Handrail

US8006823B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SEMPERIT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT HOLDING · AT

Inventors

• Armin Holzner · Ternitz, AT
• Herwig Miessbacher · Köflach, AT
• Reinhard Zoernpfenning · Neunkirchen, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66B23/24
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention encompasses a handrail for escalators or moving walkways that includes a grip piece of a thermoplastic elastomer including soft segments and hard segments and optionally a sliding layer arranged on the underside of the grip piece relative to the mounting orientation of the handrail. A ratio of the proportions of the soft segments to the hard segments is selected from a range with a lower limit of 1:1 and an upper limit of 9:1, or, in a variation, from a range with a lower limit of 1.5:1 and an upper limit of 6:1, or, in another variation, from a range with a lower limit of 2.5:1 and an upper limit of 4:1.