CN1211962A - People mover and drive apparatus - Google Patents
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- B66B—ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS
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Abstract
People mover comprising a conveyor track such as an escalator or a moving sidewalk, said people mover being provided with at least one drive apparatus. The drive apparatus comprises an electric motor having a substantially thin construction in the axial direction of the drive apparatus, e.g. a permanent magnet synchronous motor. In addition the people mover comprises a drive wheel which is in conjunction with the rotor of the electric motor.
Description
The present invention relates to a kind of as chatting the described people mover of part and a kind of before the claim 1 as chatting the described actuating device of part before the claim 6.
The example of traditional people mover that field of application of the present invention is related is escalator and moving walk, and wherein motion can be in the horizontal direction or on the direction of tilt.
Escalator is by the motor-driven that is positioned at its top or bottom, and motor drives the drive sprocket of escalator by gear, belt or chain.Drive sprocket has the step chain ingear gear teeth that are used for escalator.
The actuating device of known escalator needs bigger space and complex structure.Usually the end at escalator has quite long drive unit chamber.The total length that this has increased escalator makes that the installation escalator is more difficult in the building, and occupies the space, building.The example of this escalator can be referring to U.S. Patent No. 5348131, and wherein, actuating device is positioned at the upper end of escalator.When the length overall that makes the escalator structure hour, its result will be very little in the space of escalator one end actuating device, thus make install and maintenance more difficult.U.S. Patent No. 4775044 proposes a kind of escalator, and its actuating device is positioned at step track inboard.By this way, in the end of escalator, actuating device is without any need for exceptional space.Yet, owing to arrange that like this actuating device is difficult to approaching more.
Order of the present invention ground is the actuating device of realizing a kind of people mover and being used for people mover, and it not only helps utilizing the space but also is easy to install and maintenance.People mover of the present invention is with the feature that is characterized as in claim 1 characteristic.And actuating device is with the feature that is characterized as in claim 6 characteristic.As for other key property of the present invention, referring to claims.
Adopt the solution of the present invention, wherein drive motor is a kind ofly only to need the axial direction electric machine in very little space on axially at it, little before drive unit chamber is comparable, but still enough service clearances can be provided.Adopt axial direction electric machine, do not adopt gear system just can obtain enough moments of torsion, and adopt frequency converter to help speed control.Can finish the tensioning of chain by the last attachment point of regulating actuating device.Can increase the quantity of actuating device according to the requirement of moment of torsion.
In the embodiment of motor direct-drive step sprocket, do not need drive unit chamber.When moment of torsion is low, do not need gear system yet.For higher moment of torsion, can be motor and be equipped with and the direct gears in mesh of the axle of step sprocket, or install another motor additional, or increase motor diameter for this axle.In transfer drive and moving walk, by increasing the requirement that the compound type axial direction electric machine can satisfy increases moment of torsion.Can install continuously with suitable distance on the running direction of conveyor belt a plurality of actuating devices or side by side on same axle, a plurality of actuating devices are installed.Can the actuating device that independently has axial direction electric machine be installed for handrail, be used to be independent of step chain and drive handrail.Independently synchronous dynamo is controlled easily, to realize mutual synchronized operation.
Below, by example with reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention is made an explanation.
Fig. 1 represents first embodiment of the present invention with lateral plan.
Fig. 2 represents first embodiment of the present invention with birds-eye view.
Fig. 3 represents second embodiment of the present invention with birds-eye view.
Fig. 4 represents the 3rd embodiment of the present invention with birds-eye view.
Fig. 5 represents the 4th embodiment of the present invention with birds-eye view.
Fig. 6 represents the 5th embodiment of the present invention with lateral plan.
Fig. 7 represents the 5th embodiment of the present invention with birds-eye view.
Fig. 8 represents one embodiment of the present of invention, and wherein moving walk is equipped with a plurality of motors on service direction.
Fig. 9 represents that one is suitable for the motor that the present invention uses.
