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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8020687 | Enhancement method and apparatus for escalator or moving walkway An apparatus is used to enhance the standing-surfaces of platform-components of an escalator or a moving walkway which moves in a continuous loop. The apparatus is maintained in a constant position relative to the moving parts of the escalator or walkway such that, ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7367441 | Travelator A travelator conveyor is arranged such that an upper surface of a comb plate is at substantially the same level as a conveying surface. The conveyor includes a plurality of belt drums arranged parallel to one another transversely to a transport direction of the conv... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6976571 | Comb plate for people mover A comb plate (2) for a people mover with a step belt, having a base plate and a number of teeth (4) applied to one side of it, arranged essentially parallel to one another, which mesh in use with grooves in a people mover, whereby the comb plate (2 | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966419 | Safety device for a passenger conveyor A safety device for a passenger conveyor such as an escalator or a moving walk having an improved safety performance and a simple configuration. The safety device separately detects the forward and upward displacements of a combplate beam 12 with respect to a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959803 | Self-tensioning conveyor A conveyor for possible use in transferring articles between two adjacent conveyors is disclosed. In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a pair of idler structures and a drive structure for collectively guiding and moving a conveyor belt or chain relative to a bed... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6530465 | Illuminated escalator combplate An illuminated escalator combplate has a main combplate portion and a combteeth element extending forwardly of the main portion. A series of light emitters are mounted to a forward edge of the main portion, and are aligned with a corresponding series of l... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6523666 | Underneath view paneling for escalators and moving walkways Underneath view paneling for an escalator or moving walkway has a respective bent-over portion at each of its lateral edges and is screw-connected at the bent-over portions to fastening blocks. The fastening blocks are in turn screw-connected to profile m... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6520310 | Combplate load and obstruction sensor apparatus An escalator combplate load and obstruction sensor is capable of monitoring and indicating both horizontal and vertical force and loads. The combplate is mounted for limited horizontal and vertical travel in response to corresponding horizontal and vertic... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6454078 | Comb profile for comb supports of escalators and moving walkways The invention relates to a profile for comb supports of escalators and moving walkways comprising a plurality of segments for being connected to a comb support, the segments having respective front faces juxtaposed to one another, wherein the front face o... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6398002 | Powder coated combplate assembly A combplate assembly for use with a people-moving device, such as an escalator, includes a color powder coating on the comb portion. The powder coating preferably is applied after the comb has been appropriately cleaned. The powder coating preferably is c... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6296110 | Conveying system for conveying products, and slide-over device A conveying system, comprising an endless conveyor mat extending between two divert wheels, for conveying products between the divert wheels in a conveying direction. The conveying system further comprises a slide-over device for transferring, adjacent a ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6193056 | Conveyor mat and system for conveying products A conveyor mat for conveying products in a conveying direction between at least two divert wheels. The conveyor mat comprises a number of plastic modules succeeding each other in conveying direction and extending transversely to the conveying direction, w... | 02/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6170632 | Moving walk The invention relates to a moving walk which can transport users in opposite two directions. A number of pallets 3 are arranged for rounding or circulation on annular rails 11 having two linear sectors 1A and 1B. Screw rods 16 are arranged on the linear s... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6142286 | Floor covering for conveying equipment for persons A floor cover for use in conjunction with conveying equipment for persons located at an end of an escalator, moving walkway or the like, has one or more cover elements which can be walked on and which flushly close off, relative to the surrounding floorin... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138819 | Article transfer assemblies for conveyor belts A sectional article transfer assembly for receiving articles stripped from the conveying surface of a moving conveyor belt. The article transfer assembly includes, as a first piece, a transfer edge member having a base portion lying on and supported by a ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5769201 | Safety apparatus for a novice ski lift Safety apparatus for use at the exit portion of a moving conveyor, such as that used by novice skiers, wherein at least one plate is pivotally mounted adjacent to the exit portion and is resiliently urged to an upper position so that when a sufficient for... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5718319 | Escalator and moving walk comb safety device A safety device for use in an escalator or moving walk for detecting stuck objects. A fine high-strength flexible wire is positioned through all the comb teeth and the skirts. A stretching of the wire triggers an electrical switch which in turn causes a r... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5628391 | Floorplate frame for a people moving device A floorplate frame for supporting the floorplate of a people moving device is provided, including a sill, having an extruded cross-sectional profile, and a plurality of fasteners. The cross-sectional profile includes a back and a body. A pad is provided i... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5611417 | Apparatus for stopping a passenger conveyor An apparatus for stopping passenger conveyors, such as escalators and moving walkways having at least one comb plate, responds to movement of the comb plate due to an applied force to actuate a safety switch. The apparatus exerts a static trigger force on... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5372231 | Combplate for a people moving device A one piece combplate for a people moving device is provided having a body, a rear support, and a comb attachment surface. The body, rear support, and comb attachment surface define a lengthwise cross-sectional profile which extends uniformly in a widthwi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5370213 | Combplate with a wear resistant coating A combplate for a people moving device is provided having a body with a top surface and a bottom surface, a comb having a plurality of fingers, and a wear resistant polymeric coating, having a color, bonded to the combplate and made of a thermal setting p... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5291982 | Passenger conveyor, platform floor for passenger conveyor, and comb for platform floor A passenger conveyor includes a platform floor having a slanting portion. A length of the slanting portion is not less than a length of each of treadboards of the passenger conveyor, and at least one of the treadboards of an advance side, when passing und... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5255771 | Combplate safety device A combplate safety device for a passenger conveyor moving relative to a frame and having a combplate mounted on the frame and movable relative to the frame in response to an obstruction to the motion of the conveyor. The combplate safety device includes a... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5215182 | Modular end element for conveyor An end element (10) comprises one comb-shaped portion (12) having fingers extending in the passageways between the ribs (13) of an endless conveyor (11) for identifying a surface at the upper part thereof which is substantially the extension of the transf... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5205391 | Adhesive attaching system A system is provided for adhesively attaching a first member to a generally planar portion of a second member. The system includes an attachment clip having a first, generally planar portion and a second portion remote from the first portion adapted for a... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5044485 | Moving walkway A beltway comprised of at least one beltway section which has two spaced small diameter rollers which define the ends of the section, a drive unit and a thin flexible continuous slider belt which is adapted to pass over the rollers defining the ends of th... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4858751 | Wide chain conveyor assembly A conveyor assembly comprises a frame having a longitudinal axis, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the frame and extending generally perpendicular to the axis, and a plurality of drive sprockets mounted on the drive shaft for rotation therewith, all o... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4800998 | Escalator comb safety device A safety device for use in the comb part of an escalator landing is operable to detect objects which pass into the comb from the escalator treads. The device includes a photodetector which is positioned beneath the comb and which detects a light beam proj... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4476971 | Safety device for conveyance systems for people A safety device for passenger transporter systems for the prevention of the wedging in of foreign bodies, with a switching element, the latter serving to stop the transporter system, the switching element to be actuated from within the stationary part of ... | 10/16/1984 |
