JP2013220858A - Elevator system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator system capable of preventing a fall of a cover of a control panel and securing safety with a simple structure without making a mass excessive.SOLUTION: An elevator system 1 according to this embodiment includes a car 10, a hoistway 5, and a control panel 20. The car 10 is reciprocated through the hoistway 5. The control panel 20 is installed in the hoistway 5. The control panel 20 has a cover 40 which is opened/closed by being vertically slid. The cover 40 is provided with a hook part 50 for being hooked in a groove part 30 formed in a casing 22 of the control panel 20. The cover 40 maintains an opened state by hooking the hook part 50 in the groove part 30.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator apparatus.

  In the elevator apparatus, there is no machine room that is separated from the hoistway and accommodates the hoisting machine and the control panel, and these hoisting machines and the control board are installed in the hoistway. There is a room-less elevator device. In the machine room-less elevator device, since the control panel is arranged in the hoistway as described above, many methods for improving safety at the time of checking the control panel in the hoistway have been proposed. For example, in an elevator control panel described in Patent Document 1, a method of folding a door used as a lid of the control panel as a plurality of strip-shaped assemblies has been proposed.

JP 2006-298621 A

  However, when the lid of the control panel is a strip-shaped assembly, the lid can be prevented from falling, but it is necessary to ensure that the door does not interfere with surrounding structures when the lid is folded. become. Moreover, when the members of the strip connection portions are combined, the mass becomes large, and it is necessary to strengthen the support portion of the housing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides an elevator apparatus that prevents the lid of the control panel from falling and that can ensure safety without excessive mass with a simple structure. The purpose is to do.

  The elevator apparatus according to the embodiment includes a car, a hoistway, and a control panel. The car goes back and forth on the hoistway. The control panel is installed in the hoistway. The control panel has a lid that opens and closes by sliding in the vertical direction. The lid is provided with a hook portion that hooks into a groove portion formed in the casing of the control panel, and the lid maintains an open state by hooking the hook portion to the groove portion.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an elevator apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the control panel shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 3 and is an explanatory diagram of a hook portion provided on the lid. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 3 and is an explanatory diagram of a groove formed in the housing. FIG. 6 is a plan view with the lid closed. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram when the lid is slid. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram when the lid is maintained in an open state. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of FIG. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an elevator apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by this embodiment. In addition, constituent elements in the following embodiments include those that can be easily replaced by those skilled in the art or those that are substantially the same.

Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an elevator apparatus according to the first embodiment. The elevator apparatus 1 shown in the figure has a hoistway 5 that extends in a vertical direction in a building such as a building in which the elevator apparatus 1 is installed. In this hoistway 5, a car 10 that reciprocates in the hoistway 5 and a user of the elevator apparatus 1 gets on and off, a hoisting machine 14 that raises and lowers the car 10 in the hoistway 5, and the elevator apparatus 1. And a control panel 20 in which a control device 21 for performing various controls is installed.

  In the hoistway 5, the hoisting machine 14 for raising and lowering the car 10 by further lifting and lowering the main rope 16 connected to the car 10, and the car rope 10 connected to the car 10. A counterweight 12 is installed that is connected to the end opposite to the side where the hoisting machine 14 is driven and reduces the load when the hoisting machine 14 is driven. The control panel 20 and the car 10 are connected to each other by a tail cord 18 having a control cable, a power cable, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the control panel shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. The control panel 20 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape having a space inside, and a control device 21 is provided inside. Specifically, the control panel 20 is formed in a shape in which one side of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped is opened, and the casing 22 in which the control device 21 is installed, and the opening portion of the casing 22 is covered and closed. And a possible lid 40. The control panel 20 is disposed in the hoistway 5 by attaching the surface opposite to the side on which the lid 40 is disposed to the inner wall of the hoistway 5. That is, in the control panel 20, a bottom plate 23 positioned on the opposite side of the opening portion in the housing 22 is attached to the inner wall of the hoistway 5.

