escalator

escalator
A power-driven moving stairway, used in department stores, airports, underground parking places, banks, office buildings, etc., made up of interconnected platforms and risers, usually of grooved metal, normally inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees, so constructed that it can be moved either up or down, at speeds which may be varied within limits, and having the distinguishing characteristics of being in constant motion, operating under the control of neither attendant nor passenger, and available to passengers so that they enter and leave the conveyance at any floor by merely stepping on and off. 26 Am J2d Elev § 78. An elevator within the meaning of the double indemnity provision of an accident insurance policy. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1235.

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