JP2005035782A - Protective device for moving sidewalk - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protective device for a moving sidewalk improving safety between steps for loading passengers and a skirt guard, preventing entering of foreign matter, with excellent service life, appearance and maintainability. <P>SOLUTION: The protective device 10 comprises a protective unit 8 consisting of a fixed part 8A arranged to close a gap G between the steps 2 of the moving sidewalk 1 and the skirt guard 4, a slant face 8B and a projecting part 8C, and a screw 9. The protective device 10 is mounted to the skirt guard 4 along a traveling locus of the steps 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

  The present invention relates to a protection device around a footboard of a moving sidewalk including an escalator.

  Conventionally, as an example in which a protection device is provided on a balustrade skirt guard and an inner deck cover portion disposed on the side plate of the tread plate, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-73067, the side of the tread plate side A configuration is known in which a brush body such as a brush protruding toward the surface is provided.

Problems to be solved by the invention

  Recently, with the development of public transportation, measures to enhance safety such as sidewalks that move more than before, and measures to prevent foreign materials such as cigarette fireballs, commuter passes and boarding passes from entering the machine are required. . This kind of demand is more important for more public applications, and needs a protection device that is highly safe and does not intrude foreign objects. In addition, there were problems with the lifespan of wear and tear due to passenger contact and aesthetic problems with poor appearance. Moreover, there was no consideration about the detachability of the skirt guard which fixes a brush body, and it became a bottleneck in maintenance work.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a protection device for a moving sidewalk including an escalator that is improved in safety between a footboard on which a passenger rides and a skirt guard, prevents intrusion of foreign matter, and has excellent life, aesthetics and maintainability.

Means for solving the problem

  In order to achieve the above object, the protection device of the present invention includes an endlessly connected step board that moves between one boarding floor and the other boarding floor, a balustrade that is arranged upright on both sides of the floor board, In a moving sidewalk with a railing and a skirt guard that stands upright with a certain gap from both sides of the tread, an inner deck cover, a railing panel, etc., the gap from one boarding floor to the other boarding floor A protective body that protrudes from the skirt guard toward the tread side so as to close the skirt guard, has an inclined surface along the slope of the inner deck cover on the upper side of the cross section, and the length of the inclined body substantially coincides with the skirt guard length. The protection device which consists of etc. was provided.

  Due to the presence of the protective device having the above structure, it is difficult to visually and physically approach the gap portion between the tread board and the skirt guard to improve safety, and the slope on the upper side of the cross section of the protective body faces the gap. While the falling foreign material is kept away from the gap, its length is substantially the same as the skirt guard length, and both of them constitute one unit, so that there is no obstacle to the detachment of the skirt guard. Moreover, since it is not a brush body, the wear life and aesthetics are improved.

  Hereinafter, the form of the protection device of the present invention will be described based on the moving sidewalk shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a side view showing the main part of a moving sidewalk 1, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. In the figure, a moving sidewalk 1 includes a tread board 2 that is connected and circulated in a large number, a boarding / exit floor 3 that reaches the tread board 2, vertical skirt guards 4 disposed on both sides of the tread board 2, and an inner deck cover 5 having slopes 5a. A balustrade 7 composed of a balustrade panel 6 is provided. In general, there is a gap G of about 5 mm between the tread 2 and the skirt guard 4, and foreign objects such as personal accidents, fireballs, commuter passes and boarding passes in which shoes and clothes are drawn into the gap G are present. It is known to invade and cause fire, loss, and machine breakdown. Further, in the above known example, the longitudinal direction of the brush body (protection device) fixed to the skirt guard with respect to the skirt guard arranged by adding a plurality of pieces with a length of 1 to 2 m in the full length direction of the moving sidewalk, For example, when the skirt guard is placed (fixed) across the seam of the skirt guard, there has been a duplicate work of firstly removing the brush body and secondly removing and attaching the skirt guard during maintenance work (inspection, etc.) inside the machine.

  Therefore, in the present invention, as shown in the figure, on the side close to the step board 2 between the step board 2 and the inner deck cover 5, a protective body 8 having a cross-sectional shape including a fixing portion 8A, an inclined surface 8B, and a protruding portion 8C is attached to the skirt guard 4. The protective device 10 is constituted by the protector 8 and the screw 9 fixed with the screw 9. Here, the protector 8 protrudes from the vertical surface of the skirt guard 4 toward the tread plate 2 with a dimension equal to or larger than the gap G, and the material thereof is formed of a resin material having a better appearance than a brush such as vinyl chloride. . The inclined surface 8B exhibits an effect of keeping the falling foreign matter away from the gap G as shown by an arrow Y (FIG. 2).

  Further, the length relationship between the protection device 10 according to the present invention and the skirt guard 4 is such that the protection body 8 is set slightly shorter than the length L of the skirt guard 4 and the protection body 8 is removed when the skirt guard 4 is detached. In addition, consideration is given to maintenance work so that they can be handled together.

  In addition, while the color tone of the protector 8 is different from that of the tread board 2, it is desirable to use a material having a flame retardancy that is strong against fireballs, while giving a color alerting effect. In the above description, the step board 2 of the moving sidewalk has been described. However, in the case of an escalator, similar effects can be obtained by adopting the same configuration.

The invention's effect

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a protection device for a moving sidewalk that is superior in safety, aesthetics and maintainability in addition to improving safety between a tread board on which a passenger rides and a skirt guard, preventing intrusion of foreign matter.

The side view which shows the principal part of the moving walk by this invention. Sectional drawing in alignment with the AA of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Moving walk, 2 ... Footboard, 4 ... Skirt guard 5 ... Inner deck cover, 8 ... Protective body, 8A ... Fixed part 8B ... Slope, 8C ... Projection, 9 ... screw, 10 ... protection device

Claims (1)

  A step board that is connected endlessly and moves between one boarding floor and the other boarding floor, a balustrade arranged upright on both sides of this board, and the balustrade, with a certain gap between both sides of the step In a moving sidewalk with an upright skirt guard and an inner deck cover and a balustrade panel, the skirt guard protrudes from the skirt guard toward the tread board so as to close the gap from the one boarding floor to the other boarding floor, An apparatus for protecting a moving sidewalk, characterized in that a protective body having an inclined surface along the inclined surface of the inner deck cover on the upper side of the cross section and having a length substantially matching the skirt guard length is provided.

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