Fördervorrichtung

摘要

There is provided a conveyor apparatus free of pulsing motion in circulating chains to provide a comfortable ride quality on steps. A conveyor apparatus (1) includes a step guide rail (3), a plurality of steps (5), a step chain (4), and a chain driving mechanism (10) for driving the step chain (4). The chain driving mechanism (10) includes a rotating and driving unit (11), a driving sprocket (12) which is rotated by a driving force given by the rotating and driving unit (11), and circulating chain (13) for giving a thrust to the step chain (4). The circulating chain (13) has chain links (13a) and hinges (13b) to be connected to the adjacent chain links (13a). The chain link (13a) includes a placing surface (13c) on which the step roller (4b) is placed, and pressing surfaces (13d) and (13d) that are in contact with the step rollers (4b).