Balustrade handrail entry housing

US5366060A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Gerald E. Johnson · Farmington, US
• Ronald Laliberte · Prospect, US
• Frank Sansevero · Glastonbury, US
• Willy Adrian · Bad Eilsen, DE
• Gerald Wente · Pohl, DE
• R. Zimmerman · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 1993
• Grant date: Nov 22, 1994
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B29/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A balustrade handrail entry housing is provided for a balustrade having a base, a handrail, and a balustrade panel. The balustrade entry housing includes a frame, a shell, a channel formed within the frame for receiving the balustrade panel, apparatus for clamping the balustrade panel in the channel, and a face plate having apparatus for mounting a safety device for sensing obstructions entering the handrail entry housing around the handrail. The frame is independent of the balustrade base and the balustrade panel, and therefore may be positionally adjusted relative to both. The shell, which is independent of the frame, mounts on and is supported by the frame. The shell may be positionally adjusted relative to the balustrade base and balustrade panel.