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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Illedits, Vienna, AT;
Alexander Turek, MĂĽnchendorf, AT;
Assignee:
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 23/02 (2006.01); B66B 21/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); F16H 1/32 (2006.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 23/02 (2013.01); B66B 21/04 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); F16H 1/32 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive system () for a belt-driven people conveyor () is provided which includes a drive motor () arranged to drive an input shaft (); a belt drive pulley () for driving a drive belt (); and a gear system () arranged to couple the input shaft () to the belt drive pulley () such that there is a speed reduction from the input shaft () to the belt drive pulley (). The gear system () comprises an output gear () directly connected to or formed integrally with the belt drive pulley () and at least part of the gear system () is located within the belt drive pulley ().