Patent · US Active

People conveyor glass balustrade lighting

US8123373B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

18References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

Andreas Vogt · Eitorf, DE
Frank Wiegand · Allstedt, DE
Frank Kirchhoff · Aachen, DE
Bernward Engelke · Hildesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2010
Grant date	Feb 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01J37/16
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

People conveyor (2) having an endless people transportation band (4) and an endless handrail (6), a glass balustrade (8) arranged laterally to the transportation band (4) and supporting the handrail (6), and a profile (10, 12) having an U-shaped channel (38) for engaging the glass balustrade (8) and comprising an illumination cavity (44), wherein a plurality of LEDs is arranged in the illumination cavity (44).

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