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US 5,181,595 AGranted
Roller supporting assembly for escalator or moving walkway handrail newels
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsWalter Tietze, Hella Badstuebner
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AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsWalter Tietze, Hella Badstuebner
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An escalator or moving walkway handrail is guided along its path of travel over the curved newels of the escalator or walkway balustrades by a series of guide rollers mounted on a channel member which is fitted onto the balustrade newels. The channel member is generally U-shaped in cross section, and includes a bottom wall from which depend opposed side walls. The side walls are provided with a plurality of spaced slits which impart flexibility to the channel member. Sheet metal formed roller-mounting yokes are spot welded to the outside of the bottom wall, and the handrail guide rollers are mounted in the yokes. The channel member has straps on each end for fastening to handrail guides which lead to and from the balustrade newels. The guide assembly can be preassembled and bent around the newels on site when the escalator or walkway is installed.
A guide assembly for guiding movement of a handrail over a newel portion of an escalator or moving walkway, said assembly comprising:
In combination with an escalator or moving walkway assembly comprising a balustrade having a newel portion, and a moving handrail which moves along guides mounted on an edge of said balustrade, a handrail guide assembly for guiding movement of said handrail over said balustrade newel, said guide assembly comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.