EP0350583B1 - Escalator or moving walkway balustrade - Google Patents

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EP0350583B1
EP0350583B1 EP89108042A EP89108042A EP0350583B1 EP 0350583 B1 EP0350583 B1 EP 0350583B1 EP 89108042 A EP89108042 A EP 89108042A EP 89108042 A EP89108042 A EP 89108042A EP 0350583 B1 EP0350583 B1 EP 0350583B1
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  • the invention relates to a balustrade of an escalator or a conveyor belt, which consists of a support body, two laterally arranged inward from the support body, formed as a glass pane balustrade sides, each with a movable handrail, an endlessly circulating between the balustrade sides, driven step or step plate belt, an outer lining and at least an outer plinth covering connecting the outer cladding and the balustrade on both sides.
  • balustrades Two main types are used in escalators and passenger conveyors.
  • An older balustrade design variant has outer and inner cladding parts which are pulled up to the height of the movable handrail and are connected to one another by a handrail cover profile, in which the guide profile for the handrail is integrated.
  • the inner cladding plates arranged on the step side are arranged vertically in the area of the step or conveyor belt, while the connecting plates lying above the handrail cover profile can have a slight inclination or concave or convex arches.
  • balustrade design variant has a vertical glass or sandwich plate that extends in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the step or conveyor belt, which carries a handrail guide profile on the upper side and is clamped on the underside like a vice in one on both sides of the panels, the fastening parts of the balustrade base covering the panels open.
  • the balustrade base has an outer, in cross section usually horizontally arranged sheet or profile cover and an inner in the area of the step or the conveyor belt vertically and between the step band and the vertical plates sloping sheet or profile covers sloping against the step belt.
  • FIG. 1 of the German patent application DE 3709637 discloses the invention of a multi-function glass pane holder for an escalator balustrade.
  • 1 shows the cross section through a balustrade side with the glass holder according to the invention, with a glass pane carrying the handrail guide and the handrail on the upper side.
  • an oblique cover profile covers the glass holder, which is higher than the upper edge of the step, and together with a vertical panel arranged to the side of the steps form one on both sides of the glass pane extending balustrade base.
  • a disadvantage of this escalator balustrade is that it requires an inner base and an inner base cover on both sides, which means that the overall width of the escalator becomes relatively large with the same step width and the same conveying capacity.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a balustrade for escalators or conveyor belts, by means of which the total width of the escalator or conveyor belt can be reduced with the same step or conveyor belt width or with the same conveying capacity, which allows a saving in base cover parts and which the overall visual impression of a lighter-looking escalator or a lighter-looking conveyor belt.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that by direct guidance of the steps or the step plates on the vertical balustrade plates, the inner base on both sides next to the steps or the step plates is omitted and thereby part of the total width of the body of the escalator or the conveyor belt can be saved. By eliminating the inner trim parts of the balustrade base, manufacturing costs are also reduced. Another advantage is that no dangerous transitions can occur between the vertical base and an inner, slightly inclined base cover, which eliminates a possible source of danger of trapping accidents.
  • the stepped band of steps that can be entered can be arranged higher than the outer base cover, which means that with glass balustrades, part of the moving step band is also visible from the outside of the escalator, namely in each case the nose area of each step.
  • the potential passenger can already see the escalator in operation and, above all, its direction of travel from a distance; on the other hand, the lower outer balustrade or the reduction in the height of the lower supporting structure creates the visual impression of an easier-looking escalator.
  • each balustrade 1 consists of a left balustrade side 1.1 and a right balustrade side 1.2 arranged next to a circumferential step or tread plate belt 15.
  • each balustrade side 1.1, 1.2 consists of a vertically arranged balustrade plate 2, e.g. in safety glass with a sufficient glass thickness, a handrail support profile 3, a handrail guide 4 and an endlessly revolving handrail 5.
  • the balustrade plate 2 is on a stable support profile 7 connected by a support plate 8 to a support body 6 by screws 9 and Nuts 10 moored.