The actuating device of the equipment of first embodiment according to the invention is illustrated among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.The actuating device of escalator 2 is installed in the device chamber 4.Actuating device comprises motor 6, and its stator 10 is bearing on the device chamber base plate 8 by framework 12 and joint 32.Motor 6 is axial air-gap type motor (axial-air-gap type motor) preferably, as permagnetic synchronous motor or direct current commutating machine.Like this, motor is a permagnetic synchronous motor, has the stator coil 14 that is configured on the stator 10.The rotor 16 of motor comprises an iron disk, and permanent magnet 18 is installed on the disk, near the outward flange of rotor discs, is arranged in the zone relative with stator coil 14.Settle permanent magnet and stator coil can guarantee to obtain maximum moment of torsion at the motor periphery.A feasible embodiment who provides the detailed icon of motor and magnet setting does more detailed description in conjunction with Fig. 9 afterwards.
Be installed in the middle part of rotor discs as the drive sprocket 20 of the machinery of motor output, driving chain 22 is installed on its circumference.Driving chain 22 turns round round the band gear 24 on the axle 26 that is installed in escalator step sprocket wheel (step chain wheel).Axle 26 is installed on the supporting structure of wall 30 with bearing 28.Also can using independently, bearer frame replaces wall.Axial direction electric machine 6 can be installed like this and make that it can be by arrow 34a indicated direction solderless wrapped connection 32 rotation so that adjust to suitable degree of tension with driving chain 22.The step sprocket formula drive sprocket 36 and 38 of conveyer track (shoe) (conveyor track) also is installed on the axle, and the chain 40 of conveyer track (shoe) is installed around this sprocket wheel running.The drg 33 that acts on rotor 16 is by stator 10 supportings.This conveyer track (shoe) self is constructed in known mode in escalator and the moving walk field and is formed.Handrail is mounted to above the conveyer track (shoe) and moves, it by means of conveyor chain or drive the handrail drive wheel one independently axial direction electric machine drive.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, be to increase the moment of actuating device, escalator equipped another kind of like axial direction electric machine 42, it is installed on the same axis of actuating device 6.In others, the device among Fig. 3 is corresponding to the device among Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, and identical reference marker is represented corresponding parts.In this case, by coupling spindle 59 each rotor 16 is linked to each other.According to another kind of scheme (not shown), second motor also can be equipped with the driving chain of himself, and in this case, the second driving chain is installed on second sprocket wheel on the motor shaft and on second sprocket wheel that is installed on the step sprocket axle.Second drive motor preferably is placed on the opposite side of device chamber, and driving chain is corresponding to second step ladder sprocket wheel 38.When two motors 6 are contained on the same axis, also can install face-to-face.
According to one embodiment of present invention, drive motor and step sprocket are installed on the same axis.As shown in Figure 4, one end of the step sprocket axle 26 that step sprocket 36 and 38 is installed on it and bearing 43 are installed on the supporting structure of conveyer such as escalator one side, on the stator 46 that one end of axle 26 and bearing 44 are installed in drive motor, stator 46 usefulness anchor plates 60 are installed on the supporting structure 48 of conveyer opposite side.Anchor plate can be designed to and can carry out slack-free structure to chain.Device described in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, stator coil 50 be installed in stator near in the zone of its periphery, rotor part 52 is contained on the second step sprocket wheel 38, on the position relative with stator coil 50 that rotor magnet 54 is installed in rotor part.In the solution shown in Figure 4, also can a drive motor be installed on another step sprocket so that bigger propulsive effort to be provided in the corresponding way.
Fig. 5 represents corresponding a solution with Fig. 4, and its difference is that a gear system 56 is installed in rotor 58 zones.With regard to space availability ratio and other consideration, epicyclic gear transmission is a kind of desirable technical scheme.If gear system has out-of-alignment primary side (primary side) and primary side (secondary side), the gear transmission of form will be more suitable so in addition.Gear-driven primary side is connected with the rotor 58 of motor, and gear-driven clutch end is connected with step sprocket axle 26.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 represent a kind of moving walk that is used for, and are generally the actuating device scheme on the footway that along continuous straight runs moves.Moving walk is widely used in having in the moving walk end such as airport etc. the place in enough spaces that is used for actuating device.In the solution of the present invention, step sprocket 36 and 38 is installed on the axle 26, is installed on the supporting structure on footway with bearing axle 26 resembles in the such scheme.Requirement according to circumstances, rotor 58 and stator 46 form the compound type stacked structure of being made up of many rotor/stator sets.In illustrated scheme, adopted three group rotors and the stator that are arranged side by side, draw with solid line among the figure.If when this needs bigger moment of torsion not enough, more rotor/stator sets (with dashed lines draws among Fig. 7) can be installed side by side on axle 26.
