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EP0290255A2
EP0290255A2 EP88304064A EP88304064A EP0290255A2 EP 0290255 A2 EP0290255 A2 EP 0290255A2 EP 88304064 A EP88304064 A EP 88304064A EP 88304064 A EP88304064 A EP 88304064A EP 0290255 A2 EP0290255 A2 EP 0290255A2
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John Louis Loder
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
    • B66B29/00—Safety devices of escalators or moving walkways
    • B66B29/08—Means to facilitate passenger entry or exit

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  • This invention relates to a moving walkway being a moving beltway and, particularly, to beltways which can be used for travel over a relatively substantial distance.
  • Another form of beltway which is proposed comprises two belts or the like, side by side, with the outer belt running at, say, half the speed of the inner belt so that a user first steps onto the outer belt and then steps sideways across to the inner belt.
  • the two belts can be very closely adjacent but a problem can arise if the inner belt is effectively loaded to capacity then a user on the outer belt may not be able readily to move across the inner belt and, as the outer belt would normally only run a relatively short distance, a user could be left trying to make the crossing with the belt terminating with a consequent likelihood of injury. Many people would also find a lateral manoeuvre difficult.
  • a third type of accelerating walkway involves the surface of the walkway deforming; however these systems have proved so mechanically complex, noisy and expensive that none has ever been installed in a public place.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a moving beltway where the speed of the beltway can be varied but which does not provide a danger to users when passing from one portion of the beltway to the other.
  • the invention includes a moving beltway which comprises a main moving support belt which passes over main rollers at each end thereof and a secondary moving support belt which, over most of the length of the beltway, is in abutting relationship with the main support belt but which, at each end thereof, passes over a secondary roller or relatively small diameter which is spaced from the adjacent main roller about which the main support belt passes, the secondary roller being located to retain the secondary support belt substantially tangential to the main roller and a further moving support belt which is in close longitudinal abutment with the secondary support belt, the main support belt and the associated secondary support belt being driven at a first speed and the further support belt being driven at a second speed and means between the secondary support belt and the further support belt over which a passenger can pass whilst being in contact with either the secondary support belt or the further support belt.
  • a shaped member is located across and between the belts at the point of junction, which member may have a low friction surface or the like whereby a passenger moving from one belt to the other belt will move from the first belt onto this low friction surface and then from this surface onto the second belt so that transmission is facilitated.
  • a principal feature of the invention is that the passenger is transported, without walking, from one belt to the next, passing over a stationary plate, the width of which is so small that the shoes of passengers, including children and women in stilleto heels, will always be sufficiently supported by one of the belts on each side of the stationary member that they will be pushed by the preceding belt, or pulled by the succeeding belt, over the stationary support, as its co-efficient of friction is substantially less than the belt surface.
  • the belts are having longitudinal ribs and, where appropriate, combs engaging with these ribs, but the invention is equally applicable to plane belts which can act closely in association with what are plane edged wipers or the like which are located relatively close thereto.
  • Fig. 1 shows the arrangement whereby the beltway permits changes in speed to be accomplished so that a user simply has to stand on the belt and his or her speed will be varied as they pass along the belt.
  • first beltway section 1 there is a first beltway section 1, eight intermediate beltway sections 2 and a main beltway section 3.
  • the number of intermediate sections can vary depending upon the final speed required and, in one practical form, the first section 1 would be 1000 mm long and would be travelling at 0.6 m per second, which is a conventional speed for moving beltways, and each of the intermediate sections 2 would be approximately 400 mm long and each would be travelling at 0.2 m per second faster than the preceding section so that, at the eighth intermediate section, the speed would be 2.2 m per second and the main beltway 3 could be travelling at 2.45 m per second.
  • beltways of the present invention offer rapid transit for a large number of people, with the beltway itself, as shall become clear from the further description herein, being completely safe.
  • Fig. 2 shows the last two intermediate sections 2 and the main beltway 3 and it will be seen that between each of these there is a plate 10 which can be visualised from Figs. 3 and 5.
  • the belt 20 is shown as a ribbed belt having a substrate carrier 21 and longitudinal ribs 22 extending upwardly therefrom.
