JP2017145110A - Landing operation device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a landing operation device of an elevator, capable of reducing labor of connection to a cable connected to a control panel, and suppressing a ground fault due to the clamp of wiring.SOLUTION: A landing operation device 50 includes: a case 10 installed in a wall 4 of an elevator landing; a car calling button 12 exposed to a front side surface 15 of the case 10; and a connector arranged in the case 10 and connecting a cable connected to a control panel to an external equipment. In the case 10, an opening/closing door 34 is provided in a projection side wall surface 32 projecting from the wall 4. There is formed an opening for communicating the outside and inside of the case 10 by inserting a key into a key hole 35 provided in the opening/closing door 34 and opening the opening/closing door 34, and the connector in the case 10 is connected to the external equipment via the opening.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator hall operating device that is installed around an elevator hall and provided with a car call button.

  When performing maintenance and inspection of the elevator, the maintenance and inspection of the elevator may be performed by connecting an external device to a cable connected to a control panel that controls the hoist motor or the landing door. For example, in the elevator of Patent Document 1, a box is embedded on the back side of a hall cover where a car call button on the side of the elevator entrance is installed, and a connector for connecting to a cable connected to a control panel is provided in the box. It is stored. When performing maintenance and inspection of the elevator, remove the external part that can be removed by the landing cover, take out the connector from the box through the opening created by the removal, and connect the external device to the connector. It has become.

JP 2011-16293 A

  In the elevator of the above-mentioned patent document 1, since it is necessary to remove the exterior of the landing cover during maintenance and inspection, labor is required to remove it. In addition, many wires, such as the basket call button and the wiring connected to the display unit, are placed behind the hall cover, so if you accidentally insert the wiring after fitting the maintenance inspection, a ground fault will occur. May occur. Furthermore, since it is necessary to be careful not to pinch the wiring or the like, it may take time to fit the outside after the maintenance inspection.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator hall operating device that can reduce labor for connection to a cable connected to a control panel and can suppress ground faults caused by pinching of wiring.

  An elevator hall operating device according to the present invention includes a case installed on a wall of an elevator hall, a car call button that is exposed on a front side surface of the case and calls a car, and is disposed in the case. A connector that connects a connected cable to an external device, and an exposure mechanism that is provided in at least one of the case and the case and that can be exposed to enable the connector to be connected to the external device, The case has a key insertion part for inserting a key for operating the exposure mechanism from the outside.

  According to the present invention, since the case has the key insertion part for inserting the key for operating the exposure mechanism that enables the connector to be connected to the external device from the outside, the key is inserted into the key insertion part and the case is inserted. A connector connected to the control panel can be connected to an external device simply by operating the exposure mechanism. Therefore, since there is no need to remove any part from the landing control device during maintenance inspections where external devices must be connected to the control panel, labor for connecting external devices to the control panel can be reduced, and wiring can be pinched. The resulting ground fault can also be suppressed.

  Further, if the key is not inserted into the key insertion portion, the exposure mechanism that allows the connector to be connected to the external device does not operate, so there is no concern that an elevator passenger or the like who does not have the key will accidentally operate the exposure mechanism.

  Further, in the present invention, the exposure mechanism is an opening / closing door provided on a protruding side wall surface protruding from the wall in the case, and the key insertion portion is a lock key hole provided in the opening / closing door. The exposure mechanism may be operated by the inserted key.

  In this case, an opening can be formed in the case simply by inserting the key into the key hole and opening the door, and the connector can be connected to an external device via this opening. Therefore, the labor for connecting the external device to the connector can be greatly reduced.

  Further, in the present invention, a key through-hole and a connector through-hole constituting the key insertion portion are provided at the bottom of the protruding side wall surface protruding from the wall in the case, and the exposure mechanism includes the connector An attached fixture, and a stopper that holds the fixture in the case by locking the fixture to the case, and the stopper inserted by the key inserted from the key through hole. Is moved from the locking position, the locking of the fixture by the stopper is released, and at least a part of the connector passes through the connector through-hole due to gravity and moves to the outside of the case. It may be.

