Chain segment for personnel conveyor

US6945379B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Uwe Hauer · Nienburg, DE
• Andreas Stuffel · Porta Westfalica, DE
• Joerg Ostermeier · Bückeburg, DE
• Dietmar Thaler · Bückeburg, DE
• Andreas Vogt · Eitorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B23/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Personnel conveyor (2) featuring endless personnel conveyor belt (6) formed of numerous step elements (4), in which step elements (4) are attached to conveyor chains (8) along both of their sides that are driven around a first and a second reversal element, and in which conveyor chains (8) are constructed of a multitude of chain links (10) that are connected to each other at pivots (12), and where the segmentation ratio of conveyor chain (8) to personnel conveyor belt (6) is 1:1, characterized in that two chain links (10), which are equally positioned in relation to a step element (4), are connected to each other by means of a through-going connecting axle (32) attached to chain links (16) between each two pivoting points of chain links (10).