MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647115004 A) filed by Inventio AG on September 25, 2026, for Method And Apparatus For Measuring Handrail Drive Forces.
Inventors include Neszmerak, Wolfgang; Praxmarer, Dominik; and Bauer, Wolfgang.
The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for measuring a handrail drive force and to an associated measuring method. The apparatus (1) has a first clamping attachment (11) which comprises an optically detectable scale (15) and a force measuring device (17) having an optically detectable force indicator (19). Furthermore, the apparatus (1) has a second clamping attachment (21) with a holder (25), wherein the holder (25) is designed to align an optical sensor (27) of a recording device (29) and/or an optical marking device (79) with the scale (15) and the force indicator (19) when, with the apparatus (1) arranged as intended, the first clamping attachment (11) is arranged on a first movable handrail (93) and the second clamping attachment (21) is arranged on a second movable handrail (93) of an escalator (91) or of a moving walkway (81) opposite one another.
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