  Of these housings 22 and the lid 40, the housing 22 is provided with a housing-side slide portion 25. The casing-side slide portion 25 is formed by two side plates 24 positioned at both ends in the horizontal direction in a state where the casing 22 is attached to the wall surface of the hoistway 5 among the four surfaces of the casing 22 connected to the bottom plate 23. Each is provided, and is connected to the side of the side plate 24 opposite to the side connected to the bottom plate 23.

  As for the housing | casing side slide part 25 connected to the edge | side of the side plate 24, the slide bottom part 26 protrudes toward the opposite direction of the side in which the other side plate 24 is located. Further, a slide protrusion 27 protruding in the direction in which the bottom plate 23 is located is provided at the end of the slide bottom 26 opposite to the end connected to the side plate 24. That is, the slide protrusion 27 is formed substantially parallel to the side plate 24, and the slide bottom 26 and the slide protrusion 27 extend in the vertical direction along the side plate 24 extending in the vertical direction. Yes.

  The housing-side slide portion 25 that connects the slide projection 27 parallel to the side plate 24 and the side plate 24 by the slide bottom 26 is a surface facing the slide projection 27 and the side plate 24 and the slide bottom 26 connected to this surface. A groove-shaped slide groove portion 28 is constituted by the surface of the groove. The slide groove portion 28 extends in the vertical direction in the same manner as the case-side slide portion 25 that extends in the vertical direction.

  The lid 40 is provided with a lid-side slide portion 45. The lid-side slide portion 45 is provided on the inner side surface 42 that is a surface on the housing 22 side when the lid 40 is attached to the housing 22. Of the four sides of the outer periphery of the lid 40, they are connected to two sides located at both ends in the horizontal direction when the lid 40 is attached to the casing 22, that is, the casing-side slide portion 25 of the casing 22 is connected. It is connected to two sides corresponding to the two side plates 24 provided.

  The lid side slide portion 45 connected to the side of the lid 40 has a slide side surface portion 49 protruding from the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40, and an end portion of the slide side surface portion 49 on the side connected to the inner side surface 42. On the opposite side, a slide bottom 46 is provided that protrudes in the direction in which the other lid side slide 45 is located. Further, a slide protrusion 47 projecting toward the direction in which the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40 is located is provided at the end of the slide bottom 46 opposite to the end connected to the slide side portion 49. It has been. That is, the slide protrusion 47 is formed substantially in parallel with the slide side surface 49, and the slide bottom 46 and the slide protrusion 47 extend along the side of the lid 40.

  The lid-side slide portion 45 that connects the slide projection portion 47 parallel to the slide side portion 49 and the slide side portion 49 by the slide bottom portion 46 has mutually facing surfaces on the slide projection portion 47 and the slide side portion 49, and this surface. A groove-like slide groove 48 is constituted by the surface of the slide bottom 46 to be connected. Similar to the slide bottom 46 and the slide projection 47, the slide groove 48 extends along the side of the lid 40 on which the lid side slide 45 is provided.

  The lid 40 is attached to the housing 22 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the housing 22 by engaging the housing side slide portion 25 provided in the housing 22 with the lid side slide portion 45. Specifically, the distance J between the slide protrusions 47 of the lid-side slide part 45 is larger than the distance K between the outer surfaces of the side plates 24 of the housing 22, and between the inner surfaces of the slide side part 49. The distance M is larger than the distance N between the outer surfaces of the slide protrusion 27.

  Moreover, since the housing | casing side slide part 25 is extended in the up-down direction, the lid | cover 40 is the direction which faces the inner surface 42 in which the lid | cover side slide part 45 is provided in the housing | casing 22 side, and the housing | casing side slide part 25 is provided. The lid side slide portion 45 is inserted into the housing side slide portion 25 from the upper end side or the lower end side. That is, the slide projection 47 of the lid side slide 45 is inserted into the slide groove 28 of the housing side slide 25, and the slide projection 27 of the casing side slide 25 is inserted into the slide groove 48 of the lid side slide 45. As a result, the slide protrusion 47 of the lid-side slide 45 slides within the slide groove 28 of the housing-side slide 25, and the slide protrusion 27 of the housing-side slide 25 falls within the slide groove 48 of the lid-side slide 45. The housing side slide portion 25 and the lid side slide portion 45 are engaged with each other in a state where the slide can be slid.

  FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 3 and is an explanatory diagram of a hook portion provided on the lid. The lid 40 is provided with a hook portion 50 used for attaching the lid 40 to the housing 22. Two hooks 50 are provided on the inner surface 42 side of the lid 40, and the two hooks 50 protrude from the inner surface 42. The positions of the two hook portions 50 provided on the inner surface 42 are positions where the side plate 24 of the housing 22 is disposed in a state where the lid-side slide portion 45 is engaged with the housing-side slide portion 25. It is disposed near the upper end of 40. The hook portion 50 provided in this way is formed of a steel material whose thickness direction is the same as the plate thickness direction of the side plate 24, and the hook portion 50 has a thickness approximately equal to the plate thickness of the side plate 24. It has become.

  Further, the hook portion 50 is provided in an obliquely downward direction when the lid 40 is attached to the housing 22 as it is separated from the inner side surface 42, and a locking protrusion protruding downward is provided at the tip thereof. A part 51 is formed.

  In addition, the hook portion 50 has a dimension H protruding from the inner side surface 42 such that the housing bottom slide portion 25 and the lid slide portion 45 are engaged with each other. The distance P is smaller than the total distance T (see FIG. 8) of the distance P between the inner side surface 42 and the distance Q between the tip of the slide projection 47 of the lid side slide 45 and the slide bottom 26 of the housing side slide 25. It has become. For this reason, the hook portion 50 is configured such that the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25 and the inner surface of the lid 40 in a state in which the slide protrusion portion 47 of the lid side slide portion 45 is in contact with the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25 The dimension which protrudes from the inner surface 42 is smaller than the distance to 42.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 3 and is an explanatory diagram of a groove formed in the housing. The casing 22 is formed with a groove portion 30 on which a hook portion 50 provided on the lid 40 can be hooked. The groove portion 30 is formed in the side plate 24 of the housing 22, and is formed from the end portion of the side plate 24 on the opening side of the housing 22 toward the direction in which the bottom plate 23 is located. Specifically, the groove portion 30 is formed in an oblique direction toward the bottom plate 23 toward the bottom plate 23 side from the end portion side of the opening side of the housing 22 in the side plate 24, and a groove-like shape is formed on the end portion near the bottom plate 23. A locking portion engaging portion 31 that is formed further downward in shape is formed.

  The groove portion 30 formed in this way is formed near the upper end and the lower end of the side plate 24. The groove portion 30 formed near the upper end is provided as a closed side groove portion 34, and the groove portion formed near the lower end. 30 is provided as an open-side groove 35.

  The elevator apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation thereof will be described below. During operation of the elevator apparatus 1, the user of the elevator apparatus 1 issues an input instruction to an operation panel (not shown) installed in the car 10 or an operation panel (not shown) installed in each elevator hall. By performing the operation, an instruction to move the car 10 is given. That is, an instruction to move the car 10 is performed by performing an input operation on a call button (not shown) provided on the operation panel, and input information to the call button is transmitted from each operation panel as an electrical signal to the control panel 20. Call registration is performed on the control panel 20. In response to this call registration, the control panel 20 controls the hoisting machine 14 to operate the hoisting machine 14 and raise and lower the car 10 in the hoistway 5. As a result, the car 10 is moved to the destination floor.

  Further, the control panel 20 can be easily opened and closed without dropping the lid 40 so that the control device 21 installed in the control panel 20 can be easily inspected and adjusted during maintenance of the elevator apparatus 1. It is possible.

