Patents Represented by Law Firm Schweitzer Corman Gross & Bondel LLP
  • Escalator balustrade/handrail construction
    Patent number: 6102186
    Abstract: An escalator or travelling walkway has a handrail at the top of a balustrade which is centrally supported and deflected by means of a support wheel which rotates about an axle and which has approximately the width of the balustrade. The axle is held by at least one carrier cheek which is connected to either a support construction for the handrail or the balustrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Invento AG
    Inventors: Reinhard Pallinger, Gerhard Lunardi