JP2017019591A - Handrail belt and passenger conveyer using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handrail belt that a passenger grips readily, and to provide a passenger conveyor using the same.SOLUTION: In the handrail belt, a surface of a handrail belt body 380 is covered with a protective film 384, a bag part 385 is formed inside the protective film 384, a cushion member 386 is inserted into the bag part 385, and the surface of the handrail belt body 380 is bulged to form a bulged part 387.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a handrail belt of a passenger conveyor and a passenger conveyor using the same.

  Conventionally, passenger conveyors such as escalators and moving walkways have railings on the left and right sides of the steps that move to ensure the safety of passengers, and handrail belts move on the railings in synchronization with the travel of the steps. doing. The passenger stands on the step and holds the handrail belt by hand to ensure safety.

JP2013-227148A Japanese Patent No. 4426203

  However, there is a problem that passengers tend not to grab the handrail belt, so that passengers tend to lose their position and may lead to injury.

  Then, in view of the said problem, embodiment of this invention aims at providing the handrail belt which a passenger is easy to grasp, and a passenger conveyor using the same.

  In an embodiment of the present invention, the endless handrail belt body has a flat plate-like central portion extending in the longitudinal direction and a cross-sectional shape having left and right side portions extending while curving from the left and right sides of the central portion. A protective film is applied to the surface of the handrail belt body, a bag portion is formed on the protective film, a cushion member is inserted into the bag portion, and bulges from the surface of the handrail belt body. It is a handrail belt of a passenger conveyor which forms the bulging part.

The side view of the escalator of one Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a handrail belt and a balustrade. The partially expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view of a handrail belt. The perspective view of the handrail belt of the state which excluded the canvas.

  Hereinafter, the escalator 10 of one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated based on FIGS. 1-4.

(1) Escalator 10
The structure of the escalator 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the escalator 10 as seen from the side.

  A truss 12 that is a framework of the escalator 10 is supported using support angles 2 and 3 across the upper and lower floors of the building 1.

  Inside the machine room 14 on the upper floor side at the upper end of the truss 12, a drive unit 18 for running the step 30, a pair of left and right main drive sprockets 24, 24, and a pair of left and right handrail belt sprockets 27, 27 are provided. ing. The drive device 18 stops and stops the rotation of the motor 20, the speed reducer, the output sprocket attached to the output shaft of the speed reducer, the drive chain 22 driven by the output sprocket, and the motor 20. And a disc brake for maintaining the state. The drive chain 22 rotates the pair of left and right main drive sprockets 24, 24. The pair of left and right main drive sprockets 24, 24 and the pair of left and right handrail belt sprockets 27, 27 are connected by a connecting belt (not shown) and rotate synchronously. A control device 50 for controlling the motor 20, the disc brake, and the like is provided in the machine room 14 on the upper floor side.

  A pair of left and right driven sprockets 26 are provided inside the lower floor side machine room 16 at the lower end of the truss 12. Between the pair of left and right main drive sprockets 24, 24 on the upper floor side and the pair of left and right driven sprockets 26, 26, a pair of left and right endless step chains 28, 28 are suspended. A plurality of steps 30 are attached to the pair of left and right step chains 28, 28 at equal intervals. The wheel 301 of the step 30 travels on a guide rail (not shown) fixed to the truss 12, and the wheel 302 travels on the guide rail 25 fixed to the truss 12.

  On the left and right sides of the truss 12, a pair of left and right balustrades 36, 36 are erected. A handrail rail 39 is provided above the balustrade 36, and the handrail belt 38 moves in synchronization with the step 30 along the handrail rail 39. A front skirt guard 40 on the upper floor side is provided in the lower front part on the upper floor side of the balustrade 36, and a front skirt guard 42 on the lower floor side is provided in the lower front part on the lower floor side. Inlet portions 46 and 48, which are entrances and exits of the handrail belt 38, protrude from each other. A skirt guard 44 is provided at the lower side of the balustrade 36, and the step 30 travels between the pair of left and right skirt guards 44, 44. Operation panels 52 and 56 and speakers 54 and 58 are provided on the inner side surfaces of the skirt guards 44 on the upper and lower floors, respectively.

