A travelator, moving ramp or escalator for transporting passengers, comprises a conveyor mounted on a frame that is supported on a fixed structure. The frame comprises a number of mutually identical profiled metallic bodies joined together end to end one after the other and containing coupling, supporting and/or guide elements integrated in the profiled metallic body of solid material.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/FI2004/000814 filed Dec. 31, 2004, designating the United States and claiming priority from Application No. FI20040091 filed in Finland on Jan. 22, 2004, the disclosures of both applications being incorporated herein by reference along with each and every U.S. and foreign patent and patent application mentioned herein below. The subject matter of this application is also related to commonly owned and concurrently filed U.S. application No. 11/491,496.