JP2013082517A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an occupant who looks at light flowing in a direction opposite the moving direction of an elevator car from directly feeling a moving speed or an altitude when the elevator car moves, even when the occupant does not see the view in a closed elevator.SOLUTION: A light emitting device 3 which is positioned along a hoist way of an elevator car 2 is disposed in an elevator shaft 1 surrounded by a nontransparent wall surface. The entire or substantially entire surface of the side wall 4 of the elevator car facing the light emitting device is constituted of a transparent material. A performance device provides the occupant with a visual flow of light in a direction opposite the moving direction of the elevator car when the elevator car moves.

Description

The present invention relates to an elevator that moves up and down in an elevator shaft surrounded by an opaque wall surface, in other words, a closed elevator without an external view.

The elevator for observation that allows you to see the outdoor scenery around the building from inside the elevator car gives the passengers a feeling of freedom in the sealed elevator car, and the speed of ascending and descending depends on the surrounding outdoor scenery reflected in the transparent window as it goes up and down It is used in many buildings such as department stores, shopping centers, hotels, etc. because it can feel a sense of sensation and a sense of altitude, and can distract from the boring and awkwardness of maintaining a closed room.

In addition, many of the elevators for viewing have a light emitting device such as a decorative illumination attached to the elevator car itself, or, as shown in Patent Document 1, a lighting fixture that illuminates the elevator car is installed inside the elevator shaft. People in the surrounding city are also shown the elevator car up and down to give the building decoration and advertising effects.

Thus, a viewing elevator has many advantages not found in a typical elevator without an external view. On the other hand, in the case of an elevator for observation, the elevator must be installed in a position with a good view facing the outer wall of the building, and the transparent side wall of the elevator car is placed on the outside (outside wall side), and the entrance is on the inside ( There is a problem that it is necessary to arrange it on the opposite side of the outer wall), and there are large restrictions on the floor plan of the building.

Even in the case of a sealed elevator without an external view that moves up and down in an elevator shaft surrounded by an opaque wall surface, the outdoor scenery around the building is the same as the observation elevator installed at the position facing the outer wall of the building. An external video display device for an elevator that can be seen is disclosed in Patent Document 2.
Has been proposed by. In this prior art, an external photographing device that can be moved up and down is photographed on the outer wall of the building, and the external photographing device is moved up and down in conjunction with the raising and lowering of the elevator car. The outdoor scenery around the building was displayed on a video display device provided inside the elevator car. Therefore, in addition to the external photographing device and the image display device, many components such as a driving device for the external photographing device and a device for interlocking the lifting and lowering of the elevator car with the external photographing device are required. However, it is difficult to apply to high-rise buildings and skyscrapers.

JP 54-115937 A JP-A-11-79580

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the object is as follows.
Despite being an enclosed elevator with no external view, when raising and lowering the elevator car,
The purpose is to allow the passenger to directly feel the feeling of speed and altitude when moving in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car.

In order to achieve the above object, technical measures taken by the present invention are as follows. That is,
The elevator according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a light emitting device located along an elevator car's elevator path inside an elevator shaft surrounded by an opaque wall surface, and the elevator car side wall facing the light emitting device is provided. The entire surface or almost the entire surface is made of a transparent material, and when the elevator car is moved up and down, a production device is constructed that makes the passenger feel the visual flow of light in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car. It is said.

Invention of Claim 2 is the elevator of Claim 1, Comprising: The ceiling part adjacent to the side wall comprised with the transparent material at least among the ceilings of an elevator car is comprised with the transparent material. It is a feature.

A third aspect of the present invention is the elevator according to the second aspect, wherein the light emitting device is configured by installing a light source on an opaque panel.

The invention according to claim 4 is the elevator according to claim 3, characterized in that the light emitting device is arranged between the lift path of the elevator car and the lift path of the counterweight.

A fifth aspect of the invention is the elevator according to the fourth aspect, characterized in that the panel of the light emitting device is attached to a steady-state tie bar of the counterweight.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the light-emitting device located along the elevator car lift path is provided inside the elevator shaft surrounded by the opaque wall surface, while the side wall of the elevator car facing the light-emitting device is provided. Since the entire surface or almost the entire surface is made of transparent material, when the elevator car is raised or lowered, the light from the light emitting device enters the elevator car through the transparent side wall, and the passenger moves the elevator car inside the dark elevator shaft You can feel the visual flow of light in the opposite direction. The speed of this visual flow of light corresponds to the lift speed of the elevator car. Therefore, despite the fact that the elevator is a closed room with no external view, when the elevator car is raised or lowered, the visual flow of light in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car gives a sense of speed and altitude. The passenger can feel directly.

In particular, according to the invention described in claim 2, since the ceiling of the elevator car is made of the transparent material up to the ceiling portion adjacent to the side wall made of the transparent material, the light from the light-emitting device is vertically directed. Will enter the elevator car over a wide area. Therefore, when the elevator car is raised or lowered, the passenger can feel the visual flow of light in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car for a certain length of time by looking up near the ceiling. . Therefore, despite the hermetic elevator with no external view, the passenger can directly feel the feeling of speed and altitude when moving up and down the elevator car.

