CN102963806A - Escalator safety device, escalator possessing same and escalator operation method - Google Patents

Escalator safety device, escalator possessing same and escalator operation method Download PDF

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CN102963806A
CN102963806A CN201210279309XA CN201210279309A CN102963806A CN 102963806 A CN102963806 A CN 102963806A CN 201210279309X A CN201210279309X A CN 201210279309XA CN 201210279309 A CN201210279309 A CN 201210279309A CN 102963806 A CN102963806 A CN 102963806A
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The safety device (14) has light emission unit (16) to emit light (L) towards reflector (15) of moving handrail surface side of escalator (10). A light-receiving unit (18) is arranged at preset position (P2) of floor surface (F). A judgment unit is configured to judge whether foreign material (B) exists between moving handrail (12) and floor surface, if reflected light (R) is not detected. A reporting unit is adapted to report warning sound based on the judgment result.

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Escalator with safety device, possess its escalator and the operating method of escalator
The application is take the Japanese patent application 2011-188757(applying date: on August 31st, 2011) be the basis, and enjoy the preceence of this application.The application is by comprising its full content with reference to this Japanese patent application.
Technical field
Embodiments of the present invention relate to escalator with safety device, possess its escalator and the operating method of escalator.
Background technology
In existing escalator, be provided with skirt panel in the both sides of step, the part (inlet portion) that enters skirt panel at handrail is provided with movable inlet part.Then, when passenger's the foreign matters such as bag were run into movable inlet part, movable inlet part was squeezed into the inboard of skirt panel, sent safety signal and stopped the operation of escalator.
But, in above-mentioned existing escalator, run into before inlet portion, movable inlet part be squeezed into the inboard of skirt panel at foreign matter, do not send safety signal.Therefore, in existing escalator, can not detect in early days between ground and handrail and clip foreign matter, large injury might occur.
Summary of the invention
Problem to be solved by this invention be to provide a kind of escalator that can detect in early days the situation that between ground and handrail, has foreign matter with safety device, possess its escalator and the operating method of escalator.
The escalator of embodiment possesses illuminating part with safety device, and it is regional luminous to the bib portion of being arranged to enter in the banded reflex-reflective material escalator in the moving hand-rail face side of escalator.In addition, escalator possesses light accepting part with safety device, and it is configured in the assigned address on ground, and receives the light of self-luminescent part to reflect and the reflected light of formation at the reflex-reflective material place.Further, escalator possesses judging part with safety device, and it is judged as between moving hand-rail and ground when not detecting reflected light in light accepting part and has foreign matter.In addition, escalator possesses warning section with safety device, and its judged result according to judging part is reported to the police.
According to the escalator safety device of above-mentioned formation, can detect in early days the situation that between ground and handrail, has foreign matter.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram that the related escalator of expression the 1st embodiment and escalator are used safety device.
Fig. 2 (a) is the schematic side elevational view that the related escalator of expression the 1st embodiment and escalator are used safety device, and Fig. 2 (b) is the part sectional view of cutting off moving hand-rail with the plane parallel with the length direction of moving hand-rail.
Fig. 3 is the block scheme that the related escalator of explanation the 1st embodiment is used safety device.
Fig. 4 (a) is the schematic side elevational view that the related escalator of expression the 2nd embodiment and escalator are used safety device, and Fig. 4 (b) is the part sectional view of cutting off moving hand-rail with the plane parallel with the length direction of moving hand-rail.
Fig. 5 is the block scheme that the related escalator of explanation the 2nd embodiment is used safety device.
Fig. 6 is the instruction diagram that the circuit of explanation velocity variations test section in the 2nd embodiment consists of.
Fig. 7 is the instruction diagram that the characteristics of signals of velocity variations test section detection is used in explanation in the 2nd embodiment.
Fig. 8 is the schematic side elevational view that the related escalator of expression the 3rd embodiment and escalator are used safety device.
The specific embodiment
Below, with reference to the operating method of the related escalator of description of drawings embodiment with safety device and escalator.In addition, in the following description, for the part identical with the part that has illustrated, also the description thereof will be omitted to pay identical symbol.
