Connecting gear mechanism of a passenger-transporting system designed as an escalator or moving walkway

A connecting gear mechanism of a passenger-transporting system configured as an escalator or moving walkway, wherein the connecting gear mechanism and a motor can be operatively coupled to a drive shaft of the passenger-transporting system, the connecting gear mechanism comprising:

• a connecting shaft comprising a connecting shaft axis of rotation;
• a first section comprising:
• a first section transition;
• an input shaft comprising an input shaft axis of rotation;
• and
• a first gearwheel set arranged in the first section to be operatively coupled to the input shaft,
• wherein the input shaft axis of rotation and the connecting shaft axis of rotation are positioned in the first section transition and are arranged in a first axis of rotation plane;
• and
• a second section comprising:
• a second section transition;
• an output shaft configured to drive the drive shaft, the output shaft comprising an output shaft axis of rotation;
• and
• a second gearwheel set arranged in the second section to be operatively coupled to the output shaft,
• wherein the output shaft axis of rotation and the connecting shaft axis of rotation are positioned in the second section transition and are arranged in a second axis of rotation plane,
• wherein the first section is coupled to the second section via the first section transition and second section transition, and wherein, the connecting shaft is arranged in the connecting gear mechanism so as to protrude through both the first section transition and second section transition in order to couple the first gearwheel set to the second gearwheel set such that the connecting shaft is configured to transmit torque and rotary motion, and wherein the first axis of rotation plane intersects the second axis of rotation plane along the connecting shaft axis of rotation, and wherein the first section is coupled to the second section such that the first axis of rotation plane is at any selectable plane intermediate angle to the second section.