Abstract: A balustrade structure for a curved escalator wherein at least one of an inner deck board and an outer deck board constituting a balustrade base portion of the escalator is constructed with a plurality of curved strips of a thin sheet which is straight in the transverse direction. A longitudinally-extending side edge of the curved sheet strips may be covered by a joint. The deck may comprise a main deck extending along the balustrade panel and an end deck disposed at the lengthwise ends of the main deck for covering the ends. The end deck has formed in its edge portion a slot into which the longitudinally-extending side edge of the main deck is inserted, and each of the deck boards comprises a main deck and an end deck.

Abstract: A balustrade of passenger conveyor comprises a guide handrail having a fitting groove for fitting the guide member onto an end of a balustrade panel, a longitudinal groove formed by a bottom wall and inner and outer side walls of the guide member, the handrail guide being formed by a material having a resilience which allows the width of the fitting groove to become small when the outer walls of the guide member are laterally displaced, and an extension member which is extendable within the longitudinal groove to laterally displace the outer side walls of the guide member. The width of the fitting groove can thus be made narrow by the action of the extension member so that the balustrade panel can be held by the inner side walls of the guide member, thereby firmly fixing the guide member to the balustrade panel.