  FIG. 6 is a plan view with the lid closed. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. When closing the lid 40, the hook portion 50 of the lid 40 is inserted into the closing-side groove 34 of the housing 22 with the lid-side slide portion 45 engaged with the housing-side slide portion 25. In this state, the hook portion 50 is pushed until the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40 contacts the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25, so that the hook portion 50 is engaged with the lock portion engaging portion 31 of the closing side groove portion 34. Enter to the position where is formed. As a result, the hooking portion 50 is held in a state in which the hooking portion 50 enters the closing-side groove 34 when the locking portion 51 is engaged with the locking portion engaging portion 31.

  Further, since the hooking portion 50 is formed in a downward direction as it is away from the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40, when pulling the hooking portion 50 from the closing side groove portion 34, it is necessary to pull it up while pulling upward. That is, the hook portion 50 is in a state of being hooked on the closing side groove portion 34. Thus, the lid 40 is maintained in a state in which the hook portion 50 located near the upper end of the lid 40 is hooked on the closing side groove portion 34 located near the upper end of the housing 22. The closed state is maintained.

  It is to be noted that a packing or the like is provided at a contact portion between the lid 40 and the housing 22 when the lid 40 is closed so that water does not enter the inside of the control panel 20 from the outside when the lid 40 is closed. preferable.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram when the lid is slid. When opening the lid 40 with the housing 22 closed, the lid-side slide portion 45 is slid in the vertical direction with respect to the housing-side slide portion 25. As a result, the lid 40 is moved up and down with respect to the housing 22 to open the lid 40. However, when the lid 40 is moved up and down, the hooking portion 50 of the lid 40 is moved to the housing 22. It is moved in a state of being pulled out from the groove portion 30.

  When pulling out the hook portion 50 entering the groove portion 30 from the groove portion 30, the lid 40 is moved upward in a direction away from the housing 22. As a result, when the tip of the slide projection 47 of the lid side slide portion 45 comes into contact with the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25, the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40 and the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25 The distance T is greater than the height H of the hook portion 50. Thereby, since the hook part 50 is pulled out from the groove part 30, the lid 40 can be moved in the vertical direction with respect to the housing 22.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram when the lid is maintained in an open state. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of FIG. When opening the lid 40, the lid 40 is moved downward in a state where the hook portion 50 is pulled out from the groove portion 30, and the hook portion 50 is positioned at a portion where the open side groove portion 35 is formed. Thereafter, the hook portion 50 is inserted into the open side groove portion 35 and pushed in until the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40 contacts the slide bottom portion 26 of the housing side slide portion 25. As a result, the hook portion 50 is hooked on the open side groove portion 35, and the lid 40 has an open side groove portion where the hook portion 50 located near the upper end of the lid 40 is located near the lower end of the housing 22. The lid 40 is maintained in the open state. That is, the control panel 20 is maintained in a state where the opening portion of the housing 22 is opened.

  In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment described above, the lid 40 of the control panel 20 can be opened and closed by sliding in the vertical direction, and the hooking portion 50 provided on the lid 40 is formed in the housing 22. By being hooked on the groove portion 30, the open state can be maintained. As a result, the lid 40 of the control panel 20 can be prevented from dropping, and safety can be ensured with a simple structure without excessive mass. Further, since the lid 40 of the control panel 20 has a slide structure, an installation space for the control panel 20 installed in the hoistway 5 can be secured and the safety can be prevented from being impaired.

[Embodiment 2]
The elevator apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the elevator apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, but the housing 22 is provided with a groove portion 30 other than the closing side groove portion 34 and the opening side groove portion 35. There is a feature in that. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted and the same reference numerals are given.

  FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the second embodiment. In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment, the side plate 24 of the housing 22 of the control panel 20 includes a closing side groove 34 that is a groove 30 formed near the upper end and a groove 30 formed near the lower end. A certain open-side groove portion 35 is formed. Further, a plurality of groove portions 30 other than the closing side groove portion 34 and the open side groove portion 35 are formed in the side plate 24. The plurality of groove portions 30 are formed between the closing side groove portion 34 and the opening side groove portion 35 in the vertical direction of the side plate 24, and the two groove portions 30 are the same as the closing side groove portion 34 and the opening side groove portion 35. It is formed in a simple shape. As described above, the groove portion 30 formed between the closing side groove portion 34 and the opening side groove portion 35 is provided as an intermediate groove portion 60.

