Patent ID: 7543696

Claim:
A handrail for a travelator, moving ramp or escalator, said handrail comprising a handrail belt, which has been arranged to move as an endless loop having an upper handhold portion, which a passenger on the travelator can grasp with a hand for support, and a lower return portion and an end turn-around portion where the return portion turns around so as to become the handhold portion and vice versa at the ends of the travelator, a handrail frame connected to the frame and comprising an upper guide for supporting and guiding the handhold portion, and a curved turn-around guide for supporting and guiding the end turn-around portion, and a tensioning device for tensioning the handrail belt, wherein the handrail frame comprises a first handrail frame part, which is fixedly mounted on the frame of the travelator, and a second handrail frame part, to which the turn-around guide is connected and, wherein the second handrail frame part is adapted to be movable in the direction of the handrail with respect to the first handrail frame part between a mounting position and a tensioning position, in which mounting position the handrail belt can be removed from the handrail and/or mounted on the handrail, and in which tensioning position the handrail belt is in a tensioned state; and further comprising a tensioning device located between the first handrail frame part and the second handrail frame part and directly attached to the first handrail frame part to move the second handrail frame part between the mounting position and the tensioning position and to lock it in position relative to the first handrail frame part.