(19)
(11) EP 1 134 177 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/19

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/38

(21) Application number: 00127108.9

(22) Date of filing: 11.12.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B66B 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: 08.03.2000 JP 2000068613

(71) Applicants:
  • Hitachi, Ltd.
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010 (JP)
  • Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.
    Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Saitoh, Chuichi
    Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki 312-0033 (JP)
  • Utsunomiya, Hirofumi
    Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki 311-1301 (JP)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Step passage handrail afixed on the balustrade of a parallel running escalator


(57) In order to provide a step passage facilities which does not degrade safety of a walker by providing a passenger conveyer in parallel with the step passage facilities, a handrail 14, 17, 18 for a walker supported to the outside of the balustrade 7a of the passenger conveyer 4 is installed to be longer than the balustrade 7a of the passenger conveyer, and a start and an end edges of the handrail for the walker is supported on the horizontal parts 9, 10 of the main frame 5 of the passenger conveyer







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