# US 9,038,806 B2 · Truss device and an escalator or moving walk > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,806 B2 - Document ID: US9038806B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/292,004 - Filed: 2014-05-30 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-07 - Assignees: Kone Corporation - Applicants: Simo Mäkimattila - Inventors: Simo Mäkimattila - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038806B2 ## CPC - B66B 23/00: Component parts of escalators or moving walkways - B66B 21/02: Escalators - B66B 23/14: Guiding means for carrying surfaces - B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00) ## Abstract The present invention provides a truss device for an escalator or moving walk comprising an outer panel and an inner panel facing the outer panel, characterized in that, the inner panel is formed from a single integral panel and comprises a body part and a plurality of connection parts extending from the body part toward the outer panel thus forming corresponding through openings in the inner panel, each connection part is connected to the outer panel so that the outer panel and the inner panel are fixed together, wherein the inner panel further comprises a support part formed on the body part of the inner panel and projecting in a direction away from the outer panel. The present invention also provides an escalator or moving walk having the above truss device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A truss device for an escalator or moving walk, comprising an outer panel and an inner panel facing the outer panel, wherein, the inner panel is formed from a single integral panel and comprises a body part and a plurality of connection parts extending from the body part toward the outer panel thus forming corresponding through openings in the inner panel, each connection part is connected to the outer panel so that the outer panel and the inner panel are fixed together, wherein the inner panel further comprises a support part formed on the body part of the inner panel and projecting in a direction away from the outer panel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the support part is formed as a guide of rollers of the steps and the chains of the escalator or moving walk. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the support part is straight or curved. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the connection part is connected to the outer panel by welding. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the truss device further comprises a profile member sandwiched between, or sandwiching, an edge part of the inner panel and an edge part of the outer panel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A truss device according to claim 5, wherein, the profile member is welded to the inner panel and the outer panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A truss device according to claim 5, wherein, the profile member is a H-shape profile member or C-shape profile member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the connection part is shaped by cutting an integral panel along a predetermined cutting line and then bending it along a predetermined bending line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A truss device according to claim 8, wherein, the cutting line is a diagonal line of a rectangle, and the bending line is a side of the rectangle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A truss device according to claim 8, wherein, the cutting line is three sides of a rectangle, and the bending line is the other side of the rectangle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) A truss device according to claim 8, wherein, each connection part comprises a load-supporting part extending out from the bending line and a joining part bended relative to the load-supporting part as parallel to the outer panel and joined to the outer panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A truss device according to claim 11, wherein, the load-supporting part is perpendicular to the body part of the inner panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the outer panel is formed from a single integral smooth panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A truss device according to claim 1, wherein, the outer panel or the inner panel is formed from hot-rolled steel or cold-rolled steel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An escalator or moving walk comprising the truss device according to claim 1.