Patent ID: 8424667

Claim:
A moving walkway comprising a moving belt formed by a series of pallets having longitudinal edges and hinges connecting consecutive adjacent pallets with pins extending perpendicular to a direction of movement, wherein the hinges between the pallets are formed by elements forming a part of the pallets, the elements forming drive means through which stress of a pulling mechanism is transmitted between pallets; wherein the elements of the pallets forming the hinges therebetween comprise a pin running along at least part of one of the longitudinal edges of the pallets and a grooved housing open at a lower part, running along at least part of the opposite longitudinal edge in coincidence with the pin of the other edge, and sized and located to house said pin, with freedom of relative rotation between the pallets; and wherein the pallets include recessed sections along the longitudinal edges, and wherein the pin is formed by a series of aligned cylindrical sections extending along the recessed sections, opposite to which portions extend having an identical size, forming from a lower surface aligned and grooved housings to receive different pin sections, with freedom of rotation between the pallets.