EP1336584B1 - Elevator floor destination panel for invalid persons - Google Patents

Abstract

The elevator control panel has a panel housing (20) with operating buttons (22) and is associated with a hand rail (14) in the elevator cabin. The housing has a recess matching the hand rail's cross-sectional profile on its front lower edge (44) with which the housing rests on a corresponding length of the hand rail mounted in the cabin.

Description

The invention relates to a disability-friendly control panel for an elevator, which has a panel housing with control buttons and which is arranged in the elevator car at the level of a handrail.

Such a disability-friendly control panel is known for example from the prospectus of Ing. Wolfgang Schäfer GmbH, 72488 Sigmaringen-Laiz, under the name PULTtableau. This known PULTtableau is associated with a handrail piece on each side. This means that here two handrail pieces must be mounted in the elevator car and that also between these spaced apart handrail pieces, the control panel must be mounted in the elevator car. This represents a considerable installation effort. In addition, the underside, relatively far forward projecting side corners of this desk panel pose a risk of injury because an elevator user may encounter these lower corners of the control panel. In order to avoid such a risk of injury, another operating panel is shown in the above-mentioned prospectus, which is rounded along its upper and along its lower longitudinal edge. This known control panel is called BETAflex. Even with this control panel, however, it is necessary in the elevator car to mount two handrail pieces spaced from each other and to secure between these two handrail pieces the control panel in the elevator car. The assembly effort is therefore correspondingly large also in this control panel of the latter type.

A handicapped accessible control panel of the type mentioned is also from the prospectus of Fa. Kleindienst Rehatechnik GmbH, 86165 Augsburg, "With joy mobile", Fair: "home and craft", Munich, 11/2001, page 15, vertical elevator SAH This known control panel is also provided between two handrail sections.

DE 40 26 182 C2 discloses a probe element with a button having an approximately vertical actuating surface and a second, the first actuating surface angularly oriented actuating surface, which is actuated from above, so that the probe element ergonomically equal both in standing and in a sitting position is conveniently operated. For mounting this known probe element no further details are made there. An indication to combine this probe element with a preassembled in an elevator cabin one-piece handrail does not give this document.

JP-A-08282927 discloses a control panel which is provided in one for a disabled, i. person sitting in a wheelchair appropriate height position is attached. For mounting this control panel no detailed explanations are made. The drawing figure shows only the attachment of the control panel to vertical support rods of a railing.

JP-A-10167631 discloses a horizontally movable control panel for an elevator car.

The invention has for its object to provide a disabled-accessible control panel of the type mentioned, the simple and time-saving, on a mounted in an elevator car one-piece handrail, i. with little installation effort, can be attached, whereby the risk of injury from the control panel is comparatively small.

This object is achieved by the features of claim 1, ie, characterized in that the Tableau housing has on its front lower edge adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the handrail recess provided for receiving an associated length of the integrally formed, mounted in the elevator carousel is. The operating panel according to the invention is thus defined as it were between the corresponding wall of the elevator car and the one-piece handrail with its front lower edge. or it lies with its recess on the handrail. The assembly effort is reduced accordingly, because only a one-piece handrail needs to be mounted on which rests the control panel.

It has proved to be advantageous if the panel housing has a housing base part and a cover part, wherein the housing base part has a back part and two side parts which are projecting from the back part, which at each of their lower front corner area has a concave shape adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the handrail Recess are formed. The handrail, for example, consists of a metal tube which is closed at its two ends remote from each other. The handrail may e.g. also made of wood, Plexiglas or the like.

In the handicapped-accessible control panel according to the invention is preferably from the lower edge of the back part of the housing base part, a base member forward, whose front edge is provided congruent with the concave recesses of the two side parts. The front edge of the base member of the control panel may be welded to the associated portion of the handrail. According to the invention, it is therefore not absolutely necessary to fasten the panel housing to the corresponding wall of the elevator car, but rather it is possible to attach only the one-piece handrail to the corresponding wall of the elevator car and then to mount the panel housing on the handrail at a suitable location. festzuschweißen. Instead of such a welded joint, of course, a screw or the like. to get voted.

