Pallet of a moving walkway

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718647-B2
Application number	US-201414906646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2014
Priority date	Jul 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A moving walkway pallet is composed of a series of plates of a plate belt arranged to circulate between two deflecting regions of the walkway. Each plate has a base body with a base surface to which a tread element can be attached. The plates are pivotally connected to each other along pivot axes (SA) extending across a width (B) of the plates. The pivot axis is located either in a plane containing the base surface or above the side of the plane, remote from the base body. The base body has a width base body cross-section having a geometric center of gravity arranged below the base surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A moving walkway with two deflecting regions and a plate belt which is arranged to circulate between the two deflecting regions and which moving walkway further comprises two traction means and a plurality of identically shaped moving-walkway plates, wherein the moving-walkway plates are pivotably interconnected and arranged between the two traction means, and successively arranged ones of the moving-walkway plates are pivotable relative to one another in the deflecting regions about pivot axes thereof, wherein:
each of the moving-walkway plates includes at least one base body continuously extending between the two traction means,
the base body has a base surface for attachment of at least one tread element, wherein the base body has a length (L) of the base surface extending in an intended running direction (X) of the moving-walkway plate and a width (B) of the base surface extending orthogonally to the intended running direction (X),
a pivot axis extending along the width (B) of the base body is defined by a pivot connection with a directly succeeding moving-walkway plate,
the pivot axis being arranged in a plane containing the base surface or above the plane remote from the base body, and
the base body has along its width (B) a base body cross-section having a geometric centre of gravity (S) arranged below the base surface.

2. The moving walkway according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the base body's centre of gravity and the base surface is maximized for pivoting of the plates without interference within the deflecting regions.

3. The moving walkway according to claim 2 , wherein the base body cross-section is triangular or trapezium-shaped.

4. The moving walkway according to claim 3 , wherein starting from the base surface the base body height (N) of the triangular or trapezium-shaped base body cross-section is 0.5 to 2.5 times the base body length (L) of the base surface ( 33 , 133 , 233 ).

5. The moving walkway of claim 4 , wherein the base body height (N) is 0.65 to 1.5 times the base body length (L) of the base surface.

6. The moving walkway according to claim 3 , wherein the triangular or trapezium-shaped base body cross-section has first and second side legs connected to the base surface and an internal angle (α) between the first and second legs of between 35° and 85°.

7. The moving walkway according to claim 6 wherein the internal angle (α) is between 50° and 65°.

8. The moving walkway according to claim 6 , wherein the two side legs are arranged in mirror symmetry with respect to a center longitudinal plane (M-M) which extends along in the width (B) and orthogonally to the base surface ( 33 , 133 , 233 ) and which centrally intersects the base surface.

9. The moving walkway according to claim 6 , wherein the side legs have side surfaces and there is at least one recess in at least one of the base surface and the side surfaces.

10. The moving walkway according to claim 3 , wherein the base body is made of sheet metal and the triangular or trapezium-shaped base body cross-section thereof is formed by means of bent-over portions extending parallel to the width (B) of the base surface.

11. The moving walkway according to claim 10 , wherein the base body has sheet metal end edges which extend in the width (B) and which are arranged to overlap one another and have interconnected regions.

12. The moving walkway according to claim 10 , wherein the base body has sheet metal end edges which extend in the width (B) and which project into an inner side of the base body.

13. The moving walkway according to claim 10 , wherein the base body has sheet metal edges which extend in the width (B) and are arranged in the base surface.

14. The moving walkway according to claim 1 , wherein the base body is made from a composite material, and the base body cross-section thereof has a continuous outer profile.

15. The moving walkway according to claim 14 , wherein the base body is made from a fibre composite material.

16. The moving walkway according to claim 1 , wherein the base body length (L) of the base surface is 0.6 to 0.95 times the tread element length (T) of the at least one tread element to be attached to the base body and wherein the tread element length (T) extends analogously to the base body length (L) of the base surface in the intended running direction (X) of the moving-walkway plate.

17. The moving walkway according to claim 1 , wherein the moving-walkway plates are connected by way of connecting points with the traction means to be pivotable relative to one another.

18. A moving-walkway plate of a plate belt for a moving walkway of the type having two deflecting regions and a plate belt which is arranged to circulate between the two deflecting regions and which further comprises two traction means and a plurality of identically shaped moving-walkway plates, wherein the moving-walkway plates are pivotably interconnected and arranged between the two traction means, successively arranged ones of the moving-walkway plates being pivotable relative to one another in the deflecting regions about pivot axes thereof wherein:
the moving-walkway plates include at least one base body continuously extending between the two traction means,
the base body has a base surface for attachment of at least one tread element, wherein the base body length (L) of the base surface extends in the intended running direction (X) of the moving-walkway plate and the width (B) of the base surface extends orthogonally to the intended running direction (X),
a pivot axis, which extends along the width (B) of the base bodies is defined by the pivot connection with a directly succeeding moving-walkway plate,
the pivot axis is arranged in a plane containing the base surface or above the plane remote from the base body,
the base body has along its width (B) a base body cross-section having a geometric center of gravity (S) arranged below the base surface, and
at least one tread element is fastened to the base surface of the base body.

19. The moving-walkway plate according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one tread element has projections which are formed at the tread elements and protrude through recesses in the base surface in the base body, and the at least one tread element is attached to the base body by at least one of peening over, clinching, riveting of the projections, by means of screws or by means of an adhesive.

20. The moving-walkway plate according to claim 18 , wherein projections are formed at at least one tread element and protrude through recesses in the base surface and the tread element is attached to the base body by means of spring washer clips arranged at the projections, and wherein the base body has side legs having side surfaces with recesses located thereon located, adapted and sized to facilitate the mounting of the spring washer clips on the projections.

Assignees

• Inventio Ag

Inventors

• Makovec Christoph
• Matheisl Michael
• Schulz Robert
• Illedits Thomas
• Hauer Uwe
• Eidler Werner

Classifications

• B66B23/10 Primary

  Carrying belts · CPC title

• B66B21/10 Primary

  Moving walkways · CPC title