Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor or accessory therefor specialized to convey people – Moving hand-support structure
Patent
1996-12-30
1998-07-21
Bidwell, James R.
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor or accessory therefor specialized to convey people
Moving hand-support structure
B65G 2300
Patent
active
057823332
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an escalator having a handrail arranged on a drive wheel and comprising a handrail drive means and a handrail/drive-wheel traction self-adjusting means. The handrail drive means responds to a handrail drive force, for providing a handrail drive tension force, and further responds to a handrail/drive-wheel traction self-adjusting force, further for providing a handrail/drive-wheel traction force between the drive wheel and the handrail. The handrail/drive-wheel traction self-adjusting means, responds to the handrail drive tension force, for providing the handrail/drive-wheel traction self-adjusting force to adjust the handrail/drive-wheel traction between the drive wheel and the handrail.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3651919 (1972-03-01), Vollmer
patent: 5544730 (1996-08-01), Adrian et al.
Bidwell James R.
Otis Elevator Company
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