Where Do Escalator Steps Go?

Your step slides under a metal comb and vanishes, and a new one rises at the bottom. Where did it go? An escalator is not a staircase. It is a loop, and half of it is always hidden under your feet. 00:00 Where do the steps go? 00:28 Taking the side off 00:57 Two tracks: how the steps stay level 01:31 The comb, the handrail and the brushes 02:23 1896: it began as a fairground ride 03:04 If something gets caught 03:29 Look down next time Hidden Machines opens up everyday things to show how they really work. Sources Escalator history and mechanics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator Jesse Reno's 1892 patent: https://www.hagley.org/research/news/... The first working escalator, Coney Island: https://untappedcities.com/2015/12/23... Harrods, 1898: https://londonist.com/2016/03/secrets... Charles Seeberger and the word escalator: https://www.invent.org/inductees/char... How an escalator is made: https://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Esca... What the side brushes are for: https://elevatorworld.com/blog/the-tr... #howitworks #engineering #escalator