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US 8,800,744 B2Granted
Handrail for an escalator or a moving walkway
AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsThomas Illedits, Thomas Novacek, Michael Matheisl
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AssigneeInventio AG
InventorsThomas Illedits, Thomas Novacek, Michael Matheisl
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The invention relates to a handrail (1), used in particular for escalators or moving walkways, comprising a plurality of grip elements (10) or grip segments (10) arranged next to one another. The grip elements or grip segments (10) consist of a base body (11) that has an outer shell (12) or cover layer (12) and several inner chambers (15) delimited by the outer shell (12) or cover layer (12). The base body (11) has many or several reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16′ to 20′, 35 and 35′ and 36 and 54). The outer shell or cover layer (12) is continuous in a grip region (13). The reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16′ to 20′, 35 and 35′ and 36 and 54) divide the interior (15) into separate, independent chambers (21-24, 37-38, 55). This provides excellent thermal insulation and excellent soundproofing or noise insulation.
A handrail, comprising a plurality of sequential grip segments, at least one of the grip segments comprising a base body having an outer shell, the base body having an interior space bounded by the outer shell with a plurality of chambers separated from one another by stiffening ribs arranged in the interior space, the stiffening ribs forming a first lateral guide groove and a second lateral guide groove that face each another, each of the first and second lateral guide grooves being completely spaced from the outer shell by at least one of the chambers formed by the stiffening ribs, wherein the base body is of integral construction and has at least one bearing support for direct clipping in engagement with a mating portion of a traction means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.