Patent ID: 8960408
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. A balustrade for a moving walkway or an escalator, the balustrade comprising: a guide having an arcuate portion and a straight portion; a top of the balustrade, one side of the balustrade at which said arcuate portion of said guide is bent and another side of the balustrade opposite said one side; and a handrail having a longitudinal axis; said handrail being guided on said top of the balustrade at said straight portion of said guide; said handrail being guided on said other side of the balustrade opposite said one side at which said arcuate portion of said guide is bent; said handrail configured to be motor-driven on and guided by said guide along said longitudinal axis of said handrail and said handrail configured to be twisted about said longitudinal axis of said handrail while guided along said arcuate portion of said guide.