JP2009249181A - Handrail belt of escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handrail belt of an escalator capable of displaying the moving direction of the handrail belt in an easily distinguishable manner on a surface of the handrail belt, and preventing any falling accident or the like, and suitable for keeping the appearance. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of short direction display mark bodies 6A which are different in tone from the handrail belt 5, provided on a surface part of the handrail belt 5, and colored to display the moving direction of the handrail belt 5 are affixed to the surface of the handrail belt 5, and a coating layer 6 formed of the coating of a transparent aqueous resin agent is provided on surface parts of the direction display mark bodies 6A and the surface part of the handrail belt 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,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 for passenger transportation.

  Conventionally, a configuration in which a print sheet is pasted on the surface of a handrail belt of an escalator to display an advertisement or a direction has been already proposed as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1. Moreover, the structure which coat | covers the surface of a handrail belt with a water-system resin agent and improves an aesthetics has already been proposed, for example as disclosed by patent document 2. FIG.

  The handrail belt of the escalator described in Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which a print sheet displaying a direction indication mark or the like in the longitudinal direction of the surface is pasted. Moreover, the handrail belt of the escalator described in Patent Document 2 has a configuration in which the surface thereof is coated with an aqueous resin agent.

JP 2006-347764 A JP 2002-338898 A

The structure of the handrail belt described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 is from the filing date to today,
1) In particular, in Patent Document 1, peeling or turning occurs due to a “peeling action (mischief)” on the edge of the print sheet (both edges of the handrail belt) by the passenger.
2) As a result, an event that causes the safety device of the escalator to operate and stop operation has occurred.
3) In particular, Patent Document 2 is simply inferior in this respect because it simply coats the surface of the handrail belt and does not contribute to the safety service (preventing toppling) for passengers as in Document 2.
There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to attach a direction indication mark body made of a short colored resin film colored differently from a handrail belt on the surface of a pair of left and right handrail belts arranged on both sides of a step, and further to display the direction. By coating the mark body and the handrail belt surface with a transparent water-based resin agent, it is intended to reduce the possibility of occurrence of a stoppage accident accompanying the peeling (turning) of the printed sheet, which has been a problem in the past.

  In order to achieve the above 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 a forward path to a return path. This handrail belt has a color tone different from that of the handrail belt, and a direction indication mark body made of a short colored resin film provided on the surface portion for displaying the moving direction has a certain distance and has a full length. On the other hand, a plurality of the direction indication mark bodies and the surface portion of the handrail belt are provided with a coating layer coated with a transparent aqueous resin agent.

  Thus, the presence of the direction indication mark body that displays the moving direction on the surface portion of the pair of handrail belts allows the user (passenger) who gets into the escalator to visually recognize the moving speed and direction of the escalator. As a result, it is possible to easily take the timing of getting on the step and to help prevent reverse boarding. In addition, since the surface of the handrail belt including the direction display mark body is covered with a coating agent, there are advantages in both prevention of peeling of the direction mark display body and maintaining aesthetic appearance.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the structure of the handrail belt for escalators which has the elimination of the malfunction resulting from mischief with respect to a conventional system, and the beauty maintenance effect can be provided.

  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.

  In general, the escalator 1 includes a main frame 3 mounted on the upper floor 2A and the lower floor 2B, a number of steps 4 connected endlessly and moving in an inverted manner from the forward path to the return path, and both sides of the step 4 A handrail belt 5 provided in a pair on the left and right sides and reversely moved from the forward path to the return path in synchronism with the steps 4 is arranged. The handrail belt 5 has a flat portion 5A whose surface shape forms a surface and both sides connected to the flat portion 5A. It has a width W1 that is substantially C-shaped with the edge 5B. A direction display made of a colored resin film having a thickness of about 80 microns is displayed on the surface from the surface flat portion 5A (width W2) of the entire length of the handrail belt 5 to both edge portions 5B in order to display the moving direction of the handrail belt 5. The mark body 6A and the coating layer 6 are provided by coating with a transparent aqueous resin agent.

  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.

  The direction indication mark body 6A is a short material of several centimeters to several tens of centimeters printed with a mark or a pattern, and the color tone thereof is a colored resin film different from the surface color of the handrail belt 5, and the surface flat portion 5A. It is provided by bonding within the range of the width W2. On the other hand, a plurality of direction indication mark bodies 6A are arranged with a constant interval Pa existing at least one in the semicircular range H (FIGS. 1 and 2) of the reversing portion of the handrail belt 5, When the user (passenger) who is now on board sees the escalator 1, the direction indication mark body 6 </ b> A existing within the range of the reference sign H that is in front will surely appeal the sense of speed of the moving speed and the direction of movement visually. It is effective. Further, in some cases, by providing the direction indication mark body 6B on both edges 5B, the moving speed and the moving direction can be visually recognized even from the side of the escalator and the vicinity can be improved. . In addition, the direction display mark body 6A is different in color from the color tone of the surface of the handrail belt 5 (for example, yellow), and the mark is not limited to the shape illustrated in the drawing, but a large arrow, triangle mark, oval mark, character, advertisement There is no inconvenience even with a mark or the like, and an advertisement display body can be added within the interval Pa of the direction display mark body 6A. In addition, as for the construction procedure of the direction indication mark body 6A and the covering layer 6, the dirt on the surface of the target handrail belt 5 is first removed (cleaning step), and then the direction indication mark body 6A is attached and the coating layer 6 is coated ( Film formation step), followed by a drying step.

Here, the direction indication mark body 6A is a colored product (for example, easily noticeable yellow, white, etc.), and the coating layer 6 is a transparent agent (including translucent), and the material is urethane, acrylic, polyester, nylon. A non-specific water-based resin agent such as an epoxy-based resin or an epoxy-based resin is used. The direction display mark body 6A provides a direction display function, and the transparent water-based resin agent provides a transmission display of the direction display mark body 6A and a transmission function of the handrail belt 5 surface color. It is supposed to be.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a handrail belt that is free from defects such as peeling as compared with the conventional method, and that can maintain safety and maintain its beauty.

  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 main point of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Escalator, 4 ... Step, 5 ... Handrail belt 5A ... Surface flat part, 5B ... Both edges, 6 ... Covering layer 6A, 6B ... Direction indication mark body

Claims (1)

  In an escalator including a handrail belt having a substantially C-shaped cross section formed by a surface flat portion and both edge portions, moving in reverse from the forward path to the return path, a color tone different from that of the handrail belt is provided on the surface of the handrail belt. In addition, a plurality of direction indication mark bodies, which are provided on the surface portion and made of a short colored resin film for displaying the moving direction, are provided in the full length direction with a certain interval, while the direction An escalator handrail belt comprising a coating layer in which a display mark body and a surface portion of the handrail belt are coated with a transparent aqueous resin agent.

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