  The handrail belt 38 enters the front skirt guard 40 from the inlet 46 on the upper floor side, is passed over the handrail belt sprocket 27 via the guide roller 64, and then the skirt guard 44 via the guide roller 66. It moves in and appears outside the front skirt guard 42 from the inlet 46 on the lower floor side. The handrail belt 38 moves in synchronization with the step 30 as the handrail belt sprocket 27 rotates together with the main drive sprocket 24.

  The upper floor side entrance / exit board 32 is provided horizontally at the entrance / exit on the ceiling surface of the machine room 14 on the upper floor side. The boarding / exiting plate 34 is provided horizontally. A comb-like comb 60 is provided at the front end of the boarding / alighting plate 32, and the step 30 appears from the comb 60. A comb-like comb 62 is also provided on the boarding / alighting plate 34.

(2) Handrail belt 38
Next, the handrail belt 38 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the handrail belt body 380 of the handrail belt 38 has a vertical cross-sectional shape formed in a C shape, and an opening portion faces downward. The handrail belt main body 380 has a flat plate-like central portion 381 extending in the longitudinal direction, and left and right side portions 382 and 382 extending from both left and right sides of the central portion 381, and the width is 70 mm to 100 mm. It is. The material of the central portion 381 and the left and right side portions 382 and 382 of the handrail belt body 380 is chlorosulfonated polyethyl rubber, and its hardness is 65 to 90 (Hs).

  The entire surface of the handrail belt body 380 is covered with a protective film 384 made of synthetic resin. In the protective film 384, bag portions 385 are provided at positions corresponding to the left and right sides of the handrail belt body 380, and a soft cushion member 386 is inserted therein. As shown in FIG. 4, the cushion member 386 is provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the left and right side portions 382 and 382 of the handrail belt 38 to form a protruding bulge portion 387. The bulging portion 387 bulges into a mountain shape with a gentle cross-sectional shape. The cushion member 386 is, for example, soft rubber, specifically, natural rubber, chloroprene rubber, or nitrile rubber, and by forming bubbles in these rubbers, the hardness is softened to 15 to 40 (Hs). To do.

  Also, a bag 385 is provided on the protective film 384 covering the upper surface of the central portion 381 of the handrail belt body 380, and a cushion member 386 is inserted therein, and a hemispherical bulge 388, width direction A protruding portion 389 of the ridge extending in the direction is formed.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, engagement members 390 made of L-shaped metal are provided at both ends of the protective film 384. The metal engaging member 390 is hooked and stopped at both ends of the left and right side portions 382 of the handrail belt body 380. Thereby, the protective film 384 can be fixed while maintaining the tensioned state on the surface of the handrail belt body 380. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the surface 391 at both end portions of the left and right side portions 382 is provided with minute irregularities so that the engaging member 390 does not slip, and the coefficient of friction is higher than that of the other portions. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a canvas 383 is attached to the lower surface of the C-shaped handrail belt body 380 along the longitudinal direction. A handrail belt rail 39 is disposed on the lower surface of the C-shaped handrail belt 38 via a canvas 383. The lower end of the handrail belt rail 39 is fixed to the upper end of a balustrade 36 made of a glass plate, and the upper end is formed in a T shape. The handrail belt 38 travels stably in the horizontal direction while covering the T-shaped upper end of the handrail belt rail 39.

(3) Effects According to the present embodiment, since the bulging portions 387, 388, and 389 are formed on the surface of the handrail belt 38, the handrail belt 38 is easily grasped and the bulging portions 387 and 388 are formed. , 389 is softer than the handrail belt body 380, the grip feeling is improved. Therefore, the passenger can grasp the handrail belt 38, and can get on the escalator 10 safely with fewer accidents.

  Further, when the handrail belt 38 is gripped, the bulging portions 387 and 387 provided on the left and right side portions of the handrail belt 38 come into contact with the finger portion and become easy to grip to prevent slipping. Further, since the bulging portion 388 and the bulging portion 389 are bulged from the upper surface of the handrail belt 38, when the handrail belt 38 is gripped, it hits the palm and becomes a slip stopper. Further, even if it touches the palm, the bulging portions 388 and 389 are softer than the handrail belt body 380, so that the palm is not damaged.