The 1st embodiment
With reference to Fig. 1 ~ Fig. 3 the 1st embodiment is described.In addition, although in Fig. 1, described at descending escalator the example that escalator is used safety device to be set, even but up escalator and/or parallel motion escalator (moving elevator etc.), the related escalator of the 1st embodiment also can be suitable for safety device.
The related escalator 10 of the 1st embodiment possesses the escalator that detects in early days between the moving hand-rail 12 that foreign matter B enters ground F and non junction band shape with safety device 14.In the moving hand-rail face side, along the length direction of moving hand-rail, reflex-reflective material 15 is configured to band shape.Reflex-reflective material 15 for example is the reflectance coating that forms by the coating reflex-reflective material.
Escalator possesses illuminating part 16, light accepting part 18, judging part 20 and warning section 22 with safety device 14.Illuminating part 16 and light accepting part 18 are configured in lower ladder way G one side of escalator 10.The 22 large multiplex alarms of warning section are with the audible alarm of buzzer phone etc., but also can adopt light warning, also can make up buzzer phone and light.
Illuminating part 16 is configured in the assigned address P1 of ground F, and it is luminous to enter the regional S of bib portion (skirt panel) 26 of escalator 10 in the reflex-reflective material 15.Assigned address P1 and regional S are determined by the section that wanting between ground F and the moving hand-rail 12 detects foreign matter.
Light accepting part 18 is configured in the assigned address P2 of ground F, so that the reflected light R that receives the light L of self-luminescent part 16 to form in the reflection of reflex-reflective material 15 places.This assigned address P2 is not having foreign matter to enter in the situation between ground F and the moving hand-rail 12, when light arrives moving hand-rail 12 from illuminating part 16, arrives the position of ground F from the reflected light R of reflex-reflective material 15.
The light that sends from illuminating part 16 can be infrared ray, also can be visible light, so long as the light incident of reflecting at reflex-reflective material 15 places, can detect in light accepting part 18 just is not particularly limited.
Judging part 20 is arranged in the center-control section (not shown) of escalator 10.When not detecting reflected light R in light accepting part 18, judging part 20 is judged as between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F and has foreign matter B(animal and/or bag etc.), and warning section 22 is reported to the police.
In addition, also can be when in light accepting part 18, within the time more than or equal to setting-up time, not detecting reflected light R, judging part 20 is judged as between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F and has foreign matter B(animal and/or bag etc.).In this case, setting-up time is according to the aptly decisions such as moving velocity of moving hand-rail 12, so that escalator can be because of the floating maloperations such as rubbish with safety device 14.In addition, when the floating maloperation generation things such as rubbish are few, also setting-up time can be made as zero.
Effect
Below, the effect of the 1st embodiment is described.
When the power supply of escalator 10 became out (ON), escalator also was in the ON state with safety device 14.At this moment, as long as do not have foreign matter between ground F and moving hand-rail 12, the light that sends from illuminating part 16 just enters light accepting part 18 in reflex-reflective material 15 reflections and as reflected light R.Therefore, judging part 20 receives the optical signal that is subjected to from light accepting part 18 all the time.
When foreign matter B entered between ground F and the moving hand-rail 12, because light L or reflected light R are blocked by foreign matter B, therefore, reflected light R did not incide light accepting part 18.Its result, in light accepting part 18, reflected light R becomes non-detection status, and judging part 20 is judged as between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F and has foreign matter B, and transmitted signal is so that 22 warnings of warning section.
In addition, also can dispose a plurality of light accepting parts 18, illuminating part 16 is luminous to each light accepting part 18.For example, ground segment that also can be between light accepting part 18 and bib portion 26 further configuration the 2nd light accepting part 18b(referring to the long and two-short dash line of Fig. 1), the 18 and the 2nd light accepting part 18b sends the total two-beam from illuminating part 16 to light accepting part.In this case, when the light time of failing to detect from the 2nd light accepting part 18b, can use larger alarm tone to report to the police and/or reduce gradually the counter-measures such as moving velocity of escalator 10.
Further, also can adopt and 26 a plurality of light accepting parts 18 are being configured to row from illuminating part 16 to bib portion and are sending the formation of multi-beam from illuminating part to each light accepting part.In addition, when the section of wanting to detect foreign matter between ground F and the moving hand-rail 12 is wide section, also can stride across a plurality of row ground configuration light accepting part 18 according to this section.
