(19)
(11) EP 1 101 724 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21

(21) Application number: 00124229.6

(22) Date of filing: 09.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B66B 23/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 16.11.1999 JP 32569199

(71) Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shibuya, Shinji
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 229-1103 (JP)
  • Kumagai, Kenta
    Tokyo 166-0004 (JP)
  • Omachi, Akira
    Komae-shi, Tokyo 201-0012 (JP)

(74) Representative: Beetz & Partner Patentanwälte 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Balustrades for an escalator


(57) In order to provide an escalator having an extended space (100) between the balustrades (7) is provided, balustrades are arranged outside the machine room (1), and a handrail support portion (8) is provided on the side surface of the upper end portion of the balustrade which is arranged so as to, for example, tilt or curve toward the step side from the upper portion of the machine room or so as to vertically stand, and an upper-line track of the handrail is arranged in the top end portion of the support portion. Further, in a mechanism for guiding and moving an endlessly connected handrail (9), the handrail transport roller (13) is arranged in the outer side and the driving unit of the transfer roller is arranged in the step side. By doing so, by making use of a space produced in the machine room, the step tread portion and the riser portion of the step can be extended in the width direction.






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