JP2002338187A - Protector for passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protector and a mounting structure therefor that offer effective human body protection about a moving handrail moved in a lifting direction by a passenger conveyor. SOLUTION: A narrow angle part Q formed between the moving handrail 1B and a fixture 2 is mounted with the protector 3, a hanger 4 for hanging an upper end 3A of the protector 3, a first fitting 6 for fixing the hanger 4 to the fixture 2, a tensioner 7 for tensioning a lower end 3B of the protector 3, and a second fitting 9 for fixing the tensioner 7 to a deck cover 1c. The first fitting 6, the protector 3 and the second fitting 9 are positioned on a vertical line, and the second fitting 9 is fixed adjustably in a lateral relation to a newel 1C.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inclined passenger transporter such as an escalator, and more particularly to a wedge-shaped narrow-angled portion approaching a moving handrail which moves in an ascending direction, right beside the moving handrail. The present invention relates to a protection body provided between a fixed object and a mounting structure thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, passengers on the steps of a passenger transporter are leaning out, and their heads may crash into a nearby ceiling or the bottom of another passenger transporter, or they may have a head at a narrow corner. There is known a safety measure (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-139346) in which a protective body is hung at a narrow angle portion to warn against the approach of a human body because it causes an injury accident of being pinched.

[0003]

The above-mentioned known example is based on the premise that when the head comes into contact with the protective body, a warning is given by the sense of strangeness of the contact. It was not a reliable accident prevention measure because it had no function of preventing accidents. In addition, there is a method in which the upper end of the protective body is suspended from a fixed object by a chain or the like, and the lower end is fixed to a balustrade of the passenger moving body by a chain or the like as seen in patent publications. Also had safety and fixing problems as described below.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide effective personal protection around a moving handrail that moves in a rising direction by a passenger transporter.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a passenger transporter which is installed between upper and lower floors having a difference in elevation, and which is erected on both sides of the passenger transporter. A balustrade, a moving handrail provided at the upper end of the balustrade, and a narrow angle portion formed between a fixed object located close to the moving handrail and having a different inclination angle from the moving handrail. In a device provided with a triangular-shaped protective body, a suspender for suspending an upper end of the protective body, and a first fixture for fixing the suspender to the fixed object.
A fixing device, a tensioning device for tensioning the lower end of the protective body, and a second fixing device for fixing the tensioning device to the balustrade;
The second fixing tool is vertically aligned with the protective body and the first fixing tool such that the first fixing tool, the protection body, and the second fixing tool are located on a vertical line. The position in the horizontal direction is adjusted in accordance with this, and the structure is such that it is fixed to the balustrade.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a protection body for a passenger transport to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an escalator-type passenger transporter 1 moving upward in an inclined passenger transporter, and a fixed object 2 (exterior plate 2A) which is an escalator-type passenger transporter located close to and above the escalator-type passenger transporter. And FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the passenger transport body 1 is installed inclining between the upper and lower floors with a difference in elevation, and a step 1A for carrying passengers.
And a pair of left and right moving handrails 1B, balustrades 1C, and the like provided at upper ends on both sides of the step 1A. The balustrade 1C of the passenger transport body 1 includes a balustrade panel 1a, a deck cover 1
b and 1c, and an exterior plate 1d. Further, while moving in the ascending direction on the step 1A, the user leans largely out of the moving handrail 1B, and collides the head with the fixed object 2 having a different inclination angle from the moving handrail 1B, or moves the head in the narrow angle portion Q. An approximately triangular protective body 3 for the purpose of protecting passengers
A suspender 4 for suspending the upper end 3A, a first fixture 6 for fixing the suspender 4 to the fixed object 2 with a screw 5, a tensioner 7 for tensioning the lower end 3B, and the tensioner 7 A second fixing member 9 fixed to the deck cover 1c with a screw 8 is disposed in a state of tension in the vertical direction so as to coincide with the vertical line. FIG. 2 shows a relative position between the passenger transport body 1 and the fixed object 2 with a certain distance W1 in the lateral direction, but the protection body 3 in such a positional relationship is first attached to the L-shape. The fixing device 6 is fixed to the bottom surface with a screw 6 by aligning the fixing device 6 with the side surface of the fixing object 2, and the hanging device 4 and the protective body 3 attached to the hanging device 4 are vertically suspended at the lower end 6A. Lower. Next, the L-shaped second fixture 9 is fixed to the upper surface of the deck cover 1c with screws 8 with an overlapping margin L that can be adjusted in the horizontal direction, in accordance with the position of the protection body 3 on the vertical line. Thereafter, the tension between the upper end 9A and the lower end 3B of the second fixture 9 is fixed by the tensioner 7. In this case, the protective body 3 is made of a synthetic resin, the first and second fixing members 6 and 9 are made of metal, and the hanging member 4 and the tension member 7 are made of metal.

On the other hand, in the case where the interval W1 is large and the overlap margin L is too small and the screw 8 cannot be mounted, the second fixture 9 having a long L-shaped side is used, and in this case also the adjustment is possible. This is to maintain the vertical state of the protection body 3 by guaranteeing a large overlap margin L. And the hanging tool 4 and the tensioning tool 7
Is a chain body, and has a mechanism of slightly swinging and damping external force generated by a passenger's head collision or the like as shown by an arrow P1 in FIG. 1 and an arrow P2 in FIG.

The above-mentioned protective body 3 and the mounting structure thereof are in a state shown by imaginary lines X and Y in FIG.
When the lower end 10A and the deck cover 1c are connected to each other with a chain M at an interval M when the lower end 10A and the deck cover 1c are separated from each other with a large external force, , The interval W2 becomes small, for example, oscillating as indicated by an arrow R, colliding with the moving handrail 1B, and being broken. In this regard, in the configuration of the present invention,
The second fixing member 9 is positioned vertically below the protective body 10 and fixed with the tension member 7 without keeping the interval M.
The above-mentioned problem is solved because no is used.

[0009]

According to the present invention described above, there is an effect that effective personal protection can be achieved around the moving handrail moving in the ascending direction by the passenger transport.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view mainly showing a passenger transporter and a protection body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Passenger transport, 1A: Step, 1B: Moving handrail, 1C ...
Parapet 1a ... parapet panel, 1b, 1c ... deck cover, 1d ...
Exterior plate 2 ... Fixed object, 3,10 ... Protective body, 3A ... Top part, 3B ...
Lower end part 4 ... Hanging tool, 5,8 ... Screw, 6 ... First fixing tool, 7 ... Tensioner 9 ... Second fixing tool

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A passenger transporter which is installed between upper and lower floors with a difference in height, a balustrade erected on both sides of the passenger transporter, and a moving handrail provided at an upper end of the balustrade. And a substantially triangular-shaped protector at a narrow angle portion formed between the movable handrail and a fixed object having a different inclination angle from the movable handrail. A suspender for suspending an upper end portion, and a first fixture for fixing the suspender to the fixed object.
A fixing device, a tensioning device for tensioning the lower end of the protective body, and a second fixing device for fixing the tensioning device to the balustrade;
The second fixing tool is vertically aligned with the protective body and the first fixing tool such that the first fixing tool, the protection body, and the second fixing tool are located on a vertical line. A protector for a passenger transporter, characterized in that the lateral position is adjusted in accordance therewith and fixed to the balustrade.