Patent ID: 6247574
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
An escalator installation method for installing a thin escalator at a position where a stairway is provided, said thin escalator including steps each having a front wheel and a rear wheel and being guided by a guide rail mounted in a frame forming a thin escalator main body, a chain for connecting and moving said steps, and a sprocket for driving said chain wound thereon so that a movement locus of a shaft of said front wheel is positioned outside a locus of said chain in a reverse portion of said steps, the escalator installation method comprising the steps of:forming a first drilled portion by drilling an upper floor positioned on an upper side of said stairway and forming a second drilled portion by drilling a lower floor positioned on a lower side of said stairway; andaccommodating an upper flat portion of said thin escalator in said first drilled portion of said upper floor and accommodating a lower flat portion of said thin escalator in said second drilled portion of said lower floor so that an inclined portion of said thin escalator is arranged on a part of said stairway positioned in the middle of said first drilled portion and said second drilled portion.