Patent ID: 8528716

Claim:
A device for connecting a chain, which is actively connected to a roller, to a step or a pallet of an escalator or a moving walkway, respectively, the chain comprising a plate link chain including first and second pairs of opposing plates, the chain having a roller side and a step or pallet side, the device comprising; a hollow stud disposed on the roller side and a step or pallet connector ending in a cylindrical shoulder disposed on the step or pallet side, the hollow stud having a clearance to receive the cylindrical shoulder, wherein the hollow stud has an outer circumferential surface; a slide bearing arranged at least radially between an inner circumferential surface of the hollow stud defining the clearance and an outer circumferential surface of the shoulder; and an outer protection roll and an inner chain bush arranged between the pairs of opposing plates, and a sliding body by which the inner chain bush is actively connected to the outer circumferential surface of the hollow stud.