JP2008297050A - Passenger conveyer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a passenger conveyer having high safety, and preventing clothes and the like from being hooked into an inner deck cover. <P>SOLUTION: A tilting member 17 is extended along a reversed portion reversing a moving handrail 7, and an extended lower end portion 17E is coupled so as to be flush with the inner deck cover 14. An extended end of the tilting member 17 is coupled to be flush with the inner deck cover 14, so that a difference in level does not exist between both. Therefore, the clothes and the like of passengers can be prevented from being hooked into the inner deck cover 14, and the passenger conveyer improved in safety can be obtained. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to passenger conveyors such as escalators and electric roads, and more particularly to passenger conveyors in which left and right balustrades have recesses wider than the distance between left and right moving handrails.

  As shown in Patent Document 1, for example, a passenger conveyor has already been proposed in which concave portions having a wider interval than the interval between the left and right moving handrails are formed in the railing.

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  In the passenger conveyor described in Patent Document 1, since the recess is formed in the railing, the passenger can move with his / her baggage in the recess, so the baggage occupies the riding position on the step. Disappears. In addition, since the slanting member is provided up to the handrail frame at the end of the balustrade, the baggage located in the recess is guided by the slanting member, so that it does not collide with the end of the balustrade. Can be guided.

  However, according to the balustrade having the above-described configuration, the lower end extending along the reversing portion where the moving handrail changes the direction of the inclined member at the end of the balustrade is located below the inner deck cover. A step corresponding to at least the thickness of the inner deck cover is formed between the inclined member and the passenger's clothes or baggage moving on the step may be damaged. In order to solve such problems, it is also considered to eliminate the step by stuffing the step between the inner deck cover and the inclined member, but the stuffing may fall off during long-term use, There is an unreliable problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a highly safe passenger conveyor that does not catch clothes or the like on an inner deck cover.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is such that the inclined member extends along the reversing portion where the moving handrail is reversed and is connected to the inner deck cover so as to be flush with each other.

  As described above, since the inclined member is connected to the inner deck cover so as to be flush with each other, there is no step between the two, and therefore, it is possible to prevent passenger clothes, etc. from being caught on the inner deck cover due to the step. It is possible to obtain a passenger conveyor with improved safety.

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

  In general, the escalator 1 includes a frame 4 supported across an upper floor 2 and a lower floor 3, a plurality of steps 5 having end plates and connected endlessly, and both sides of the steps 5 in the moving direction. A railing 6 erected on the frame 4, a moving handrail 7 guided and moved by the periphery of the railing 6, and an upper and lower landing floor 8 and a lower landing floor 9 for getting on and off the step 5. Have.

  The balustrade 6 is fixed to the frame 4, a plurality of support columns 10, a balustrade panel 11 supported by the support columns 10, and an upper end portion of the support column 10 to move the movable handrail 7. A handrail frame 12 for guiding, an outer deck cover 13 provided outside the handrail frame 12, an inner deck cover 14 covering the lower part of the balustrade panel 11, and the step 5 connected vertically below the inner deck cover 14 It has a skirt guard 15 for partitioning the frame 4 side.

  Further, the balustrade 6 has the balustrade panel 11 positioned outside the moving handrail 7 (on the side opposite to the step 5). As a result, the balustrade panel 11 is displaced outward with respect to the handrail frame 12, and the inclined member 16 is installed at a step portion generated between the handrail frame 12 and the balustrade panel 11 due to this displacement. The inclined member 16 may be formed of the same material as the balustrade panel 11 or a different material, but is preferably formed of a material having low frictional resistance.

  By displacing the balustrade panel 11 in this manner, a concave portion that protrudes outward from the moving handrail 7 is formed by the inclined member 16 -the balustrade panel 11 -the inner deck cover 14.

  On the other hand, at the end portion of the balustrade 6, the inclined member 17 connected to the inclined member 16 extends along the reversing portion where the moving handrail 7 changes its direction, and the extended lower end portion 17 </ b> E is flush. In this manner, the inner deck cover 14 is connected.

