JP2001080862A - Passage equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obviate a long size intermediate column vertically reaching up to a lower story floor from a bottom part of a passenger conveyor by joining mutual plural beam bodies by a reinforcing body, and arranging a support for supporting a main frame. SOLUTION: Beam bodies 8 being a bone member of a stairs body 4 are continuously arranged in a plurality on the lower both sides in the total length direction of the stairs body 4. A strong reinforcing body 33 is added/joined in a total length directional required place to these beam bodies 8, and the mutual beam bodies 8 are compounded to enhance the whole strength. A support 34 and a pedestal 35 fixedly joined to a bottom part of a main frame 11 are arranged on an upper surface of this reinforcing body 33, and this support 34 is also joined to the reinforcing body 33. Thus, a long size intermediate column is obviated by supporting the main frame 11 by the reinforcing body 33 also serving as reinforcing the beam bodies 8 to thereby obviate large-scale foundation work for supporting the long size intermediate column.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passage system comprising a passenger conveyor and a staircase, and more particularly to a structure suitable for installing a passenger conveyor on a staircase.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when a passenger conveyor is installed on a stair portion which is a pedestrian passage of a building structure to form a passage facility, one of the stairs is required to make the floor of the passenger conveyor coincide with the floors above and below. The main frame is buried by digging up the upper and lower floors, and the main frame is buried there. As a means of maintaining the strength of the main frame, an intermediate support that extends from the bottom of the main frame to the lower floor at almost the center in the longitudinal direction. (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-179282).

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional passage equipment, when the passenger conveyor is installed on the existing stairs, there is no particular consideration for reducing the amount of construction of the intermediate support part, and the foundation work for the erecting part of the intermediate support is large. There were problems in terms of both installation period and economics.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a normal facility comprising a passenger conveyor and a staircase, which has an effect of shortening the construction period and reducing costs when installing the passenger conveyor.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main frame having an inclined portion between an upper horizontal portion and a lower horizontal portion, and a main frame which is connected endlessly and circulates in the main frame. A plurality of steps, and the left and right balustrades which are located along both sides in the moving direction of these steps and are supported by the main frame, and a moving handrail etc. which are guided by the periphery of these balustrades and move in synchronization with the steps. Passenger conveyer, in a passage facility installed on the stairs and a plurality of beams that are disposed on both lower sides of the stairs and maintain the strength of the stairs, the plurality of beams are joined with a reinforcing body, and A support for supporting the main frame is provided above the reinforcement.

[0006] Further, the support is configured to be mounted on the reinforcing body so as to penetrate the stairs.
Further, the support is configured to support the main frame with the thickness of the stair body separated from the reinforcing body provided in close contact with the back side of the stair body.

[0007] According to the above construction, a plurality of sturdy beams arranged on both lower sides of the stairs are joined and reinforced with the reinforcing members.
In addition, since the main frame is directly supported by this reinforcing body, there is no need for a long intermediate pillar that extends vertically from the bottom of the passenger conveyor to the lower floor as in the past, reducing the amount of work and the construction period, Construction costs can be reduced.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In general, a multi-layer structure 1 such as a large building or a station building is provided with a staircase 4 having a high floor straddling an upper floor 2 and a lower floor 3. This staircase 4
Has an intermediate landing 5 on the way, and has an upper staircase 6 and a lower staircase 7 connected vertically, and is disposed on both lower sides of the staircase 4 to maintain its strength. It is supported by a plurality of (two on both sides, one in some cases also provided in the center) beam members 8. The stairs 4 are installed by using a stairwell 9 formed on the upper floor 2, and around the stairwell 9, except for a folding opening of the staircase 4, protection of fences, handrails, partition walls, and the like. Means 9A are provided to prevent a pedestrian from falling down from the atrium 9.

There is an increasing tendency to attach an escalator-type passenger conveyor 10 to such a staircase 4 with emphasis on the weak walking such as the elderly. Therefore, the passenger conveyor 10 is installed so as to straddle the upper floor 2 and the lower floor 3 to one side in the full width direction of the stairs 4.

[0010] The passenger conveyor 10 is configured based on a main frame 11. The main frame 11 has a pair of left and right side frame bodies 12A, 12B.
The upper chord 13 and the lower chord 14 are connected to each other, and a vertical member 15, a horizontal member 16, and a bottom plate 17 are formed in a box shape. Further, the main frame 11 made of such a member includes an upper horizontal portion 18, a lower horizontal portion 19, and an inclined portion 2.
The upper horizontal portion 18 becomes an upper machine room 18A, and the lower horizontal portion 19 becomes a lower machine room 19A.

A plurality of steps 21 connected to a pair of step chains (not shown) are arranged inside the main frame 11 constructed as described above, and this step circulates the outbound path and the return path to transport passengers. It has become. The step 21 includes a pair of front wheels 23A, 23B rotatably supported by a front wheel shaft 22 projecting to both sides in the width direction, and a pair of rear wheels 24A, 24B supported at a smaller interval than the front wheels 23A, 23B. Have. The front wheels 23A and 23B roll on the guide rails 25 and 26 supported by the main frame 11 to
Is moved along a predetermined locus.

