Patent ID: 6761259
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
A moving handrail for a passenger conveyor including a linear belt of which two end portions are connected forming a loop of said linear belt, said linear belt including:at least one layer of a thermoplastic elastomer having a C-shape in cross section; metallic and web-shaped metal stretch inhibitors disposed along a longitudinal direction of said thermoplastic elastomer; and base members coupled inside of said thermoplastic elastomer, said thermoplastic elastomer, metal stretch inhibitor, and base member being integrally molded, wherein, at a connection portion forming the loop of said belt, a splice junction between said metal stretch inhibitors and a joint where said base members are connected together at end portions with an auxiliary backing, do not overlap in a direction of thickness of the moving handrail, and said metal stretch inhibitors are enclosed in a thermoplastic elastomer.