Patent documentation 1: No. 3604687 communique of patent
Summary of the invention
The handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is bigger than the rigidity of rubber system handrail, can take place and suitably to be wedged in the guide piece, the abrasion of guide piece are big, the abrasion of head roll are big, the transmission resistance is big, transmission is loud, and there is noise the junction of guide piece, and problems such as (vibrations) flutters on the handrail.And, in the handrail of patent documentation 2, on the tension thing, adopt the metallic band, so infer that the problem of rigidity can be poorer.
Therefore,, also can address the above problem even the purpose of this invention is to provide the handrail that constitutes by thermoplastic material, and the thermoplastic handrail band of quality and function admirable.
For finishing above-mentioned purpose, handrail of the present invention possesses the tension thing, the core layer, decorative layer, canvas layer, wherein, the tension thing prolongs longitudinal direction and extends, the core layer is to form cross sectional shape C word shape with the core layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing around described tension thing, decorative layer is to form with the thermoplastic elastic thing with decorative layer in the outside of the cross sectional shape C of described core layer word shape, canvas layer is lining in the inner face in the cross sectional shape C word shape of described core layer in being, the feature of handrail of the present invention is that described core layer is identical with the material and the hardness of described decorative layer usefulness thermoplastic elastic thing with the thermoplastic elastic thing.
The core layer preferably is expressed as 84~88 with the Durometer A hardness scale with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer with the hardness of thermoplastic elastic thing.
The core layer is used the material optimization polyurethane of thermoplastic elastic thing with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer.
Tension thing preferred aramid fiber.
The tension thing preferably has the metallic steel cord of the core that is made of nylon resin.
Canvas layer has preferably inweaved the canvas of conducting fibre.
The Width end of canvas layer preferably is embedded to more than the interior 8mm of decorative layer.
The thickness of connecting bridge is preferably than below the above 0.30mm of the thin 0.05mm of general segment thickness beyond the described linking portion.
The gloss on the surface of preferred general part is measured as 80~90 with glossmeter (60 ° of angle of incidence), and the gloss on the surface of linking portion is measured as 80~90 with photometer (60 ° of angle of incidence).
Make less rigid, thereby realize solving the handrail that is had problems greatly by rigidity, it is for to be made of thermoplastic material.
The specific embodiment
Below, based on accompanying drawing embodiments of the present invention are described.
Fig. 1 relates to the section drawing of the handrail of embodiment of the present invention.Among Fig. 1, handrail 1 is to be made of tension thing 2, core layer 3, decorative layer 4, canvas layer 5, wherein, tension thing 2 is arranged at the longitudinal direction of handrail 1 continuously, core layer 3 is to be made of with the thermoplastic elastic thing the core layer that forms cross sectional shape C word shape around tension thing 2, decorative layer 4 is that the decorative layer that is formed cross sectional shape C word shape by the outside of the cross sectional shape C word shape that is coated on core layer 3 constitutes with the thermoplastic elastic thing, and canvas layer 5 is lining in the inner face of the cross sectional shape C word shape of core layer 3 in being.Decorative layer uses the elastic with same rigidity with thermoplastic elastic thing and core layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing.As a whole, the handrail 1 of cross sectional shape C word shape has the middle body 6 of general planar and forms the side part 7 of sweeps from middle body 6.
The core layer: the purpose of core layer 3 is the destruction that protection tension thing 2 is avoided external stress, buries tension thing 2, makes handrail 1 single-piece cross sectional shape form C word shape.Sidelining has canvas layer 5 in the C word shape of the cross section of core layer 3.The core layer is a polyurethane with the material of thermoplastic elastic thing, and hardness is expressed as 84~88 with the Durometer A hardness scale.As core layer thermoplastic elastic thing, can use polyester is that elastic, nylon are elastic, ethylene series elastic etc.
Decorative layer: decorative layer 4 is coated on the outside of the cross sectional shape C word shape of core layer 3, and cross sectional shape forms C word shape.Decorative layer uses with the thermoplastic elastic thing to have and the material of core layer with thermoplastic elastic thing same rigidity.Decorative layer is a polyurethane with the material of thermoplastic elastic thing, and hardness preferably is expressed as 84~88 with the Durometer A hardness scale.Can use polyester as decorative layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing is that elastic, nylon are elastic, ethylene series elastic etc.