  The key through hole may be connected to the connector through hole, or may be a hole different from the connector through hole.

  In this case, at least a part of the connector can be moved out of the case by gravity only by moving the stopper from the locking position with the key inserted from the key through hole. Therefore, the labor for connecting the external device to the connector can be greatly reduced.

  According to the elevator hall operating device of the present invention, it is possible to reduce labor for connection to a cable connected to a control panel, and it is also possible to suppress ground faults caused by pinching of wiring.

It is a perspective view showing the hall of the lowest floor of the elevator concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a model perspective view when a hall operating device is seen from the lower side. It is a schematic perspective view which shows a mode that the connector of the hall operating device in which the lock is unlocked by the key and the door is opened is connected to the external device. It is a schematic cross section when the bottom part periphery of the case of a hall operating device is cut | disconnected by the BB line of FIG. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. (A) is the model front view which made the case a cross section in order to demonstrate the internal structure of the case in the hall operating device of 2nd Embodiment, and the connector in the state in which the connector is accommodated in the connector accommodating part of a case It is a model front view which shows the internal structure of an accommodating part. (B) is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of (a), and (c) is a view of the periphery of the bottom of the connector housing section cut by a cut surface indicated by line FF in (b). It is a schematic cross section at the time. (A) is a model front view corresponding to Drawing 6 (a) showing the state where a part of connector protrudes outside a connector storage part, and (b) is a GG line of Drawing 7 (a). It is a schematic cross section.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, when a plurality of embodiments and modifications are included, it is assumed from the beginning that a new embodiment is constructed by appropriately combining these characteristic portions.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a landing on the lowest floor of the elevator 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator 100 includes a hall operating device 50 disposed on a wall 4 on the side of the hall door 1. The hall operating device 50 includes a case 10, a display unit 11, and a basket call button 12. The display unit 11 and the basket call button 12 are provided on the case 10 so as to be exposed on the front side surface 15 of the case 10.

  The display unit 11 may include a light emitting panel 18 (see FIG. 5) that digitally displays characters and symbols, or may include a liquid crystal display panel that can display a finer image instead of the light emitting panel. The display unit 11 displays the operation status of the elevator car under the control of the elevator control panel 16 (see FIG. 5). Specifically, the display unit 11 displays the position and traveling direction of the basket. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the display unit 11 displays that the basket is moving upward from the second floor. In addition to the position and traveling direction of the basket, the display unit 11 is “full” indicating that the weight exceeds the maximum loading load, “pause” indicating that the service is not being performed, and a disaster. “Emergency” or the like indicating that the vehicle is operating differently from normal may be displayed.

  The basket call button 12 is provided on the lower side of the display unit 11 in the case 10. In this example, since the hall operating device 50 is provided at the hall on the lowest floor, the car call button 12 is configured only by a button for inputting a signal to the control panel 16 to be directed upward after calling the car. The The control panel 16 is a hoisting machine that winds up the main rope that suspends the basket and the counterweight based on signals input from the basket call button at the landing on each floor or the destination floor button provided in the basket. The operation of the car is controlled by controlling the motor and the like. In the case of an elevator without a machine room, the control panel 16 is often provided around the pitch at the lower end of the hoistway where the cage moves up and down. Therefore, when there is no machine room in the elevator, it is preferable to provide the hall operating device 50 at the lowest floor hall as in this example.

