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Device for the transport of passengers

US8276737B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Kone Corporation · FI

Inventors

Winfried Lanzki · Unna, DE
Andreas Tautz · Waltrop, DE
Carsten Rolf · Sprockhövel, DE
Alfred Thiel
Heinrich Zeiger · Munster, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 7, 2011
Grant date	Oct 2, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B50/00
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for the passenger transport, in particular an escalator provided with steps or a moving walkway equipped with pallets, wherein the steps or pallets are connected to each other to form a continuous step or pallet belt and can be moved in the direction of transport by means of drive elements, wherein a lower entrance or exit section of the device is connected to an upper exit or entrance section via at least one arched transport section which, seen over the length and height thereof, is formed by different radii which verge into each other, wherein at least the arched transport section is composed of several linear framing sections which are connected to each other in the region of the facing ends thereof.

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