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   Message 26,668 of 28,343   
   Rod Speed to Greg Goss   
   Re: Science fiction   
   04 Sep 13 20:23:04   
   
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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Greg Goss  wrote   
   > Rod Speed  wrote   
      
   >>> In those stores that have steeply sloping travellators, the trolleys   
   >>> do have brakes that come on automatically on a slope.   
      
   >> Our don't. The wheels go into the groves in what you stand on.   
      
   > In Vancouver, I've seen these travellators in at least three stores.   
   > In all three cases, the trolley wheels are two rims with a   
   > non-rotating pad between them. On the travelator, the rims fall into   
   > the grooves, and the trolley sits on the pad and doesn't go anywhere.   
      
   Yeah, that's how ours work. Very effective and bullet proof system.   
      
   Ours is in the mall itself rather than in the store.   
      
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