It is preferred if from the upper edge of the back part of the housing base part of the panel housing, a mounting surface element is forward, to which the cover part of the panel housing is detachably attached. This detachable attachment can be realized by screws. The cover part can also be connected to the housing base part by means of at least one hinge in order to create access to the interior of the tablet housing as desired.

The basic housing part of the inventive handicapped-accessible operating panel is preferably formed by a one-piece sheet metal part with a corresponding edge contour of its development, which is bent to the housing base part. From a manufacturing point of view, it is preferred in this case if the edge contour of the development of the housing base part is laser-cut. Accordingly appropriate it is when the lid part is formed by a one-piece sheet metal part with a corresponding edge contour of its settlement, which is bent to the cover part. The edge contour of the development of the cover part is preferably also laser-cut.

After the tabletop housing does not have to be fastened to the wall of the elevator car in the wheelchair accessible control panel according to the invention but is preferably attached to the one-piece handrail mounted in the elevator car, it is possible in an advantageous manner to provide the inventive handicapped-accessible control panel in one Provide glass cabin. Likewise, the handicapped accessible control panel according to the invention can be provided on a mirror wall of an elevator car.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the inventive handicapped-accessible operating panel, for which an independent patent protection is sought, the handrail is formed with a covered by the Tableau housing hole, which is provided for discharging installation wires from the Tableau housing. While in known disabled-accessible operating panels the discharge of the installation wires from the panel housing through the rear wall of the panel housing into the corresponding wall of the elevator car into it, it is possible in a control panel of the latter type, the installation wires by the Tableau housing covered hole in the handrail aus der Tableau housing ausleiteiten. The fasteners with which the one-piece handrail is mounted in the elevator car can then be designed to guide the installation wires through the fasteners to the associated wall of the elevator car. The installation wires can also be routed through the handrail to the wall of the elevator car.

Further details, features and advantages will become apparent from the following description of an embodiment of the inventive handicapped accessible operating panel illustrated in the drawing and essential details thereof.

Figur 1

in einer Frontansicht ein behindertengerechtes Bedien-Tableau in Kombination mit einem einteilig ausgebildeten Handlauf an einer Wand einer Aufzugkabine,

Figur 2

die Aufzugkabine gemäß Figur 1 gemeinsam mit dem behindertengerechten Bedien-Tableau am einteilig ausgebildeten Handlauf, in Blickrichtung von oben,

Figur 3

eine Vorderansicht eines behindertengerechten Bedien-Tableaus - ähnlich dem in Figur 1 gezeichneten Bedien-Tableau - in Kombination mit einem abschnittweise gezeichneten, einteilig ausgebildeten vormontierten Handlauf,

Figur 4

eine Draufsicht auf das Bedien-Tableau gemäß Figur 3 gemeinsam mit dem abschnittweise gezeichneten, einteilig ausgebildeten Handlauf,

Figur 5

einen Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie V-V in Figur 1 zur Verdeutlichung eines Befestigungselementes für den einteilig ausgebildeten Handlauf,

Figur 6

einen Schnitt entlang der Schnittlinie VI-VI in Figur 3,

Figur 7

eine perspektivische Ansicht des Gehäusegrundteiles des Tableau-Gehäuses des Bedien-Tableaus gemäß den Figuren 3, 4 und 6,

Figur 8

eine perspektivische Darstellung des zum Verschließen des Gehäusegrundteiles gemäß Figur 7 vorgesehenen Deckelteiles des Tableau-Gehäuses des behindertengerechten Bedien-Tableaus gemäß den Figuren 3, 4 und 6,

Figur 9

eine Abwicklung des Gehäusegrundteiles gemäß Figur 7,

Figur 10

eine der Figur 3 ähnliche Vorderansicht insbesondere zur Verdeutlichung des länglichen Loches im Handlauf, das vom Bedien-Tableau überdeckt ist,

Figur 11

eine Draufsicht auf das Bedien-Tableau gemäß Figur 10 - ähnlich der Draufsicht gemäß Figur 4,

Figur 12

in einer Schnittdarstellung ein Detail insbesondere zur Verdeutlichung des Loches im Handlauf, das vom Bedien-Tableau überdeckt ist, und

Figur 13

eine räumliche Darstellung eines Handlaufs in Kombination mit dem Bedien-Tableau.

