Support construction for long escalators and moving walkways
US6374981B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66B23/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An escalator and moving walkway construction has spaced first and second basic wall supports arranged laterally of a step or plate conveying run. The rigidity of such a support construction is enhanced, in the case of use with large support widths, in that at least one respective supplementary wall support is laterally flange-mounted to each of the basic wall supports of the support construction.
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