what happens?

What to do when escalator stop's?

Shopping at your favorite mall

and it's time to get to the next level

you notice the escalator stopped moving

so it's probably broken

you can choose to walk on it anyway or

look for the stairs or an elevator so

what's it gonna be if you choose option

A and bravely stepped onto a stopped

escalator I have some bad news for you

you're putting yourself at risk since

the escalator isn't designed to be used

as regular stairs

in case the escalator has stopped

because of a mechanical failure let's

say the brakes suddenly stopped

functioning it could roll away under

load at any time you never know when it

starts moving again so you might fall

the rise of the steps is normally higher

on escalators than on regular staircases

so depending on where the moving stairs

stop some of them won't be even

you might trip on them easily especially

when walking down

plus escalators are designed to carry

only a certain load at the same time

when people are moving like on a

conveyor belt there's never too much

weight at one moment when the conveyor

belt is stopped the weight can go beyond

the limit and the escalator might

collapse

if you still choose to walk on a

non-working escalator be prepared to

experience something known as the broken

escalator phenomena

whenever you ride or walk on a properly

functioning escalator your brain marks

it as a moving object it fine-tunes the

motor control of your legs and the

balance mechanisms in your inner ear to

adjust to this motion

even when you see the escalator is

obviously still your unconscious brain

recognizes it as the moving stairs so

once you're walking up or down a stopped

escalator it feels weird and unnatural

that it's not moving

in 2015 London Underground carried out

research to see if it's more efficient

to stand or walk on a moving escalator

it turned out that standing only

escalators at Holburn station could

carry up to 30 percent more people

during rush hours than escalators that

allow walkers on taller escalators most

people tend to stand rather than walk

leaving unused room on the left side

when all these spaces were filled the

waiting time to get on the moving stairs

dropped sharply

as a result the station only got

overcrowded once compared to the regular

several times a week the underground

took note of these results but didn't

ban walking on escalators altogether

since many people still wanted to be

able to do it

have you ever tried cleaning your shoes

against those brushes you see on any

escalator well they're actually there

for safety these brushes are also called

skirt deflectors the skirt is the gap

between the stairs and the Sun

the brushes keep your shoes feet and

loose clothing away from the Gap when

you get on an escalator you're mostly

focused on keeping balance and hardly

pay attention to little details

you won't notice the Gap when everything

is fine but if the escalator goes out of

order it can give you a hard time the

Gap leads down to the mechanism that

makes the escalator move if something

like a bag or a jacket or even your toes

get stuck there it can interrupt the

motor's work and cause an accident

escalator brushes are there to stop

foreign objects from getting inside the

gap or deflecting them some escalators

also have a yellow border to indicate

danger and remind passengers not to stay

too close to the edges

New Delhi Metro has an extra safety

feature inspired by the traditional

draped outfit saris can get easily stuck

on the corners on moving stairs to

prevent that from happening they added

sorry guards on both sides of the

escalators

the concept of escalators is much older

than you could possibly imagine

their ancestors were used for the

construction of the Great Pyramid of

Giza in Egypt

they put over 2 million stone cubes on

tree trunks to roll them upwards on

artificial Earth Bridges around the

construction site the idea of constantly

Rolling Wheels under the transported

rocks became one of the basic principles

for future escalators

like with many inventions several people

are credited for having invented the

moving staircases as we know it today

American inventor and engineer Jesse

Reno was one of them

he patented his invention in 1892. it

was known as the incline elevator and

was installed at the old iron Pier at

Coney Island in New York City it was

extremely popular and 75 000 people are

reported to have tried out the invention

during the two weeks that it was

showcased the steam-powered conveyor

belt was moving at a 25 degree angle and

traveled to a height of seven feet

it was metal with a serrated surface

much like the escalators we know and

love today

they were comb-like teeth at the top and

bottom Landings to make the transitions

move there was also a handrail for

passenger safety

already back then Reno suggested that

one escalator should take passengers up

and another one down his invention was a

success and it was installed at various

locations by the beginning of the 20th

century it was later purchased by the

Otis Elevator company

escalators have transformed shopping

thanks to them the stores were able to

grow to many levels but the first

escalator which was installed at the end

of the 19th century at London's Herod

store scared many customers it was the

first moving staircase in England and

the people had no idea it was safe to

use some of them believed it could mess

up with their internal organs to calm

them down somehow the store staff

offered terrified Shoppers drinks at the

top of the escalator which was only

moving up

the longest outdoor escalator system in

the world is Central mid-level escalator

in Hong Kong it runs for around half a

mile the idea behind this engineering

gem was to ease the traffic situation in

this busy City District they built 20

escalators and three inclined moving

walkways at the end of the 20th century

the system changes its direction to meet

the needs of the commuters and runs

downhill in the morning and uphill from

10 30 a.m until midnight

it's now popular not only with these

local residents but also with tourists

who use it to get through the historical

district up to the dining and nightlife

hub

the escalator in the basement of Moore's

department store in Kawasaki Japan has

made it to the Guinness Book of World

Records as the shortest in the world

the particulator as it's called only has

five steps and it takes its passengers

2.7 feet down to another Lander from

where they continued The Descent

manually there are regular stairs

separated by a guardrail from the

Escalade and they're a faster option for

those in a hurry no one knows the reason

why the escalator had to be installed

here it was probably to set a world

record and attract more customers to the

store

all escalators are custom made depending

on where they'll be installed there are

some basic settings and mechanisms of

course but the height width angle of

incline and speed are varied to fit the

customer's requirements

some escalators even have a royal mode

since they're designed for royalty

these models come with a button that

allows the passengers to start and stop

the moving staircase whenever they want

there are also models with cooling units

for hotter regions so the passengers can

safely touch the handrails you wouldn't

want to hold on to a frying pan would

you mobile escalators which travel on

board airplanes can be used for boarding

and disembarking passengers there are

also escalators high in the Alps fitted

with anti-slip treads for skiers and

stairs moving underwater through

transparent tunnels at aquariums around

the world

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