Patent ID: 7441644
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transporting passengers in a transport direction, comprising: a conveyor; a frame adapted to be supported on a fixed structure, the conveyor being mounted on the frame, the frame comprising two elongated frame parts each including guide tracks for guiding the conveyor, wherein each of the two elongated frame parts comprises a plurality of profiled metallic bodies of solid material joined together end to end one after the other, and wherein each of the profiled metallic bodies comprises one or more extruded profiles; a handrail comprising a handrail frame and an endless handrail belt mounted on the handrail frame, wherein the handrail belt is arranged as a loop having an upper handhold portion that a passenger can grip with a hand for support and a lower return portion disposed inside the plurality of profiled metallic bodies; and a number of suspenders fastened to the profiled metallic bodies at a distance from each other in the transport direction to support the return portion of the handrail belt inside the profiled metallic bodies.