JP2010143748A - Waterproof cover for escalator and fixing member of waterproof cover for escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the infiltration of rainwater inside a hand belt of an escalator. <P>SOLUTION: The end 20a of a handrail 20 of the escalator is covered with a sheet 2. The sheet 2 is formed of a first sheet running along the inside of the handrail 20 and a second sheet running along a moving handrail. A fixing magnet 3 provided on the first sheet is attracted to an inside plate 26 of the handrail 20, and the sheet 2 is fixed to the handrail 20 by fitting the fixing member 4 shaped along a surface of the hand belt from above. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a waterproof cover for an escalator and a fixing member for the waterproof cover for an escalator for preventing rainwater from entering the inside of a moving handrail of the escalator.

Conventionally, an escalator installed at a station platform or the like has a roof in most cases, and this roof prevents rainwater from splashing on the escalator. However, during storms such as typhoons, rainwater blows directly into the escalator, especially at the end of the handrail of the escalator, when the handrail that moves around the escalator turns 180 degrees, the surface moves downward. Rainwater infiltrates inside the handrail of the handrail.
In addition, the intrusion of rainwater inside the hand belt reduces the frictional force between the driving source that drives the moving handrail and the hand belt, and the hand belt may slip, so the safety device operates and the escalator There is an example of a stoppage.
Also, since the inside of the hand belt is made of canvas, if this canvas contains rain water, it must be dried, and if the amount of inundation into the hand belt increases due to a large amount of rain water for a long time, the hand belt It took a great deal of time and effort to dry the canvas inside. And it took time to restore the escalator, and the user was inconvenient.

Therefore, outdoor escalators that are waterproofed on the premise of use under rainfall have been proposed. Further, according to Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 9, a waterproof device for an escalator provided with a rain water blocking member 33 that covers a hand belt 31 of a stopped escalator and closes a gap between the drive source 32 and the hand belt 31. 30 have been proposed. The escalator waterproof device 30 prevents rainwater 34 from entering the inside of the hand belt 31 whose surface is directed downward.
JP 2003-54867 A

However, the conventional escalator waterproofing measures have the following problems.
Installation of outdoor escalators should be considered if new escalators are to be installed, but replacement of existing escalators with outdoor escalators or partial upgrades to outdoor specifications However, there was a problem that it was not realistic in terms of cost, labor, and time required for replacement and renovation work. In addition, the escalator waterproof device 30 according to Patent Document 1 cannot prevent water intrusion into the hand belt when the amount of rainwater exceeds a limit due to a storm or the like.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a waterproof cover for escalator and a fixing member for the escalator waterproof cover that can easily and surely prevent water from entering the hand belt of the escalator. With the goal.

To achieve the above object, the waterproof cover for an escalator according to the present invention is attached to the end of the escalator handrail in order to prevent rainwater from entering the movable handrail installed on the outer periphery of the handrail of the escalator in the stopped escalator. A waterproof cover for an escalator, comprising: a first sheet disposed along the inner surface of the handrail; and a second sheet disposed along the moving handrail; The escalator waterproof cover is composed of a fixing magnet provided on one sheet and a fixing member having a shape along the surface of the moving handrail. The fixing magnet is attracted to the inner plate of the handrail, and the fixing member is a sheet portion. And the moving handrail are fixed to the handrail by sandwiching them together.
In the present invention, the escalator waterproof cover covers the moving handrail and the inner plate of the handrail, and is fixed by the fixing magnet and the fixing member. The rainwater can be prevented from entering the inside of the moving handrail. In addition, since the waterproof cover for escalators can be easily installed and easily removed because it is sufficient to cover the end portion of the handrail with a sheet portion and fix it with a fixing magnet and a fixing member.

Moreover, in the waterproof cover for escalators according to the present invention, it is preferable that the fixing magnets are arranged at a mutual interval larger than the dimension of the fixing magnet.
In the present invention, the direction of the magnet can be changed by arranging the fixing magnets at a larger interval than the size of the fixing magnet.

In the waterproof cover for escalators according to the present invention, the waterproof cover for escalators can be used upside down.
In the present invention, since the waterproof cover for escalators can be used upside down, the escalator handrail can be used regardless of the right or left hand of the handrail of the escalator.

Moreover, in the waterproof cover for escalators which concerns on this invention, it is preferable that the 1st sheet | seat is provided with the air vent hole.
In the present invention, since the first sheet is provided with an air vent hole, air can be discharged from the air vent hole even when air enters between the first sheet and the handrail due to, for example, a storm. It is possible to prevent the first sheet from coming off or loosening.

