each w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7159705 | Passenger conveyor device A plurality of steps 33 are connected to a pair of step chains 32 wound around step chain sprockets 30. The step chain sprockets 30 drives the step chains 32 to turn the step chains 32 through a forward path 43a | 01/09/2007 |
| 7108393 | Lighting system for a moving walkway or escalator installation, and moving walkway or escalator installation with lighting system A lighting system for a moving walkway or escalator installation and a moving walkway or escalator installation with a lighting system is disclosed. The moving walkway or escalator installation comprises a plate belt or step belt and a balustrade. The lighting syste... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100334 | Conveyor for conveying people A conveyor specialized to convey people, and more particularly a conveyor which may serve as a conventional staircase, comprises treads that can individually raise and lower by the amount of the tread rise. To ascend, a user stands on the lowest level, and the tread... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6988607 | Equipment for monitoring the space in front of escalators and moving walkways by high-frequency sensors Sensing equipment for monitoring the space in front of escalators for the control of the drive has sensors arranged in handrail inlet caps of the escalator balustrades. Each sensor consists of a transmitter and a receiver and operates with high-frequency waves. The ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978875 | Conveyor for carrying devices such as pedestrian conveyors The invention relates to a conveyor between two drive systems (1 and 2) designed to convey, for example to pedestrians, a movement in a longitudinal direction (L), this device comprising a chassis (3) and means of rolling defining a rolling surf... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6782989 | Process for switching between mains supply and a frequency inverter and vice versa Process and device for controlling the drive of a conveyor system (10), specifically in the form of an escalator or passenger conveyor, which can be switched from load to no-load operation, comprising a drive motor (26) and a variable frequency convert... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6644457 | Escalator combteeth force detector An escalator combtooth assembly for an escalator is responsive to combplate obstruction and generates an alarm signal when an obstruction is encountered. One or more combteeth plates are pivotally mounted to the front or leading edge at a combplate assemb... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6607064 | Shallow wellway moving walk A moving walkway is shown having a walkway surface with first and second ends and formed of a series of hinged rigid pallets in an endless loop. A direction-reversing sprocket is at each of the first and second ends. Each pallet is hinged to adjacent pall... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6604621 | Variable-speed moving sidewalk and method of designing it In a moving sidewalk comprising loading-unloading belts and one or more of accelerating-decelerating belt(s) independently provided in front and in the rear of the main circulating belt, wherein the traveling speed of the loading-unloading belt and of the... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6564921 | Direction of travel indicator for escalators and moving walkways A directional indicator for automated transport devices, such as escalators and moving walkways, for permitting the discernment of the direction of travel of the transport device from a distance. The directional indicator comprises a set of indicia perman... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6439365 | High-speed continuous conveying system A high-speed continuous conveying system such as an escalator, a moving walk and a moving slope, in which a low-speed getting on/off section and a high-speed traveling section are connected in a transferring way. At least one movable slope unit using a to... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6341683 | Moving walk A moving walk for effecting transport in a longitudinal direction includes a series of belt modules with modules at a center portion running at a higher rate than modules at exit ends. Among the belt modules are at least first and second belt modules, eac... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6189673 | Floor for passenger conveyor The present invention is directed to a floor for a passenger conveyor which includes floor rollers mounted below the floor, floor roller guide rails mounted upon a machine room for guiding the rollers, and a lift mounted in the machine room to be in conta... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6082520 | Escalator or moving walkway with inclined balustrade An escalator or moving walkway has an inclined balustrade superstructure extending along the sides of a step or pallet belt between a first story and a second story. The upper edge of the balustrade has a handrail, which is fastened to a balustrade profil... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6068107 | Transfer device for transferring pedestrians between two sequential moving surfaces A transfer device for transferring objects, including pedestrians, between sequential moving-surfaces disposed in a common plane. The device comprises first rollers housed in a platform and defining a first object bearing-surface disposed substantially in... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5996767 | Wheelchair transporter for use on an escalator and an escalator control system for transporting the wheelchair transporter on the escalator A transporter main body has a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, each of which is adapted to contact with a step of an escalator, a resilient member connected to the bottom of the transporter main body, a mounting structure for mounting a whe... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5971129 | Conveyor belt for persons A conveyor belt (1) for persons includes several sections (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) with a first section (2) and a second section (3) forming an acceleration portion (7), in which the persons to be transported are accelerated from a low initial speed, which is unpr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5908104 | Transfer device for transferring pedestrians between two sequential moving surfaces A transfer device for transferring objects, including pedestrians, between sequential moving-surfaces disposed in a common plane. The device comprises first rollers housed in a platform and defining a first object bearing-surface disposed substantially in... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5782330 | Information display and control device for a passenger conveyor An information display and control device for a passenger conveyor includes a housing and a post. The device is separate from the passenger conveyor and is positioned at a desirable location that is viewable by passengers approaching the passenger conveyo... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5571254 | Speed variable moving sidewalk A speed variable moving sidewalk for conveying passengers includes an endless circulating path having inverting sections, a high-speed section and speed variable sections, and a large number of treadboards moving along the circulating path. Each treadboar... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5558198 | Band transportation system A band transportation system that includes a main band that extends over a closed path and includes one or more straight portions, an embarking band assembly and a disembarking band assembly with straight portions each that are brought adjacent to the str... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5542521 | Step Platform for an escalator A step platform for an escalator is provided, comprising a higher step and a lower step. The higher step includes a top surface and a support arm. The lower step has a main body, a raisable middle section, and apparatus for selectively raising the middle ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538124 | Moving walkway A moving walkway comprising at least one flat slider belt (6) entrained around rollers (8) and a termination plate (2) at the discharge end of the belt (6). The termination plate (2) may be an end plate or a transfer plate. The configuration of the termin... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5472075 | Escalator apparatus The invention provides an escalator constructed such that even persons using large-sized wheelchairs can utilize it with a sense of security together with healthy persons. A group of special steps made of a large-sized step and special steps are disposed ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5435428 | Escalator apparatus An escalator apparatus is provided which may be converted as desired to accommodate wheelchairs and other vehicles. Two specially adapted steps are disposed front and back of a standard step. Guide rails defining travel paths for the steps are located on ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5431271 | Indicator for a passenger conveying device An electronic indicator device 24 is disposed on the outer deck profile 20 of a passenger conveying device 10. The indicator device 24 includes a display 52 capable of displaying a symbol indicative of direction of operation and stopped operation of the p... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5423408 | Moving walkway A moving walkway comprising at least one fiat slider belt (6) entrained around rollers (8) and a termination plate (2) at the discharge end of the belt (6). The termination plate (2) may be an end plate or a transfer plate. The configuration of the termin... | 06/13/1995 |
