JP2006124068A - Automatic operative escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive automatic operative escalator capable of facilitating remodeling work by eliminating need for installation of an escalator passenger detector where an automatic door is included near a landing floor of the escalator. <P>SOLUTION: An automatic door 6 is included near a landing floor 3 of an escalator 1. A user passes through the automatic door 6 before taking the escalator so that a signal detected by a user detector 7 of the automatic door 6 is directly given to the escalator as a passenger detection signal of the escalator, thereby eliminating the need for installation of the escalator passenger detector for the automatic operative escalator 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic driving escalator including a moving sidewalk that is a passenger transporter.

Ascending / descending operation is started only when a moving object such as a step of an escalator is not continuously operated and the presence or absence of a passenger is detected. A so-called automatic operation type is frequently used. And as a passenger detection apparatus, it is set as the structure which embeds two pairs of light sensors in the light emitting / receiving device at the ends of the balustrade parts on both the left and right sides, and couples them to the escalator operation circuit. There is known a method in which two or more pairs of sensors are provided, and the entire range within the determined range on the boarding / exiting floor is disposed so as to be a detection region without leakage (see Patent Document 1)
JP-A-6-87592 (paragraph 0010, FIG. 1)

  The conventional detection means described above requires that a pair of two light emitting and receiving sensors be embedded at the ends of the right and left balustrades, especially when retrofitting an existing escalator, a major modification of the escalator balustrade There was a problem in construction, such as accompanying. For this reason, it has been regarded as a drawback in terms of function addition work.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. When an automatic door is installed in the vicinity of a getting-on / off floor, an escalator is provided by giving a detection signal of the automatic door to an operation circuit of the escalator. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive automatic driving escalator that does not require an additional passenger detection device on the side.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a moving body composed of a step that is connected and moved endlessly from one boarding floor to the other boarding floor, a handrail that moves in synchronization with the step, and the handrail. When the automatic door is installed in the vicinity of the boarding / exiting floor, a detection signal from the user detection device for the automatic door is used as a movement command for the moving body. It is characterized by controlling.

  The self-driving escalator according to the present invention always passes through the automatic door before the user gets on the escalator, so the signal detected by the automatic door is given to the escalator as a passenger detection signal of the escalator as it is. Since it is possible to eliminate the need for installing a passenger detector, it is possible to reduce the cost of the detector and the cost of installing the detector. In addition, the construction period can be shortened.

  In the automatic operation type escalator according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the need for a passenger detector dedicated to the escalator, and thus it is possible to provide an automatic operation type escalator in which the cost of the detector and the detector installation cost are suppressed.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the getting-on / off floor 3 where the automatic door 6 is installed near the getting-on / off floor 3 of the escalator 1 having an automatic driving function, and FIG. In FIG. 2 showing a partial cross-section, an escalator 1 is connected to a boarding / exiting floor (entrance) 3 continuous with the building floor 2 and the other boarding / unillustrating floor (not shown) moving in an endless manner (moving sidewalk) In this case, the moving body is composed of a handrail 4 that moves in synchronization with the rail, and a balustrade 5 that forms a guide path for the handrail 4. And as an automatic operation type component apparatus according to the present invention, an automatic door 6 installed on the building floor 2 near the boarding / exiting floor 3, and through the automatic door 6 to the boarding / exiting floor 3 and further to a step (not shown). A passenger detector 7 such as an infrared sensor or a thermal sensor for detecting the presence of a walking passenger, and an automatic door control unit 8 for supplying a detection signal of the passenger detector 7 to the automatic door 6 and the escalator 1; An escalator control unit 9 is provided which receives an electrical signal from the automatic door control unit 8 and gives an electrical movement command to the moving body.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  Now, if a passenger (not shown) is going to use the escalator 1 through the automatic door 6, the building floor 2 and the boarding / exiting floor 3, the passenger detector 7 approaches the passenger at a predetermined distance when the passenger approaches the automatic door 6. When the automatic door control unit 8 receives the passenger detection signal, the automatic door control unit 8 opens the automatic door. At the same time, the automatic door control unit 8 sends a passenger detection signal to the escalator control unit 9 to receive the passenger detection signal. A movement command is issued from the escalator controller 9 to the moving body, and the escalator starts operation.

It is a schematic structure figure showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Escalator 2 Building floor 3 Boarding / alighting floor 4 Handrail 5 Railing 6 Automatic door 7 Passenger detector 8 Automatic door control part 9 Escalator control part

Claims (1)

  A stage that is connected and moved endlessly from one boarding / exiting floor to the other boarding / exiting floor, a moving body composed of a handrail that moves synchronously with the step, and a railing that forms a guideway for the handrail The automatic escalator according to claim 1, wherein when an automatic door is installed near the getting-on / off floor, the operation is controlled using a detection signal of a user detection device of the automatic door as a movement command of the moving body.

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