Further, the fixing member of the waterproof cover for escalator according to the present invention is attached to the end portion of the escalator handrail in order to prevent rainwater from entering the movable handrail installed on the outer periphery of the handrail of the escalator in the stopped escalator. A fixing member provided in the waterproof cover for escalators, wherein the sheet portion of the waterproof cover for escalators covering the moving handrail is integrally sandwiched with the moving handrail in a shape that follows the outline of the cross section of the moving handrail.
In the present invention, the fixing member of the escalator waterproof cover has a shape that follows the contour of the cross section of the moving handrail and sandwiches the seat portion integrally with the moving handrail, so that the seat portion can be easily fixed and the escalator waterproof cover The fixing member can be easily attached and detached.

Further, in the fixing member for the escalator waterproof cover according to the present invention, the fixing member for the escalator waterproof cover is provided between the sandwiching portion that sandwiches the sheet portion integrally with the moving handrail and the deck plate disposed outside the handrail. It is preferable that it consists of a pressing part which sandwiches the sheet part.
In the present invention, the holding part of the fixing member for the waterproof cover for escalator fixes the sheet part to the moving handrail, and the pressing part sandwiches the sheet part between the deck plate and the inner side of the moving handrail and the outer deck plate. Can be surely prevented.

  According to the present invention, the folding part of the moving handrail is covered with the waterproof cover for the escalator and fixed with the magnet and the fixing member. The waterproof cover for escalators and the fixing member for the waterproof cover for escalators that can prevent this can be realized.

Hereinafter, the waterproof cover for escalators and the fixing member for the waterproof cover for escalators according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.
1A is a side view showing a handrail of an escalator, FIG. 1B is a front view of the escalator handrail shown in FIG. 1A, and FIG. 2A is an embodiment of the present invention installed on the escalator shown in FIG. The side view which shows an example of the escalator waterproof cover by form, (b) is a front view of the escalator waterproof cover installed in the escalator shown in (a), FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the escalator waterproof cover shown in FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of a fixing magnet pocket provided in the escalator waterproof cover shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a fixing member provided in the escalator waterproof cover, and FIG. 6 is A in FIG. FIG.

The waterproof cover for escalators according to the present embodiment is disposed in an imperfect indoor space such as a station platform where rainwater blows in a storm such as a typhoon as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). The escalator is installed in the stopped state at the end 20a of the handrail 20 of the escalator.
At the end 20a of the handrail 20 of the escalator, the moving handrail 21 that moves along the outer periphery of the handrail 20 is folded back so as to draw a semicircle, and enters the moving handrail entrance 22 provided on the lower side of the handrail 20. Or it is the structure which comes out from the moving handrail entrance 22.
The moving handrail 21 includes a driving source 23 that moves on the outer periphery of the handrail 20 and a hand belt 24 that has a C-shaped cross-sectional shape that covers the driving source 23 and is formed of canvas on the inside. A deck plate 25 that supports the handrail 20 is provided outside the handrail 20, and an inner plate 26 made of, for example, stainless steel is provided inside the handrail 20.

  2A and 2B, an escalator waterproof cover 1a according to this embodiment includes a sheet 2 that covers an end 20a of a handrail 20 of the escalator, and a fixing magnet 3 provided on the sheet 2. And the fixing member 4 having a shape along the cross section of the hand belt 24. In the escalator waterproof cover 1a, the sheet 2 is placed on the moving handrail 21 and the inner plate 26 of the end 20a of the handrail 20, the fixing magnet 3 is attracted to the inner plate 26 of the handrail 20, and the fixing member 4 is The sheet 2 is put on the hand belt 24 from above.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 3, the sheet 2 is, for example, a conductive sheet in which a carbon grid 8 is printed on one side of a transparent polyvinyl chloride sheet coated with an antistatic agent. The thickness is about 0.03 mm. The sheet 2 is formed of a first sheet 11 disposed along the inside of the handrail 20 and a second sheet 12 disposed along the moving handrail 21.

In accordance with the shape of the side surface of the end portion 20a of the handrail 20, the first sheet 11 is formed such that one end portion 11a in the lateral direction has an arc shape and the other end portion 11b has a straight semi-oval shape. Yes. The lateral length L1 of the first sheet 11 is such that when the escalator waterproof cover 1a is installed at the end portion 20a of the handrail 20, the end portion 11b is behind the moving handrail entrance 22 and the rear side of the handrail 20 It is a length that can sufficiently cover the side surface of the moving handrail entrance.
Further, the end portion 11b of the first sheet 11 is provided with a folded portion, and a fixing magnet pocket 5 for inserting the fixing magnet 3 by sewing the folded portion into a plurality of bag shapes is formed. Further, the first sheet 11 is provided with two air vent holes 6 having a diameter of about 10 mm. The air vent holes 6 are reinforced by, for example, eyelet processing.

