Patent ID: 8522952

Claim:
A handrail which can be mounted on a guide element and which is intended for moving walkways, escalators or the like, in which an inner sliding surface ( 2 ) of the handrail ( 1 ) is supported such that it can slide or roll on the guide element ( 3 ), said handrail having laterally bent edges ( 4 ) which engage around laterally projecting ribs ( 5 ) of the guide element ( 3 ), which are straight or inclined by an angle α or upwardly bent, to such an extent that the ends ( 6 ) of the bent edges ( 4 ) are situated at a clear distance C from one another and each at a distance—(C1or C2)— from the guide base ( 7 ) of the guide element ( 3 ), characterized in that the clear distance C of the ends ( 6 ) of the bent edges ( 4 ) of the handrail ( 1 ) corresponds to the total gap size C1+C2 plus a width X of the guide base ( 7 ) at the relevant point and is chosen such that, taking into account the tolerances of the width X of the guide base ( 7 ) and the shrinkage and warpage phenomena which result during the operation of the handrail ( 1 ), the total gap size C1+C2 does not exceed 8 mm, while a clear width A of the bent edges ( 4 ) is chosen to be greater, by a total gap size A1+A2, than the width Y of the guide element ( 3 ) at the ends ( 8 ) of the laterally projecting ribs ( 5 ) such that, taking into account the tolerances of the width (Y) of the guide element ( 3 ) at the ends ( 8 ) of the ribs ( 5 ) and the shrinkage and warpage phenomena which result during the operation of the handrail ( 1 ), the total gap size A1+A2 does not exceed 8 mm, wherein the ribs ( 5 ) of the guide element ( 3 ) are inclined by an angle α with respect to the sliding surface ( 2 ) of the handrail ( 1 ) and the bent edges ( 4 ) of the handrail ( 1 ) at their end parts ( 10 ) are also bent upwards towards the inside in the direction towards the sliding surface ( 2 ) by approximately this angle.