Show it:

FIG. 1

in a front view of a wheelchair-accessible control panel in combination with a one-piece handrail on a wall of an elevator car,

FIG. 2

the elevator car according to FIG. 1 together with the handicapped-accessible control panel on the one-piece handrail, viewed from above,

FIG. 3

a front view of a disabled-accessible control panel - similar to the drawn in Figure 1 control panel - in combination with a partially drawn, one-piece pre-assembled handrail,

FIG. 4

a plan view of the control panel according to Figure 3, together with the partially drawn, one-piece trained handrail,

FIG. 5

1 shows a section along the section line VV in FIG. 1 to illustrate a fastening element for the one-piece handrail,

FIG. 6

a section along the section line VI-VI in Figure 3,

FIG. 7

3 is a perspective view of the housing base part of the panel housing of the operating panel according to FIGS. 3, 4 and 6,

FIG. 8

3 is a perspective view of the closure element of the housing base part according to FIG. 7 provided for the cover part of the panel housing of the disabled-accessible control panel according to FIGS. 3, 4 and 6,

FIG. 9

a development of the housing base part according to FIG. 7,

FIG. 10

3 is a front view similar to FIG. 3, in particular to illustrate the oblong hole in the handrail which is covered by the operating panel;

FIG. 11

a top view of the control panel according to Figure 10 - similar to the plan view of Figure 4,

FIG. 12

in a sectional view, a detail in particular for clarification of the hole in the handrail, which is covered by the control panel, and

FIG. 13

a spatial representation of a handrail in combination with the control panel.

FIG. 1 shows a side view of an elevator car 10, wherein a one-piece handrail 14 is mounted on a side wall 12 of the elevator car 10 by means of fastening elements 16. The one-piece handrail 14 is associated with a disabled access control panel 18. The disabled access control panel 18 has a panel housing 20 with control buttons 22.

The control panel 18 is provided in the elevator car 10 - corresponding to the height of the handrail 14 - at a height such that a disabled person, i. a wheelchair user who can operate control buttons 22 easily.

FIG. 2 shows the elevator car 10 in the direction of view from above. On the side wall 12 of the integrally formed handrail 14 by means of the fastening elements 16 is mounted. On the one-piece handrail 14, the disabled access control panel 18 is attached. FIG. 2 illustrates, on a front wall 24 oriented perpendicular to the side wall 12, a further one-piece handrail 14, which is mounted on the end wall 24 opposite the door side of the elevator car 10 with the aid of fastening elements 16.

Figures 3, 4 and 6 illustrate a concrete embodiment of the disabled access control panel 18 in combination with a one-piece handrail 14, which is drawn in sections in Figures 3 and 4.

As can be seen from FIG. 6, the panel housing 20 of the operating panel 18 has a housing base part 26 and a cover part 28. The housing base 26 is shown in a spatial representation in FIG. 7, and the development 30 of the housing base 26 is shown in FIG. In Figure 8, the lid part 28 is shown in perspective.

As can be seen from FIG. 7, the housing base part 26 has a back part 32, side parts 34 projecting from the back part 32, a base surface element 38 projecting from the lower edge 36 of the back part 32, and a fastening surface element 42 protruding forwards from the upper edge 40 of the back part 32 ,

The panel housing 20 is formed at its front lower edge 44 with a recess 46 which is adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the handrail 14 (see Figure 6). As can be seen from FIG. 7, the two side parts 34 of the housing base part 26 of the panel housing 20 are each formed at their lower front corner area 48 with a concave recess 50 adapted to the cross-sectional profile of the one-piece handrail 14. The base member 38 of the housing base 26 has a front edge 52 which is congruent with the concave recesses 50 of the side members 34, i. which connects the lower side corners 54 of the two concave recesses 50 with each other.

At the pre-assembled on the side wall 12 of the elevator car 10, integrally formed handrail 14, the housing base 26 is arranged, wherein the concave recesses 50 of the side parts 34 of the housing base 26 rests on the handrail 14 and the front edge 52 of the base member 38 of the housing base 26 on one piece Handrail 14 is applied. Thereafter, the front edge 52 can then be welded to the handrail 14, for example, to fix the housing base 26 on the handrail 14. Subsequently, the cover part 28 is fastened to the housing base part 26. This is done, for example, with the help of small screws. The lid part 28 is formed with holes 56 for the said fastening screws. The lid member 28 is also formed with holes 58 provided for associated operating keys 22 (see Figures 1, 3 and 4).

