Otis Elevator Company

Udo Schmitting

Helmut J Meyer

Hermann W Ahls

Klaus Blaseck

A step platform for an escalator is provided, comprising a higher step and a lower step. The higher step includes a top surface and a support arm. The lower step has a main body, a raisable middle section, and apparatus for selectively raising the middle section. When the apparatus for selectively raising the middle section engages the support arms, the top surface of the middle section is maintained in the same plane as the top surface of the higher step.

Step Platform for an escalator

A step platform for an escalator having a step chain with a plurality of axles is provided comprising a lower step attached to an axle of the step chain, a higher step, attached to an axle of the step chain, having a middle section, and apparatus for actuating the middle section. The actuating apparatus is operated by the rotation of the step chain axles in the transition zones between the landings and the inclined midsection of the escalator.

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Munich, Georgia

Udo Schmitting