Escalator with novel emergency guide means
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsKurt Streibig, Thomas Illedits, Thomas Novacek
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Abstract
An escalator with an endless formation of successive steps, each having a step surface, a front surface or step-riser and each side, a sideways directed cheek. Provided in the area of each cheek is at least one roller that projects transversely sideways, and is guided along laterally mounted, diagonally running roller-rails of the escalator. On each step in the area of the front surface or step-riser at least one emergency guide hook is fastened in such manner that the emergency guide hook of a higher lying upper first step supports itself against an area of the cheek of the next lower lying second step, should the step be eccentrically loaded in the area of the step-tread.
Claims8
An escalator with an endless formation of successive steps, each step having a step-tread, a front-surface or step-riser, and a sideways facing cheek on opposed sides, there being provided in the area of each cheek at least one sideways projecting roller that is guided along roller-rails of the escalator that run diagonally, characterized in that in each step has, in the area of the front-surface or step-riser, an emergency guide hook fastened in such manner that the emergency guide hook of each step rests directly against an area of a next lower lying step to retain the first step from shifting as a result of an eccentric load in the area of the step-tread and has a contact area positioned to be contacted by an emergency guide hook of a next higher lying step.
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