CN102241357A

CN102241357A - Disinfector for armrest of automatic escalator

Info

Publication number: CN102241357A
Application number: CN2010101770481A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 乔纳森·P·高茨施
Original assignee: JONATHAN P GOZS
Current assignee: JONATHAN P GOZS
Priority date: 2010-05-11
Filing date: 2010-05-11
Publication date: 2011-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-11
Also published as: CN102241357B

Abstract

The invention discloses a disinfectant distributing unit, which is arranged on an armrest of an automatic escalator, an armrest of a movable side pavement or any rotary armrest. The disinfectant distributing unit can be arranged at an armrest incoming or leaving part and use fog to disinfect the surface of the armrest continuously and allows a maintenance person to fill the disinfectant easily.

Description

The escalator handrail sterilizer

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to the escalator field, and relates in particular to the escalator handrail field.

Background technology

Usually, be different from the cage lifter that moves between layer and the expectation layer taking, escalator is installed in the multi-story structure to be the mode that is connected to each other together in a zigzag.Therefore, escalator is mainly used in department stores, subway, airport, destination stop of the sale multiple product of crowd massing or the like, rather than is used for commercial establishment.Recently, even in layer, use as the advance movable sidewalk of type escalator of level, to reduce volume of traffic.

The handrail that is associated of kind system is intended to prevent that as holding thing the passenger from falling or slipping therewith.In order to prevent passenger's slippage, make handrail with elastomeric material usually.

Because handrail contacts with numerous people's hand, keep health if can not guarantee handrail, the multiple virus that is pernicious to people so, bacterium or the like are easy to propagate on handrail.Therefore, handrail always must be remained under the clean conditions.So far, by often clean and clean the surface of handrail with neutral detergent or microbicide solution, realized that the health of handrail keeps.

Yet, because must there be the very expensive problem of maintenance needs of handrail in conventional escalator handrail often by artificial cleaning.In addition, because can not be inevitably to handrail sterilization and sterilization by the cleaning of simple wiping operation, therefore virus and the bacterium that is present on the handrail makes the passenger face such as disease and risk of bacterial infections.

Because escalator is used for transporting a large amount of crowds, may maximize demonstration effect by Advertising Copy being set to escalator for product and cooperation.Yet so far, the triangle directing plate of point of crossing place location that only exists in the escalator of intersection makes passenger's head avoid being stranded by this point of crossing, and the small advertisement plate that erects of the transit area place between continuous escalator, as Advertising Copy.

Up to several years ago, in some national department stores etc., every escalator all is equipped with the escalator woman worker, and at a fixed time, uses the house fabric that has applied antiseptic solution to carry out cleaning and disinfection to the escalator band by the escalator woman worker.Yet, owing to be difficult to find the personnel that are suitable for this purpose and because this kind escalator woman worker's outfit has been cancelled in the personnel's cost that increases.Yet, also do not develop a kind of simple device can be in the use of band with the mode that is enough to be equivalent to escalator woman worker institute role realize with cleaning and disinfection.For this reason, the escalator band, comprise increase sharply in recent years be used for those of subway station, or be to become very dirty, or best situation is paid close attention to by cleaning once in a while.From the angle of publilc health, this situation is deletrious, and further, this gives and uses those people of escalator to cause sordid sensation.

Summary of the invention

A kind of dispensing disinfectant device unit that is installed on escalator handrail, movable sidewalk handrail or any rotating handrail has overcome the shortcoming of prior art discussed above.It can be installed in the entering part of handrail or leave part, and can utilize little mist (micromist) continuous sterilization handrail the surface and can easily recharge by service personnel.Embody this unit of the present invention handrail is carried out continuous sterilization, so that nobody needs grasping to the armrest portion that is not cleaned.This unit will be particularly useful for international airport, Fun parks etc., and in these places, the threat of worldwide transmission is main the concern.

After the drawings and detailed description below going through, other system, method, feature and advantage of the present invention will be conspicuously maybe will become apparent for those skilled in the art.Be intended to all so other systems, method, feature and advantage and all be included in this specification sheets, within the scope of the invention, and protected by following claim.

Description of drawings

The present invention may be better understood with explanation with reference to following accompanying drawing.Parts in the accompanying drawing must not be proportional, on the contrary, focus on illustrating principle of the present invention.In addition, in the accompanying drawings, identical drawing reference numeral is represented corresponding part in the different views.

Fig. 1 is the transparent view of the embodiment disinfectant of the present invention unit that is associated with escalator handrail.

Fig. 2 illustrates the fluid distribution openings of this disinfectant unit.

The specific embodiment

With reference to the accompanying drawings, be appreciated that the present invention is embodied in a unit 10 that is associated with escalator handrail 12, this unit 10 is used for the disinfectant fluid is assigned on the upper surface 20 of handrail with this surface of sterilizing, and this surface is by surface that this user engaged when the escalator that the user takes with this handrail is associated.Escalator handrail moves and moves through unit 10 with direction 30, is static with respect to this unit 10 of handrail that moves.

Unit 10 comprises mounting bracket 40, and this support 40 is fixedly connected to fixed sturcture, and this fixed sturcture 42 also supports handrail.Support 40 comprises installation end 44 and far-end 48, and this installation end 44 has the installation elements such as bolt 46 that passes it.Passing support is limited with opening 50 and is used for the purpose that will be understood by the instruction of present disclosure.Mounting bracket 40 has two elements, and one is illustrated in Fig. 1, and second element is positioned at the opposite side of handrail and with shown in Figure 1 to go out element identical.

