Patent ID: 8186498
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A handrail for passenger conveyor, comprising: an elongated annular core body which is formed from a thermoplastic elastomer material and has a C-shaped cross section by having a flat portion and curved portions provided on both sides of the flat portion in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the core body; a tensile body provided in the interior of the core body and extending in the longitudinal direction of the core body to give a prescribed tensile strength to the core body; a canvas which has a C-shaped cross section by being provided along an inner surface of the core body, wherein the canvas has end portions in the longitudinal direction of the core body, the end portions being adjacent to form a junction, and in which an inner surface of the canvas at each of the adjacent end portions of the canvas at the junction is formed to be indented toward the core body compared to surfaces of other portions of the inner surface of the canvas, other than the end portions; and an application cloth which is provided between the end portions of the canvas so as to cover a gap between the end portions of the canvas, wherein a surface of a portion of the application cloth corresponding to the flat portion of the core body is arranged to be flush with the surfaces of the other portions which form the inner surface of the canvas and a surface of a portion of the application cloth corresponding to the curved portion of the core body is arranged to be indented with respect to the inner surface of the canvas at the curved portions of the end portions.