Variable speed moving walkway systems
AssigneeBeltways Inc.
InventorEdip Yuksel
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Abstract
A variable speed moving walkway system has a plurality of walkway modules, each having at least one movable belt, wherein each of the plurality of walkway modules are positioned at least one of: immediately linearly adjacent or immediately laterally adjacent to another. The movable belt of each walkway module moves at a different speed from the belt of an immediately linearly adjacent and/or an immediately laterally adjacent walkway module. A transition between the walkway modules may include a stationary wedge and at least one rotational brush positioned in a gap formed between the stationary wedge and the at least one belt of each walkway module, and/or a transition T-bar positioned between the at least two walkway modules.
Claims14
A variable speed moving walkway system comprising:
- at least two walkway modules, each having at least one belt moving at a different speed from that of a linearly adjacent walkway module;
- a belt support apparatus for the at least one belt of each walkway module to ride on for supporting the weight of riders of the walkway modules, the belt support apparatus can be selected from a substantially planar plate or multiple rotatable rollers positioned between a first and a second outermost roller, wherein the at least one belt moves on the substantially planar plate or the multiple rotatable rollers;
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- a rubberized scrapper band positioned overlying an upper surface of the planar plate.
A variable speed moving walkway system comprising:
- a plurality of walkway modules, each having at least one movable belt, wherein each of the plurality of walkway modules are positioned immediately laterally adjacent to another, at least one of the walkway modules positioned laterally adjacent to another walkway module has at least one walkway module positioned linearly adjacent thereto, the multiple walkway modules positioned linearly adjacent and laterally adjacent to each other create an array of walkway modules;
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- wherein the at least one movable belt of each walkway module of the plurality of walkway modules is moving at a different speed from the at least one movable belt of an immediately laterally adjacent walkway module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.