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Control arrangement for escalator or moving walk

US5886497A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 1995
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B19/4142
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A safety control arrangement for escalators includes a detector for generating a trigger signal, and a microprocessor connected to a memory. A serial data communications bus connects the detector to the processor. The memory includes toggling and interrogating routines which permit verifying proper operability of the detector.

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