Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method that can form in successive processes tooth-marks longitudinally at a regular pitch on the back side of a passenger-conveyor moving handrail. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a material feed port through which a thermoplastic resin is fed; a heater that heats the fed thermoplastic resin; a molding machine that extrusion-molds the thermoplastic resin having been fluidized; and a tooth-mark forming tool, which is a tooth-mark forming device, that forms tooth-marks longitudinally at a regular pitch on the back side of a preformed moving-handrail material having been extrusion-molded, while it is in a state in a plastically deformable temperature range.

Abstract: An escalator with a high speed inclined section, includes link mechanisms, each of which has a first link with a first end rotatably connected to a step link roller shaft, and a second link, a first end of which is rotatably connected to a middle portion of the first link and a second end of which is rotatably connected to a step link roller shaft of an adjacent step. A rotatable auxiliary roller is located at a second end of the first link.

Abstract: In an escalator having a high-speed inclined portion, shape of an auxiliary track in a speed-changing region for steps is determined by finding a positional relationship between step link roller shafts of at least one of the steps and an adjacent step from a step speed profile representing speed of the step link roller shafts as a function of time. The shape of a riser is determined such that the riser aligns with a relative movement locus of the adjacent step by finding a relative positional relationship between the step and the adjacent step from the step speed profile.

Abstract: In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, steps are coupled in an endless manner and circulate. Driving roller shafts of the steps adjacent to each other are coupled with each other by a link mechanism. An interval between the driving roller shafts is changed as the link mechanism is transformed. An outer peripheral length change absorbing mechanism is provided in a reversing section of a circulation path of the steps. The outer peripheral length change absorbing mechanism absorbs a change in an outer peripheral length of a polygon, formed by connecting axes of the driving rollers with straight lines, while guiding movement of the driving rollers in the reversing section.

Abstract: In an escalator having a high-speed inclined portion escalator, a shape for of an auxiliary track in a speed-changing region for steps is determined by finding a positional relationship between step link roller shafts of at least one of the steps and an adjacent step from a step speed profile representing a speed of the step link roller shafts relative to as a function of time. A The shape for of a riser is determined such that the riser aligns with a relative movement locus of the adjacent step by finding a relative positional relationship between the step and the adjacent step from the step speed profile.

Abstract: In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, shape of an auxiliary rail is set, in a section between a forward path side horizontal section and a forward path side constant inclined section of a circulation path, such that, of steps adjacent to each other, a moving track of a relative position of a step on a lower step side with respect to a step on an upper step side is the same as surface shape of a riser of the step on the upper step side.

Abstract: In the escalator with a high speed inclined section, a shape of an auxiliary rail is set in a section between a forward path side horizontal section and a forward path side constant inclined section of a circulation path such that, of steps adjacent to each other, a moving track of a relative position of a step on a lower step side with respect to a step on an upper step side is the same as a surface shape of a riser of the step on the upper step side.

Abstract: In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, a plurality of steps are coupled in an endless manner and are moved to circulate. Driving roller shafts of the steps adjacent to each other are coupled with each other by a link mechanism. An interval between the driving roller shafts is changed as the link mechanism is transformed. An outer peripheral length change absorbing mechanism is provided in a reversing section of a circulation path of the steps. The outer peripheral length change absorbing mechanism absorbs a change in an outer peripheral length of a polygon formed by connecting axes of the driving rollers with straight lines, while guiding the movement of the driving rollers in the reversing section.

Abstract: There is provided an escalator with a high speed inclined section, including a plurality of link mechanisms each of which has a first link with one end portion thereof rotatably connected to a step link roller shaft and a second link one end portion of which is rotatably connected to a middle portion of the first link and the other end portion of which is rotatably connected to a step link roller shaft of an adjacent step. In the other end of the first link, a rotatable auxiliary roller is provided.

Abstract: An escalator with a high speed inclined section according to the present invention is structured such that assuming that an upper-step-side end of a tread is the origin of a coordinate system when a step is seen from a side with the tread being horizontal and on an upper side, a riser passes a point whose horizontal and vertical coordinates can be expressed as follows: (kr cos &agr;m, −kr sin &agr;m) (where k is a speed change ratio; r is a distance between the step link roller shafts of the steps adjacent to each other in an upper and lower landing sections; and &agr;m is an inclination angle of an intermediate inclined section).

Abstract: In an escalator with a high speed inclined section, assuming that an upper-step-side end of a tread is the origin of a coordinate system when a step is seen from a side with the tread being horizontal and on an upper side, a riser passes a point whose horizontal and vertical coordinates can be expressed as (kr cos &agr;m, −kr sin &agr;m) (where k is a speed change ratio; r is a distance between the step link roller shafts of steps adjacent to each other in upper and lower landing sections; and &agr;m is an inclination angle of an intermediate inclined section).

Abstract: An escalator with a high speed inclined section in which a position of a link connection point is determined by the following equations: XM=X1+L1 cos {&bgr;−&ggr;}, and YM=Y1+L1 sin {&bgr;−&ggr;} (where &bgr;=tan−1{(Y1−Y2)/(X1−X2)}; &ggr;=cos−1{(L12−L22+W2)/2L1W}; W={square root over ( )}{(X1−X2)+(Y1−Y2)}; XM: horizontal coordinate of the link connection point; YM: vertical coordinate of the link connection point; L1: a distance from axis of an upper-step-side step link roller shaft to the link connection point; and L2: a distance from axis of a lower-step-side step link roller shaft to the link connection point).