A SAFETY APPARATUS FOR AN ESCALATOR AND AN ESCALATOR COMPRISING THE SAFETY APPARATUS

• Main Authors: Lou, Wenming, Liu, Bo, Deng, Wenke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.07.2020
• Subjects: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS; HAULING; HOISTING; LIFTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

Disclosed are a safety apparatus (100) for an escalator and an escalator. The safety apparatus (100) is disposed on the skirt (200) of the escalator along a length of the skirt (200), the safety apparatus (100) comprises a one-piece profile (1) which comprises, along a length of the profile, a rear wall (18), an upper portion (16) at an upper end of the rear wall (18) and extending toward a step side, and a lower portion (17) at a lower end of the rear wall (18) and extending toward the step side, wherein a plurality of sensor holes (19) are provided on the rear wall (18), and the safety apparatus (100) further comprises an illumination device (3), a skirt brush (4), and a plurality of photoelectric sensors (5), wherein the illumination device (3) is disposed on the profile and emits illumination light toward the step side, wherein the skirt brush (4) is disposed on the lower portion (17) of the profile along the length of the profile, and wherein the plurality of photoelectric sensors (5) are mounted to be respectively aligned with the plurality of sensor holes (19) on the rear wall so as to emit and/or receive optical signals through the plurality of sensor holes (19).