Moving walkway
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorMarc Ossendorf
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Abstract
A moving walkway includes at least one drive belt having one side arranged to engage a synchronizing disk and another side presenting fixing elements spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the belt. Each of a plurality of pallets has at least one component to detachably engage with a corresponding fixing element on the drive belt so that the drive belt can move the pallets in a direction of conveyance. Each lateral side of each pallet includes an individual guide roller for engagement with a guideway. A rear area of one pallet and a front area of a following pallet, as seen in the direction of conveyance, define a supporting area such that a rear supporting area of each pallet is supported on a front supporting area of the following pallet.
Claims11
A moving walkway, comprising:
- at least one drive belt having one side arranged to engage a synchronizing disk and another side presenting fixing elements spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the belt;
- a plurality of pallets each having at least one component to detachably engage with one of the fixing element on the drive belt so that the drive belt can move the pallets in a direction of conveyance, the pallets each having lateral sides, each lateral side of each pallet including an individual guide roller for engagement with a guideway;
- wherein, as seen in the direction of conveyance, a rear area of one pallet and a front area of a following pallet define a supporting area such that a rear supporting area of each pallet is supported on a front supporting area of the following pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.