Fig. 3 is the chart that shows the rigidity of handrail.In Fig. 3, illustration the polyurethane handrail of conventional art, the handrail of embodiment of the present invention, loading and the Deflection Relationship in the rubber system handrail.In the polyurethane handrail of conventional art, the 1st thermoplastic elastic thing layer (core layer) accounts for 60% of handrail integral thickness, be that hardness by the Shore D scale is that 40~50 polyurethane constitutes, the 2nd thermoplastic elastic thing layer (decorative layer) is that the hardness by the Shore D scale is that 70~85 polyurethane constitutes.Use steel cord in the tension thing, use the textile of natural fiber or syntheticfibres in the canvas layer.It is 84~88 polyurethane as the core layer of the core layer 3 decorative layer thermoplastic elastic thing with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer 4 that the handrail of embodiments of the present invention is to use the hardness of Durometer A hardness scale.In the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, the core layer of core layer 3 uses the polyurethane of same rigidity with the thermoplastic elastic thing with the decorative layer of thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer 4.And, the core layer that uses core layer 3 with the decorative layer of the hardness of thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer 4 with the hardness of thermoplastic elastic thing be all with the Durometer A hardness scale be expressed as hardness 80 polyurethane handrail as a comparative example.
On the other hand, Fig. 4 has shown the opening power of handrail.In Fig. 4, be that the anchor clamps of 48mm place handrail with length direction, be under 15 ℃ the condition in the atmosphere temperature, show side end with cross sectional shape C word shape divide between the width of (opening portion) enlarge the needed power of 7mm (opening power).Usually, the opening power (being about 130N) of the handrail that is made of in the past thermoplastic material is littler than the opening power (being about 183N) of rubber system handrail.This is because the canvas layer of the handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is 1 layer, and to compare the number of plies few with 3 to 5 layers of in the past rubber system handrail, and thus, the power (opening power) in the time of between the side end of the enlarged cross section shape C word shape branch is just little.
As can be seen from Figure 3, the handrail of embodiments of the present invention is compared less rigid with the polyurethane of conventional art, has and the equal rigidity of the rigidity of rubber system handrail.This is owing to make the core layer identical with decorative layer hardness.Thus, utilize the structure of the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, can make less rigid, be suitable for being wedged in the guide piece, so can remove owing to the abrasion of the guide piece of the big generation of rigidity, the abrasion of head roll, big transmission resistance, big transmission sound, the noise of guide piece junction, the problems such as (vibrations) that flutters of handrail, can obtain being suitable for the handrail of transmission.
And as shown in Figure 4, in embodiments of the present invention, the opening power that is expressed as 84 handrail with the Durometer A hardness scale is 131N, has the opening power roughly the same with the polyurethane handrail of conventional art.And, in embodiments of the present invention, are 150N with the opening power of the handrail of Durometer A hardness scale 88, have the big a lot of opening power of polyurethane handrail than conventional art.The handrail that uses in as a comparative example has the rigidity littler than rubber system handrail, but the opening force rate can not cause that the 118N of problem is little on reality is used, so handrail increases from the danger that guidance tape breaks away from.
The tension thing: the material that tension thing 2 can use steel cord etc. to use in the past, but in the present embodiment, preferably suitably use the steel cord that mixes nylon core that has high-intensity aramid fibre or in the steel cord core, use nylon core.In the embodiment of Fig. 1, in tension thing 2, adopt 18 steel cords that mix nylon core.In rubber system handrail in the past, be provided with 1 layer to 3 layers canvas layer in the face side of the handrail of tension thing, this can prevent tension thing outstanding to handrial belt.The handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is not because be provided with canvas layer in the face side of the handrail of tension thing, so with steel cord during as the tension thing, owing to give prominence on the surfaces of might stretching tight out such as steel cord breakage.If use aramid fibre, can prevent that the tension thing is outstanding to handrial belt as the tension thing.Aramid fibre is a high strength, has good pliability simultaneously, so do not select type of drive such as cramping driving or pulley drive, can provide can corresponding easement and contrary curved handrail.And, when adopting the metallic steel cord, replace metal core wire as the steel cord core by adopting resin coremaking such as nylon as the tension thing, can prevent outstanding from handrial belt.
Canvas layer: canvas layer 5 can use chemical fiber or their blended materials such as natural fiber, nylon or polyester such as silk floss, but in the present embodiment, preferably suitably inweaving 1 in the wide canvas of every 1cm is 1 * 10 by the volume intrinsic resistance value
6The conducting fibre that the carbon fiber of Ω cm etc. constitute.As Weaving method,, select plain weave or thin silk fabric to knit according to the condition of service of handrail.In rubber system handrail in the past, mainly use continuous canvas, but in the handrail that constitutes by thermoplastic material, use the few chemical fibers such as polyester canvas of hygroscopic character more, accumulate static easily.Therefore, compare with rubber system handrail, have static easily by the handrail that plastic material constitutes.Is 1 * 10 by inweave 1 in the wide canvas of every 1cm by the volume intrinsic resistance value
6Even the conducting fibre that the carbon fiber of Ω cm constitutes when using the canvas of the few chemical fiber of hygroscopic character, also can prevent generation of static electricity.
