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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198333 ; 52182 ;
Abstract
A step for a passenger conveyor has a tread formed with a plurality of cleats defining grooves therebetween and adapted to mesh with comb-shaped teeth provided on step-on and step-out landings, and side frames on which the tread is mounted. The tread is provided with flat and cleat-less mounting sections each having a width greater than the width of the groove between each adjacent pair of cleats. The tread is removably connected at the mounting sections to the side frame members. The flat mounting sections are covered with covering members removably mounted on the tread.