Each stator disk 46 all is annular in the stator coil zone, and this endless member is fixed on the stator support 63, and support 63 has mounting seat 62.Each stator disk all is installed on the permanent seat 61 that is fixed on the moving walk supporting structure.As seeing from the side, whole actuating device is enclosed in the ring that is formed by step chain 40 and conveyer step (conveyor step) (not shown).
Fig. 8 represents a kind of actuating device scheme that is applicable to long moving walk.According to the length of moving walk, need one or more motors 6.In this scheme, motor 6 uniformly-spaced arranges on conveyor lengths, and has a motor at least at each end.Because these motors are synchronous dynamos, they can be by a single control system with same rotation speed operation.One, two or more motors can be on same axis in parallel, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.When two motors were installed on the same axis, their stator can be fixed on the sidewall of moving walk.Also can stator be fixed on the ground of moving walk by means of support 67.
The drive motor of handrail 66 also can be made up of thin axial direction electric machine 65, and in the case, the rotor of axial direction electric machine also constitutes the deflection sheave of handrail end.The used same control system of the control utilization of handrail and drive motor control is carried out, and moves with identical speed with conveyer to guarantee handrail.
In Fig. 9, upwards radially to represent motor from the section plan of rotation axis 211 beginnings.Toothed wheel 207 is connected with motor.In order to see more clearly on figure, motor is represented with the form of amplifying on it is axial.In fact, motor is flat in the axial direction.Motor 221 comprises rotor 113 that is installed on the rotor discs 112 and the stator 109 that is installed on the stator disk 118.The rotor of this motor is made with permanent magnet.Between rotor and stator, there is an a. g. 114 to be on the plane that is substantially perpendicular to motor shaft 115.The stator that has stator coil 117 has loop configuration, and the stator that has a stator coil is arranged in the toroidal cavity 119 of stator disk 118, and this cavity one side is opened wide.With the such connecting element of screw preferably stator is fixed on the cavity wall 125 perpendicular to axis.On principle, stator can be fixed on arbitrary wall of cavity.Cavity is made of the circular groove on the stator disk, and therefore the open side of annular groove, forms toroidal cavity to rotor discs 112 between stator disk and rotor discs.Loop system Moving plate 116 is installed on the rotor discs 112, and brake disc forms the radially extension of rotor discs periphery, and this brake disc is radial oriented along rotor.The loop system Moving plate can combine with rotor discs and constitute parts.The pan brake (not shown) is installed in the both sides of brake disc 116, floats on the axis direction of axle 115 to allow drg.
For the people who is proficient in present technique, obviously the invention is not restricted to above-mentioned example, the present invention can change in the described below claim scope.
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1. people mover that comprises the conveyer track (shoe), for example escalator or moving walk, this people mover disposes at least one actuating device, it is characterized in that, this actuating device comprise one on actuating device axis direction very thin motor such as the permagnetic synchronous motor of structure, and the drive wheel that is connected with rotor.
2. people mover as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the drive wheel of actuating device is combined into one with the drive sprocket that acts on the conveyer track (shoe).
3. people mover as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the drive wheel of actuating device is connected with the drive sprocket that acts on the conveyer track (shoe) by gear system or chain.
4. as the described people mover of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that people mover comprises at least one handrail in the operation of conveyer sense of motion, the drive wheel of device is configured to directly or by drive disk assembly drive handrail.
5. as the described people mover of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that actuating device is arranged on people mover in the position that drive wheel is arranged in the step chain of conveyer track (shoe), and the plane parallel of drive wheel is in the ring that is made of the step chain.
6. one kind as the actuating device such as the propulsion source of people movers such as escalator or moving walk, it is characterized in that, actuating device comprise one on actuating device axis direction very thin motor such as the permagnetic synchronous motor of structure, and the drive wheel that is connected with rotor.
7. actuating device as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that the drive sprocket of drive wheel and people mover is combined into one.
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