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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104600 | Escalator Escalator with a series of steps connected to at least one drive chain, driven by a motor mechanism, travelling via an advanced track and a return track placed alongside, there being transition zones between two levels, the tracks respectively comprising a main set ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7841460 | Escalator with novel emergency guide means An escalator with an endless formation of successive steps, each having a step surface, a front surface or step-riser and each side, a sideways directed cheek. Provided in the area of each cheek is at least one roller that projects transversely sideways, and is guid... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7726459 | Passenger conveyor step having an acoustic barrier An escalator step (12) includes a sound barrier material (40) covering over at least a portion of an inner surface (42) of a tread portion(30) and an inner surface (44) of a rise portion (32). In one example, the sound barri... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7628263 | Step mechanism of transport device A transport device includes a plurality of endlessly connected steps (1) so that these steps (1) circulate. One or more of the plurality of steps (1) have one or more weights (11) detachably attached thereto. These weights (11) are... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7410043 | Arrangement for coupling pallets of a travelator An arrangement for coupling a pallet in a conveying device includes a pallet having wheels and forming a part of a transport track of the conveying device, and a drive element. A coupling piece is adapted to be connected to the pallet and a fastening parties connect... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407049 | Pallet arrangement for a people mover A pallet arrangement for a people mover includes a plurality of pallets arranged one after the other to form a track. Each pallet comprises a pallet body, at least one surfacing element attached to the pallet body and a fastening mechanism to attach the at least one... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401692 | Device for restraining the rise of a step roller of an escalator A device for restraining the rise of a step roller of an escalator prevents the step roller from colliding with rails of a track in turn around areas at the top and bottom of the escalator. The device comprises: a supplementary roller, which is disposed between an o... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401693 | Moving flange fastening for passenger conveyors A passenger conveyor including an endless conveyor band having a plurality of tread elements connected to and driven by a drive chain at each lateral edge thereof and a moving flange moving in use together with the conveyor band. The moving flange includes a plurali... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7357241 | Device for restraining the rise of a step roller of a people conveyor People conveyor (2) including an endless conveyor band (4) extending through an inclined portion (6), a first and a second turnaround portions (8) and a return portion (5) of an endless path and comprising a plurality of steps (... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7264105 | Escalator with step brushes, step of such an escalator, and method of modernizing an escalator An escalator has steps has steps that have a step-tread surface with a step-tread edge. Step brushes are arranged on the step-tread edge perpendicularly or vertically. Step brushes may also be arranged on the edge of the step's step-riser edge. The brushes provide a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222713 | Step attachment on the step chain of an escalator The invention pertains to an escalator (2) with an endless stair band (6) that is composed of several interconnected steps (4), wherein a step (4) contains a walking surface (16) and a front side (18) and is connected to res... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7155849 | Method for representing and image on a stepped surface and staircase To represent an image on a stepped surface, an eyepoint on the axis of sight in front of partial surfaces of the stepped surface is selected. The image is divided into partial images that are assigned to the partial surfaces. Each partial image is projected from the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140484 | Moving flange for passenger conveyors Passenger conveyor (2) including an endless conveyor band (6) comprised of a plurality of tread elements (4) connected to and driven by a drive chain (8) at each lateral edge thereof, a moving flange moving in use together with the convey... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7086680 | Bed liner having enhanced frictional characteristics A motor vehicle bed or bed liner is vacuum formed from a single layer or two layer panel of thermoplastic material having a scuffed or roughened surface. The single layer panel is typically extruded and is homogeneous, being either a single material such as HDPE or ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6978876 | Step for escalator An escalator step riser is improved by adding grooves to the cleat surfaces, and, at the same time, a skid-inhibiting function is realized at the rear edge of the step. For escalator step (1), cleats (5a) are formed with a pitch twice that of tr... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6899216 | Escalator for negotiating curves An escalator has steps shaped (1) to negotiate curves. The steps are suitably linked (4)(5)(6), guided (3)(10)(11), contained and powered so that the escalator can rise, fall, follow a horizontal path, be straight or ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6868956 | Footboard element fastening for passenger conveyors A passenger conveyor (2) contains an endless passenger conveyor belt (6) that is composed of several interconnected footboard elements (4), wherein the footboard elements (4) are respectively connected to transport chains (8) that ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6832678 | Escalator with high speed inclined section In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, steps are coupled in an endless manner and circulate. Driving roller shafts of the steps adjacent to each other are coupled with each other by a link mechanism. An interval between the driving roller shafts is chan... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6761258 | Method of constructing a wheel The present invention provides a method of constructing a wheel of the type comprising a first portion (12) connected to a second portion (11), the second portion providing a rim, comprising the steps of providing a n outer surface of the first portion... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6685004 | Escalator drive machine An escalator drive machine includes a motor output sheave connected to a drive motor through a belt reduction assembly including a main output sheave. A drive belt extends from the belt reduction assembly and is guided along a plurality of guide sheaves t... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6601688 | Passenger conveyor gap monitoring device A gap monitoring device (16; 19) for monitoring a gap (12) between a tread panel (4) of a passenger conveyor and individual tread elements (2) in a tread elements band of the passenger conveyor, characterized in that a space sensor (18; 34) is provided to... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6585099 | Lubricating device for an escalator or a moving walkway with moving lubrication points A lubricating device incorporated in an escalator step of an escalator or in a moving walkway plate of a moving walkway, has lubrication points formed by lubricating siding pads or brushes which are arranged at the escalator step or the moving walkway pla... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6543599 | Step for escalators The invention proposes a step for escalators comprising a tread and an arcuate skirt adjoining the tread, it being the case that the tread and the skirt have reinforcing ribs and/or reinforcing spars arranged on an inner surface for reinforcing purposes, ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6471034 | Guide device for escalator step or moving walkway plate An escalator or moving walkway is provided with a guide device to maintain the positions of the steps or plates with respect to the escalator sides. A respective guide device is provided at each step side which guides the steps laterally in the horizontal... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6450316 | Escalator with step flange An escalator system includes a protective flange assembly along edges of the steps having step flanges. In one example, a first step flange member is adjacent each edge of each step and moves with the step along the escalator path. The first panel member ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6405848 | Escalator step with integral guide roller mounting means In an escalator step having respective supports at each side of its underside, a first fastening is provided at an upper support end for a transport chain and a second fastening is provided at the lower support end for a guide roller. The second fastening... | 06/18/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6398003 | Escalator step The invention relates to an escalator step having an edge strip attached to a step body, which edge strip covers at least one edge of the escalator step in such a manner that it is flush at the top with a tread of the escalator step, the edge strip being ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6283270 | Escalator step with removable demarcation inserts An escalator step pallet has step tread and front riser portions joined together with side edges. The side edges are provided with a peripheral slot to accept replaceable demarcation inserts which identifies the side edges. The slot on the step pallet is ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6241071 | Tread unit of passenger conveyer and passenger conveyer system A tread unit of a passenger conveyor includes: a tread, a tread reinforcing member and a riser which are made of fiber reinforced plastic made by knitting fibers together. The surfaces of the cleat portions of the tread and the riser are provided with sur... | 06/05/2001 |
