JP2006062861A - Passenger conveyor with guidance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a passenger conveyor with guidance capable of smoothly and surely guiding passengers to a moving handrail or a tread of the passenger conveyor. <P>SOLUTION: This passenger conveyor with guidance has a pair of moving handrails 2 arranged in an upper part of a balustrade 13 and moving in the advancing direction, and a guiding handrail 6 being a handrail guiding means arranged in an upper part of a guiding handrail column 14 erected on a floorboard 4 of a boarding-alighting port and guiding hands up to the moving handrails 2. The guiding handrail 6 is arranged in the same height as the moving handrails 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a passenger conveyor with guidance provided with handrail guiding means for guiding a passenger to a moving handrail, for example.

  As a conventional method of guiding a passenger conveyor, a crossing mark for displaying a standing position until the passenger steps on the tread board at a predetermined position on the floor of the entrance and exit, and a walking timing position for the passenger to adjust the stride It is known to provide a walking timing mark to be displayed, thereby reducing the burden on a crossing foot when getting on and off and contributing to prevention of falling (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, as a guidance method for visually impaired persons, a braille block body for guiding visually impaired persons is provided on the floor surface of a passenger conveyor entrance, and the braille display of the braille block body differs depending on the traveling direction of the passenger conveyor. Or a guide tape in which information such as floors and destinations is written in braille on a handrail guide is attached in the same direction as the moving direction of the moving handrail (for example, Patent Document 2, (See Patent Document 3).

However, this method of guiding the passenger conveyor can not grasp the railroad crossing mark and the walking timing mark and the braille block body unless the passenger, especially the visually impaired, the elderly and the child are close to the step board of the passenger conveyor. It may stop in front of the tread board and interfere with passengers behind it.
In addition, the above-described guide method using the guide tape cannot obtain information unless it actually gets on the passenger conveyor, and there is a risk of getting in by mistake.

JP 2000-247567 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-17257 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-59673

The conventional method of guiding a passenger conveyor has a problem in that the passenger may stop in front of the tread board and interfere with the passengers behind.
In addition, there is a case where information cannot be obtained unless actually getting on the passenger conveyor, and there is a possibility of getting in by mistake.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a smooth and reliable guide for moving a handrail of a passenger conveyor or guiding a passenger to a tread. It is to provide an attached passenger conveyor.

  The passenger conveyor with guidance according to the present invention includes a moving handrail that is provided in the upper part of the balustrade and moves in the traveling direction, and a handrail guide means that is provided on the floor board of the entrance and exit and guides the passenger to the moving handrail. Is.

  According to the passenger conveyor with guidance of the present invention, the passenger does not stop in front of the step board of the passenger conveyor, and can be smoothly and surely guided to the moving handrail and get on the step board of the passenger conveyor.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, the passenger conveyor with guidance according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a top view showing the configuration of a guided passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing the configuration of the guided passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the following description, an escalator is shown as an example.
1 and 2, the escalator 1 includes a pair of moving handrails 2 that are provided in the upper part of the balustrade 13 and move in the traveling direction. Between the pair of moving handrails 2, a skirt guard 12 and a step 3, which is a tread surface on which a passenger rides and moves in the traveling direction, are provided. The floor surface of the step 3 is provided with a floor plate 4 and a comb plate 5 which are landing plates.

Further, a guide handrail column 14 is erected on the floor plate 4, and a guide handrail 6, which is a handrail guide means for guiding the hand to the moving handrail 2, is provided above the guide handrail column 14. Is provided. Here, the guide handrail 6 is provided at the same height along the moving handrail 2.
In addition, the guide handrail 6 is provided with Braille plates 10a and 10b which are notifying means on which information is described, and the guide handrail column 14 is provided with a sensor 9 which is also the notifying means for detecting passengers. ing. Further, the escalator 1 includes an audio device (not shown) that is also a notification means.
On the floor board 4 and the comb board 5, there are provided Braille block bodies (hereinafter abbreviated as “Braille block bodies”) 7 for guiding visually impaired persons, which are tread board recognition means for guiding visually impaired persons. The comb plate 5 is attached with a comb 8 having point-like projections 11 which are also tread plate recognition means. Here, the Braille block body 7 includes a plurality of Braille blocks 7 a to 7 d provided on the floor board 4 or the comb board 5.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above-structured passenger conveyor with guidance will be described.
When a passenger who is visually impaired approaches the escalator 1, it recognizes that the escalator 1 is nearby by a braille block 7a provided on the floor board 4 of the entrance / exit. Then, it detects with the sensor 9 provided in the guide handrail 6, and is guided so that the guide handrail 6 may be grasped from the audio | voice apparatus which is not shown in figure.

  Note that the audio device not only guides the user to grab the guide handrail 6 but also may provide other guidance such as a direction of travel and a floor guide.

  The passenger is further escalated by a Braille plate 10a described in Braille provided on the guide handrail 6 as "Before this escalator platform warning" and a Braille plate 10b described as "This escalator moving handrail is present" in Braille. It is recognized that there is 1 step 3 and that there is a moving handrail 2. Here, in parallel with the guidance by the guide handrail 6, it is recognized by the braille blocks 7 b to 7 d provided on the floor plate 4 or the comb plate 5 that the step 3 is gradually approaching.