  • the heads of the screws 9 are recessed in the balustrade plate 2 and have a lining 28 adapted to the recess.
  • the carrier profile 7 also serves to hold the handrail guide 4 in the return area of the handrail 5, to accommodate an outer base cover 11, as a counter-guide 7.1 for the chain rollers 12 of a step chain 14 connecting the individual steps 13 and could in a provided longitudinal channel 7.2 illuminants and translucent cover elements for record the lighting of the balustrade panel 2.
  • the individual steps or tread plates 13 are guided on both sides by a sliding guide 25 directly on the balustrade plate 2 between the left balustrade side 1.1 and the right balustrade side 1.2.
  • step or tread plate chains 14 arranged on both sides to form an endless step or tread plate belt 15, which is folded around upper drive wheels 16 and lower deflection wheels 17.
  • the chain rollers 12 of the step chain 14 run on support guides 26, which also accommodate rollers 27 of the individual steps 13.
  • outer lateral balustrade bases 18 with the base covers 11 are arranged lower than the step or tread plate hinge 15, such that the step lugs 19 of the steps 13 or the upper parts of the tread plate opposite the upper edge of the outer base covers 11 protrude and in the embodiment shown with glass balustrades the movement of the step or plate belt 15 is also visible from the outside of the escalator 20.
  • An outer cladding 23 attached to the support body 6 on both sides and a bottom view cladding 24 attached to the underside completely cover the support body 6.
  • the carrier profiles 7 are fastened to the supporting body 6 in an adjustable manner by the supporting plates 8, so that, in accordance with the teaching, they accommodate the balustrade panels 2, which at the same time guide the step or tread conveyor belt 15 laterally.
  • the balustrade plates 2 are fastened to the support profiles 7 by screws 9 and nuts 10, the countersinks provided in the balustrade plate 2 for receiving the heads of the screws 9 being protected by adapted underlay 28, for example in hard plastic.
  • Slideways 25 mounted on both sides of the steps 13 or tread plates prevent the steps 13 or tread plates from rubbing against the balustrade plates 2.
  • the lower angled part of the carrier profile 7 serves as a counter-guide 7.1 for the chain rollers 12, which carry the step chain or the step plate chain 14 in their endless orbit.
  • the chain rollers 12 roll on the support guide 26 on which the rollers 27 of the steps 13 also run.
  • the upper angled part of the support profile 7 carries on the one hand the outer base cover 11 and on the other hand the handrail guide 4 for the return of the handrail 5 within the outer balustrade base 18.
  • a handrail support profile 3 deviating from the plate axis is provided on the balustrade plates 2 in advance.
  • the longitudinal channel 7.2 gives the possibility of illuminating the balustrade from the outer balustrade base 18.
  • step belt 15 in escalators 20 and the step plate belt in passenger conveyor belts are arranged offset from the outer balustrade base 18, the step lugs 19 visible from the outside or the upper parts of the step plates could be additionally illuminated and illuminated in the case of glass balustrades. This shows the possible passenger even more clearly from the distance in which direction the step belt 15 or the plate belt is moving and which direction it is to reach a lower or a higher one must hit the same floor.

