B66B 31/02
Accessories for escalators, or moving walkways: for handrails
Official title: for handrails
B66B31/02 (Accessories for escalators, or moving walkways: for handrails) appears on 58 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B66B- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 139
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automatic conveyor and automatic cleaning device for the handrail belt thereof25 Nov 2025US 12,479,702 B2Otis Elevator Company
- Device for sanitizing the handrail of an escalator18 Nov 2025US 12,473,176 B2
- Moving handrail sterilizing apparatus14 Oct 2025US 12,441,588 B2Korea Airports Corporation
- Passenger transport system with disinfection device and method for operating same26 Aug 2025US 12,398,019 B2Inventio AG
- Passenger transport system with a disinfecting device26 Aug 2025US 12,398,021 B2Inventio AG
- Device for removing fluids and dirt20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242183 A1Inventio AG
- Escalator and moving handrail force impedance tool20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243625 A1Kone Corporation
- A device for sanitizing the handrail of an escalator28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270073 A1
- Temperature-control device for a handrail of an escalator or a moving walkway12 Dec 2024US 2024/0409374 A1Inventio AG
- Moving handrail sterilizing apparatus7 Nov 2024US 2024/0367945 A1Korea Airports Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Assembly for cleaning the underside of an escalator handrail17US 5,117,968 AOtis Elevator Company · 1992
- Escalator belt cleaner14US 3,946,853 A1976
- Cleaning device for armrest belt conveyor of the electric escalator14US 4,934,512 A1990
- Cover with disinfecting illuminated surface11US 10,617,774 B2Vital Vio, Inc. · 2020
- Method of applying and removing a protective film to the surface of a handrail for an escalator or moving walkway11US 6,450,228 B1Ronald H. Hall · 2002