Table 1 is the table that shows the electrical characteristics of handrail.In table 1, illustration use continuous canvas rubber system handrail, use the conventional art of polyester canvas the polyurethane handrail, inweave the resistance value on surface of handrail of the embodiments of the present invention of conducting fibre.When measuring the resistance value of handrial belt, use the 1000V insulating-resistance meter, be 23 ℃ in the atmosphere temperature, measure under the condition of relative humidity 44%.Use the electrode of 2 external diameters as 35mm, making interelectrode distance is 100mm, this electrode is pressed in measures resistance value on the canvas layer.Concavo-convex owing on canvas, having, so between canvas and electrode, coated conductive paste.The surface electrical resistance of the polyurethane handrail of conventional art is 1 * 10
10Ω, and the surface electrical resistance of handrail that inweaves the embodiments of the present invention of conducting fibres such as carbon fiber in canvas is 3 * 10
6Ω is than the surface electrical resistance 5 * 10 of rubber system handrail
8Ω is little, can remove the static in the handrail running.
Table 1
The kind of handrail |
Resistance value |
Rubber system handrail (continuous canvas) |
5×10
8Ω
|
Conventional art polyurethane handrail (polyester canvas) |
1×10
10Ω
|
Embodiments of the present invention (adding conducting fibre) |
3×10
6Ω
|
Handrail is in long-term use, and (ear) often chaps at the width the best part.At this moment, thermoplastic material and rubber phase ratio, intensity is big, but extends for a short time, and be full of cracks enters, and expansion is just fast.And the canvas layer of the handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is few, so in case be full of cracks is arranged, just can not suppress its expansion on canvas.Therefore, in order to prevent the generation of ear's be full of cracks, preferably the Width end 8 of canvas layer 5 is imbedded in the decorative layer 4 with specified length.Preferably suitably the end 8 of canvas layer 5 is imbedded in the decorative layer 4 more than the 8mm.Fig. 6 shows that the end 8 of canvas layer 5 is to the amount of imbedding of decorative layer 4 and ear's be full of cracks generation time relation figure before of handrail.If the amount of imbedding is big as can be seen, can prolong practical life, the amount of imbedding can obtain the stable long life more than 8mm.This be because if the amount of imbedding reach a certain amount of more than, can prevent since the canvas that causes of resistance in the transmission unfavorable condition such as burst forth.
Table 2 shows as embodiments of the present invention, the time before the be full of cracks of the ear of the generation handrail the when end of canvas layer is imbedded about 8mm.The time that the polyurethane handrail of conventional art produces before ear's be full of cracks is 5 years, and the handrail of the Shore A level scale 84 of embodiments of the present invention is 8 years, and the handrail of Shore A level scale 88 is 9 years.As implied above, in the handrail of present embodiment,, can suppress because the reduction in the life-span of the handrail that ear's be full of cracks causes by the canvas layer terminal part being imbedded the length more than the decorative layer 8mm.
Table 2
The kind of handrail |
During before the ear be full of cracks produces |
Rubber system handrail |
10 years |
Conventional art polyurethane handrail |
5 years |
Embodiments of the present invention (the Durometer A hardness scale represents 88) |
9 years |
Embodiments of the present invention (the Durometer A hardness scale represents 84) |
8 years |
Manufacture method: the manufacturing of the handrail of embodiments of the present invention when tension thing 2 and canvas layer 5 are provided, utilizes 2 extruders 9,10 to make the core layer come extrusion molding with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer with thermoplastic elastomer is integrated as shown in Figure 2.Utilize core layer that extruder 9,10 extrudes with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing in synthetic portion 11 by integrated.The suitableeest scope of the extrusion temperature of extrusion molding polyurethane is several ℃ a narrow range, in the present embodiment, because the core layer is identical with the hardness of thermoplastic elastic thing with decorative layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing, so the temperature treatment of synthetic portion 11 is easy, the stay in grade during extrusion molding.