  The elevator apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation thereof will be described below. When the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is closed, the closed state is maintained by hooking the hook portion 50 provided on the lid 40 to the closing side groove portion 34 of the housing 22. Further, when the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is opened, the lid 40 is slid downward with respect to the casing 22 by sliding the lid-side slide portion 45 along the casing-side slide portion 25, and the lid 40 is hooked. The part 50 is hooked on the open side groove part 35 of the housing 22. Thereby, an open state is maintained.

  In addition, during maintenance of the elevator apparatus 1, when a part of the control device 21 installed in the control panel 20 is inspected or adjusted, the lid 40 may be opened without being fully opened. In such a case, the lid 40 is slid with respect to the housing 22, and the hooking portion 50 of the lid 40 enters the intermediate groove portion 60 and is hooked on the intermediate groove portion 60.

  At that time, two intermediate groove portions 60 are formed between the closing-side groove portion 34 and the open-side groove portion 35, and when the control device 21 is inspected, the intermediate groove portion 60 and the upper intermediate groove portion 60 are The hooking portion 50 is hooked on any of the intermediate groove portions 60 with the lower intermediate groove portion 60. As a result, the lid 40 is maintained in a state of being positioned above the hook 50 on the open-side groove 35, and the opening portion of the housing 22 hooks the hook 50 on the open-side groove 35. Thus, the opening size is smaller than when the lid 40 is fully opened.

  In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment described above, the housing 22 is provided with a plurality of groove portions 30, and an intermediate groove portion 60 is provided in addition to the closing side groove portion 34 and the opening side groove portion 35. For this reason, the lid 40 can make the open / close state of the control panel 20 other than the closed state or the open state by selecting and hooking any one of the plurality of groove parts 30. Can be adjusted. As a result, it is possible to improve usability while preventing the lid 40 of the control panel 20 from falling and ensuring safety.

[Embodiment 3]
Although the elevator apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 3 is the structure substantially the same as the elevator apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 2, the housing | casing 22 is provided with the opening / closing detection means which detects the opening / closing state of the cover 40. There is a feature. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted and the same reference numerals are given.

  FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the third embodiment. In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, the side plate 24 of the housing 22 of the control panel 20 is provided with a plurality of groove portions 30 including a closing side groove portion 34 and an open side groove portion 35 and two intermediate groove portions 60. ing. Further, the housing 22 is provided with an open / close detection sensor 70 which is an open / close detection means for detecting the open / closed state of the lid 40 in the vicinity of the closing side groove 34.

  The open / close detection sensor 70 can detect that the hooking portion 50 of the lid 40 has entered the closing-side groove 34 by using infrared rays or a mechanical switch. The opening / closing detection sensor 70 provided in this way is connected to a control device 21 provided in the control panel 20, and information detected by the opening / closing detection sensor 70 is transmitted to the control device 21.

  The elevator apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation thereof will be described below. When opening and closing the lid 40 of the control panel 20, the opening size of the control panel 20 is set to a desired size by selecting the groove part 30 into which the hooking part 50 is inserted according to the work contents at the time of maintenance. At this time, the open / close detection sensor 70 disposed in the vicinity of the closing side groove 34 detects whether or not the hooking portion 50 has entered the closing side groove 34, and is installed in the control panel 20. 21.

  When the detection information that the hook 50 has entered the closing groove 34 is not transmitted from the open / close detection sensor 70, or the control device 21 has the detection information that the hook 50 has not entered the closing groove 34. When transmitted from the open / close detection sensor 70, the hoisting machine 14 is prevented from being driven. That is, the control device 21 disables the car 10 when the open / close detection sensor 70 detects that the lid 40 is open. As a result, when the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is not closed, the car 10 does not move up and down.

