JP2012046274A

JP2012046274A - Delta guard having flexibility and elasticity

Info

Publication number: JP2012046274A
Application number: JP2010188130A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Ko Ohora; 高大洞
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2010-08-25
Filing date: 2010-08-25
Publication date: 2012-03-08

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simpler and more effective guard by reconsidering not guard shape but a guard material, since an accident in which a child head is caught in a triangle space produced in a clearance between an escalator and the floor of an upper story can be prevented but an accident in which the child head is caught between a guard itself and the handrail of the escalator is induced or a mechanical device to prevent the accident is necessary or an automatic stopping device or the like is attached to cause complicatedness of a safety device.SOLUTION: As the guard material, an elastomer or an object of a cushion shape in which a material having flexibility and elasticity is filled is used.

Description

本発明はエスカレーターの安全性に関し、特にエスカレーターの乗客の安全のために設置されるデルタガードに関するものである。 The present invention relates to escalator safety, and more particularly to a delta guard installed for the safety of escalator passengers.

エスカレーターの安全性に関しては、以前より様々な発明がなされており、特に昇りエスカレーターとその上の階の床の隙間に出来る略三角形の空間に子供が頭等を挟まれる事故を防止するための方法として特許文献１等の従来技術がある。 Regarding the safety of escalators, various inventions have been made before, and in particular, a method for preventing children from getting their heads caught in a roughly triangular space formed between the rising escalator and the floor above it. There is a conventional technique such as Patent Document 1.

特開平８−２６６４７号公報JP-A-8-26647 特開２０１０−７０２９９号公報JP 2010-70299 A 特開２００９−１１３９８３号公報JP 2009-113983 A

しかしながら、従来技術はデルタガード自体と、エスカレーターの手すりの間に子供が頭を挟まれてしまう事故を誘発したり、また、それを防止するために、機構的な工夫が必要であったり、自動停止装置等を取り付けるなど、安全装置が複雑になるという課題があった。
本発明では、デルタガードの形状ではなく、素材を再考する事に寄り、より簡素で効果的なデルタガードを提供することを目的とする。 However, the conventional technology induces an accident in which the child is caught between the delta guard itself and the handrail of the escalator, and a mechanical device is necessary to prevent it. There was a problem that the safety device was complicated, such as attaching a stop device.
An object of the present invention is to provide a simpler and more effective delta guard by focusing on reconsidering the material rather than the shape of the delta guard.

上記の課題を解決する為に、本発明は、デルタガードの素材に、エラストマーもしくは内部に柔軟性と弾性を有する素材を充填したクッション状の物を用いる事を特徴とする。 In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is characterized in that a cushion-like material filled with an elastomer or a material having flexibility and elasticity is used as the material of the delta guard.

上記の方法を用いる事に寄り、本発明は、例えエスカレーターの乗客が、手すりの外に身体の一部を乗り出していたとしても、エスカレーターの乗客に衝撃や苦痛を与えずに、注意を喚起する事が出来る。 Instead of using the above method, the present invention alerts an escalator passenger even if he / she embarks a part of the body outside the handrail without causing shock or pain to the escalator passenger. I can do it.

また、デルタガード自体が、弾性を有するので、エスカレーターの手すりの外に乗り出した乗客の身体の一部をエスカレーターの手すりの内側へ押し戻すという効果も期待出来、デルタガードとエスカレーターの手すりの間に頭等を挟まれる事故を減らすという効果を奏する。 In addition, since the delta guard itself has elasticity, it can also be expected to push back part of the passenger's body that has gone out of the escalator's handrail to the inside of the escalator's handrail. This has the effect of reducing the number of accidents.

さらに、自動停止の為の機構やそれに伴う感知装置等も必要なくなり経費削減の効果も期待できる。

Furthermore, an automatic stop mechanism and a sensing device associated therewith are not necessary, and an effect of cost reduction can be expected.

Claims

Delta guard with flexibility and elasticity

The delta guard according to claim 1, wherein the material is an elastomer.

The delta guard according to claim 1, which is in the form of a cushion filled with a material having flexibility and elasticity.

The delta guard according to claim 1, which is in the form of a cushion filled with gas.