JP2007191304A - Handrail belt of escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an escalator handrail belt capable of preventing any falling accident by displaying the moving direction from the front and the side of the handrail belt in an easily visible manner on a surface of the handrail belt. <P>SOLUTION: A printed sheet 6 is disposed on a surface of a handrail belt 5 and is provided with a plurality of direction display marks 6A having different color from that of the handrail belt 5 for displaying the moving direction from a flat surface part to both edges of the handrail belt 5 with a space therebetween so that there is at least one mark in a semicircular range H of an inverted part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure of a handrail belt of an escalator in which a moving step forms an inclined road or a horizontal road to carry passengers.

  Conventionally, the structure which sticks a printing sheet on the handrail belt surface of an escalator and performs advertisement display has already been proposed as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1.

  The handrail belt of the escalator described in Patent Document 1 is such that a print sheet displaying only an advertisement is pasted in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the handrail belt.

JP 2003-212468 A

  The thing of the said patent document 1 provides an advertisement medium so that there may be "the printed sticker of the advertising matter was stuck on the surface longitudinal direction of the moving handrail" in Claim 1 of the claim at the time of the application. There was no idea that this printing sticker would provide a safety effect such as to prevent the passenger from falling over.

  On the other hand, in recent escalator use, due to the aging of the usage layer, there are many accidents that fall due to loss of the timing of weight shift when changing to a step that moves at the escalator platform. This is due to the fact that the color of the step staring at the transfer is dark and the movement (speed) of the step cannot be recognized. In addition, there is a phenomenon that the direction of movement of the escalator cannot be recognized, and reverse boarding is performed. Further, the advertisement printing described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is simply a character or design, and when the handrail belt is moving, the character or design looks as if it is a single band, and the direction display function. There was a problem that could not be demonstrated.

  A main object of the present invention is to provide a handrail belt for an escalator that is configured to display the moving direction of the handrail belt on the surface flat portion and both edge portions of the handrail belt so that the handrail belt can be easily seen, thereby preventing a fall accident or the like.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an escalator including a handrail belt having a substantially C-shaped cross section formed by a surface flat portion and both edge portions, which is reversed and moved from an outward path to a return path, and a surface of the handrail belt. In addition, the handrail belt is different in color and provided on the surface flat portion and both edge portions of the handrail belt, and the direction indication mark for displaying the moving direction is reduced in the semicircular range of the reversal portion. In addition, there is a print sheet having a plurality of the entire length at intervals of one, and within which the attention characters and advertisements are displayed narrower than the direction indication mark.

  Thus, the user (passenger) who wants to get into the escalator is provided in the semicircular range of the handrail belt reversal portion, and the direction indicating mark for displaying the moving direction is present on the surface flat portion. The moving speed and direction of the vehicle can be visually recognized. As a result, it is easy to take the timing of getting on the step, and it is useful for preventing reverse boarding. Further, by providing a caution character or advertisement narrower than the direction display mark within the interval of the direction display mark, the effect of the direction display mark can be prevented and the alert effect and the advertisement effect can be appealed. In addition, the presence of the direction indication marks on both edge portions of the direction indication marks provided from the surface flat portion to both edge portions makes it possible to visually recognize the moving speed and the moving direction even from the side of the escalator.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a fall accident due to failure in getting on the escalator, to prevent reverse boarding, to easily recognize the moving speed and moving direction from the side of the escalator, and to produce an advertising effect.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a handrail belt of an escalator according to the present invention will be described based on the escalator shown in FIGS.

  A general escalator 1 includes a main frame 3 mounted on an upper floor 2A and a lower floor 2B, a number of steps 4 connected endlessly and moving in an inverted manner from an outward path to a return path, The handrail belt 5 having a width W1 whose cross-sectional shape is substantially C-shaped by the flat surface portion 5A and the both edge portions 5B on both sides connected to the surface flat portion 5A, and the handrail belt, which reversely moves from the forward path to the return path synchronously. A long printed sheet 6 is provided along the longitudinal direction of 5 and bonded and fixed (not shown) from the surface flat portion 5A (width W2) to both edge portions 5B.

  The handrail belt 5 is frictionally driven by the power transmitted to the drive roller 9 and the like through the chain 8 through the chain 8, and is guided to the guide roller 10 on the return path and guided to the balustrade 11 on the reverse path 11A, 11B is configured to move back.

  Further, the print sheet 6 is affixed to the entire length of the handrail belt 5, and a direction indication mark 6A for displaying the moving direction is provided on the surface layer from the full width W2 of the surface flat portion 5A to both edge portions 5B so as to be easily noticeable. The distance P () is provided by printing up to both edge portions 5B (FIG. 4), and at least one interval P (in the semicircular range H (FIGS. 1 and 2) of the reversal portion of the handrail belt 5 exists. As shown in FIG. 4, the moving speed is determined by the direction indication mark 6 </ b> A that exists in the range of the reference sign H that is always in front of the escalator 1 when the user (passenger) who is currently in the vehicle is looking at the escalator 1. It is effective to appeal visually to the sense of speed and direction of movement. Furthermore, the presence of the direction display mark 6A reaching both edges 5B makes it possible to visually recognize the moving speed and the moving direction even from the side of the escalator and improve the ease of boarding passengers. In addition, the direction indication mark 6A is different in color from the ground color of the print sheet 6 (for example, yellow), and the mark is not limited to the rhombus illustrated in the drawing, and there is no problem even with a large arrow or triangle mark. Further, in the interval P, there is provided a display section 6B that displays a warning character (for example, “no walking”) or an advertisement with a width W3 narrower than the width of the direction display mark 6A (width W2).

  Here, the details of the printing sheet 6 are formed by a laminate layer on the surface in addition to an adhesive layer to the handrail belt 5 and a sheet layer on which printing is performed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the moving direction of the handrail belt 5 is displayed in an easy-to-see manner from both the front and side of the escalator, thereby preventing a fall accident to the escalator, preventing reverse riding, etc., and improving service. In addition to making contributions, it is possible to appeal attention and promote advertising.

  In addition, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example of the general escalator, it can be applied as it is also to the escalator commonly called the moving walk which does not have a level | step difference between adjacent steps.

The whole side view which shows one Embodiment of the handrail belt of the escalator by this invention. The front view which follows the XX line of FIG. 1 of this invention. Sectional drawing which follows the YY line | wire of FIG. 2 of this invention. The conceptual single-piece | unit perspective view of the printing sheet of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Escalator, 4 ... Step, 5 ... Handrail belt, 5A ... Surface flat part 5B ... Both edges 6 ... Print sheet, 6A ... Direction indication mark, 6B ... Display part

Claims (1)

  In an escalator including a handrail belt having a substantially C-shaped cross section formed by a flat surface portion and both edge portions, moving in reverse from the forward path to the return path, the surface of the handrail belt is different in color from the handrail belt. In addition, at least one direction indication mark that is provided over the surface flat portion and both edge portions of the handrail belt and that indicates the moving direction thereof is present in the semicircular range of the reversing portion, A handrail belt for an escalator, which has a plurality of print sheets on the entire length and provided with a printing sheet narrower than the direction indication mark and displaying a warning character or an advertisement within the interval.

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