  • the plate 10 has an upper surface 11 which can be polished and is provided with comb teeth 12 which extend between each adjacent pair of ribs.
  • the plate may be mounted on a stem 13 which is attached to the frame of the assembly and the arrangement is such, as can best be seen from Figs. 5 and 6, that the upper surface 11 of the plate is effectively in alignment with the top of the belts 20.
  • rollers 15 there is shown a pair of rollers 15, one associated with each belt 20 which act as idler rollers for the belt and the arrangement shown in Fig. 5 is effectively full size.
  • each plate is approximately only 40 mm wide and this is substantially less than the length of even very small shoes, including the shoes of infants.
  • Fig. 6 The arrangement illustrated in Fig. 6 is that used for plane rather than ribbed belts, and it can be seen that the total spacing between the belts is minimised.
  • the passengers can travel from beltway section to beltway section without moving their feet and the transition from section to section will be gentle but, at the same time, after passing over the required number of intermediate sections, the speed reached by the passenger may be substantially greater than normal walking pace.
  • each of the intermediate sections 2 is arranged to be readily removed and each is provided with a sub-assembly 30 which can include the idler rollers 15 previously mentioned and two other idler rollers 31 and the assembly itself can be in connection with a driven roller 32.
  • the sub-assembly can be permitted to be moved outwardly from its position without disconnection of any drive.
  • the drive roller 32 be provided as part of the sub-assembly, in which case the method of removal may be different, but it is preferred that removal be basically simple so that, if a belt is to be replaced, it is a simple and rapid operation.
  • the arrangement in the sub-assemblies is such that they are not of substantial depth and the whole beltway of the invention, except for the main drive rollers, to be described hereinafter, may be able to be received in a depth of only some 300 mm so that the beltway can be readily post fitted into an area simply by making a relatively low sub-frame to carry the beltway.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 show the drive means for the first and intermediate beltway sections.
  • the main drive can be obtained, as can be seen in Figs. 3 and 9, by a number of belts 40 which drive onto paired pulleys 41, which pulleys are on a shaft 42 which passes beneath the beltway and drives a pulley 43 which is in driven connection to a pair of pulleys 32 and which has an idler 44.
  • the belt 45 which drives these pulleys may well be a ribbed belt of the type known in the art which provides positive drive but, at the same time, a relatively silent drive.
  • the belts 40 can be of the same type.
  • commencement of the main beltway 3 is best illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • This beltway comprises two belts, a main belt 50 and a secondary belt 51, the main belt 50 being a heavy duty belt of the type currently used in beltways and which passes over a roller 52 which has a substantial diameter, of the order of some 300 mm or greater, which is necessary for a belt of this type.
  • the subsidiary belt 51 can be of a thinner material and, indeed, can be a belt similar to the belts 20 on the intermediate beltway sections.
  • the roller 53 about which this belt passes can be identical to the rollers 15 of the intermediate sections and the belt can co-operate with a plate 10 identical to the plates between the intermediate sections.
  • rollers 54 which permit the belt 51 to become spaced from the belt 50, as the belts are travelling on a different radius, and, also shown in this Figure, there can be a plate 55 on which the belt 51 rests between the roller 53 and the roller 52, at which it comes into contact with belt 50.
  • the plate 55 Whilst we have referred to the plate 55 it is to be understood that this could be a plurality of closely spaced roller, but it could also be any form of low friction surface which can support the belt 51 but not restrict its movement.
  • roller 52 and belt 50 can be supported on transverse rollers which extend the length of the beltway.
  • the belt 50 would normally have a flat upper surface with the belt 51 having ribs thereon, although, if the intermediate belts 20 have a plain upper surface, then belt 51 would normally have such a surface.
  • the spacing between the last of the intermediate beltway sections 2 and the main beltway 3 is the same as the spacing between adjacent intermediate beltway sections and so, the movement of a passenger from the last of the intermediate sections to the main beltway section 3 is identical to the movement between each of the intermediate sections.
  • the belts 50 and 51 may pass over an idler roller 56 or the like so the total height of the main beltway section between the rollers at each end is effectively the same as the height of the intermediate portion so that, in order to locate a beltway it is only necessary to have a deeper portion for the end rollers.