On the other hand, a pair of left and right balustrades 27 are provided on the upper part of the main frame 11 having the above configuration along the moving direction of the steps 21. The balustrade 27 includes balustrade panels 28A and 28B supported by the main frame 11, and balustrade panels 28A and 28B.
B, endless moving handrails 29A and 29B which are guided by the periphery of B and move in synchronization with the steps 21, and balustrade panels 28A and 2B.
Inner deck covers 30A, 30B covering the base of 8B, and outer deck cover 31 covering the outside of moving handrails 29A, 29B.
A, 31B and the like. Furthermore, main frame 11, balustrade 2
The outer surface of the main frame 11 and the staircase body 4 in the vertical direction, as well as the outside of 7, are supported by the passenger conveyor 10 and covered with an exterior plate 32 forming a decorative partition.

When the passenger conveyor 10 having the above structure is installed on the existing staircase 4 having the intermediate landing 5, the inclination angle is set on the lower staircase 7 below the intermediate landing 5 of the staircase 4. The main frame 11 is arranged substantially in line with the upper floor 2 and the lower floor 3 of the multilayer structure 1 in the upper machine room 18A and the lower machine room 19A of the main frame 11. In the upper horizontal portion 18 side, a part of the upper staircase portion 6 is cut (digged), and in the lower horizontal portion 19 side, the lower floor 3 is cut and buried.

Further, a beam 8 serving as a bone member of the step body 4
Are arranged continuously on the lower side on both sides of the step body 4 (FIG. 2 shows only one of them on the left side). In addition, a strong reinforcing member 33 is added and joined (joining part m), and the beams 8 are combined to increase the overall strength. Also,
On the upper surface of the reinforcing member 33, there are provided a support 34 and a pedestal 35 which are fixedly joined to the bottom of the main frame 11 (joining portion n1). The supporting member 34 is also joined to the reinforcing member 33 (joining). The section n2) is configured. In this case, the support 34
Is arranged so as to penetrate through the hole 4A provided in the staircase body 4, and a part of the entire weight of the passenger conveyor 10 is borne by the reinforcing body 33. The necessary number of the support members 34 are arranged as needed to prevent the main frame 11 from bending (sinking due to load).
The reinforcement body 33 is also added and arranged in a pair with 4.

As described above, the main frame 11 is supported by the reinforcing body 33 which also serves to reinforce the beam body 8, so that the conventional long intermediate pillar and the large-scale foundation work for supporting it are not required. Of course, labor, work period (construction period), and construction cost can be reduced. 1 and 2 show a configuration in which the support 34 penetrates the hole 4A, but the present invention may be applied to a configuration different from the configuration shown in FIG. For example, in the example of FIG.
And a support 37 is provided so as to sandwich the stage 4 (thickness H) in the vertical direction. In this case, there is an additional effect that the hole 4A is not required.
Note that the supports 34 and 37 are not limited to pillars, and there is no inconvenience even if they are short or plate-shaped. In addition, the same effect as described above can be obtained by a structure in which the reinforcing member 33 is joined to the lower side of the beam 8 as indicated by reference numeral 38.

Although the above description is limited to the ordinary escalator type passenger conveyor 10, the present invention is also applicable to a special type having a wheelchair driving function added thereto or a moving sidewalk having no steps such as the steps 21 described above. can do.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, when installing a passenger conveyor, it is possible to provide a passage facility comprising a passenger conveyor and a staircase, which has an effect of shortening the construction period and reducing costs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing an embodiment of a passage facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing another embodiment of the passage equipment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Upper floor, 3 Lower floor, 4 Staircase, 5 Intermediate landing, 6 Upper staircase, 7 Lower staircase, 8 Beam, 10
... passenger conveyor, 11 ... main frame, 18 ... upper horizontal part, 18
A: Upper machine room, 19: Lower horizontal part, 19A: Lower machine room, 20: Inclined part, 21: Step, 27: Railing, 29A,
29B: Moving handrail, 32: Exterior plate, 33, 36, 38 ...
Reinforcing members, 34, 37 ... Support members.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main frame having an inclined portion between an upper horizontal portion and a lower horizontal portion, a plurality of steps connected endlessly to circulate in the main frame, and along both sides in the moving direction of the steps. Positioned, left and right balustrades supported by the main frame, and a passenger conveyor consisting of a moving handrail etc., which is guided by the periphery of these balustrades and moves in synchronization with the steps, on the stairs and on both lower sides of the stairs In a passage facility installed on a plurality of beams that are disposed and hold the stairs in strength, a support that joins the plurality of beams with a reinforcing member and supports the main frame above the reinforcing member. A passage facility comprising a passenger conveyor and a staircase, wherein 2. The passage equipment according to claim 1, wherein the support is mounted on the reinforcing member so as to penetrate the stairs. 3. The supporting body is configured to support the main frame in a form in which the thickness of the step body is separated from the reinforcing body provided in close contact with the back side of the step body. The passage equipment according to claim 1, wherein: