Patent ID: 6044955
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A travelling walkway for conveying of persons, comprising at least one fast travel section having a high constant speed, at least one slow travel section having a low constant speed, and variable speed sections with variable speeds between the fast travel sections and the slow travel sections formed from pivotably interconnected carriers, wherein the length distances between the carriers can vary; and step plates, which overlap one another in the running direction of the travelling walkway and are displaceable relative to one another in a running direction of the travelling walkway, are mounted upon the carriers, and wherein a respective deflection of the step plates and carriers is provided at each end of the travelling walkway, characterized in that the pivotably interconnected carriers comprise at least three link chains arranged parallel in a longitudinal direction, a middle link chain being alternatively transversely connected at intervals to adjacent link chains by means of the step plates to form an articulated lattice of link chains joined by the step plates across a variable length and width.