696 results about "Moving walk" patented technology

The invention discloses a system and a method for monitoring state of an escalator. The system comprises a signal sensing sub system, a data acquisition sub system and a monitoring and diagnosing main system, wherein the signal sensing sub system is used for obtaining state information, in an operation process, of the escalator; the data acquisition sub system is used for acquiring and obtaining corresponding original state information after pre-processing the obtained state information, and storing the original state information; and the monitoring and diagnosing main system is used for carrying out online monitoring, early-warning and alarm processing after carrying out analysis and feature extraction on the original state information to obtain a real-time state feature vector, and carrying out self-learning type intelligent diagnosing and fault predicating on the state feature vector by combining with historical fault data and / or expert knowledge base. The system can be used for realizing comprehensive online monitoring of the escalator, can be used for accurately carrying out intelligent diagnosing and fault predicating, and can be widely applied to the monitoring industry of the escalators, moving sidewalks and elevators.

A monitoring system is disclosed for the detection of obstacles and persons on escalators and / or moving walkways having at least one video camera, whereby the monitoring system acquires stereoscopic images. The images are processed in a manner which distinguishes the obstacles and persons from the escalator or walkway. A series of camera pairs may provide monitoring of the full extent of the escalator or walkway.

This invention provides an improved handrail construction for escalators and moving walkways that enables the handrail to be advance by positive drive forces so as to reduce the amount of stress on the handrail structure and to improve the durability of escalator handrail systems. The handrail includes teeth for engaging a drive mechanism, the teeth preferably being formed in the body of the handrail.

The present invention is an exercise machine of providing a double aerobic workout combined with toning and sculpting for selected lower body muscle groups. The machine efficiently affords multiple exercise modes, including a standing power walk with arm toning exercise, a standing bun and thigh kick muscle toning workout and step aerobics. The invention comprises a sleek, lightweight frame with a padded base for stepping, standing or walking in place upon, a rotating power arm with stabilizing handgrip, and interchangeable pull handles and a foot attachment mechanism connected to elastic cords creating adjustable levels of pull resistance. In the first exemplary embodiment, the machine employs a detachable power arm and front frame with an adjustable height foot base. In the second exemplary embodiment, the power arm and front frame are release-hinged for efficient folding for storage. In a third exemplary embodiment, the padded base is not height adjustable.

The present invention discloses and teaches method and apparatus for the detection of a disengaged, moving, handrail on a people moving walkway particularly an escalator. By the present invention a proximity sensor is positioned beneath the handrail for detection of a handrail that has become disengaged from its underlying guide rail. Upon detection of a disengaged handrail, the proximity sensor sends an electrical signal to a controller which stops the escalator or walkway.

A drive system for escalators having steps or moving walkways having pallets includes at least one drive motor. A drive chain is driven by the drive motor and is comprised of a plate link chain. The drive chain has such a pitch that a maximum of two links are used for each step or pallet. A mechanism for minimizing a polygon effect which occurs during entry and reversing of the chain at a reversing element includes at least one device for actuating one of the drive motor, the reversing elements or the drive chain with a non-constant rotational speed or velocity.

In an escalator or travelator configured to travel in two directions and including a step or pallet belt returned in first and second return portions facing away from each other, a monitoring device and method for detecting steps or pallets of the step or pallet belt is provided. The device includes a first detector configured to detect the steps or pallets in one of the directions of travel, a second detector configured to detect the steps or pallets in the other direction of travel, and an electronic analyzer / controller functionally coupled with each of the first and second detectors. The electronic analyzer / controller is configured to receive and compare signals from the first and second detectors for the two directions of travel and derive therefrom a signal for halting the escalator or travelator. When the signals from at least one of the first and second detectors indicates a missing step or pallet within the step or pallet belt, the electronic analyzer / controller outputs the derived signal to halt a drive of the escalator or travelator.

