JP2011042461A - Passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a passenger conveyor maintaining a basic function without stopping a footstep and a moving handrail even when a component of a rotating body is damaged. <P>SOLUTION: The passenger conveyor includes a line of footsteps endlessly connected and moved, a deck board arranged in parallel to the moving direction on both sides of the line of the footsteps, a see-through baluster stood on the deck board, a handrail board arranged on the baluster, a guard rail stood on the handrail board, and the moving handrail slidably supported by the guard rail and synchronously moved with the line of the footsteps. The baluster includes an inner transparent panel and an outer transparent panel closing a gap between the deck board and the handrail board. A supporting member attached to the deck board or the handrail board is disposed between the inner transparent panel and the outer transparent panel of a moving handrail newel part of the baluster, the rotary body is journaled to the supporting member, and a driving motor is provided for rotating the rotary body almost synchronously with the moving handrail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to passenger conveyors such as escalators and moving walkways, and more particularly to passenger conveyors that are provided with a rotating body that rotates in synchronization with a moving handrail at the end of a see-through balustrade to improve design.

  A conventional passenger conveyor with improved design is a see-through balustrade that is erected in parallel to the moving direction on both sides of a moving step row or step plate row, and a step row that is slidably supported on the balustrade. Alternatively, it includes a moving handrail that runs in synchronization with the tread board row, and a rotating body that is rotatably supported by the balustrade and rotates following the moving handrail (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-131376 A

  However, since the above-mentioned passenger conveyor has a structure in which the rotating body rotates by the moving driving force of the moving handrail, it moves when the components constituting the rotating body are damaged and the rotating body cannot be rotated. There is a problem that the handrail stops.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a passenger who maintains the basic functions without stopping the steps and the moving handrail even when the components constituting the rotating body are damaged. The purpose is to obtain a conveyor.

  A passenger conveyor according to the present invention comprises a step train connected endlessly, a deck board disposed on both sides of the step train in parallel with a moving direction, and a see-through balustrade erected on the deck board. A passenger conveyor comprising: a handrail board disposed on the balustrade; a guard rail erected on the handrail board; and a movable handrail that is slidably supported by the guard rail and moves in synchronization with the step train The balustrade is provided with an inner transparent panel and an outer transparent panel that block between the deck board and the handrail board, and between the inner transparent panel and the outer transparent panel of the moving balustrade manual portion of the balustrade. A supporting member attached to the deck board or the handrail board, a rotating body pivotally supported by the supporting member, and the rotating body substantially synchronized with the moving handrail. Comprising a driving motor for rotating the.

  In the passenger conveyor according to the present invention, the rotating body provided in the moving handrail manual section is driven by an independent drive motor, so that the steps of the passenger conveyor and the moving handrail can be performed even when the components constituting the rotating body are damaged. The basic function of the passenger conveyor can be maintained without stopping the vehicle.

It is a general view of the passenger conveyor which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual part of the passenger conveyor which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the cross section AA of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual part of the passenger conveyor which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the cross section BB of FIG. It is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual part of the passenger conveyor which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is sectional drawing in the cross section CC of FIG.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a passenger conveyor of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is an overall view of a passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual portion of the passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a section AA in FIG.
The passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment of the present invention is connected between the main frame 1 of the passenger conveyor that is spanned between the upper and lower floors, and endlessly connected to the inside of the main frame 1 and circulates between the floors. A moving step row 15, deck boards 17 disposed on both sides of the step row 15 in parallel with the moving direction of the step row 15, and standing on the deck board 17 in parallel with the moving direction of the step row 15. The see-through balustrade 2, the handrail board 5 attached to the top of the balustrade 2, the guard rail 16 erected on the handrail board 5, and slidably supported by the guard rail 16 and the step row And a handrail driving device 4 that drives the moving handrail 3.

The moving handrail 3 travels in the same direction in synchronization with the step train 15 by the handrail driving device 4. That is, although not shown, a handrail drive sprocket is attached to a drive shaft that drives the step train 15, and each roller of the handrail drive device 4 is rotationally driven through a handrail drive chain wound around the sprocket. It is like that. Therefore, the moving handrail 3 travels in the same direction in synchronization with the movement of the step train 15.
The balustrade 2 includes an inner transparent panel 6 that closes between the handrail board 5 and the deck board 17 on the side of the step train 15 from the guard rail 16, and a handrail board 5 and the deck board 17 on the outer side of the guard rail 16 as viewed from the step train 15. And an outer transparent panel 9 that closes the gap.

