Device for placing escalators in and out of operation

In a device for placing an escalator in and out of operation and having a system comprising safety switches, actuating elements and signal bodies, the improvement in which the system comprises:

• a flap outwardly swingably mounted on the escalator, said flap having a rear side defining one surface facing an interior of the escalator in a normal position of the flap, and a front side defining another surface facing an exterior of the escalator in the normal position of the flap,
• the actuating elements constitute means for starting and stopping, respectively, the escalator, and include a first actuating means comprising a push-button for placing the escalator out of operation actuatable when said flap is in the normal position and disposed at said another surface non-projectingly relative the latter when said flap is in the normal position and a second actuating means actuatably disposed at said one surface for intermittently moving the escalator during servicing by actuation thereof when said one plane is exposed upon swinging said flap out of the escalator,
• means for monitoring the escalator,
• said second actuating means of said actuating elements and said monitoring means are operatively fastened on the rear side of said flap at said one surface, and
• said push-button at said another surface cooperating with a respective one of said second actuating means of said actuating elements.