Balustrade for a passenger conveyor

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1985-08-05

1986-07-08

Valenza, Joseph E.

Conveyors: power-driven

Conveyor or accessory therefor specialized to convey people

Moving hand-support structure

52787, 52825, B66B 914

Patent

active

045988110

ABSTRACT:
This invention describes a balustrade for passenger conveyors, comprising a handrail adapted to be moved synchronously with endless moving stairway, panels consisting of transparent glass plates and, immediately under the handrail, an upper unit provided between upper ends of the transparent panels and a lower surface of the handrail and adapted so as to guide the handrail, and a lower unit provided at the lower ends of the transparent panels and consisting of inner and outer decks, the handrail-guiding upper unit consisting of a guide frame adapted to guide the handrail and having a groove for fitting upper the end portions of the tranparent panels thereinto, a fastener for press-tightening the transparent panels in the groove, a limiter for restricting the tightening force of the fastener and guides fitted around an outer circumferential surface of the guide frame, the upper unit as a whole being positioned within the handrail.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3321059 (1967-05-01), Kroepel
patent: 3989133 (1976-11-01), Courson et al.
patent: 3991877 (1976-11-01), Kraft et al.

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