PASSENGER CONVEYOR HANDRAIL SLIDING LAYER TREATMENT

摘要

A passenger conveyor handrail (30) includes a sliding fabric layer (36) having a low-friction coating (40) on at least one side (38) of the sliding fabric layer (36). A disclosed example includes the low-friction coating (40) on selected portions of the one side (38) of the sliding fabric layer (36). Another disclosed example includes a coating on both sides (38, 39) of the sliding fabric layer (36). Various manufacturing techniques are described.