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  1. Escalator - Wikipedia

    An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor -driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair …

  2. Escalator | Safety, Maintenance & Design | Britannica

    escalator, moving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas.

  3. ESCALATOR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ESCALATOR is a power-driven set of stairs arranged like an endless belt that ascend or descend continuously. How to use escalator in a sentence.

  4. How Escalators Work - HowStuffWorks

    At its most basic level, an escalator is just a simple variation on the conveyer belt. A pair of rotating chain loops pull a series of stairs in a cons­tant cycle, moving a lot of people a short …

  5. How Does an Escalator Work? - mountaintownelevator.com

    Learn how an escalator works and get insight into its functionality. Explore behind the scenes of escalator repairs and escalator maintenance.

  6. Types of Escalators: What You Need to Know - Dazen Elevator

    A typical belt-type escalator has two sets of parallel tracks that run along its length, with a pair of wheels on each track moving up and down as it travels along them.

  7. Escalator - New World Encyclopedia

    An escalator is a conveyor transport device for transporting people, consisting of a staircase whose steps move up or down on tracks that keep the surfaces of the individual steps horizontal.