Abstract:
A passenger conveyor system (20) includes a handrail assembly (30) having a guidance (40) for guiding a moving handrail (32). The example guidance includes an extrusion and presents a continuous, uninterrupted guiding surface (44) along which the handrail (32) travels. In a disclosed example, a single-piece extrusion (50) extends along an entire length of a balustrade (34). A disclosed example includes a first material forming a body of the guidance (40) and a second material (70) establishing the guiding surface (44).
Abstract:
A load bearing member (30) for a lifting and/or hoisting system includes a plurality of tension members (32) arranged along a width of the load bearing member. Each tension member (32) includes a plurality of load carrying fibers (34) arranged to extend in a direction parallel to a length of the load bearing member (30) and a matrix material (36) in which the plurality of load carrying fibers (34) are arranged. The load bearing member (30) further includes a lateral layer (42a, 42b) and a jacket material (50) at least partially encapsulating the plurality of tension members. The lateral layer (42a, 42b) is wrapped around one or more tension members (32) of the plurality of tension members (32).
Abstract:
People conveyors and components for people conveyors are described. The components include a toothed surface having at least one tooth (400). The at least one tooth (400) having an engagement surface (402) and a surface pattern (404) comprising pattern channels formed into the engagement surface (402).
Abstract:
A suspension member (16) for suspending and/or driving an elevator car of an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members (52) extending along a length of the suspension member (16) including a plurality of fibers (46) extending along the length of the suspension member (16) bonded into a polymer matrix. A jacket (54) substantially retains the plurality of tension members (52). The suspension member (16) is configured to be deformed at a suspension member end to allow for installation of the suspension member end into a termination assembly of the elevator system. A method of installing a suspension member of an elevator system into a termination assembly includes deforming a suspension member end and reforming it to a selected shape, inserting the suspension member end into the termination assembly and curing and/or hardening it, and applying a load thereto or to the socket or the wedge to secure the suspension member end in the termination assembly.
Abstract:
A belt (16) for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a tension member (38) extending along a length of the belt (16), the tension member (38) including a plurality of fibers (24) bonded in a first polymer matrix (36), the plurality of fibers (24) extending parallel to and discontinuous along a length of the belt (16) and arranged with one or more lengthwise extending gaps (28) between lengthwise adjacent fibers (24). A jacket (40) substantially retains the tension member (38). A method of forming a tension member (38) for an elevator system belt (16) includes arranging a plurality of fibers (24) into a fiber bundle. The plurality of fibers (24) extend parallel to a length of the belt (16) and have one or more lengthwise extending gaps (28) between lengthwise extending fibers (24). The plurality of fibers (24) is bonded to a first polymer matrix (36).
Abstract:
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side.
Abstract:
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car includes a plurality of tension elements extending along a length of the belt and a plurality of belt fibers transverse to the plurality of tension elements and interlaced therewith. The belt fibers define at least one traction surface of the belt. An edge fiber is located at a lateral end of the belt transverse to and secured to the plurality of belt fibers to secure the belt fibers in a selected position.
Abstract:
A method for applying a coating to a substrate includes obtaining a fluorinated polymer compound, where the fluorine is chemically or covalently bonded to the polymer molecule; and coating the surface of the substrate with the fluorinated polymer compound.