US 12,259,008 B2
Main drive shaft or deflection shaft of an escalator or moving walkway
Michael Berger, Königstetten (AT)
Assigned to Inventio AG, Hergiswil (CH)
Appl. No. 18/261,175
Filed by INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/050190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/161751, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21153816 (EP), filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068521 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 35/063 (2006.01); B66B 23/02 (2006.01); F16D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 35/063 (2013.01) [B66B 23/02 (2013.01); F16D 1/0847 (2013.01); F16C 2326/58 (2013.01); F16D 2300/06 (2013.01); F16D 2300/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjusting ring comprising:
a hollow cylindrical annular body; and
at least one adjusting screw;
wherein:
the adjusting screw is arranged in a threaded hole that is formed through the annular body and ends at an inside diameter of the annular body,
the inside diameter of the annular body is matched to an axle of a main drive shaft or a deflection shaft of an escalator or a moving walkway that is arranged so as to protrude in the assembled state,
an outside diameter of the annular body is greater than an inner outside ring diameter of an outer ring of a roller bearing of the main drive shaft or deflection shaft arranged adjacently in the assembled state, and
at least one annular groove arranged concentrically to the inside diameter is formed in a lateral ring face of the annular body which is directed against the roller bearing in the assembled state.