  In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment described above, when the open / close detection sensor 70 detects that the lid 40 is in an open state, the operator can make the car 10 inoperable. When the maintenance work or the like is performed in the vehicle 5, it is possible to prevent the car 10 from moving. As a result, safety can be improved more reliably.

[Embodiment 4]
The elevator apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the elevator apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, but the open / close detection means is characterized in that it detects an open state other than the normal position of the lid 40. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted and the same reference numerals are given.

  FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a housing included in the control panel of the elevator apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. In the elevator apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment, the side plate 24 of the housing 22 of the control panel 20 is provided with a plurality of groove portions 30 including a closing side groove portion 34, an opening side groove portion 35, and an intermediate groove portion 60. Further, the casing 22 includes a close side detection sensor 75 and an open side detection sensor 76 which are open / close detection means for detecting the open / close state of the lid 40 in the vicinity of the close side groove 34 and the open side groove 35. Is provided. Among these, the close side detection sensor 75 is disposed in the vicinity of the close side groove portion 34, and the open side detection sensor 76 is disposed in the vicinity of the open side groove portion 35.

  The closing side detection sensor 75 and the opening side detection sensor 76 both use infrared rays or use a mechanical switch, so that the hooking portion 50 of the lid 40 is connected to the closing side groove portion 34 or the opening side groove portion 35. It is possible to detect that it has entered. The close side detection sensor 75 and the open side detection sensor 76 provided in this way are connected to the control device 21 provided in the control panel 20 and are detected by the close side detection sensor 75 and the open side detection sensor 76. Information is transmitted to the control device 21.

  The elevator apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation thereof will be described below. When the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is opened and closed, the groove part 30 is selected and the hooking part 50 is inserted in order to make the opening dimension of the control panel 20 a desired size according to the work contents at the time of maintenance. At that time, the closing side detection sensor 75 disposed in the vicinity of the closing side groove portion 34 detects whether or not the hooking portion 50 has entered the closing side groove portion 34, and is a control provided in the control panel 20. Is transmitted to the device 21. Similarly, the open side detection sensor 76 disposed in the vicinity of the open side groove portion 35 detects whether or not the hook portion 50 has entered the open side groove portion 35, and is a control device provided in the control panel 20. 21.

  When the control device 21 determines from the detection information transmitted from the closing side detection sensor 75 or the opening side detection sensor 76 that the hooking part 50 has not entered either the closing side groove part 34 or the opening side groove part 35. Prevents the hoist 14 from being driven. Further, when the control device 21 determines from the detection information transmitted from the closing side detection sensor 75 that the hooking portion 50 has entered the closing side groove portion 34, the hoisting machine 14 can be driven normally. And allowing the car 10 to operate normally. Further, when the control device 21 determines from the detection information transmitted from the open side detection sensor 76 that the hooking portion 50 has entered the open side groove portion 35, the control device 21 limits the hoisting speed of the hoisting machine 14. The car 10 can be operated at an ascending / descending speed slower than the normal speed.

  That is, the control device 21 detects the car 10 at a normal speed when the closing detection sensor 75 or the opening detection sensor 76 detects that the lid 40 is in an open state other than the normal position. Disable operation and enable operation at a slower speed than normal. As a result, when the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is not closed, the car 10 does not move up and down, the hook 50 is hooked on the open side groove 35, and the lid 40 of the control panel 20 is fully opened. In the state, the car 10 can perform an inspection operation. For this reason, when checking the operating state of each part during operation of the car 10 during maintenance, the hook part 50 of the lid 40 is hooked on the open side groove part 35 and the inspection is performed at an ascending / descending speed slower than the normal speed. The operation state of each part can be confirmed by performing the operation.

  When the elevator apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment detects that the lid 40 is in an open state other than the normal position, the elevator 10 disables the operation of the car 10 at the normal speed, and the normal speed. In order to enable operation at a slower speed, inspection operation can be performed as necessary. As a result, it is possible to improve usability while preventing the lid 40 of the control panel 20 from falling and ensuring safety.

