Step Platform for an escalator

US5542521A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Helmut Meyer · Bückeburg, DE
• Hermann W. Ahls · Premnitz, DE
• Klaus Blaseck · Ehlershausen, DE
• Udo Schmitting · Kirchberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 6, 1996
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B31/006
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A step platform for an escalator is provided, comprising a higher step and a lower step. The higher step includes a top surface and a support arm. The lower step has a main body, a raisable middle section, and apparatus for selectively raising the middle section. When the apparatus for selectively raising the middle section engages the support arms, the top surface of the middle section is maintained in the same plane as the top surface of the higher step.