Unit 10 also comprises with upper surface 20 adjacent positioned of handrail and accommodates the hollow shell 60 of sterilised liq, and this sterilised liq is assigned to from housing on the upper surface of handrail to keep this upper surface cleaning.Housing 60 is for bowed shape and comprise first end 62, second end 64, first wall 66 and second wall 68.

Wall

66 and 68 is arc, and first wall 66 places between the handrail and second wall and has radius of curvature R with handrail ₁₂The radius of curvature R that equates ₆₆Radius of curvature R ₆₆With radius of curvature R ₁₂Equating to make housing can be close to handrail places.Second wall 68 also is crooked, just with the radius of curvature R different with the radius of curvature of first wall ₆₈Bending, like this, two walls, are used for from the instruction of present disclosure and the purpose of understanding towards second end of housing convergent toward each other from first end of housing.

The direction orientation of housing 60 to erect, like this, first end 62 is positioned at second end, 64 tops, thereby the liquid of action of gravity in being stored in housing is producing pressure gradient therein, and this pressure gradient causes the pressure that is arranged near the liquid the second end of the housing 64 to surpass near housing is positioned at housing first end 62 fluid pressure.The taper character of housing helps this effect.

Housing 60 also comprises filling cap 70, and this filling cap 70 is installed in removedly on the housing and seals first end 62 when being positioned on the housing at cap.Filling cap 70 comprises filling mouth 72, and disinfectant liquid can flow in the housing to replenish the liquid that distributes from housing during unit operation by this filling mouth.When needed, can remove cap and clean housing.

Housing 60 comprises that also contiguous second end 64 is arranged in the fluid distribution openings 80 of wall 68.Distribution openings 80 is located in the upper surface of next-door neighbour's escalator handrail, and like this, the sterilised liq that distributes from mouth 80 flows on the handrail upper surface.As shown in Figure 2, distribution openings 80 comprises a plurality of tiny mouths, and as mouth 82, fluids for sterilization flows through from this mouth 82.Mouth 82 fluids that will flow through it are dispersed into tiny mist, and like this, little mist is applied to the upper surface of escalator handrail.The cone-shaped of housing and setting orientation thereof have produced the pressure gradient that is enough to produce little mist for the liquid in the housing.

Sponge 90 contiguous second ends 64 and contiguous mounting bracket 40 are installed on the shell.Opening 50 in sponge 90 location and the mounting bracket is adjacent, like this, can pick and place sponge and be used to clean, repairs or change and do not need to remove or removable unit 10.

Housing 60 is preferably made by plastic material.

Although described various embodiments of the present invention, it is evident that within the scope of the invention that for those skilled in the art more embodiment and enforcement are possible.Therefore, except considering claims and their equivalent, the present invention is not restricted.

Claims

1. the unit of the escalator handrail that is used to sterilize comprises:

A) mounting bracket, the adjacent installation of this mounting bracket and escalator handrail, this escalator handrail comprises upper surface, this upper surface is the surface that hand engaged of this user when the escalator that the user uses with this handrail is associated;

B) housing.Be installed on this mounting bracket being located in the upper surface that is close to this escalator handrail, when this handrail in use the time this handrail move through this housing, this housing is hollow and is suitable for holding the fluids for sterilization that is used for this handrail and comprises:

First end and second end, this second end are located in the upper surface of this escalator handrail of next-door neighbour,

The fluid inlet port is limited to first end of this housing,

The fluid distribution openings, be limited in this housing adjacent with this second end, the upper surface that this fluid distribution openings is positioned in this automatic elevator handrail below second end of this housing through out-of-date, with fluid from the internal distribution of housing to this upper surface and

Closing cover is installed to first end of this housing removedly; And

C) sponge, be close to the downstream that this fluid distribution openings is installed on this mounting bracket removedly and is located immediately at this fluid distribution openings with respect to the moving direction of relative this housing of this handrail, after this handrail received fluids for sterilization through this fluid distribution openings and via this fluid distribution openings from this housing, this sponge contacted with this handrail.

2. the described unit of claim 1, wherein said closing cover comprises the filling mouth, fluids for sterilization flows into by this filling mouth and is used for this housing of filling in this housing.

3. the described unit of claim 2, wherein said housing is plastics.

4. the described unit of claim 3, wherein said housing flows towards this fluid distribution port to guide this fluids for sterilization to this second end convergent from this first end.

5. the described unit of claim 4, wherein said housing has arc first wall and the second arc wall, the upper surface adjacent positioned of this first wall and this escalator handrail, this first wall is between the upper surface and this second wall of this escalator handrail, this first wall has the radius of curvature that equates with the radius of curvature essence of this escalator handrail, and the bowed shape of this first wall and second wall and their convergent guide the fluids for sterilization in this housing towards this fluid distribution port.

6. the described unit of claim 5, wherein said mounting bracket has the opening that is defined in wherein, this opening is adjacent with described sponge, like this, when this housing is installed on this escalator handrail by mounting bracket, can pick and place this sponge by this opening, can change sponge thus and this housing need not be taken off from itself and this adjacent installing condition of escalator handrail.

7. the described unit of claim 6, wherein said housing is for erectting orientation, and this first end is positioned at this second end top.

8. the described unit of claim 7, wherein said fluid distribution openings comprises a plurality of dispensing orifices, this dispensing orifice at its sterilised liq of flowing through with before this upper surface of this escalator handrail contacts, with this liquid dispersion mist formation.