JP2007204244A - Passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain safety of passengers during boarding/alighting in/from an escalator. <P>SOLUTION: A mirror body 8 for reflecting a boundary area between a boarding-alighting plate 7 or a comb plate 6 and a moving tread 1 in a boarding-alighting port and reflecting the boundary area in the eye position direction of the passengers Y approaching its boundary area, is arranged outside a row of the moving tread 1. Thus, since the passengers Y can confirm a position and the distance relationship between the boundary area between the boarding-alighting plate 7 (or the comb plate 6) and the moving tread 1 and oneself by looking at the mirror body 8, the passengers can safely use this passenger conveyor without anxiety. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a passenger conveyor that allows passengers carrying large luggage or the like to get on and off safely.

In the situation where escalators with balustrades on both sides of the moving footboard row are arranged side by side in the vertical direction, so that passengers at the lower floor entrance / exit can know the situation at the upper floor entrance / exit, The idea of providing a mirror body on the bottom of the outer escalator outer plate has been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-180669

  In conventional escalators, a mirror is installed above the upper entrance and exit, so passengers trying to get into the escalator on the lower floor can know the state of the entrance and exit on the upper floor from the image displayed on the mirror. Can do.

  In this way, even if passengers on the lower floors know the state of the upper floors, as we often experience, passengers getting on and off escalators and moving sidewalks when holding large baggage etc. in front of their bodies In the mouth, the baggage that you carry can get in the way, making it difficult to see where your feet are.

  In order for a passenger to successfully transfer from a boarding board at a boarding gate to a moving board, it is necessary to accurately recognize the distance between the position of his / her foot on the boarding board and the moving opponent's moving board. , The timing of the transfer operation is not good, can not be transferred smoothly. This is the same when the passenger gets off the boarding board from the moving tread board at the entrance.

  Conventionally, even if you can see the situation from the lower floor side to the upper floor side, passengers holding large baggage in front had no effective means to check their feet, so from the boarding board to the moving tread board side, Alternatively, the transfer timing from the moving tread board to the boarding / exiting board side could not be made well, and there was a risk of accidental scooping or falling.

  In this way, passengers with large baggage have no means of knowing the boundaries between their feet, in particular, boarding boards (or comb boards) and moving treads, and passengers must use them in an uneasy state. Because there was not, improvement was demanded.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the passenger conveyor which a passenger can recognize easily and appropriately the boundary area | region of a boarding board and boarding board (or comb board) in the vicinity of a boarding / alighting exit.

  In a passenger conveyor provided with balustrades on both sides of a moving tread board row, the present invention projects a boundary area between a boarding board or a comb board and a moving tread board at a boarding gate, and reflects in the direction of the eyes of a passenger approaching the boundary area The mirror body to be operated is provided outside the movable footboard row.

  As described above, the passenger conveyor according to the present invention projects the boundary region between the boarding board or the comb board and the moving tread board at the entrance and exit and reflects the mirror body toward the eyes of the passenger approaching the boundary area. Passengers approaching the boundary area between the moving footboard and boarding board, etc., looked at the mirror that was projected, and the positional relationship between their feet and the boundary was easy and appropriate Can be confirmed.

  Therefore, even for passengers who are holding a large piece of luggage or a child in front of them and are unable to see their feet directly, the boarding board and the moving board projected on the mirror provided outside the mobile board row You can see the boundary between them with your own eyes.

  Therefore, the passenger can properly recognize the distance relationship between his / her standing position and the moving footboard, and from the boarding board to the moving footboard side, or from the moving footboard side to the boarding board side, in a timely and safe manner. You can change with confidence.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a passenger conveyor according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  1 and 2 are main part front views illustrating a state in which a passenger Y is about to ride on the passenger conveyor in the passenger conveyor according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a view taken along arrows AA in FIG. It is a side view.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the passenger conveyor has a transparent glass balustrade panel 4 between the inner deck 2 and the outer deck 3 on both the left and right sides of the movable footboard 1 in the figure. A moving handrail 5 is provided which is erected and moves in the driving direction on the balustrade panel 4.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a comb board 6 and a board / board 7 are connected to the entrance / exit that guides the passenger Y to the movable tread board 1.

  Therefore, the passenger conveyor of this embodiment reflects the boundary region between the comb plate 6 and the movable footboard 1 at the entrance and reflects in the height position direction of the eyes of the passenger Y approaching the boundary region. The outer deck 3 is constructed upright.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 which is an enlarged view of the main part, the passenger Y at the entrance / exit is moved through the balustrade panel 4 and the mirror body 8 by the visual field guided in the direction of the arrow Z in the drawing. The state of the boundary region with the comb plate 6 (region surrounded by the alternate long and short dash line) can be confirmed with his own eyes.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the mirror body 8 is not more than the height of the moving handrail 5 and protrudes outward from the outer position of the moving handrail 5 indicated by the one-dot dotted line 5a. It is not located.

  FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the mirror body 8 as seen from the front side of the passenger conveyor, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged right side view of an essential part thereof.

  That is, the mirror body 8 includes a column 81 standing on the outer deck 3, a hinge mechanism 82 attached to the tip of the column 81, and the hinge mechanism 82 as shown in FIG. And a mirror body 83 that is rotatable.

  Accordingly, the mirror body 83 can adjust the inclination angle of the arrow R in the direction of the arrow R with respect to the support column 81, so that the height position of the eyes of the passenger Y approaching the moving footboard 1 at the entrance / exit or the moving footboard 1 approaching the entrance / exit similarly. Corresponding to the eye height position of the upper passenger Y, the angle of the mirror body 83 can be adjusted to be optimum.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hinge mechanism 82 can be changed in the direction indicated by the arrow R. However, the hinge mechanism 82 is configured by a so-called biaxial hinge, and in addition to the arrow R direction, It may be configured to be rotatable about the axial direction (vertical direction) as a rotation axis so that the degree of freedom of the installation position of the mirror body 8 can be further expanded.

  Therefore, if the hinge mechanism 82 is a biaxial hinge, the operator can increase the degree of freedom of installation adjustment of the mirror body 8, and can efficiently perform the installation adjustment work.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the balustrade panel 4 is made of transparent glass, and the passenger Y can see his / her feet through the balustrade panel 4 by the outer mirror body 8. If the balustrade panel 4 is made of opaque stainless steel, a sheet-like mirror 8 is attached to the inner surface of the balustrade panel 4 or attached to the balustrade panel 4 at a position where it does not become an obstacle for passengers. Thus, a similar function can be obtained.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.3, the mirror body 8 of this Example was installed in the position which does not protrude outside the outer position of the moving handrail 5 which the passenger Y grasps when using a passenger conveyor. Therefore, even if the passenger Y hangs the baggage Ya outside the moving handrail 5, the baggage Ya or the like does not collide with the mirror body 8, so that the passenger can use it with peace of mind.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the description of the above embodiment, the mirror body 8 has been described as being provided only outside the balustrade on the left side, but this is not the case. When installed on the outside of the right balustrade, that is, on both the left and right sides so as to face each other, passengers who get on and off side by side on the moving tread board 5 both use their mirrors 8 and 8 respectively, Can be confirmed.

  In addition, a plurality of passenger conveyors may be provided side by side, but in adjacent passenger conveyors, mirror bodies 8 and 8 are provided in parallel between the facing balustrade panels 4 and 4 respectively. Accordingly, the mirror bodies 8 and 8 arranged side by side may be attached individually, or a column 81 common to the outer deck 3 is erected, and two mirror bodies 83 on the left and right sides are attached to the column 81. Also good.

  Moreover, although the mirror surface body 83 of the mirror body 8 has been described as a flat surface, it may have an appropriate curved surface, that is, a convex surface or a concave surface.

  In any case, according to the passenger conveyor of this embodiment, when passengers try to get on passenger conveyors such as escalators and moving walkways, or when getting off passenger passenger conveyors, even if they carry large luggage in front, Even in situations where it is difficult to confirm the position of the foot directly with one's own eyes, the moving tread board 1 and the comb board 6 (if there is no comb board 6, the boarding / exit board directly on the mirror surface of the mirror body 8 installed on the side (side)) 7) Since the distance and the positional relationship between the boundary area between you and yourself can be confirmed, you can get on and off safely and safely.

It is a principal part front view explaining one Example of the passenger conveyor which concerns on this invention. It is an AA arrow side view of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is an enlarged front view of the mirror shown in FIG. It is a principal part expansion right view of the mirror shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Moving handrail 2 Railing panel 3 Outer deck 4 Inner deck 5 Moving tread board 6 Comb board 7 Boarding board 8 Mirror body 81 Support column 82 Hinge mechanism 83 Mirror surface body Y Passenger Ya Baggage

Claims (5)

In the passenger conveyor with balustrades on both sides of the moving footboard row,
A mirror body that projects a boundary region between a boarding / alighting board or a comb board and a moving footboard at a boarding gate and reflects toward the eyes of a passenger approaching the boundary area is provided outside the moving footboard row. Passenger conveyor.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the mirror body is provided on an outer deck.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mirror body is installed so as not to protrude outward from left and right moving handrails.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the mirror body has a configuration in which a mirror surface is attached to the outer deck via a hinge mechanism.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the mirror body has a configuration in which a mirror surface is attached to an inner surface of a balustrade panel.

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