A passenger conveyer and a step for use of inspection thereof

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EP 1 634 843 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.05.2008 Bulletin 2008/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/11

(21)	Application number: 05016573.7

(22)	Date of filing: 29.07.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B66B 27/00^(2006.01)

B66B 23/12^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

10.09.2004 JP 2004263203

(71)	Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
	Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Hamada, Tomoyuki, c/o Hitachi, Ltd. Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 (JP) Ojima, Kazuhira, c/o Hitachi, Ltd. Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 (JP) Abe, Yoshio, c/o Hitachi, Ltd. Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 (JP) Yamashita, Tomonori, c/o Hitachi, Ltd. Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8220 (JP)

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

(54)	A passenger conveyer and a step for use of inspection thereof

(57) In a passenger conveyer apparatus, including an escalator (80), for example, passengers are carried through movement of the steps (1), which are connected endlessly. At least one piece of the steps (1) is one for use of an inspection, and within an inside thereof, i.e., on a reverse side surface of a loading surface (1c) for loading a passenger thereon; there are provided an acceleration sensor (4, 5, 6, 7) for detecting acceleration of the steps (1), a signal processor apparatus (8) for conducting signal processing upon an output signal of the acceleration sensor (4, 5, 6, 7), a transmitter means (9) for transmitting an output of the signal processor apparatus (8), an electric power supply means for supplying electric power to the signal processor apparatus (8).

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