. Cassier's magazine . AN ESCALATOR PARTLY CONSTRUCTED i68 CASSIERS MAGAZINE short moving platforms at top andbottom, together with the intermediatestairway; really constitute a train offlat cars continually disappearing atone end and continually reappearingat the other. The passenger standson one of the cars; or, if he chooses,he may step from one to the important fact marks the esca-lator off from every other system. Atno time does the surface on which the One who stands near either endof a step will, naturally, rest his handupon the rail. The upper surface ofthis is so arranged t
. Cassier's magazine . AN ESCALATOR PARTLY CONSTRUCTED i68 CASSIERS MAGAZINE short moving platforms at top andbottom, together with the intermediatestairway; really constitute a train offlat cars continually disappearing atone end and continually reappearingat the other. The passenger standson one of the cars; or, if he chooses,he may step from one to the important fact marks the esca-lator off from every other system. Atno time does the surface on which the One who stands near either endof a step will, naturally, rest his handupon the rail. The upper surface ofthis is so arranged that it movesalong at the same rate as the pas-senger, and thus provides a supportwhich travels with him. In fact, the whole escalator pro-position with reference to the com-fort and convenience of the passen-ger has been thoroughly worked AN ESCALATOR SERVING AN ELEVATED RAILWAY STATION IN NEW YORK passenger stands change its relation-ship to his body. At the bottom, the moving plat-form is made flush, or nearly so, withthe floor. At the upper end, the mov-ing platform must, of course, disap-pear, and the passenger must getoff. A shunt, V-shaped in plan, orsimply a transverse barrier arrangedat an angle, is provided. At the bot-tom of the shunt surface a movingband is arranged. Its movement isin the same general direction as thatof the platform, so that the twocombine to carry off of the escalatorany article which comes into contactwith band and platform. Little children, ladies, old men—allcan safely get on, find comfortabletransportation, and safely get who is seriously crippled would,perhaps, better take other normal individual will have nodifficulty, as anyone may see whowill stand at the upper end of anescalator and watch the passengersget off. An ordinary speed is 90 feet perminute. This is a
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