The 2nd embodiment
With reference to Fig. 4 ~ 7 explanations the 2nd embodiment.
In the related escalator 40 of the 2nd embodiment, compare with the 1st embodiment, in the moving hand-rail face side, replace reflex-reflective material 15 and dispose intermittently at certain intervals reflex-reflective material 46.Reflex-reflective material 46 is the same with the 1st embodiment, for example is the reflectance coating that forms by the coating reflex-reflective material.
In addition, the related escalator of the 2nd embodiment is compared with the 1st embodiment with safety device 44, further possesses the velocity variations test section 48 of the moving velocity that detects moving hand-rail 12.Escalator possesses judging part 50 to replace judging part 20 with safety device 44.Judging part 50 has according to the velocity variations that is detected by velocity variations test section 48 judges the function that clips foreign matter between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F.
Pass on the actual measurement moving velocity signal C of the actual moving velocity of the moving hand-rail 12 that calculates according to interrupted reflected light Q to 48 inputs of velocity variations test section.The theoretical moving velocity signal RE of the theoretic moving velocity when further, passing on the hypothesis moving velocity not change to 48 inputs of velocity variations test section.
Velocity variations test section 48 has the comparator 52 of two signals of comparison.To comparator 52 input actual measurement moving velocity signal C.The upper limit moving velocity signal RE+A that upper limit set value A and theoretical moving velocity signal RE addition is calculated to comparator 52 input and from moving velocity signal RE, deduct lower limit set value B and the lower limit moving velocity signal RE-B that calculates.
Comparator 52 is relatively surveyed movable signal C and upper limit moving velocity signal RE+A and lower limit moving velocity signal RE-B.When actual measurement moving velocity signal C was between upper limit moving velocity signal RE+A and lower limit moving velocity signal RE-B, comparator 52 transmission normal signal (for example 0) were as detection signal D.When actual measurement moving velocity signal C between upper limit moving velocity signal RE+A and lower limit moving velocity signal RE-B in addition the time, after this comparator 52 is sending abnormal signal (for example 1) as detection signal D.
The detection signal D that judging part 50 receives from comparator 52 is judged as when detection signal D is abnormal signal between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F and clips foreign matter, and transmitted signal is so that 22 warnings of warning section.
According to the 2nd embodiment, can when the moving velocity abnormal of moving hand-rail 12, judge that clipping foreign matter between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F also reports to the police by warning section 22.
In addition, also can be at the reflex-reflective material 15 of face side coating reflex-reflective material to form the 1st embodiment of moving hand-rail 12, and the reflex-reflective material that applies intermittently high reflectance on its surface to be forming reflex-reflective material 46, and further possesses the arbitration functions of judging part 20 in judging part 50.In this case, owing to sending from illuminating part 16 and comparing with the reflected light R that reflects at reflex-reflective material 15 at the interrupted reflected light Q that reflex-reflective material 46 reflections form, its light intensity is strong, therefore, poor according to the light intensity that light accepting part 18 receives, the judging part 50 interrupted reflected light Q of difference and reflected light R.Thus, not only in the situation of the moving velocity abnormal of moving hand-rail 12, and do not incide in the situation of light accepting part 18 at the weak light of reflected light R degree, can report to the police with warning section 22 yet.Therefore, can detect reliably and between moving hand-rail 12 and ground F, clip foreign matter and report to the police.
The 3rd embodiment
With reference to Fig. 8 the 3rd embodiment is described.
The related escalator 60 of the 3rd embodiment is compared with the 1st embodiment, replaces moving hand-rail 12 and possesses moving hand-rail 62.In the face side of moving hand-rail 62, the reflex-reflective material 66 that tilts in the mode that forms set angle θ with respect to the moving direction K of moving hand-rail 62 is configured to see from face side and is banded.
According to the 3rd embodiment, realized that escalator that the degree of freedom of the allocation position of illuminating part 16 on the F of ground increases substantially is with safety device 64.Namely, as shown in Figure 8, by making reflex-reflective material 66 inclination set angle θs in front end one side that makes reflex-reflective material 66 from the direction of moving hand-rail rat with respect to the moving direction of moving hand-rail 62, illuminating part 16 can be configured in apart from bib portion 26 position far away.Therefore, can prolong by a larger margin the section of wanting to detect foreign matter than the 1st embodiment, and earlier detect between moving hand-rail 62 and ground F and have foreign matter than the 1st embodiment.
