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Pallet for a moving walk or step for an escalator

US9617122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 2014
Grant dateApr 11, 2017
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB66B23/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A step of an escalator or a pallet of a moving walk has a supporting body with a base and at least one tread-element with a tread-surface wherein, on an underside that faces away from the tread-surface, the at-least one tread-element has at least one fastening protrusion. In the assembled state, the at-least one fastening protrusion protrudes through an opening in the base. Arranged on the side of the base that faces away from the tread-element, at least partly between the base and the fastening protrusion, is at least one fixing element. The fixing element fixes the tread-element against the base in a pretensioned manner.

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