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The balustrade for transportation apparatus, such as an escalator or a moving passenger walkway contains upright balustrade panels directly laterally guiding tread elements, such as steps or tread plates so as to dispense with both of the conventionally employed inner balustrade decks with their associated inner deck covers. A respective stable support profile member connected with a support body and arranged at both sides of a transport element, such as a step or tread plate band receives the base of the associated balustrade panel. The heads of screws or threaded bolts required for fastening the associated balustrade panel are arranged counter-sunk in openings of such balustrade panel. Apart from the savings in cost realized with the invention it is also possible to reduce the entire structural width of the transportation apparatus. Due to the elimination of the inner balustrade deck the step or tread plate band also can be arranged at an elevated position in relation to the outer balustrade deck, so that when using glass balustrades there is visibly discernible the movement and especially the direction of movement of the step or tread plate band from both external sides of the transportation apparatus.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Balustrade einer Fahrtreppe oder eines Personenförderbandes, welche aus einem Tragkörper, zwei seitlich einwärts vom Tragkörper angeordneten, als Glasscheibe ausgebildeten Balustradenseiten mit je einem beweglichen Handlauf, einem zwischen den Balustradenseiten endlos umlaufenden, angetriebenen Stufen- oder Trittplattenband, einer Aussenverkleidung und mindestens einer äusseren auf beiden Seiten die Aussenverkleidung und die Balustrade verbindenden Sockelabdeckung besteht.The invention relates to a balustrade of an escalator or a conveyor belt, which consists of a support body, two laterally arranged inward from the support body, formed as a glass pane balustrade sides, each with a movable handrail, an endlessly circulating between the balustrade sides, driven step or step plate belt, an outer lining and at least an outer plinth covering connecting the outer cladding and the balustrade on both sides.

Bei Fahrtreppen und Personenförderbändern sind zwei Haupttypen von Balustraden gebräuchlich. Eine ältere Balustraden-Ausführungsvariante weist äussere und innere Verkleidungsteile auf, welche bis knapp zur Höhe des beweglichen Handlaufes hochgezogen sind und durch ein Handlauf-Deckprofil, in welchem auch das Führungsprofil für den Handlauf integriert ist, miteinander verbunden sind. Die inneren auf der Stufenseite angeordneten Verkleidungsplatten sind dabei im Bereich des Stufen- oder Förderbandes senkrecht angeordnet, während die darüber liegenden an das Handlauf-Deckprofil anschliessenden Verbindungsplatten eine leichte Neigung oder konkave oder konvexe Bögen aufweisen können. Eine weitere neuere Balustraden-Ausführungsvariante weist je eine senkrechte in der Längsrichtung auf beiden Seiten des Stufen- oder Förderbandes sich erstreckende Glas- oder Sandwichplatte auf, welche auf der oberen Seite ein Handlauf-Führungsprofil trägt und auf der Unterseite schraubstockartig eingespannt in einen auf beiden Seiten der Platten die Befestigungsteile der Platten abdeckenden Balustradensockel mündet. Der Balustradensockel weist eine äusere, im Querschnitt meist horizontal angeordnete Blech- oder Profilabdeckung und eine innere im Bereich der Stufe oder des Förderbandes senkrecht und zwischen dem Stufen band und den vertikalen Platten schräg gegen das Stufenband abfallende Blech- oder Profilabdeckungen auf.Two main types of balustrades are used in escalators and passenger conveyors. An older balustrade design variant has outer and inner cladding parts which are pulled up to the height of the movable handrail and are connected to one another by a handrail cover profile, in which the guide profile for the handrail is integrated. The inner cladding plates arranged on the step side are arranged vertically in the area of the step or conveyor belt, while the connecting plates lying above the handrail cover profile can have a slight inclination or concave or convex arches. Another newer balustrade design variant has a vertical glass or sandwich plate that extends in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the step or conveyor belt, which carries a handrail guide profile on the upper side and is clamped on the underside like a vice in one on both sides of the panels, the fastening parts of the balustrade base covering the panels open. The balustrade base has an outer, in cross section usually horizontally arranged sheet or profile cover and an inner in the area of the step or the conveyor belt vertically and between the step band and the vertical plates sloping sheet or profile covers sloping against the step belt.

