Passenger conveyors employing handrails

Claim 1

IN A PASSENGER CONVEYOR HAVING A MOVING TREADWAY AND A MOVING ENDLESS HANDRAIL, SAID MOVING TREADWAY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PALLETS HINGED TOGETHER TO FORM AN ENDLESS LOOP, EACH OF SAID PALLETS HAVING A RACK EXTENDING IN THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF THE PALLET, PROPULSION MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT TO THE HANDRAIL COMPRISING A TOOTHED ENDLESS FLEXIBLE BELT HAVING TEETH SIMULTANEOUSLY MESHING WITH PLURAL TEETH OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE RACKS, A DRIVEN GEAR COUPLED TO SAID FLEXIBLE BELT WHEREBY SAID DRIVEN GEAR IS OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOTION OF THE FLEXIBLE BELT, SECOND MEANS IN DRIVING RELATION TO SAID HANDRAIL, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID SECOND MEANS FROM SAID DRIVEN GEAR, SAID PROPULSION MEANS COMPRISING PULLEY MEANS HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED PULLEYS LOCATED WITHIN SAID ENDLESS BELT FOR GUIDING SAID BELT WITH THE TEETH OF SAID BELT ENGAGING AT LEAST ONE OF THE RACKS, SAID DRIVEN GEAR HAVING TEETH MESHING WITH THE TEETH OF THE BELT, SAID PULLEY MEANS GUIDING SAID BELT ARCUATELY ABOUT THE DRIVEN GEAR TO EFFECT SIMULTANEOUSLY MESHING ENGAGEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF THE TEETH OF THE GEAR WITH TEETH OF THE BELT.