  • Fig. 10 which is, again, substantially schematic, shows an arrangement which can be used where two adjacent main beltway sections are to abut.
  • rollers 52 which are equivalent to rollers 52 previously described and two idler rollers which are equivalent to rollers 53 and which have a plate equivalent to plate 10 therebetween.
  • Figs. 11 to 14 illustrate, somewhat schematically, a hand rail arrangement for use with a moving beltway of the invention.
  • Each member comprises a trolley 61 having a substantially horizontal plate 62 which can be provided, as illustrated, with two pairs of wheels 63 and which has an upwardly directed plate 64 to which the hand rail 65 is connected.
  • the trolley is located in a frame 70, which may be extruded or otherwise formed, and which has a pair of tracks 71 adapted to receive the wheels 63 and which is adapted to carry three different types of pulleys 74, each of which is adapted to have a resilient belt 75, which, as illustrated, is a round belt associated therewith.
  • wire cable or the like 76 which can be brought into contact with the trolley by being spring triggered by a cam or the like mechanism 77.
  • This arrangement permits the trolley, and thus the hand rail portion, to move at four different speeds depending upon the required speed at any particular place.
  • the actual arrangement of the connections adjacent to each end of the beltway is that, at any time, one of the three flexible belts 75 is compressed between a pulley 74 and the underside of the plate 62, which is preferably roughened, the trolley is carried forward by the frictional engagement between the belts 75 and the plate.
  • idler rollers Shown on each of these Figures there are idler rollers which have not been specifically described, but they provide the desired engagement of the belts with the plate 62.
  • the number of such rollers will depend on the length of the horizontal runs of the belts.
  • run 82 is that which is horizontal, and with which the plate 62 is in connection, and the run 88 of the belt having the horizontal portion 83 can also be seen.
  • the arrangement of the pulley 74 is such that the belt run 82 is compressed between the pulley and the plate 62 so that the drive obtained to the trolley and thus the hand rail, is achieved from this belt.
  • the fourth belt 76 may be a wire cable or chain and may extend the whole length of the hand rail, effectively as illustrated in the first view of Fig. 14, or it could terminate earlier than this, but it must extend beyond the end of the run 83.
  • the cable or chain 76 operates at the speed of the main portion of the beltway and, as indicated, can be drawn into frictional engagement with the underside of the plate 62 by a spring or the like so that, over the main portion of the length of the beltway, the trolley, and thus the hand rail 65 associated therewith, travels at the same speed as the beltway associated with the hand rail.
  • the trolley remains connected to the cable 76 along the whole of the central run of the main beltway but becomes disengaged at the other end of the beltway, where there is a belt arrangement which is the mirror image of that shown in Fig. 14 so that the speed of the hand rail trolleys is reduced in steps associated with the slowing down of the intermediate sections of the beltway at the "off" end.
  • the beltway is associated with a hand rail of the type described, it will be seen that at the entrance end of the beltway a passenger simply steps onto the initial beltway section 1 and can grasp the hand rail which at this position will be moving at the speed of the beltway.
  • the passenger moves onto succeeding belt segments, each at an incremental speed higher than the preceding one.
  • the points at which the speed of the hand rail changes are located so that, while the speed of the hand rail may at times slightly exceed and then fall below the speed of the passenger's body, the relative position of the two does not vary by more than 150 mm.
  • junctions between adjacent beltway sections must be sufficiently narrow for a passenger to be carried thereacross without having to step across a junction and it is also preferred that the whole beltway arrangement be driven from a single source so that should there be any form of breakdown, then it shall come to a stop evenly without any likelihood of damage. It is not essential that the hand rail, if provided, be driven from the same source.
  • the arrangement is such that the depth of the construction is minimal so that it can be readily post fitted and the arrangement of the intermediate sections is such that the belts on these, which will tend to suffer maximum wear, can be readily and simple replaced.
  • the final speed of the main section can vary according to the circumstances and the overall distance to be travelled.

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US5971129A (en) * 1997-01-17 1999-10-26 Inventio Ag Conveyor belt for persons
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