부산대학교 도서관

Obtained is a passenger conveyor that, in the case of the elongation of a step chain of the passenger conveyor, causes a hydraulic cylinder to move a lower-part step chain wheel, thereby absorbing a slack in the step chain and tensioning the step chain with any push-out force. In a passenger conveyor provided with a step chain tensioning device that, in the case of the elongation of a step chain, causes a lower-part step chain wheel to move, thereby absorbing a slack in the step chain and tensioning the step chain with any tensioning force, the step chain tensioning device includes a tensioning device section, which has a hydraulic cylinder and pushes out the lower-part step chain wheel with a push-out force of the hydraulic cylinder on a side where the step chain is tensioned, and a pressure device section, which has a pressure piston to which a load by a weight is applied and causes the hydraulic cylinder of the tensioning device section to constantly give any tension to the step chain via a hydraulic oil due to the pressure of the pressure piston.