The second sheet 12 is formed in a belt shape having a width D2 of, for example, about 250 to 300 mm. The length L2 of the second sheet 12 is a length that can cover the moving handrail 21 and the moving handrail entrance 22 of the end portion 20a when the second sheet 12 is installed at the end portion 20a of the handrail 20 of the escalator.
As for the 1st and 2nd sheet | seats 11 and 12 formed in this way, each edge part is stitched together and the sheet | seat 2 is formed.

  At an arbitrary position of the second sheet 12, for example, a message sheet pocket 7 of an arbitrary size is provided in which a message sheet in which a caution message indicating that the escalator is stopped, a message for guidance, or the like can be inserted. The message sheet pocket 7 is formed by, for example, overlaying a transparent polyvinyl chloride sheet or the like on the second sheet 12 and sewing them into a bag shape. Further, the message sheet pocket 7 may be provided on the first sheet 11 in the same manner.

The fixing magnet 3 is a cap magnet in which an iron (ferromagnetic) cap is put on one side of a square magnet of a predetermined size, and the attraction surface 3a is only one side and the magnet has a large attraction force on one side. is there. The magnet attracting force is increased by setting the magnet attracting surface to one surface. The fixing magnets 3 are inserted into the plurality of fixing magnet pockets 5 provided on the first sheet 11 with their attracting surfaces 3a one by one.
As shown in FIG. 4, the fixing magnet pocket 5 has an opening 5 a formed on the side surface of the fixing magnet pocket 5, and the fixing magnet 3 opens from the side as indicated by an arrow in FIG. 4. It is a structure inserted in the part 5a, moved in the vertical direction, and accommodated in the accommodating part 5b.

As shown in FIG. 5, the fixing member 4 is obtained by processing an elastically deformable 30 to 50 mm wide strip-shaped plastic material, such as hard vinyl chloride, and has a substantially C-shaped cross section that follows the contour of the hand belt 24. And a pressing portion 4b having a substantially L-shaped cross section along the connecting portion of the drive reduction 23 and the deck plate 25.
As shown in FIG. 6, the sandwiching portion 4 a is fitted into the hand belt 24 from above the seat 2, so that the seat 2 and the hand belt 24 are sandwiched together, and the shape of the sandwiching portion 4 a is repeated even if the sandwiching portion 4 a is repeatedly attached and detached. It shall have strength that does not deform. The pressing part 4b can press the sheet 2 installed on the deck plate 25 against the deck plate 25 by being mounted in a state of being elastically deformed in the arrow direction of FIG.

The above-described installation method of the waterproof cover 1a for an escalator is such that the first sheet 11 is along the side surface inside the handrail 20 and the second sheet 12 is the moving handrail 21 at the end 20a of the handrail 20 of the escalator in the stopped state. The sheet 2 is placed along the deck plate 25 outside the handrail 20. The fixing magnet 3 is attracted to the inner plate 26 of the handrail 20, and the clamping portion 4 a of the fixing member 4 is fitted onto the hand belt 24 from above the sheet 2 to fix the sheet 2. At this time, the sheet 2 is pressed against the deck plate 25 by the pressing portion 4 b of the fixing member 4.
Then, the positions of the fixing magnet 3 and the fixing member 4 are adjusted as appropriate so that there are no gaps between the seat 2 and the inner plate 26, the hand belt 24, and the deck plate 25.

  Further, since the handrail 20 of the escalator has a left-right symmetrical shape on the left and right of the escalator footboard, when the shape of the escalator and the handrail 20 shown in FIG. The escalator waterproof cover 1a in which the direction of the attracting surface 3a of the fixing magnet 3 is reversed is installed. At this time, the direction of the message sheet in the message sheet pocket 7 is also changed as necessary.

Next, the effect of the waterproof cover for escalators mentioned above is demonstrated using drawing.
In the escalator waterproof cover 1a according to the present embodiment, the sheet 2 covers the moving handrail 21 at the end 20a of the handrail 20, the deck plate 25 and the inner plate 26 continuous with the moving handrail 21, and the fixing magnet 3 and the fixing member 4. Therefore, rainwater is not applied to the end portion 20a of the handrail 20, and in particular, it is possible to prevent rainwater from entering the inside of the hand belt 24 whose surface is facing downward near the moving handrail entrance 22. Play. Further, the escalator waterproof cover 1a can be easily installed because the sheet 2 is placed on the end 20a of the handrail 20 and fixed by the fixing magnet 3 and the fixing member 4.