The connecting bridge of handrail: handrail for example when being arranged at situations such as escalator, be cut into after the manufacturing fixed length, connect its two ends and use as the free of discontinuities shape.In handrail, wish the shape between the general part beyond connecting bridge and the connecting bridge and the difference with insignificance of gloss.Its connecting bridge of handrail that is made of thermoplastic material can produce concavo-convex in appearance and distortion, and connecting bridge is thicker than the thickness of general part than the rigidity height of general part.Therefore, connecting bridge is unsuitable for guide piece, produces to float, become escalator apparatus the improper reason that stops to take place, and the part that connecting bridge thickness is thick is particularly tarnished too early by roll friction, it is big that extrusion stress becomes, and this is the reason that practical life is shortened.
And the feature of the handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is to compare with rubber system handrail, and gloss is good.The gloss of rubber system handrail is fixed with the gloss instrumentation, and general partial sum connecting bridge all is 70~80 degree, and the general part of the handrail that is made of thermoplastic material is 92~98 degree, and connecting bridge is 80~88 degree.The handrail that is made of thermoplastic material has good glossiness, so have following problem: the gloss difference between the general partial sum connecting bridge just is short of homogeneity from beginning very much, a little otch all clearly, handrial belt contact cylinder and the part of glossy decline is bigger with other parts difference in appearance, at a glance clearly.
In the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, become roughly the same by the gloss that makes connecting bridge and general part, can reduce the gloss difference on surface.Ideal situation is, the gloss of general part is 80~90, the gloss of connecting bridge is 80~90 too.The gloss of the general part of handrail is that extrusion temperature, the chilling temperature with the selection of the suitableeest condition combined material, when making waits and be controlled to the gloss identical with connecting bridge.Table 3 is chatoyant tables of expression handrail, the result of the gloss after demonstration is measured the gloss before the running and operated half a year.Gloss is to measure with glossmeter (グ ロ ス チ エ ッ カ), and the angle of incidence of mensuration is 60 °.As shown in table 3, in embodiments of the present invention, the variation of the gloss of connecting bridge is littler than the polyurethane handrail of conventional art, and the not variation of gloss difference of the general partial sum connecting bridge after turn round preceding and the running.In the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, because the thickness of connecting bridge is thinner than general part, so compare with conventional art, the squeese pressure that puts on the cylinder etc. of connecting bridge diminishes, and the reduction of the gloss of connecting bridge tails off.
Table 3
And in the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, the thickness of the connecting bridge by making formation is than the thin thickness of general part, and the life-span that can make handrail is than lengthening in the past.Ideal situation is that the thickness of connecting bridge is made thin thickness 0.05mm~0.30mm than general part.Fig. 6 is in the handrail of embodiments of the present invention, changes the thickness difference of general partial sum connecting bridge (base portion), tests the chart as a result of the life-span conservation rate of handrail.The thickness difference of general partial sum connecting bridge is that 0 o'clock practical life is represented with 100%.As shown in Figure 6, the thickness of connecting bridge is thicker than general part, and the life-span is just short, and on the contrary, the thin words life-span is just long.Usually make same thickness in order there not to be thickness difference, but in the present embodiment, will approach more than the 0.05mm on the contrary.Show difference of height in appearance because cross thin words, so below the preferred 0.3mm of thickness difference.
Effect: the handrail of the embodiments of the present invention of above explanation plays following effect.
(1) handrail that provides the thermoplastic material by quality and function admirable to constitute, it possesses the core layer, decorative layer and canvas layer, wherein, the core layer be extend tension thing longitudinally around form cross sectional shape C word shape with the core layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing, decorative layer is the outside that is formed on the cross sectional shape C word shape of core layer with decorative layer with the thermoplastic elastic thing, canvas layer is lining in the inner face of the cross sectional shape C word shape of core layer in being, use the material structure identical of thermoplastic elastic thing with thermoplastic elastic thing and decorative layer by adopting the core layer with hardness, make the less rigid of handrail, eliminate the problem that rigidity causes.
(2) by the steel cord that uses aramid fibre or mix nylon core as the tension thing, can prevent tension thing outstanding to handrial belt.
(3), can prevent that handrail from producing static by using the cloth that in canvas layer, inweaves conducting fibre.
(4), can suppress handrail owing to the life-span that the generation of ear be full of cracks causes is low by the end of canvas layer Width is imbedded decorative layer with institute's measured length.
(5) make by thickness the connecting bridge of handrail thinner than general part, life-span that can the extension handrail band.
(6) thickness of the connecting bridge by making handrail is thinner than general part, and makes the gloss of connecting bridge and general part roughly the same, can make handrail single-piece outward appearance homogeneous, and stable for a long time.
Application examples: handrail of the present invention go for escalator, movable sidewalk and with the moving hand-rail band of their similar feedways.And, compare with handrail in the past, can significantly improve Practical Performance, can replace rubber system handrail and extensive being suitable for.