Passenger conveyor gap monitoring device
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorOliver Stöxen
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Abstract
A gap monitoring device (16; 19) for monitoring a gap (12) between a tread panel (4) of a passenger conveyor and individual tread elements (2) in a tread elements band of the passenger conveyor, characterized in that a space sensor (18; 34) is provided to measure the gap between the tread panel (4) and at least one tread element (2).
Claims10
A passenger conveyor including a skirt panel (4) and a tread element band including a plurality of tread elements (2) and having a gap (12) between the skirt panel (4) and the individual tread elements (2), the passenger conveyor further including a gap width monitoring device (16, 19) for monitoring the gap (12) between the skirt panel (4) and the individual tread elements (2), wherein the gap width monitoring device (16, 19) is adapted to measure a width of the gap (12) during normal operation of the passenger conveyor.
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