Eine Balustrade dieser letzteren Art geht aus der Fig. 1 der deutschen Offenlegungsschrift DE 3709637 hervor, welche die Erfindung eines Mehrfunktions-Glasscheibenhalters für eine Fahrtreppenbalustrade offenbart. Diese Fig. 1 zeigt den Querschnitt durch eine Balustradenseite mit dem erfindungsgemässen Glashalter, mit einer auf der oberen Seite die Handlaufführung und den Handlauf tragenden Glasscheibe. Auf der unteren Seite der Glasscheibe decken aussen ein horizontales und innen, auf der Seite der Stufen ein schräges Abdeckprofil den gegenüber der Stufen-Oberkante höher liegenden Glashalter ab und bilden zusammen mit einer senkrechten, seitlich neben den Stufen angeordneten Verkleidung einen auf beiden Seiten der Glasscheibe sich erstreckenden Balustradensockel.A balustrade of this latter type emerges from FIG. 1 of the German patent application DE 3709637, which discloses the invention of a multi-function glass pane holder for an escalator balustrade. 1 shows the cross section through a balustrade side with the glass holder according to the invention, with a glass pane carrying the handrail guide and the handrail on the upper side. On the lower side of the glass pane, on the outside a horizontal and on the inside, on the side of the steps, an oblique cover profile covers the glass holder, which is higher than the upper edge of the step, and together with a vertical panel arranged to the side of the steps form one on both sides of the glass pane extending balustrade base.

Ein Nachteil dieser Fahrtreppen-Balustrade liegt darin, dass sie auf beiden Seiten je einen inneren Sockel und eine innere Sockelabdeckung benötigt, wodurch die Gesamtbreite der Fahrtreppe bei gleichbleibender Stufenbreite und gleichbleibender Förderkapazität verhältnismässig gross wird.A disadvantage of this escalator balustrade is that it requires an inner base and an inner base cover on both sides, which means that the overall width of the escalator becomes relatively large with the same step width and the same conveying capacity.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Balustrade für Fahrtreppen oder Personenförderbänder vorzuschlagen, mittels welcher die Gesamtbreite der Fahrtreppe oder des Personenförderbandes bei gleichbleibender Stufen- oder Förderbandbreite bzw. bei gleichbleibender Förderkapazität verkleinert werden kann, welche eine Einsparung an Sockel-Abdeckteilen gestattet und welche den optischen Gesamteindruck einer leichter wirkenden Fahrtreppe oder eines leichter wirkenden Personenförderbandes ermöglicht.The invention has for its object to provide a balustrade for escalators or conveyor belts, by means of which the total width of the escalator or conveyor belt can be reduced with the same step or conveyor belt width or with the same conveying capacity, which allows a saving in base cover parts and which the overall visual impression of a lighter-looking escalator or a lighter-looking conveyor belt.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die im ersten Anspruch gekennzeichnete Erfindung gelöst.This object is achieved by the invention characterized in the first claim.

Die durch die Erfindung erreichten Vorteile sind im wesentlichen darin zu sehen, dass durch die direkte Führung der Stufen oder der Trittplatten an den senkrechten Balustradenplatten der innere Sockel auf beiden Seiten neben den Stufen oder den Trittplatten entfällt und dadurch ein Teil der Gesamtbreite des Körpers der Fahrtreppe oder der Personenförderbandes eingespart werden kann. Durch den Wegfall der inneren Verkleidungsteile des Balustradensockels tritt gleichzeitig auch eine Verbilligung der Herstellungskosten ein. Ein weiterer Vorteil liegt auch darin, dass keine gefährlichen Übergänge zwischen dem senkrechten Sockel und einer inneren, leicht geneigten Sockelabdeckung entstehen können, wodurch eine mögliche Gefahrenquelle für Einklemmunfälle ausgeschaltet wird. Ein weiterer Vorteil liegt auch darin, dass durch den Wegfall der inneren Sockelabdeckung bei den Fahrtreppen das betretbare schräge Stufenband gegenüber der äusseren Sockelabdeckung höher angeordnet werden kann, wodurch bei Glasbalustraden ein Teil des bewegten Stufenbandes auch von der Aussenseite der Fahrtreppe her sichtbar wird, nämlich jeweils die Nasenpartie jeder einzelnen Stufe. Einerseits kann der potentielle Fahrgast dadurch bereits aus der Ferne die im Betrieb stehende Fahrtreppe und vor allem deren Fahrtrichtung sehen ; anderseits entsteht durch die tiefer gesetzte äussere Balustrade bzw. durch die Verkleinerung der Höhe des unteren Tragwerkes der optische Eindruck einer leichter wirkenden Fahrtreppe.The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially to be seen in the fact that by direct guidance of the steps or the step plates on the vertical balustrade plates, the inner base on both sides next to the steps or the step plates is omitted and thereby part of the total width of the body of the escalator or the conveyor belt can be saved. By eliminating the inner trim parts of the balustrade base, manufacturing costs are also reduced. Another advantage is that no dangerous transitions can occur between the vertical base and an inner, slightly inclined base cover, which eliminates a possible source of danger of trapping accidents. Another advantage is that by eliminating the inner base cover on the escalators, the stepped band of steps that can be entered can be arranged higher than the outer base cover, which means that with glass balustrades, part of the moving step band is also visible from the outside of the escalator, namely in each case the nose area of each step. On the one hand, the potential passenger can already see the escalator in operation and, above all, its direction of travel from a distance; on the other hand, the lower outer balustrade or the reduction in the height of the lower supporting structure creates the visual impression of an easier-looking escalator.