A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting people, comprises a people mover; a balustrade extending alongside the people mover throughout its length. The balustrade comprises a handrail belt formed as an endless loop and having an upper handhold portion, which the passenger can grasp with a hand for support, a lower return portion, and a turn-around portion between the handhold portion and the return portion. The balustrade frame comprises a turn-around guide at the end of the balustrade to form a turn-around to support and guide the turn-around portion of the handrail belt. The turn-around guide comprises a number of pressure rollers spaced at a distance from each other and arranged in a sequence in the form of a circular arc. In addition, a drive assembly is arranged to move the handrail belt. The drive assembly comprises a drive belt formed as an endless loop and having a contact portion which is in driving contact with the handrail belt over a predetermined length, and a power mechanism for driving the drive belt. The contact portion of the drive belt is passed over the sequence of pressure rollers between the pressure rollers and the turn-around portion of the handrail belt.

The invention discloses a system for an escalator and an automatic moving pavement, which comprises all safety switches for detecting deletion of steps, chain fracture of chains, strap breakage of hand straps, skirt panels and the like, an escalator main control device, a plurality of auxiliary control devices and communication buses for connecting all the control devices, wherein a group of contacts of all safety switches is connected with the escalator main control device, when any one safety switch is turned off, the power supply of an escalator driving device is cut off so as to ensure safety. Another group of contacts of the safety switches is connected with the auxiliary control devices for detecting the state of the safety switches. Each auxiliary control device is connected with the main control device through the buses for carrying out data communication. The invention is capable of conveniently carrying out failure detection and control, is easy for system expansion and has low manufacturing cost.

A system for sterilization of handrails having a UV light sterilization unit; a placement position for said unit, said position being proximately located to a moving escalator or walkway handrail; and activating said UV light unit, wherein said activation sterilizes said handrail continually while said handrail is in motion.

A travelator, moving ramp or escalator comprises a conveyor having a driven end driven by a power machine and a non-driven end. At the driven end, a first drive element, in the form of an endless loop, is passed over a first driving pulley rotated by the power machine, and at the non-driven end the first drive element is passed over a first diverting pulley. A second drive element, in the form of an endless loop, is passed over a second driving pulley at the driven end rotated by the power machine, and over a second diverting pulley at the non-driven end. A first synchronizing device at the driven end provides mutual synchronization of the first and second driving pulleys. The conveyor additionally comprises a second synchronizing device arranged at the non-driven end for mutual synchronization of the first and second diverting pulleys.

The invention discloses a reverse, over-speed and stall protection safety circuit of an escalator and a moving walkway. The reverse, over-speed and stall protection safety circuit comprises an input control module, a control processing module, and an output execution module, wherein the input control module is used for detecting the running state of the escalator and the moving walkway and inputting a detected signal to the control processing module; the control processing module consists of a programmable logic device, and is used for determining whether reverse, over-speed and stall happen according to a running state signal of the escalator and the moving walkway inputted by the input control module, and for controlling the output execution module to act when reverse, over-speed and stall happen; and a normally-open contact of the output execution module is serially connected with a safety control circuit of the escalator and the moving walkway, and the normally-open contact is switched off when reverse, over-speed and / or stall happen so as to achieve the safety protection. The safety circuit provided by the invention can achieve non-operating reverse protection, over-speed andstall protection.

A drive system for escalators having steps or moving walkways having pallets includes at least one drive motor. A drive chain is driven by the drive motor and is comprised of a plate link chain. The drive chain has such a pitch that a maximum of two links are used for each step or pallet. A mechanism for minimizing a polygon effect which occurs during entry and reversing of the chain at a reversing element includes at least one device for actuating one of the drive motor, the reversing elements or the drive chain with a non-constant rotational speed or velocity.

The invention relates to a pallet actuation system moving the pallets of a moving walkway through drive chains directly engaging the lower part of the chains of traction links. The drive chain has separate drive rollers which are made of deformable and elastic materials. The links of the traction chains are connected together by connecting shafts and have teeth and claws in the lower part to mesh with the drive chain and the rollers.

