Patent · US Expired

Escalator apparatus

US5472075A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
5References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 1994
Grant dateDec 5, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B31/006
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an escalator constructed such that even persons using large-sized wheelchairs can utilize it with a sense of security together with healthy persons. A group of special steps made of a large-sized step and special steps are disposed between ordinary passenger steps and the special steps are guided by guide rails different from those for the ordinary passenger steps.

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