Auf beiliegender Zeichnung ist ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung dargestellt, das im folgenden näher erläutert wird. Es zeigen :

  • Fig. 1 eine Seitenansicht einer auf ein oberes und auf ein unteres Auflager aufgesetzten Fahrtreppe,
  • Fig. 2 einen Querschnitt durch eine Fahrtreppe gemäss Schnitt 11-11 in der Fig. 1 und
  • Fig. 3 eine Einzelheit des Balustradensockels gemäss Ausschnitt ill in der Fig. 2, in einem grösseren Massstab dargestellt.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is explained in more detail below. Show it :
  • 1 is a side view of an escalator placed on an upper and a lower support,
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross section through an escalator according to section 11-11 in Fig. 1 and
  • Fig. 3 shows a detail of the balustrade base according to section III in Fig. 2, shown on a larger scale.

In den Fig. 1, 2 und 3 ist mit 1 die Balustrade einer Fahrtreppe 20 bezeichnet, welche auf ein oberes Auflager 21 und auf ein unteres Auflager 22 eines Gebäudes aufgesetzt ist. Jede Balustrade 1 besteht aus einer neben einem umlaufenden Stufen- oder Trittplattenband 15 angeordneten linken Balustradenseite 1.1 und einer rechten Balustradenseite 1.2. Im dargestellten Beispiel besteht jede Balustradenseit 1.1, 1.2 aus einer senkrecht angeordneten Balustraden-Platte 2, z.B. in Sicherheitsglas mit einer genügenden Glasdicke, einem Handlauf-Trägerprofil 3, einer Handlauf-Führung 4 und einem endlos umlaufenden Handlauf 5. Die Balustraden-Platte 2 ist an einem durch ein Tragblech 8 mit einem Tragkörper 6 verbundenen, stabilen Trägerprofil 7 durch Schrauben 9 und Muttern 10 festgemacht. Die Köpfe der Schrauben 9 sind in der Balustraden-Platte 2 versenkt angeordnet und weisen ein der Versenkung angepasstes Unterlagsfutter 28 auf. Das Trägerprofil 7 dient zusätzlich zur Halterung der Handlaufführung 4 im Rücklaufbereich des Handlaufes 5, zurAufnahme einer äusseren Sockelabdeckung 11, als Gegenführung 7.1 für die Kettenrollen 12 einer die einzelnen Stufen 13 miteinander verbindenden Stufenkette 14 und könnte in einem vorgesehenen Längskanal 7.2 Leuchtkörper und durchscheinende Abdeckelemente für die Beleuchtung der Balustraden-Platte 2 aufnehmen. Die einzelnen Stufen oder Trittplatten 13 sind auf beiden Seiten durch eine Gleitführung 25 direkt an der Balustraden-Platte 2 zwischen der linken Balustradenseite 1.1 und der rechten Balustradenseite 1.2 geführt. Sie sind durch die auf beiden Seiten angeordneten Stufen- oder Trittplattenketten 14 zu einem endlosen Stufen- oder Trittplattenband 15 zusammengefügt, welches um obere Antriebsräder 16 und um untere Umlenkräder 17 umgelegt ist. Die Kettenrollen 12 der Stufenkette 14 laufen auf Stützführungen 26, welche gleichzeitig auch Laufrollen 27 der einzelnen Stufen 13 aufnehmen. Im schrägen Teil des betretbaren Vonaufes des Stufen- oder Trittplattenbandes 15 sind äussere seitliche Balustradensockel 