Patents Assigned to Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5040659
    Abstract: Indicating apparatus for passenger conveyor includes an indicating body arranged near a platform of the conveyor and outside a balustrade panel. The indicating body is located and secured at a position where the upper edge thereof is downwardly apart from a frame which is mounted on the upper edge of the balustrade panel for supporting a moving handrail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuichi Saito, Masamitsu Hanano, Hideo Kuwajima
  • Patent number: 4819781
    Abstract: A passenger conveyor has a pair of balustrades on opposite sides of a plurality of steps connected together to circulate endlessly. Each of the balustrades comprises a structural support member mounted on a main body frame in spaced relation in the length direction of the main body frame. The structural support members each are made of a casing of one piece and have a U-shaped support portion supporting a lower end portion of the balustrade, a mounting flange portion projecting horizontally from one side of the U-shaped support portion, being mounted by the main body frame and mounting thereon an outer deck cover, a mounting projection horizontally projecting from the opposite side of the U-shaped support portion and mounting thereon an inner deck cover and skirt guard, and a pair of downward projections which serve to reinforce the U-shaped support portion as well as connection of a handrail guide for holding a handrail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuichi Saito, Masamitsu Hanano