According to the invention described in claim 3, in addition to the above effects, the light emitting device is configured by installing a light source on an opaque panel. Therefore, a point light source such as an LED is selected as the light source, and these are selected. By simply setting the type and arrangement of the light sources as appropriate, such as arranging them at an appropriate interval, the elevator car can move up and down in the dark elevator shaft to the passenger looking up near the ceiling when raising or lowering the elevator car. Due to the infinite number of scattered light flows, it is possible for a kite to feel like a night flight from takeoff to landing.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the light emitting device comprising the opaque panel and the light source is disposed between the elevator car elevating path and the counterweight elevating path, the counterweight and the counterweight rail A wire rope or the like that suspends the counterweight does not interfere with the above-described effect of the effect device (the effects of claims 1 to 3). In addition, the light emitting device is also used as a blindfold for a counterweight, a rail for the counterweight, a wire rope for suspending the counterweight, and a dedicated blindfold is not necessary.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the panel of the light emitting device is attached to the counterweight steadying tie bar, in addition to the effects of the first to fourth aspects, the counterweight, the counter Weight rails, wire ropes for suspending counterweights, and the like do not obstruct the operation of attaching and detaching the panel and the light source.

It is a vertical side view of the elevator which concerns on this invention. It is a cross-sectional top view of the said elevator. It is a cross-sectional top view of the principal part. It is the cross-sectional top view which expanded the principal part. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a vertical front view of the elevator explaining an effect | action. It is a look up in the elevator car explaining an effect | action. It is a cross-sectional top view of the principal part which shows other embodiment of this invention. It is a general | schematic transverse plane view of the elevator which shows other embodiment of this invention. It is a general | schematic transverse plane view of the elevator which shows other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the elevator A which concerns on this invention is demonstrated based on FIGS. This elevator A
Is provided with a panel-like light emitting device 3 that is continuously located in the vertical direction along the elevator car 2 in the elevator shaft 1 surrounded by an opaque wall surface, and the elevator facing the light emitting device 3. The entire side wall or substantially the entire surface (most part) of the side wall 4 of the car 2 is made of a transparent material such as transparent glass, and the ceiling part adjacent to the side wall 4 made of at least a transparent material among the ceiling 5 of the elevator car 2 By constructing 5a with the same transparent material, when the elevator car 2 moves up and down, the passenger B can see the visual flow of light in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car 2.
This is a production device that makes you feel.

Examples of the light source of the light emitting device 3 include an incandescent bulb, a halogen bulb, a krypton bulb, a fluorescent lamp,
An LED, a neon tube, a thin display for displaying an image, and the like can be arbitrarily selected or combined, but in the illustrated embodiment, the metal is made of an opaque metal colored in a dark color such as black or dark blue. The panel-like light emitting device 3 is configured by fixing a large number of LEDs 7 as light sources to the panel 6. The color of the LED 7 can be appropriately set, for example, by combining white and blue in an appropriate arrangement. The panel 6 is divided into panel units each having a predetermined length in the vertical direction, and is configured such that necessary panel units can be separated and removed at the time of renewal or maintenance of the rendering device.

The panel-like light emitting device 3 is arranged between the elevator path of the elevator car 2 and the elevator path of the counterweight 8. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the panel 6 of the light emitting device 3 is attached to the steadying tie bar 9 of the counterweight 8. The panel 6 is preferably attached to the steady tie bar 9 with a fastener 10 such as a bolt or a nut. In this way, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a maintenance window 11 that can be opened and closed is provided at a predetermined position of the panel 6, and an operator or a transparent side wall placed on the ceiling 5 of the elevator car 2. This is because an operator who is placed on the floor 12 of the elevator car 2 with the 4 removed can insert the appropriate tool 13 from the front and detach the panel unit.

In the figure, 14 is a rail for an elevator car, 15 is a rail for a counterweight, 16
Is a wire rope for suspending and supporting the elevator car 2 and the counterweight 8, 17 is a door of the elevator car 2, and 18 is an entrance / exit on the elevator hall side.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, two elevators A are installed inside the elevator shaft 1, and the elevator car 2 in the two elevators A as shown in FIGS. A blinking lamp (L) of a color (for example, red) different from that of the LED 7 on the opposite side surfaces.
ED) 19 is provided. Accordingly, when the two elevators A pass each other, the passenger B of the adjacent elevator car 2 can see the flashing lamp 19 of the elevator car 2 passing through the transparent ceiling portion 5a.

According to said structure, while providing the panel-shaped light-emitting device 3 located in the up-down direction continuously along the raising / lowering path of the elevator car 2 inside the elevator shaft 1 enclosed by the opaque wall surface, light-emitting device 3, the entire or substantially entire side wall 4 of the elevator car 2 facing the vehicle 3 is made of a transparent material, and among the ceilings 5 of the elevator car 2, at least the ceiling portion 5 a adjacent to the side wall 4 made of the transparent material is the same. Because it is made of a transparent material, the light from the light emitting device 3 enters the elevator car 2 over a wide range in the vertical direction.

