Apparatus for transporting a balustrade for a passenger conveyor

US5496086A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Willy Adrian · Bad Eilsen, DE
• Joachim Arens · Bad Nenndorf, DE
• Gerald Wente · Pohl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53978
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for transporting a balustrade for a passenger conveying device includes a frame, a left support arm, and a right support arm. The right and left support arms are attached to the frame and include apparatus for attaching the escalator balustrade. The attaching apparatus attaches the transportation apparatus to the escalator balustrade, thereby enabling the balustrade to be transported.