In addition, also reflex-reflective material 66 can be arranged to not from the rat of moving hand-rail and cave in from the surface.In this case, form the recess of designated shape (for example, with respect to the shape of moving hand-rail surface tilt) in the face side of moving hand-rail 62, when in this recess, reflex-reflective material 66 being set, the arranging easily of reflex-reflective material 66.As reflex-reflective material 66, it for example is the reflectance coating that forms in the surface of this recess coating reflectorized paint.
In addition, also the allocation position of light accepting part 18 and illuminating part 16 can be set as on the contrary, like this, luminous direction can be set as reversing sense.
According at least one embodiment described above, can by the escalator safety device of simple and easy formation is set, be reported to the police in lower ladder way G one side of escalator, the situation that between ground F and moving hand-rail, has entered foreign matter B by warning section 22 in early days.Therefore, can before running into the movable inlet part 30 of escalator, foreign matter B tackle in advance, and, even the operation of cut escalator can not yet.
In addition, at least one embodiment described above, form air ejiction opening M(with reference to Fig. 1 in bib portion 26) etc., when the operation escalator, can be on one side to the light path ejection air of light L and reflected light R, on one side operation.Thus, can prevent the escalator safety device maloperation that causes owing to the floating rubbish such as paper scrap.
More than although understand several embodiments of the present invention, but in each embodiment, also can after warning, slow down the moving velocity of moving hand-rail, and moving hand-rail is stopped.In addition, these embodiments propose as an example, and do not mean that scope of invention limits thus.These embodiments can be implemented with other various forms, in the scope of the purport that does not break away from invention, can carry out various omissions, displacement, change.These embodiments and/or its distortion are included in scope of invention and/or the purport, are included in equally in the described invention of scope and/or its scope that is equal to of claim.

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1. escalator safety device is characterized in that possessing:
Reflex-reflective material, its moving hand-rail face side at escalator is configured to band shape;
Illuminating part, it enters bib portion regional luminous of escalator in the above-mentioned reflex-reflective material;
Light accepting part, it is configured in the assigned address on ground, and the light that receives from above-mentioned illuminating part reflects and the reflected light of formation at above-mentioned reflex-reflective material place;
Judging part, it is judged as between above-mentioned moving hand-rail and ground and has foreign matter when not detecting above-mentioned reflected light in above-mentioned light accepting part; And
Warning section, its judged result according to above-mentioned judging part is reported to the police.
2. escalator safety device according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Above-mentioned reflex-reflective material tilts in the mode that the moving direction with respect to above-mentioned moving hand-rail forms set angle.
3. escalator safety device is characterized in that possessing:
Reflex-reflective material, its moving hand-rail face side at escalator forms intermittently at certain intervals;
Illuminating part, it enters bib portion regional luminous of escalator in the above-mentioned reflex-reflective material;
Light accepting part, it is configured in the assigned address on ground, and receives that light from above-mentioned illuminating part reflects intermittently at above-mentioned reflex-reflective material place and the interrupted reflected light that forms;
The velocity variations test section, it receives the variation that above-mentioned interrupted reflected light detects the moving velocity of above-mentioned moving hand-rail by above-mentioned light accepting part;
Judging part, it is judged as between above-mentioned moving hand-rail and ground when above-mentioned variation surpasses setting range and clips foreign matter; And
Warning section, its judged result according to above-mentioned judging part is reported to the police.
4. the described escalator safety device of any one is characterized in that according to claim 1 ~ 3,
Above-mentioned light accepting part disposes a plurality of in the mode that the distance apart from above-mentioned bib portion differs from one another;
Above-mentioned illuminating part is luminous respectively to each above-mentioned light accepting part.
5. an escalator is characterized in that, possesses the described escalator safety device of claim 1 ~ 3 any one.
6. escalator according to claim 5 is characterized in that,
The reflection of light film that reflects from above-mentioned illuminating part by the surperficial applying coatings at above-mentioned moving hand-rail is set to above-mentioned reflex-reflective material.
7. the operating method of an escalator comprises:
In operation during escalator claimed in claim 5, on one side to light path and above-mentioned catoptrical light path ejection air from the light of above-mentioned illuminating part, operation on one side.
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