US 7,320,393 B2 | ||
Conveyor | ||
Esko Aulanko, Kerava (Finland); Jorma Mustalahti, Hyvinkää (Finland); and Marc Ossendorf, Bochum (Germany) | ||
Assigned to Kone Corporation, Helsinki (Finland) | ||
Filed on May 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/416,173. | ||
Application 11/416173 is a continuation of application No. PCT/FI2004/000643, filed on Nov. 01, 2004. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 20031592 (FI), filed on Nov. 03, 2003; and application No. 20031611 (FI), filed on Nov. 06, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0201778 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. B66B 23/24 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 198—330 [198/331; 198/335; 198/337; 198/338] | 18 Claims |
1. In an arrangement for a people mover located near a floor surface, wherein the people mover comprises:
a transport conveyor structure including:
a conveyor; and
a handrail having a casing defining an inner width; and
a drive machine located at least partly inside the casing of the handrail above the floor surface and operatively arranged
at least for moving the conveyor and the handrail, the drive machine including a substantially flat electric motor having
a thickness along a rotational axis thereof, wherein the rotational axis of the substantially flat electric motor extends
perpendicular to a direction of transport defined by the conveyor and the handrail, and wherein the thickness of the substantially
flat electric motor is narrower than the inner width defined by the handrail casing.
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