High-speed continuous conveying system

Abstract

A high-speed continuous conveying system such as an escalator, a moving walk and a moving slope, in which a low-speed getting on/off section and a high-speed traveling section are connected in a transferring way. At least one movable slope unit using a toothed belt or a conveying roller chain is provided with inclination of a tread face gradually changing downwardly from a horizontal direction, so as to allow a passenger to transfer to a moving slope section provided at an end of a high-speed continuous conveying mechanism and inclined in the opposite direction. As the inclination angles of the slopes are set within the limited value, an angle between the slopes is within a range from 24° to 30°. Thus, a toothed-belt pulley or a chain pulley having an appropriate diameter can be used. In order to reduce a shock in transferring, speed Vn of the n-th tread is set to {square root over (n)}V1, where V1 is speed of the first transferring tread, so that an averaged acceleration is minimized in the transfer.

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