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US 10,829,346 B2Granted
Moving walkway
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsThomas Illedits, Alexander Turek, Martin Michalke
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Abstract
A moving walkway (1) comprises at least one endless belt (12) moving in a conveyance direction along a closed loop and a plurality of pallets (20). The closed loop comprises a conveyance portion (16) and a return portion (18) extending between two turnaround portions (5, 7), respectively. Each of the pallets (20) comprises at least one mounting portion (20a, 20b) rotatably attached to the at least one belt (12), and at least one mechanical connection (21) connecting the pallet (20) with the at least one mounting portion (20a) of an adjacent pallet (20).
Claims16
Moving walkway comprising:
- at least one endless belt moving in a conveyance direction along a closed loop, the closed loop comprising a conveyance portion and a return portion extending between two turnaround portions, respectively;
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- a plurality of pallets, each of the pallets comprising:
- at least one mounting portion rotatably attached to the at least one endless belt;
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- at least one mechanical connection connecting the pallet with the at least one mounting portion of an adjacent pallet;
- a web attached to the at least one endless belt;
- wherein the at least one mounting portion is rotatably attached to the at least one endless belt at the web.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.