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US 7,681,709 B2Granted
Balustrade fastening arrangement
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsAndreas Vogt, Anne Chen Yangying, Bernward Engelke, Ke Ye
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Abstract
A balustrade fastening arrangement for an escalator or passenger conveyor having a moveable skirt panel whereby the fastening arrangement secures an inner decking panel such that it overhangs the moving skirt panel between the skirt panel and the step.
Claims4
A balustrade assembly for a passenger conveyor having a truss, the balustrade assembly including:
- a balustrade panel;
- a balustrade panel holder attached to the truss;
- a bracket extending from the balustrade panel holder in a cantilevered manner;
- an inner decking profile extending from the balustrade panel, wherein the inner decking profile is fixedly attached to the bracket;
- and
- a moving skirt that moves with steps of an associated passenger conveyor, and wherein the inner decking profile extends from the balustrade panel to the moving skirt.
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A passenger conveyor including:
- moving treadplates;
- a moving skirt that moves with the moving treadplates during conveyor operation;
- a truss;
- and
- a balustrade assembly including a balustrade panel, a balustrade panel holder attached to the truss, a bracket extending from the balustrade panel holder in a cantilevered manner, and an inner decking profile extending from the balustrade panel to a position overlapping the moving skirt, wherein the inner decking profile is fixedly attached to the bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.