Track system for an escalator or moving walkway

US9988244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INVENTIO AG · CH

Inventors

• Christoph Makovec · Wiener Neustadt, AT
• Michael Matheisl · Lurnfeld, AT
• Robert Schulz · Wien, AT
• Thomas Illedits · Neufeld, AT
• Thomas Novacek · Gratwein-Straßengel, AT
• Uwe Hauer · Nienburg, DE
• Jürg Burri · Hirschthal, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A track module of an escalator or a moving walkway comprises at least two support structures and at least one guide rail. Each support structure includes at least two supports and at least one cross strut, wherein the cross strut is arranged between the at least two supports and connects these together. Each support has a foot fastening region which, in the installed state, is fastened to a carrying structure. Moreover, a balustrade fastening region, to which in the installed state at least a part of a balustrade is fastened, is formed at each support, so that static and dynamic loads acting on the balustrade are transmissible directly to the carrying structure by way of the supports.