Moreover, since the waterproof cover 1a for escalators can be used upside down, the same waterproof cover 1a for escalators can also be used for the handrails 20 of the left and right escalators that are symmetrical and different in hand.
Further, since the air vent hole 6 is provided in the sheet 2, even when air enters between the sheet 2 and the handrail 20 due to, for example, a storm, the air can be discharged from the air vent hole 6. 2 does not come off or loosen, and rainwater can be prevented from entering the seat 2. Further, since the sheet 2 is antistatic processed, generation of static electricity can be prevented.

Next, modifications of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the same or similar members and parts as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. A configuration different from the embodiment will be described.
FIG. 8 is a view showing another example of the waterproof cover for escalators according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 8, in the escalator waterproof cover 1b, the fixing magnets 3 are arranged so that the attracting surfaces 3a are alternately arranged at the end portions 11b of the first sheet 11, and the sheet 2 is turned over when used. Can also be used without changing the orientation of the attracting surface 3a of the fixing magnet 3.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of the waterproof cover for escalators by this invention was described, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning, it can change suitably.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the sheet 2 is printed with the transparent and antistatic carbon grid 8, but the sheet 2 may not be transparent and the carbon grid may not be printed. Moreover, in said embodiment, although the 1st sheet | seat 11 and the 2nd sheet | seat 12 are stitched together, you may adhere | attach with an adhesive agent etc., for example.
Further, in the present embodiment, the fixing magnet 3 has a single-sided attracting surface 3a, but a magnet having both attracting surfaces may be used.
In short, it is only necessary to obtain the desired function in the present invention.

(A) is a side view which shows the handrail of an escalator, (b) is a front view of the escalator handrail shown in (a). (A) is a side view which shows an example of the escalator waterproof cover by embodiment of this invention installed in the escalator shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the waterproof cover for escalators shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the magnet pocket for fixation with which the waterproof cover for escalators shown in FIG. 3 is equipped. It is a perspective view showing an example of the fixing member with which the waterproof cover for escalators is equipped. It is the sectional view on the AA line of Fig.2 (a). It is a perspective view of the waterproof cover for escalators turned upside down. It is a perspective view which shows another example of the waterproof cover for escalators by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the waterproof device for conventional escalators.

Explanation of symbols

1a, 1b Escalator waterproof cover 2 Sheet (sheet part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Fixing magnet 3a Adsorption surface 4 Fixing member 6 Air vent hole 11 1st sheet | seat 12 2nd sheet | seat 20 Handrail 20a End part 21 Moving handrail 24 Hand belt 26 Inner board

Claims (6)

In a stopped escalator, a waterproof cover for escalators attached to the end of the escalator handrail in order to prevent intrusion of rainwater into the moving handrail installed on the handrail outer periphery of the escalator,
A sheet portion composed of a first sheet disposed along an inner surface of the handrail, and a second sheet disposed along the moving handrail;
A fixing magnet provided in the first sheet;
A fixing member having a shape along the surface of the moving handrail;
The waterproof cover for escalator is fixed to the handrail by the fixing magnet adsorbing to the inner plate of the handrail, and the fixing member sandwiching the sheet portion and the moving handrail together. A waterproof cover for escalators.   The waterproof cover for an escalator according to claim 1, wherein the fixing magnets are arranged at a mutual interval larger than a dimension of the fixing magnet.   The waterproof cover for escalators according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the waterproof cover for escalators can be turned upside down.   The escalator waterproof cover according to claim 1, wherein an air vent hole is provided in the first sheet. In a stopped escalator, a fixing member provided in a waterproof cover for an escalator to be attached to an end of the escalator handrail to prevent rainwater from entering a moving handrail installed on an outer periphery of the handrail of the escalator,
A fixing member for an escalator waterproof cover, characterized in that a sheet portion of the escalator waterproof cover covering the movable handrail is formed integrally with the movable handrail in a shape that follows a contour of a cross section of the movable handrail.   The fixing member of the waterproof cover for the escalator includes: a sandwiching portion that sandwiches the sheet portion integrally with the movable handrail; and a pressing portion that sandwiches the seat portion between a deck plate disposed outside the handrail. The fixing member of the waterproof cover for escalators according to claim 5.

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