18 mit den Sockelabdeckungen 11 gegenüber dem Stufen-oderTrittplattenband 15 tieferangeordnet, derart, dass die Stufennasen 19 der Stufen 13 oder die Oberteile der Trittplatte gegenüber der Oberkante der äusseren Sockelabdeckungen 11 vorstehen und bei der dargestellten Ausführungsvariante mit Glasbalustraden die Bewegung des Stufen- oder Plattenbandes 15 auch von der Aussenseite der Fahrtreppe 20 sichtbar wird. Je eine auf beiden Seiten am Tragkörper 6 angebrachte Aussenverkleidung 23 und eine auf der Unterseite angebrachte Untersichtverkleidung 24 decken den Tragkörper 6 vollständig ab.1, 2 and 3, 1 denotes the balustrade of an escalator 20 which is placed on an upper support 21 and on a lower support 22 of a building. Each balustrade 1 consists of a left balustrade side 1.1 and a right balustrade side 1.2 arranged next to a circumferential step or tread plate belt 15. In the example shown, each balustrade side 1.1, 1.2 consists of a vertically arranged balustrade plate 2, e.g. in safety glass with a sufficient glass thickness, a handrail support profile 3, a handrail guide 4 and an endlessly revolving handrail 5. The balustrade plate 2 is on a stable support profile 7 connected by a support plate 8 to a support body 6 by screws 9 and Nuts 10 moored. The heads of the screws 9 are recessed in the balustrade plate 2 and have a lining 28 adapted to the recess. The carrier profile 7 also serves to hold the handrail guide 4 in the return area of the handrail 5, to accommodate an outer base cover 11, as a counter-guide 7.1 for the chain rollers 12 of a step chain 14 connecting the individual steps 13 and could in a provided longitudinal channel 7.2 illuminants and translucent cover elements for record the lighting of the balustrade panel 2. The individual steps or tread plates 13 are guided on both sides by a sliding guide 25 directly on the balustrade plate 2 between the left balustrade side 1.1 and the right balustrade side 1.2. They are joined together by the step or tread plate chains 14 arranged on both sides to form an endless step or tread plate belt 15, which is folded around upper drive wheels 16 and lower deflection wheels 17. The chain rollers 12 of the step chain 14 run on support guides 26, which also accommodate rollers 27 of the individual steps 13. In the inclined part of the accessible from the step or tread plate hinge 15, outer lateral balustrade bases 18 with the base covers 11 are arranged lower than the step or tread plate hinge 15, such that the step lugs 19 of the steps 13 or the upper parts of the tread plate opposite the upper edge of the outer base covers 11 protrude and in the embodiment shown with glass balustrades the movement of the step or plate belt 15 is also visible from the outside of the escalator 20. An outer cladding 23 attached to the support body 6 on both sides and a bottom view cladding 24 attached to the underside completely cover the support body 6.