FIG. 9 illustrates the unwinding 30 of the housing base part 26 with the back part 32, the two side parts 34, the base surface element 38 and the fastening element 42. The edge contour 60 of the unwinding 30 of the housing base part 26 is laser-cut. Of course, existing from a sheet material processing 30 of the housing base member 26 and a stamped sheet metal part or the like. be. The housing base part 26 and the cover part 28 of the panel housing 20 of the disabled-accessible control panel 18 may for example also consist of a suitable plastic material.

The back member 32 may be formed with holes (not shown) for discharging installation wires connected to the operation keys 22 out of the panel case 20. However, in particular in a glass cabin or a mirror side wall, it may be preferable to form the handrail 14 with a hole 62 (see Figure 6), which is covered by the panel housing 20 and for discharging (not shown) installation wires from the panel Housing (20) is provided in the handrail 14 formed by a metal tube.

Figures 10 and 11 show an embodiment of the disabled access control panel 18 and sections a one-piece handrail 14 on which the control panel 18 is provided. The handrail 14 is formed with an elongated hole 62 which is covered by the control panel 18 and thus is not visible to the outside. Through the hole 62 installation wires of the control panel can be discharged from this.

FIG. 12 shows, on a larger scale, a detail according to FIG. 6 for further clarification of the handrail 14 formed with a hole 62 and of a section of the base surface element 38, the housing base part 26 of the tableau housing 20 of the accessibility control panel 18 and of a section of the cover part 28 of the panel housing 20.

The same details are indicated in Figure 12 by the same reference numerals as in the other figures, in particular Figure 6, so that it is unnecessary, in conjunction with Figure 12, to describe all the details again in detail.

Figure 13 shows a perspective view of a one-piece handrail 14 with a disabled access control panel 18, which rests with its front lower edge 44 on the one-piece handrail 14.

Like details are designated in FIGS. 1 to 13 with the same reference numerals.

Claims (9)

1. Operating panel, suitable for the disabled, for a lift, which operating panel has a panel housing (20) having operating buttons (22) and is associated in the lift car (10) with a hand-rail (14), characterised in that the panel housing (20) has, at its front bottom edge (44), a recess matched to the cross-sectional outline of the hand-rail (14), by which recess the panel housing (20) rests on an associated longitudinal section of the hand-rail (14) mounted in the lift car (10), which hand-rail (14) is of one-piece form.
2. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 1, characterised in that the panel housing (20) has a housing base part (26) and a cover part (28), the housing base part (26) having a back part (32) and two side parts (34), which two side parts (34) project forward from the back part (32) and are each formed, at their lower front corner regions (48), to have a concave recess (50) which is matched to the cross-sectional outline of the hand-rail (14).
3. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 2, characterised in that projecting forward from the bottom edge (36) of the back part (32) of the housing base part (26) is a base-surface member (38) whose front edge (52) is provided in such a way as to coincide with the concave recesses (50) in the side parts (34) and which is welded to the associated section of the hand-rail (14) of one-piece form.
4. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 2, characterised in that projecting forward from the top edge (40) of the back part (32) of the housing base part (26) there is a fastening-surface member (42) to which the cover part (28) of the panel housing (20) is detachably fastened.
5. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 2, characterised in that the housing base part (26) is formed by a one-piece sheet metal part having an appropriate edge outline (60) in its developed form (30), from which it is bent into the housing base part (26).
6. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 5, characterised in that the edge outline (60) of the developed form (30) of the housing base part (26) is laser-cut.
7. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 2, characterised in that the cover part (28) is formed by a one-piece sheet metal part having an appropriate edge outline in its developed form, from which it is bent into the cover part (28).
8. Operating panel suitable for the disabled according to claim 7, characterised in that the edge outline of the developed form of the cover part (28) is laser-cut.
9. Operating panel suitable for the disabled particularly according to claim 1, characterised in that the hand-rail (14) is formed to have a hole (62), which is overlapped by the panel housing (20) and which is intended for the running of wiring out of the panel housing (20).

Images