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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an escalator passenger fall preventive device which is easily and safely used only when required by a passenger, and capable of preventing fall of the passenger by supporting a body of the passenger. SOLUTION: The escalator passenger fall preventive device comprises a fixing means 3 to be fixed to a handrail of an escalator only in an oblique range of the handrail 2, and a body supporting means 4 which is connected to the fixed means to support the body of a passenger. The fixing means comprises: a holding body having a body part placed on the handrail and a holding part extending from the body part and movable between a holding position for holding the handrail and a non-holding position separated from the handrail; an obliqueness detector which is provided on the holding body to detect that the holding body is placed on the oblique part of the handrail; and an operation device which is provided on the body part of the holding body and operated by the obliqueness detector to move the holding body to the holding position. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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