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US 5,398,800 AGranted
Safety device for a people mover
AssigneeO&K Rolltreppen GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Hofling, Klaus Schoneweiss, Alfred Thiel
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Abstract
A safety device for people movers, particularly for escalators and moving sidewalks, includes at least one carrier plate supporting a comb segment at a first end. The carrier plate is horizontally displaceable relative to at least one carrier element which accommodates the carrier plate, and is pivotable about a horizontal rotational axis which is located at a second end of the carrier plate and cooperates with at least one switch-off device for immobilizing the people mover.
Claims10
A safety device for a people mover, comprising:
- a carrier element;
- a carrier plate accommodated by said carrier element and being horizontally displaceable with respect to said carrier element;
- a comb segment supported by the carrier plate at an end of the carrier plate;
- the carrier plate being pivotably displaceable about a first rotational axis situated externally of said comb segment;
- the comb segment being pivotable about a second rotational axis;
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- a switch-off device operatively connected to said carrier plate for immobilizing the people mover as a function of displacements of said carrier plate.
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