  In the elevator apparatus 1 described above, the hooking portion 50 is fixed to the lid 40, but the hooking portion 50 may be configured to be rotatable with respect to the lid 40. For example, the hook portion 50 may have a structure that can rotate in the vertical direction around the connection portion to the lid 40. As a result, when the hook portion 50 enters the groove portion 30 or when the hook portion 50 is pulled out from the groove portion 30, the hook portion 50 rotates, so that the hook portion 50 can be easily inserted or pulled out. Thereby, usability can be improved.

  Moreover, in the elevator apparatus 1 mentioned above, the lid | cover 40 can be slid to the up-down direction with respect to the housing | casing 22 by engaging the housing | casing side slide part 25 and the lid | cover side slide part 45, but except this The lid 40 may be slid by this mechanism. In the elevator apparatus 1 described above, the hooking portion 50 is provided on the inner side surface 42 of the lid 40, and the groove portion 30 is formed on the side plate 24 of the housing 22. It may be provided at a position other than the side plate 24 of the body 22. The mechanism for sliding the lid 40 and the structure for maintaining the closed and open states of the lid 40 can be easily slid without removing the lid 40 from the housing 22, and the closed / open state. If it can maintain easily, the form will not ask | require.

  Further, in the elevator apparatus 1 according to the second to fourth embodiments, two intermediate groove portions 60 are formed between the closing side groove portion 34 and the open side groove portion 35, but the number of intermediate groove portions 60 is other than this. May be. For example, only one intermediate groove portion 60 may be formed between the closing side groove portion 34 and the open side groove portion 35, or three or more intermediate groove portions 60 may be formed.

  Further, in the elevator apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment, the open side detection sensor 76 is disposed in the vicinity of the open side groove portion 35 and detects whether or not the hook portion 50 has entered the open side groove portion 35. The open side detection sensor 76 may be disposed other than the vicinity of the open side groove portion 35. The open side detection sensor 76 may be disposed, for example, in the vicinity of the intermediate groove portion 60, or may be disposed in the vicinity of the open side groove portion 35 and in the vicinity of the intermediate groove portion 60. Thereby, the position where the open side detection sensor 76 is disposed can be appropriately set according to the conditions that enable the inspection operation.

  Moreover, although the elevator apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1-4 is a machine room less elevator apparatus, it has the lid | cover 40 opened and closed by sliding up and down, and hooks the hook part 50 on the groove part 30. The control panel 20 having the lid 40 that maintains the open state may be installed in addition to the machine room-less elevator device. Such a control panel 20 may be used as, for example, a control panel 20 for an elevator apparatus having a machine room, or may be used as a control panel 20 for a passenger conveyor.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator apparatus 5 Hoistway 10 Passenger car 12 Counterweight 14 Hoisting machine 20 Control panel 22 Case 24 Side plate 25 Case side slide part 30 Groove part 34 Closure side groove part 35 Open side groove part 40 Cover 45 Cover side slide part 50 Hook part 70 Open / close detection sensor (open / close detection means)
75 Closed side detection sensor (open / close detection means)
76 Open side detection sensor (open / close detection means)

Claims (4)

In an elevator apparatus comprising a car, a hoistway in which the car reciprocates, and a control panel installed in the hoistway,
The control panel has a lid that opens and closes by sliding vertically.
The lid is provided with a hook portion that hooks into a groove portion formed in the casing of the control panel,
The said lid | cover maintains an open state by hooking the said hook part on the said groove part, The elevator apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The housing is provided with a plurality of the groove portions,
2. The elevator apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the control panel can be adjusted by hooking the lid on any one of the plurality of grooves. The lid or the housing is provided with an open / close detection means for detecting an open / closed state of the lid,
The elevator apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the opening / closing detection means detects that the lid is in an open state, the car is disabled. The lid or the housing is provided with an open / close detection means for detecting an open / closed state of the lid,
The elevator apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the open / close detection means disables the operation of the car at a normal speed when the lid is in an open state other than a normal position.

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