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US 12,552,644 B2Granted
Transport unit and method for transporting a moving walkway
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsGerhard Kleewein, Dominik Praxmarer, Kurt Streibig
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Abstract
A transport unit for transporting a moving walkway includes moving walkway modules and holding frames. The moving walkway modules each have a supporting structure portion designed to support a guide rail portion, a forward pallet belt portion, and a return pallet belt portion. Each holding frame has horizontal struts spaced apart and parallel to one another and vertical struts holding the horizontal struts at opposite ends. A holding frame is arranged at positions spaced apart such that one of the moving walkway modules rests on one of the horizontal struts and the vertical struts extend on opposite sides of the moving walkway modules.
Claims17
A transport unit comprising:
- a plurality of moving walkway modules of a moving walkway and a plurality of holding frames;
- at least two of the moving walkway modules being configured as a moving walkway central part and each having a supporting structure portion, the supporting structure portion being configured to support a guide rail portion, a forward pallet belt portion, and a return pallet belt portion, wherein:
- the moving walkway modules are configured to be coupled to one another one behind the other in a longitudinal direction in order to form at least one load-bearing structure of a portion of the moving walkway;
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- the moving walkway modules are arranged in the transport unit in a plurality of levels one above the other in a vertical direction extending transversely to the longitudinal direction;
- each holding frame comprising a plurality of horizontal struts spaced apart in the vertical direction and extending parallel to one another and at least two vertical struts holding the horizontal struts at opposite ends, wherein:
- each holding frame is configured and arranged at a position spaced apart in the longitudinal direction such that one of the moving walkway modules rests on one of the horizontal struts, and the vertical struts extend on opposite sides of the moving walkway modules so as to be laterally adjacent to the moving walkway modules;
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- at least one end connection element, the end connection element being attached to an end, seen in the longitudinal direction, of one of the moving walkway modules, the end connection element being configured as a spacer in order to keep the moving walkway module connected thereto and the transport unit within a container accommodating the transport unit at a distance from an opposite container wall or a further transport unit.
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A method for transporting a moving walkway, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of moving walkway modules;
- providing horizontal struts and vertical struts for forming a plurality of holding frames;
- arranging the moving walkway modules in a plurality of levels one above the other in a vertical direction in order to form a transport unit;
- wherein:
- at least two of the moving walkway modules are configured as a moving walkway central part and each comprises a supporting structure portion, the supporting structure portion configured to support a guide rail portion, a forward pallet belt portion, and a return pallet belt portion;
- the moving walkway modules are configured to be coupled to one another one behind the other in a longitudinal direction in order to form at least one load-bearing structure of a portion of the moving walkway;
- the horizontal struts and vertical struts are combined to form the holding frames during the arrangement of the moving walkway modules such that each holding frame comprises a plurality of the horizontal struts spaced apart in the vertical direction and extending parallel to one another and at least two of the vertical struts holding the horizontal struts at opposite ends, and the holding frames are configured and arranged at positions spaced apart in the longitudinal direction in such a way that one of the moving walkway modules rests on one of the horizontal struts and the vertical struts extend on opposite sides of the moving walkway so as to be laterally adjacent to the moving walkway modules, and
- at least one end connection element is attached to at least one end, seen in the longitudinal direction, of one of the moving walkway modules of a transport unit, the end connection element being configured as a spacer in order to keep the moving walkway module connected thereto and the transport unit within a container accommodating the transport unit at a distance from an opposite container wall or a further transport unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.