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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Hofling, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
O & K Orenstein & Koppel Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198330 ; 198331 ;
Abstract
A parallel drive for escalators or moving sidewalks is located within the region of reversal and inside the rotating step or pallet belt, the drive including with electric motor, gearing, step or pallet drive apparatus and handrail drive apparatus. The apparati are driven by the drive shafts of a drive unit comprising electric motor and planetary gearing arranged with their axes parallel to the axes of driven shafts of the step or pallet drive and the handrail drive.