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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Fujitec Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a moving sidewalk comprising loading-unloading belts and one or more of accelerating-decelerating belt(s) independently provided in front and in the rear of the main circulating belt, wherein the traveling speed of the loading-unloading belt and of the accelerating-decelerating belt are determined to decrease with the decreasing distance to the entrance and the exit thereof, and thus to increase with the decreasing distance to the main circulating belt, and the traveling speed of the main circulating belt is faster than both of these belts, the speeds of the belts adjacent with each other are determined so that the difference between squares of the speeds of these belts does not exceed the prescribed value in order to give no feeling of fear to the passenger.