MOVING FLANGE FASTENING FOR PASSENGER CONVEYORS

摘要

Passenger conveyor (2) including an endless conveyor band (6) comprised of a plurality of tread elements (4) connected to and driven by a drive chain (8) at each lateral edge thereof, a moving flange () moving in use together with the conveyor band (6), the moving flange being comprised of a plurality of discs (16) attached to the tread elements (4) and a plurality of bridges (18) each attached between two consecutive discs (16), characterised in that at least one bridge (18) is attached to the drive chain (8) by means of a pin and socket connection (38) and that a resilient locking element (54) is arranged so as to bias in use the bridge (18) against the chain (8).