Patent ID: 8662280

Claim:
A person conveying device, comprising a drivable handrail with a grip strip of a multi-piece construction in a longitudinal direction comprising a series of individual grip elements, a guide with guide surfaces at a balustrade upper side, and a drive which moves the handrail along the guide by a traction means, wherein the traction means extend along the balustrade upper side and comprise an endless traction carrier exchangeably arranged within an interior of each of the series of individual grip elements of the grip strip, interiors of a plurality of grip elements of the grip strip having guide surfaces complementary to the guide surfaces at the balustrade upper side and having mating recesses for a corresponding plurality of portions of the endless traction carrier which are removably mounted in the interiors of the grip elements, wherein each individual grip element has at least one receptacle to securely receive, accommodate and retain a portion of the traction means, the receptacle being configured in a manner that allows mating of the traction means with the receptacle solely by a push-pull action along a single axis, the grip strip having a pair of grooves extending in the longitudinal direction about the grip strip on upper surfaces of the individual grip elements for engagement with lateral guides on balustrade return rollers.