Moving flange fastening for passenger conveyors
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAndreas Stuffel, Georg Warmbold
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Abstract
A passenger conveyor including an endless conveyor band having a plurality of tread elements connected to and driven by a drive chain at each lateral edge thereof and a moving flange moving in use together with the conveyor band. The moving flange includes a plurality of discs attached to the tread elements and a plurality of bridges each attached between two consecutive discs. At least one bridge is attached to the drive chain by a pin and socket connection and a resilient locking element is arranged so as to bias in use the bridge against the chain.
Claims10
Passenger conveyor including an endless conveyor band comprising:
- a plurality of tread elements connected to and driven by a drive chain at each lateral edge thereof;
- a moving flange moving in use together with the conveyor band, the moving flange including a plurality of discs attached to the tread elements and a plurality of bridges each attached between two consecutive discs,
- at least one bridge is attached to the drive chain by means of a pin and socket connection and that a resilient locking element is arranged so as to bias in use the bridge against the chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.