A method of applying a film to a handrail of an escalator or moving walkway is provided. The film can be a single or double layered film. Printed matter, e.g. advertising, can be applied to or between the films. A method of removing the film is also provided. The two methods can be effected using a suitable apparatus, that relies on the motion of the handrail to unroll a supply of the film, with one or more rollers pressing the film onto the handrail, or takes off the film from the handrail.

A handrail for an escalator or moving walk that has a fixed guide device and a handrail body that moves along the guide device when in operation is disclosed. The guide device has a form-giving guide section that contains a lip-guide that extends along a longitudinal direction of the guide section. The handrail body is strip-shaped and has two edge-lips that extend along two longitudinal edges of the strip-shaped handrail body. The edge-lips are formed in such manner that they run parallel to the longitudinal direction when the handrail body moves in the lip guide. The guide section essentially defines the form of the handrail in both the direction parallel to the longitudinal direction and in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

The invention provides a mechanical footboard loss detecting device and a passenger conveyor with the same. The footboard loss detecting device comprises a rotating shaft, a first rotating arm, a second rotating arm, a contact roller, a resetting mechanism and a sensor, wherein the contact roller is arranged at an extending end of the first rotating arm and is in rolling contact with the lower surface of a footboard of the passenger conveyor so that the second rotating arm is placed at a non-alarm position, the resetting mechanism comprises an elastic part for leading the second rotating arm to move to an alarm position, the sensor is arranged on the movement trace of the second rotating arm, and the second rotating arm contacts with the sensor when moving to the alarm position, so that the sensor generates a footboard loss alerting signal. The mechanical footboard loss detecting device continuously contacts with the lower surface of the footboard through the contact roller, when the footboard is lost, an empty space is generated at the position of the footboard, the contact roller is not pressed, the second rotating arm rotates to press the sensor under the action of spring force, and the sensor generates the footboard loss alerting signal, so that loss of the footboard can be timely detected.

A film and a method of applying the film to a handrail of an escalator or moving walkway are provided. The film can be a single or double layered film. Printed matter, e.g. advertising, can be applied to or between the films. An apparatus and related method for applying the film are also included and rely on the motion of the handrail to unroll a supply of the film, with one or more rollers pressing the film onto the handrail.

The invention belongs to the technical field of security inspection, and relates to a hidden microwave active imaging personal security inspection system. All pieces of the conventional microwave active imaging personal security inspection equipment are arranged and used in public and cannot meet the requirements of hidden imaging security inspection. Thus, the invention creatively designs the hidden microwave active imaging system. When an inspected person stays in or passes through an effective imaging region of the hidden imaging system, the inspected person is scanned and imaged by a detection device through a wave-transmitting material; and the system is remotely controlled by an operator or a sensor is used for triggering automatic scanning when detecting that a person comes, so that the imaging security inspection of the person who stays in or passes through a detection range is realized. The hidden microwave active imaging personal security inspection system has various hidden mounting and use modes, including a channel entrance guard hidden mode, an elevator shaft hidden mode, an elevator cage sandwich or outer layer hidden mode, a moving pavement or escalator bilateral stand column / stand plate or door frame hidden mode and a person walk-through hidden mode.

A film and a method of applying the film to a handrail of an escalator or moving walkway are provided. The film can be a single or double layered film. Printed matter, e.g. advertising, can be applied to or between the films. An apparatus and related method for applying the film are also included and rely on the motion of the handrail to unroll a supply of the film, with one or more rollers pressing the film onto the handrail. The film is stretched during application to prestretch and reduce tendency for compressive strains in use to cause wrinkling of the film and detachment from the handrail. To retain the ends of the film in relative position, a film cap is fused or bonded to end portions of the film.

