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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
May. 27, 1997
Klaus Schoeneweiss, Hattingen, DE;
O&K Rolltreppen GmbH & Co. KG, Hattigen, DE;
Abstract
A tread element for escalators and travelators includes a treadplate for receiving persons to be transported. The treadplate includes at least one outer portion having a plurality of recesses. A plurality of individual moldings are disposed juxtaposed to one another in the at least one outer portion. Each molding includes a plurality of stud-shaped lugs on a side of the molding facing the treadplate and passing through a corresponding one of the recesses in the at least one outer portion of the treadplate for centering the molding relative to the treadplate. Each of the plurality of moldings has edge portions. The edge portions of moldings adjoining each other include projections that at least partially overlap one another. The lugs each have a free end surface including a receiving opening for receiving a screw.