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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Winfried Lanzki, Unna, DE;
Carsten Rolf, Sprockhoevel, DE;
Andreas Tautz, Waltrop, DE;
Alfred Thiel, Sprockhoevel, DE;
Heinrich Zeiger, Muenster, DE;
Winfried Lanzki, Unna, DE;
Carsten Rolf, Sprockhoevel, DE;
Andreas Tautz, Waltrop, DE;
Alfred Thiel, Sprockhoevel, DE;
Heinrich Zeiger, Muenster, DE;
Kone Corporation, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
A device for connecting a chain, which is actively connected to a roller, to a step or a pallet of an escalator or a moving walkway, respectively. The chain has a roller side and a step or pallet side. The device includes a hollow stud disposed on the roller side and a cylindrical shoulder disposed on the step or pallet side. The hollow stud has a clearance to receive the cylindrical shoulder. A slide bearing is arranged at least radially between a circumferential surface of the hollow stud defining the clearance and an outer circumferential surface of the shoulder.