DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A MOVING WALKWAY AND CORRESPONDINGLY EQUIPPED FLAT-STRUCTURE MOVING WALKWAY

摘要

The invention relates to a drive assembly (1) for a moving walkway (3), having a drive mechanism (5), a guide mechanism (7), and a first and a second continuous traction means (9, 11). The drive mechanism (5) has a drive (17) and a first and a second drive gear (13, 15) which are coupled together such that the two drive gears (13, 15) are to be driven in opposite directions relative to each other in a rotating manner in a respective rotational movement (21, 23) by the drive (17). The first drive gear (13) interacts with the first traction means (9), and the second drive gear (15) interacts with the second continuous traction means (11) in order to circulate the two continuous traction means (9, 11) in opposite circulating movements by means of the rotational movement (21, 23) of the respective drive gear (13, 15). The two continuous traction means (9, 11) are configured and the circulating movement of the traction means is guided by the guide mechanism (7) such that regions of the first continuous traction means (9) being moved in a forwards movement direction (25) by means of the rotational movement (21) of the first drive gear (13) interact with a first side (31) of pallets (29) of the moving walkway (3) in a tension loadable manner for example, and regions of the second continuous traction means (11) being moved in the forwards movement direction (25) by means of the rotational movement (23) of the second drive gear (15) interact with the second side (33) of pallets (29) in a tension loadable manner for example.