Patent · US Expired

Method for regulating the brake(s) of an escalator or a moving walkway

US6520300B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kone Corporation · FI

Inventors

Ludwig Balzer-Apke · Velbert, DE
Dirk Lange · Neubukow, DE
Sascha Neumann · Bochum, DE
Alexander Pietz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2002
Grant date	Feb 18, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB66B1/32
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for regulating the brake(s) of an escalator or moving walkway, independently of the load. According to the invention, actual values are supplied to at least one regulator which contains at least one nominal value, the regulator intermittently performs a comparison between the nominal and actual values and controls at least one brake magnet using these values. The brake magnet or magnets in turn regulate(s) the brake(s) in such a way that a predeterminable linear braking deceleration can be achieved, whereby nominal values, in particular, in the form of several temporary deceleration values, are stored in the regulator in nominal value fields or nominal zones.

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