Die Trägerprofile 7 sind durch die Tragbleche 8 am Tragkörper 6 einstellbar befestigt, so dass sie lehrenhaltig die Balustraden-Platten 2 aufnehmen, welche gleichzeitig das Stufen- oder Trittplattenband 15 seitlich führen. Die Balustraden-Platten 2 werden durch Schrauben 9 und Muttern 10 an den Trägerprofilen 7 befestigt, wobei die in der Balustraden-Platte 2 vorgesehenen Ansenkungen für die Aufnahme der Köpfe der Schrauben 9 durch angepasste Unterlagsfutter 28 beispielsweise in hartem Kunststoff geschützt werden. Auf beiden Seiten der Stufen 13 oder Trittplatten angebrachte Gleitführungen 25 verhindern, dass die Stufen 13 oder Trittplatten an den Balustraden-Platten 2 streifen. Der untere abgewinkelte Teil des Trägerprofiles 7 dient als Gegenführung 7.1 für die Kettenrollen 12, welche die Stufenkette oder die Trittplattenkette 14 auf ihrer endlosen Umlaufbahn tragen. Die Kettenrollen 12 wälzen sich auf der Stützführung 26 ab, auf der auch die Laufrollen 27 der Stufen 13 laufen. Der obere abgewinkelte Teil des Trägerprofiles 7 trägt einerseits die äussere Sockelabdeckung 11 und anderseits die Handlaufführung 4 für den Rücklauf des Handlaufes 5 innerhalb des äusseren Balustradensockels 18.The carrier profiles 7 are fastened to the supporting body 6 in an adjustable manner by the supporting plates 8, so that, in accordance with the teaching, they accommodate the balustrade panels 2, which at the same time guide the step or tread conveyor belt 15 laterally. The balustrade plates 2 are fastened to the support profiles 7 by screws 9 and nuts 10, the countersinks provided in the balustrade plate 2 for receiving the heads of the screws 9 being protected by adapted underlay 28, for example in hard plastic. Slideways 25 mounted on both sides of the steps 13 or tread plates prevent the steps 13 or tread plates from rubbing against the balustrade plates 2. The lower angled part of the carrier profile 7 serves as a counter-guide 7.1 for the chain rollers 12, which carry the step chain or the step plate chain 14 in their endless orbit. The chain rollers 12 roll on the support guide 26 on which the rollers 27 of the steps 13 also run. The upper angled part of the support profile 7 carries on the one hand the outer base cover 11 and on the other hand the handrail guide 4 for the return of the handrail 5 within the outer balustrade base 18.

Damit der Handlauf 5 im Rücklauf mit genügender Distanz parallel an der Basis der Balustraden-Platte 2 und am Trägerprofg 7 vorbeigeführt werden kann, ist im Vorlauf auf den Balustraden-Platten 2 ein von der Plattenachse abweichendes Handlauf-Trägerprofil 3 vorgesehen. Es ist aber ohne weiteres auch denkbar, anstelle der in den Fig. 2 und 3 dargestellten Balustraden 1 mit dem von der Plattenachse abweichenden Handlauf-Trägerprofil 3, den Handlauf 5 mit einem symmetrischen Handtauf-Trägerprofil 3 zentrisch auf der Balustraden-Platte 2 zu führen und den Handlauf im Bereich des oberen und des unteren Balustradenkopfes durch nach aussen gebogene Balustraden-Platten 2 oder Handlauf-Trägerprofile so abzuleiten, dass der Rücklauf der Handläufe ausserhalb derTrägerprofile 7 und innerhalb des äusseren Balustradensockels 18 möglich ist, wobei zur Verkleinerung der Reibung eine der nötigen Handlaufableitung angepasste, nicht dargestellte, Umlenkrollenbatterie erforderlich wäre. Im oberen abgewinkelten Teil des Trägerprofiles ist mit dem Längskanal 7.2 die Möglichkeit gegeben, die Balustrade vom äusseren Balustradensockel 18 her zu beleuchten. Da das Stufenband 15 bei Fahrtreppen 20 bzw. das Trittplattenband bei Personenförderbändem gegenüber dem äusseren Balustradensockel 18 versetzt angeordnet ist, könnten bei Glasbalustraden die von aussen sichtbaren Stufennasen 19 bzw. die Oberteile der Trittplatten zusätzlich angestrahlt und beleuchtet werden. Damit wird dem möglichen Fahrgast noch deutlicher aus der Distanz angezeigt, in welcher Richtung sich das Stufenband 15 oder das Plattenband bewegt und welche Richtung er zum Erreichen eines tiefergelegenen oder eines höhergelegenen Stockwerkes einschlagen muss.So that the handrail 5 can be guided backwards with a sufficient distance parallel to the base of the balustrade plate 2 and the girder prof 7, a handrail support