Patent ID: 6585099
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B66B

Abstract:
An escalator wherein a step belt comprising a number of escalator steps is guided between lateral borders and wherein at least one lubricant container is provided at at least one escalator step and is connected to lubrication dispenser means which are affixed to the escalator step and which transfer the lubricant to base plates forming the lateral borders, characterized in thatat least a portion of the escalator steps are equipped with narrow sliding guide pads projecting slightly beyond the side edges of the escalator steps for contacting the base plates along a corresponding narrow slide path and guiding the escalator steps between said base plates; at least one of the escalator steps is equipped with at least one lubrication dispenser means in the form of a lubricating sliding pad which also projects beyond a side edge of the escalator step and is located to transfers lubricant to a path on a base plate which is essentially the same as the narrow slide path; and the height of the slide faces of the sliding guide pads and the lubricating sliding pad is substantially less than the height of the escalator steps.