Patent · US Expired

Passenger conveyor handrail sliding layer treatment

US7650981B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

5References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

Changsheng Guo · South Windsor, US
John M. Milton-Benoit · West Suffield, US
John P. Wesson · Vernon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2005
Grant date	Jan 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06N2209/108
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A passenger conveyor handrail (30) includes a sliding fabric layer (36) having a low-friction coating (40) on at least one side (38) of the sliding fabric layer (36). One example includes the low-friction coating (40) on selected portions of the one side (38) of the sliding fabric layer (36). Another example includes a coating on both sides (38, 39) of the sliding fabric layer (36).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.