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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Uwe Hauer, Nienburg, DE;
Andreas Stuffel, Porta Westfalica, DE;
Helmut J. W. Meyer, Bueckeburg, DE;
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US);
Uwe Hauer, Nienburg, DE;
Andreas Stuffel, Porta Westfalica, DE;
Helmut J. W. Meyer, Bueckeburg, DE;
Richard N. Fargo, Plainville, CT (US);
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention pertains to an escalator () with an endless stair band () that is composed of several interconnected steps (), wherein a step () contains a walking surface () and a front side () and is connected to respective lateral step chains () that are driven around a lower and an upper reversing point () by means of a drive, and wherein a step () contains at least one step roller () that is guided by a step roller guide. The invention is characterized by the fact that the point () at which a step () is fastened to the step chain () is arranged in the vicinity of the front side () of the step ().