  In addition, the information described on the braille plates 10a and 10b may be not only the above-mentioned information but also information on stores in the building.

  As the Braille blocks 7a to 7d provided on the floor board 4 approach the step 3, the number of dot-like protrusions 11 decreases in the direction of travel and the direction perpendicular to the direction of travel. Further, in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the traveling direction, the number of point-like protrusions 11 is reduced from both ends. As a result, the passenger recognizes that he is approaching the step 3 and is guided to the center of the step 3.

  In the above description, the braille blocks 7a to 7d are arranged so that the dotted protrusions 11 are reduced from both ends. However, for the purpose of guiding the passenger to the end of the step 3, only the one end side is dotted. Braille blocks 7a to 7d may be arranged so that the number of protrusions 11 is reduced.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of the comb 8 shown in FIG. Here, the position of the screw hole 15 provided in the comb 8 is the same position as the conventional one.
A passenger who has moved to just before the step 3 can get into the step 3 of the escalator 1 by recognizing that the point is the step 3 from the comb 8 provided with the point-like protrusions 11.

According to the guided passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment of the present invention, since the handrail guide means is provided, passengers, in particular visually impaired persons, elderly people and children smoothly move their hands to the moving handrail. Can get on the escalator.
When the handrail guide means is the guide handrail 6, the guide handrail 6 is provided at the same height along the moving handrail 2, so that the guide handrail 6 does not stop at the entrance / exit of the escalator. To the moving handrail 2 can be performed more smoothly and reliably.
Moreover, since the alerting | reporting means which alert | reports information to a passenger is provided, a passenger can acquire information reliably.
When the notification means is the voice or the Braille plates 10a and 10b, the voice or the Braille plates 10a and 10b provide guidance on the direction of travel, the floor, or the store in the building, etc. Absent.

Further, since the tread board recognition means is provided, passengers, particularly visually impaired persons, can recognize the tread board and get on the escalator smoothly.
When the tread board recognizing means is the Braille block body 7, the Braille block body 7 allows a passenger, particularly a visually handicapped person, to recognize the tread board reliably, and thus can get on the escalator more smoothly.
Further, as the number of point-like protrusions 11 of the Braille blocks 7a to 7d decreases as the distance to the step 3, the passenger, particularly the visually impaired, recognizes that he is approaching the step 3, By being guided to the center, it is possible to get into the escalator more smoothly and reliably.
In the case where the step board recognition means is a point-like protrusion provided on the comb 8, the passenger, particularly the visually impaired person, can surely recognize that the tip of the comb 8 is the step board, so that the board 3 can be boarded more smoothly and smoothly. It can be done reliably.

  In addition, although the said Embodiment 1 demonstrated the case where it was the escalator 1 as a passenger conveyor, of course, it is not limited to this thing, For example, a moving sidewalk may be sufficient.

It is a top view which shows the structure of the passenger conveyor with guidance in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a side view which shows the structure of the passenger conveyor with guidance shown in FIG. It is the elements on larger scale of the comb shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Escalator, 2 Moving handrail, 3 Step (step board), 4 Floor board, 5 comb board, 6 Guide handrail, 7 Braille block body for visually impaired person guidance, 8 comb, 9 Sensor, 10a, 10b Braille board, 11 points Protrusions, 13 balustrades.

Claims (9)

A moving handrail that is provided at the top of the balustrade and moves in the traveling direction;
A passenger conveyor with guidance, comprising handrail guide means provided on a floor board at a boarding gate for guiding passengers to the moving handrail.   2. The guided passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the handrail guide means is a guide handrail provided at the same height along the moving handrail.   The passenger conveyor with guidance according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an informing means for informing a passenger near the entrance / exit. The said notification means is provided in the said guide handrail, The sensor which detects the said passenger, and the audio | voice apparatus which notifies the said information to the said passenger based on the signal from the said sensor are characterized by the above-mentioned. Passenger conveyor with guidance described in 1.   4. The passenger conveyor with guidance according to claim 3, wherein the notifying means is a Braille plate provided on the guide handrail and having information written in Braille. A treadle that moves in the direction of travel;
A guided passenger conveyor, comprising: tread board recognition means provided at a boarding / alighting gate to allow a passenger to recognize the tread board.   7. The guided passenger conveyor according to claim 6, wherein the tread board recognizing means is a Braille block for guiding a visually handicapped person to be provided on a landing plate at a boarding / alighting entrance and causing the visually handicapped person to recognize the tread board.   The Braille block body for guiding the visually impaired is composed of a plurality of Braille blocks each having a different number of punctiform protrusions. With the arrangement of the Braille blocks, the direction of travel and the direction of travel are gradually increased toward the step board. The guided passenger conveyor according to claim 7, wherein the number of the point-like protrusions is reduced stepwise in at least one of the horizontal directions at right angles.   7. The guided passenger conveyor according to claim 6, wherein the tread board recognizing means is a point-like protrusion provided on a comb for allowing a passenger to recognize the tread board.

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