Wheel for driving a flexible handrail
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsThomas Novacek, Thomas Illedits
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Abstract
A wheel for driving a flexible handrail of an escalator or moving walk turns about an axis of rotation, and has a tire with a tire cover that may be filled with pressurized gas and a contact surface that is intended to rest against the handrail. The contact surface is formed on a power transmission element that has a reinforcing insert and is accommodated in a peripheral recess of the tire cover.
Claims9
A handrail drive for an escalator or moving walk, comprising a flexible handrail and a wheel for driving the flexible handrail that can be turned about an axis of rotation A, the wheel comprising a tire with a tire cover and with a power transmission element having a contact surface adapted to rest against the handrail, the power transmission element being accommodated in a peripheral recess of the tire cover and having a reinforcing insert for increasing the rigidity of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.