Patent ID: 7523807

Claim:
A device for transport along a staircase of persons and/or goods, which staircase extends between two platforms, the device comprising: a guide which in the arranged situation extends at least along the staircase and includes a stationary segment and at least one movable segment; a mechanism between the segments configured to selectively move the movable segment between a position lying in line with the stationary segment and a position substantially out of the space above one of the platforms; a carriage with transport means for persons and/or goods having a drive for advancing movement along the guide; and a transmission adapted to selectively engage the carriage in the vicinity of the tilting mechanism for transmitting movement of the carriage along the guide onto the movable segment for movement thereof, wherein the movable segment is tiltable and the mechanism is a tilting mechanism for the transmission to selectively tilt the tiltable segment to and from the position out of the space, in which position the tiltable segment is folded away; wherein the transmission comprises an arm movable substantially in a longitudinal direction of the guide and engaging means for selective engagement of the carriage, the transmission coupled to the tiltable segment; and wherein the engaging means comprise a lever with an engaging means for the carriage, the lever connected by means of a bush and a clamp connection to the arm and arranged pivotally on the guide.