  Of course, the overhanging dimensions W1 and W2 of the inner deck cover 14 and the inclined member 17 from the balustrade panel 11 to the step 5 are larger in the overhanging dimension W1 of the balustrade panel 11 than the overhanging dimension W2 of the inclined member 17. Therefore, the projecting dimension W3 of the lower end portion 17E of the inclined member 17 to the step 5 side is formed large in accordance with the projecting dimension W1 of the balustrade panel 11, and an inclined side 17K is formed between the projecting dimensions W2 and W3. , Ease the step.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the inclined member 17 connected to the inclined member 16 extends along the reversing portion where the moving handrail 7 changes its direction, and the extended lower end portion 17E becomes flush. Since the inner deck cover 14 is connected to the inner deck cover 14 as described above, a step corresponding to the thickness of the inner deck cover 14 does not occur between the inner deck cover 14 and the inclined member 17. As a result, the inconvenience that the moving passenger's clothes and the like are caught on the end of the inner deck cover 14 is eliminated.

  Furthermore, since the difference between the overhang dimensions W2 and W3 at the lower end portion 17E of the inclined member 17 is reduced by forming the inclined side 17K, there is no inconvenience that clothes of passengers moving here are caught. .

  By the way, an end balustrade panel 18 which is flush with the balustrade panel 11 is located inside the inclined member 17 extending along the reversing portion where the moving handrail 7 changes its direction. In consideration of the yield, it is desirable to form the inclined member 17 and the end balustrade panel 18 integrally.

  By the way, although embodiment described above demonstrated the escalator as a passenger conveyor, it cannot be overemphasized that it is applicable not only to an escalator but the electric road where a level | step difference does not arise in a tread.

The schematic side view of the escalator which shows one Embodiment of the passenger conveyor by this invention. The enlarged view which shows the balustrade termination | terminus part of the upper floor side of the escalator of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 2. The expanded cross-sectional view which follows the BB line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Escalator, 2 ... Upper floor, 3 ... Lower floor, 4 ... Frame body, 5 ... Step, 6 ... Railing, 7 ... Moving handrail, 8 ... Upper boarding / exiting floor, 9 ... Lower boarding / exiting floor, 10 ... Post, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Railing panel, 12 ... Handrail frame, 13 ... Outer deck cover, 14 ... Inner deck cover, 15 ... Skirt guard, 16, 17 ... Inclined member, 17E ... Lower end part, 18 ... End balustrade panel.

Claims (2)

  A balustrade erected on both sides in the direction of travel of a plurality of steps connected endlessly, this balustrade, a strut, a balustrade panel supported by the strut, an inner deck cover that covers the lower part of the balustrade panel, The balustrade frame supported by the front-end | tip part of the said support | pillar, and the moving handrail guided and moved by this balustrade frame, the balustrade panel is located outside the moving balustrade, and the balustrade panel and the balustrade frame In the passenger conveyor provided with an inclined member that closes the gap, the inclined member extends along a reversing portion where the moving handrail is reversed, and is connected so as to be flush with the inner deck cover. Passenger conveyor.   A balustrade erected on both sides in the direction of travel of a plurality of steps connected endlessly, this balustrade, a strut, a balustrade panel supported by the strut, an inner deck cover that covers the lower part of the balustrade panel, The balustrade frame supported by the front-end | tip part of the said support | pillar, and the moving handrail guided and moved by this balustrade frame, the balustrade panel is located outside the moving balustrade, and the balustrade panel and the balustrade frame In the passenger conveyor provided with an inclined member that closes the gap, the inclined member is connected to the inner deck cover so as to extend along a reversing portion where the moving handrail is inverted and is flush with the moving handrail, A passenger conveyor, wherein the inclined member extending along the reversing part where the reversal is reversed and the balustrade panel located inside thereof are integrally formed.

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