Patent ID: 9181066
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A passenger conveyor, comprising: an endless conveyor track; a power source configured to supply power to said endless conveyor track for moving said endless conveyor track; an entrance allowing a passage to the endless conveyor track; an exit allowing a passage away from the endless conveyor track; a balustrade on the side of the endless conveyor track; at least a guide element at least at one of the entrance, the exit, and the entrance and exit, on a floor at proximity of an end of the balustrade, forming an elongated lateral guide for rolling or moving objects on the floor to/from the endless conveyor track to guide the rolling or moving object to/from the endless conveyor track without contacting the balustrade; wherein said guide elements comprises at least a source of electromagnetic waves, configured to output the electromagnetic waves to at least one of an entrance zone and an exit zone of the passenger conveyor.