Adjustable bracket for step flange cover
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsKe Ye, Yanying Chen, Jian Liang
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Abstract
A connection between step flange covers 54 and passenger conveyor frames 60 is adjustable to vary the position of a step flange cover relative 54 to moving tread plates 18 or a moving skirt 52 in at least two directions. The adjustable connection 64 permits the step flange cover 54 to be precisely positioned with respect to the tread plates 18 or the skirt 52 without the necessity of using crude adjustment techniques, such as, for example, using shims.
Claims28
A passenger conveyor comprising:
- a frame;
- a step chain moveably connected to the frame;
- a conveyor drive connected to the frame and configured to drive the step chain;
- a plurality of tread plates connected to the step chain;
- a step flange cover arranged adjacent to the tread plates;
- a first bracket connected to the frame;
- a second bracket connected to the step flange cover;
- one or more bosses on one of the first bracket and the second bracket;
- and
- a connector between the first bracket and the second bracket configured to pivot the second bracket with respect to the first bracket about the bosses to vary a position of the step flange cover in at least two directions.
A device for connecting a step flange cover to a frame of a passenger conveyor, the device comprising:
- a first bracket connected to the frame;
- a second bracket connected to the step flange cover;
- one or more bosses on one of the first bracket and the second bracket;
- and
- a connector between the first bracket and the second bracket configured to pivot the second bracket with respect to the first bracket about the bosses to vary a position of the step flange cover in at least two directions.
A method of adjustably connecting a step flange cover to a frame of a passenger conveyor, the method comprising:
- attaching a first bracket to the frame;
- attaching a second bracket to the step flange cover;
- and
- connecting the first bracket to the second bracket such that the second bracket is pivotable with respect to the first bracket about one or more bosses on one of the first bracket and the second bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.