Otis Elevator Company

Andreas Vogt

Bernward Engelke

Andreas Stuffel

Uwe Hauer

Dietmar Thaler

Joerg Ostermeier

Thomas Swyst

Frank M Sansevero

Ke Ye

Frank Kirchhoff

Frank Wiegand

Anne Chen Yangying

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

People conveyor glass balustrade lighting

A balustrade fastening arrangement for an escalator or passenger conveyor having a moveable skirt panel whereby the fastening arrangement secures an inner decking panel such that it overhangs the moving skirt panel between the skirt panel and the step.

Balustrade fastening arrangement

Personnel conveyor () featuring endless personnel conveyor belt () formed of numerous step elements (), in which step elements () are attached to conveyor chains () along both of their sides that are driven around a first and a second reversal element, and in which conveyor chains () are constructed of a multitude of chain links () that are connected to each other at pivots (), and where the segmentation ratio of conveyor chain () to personnel conveyor belt () is 1:1, characterized in that two chain links (), which are equally positioned in relation to a step element (), are connected to each other by means of a through-going connecting axle () attached to chain links () between each two pivoting points of chain links ().

Chain segment for personnel conveyor

A passenger conveyor () contains an endless passenger conveyor belt () that is composed of several interconnected footboard elements (), wherein the footboard elements () are respectively connected to transport chains () that are arranged laterally of the footboard elements and driven around a first and a second reversing point by means of a drive. This passenger conveyor is characterized by the fact that the footboard elements () are detachably connected to the transport chains () by means of one respective lateral holding device ().

Footboard element fastening for passenger conveyors

Escalator decking

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Wiedenbrügge, Germany

Andreas Vogt