MOVING HANDRAIL REPAIR DEVICE FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR

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EP 1 988 052 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	11.02.2009 Bulletin 2009/07

(43)	Date of publication:
	05.11.2008 Bulletin 2008/45

(21)	Application number: 06714182.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.02.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B66B 31/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/JP2006/303042

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/096948 (30.08.2007 Gazette 2007/35)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE NL

(71)	Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
	Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	KAWASAKI, Atsushi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1008310 (JP)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	MOVING HANDRAIL REPAIR DEVICE FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR

(57) A moving handrail repair device includes a self-travelling means and a heating means mounted on the self-travelling means. The self-travelling means travels on a balustrade of a passenger conveyor along a longitudinal direction of a moving handrail. The heatingmeans heats and melts a surface portion of the moving handrail. The surface portion of the moving handrail is formed of a thermoplastic material. In a case where the surface portion of the moving handrail is damaged, an object portion to be repaired of the surface portion is heated and melted, and then the object portion is re-hardened.