The passenger conveyor includes a support member 7 attached to the deck board 17 in a space surrounded by the inner transparent panel 6 and the outer transparent panel 9 of the movable handrail manual portion 18, and a drive motor 10 supported by the support member 7. And a rotating body 8 rotated by the driving motor 10. The drive motor 10 is covered with a drive motor cover 11.
The rotating body 8 has a disk shape, is located inside the width of the moving handrail 3, and rotates in substantially the same manner as the moving direction of the moving handrail 3, that is, the moving direction of the step row 15.

In the passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the rotating body 8 is driven by driving the rotating body 8 provided in the moving handrail manual portion 18 by the drive motor 10 independent of the driving of the step train 15 and the moving handrail 3. The basic functions of the passenger conveyor can be maintained without stopping the passenger train steps 15 and the moving handrail 3 even when the parts constituting the vehicle are damaged.
Further, by making the drive motor 10 invisible from the outside, the design (appearance) is improved.

  Although the support member 7 is provided from the deck board 17 and the handrail board 5 in the first embodiment, the support member 7 may be provided only from one side.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual portion of the passenger conveyor according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along a section BB in FIG.
The passenger conveyor according to the second embodiment of the present invention is the same as the passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment of the present invention, except for the mechanism for transmitting the rotational power of the rotating body 8 and the drive motor 10, and the rest is the same. The same reference numerals are attached to the same parts, and the description is omitted.
In the first embodiment described above, the shaft of the rotating body 8 is directly connected to the rotating shaft of the drive motor 10. In the second embodiment, the drive motor 10 is disposed on the deck board 17 and the rotational power is supplied to the V belt. Is transmitted between the rotating shaft of the drive motor 10 and the shaft of the rotating body 8.
The power transmission body 12 is covered with a power transmission body cover 13.

  The passenger conveyor according to the second embodiment of the present invention has the same effect as the passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the drive motor 10 can be disposed at a place away from the rotating body 8, so that it is transparent inside. The space | interval of the panel 6 and the outer side transparent panel 9 can be narrowed.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the moving handrail manual portion of the passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line CC in FIG.
The passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention differs from the passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention in the arrangement position of the inner transparent panel 6, and the arrangement position of the rotating body 8 is different in relation thereto, otherwise Are the same, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts, and the description is omitted.
In the passenger conveyor according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the inner transparent panel 6 is erected on the deck board 17 on the step row 15 side that is off the center of the guard rail 16 in the width direction. 3, the inner transparent panel 6 is erected on a deck board 17 at the center of the guard rail 16 in the width direction.
Therefore, in the passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the rotating body 8 is disposed outside the guard rail 16 and outside the support member 7.

  The passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention has the same effect as the passenger conveyor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and the moving handrail is provided by providing the rotating body 8 outside the width of the moving handrail 3. The rotating body 8 can also be attached to the balustrade type in which the inner transparent panel 6 is located immediately below the rail 3.

In the third embodiment described above, the shaft of the rotating body 8 and the rotating shaft of the drive motor 10 are transmitted by the power transmission body 12, but the drive motor is connected to the shaft of the rotating body 8 as in the first embodiment. Ten rotation shafts may be directly connected.
Further, although the drive motor 10 is not covered with anything in the above-described third embodiment, it may be covered with the drive motor cover 11 as in the second embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main frame, 2 railings, 3 handrail, 4 handrail drive device, 5 handrail board, 6 inner transparent panel, 7 support member, 8 rotating body, 9 outer transparent panel, 10 drive motor, 11 drive motor cover, 12 power transmission Body, 13 power transmission cover, 15 steps, 16 guard rail, 17 deck board, 18 moving handrail manual section.

Claims (7)

Step rows connected endlessly, deck boards arranged on both sides of the step rows in parallel with the moving direction, see-through balustrades standing on the deck boards, arranged on the balustrades In a passenger conveyor comprising a handrail board, a guard rail erected on the handrail board, and a movable handrail that is slidably supported by the guard rail and moves in synchronization with the step row,
The balustrade includes an inner transparent panel and an outer transparent panel that block between the deck board and the handrail board,
A support member attached to the deck board or the handrail board between the inner transparent panel and the outer transparent panel of the railing moving handrail manual portion, a rotating body pivotally supported by the supporting member, and the rotating body And a drive motor that rotates substantially synchronously with the moving handrail.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is provided in a region in which the moving handrail is projected in a vertical direction.   The passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is provided outside a region where the moving handrail is projected in a vertical direction.   The passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a shaft of the rotating body is directly connected to a rotating shaft of the drive motor.   The passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rotating body is driven from the drive motor via a power transmission body.   6. The passenger conveyor according to claim 5, further comprising a power transmission cover that covers the power transmission so as not to be visible from the outside.   The passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a drive motor cover that covers the drive motor so as not to be seen from the outside.

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