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Handrail roller bow adjustment

US5188209A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 1992
Grant dateFeb 23, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B23/20
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The moving handrail on an escalator or moving walkway is first tightened on its guide rail to the extent necessary to eliminate substantially all handrail slack in the handrail loop. Thereafter, the handrail is loosened so as to impart optimum slack thereto whereby handrail friction and heat is minimized during operation of the escalator or moving walkway.

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