Staircase guide for a stairlift
AssigneeFreelift B.V.
InventorsMartinus J. Hester, Dennis Vroegindeweij
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Abstract
A staircase guide for a device for ascending a staircase, the device has a frame with a carrying element for people or goods and a drive connected to the frame. The guide has a cylindrical tube to be adapted to a staircase with at least one protrusion which extends in longitudinal direction of the tube. The tube has an engaging surface for co-action with a drive element of the drive for the purpose of displacing the stairlift and a support surface for support of the drive by a support member in order to hold at least the carrying element upright.
Claims9
An installation for ascending/descending a staircase, comprising:
- a device, including a frame with a carrying element for people or goods and a drive connected to the frame;
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- a staircase guide including a single cylindrical tube configured to the staircase and having a protrusion extending in a longitudinal direction of the tube, wherein the protrusion includes:
- (i) an engaging surface for co-action with a drive element of the drive for the purposes of displacing the device;
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- (ii) a support surface for support of the drive by a support member in order to hold at least the carrying element upright against rotation of the device around the single cylindrical tube.
A staircase guide for use with an installation for ascending/descending a staircase, the guide comprising:
- a single cylindrical tube adapted configured to the staircase and having a protrusion extending in a longitudinal direction of the tube, wherein the protrusion includes:
- (i) an engaging surface for co-action with a drive element of a drive for the purpose of displacing a stairlift;
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- (ii) a support surface for support of the drive by a support member in order to hold at least the carrying element of the stairlift upright, against rotation around the cylindrical tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.