profile 3 deviating from the plate axis is provided on the balustrade plates 2 in advance. However, it is also easily conceivable to guide the handrail 5 with a symmetrical handrail support profile 3 centrally on the balustrade plate 2 instead of the balustrades 1 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 with the handrail support profile 3 deviating from the plate axis and to derive the handrail in the area of the upper and lower balustrade head by means of outwardly curved balustrade plates 2 or handrail support profiles so that the handrails can be returned outside the support profiles 7 and inside the outer balustrade base 18, one of which is used to reduce the friction necessary handrail derivation, not shown, deflection roller battery would be required. In the upper angled part of the carrier profile, the longitudinal channel 7.2 gives the possibility of illuminating the balustrade from the outer balustrade base 18. Since the step belt 15 in escalators 20 and the step plate belt in passenger conveyor belts are arranged offset from the outer balustrade base 18, the step lugs 19 visible from the outside or the upper parts of the step plates could be additionally illuminated and illuminated in the case of glass balustrades. This shows the possible passenger even more clearly from the distance in which direction the step belt 15 or the plate belt is moving and which direction it is to reach a lower or a higher one must hit the same floor.

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1. Balustrade (1) of an escalator (20) or a moving walkway and consisting of a carrying body (6), two balustrade sides (1.1, 1.2), which are constructed as glass panes and arranged laterally inwards of the carrying body (6) and each with a respective handrail (5), a driven step or tread plate belt (15) circulating endlessly between the balustrade sides (1.1,1.2), and an outer cladding (23) and at least one outer pedestal cover (11) connecting the outer cladding (23) and the balustrades (1) at both sides, characterised thereby, that the balustrade sides (1.1, 1.2) display vertically arranged balustrade plates (2) guiding the step or tread plate belt (15) laterally and the spacing between the balustrade plates (2) is only slightly greater than the width of the steps (13) or of the tread plates and that the step or tread plate belt (15) is arranged to be projecting in the accessible forward run relative to the outer pedestal cover (11).
2. Balustrade according to claim 1, characterised thereby, that the balustrade plate (2) is fastened at a carrier profile member (7), which is arranged at the carrying body (6), carries the outer pedestal cover (11), receives a handrail guide (4) in the return run and which forms an upper counterguide (7.1) of the chain rollers (12) of the step or conveyor belt.
3. Balustrade according to claim 2, characterised thereby, that the carrier profile member (7) displays an illuminating body and a longitudinal channel (7.2) receiving transparent covering elements.
4. Balustrade according to claim 1. characterised thereby, that a jutting-out handrail carrier profile member (3) is arranged on the balustrade plate (2) and displaces the handrail (5) laterally out of the plane determined by the vertical centre line or the balustrade plates (2) into a plane of movement of parallel to the first-mentioned plane.
5. Balustrade according to claim 1, characterised thereby, that a handrail carrier profile member (3) is arranged on the balustrade plate (2) and carries the handrail (5) in the plane determined by the vertical centre line of the balustrade plates (2) and that deflecting means, capable of bringing the handrail into a laterally displaced parallel return run plane, is arranged at the upper and at the lower handrail deflection point.
6. Balustrade according to claim 5, characterised thereby, that the deflecting means is a convex, outwardly arcuate balustrade plate (2) displaying a deflecting curvature and a battery of deflecting rollers.
7. Balustrade according to claim 5, characterised thereby, that the deflecting means is a handrail carrier profile member displaying a battery of deflecting rollers.
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