Therefore, when the elevator car 2 moves up and down, the passenger B looks up near the ceiling 5 and moves in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the elevator car 2 inside the dark elevator shaft 1 surrounded by the opaque wall surface. The visual flow of light can be felt for a certain length of time. Therefore, despite the hermetic elevator A with no external view, the passenger B can feel the feeling of speed and altitude when moving up and down the elevator car 2 directly and dynamically.

In addition, since the light emitting device 3 is configured to be fixed in a state where a large number of LEDs 7 are scattered on the opaque panel 6, when the elevator car 2 is raised or lowered, the passenger B who looks up near the ceiling 5 is informed to the dark elevator. The visual flow of innumerable scattered light corresponding to the ascending / descending speed of the elevator car 2 inside the shaft 1 makes it possible to have a feeling like night flight from the takeoff to the landing of the airplane.

Moreover, since the panel-like light emitting device 3 composed of the opaque panel 6 and a large number of LEDs 7 is disposed between the elevator path of the elevator car 2 and the elevator path of the counterweight 8, the counterweight 8 and counterweight are used. The rail 15, the wire rope 16 that suspends the counterweight 8, and the like do not interfere with the above-described production effect by the production device. Also,
The light-emitting device 3 is also used as a blindfold for the counterweight 8, the rail 15 for the counterweight, the wire rope 16 for suspending the counterweight 8, and the dedicated blindfold for preventing the production effect from being disturbed. It is unnecessary.

Further, since the panel 6 of the light emitting device 3 is attached to the tie bar 9 for preventing the counterweight 8 from being shaken, the counterweight 8, the rail 15 for the counterweight, the wire rope 16 for suspending the counterweight 8, and the like are provided on the panel 6. In addition, it does not interfere with the attaching / detaching work of the LED 7, and the maintenance and updating work of the rendering device is easy.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is characterized in that the side wall 4 of the elevator car 2 facing the light emitting device 3 and the left and right side wall portions 4a adjacent thereto are made of a transparent material such as transparent glass. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the embodiment of FIGS.

9 and 10 each show another embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of FIG. 9 is characterized in that the light emitting device 3 is arranged on the wall surface located on the rear side of the lifting path of the counterweight 8 when viewed from the elevator car 2. According to this configuration, when the elevator car 2 rises above the midpoint of the lifting stroke (height matching the counterweight 8), the counterweight 8 and the light emitting device 3 are placed between the transparent side wall 4 of the elevator car 2 and the light emitting device 3. Wire rope 1 to hang it
Since 6 etc. appear, these may interfere with the production effect. Therefore, elevator car 2
It is desirable to perform control for changing the interval between the LEDs 7 of the light emitting device 3, selecting the LED 7 to be lit, and changing the color corresponding to the height of the light emitting device 3. In this regard, in the embodiment of FIG. 10, the elevator weight is configured such that the lifting / lowering path of the counterweight 8 is arranged side by side on the lateral side of the lifting / lowering path of the elevator car 2. Counterweight 8
And the wire rope 16 that hangs it does not get in the way.

Although not shown, various effects such as the expression of characters and pictures are possible by selecting, combining and arranging the light sources of the light emitting device 3 and controlling the arrangement and color change of the LEDs 7 installed on the panel 6 of the light emitting device 3. In addition, the light-emitting device 3 that shines in a line shape or the light-emitting device 3 that the whole panel shines can be used, and the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

A Elevator B Passenger 1 Elevator shaft 2 Elevator car 3 Light emitting device 4 Side wall 4a Left and right side walls 5 Ceiling 5a Ceiling 6 Panel 7 LED (an example of light source)
8 Counterweight 9 Counterweight steadying tie bar 10 Fastener 11 Maintenance window 12 Floor 13 Tools 14 Elevator car rail 15 Counterweight rail 16 Wire rope 17 Door 18 Entrance / exit 19 Flashing lamp

Claims (5)

Inside the elevator shaft surrounded by an opaque wall surface, a light emitting device located along the elevator car's elevator path is provided, and the entire or almost entire side wall of the elevator car facing the light emitting device is made of a transparent material. An elevator comprising an effect device that makes a passenger feel a visual flow of light in a direction opposite to a moving direction of an elevator car when the elevator car is raised and lowered. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein a ceiling portion adjacent to at least a side wall made of a transparent material among the ceiling of the elevator car is made of a transparent material. 3. The light emitting device is configured by installing a light source on an opaque panel.
The elevator described in 1. 4. The elevator according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting device is disposed between the elevator car elevating path and the counterweight elevating path. The elevator according to claim 4, wherein the panel of the light emitting device is attached to a tie bar for steadying the counterweight.

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