Patent ID: 8622193

Claim:
A bidirectional moving walkway with a tightening system for tightening a band of pallets of the walkway, comprising a movable frame resting laterally on a fixed frame having two side walls and two cross walls fixed to the side walls, and on which rests one tightener for each cross wall, comprising a shaft resting on the movable frame, comprising: two end tightening units arranged at either end of the moving walkway, of the tightening units each comprising a locking system for locking the movable frame of each end tightening unit; two drive units each arranged at either end of the moving walkway, the locking system of each tightening unit of either end of the walkway being configured for locking a operation of the tightening unit when the drive unit of a same end is operated, such that the moving walkway always works with the tightening unit operated by a passenger entrance end and locked by a passenger exit end.