The invention relates to a method for testing the braking capacity of an escalator and / or a moving pavement. The method includes the steps of providing a testing flywheel, enabling the testing flywheel to be installed at the shaft end of a driving motor to replace the energy consumed by the transmission friction force in the brake stopping process, wherein the transmission friction force is increased by energy changes and testing load bearing of testing loads placed on a stair and / or a pedal in the brake stopping process when the brake stopping distance upper limit is achieved, starting the escalator and / or the moving pavement, starting a brake device for conducting brake stopping on the stair and / or the pedal when the stair and / or the pedal achieve / achieves the operation nominal speed, testing the brake stopping distance of the testing flywheel from starting brake stopping to stopping of the stair and / or the pedal, and comparing the brake stopping distance of the testing flywheel with the brake stopping distance upper limit, and judging whether the brake stopping distance when the testing loads are loaded exceeds the brake stopping distance upper limit or not. According to the method, the testing flywheel can be easily assembled and disassembled, the testing process is simple, the testing cost is reduced, and the inspection efficiency is improved.

A device and method for reducing the polygon effect that occurs during the course of the reversing of a chain in a pedestrian conveyor, escalator, or moving walkway. The device includes a reversing wheel, at least one gear indirectly or directly acting upon the reversing wheel, at least one power supply unit, an electric driving motor coupled to the at least one gear and the at least one power supply unit such that the driving motor can be driven with a non-constant speed, a function generator, a controlling apparatus coupled to the function generator, at least one position sensor for detecting a phase position of the reversing wheel and transmitting the phase position to the controlling apparatus. In such a device, the controlling apparatus transmits a synchronized set speed value to the power supply unit based on the phase position.

The invention relates to an elevator energy consumption monitoring method and a device which is characterized by being provided with a plurality of energy consumption monitoring units wirelessly connected with a centralized monitoring center, the energy consumption monitoring units are respectively provided with an electric quantity acquisition module connected with an elevator power supply, the electric quantity acquisition modules are connected with a remote terminal device provided with a data processor through communication interfaces, and the remote terminal device is wirelessly connected with the centralized monitoring center through a wireless transmitting module. The invention can network the energy consumption monitoring devices in scattered buildings of a whole city or residence community through a wireless network, and realize the centralized statistics and the monitoring management to the energy consumption of power devices such as scattered elevators, escalators or moving sidewalks, and the like. The further scheme of the invention can control an elevator to be in a zero energy consumption state according to the standby interval of the elevator so as to achieve the purpose of saving energy.

A protecting unit for the uncontrolled reverse running and over-speed of escalator or automatic sidewalk is composed of escalator control microprocessor and its signal sensor unit, brake controller and power supply controller. Said signal sensor unit consists of parallel two non-contact shift sensor and the inducing parts on the moving part of host.

A handrail-drive for an escalator or moving walk drives the handrail through frictional contact with an outside surface of the handrail. Press-on rollers engaging the inside of the handrail may be employed to press the handrail against a drive-wheel of the drive. The force of the rollers may be adjustable. The drive-wheel may include a gas-filled tire on a rim and can be driven by a motor, a step-chain wheel, or a step-chain drive.

The invention relates to an ABS brake control circuit of an elevator brake system, which comprises a brake controller, a back-up source, an artificial rescue command circuit, a power grid power down command circuit, a system fault command circuit, a signal identification circuit, a brake mode switching circuit and the like. By adopting the ABS brake control circuit, when carrying equipment, such as an elevator and an escalator, has system fault, an electric grid is power-down or emergency rescue is required, the carrying equipment can be converted to safety stopping from antecedent safety speed reduction, the major hidden danger in the elevator brake system caused by once complete braking of the elevator brake system is canceled, the ABS brake control circuit can also ensure that the phenomena that an elevator car is out of speed and a brake is out of control can not occur when manual brake release is adopted, and the brake safety of the carrying equipment, such as an elevator, an escalator and an passenger conveyor, is improved.