  Further, engaging members 390 and 390 are provided at both ends of the protective film 384 and are fixed so as to pull the protective film 384 in the width direction. Therefore, even if the passenger grasps the handrail belt 38, the protective film 384 It does not deviate from the handrail belt body 380. Further, since the metal engagement member 390 is located on the back side of the handrail belt 38, the metal engagement member 390 is not visible to the passenger, and when gripped, the finger does not come to this position, so that the design is deteriorated. There is nothing and the touch is not bad.

  Moreover, since the unevenness | corrugation 391 is provided in the end surface of the right-and-left both sides 382 corresponding to the engaging member 390, a friction coefficient goes up and the protective film 384 can be fixed more.

  Further, since the protective film 384 having the cushion member 386 is separate from the handrail belt body 380, the above effect can be obtained only by covering the existing handrail belt with the protective film 384.

(4) Modification Example In the above embodiment, the protective film 384 was simply covered on the handrail belt main body 380, but an adhesive layer was provided on the back surface of the protective film 384, thereby fixing it to the handrail belt main body 380. Also good. In this case, the engaging member 390 may not be provided.

  Further, the positions where the bulging portions 387, 388, and 389 are provided may be positions other than the above-described embodiment as long as they are easily gripped by passengers and are non-slip. Further, the shape is not limited to a ridge or hemisphere, and may be a shape that is, for example, a half of a rugby ball.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the bulging part 387 was provided for every predetermined space | interval in the longitudinal direction, you may provide continuously in a longitudinal direction not only this.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the material of the handrail belt main body 380 was chlorosulfonated polyethyl rubber, it may replace with this and may be urethane.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the description has been made by adapting to the step 30 of the escalator 10, but instead of this, it may be adapted to a step (step) of a moving sidewalk.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel 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 modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Escalator, 36 ... Railing, 38 ... Handrail belt, 380 ... Handrail belt main body, 381 ... Center part, 382 ... Left and right both sides, 384 ... Protective film 385 ... bag part, 386 ... cushion member, 387 ... bulge part, 388 ... bulge part, 389 ... bulge part, 390 ... engagement member

In an embodiment of the present invention, the endless handrail belt body has a flat plate-like central portion extending in the longitudinal direction and a cross-sectional shape having left and right side portions extending while curving from the left and right sides of the central portion. A protective film is applied to the surface of the handrail belt body, a bag portion is formed on the protective film, a cushion member is inserted into the bag portion, and bulges from the surface of the handrail belt body. A bulging portion is formed , and engaging members are provided at both end portions of the protective film, and the engaging members are hooked and stopped at both left and right end portions of the handrail belt body, and the protective film is A handrail belt for a passenger conveyor , being fixed while maintaining a tensioned state on the surface of the handrail belt body .

Claims (10)

The endless handrail belt main body has a flat plate-like central portion extending in the longitudinal direction, and a cross-sectional shape having left and right side portions extending while curving from the left and right sides of the central portion is C-shaped,
A protective film covers the surface of the handrail belt body,
A bag portion is formed on the protective film,
A cushion member is inserted into the bag portion, and bulges from the surface of the handrail belt body to form a bulge portion.
A handrail belt for a passenger conveyor. The cushion member has a hardness of 15 to 40 Hs.
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 1. The cushion member is rubber;
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 2. The bulging portion bulges from the left and right side portions of the handrail belt body,
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 1. The bulging part is continuously bulging along the longitudinal direction of the left and right side parts, or bulged into a ridge at predetermined intervals.
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 4. The bulging portion bulges from the upper surface of the central portion of the handrail belt body,
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 1. The bulging portion bulges in a semi-spherical shape from the upper surface of the central portion,
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 6. The bulging portion bulges from the upper surface of the central portion to the ridge,
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 6. The material of the handrail belt is chlorosulfonated polyethyl rubber or urethane,
The handrail belt of the passenger conveyor according to claim 1. It has the handrail belt according to claim 1.
A passenger conveyor characterized by that.

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