The objective of the present invention is to prevent interference of a treadboard with a riser of an adjacent step and generation of a gap between the riser and the treadboard. The position of the link connection point is set based on the following expressions: XM=X1+L1cos[beta]-[gamma]}, and YM=Y1+L1sin[beta]-[gamma]}. In the expressions, beta=tan-1{(Y1-Y2)/(X1-X2)}; gamma=cos-1{(L12-L22+W2)/2L1W}; W={square root over ( {(X1-X2)+(Y1-Y2)}; XM: horizontal coordinate of the link connection point; YM: vertical coordinate of the link connection point; L1: a distance from axis of an upper-step-side step link roller shaft to the link connection point; and L2: a distance from axis of a lower-step-side step link roller shaft to the link connection point. |