Handrail guide assembly for escalator newel.

摘要

The moving handrail (34) of an escalator or moving walkway is guided around the curved newel of the escalator balustrade by a plastics guide system. A metal base member (4) is frictionally fitted onto the outer edge of the glass balustrade (20). An extruded aluminum profile (24) is mounted in the upper and outer surface of the base. A series of spaced pads (6) formed from a low coefficient of friction plastics are fixed to the profile to form the contact sliding surface for the handrail. <IMAGE>