Transportation apparatus having adjustable skirts

Transportation apparatus for transporting passengers between spaced landings, comprising:

• a supporting structure,
• first and second spaced balustrades on said support structure,
• a conveyor having a plurality of platforms which define first and second sides of the conveyor,
• said conveyor being mounted on said supporting structure with said first and second sides respectively adjacent to said first and second spaced balustrades,
• skirt panels disposed between said support structure and the first and second sides of said conveyor,
• said skirt panels each having an inner side facing said support structure, an outer side facing said plurality of platforms, and an upper edge,
• first and second inner decks extending from the upper edges of said skirt panels to said first and second balustrades, respectively,
• and adjustment means adjustably spacing said skirt panels from said support structure, for adjusting a running clearance gap between the outer sides of said skirt panels and said plurality of platforms,
• said adjustment means including a screw having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending between said ends, with said first end being an adjustment end, said screw being disposed with the longitudinal axis perpendicular to the inner side of at least one of said skirt panels, and with said adjustment end closely adjacent to said inner side,
• said at least one skirt panel defining an opening aligned with the adjustment end of said screw such that said screw is actuatable through the opening in said at least one skirt panel, from the platform side thereof to adjust the running clearance without removing skirt panels or an inner deck.