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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Changsheng Guo, South Windsor, CT (US);
Klaus Seehausen, Niedernwoehren, DE;
Bernward Engelke, Vienna, AT;
Detlev Lindemeier, Vienna, AT;
John M. Milton-benoit, Springfield, MA (US);
Bryan R. Siewert, Westbrook, CT (US);
Fabio P. Bertolotti, South Windsor, CT (US);
William S. Weiss, Middletown, RI (US);
John P. Wesson, Vernon, CT (US);
Paul A. Stucky, Stockton, CA (US);
Andreas Stuffel, Bueckeburg, DE;
Changsheng Guo, South Windsor, CT (US);
Klaus Seehausen, Niedernwoehren, DE;
Bernward Engelke, Vienna, AT;
Detlev Lindemeier, Vienna, AT;
John M. Milton-Benoit, Springfield, MA (US);
Bryan R. Siewert, Westbrook, CT (US);
Fabio P. Bertolotti, South Windsor, CT (US);
William S. Weiss, Middletown, RI (US);
John P. Wesson, Vernon, CT (US);
Paul A. Stucky, Stockton, CA (US);
Andreas Stuffel, Bueckeburg, DE;
Otis Elevator Company, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A passenger conveyor handrail () includes a plurality of teeth () that interact with a toothed driving member (). In a disclosed example, a low friction material () is placed near an end of the teeth () on the handrail (). The low friction material () facilitates the teeth sliding along a guidance () but does not interfere with a desired engagement between the teeth() and corresponding teeth () on the driving member ().