  The hall operating device according to the present embodiment may be provided on the top floor or the intermediate floor. When the hall operating device according to the present embodiment is provided on the top floor, the arrow attached to the basket call button is downwardly opposite to the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. In this case, when the car call button is operated, a signal to be directed downward after the car is called is input to the control panel. When the hall operating device according to the present embodiment is provided on an intermediate floor, the cage call button is constituted by, for example, the button shown in FIG. 1 and the button below the button, and the direction of the arrow is the lower button. Can be done. When the upper button is operated, a signal to be directed upward after calling the cage is input to the control panel, and when the lower button is operated, a signal to be directed downward after calling the cage. Input to the control panel.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the hall operating device 50 as viewed from below. As shown in FIG. 2, the case 10 has a protruding side wall surface 32 that protrudes outward from the wall 4 of the elevator hall. An opening / closing door 34 is provided at the bottom 33 of the protruding side wall surface 32. The open / close door 34 is provided with a lock, and a lock key hole 35 is exposed to the outside.

  The open / close door 34 constitutes an exposure mechanism for enabling the connector 40 (see FIGS. 3 and 5) to be connected to the external device 96 (see FIG. 3), and the key hole 35 constitutes a key insertion portion. In the state shown in FIG. 2, the door 34 is locked in a closed state by a key (not shown).

  FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the hall operating device 50 in which the lock is unlocked by the key and the open / close door 34 is opened. As shown in FIG. 3, the open / close door 34 extends in a substantially vertical direction by gravity in an opened state. The open / close door 34 can be turned in the direction indicated by the arrow C in FIG. 3 between the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. In the open state in which the open / close door 34 extends in the vertical direction, an opening that connects the outside of the case 10 and the chamber inside the case 10 is formed in the bottom 33 of the protruding side wall surface 32.

  4 is a cross-sectional view of the case 10 taken along the line BB in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, a hinge 55 is provided on each side between the surface 34 a of the opening / closing door 34 on the chamber 51 side and the inner surface 52 a of the side wall 52 on one side extending in the vertical direction of the case 10. A total of two fastening members 56 are fixed. A lock 57 is embedded in the open / close door 34 with the keyhole exposed to the outside. The lock 57 includes a screw portion 87 having a male screw that is screwed into a female screw of a screw hole that passes through the bottom portion of the open / close door 34, and a stopper 58 that extends in the horizontal direction from the distal end side of the screw portion 87 on the chamber 51 side. Have The stopper 58 is rotated by inserting a key (not shown) into the key hole 35 (see FIG. 2) and rotating the screw portion 87. Then, when the stopper 58 is brought into contact with a portion other than the opening / closing door 34 in the bottom 88 on the chamber 51 side in the case 10, the stopper 58 closes the closing position where the opening / closing door 34 is closed. The opening / closing door 34 is opened / closed by appropriately rotating between the open position where the stopper 59 is in non-contact with the part other than the opening / closing door 34 and the opening / closing door 34 opens.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, the case where the opening / closing door 34 is opened and closed by rotating the screw portion 87 of the lock 57 with the key has been described. However, the lock may be configured to include a case and a protrusion that can protrude from the case. Then, the key is inserted into the key hole of the lock, the protrusion is protruded from the case, and the protrusion is accommodated in the recess of the stationary part facing the door, and the door is closed while the key is locked. You may make it the structure which opens an opening-and-closing door by inserting in a hole and accommodating a protrusion part in a case. Thus, the open / close door may be configured in any structure that can be opened and closed by the key.

  Referring again to FIG. 3, the case 10 accommodates a connector 40 for connecting the cable 19 connected to the control panel 16 (see FIG. 5) to the connector 95 of the external device 96. Here, the external device 96 is an input device for inputting a signal that causes the control panel 16 to control each device of the elevator. The external device 96 can be configured by a dedicated device, and can also be configured by a general-purpose portable terminal such as a portable computer. The connectors 40 and 95 may be any type of connector, and may be configured with, for example, a USB connector, a WM (Walkman (registered trademark)) connector, a Dsub connector, a DIN connector, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the connector 40 can be pulled out through an opening formed in the bottom 33 of the case 10 when the open / close door 34 is open. The connector 40 is connected to the connector 95 of the external device 96 in a state where the connector 40 is pulled out.

  5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the case 10 of the hall operating device 50 includes a connector housing portion 60 that protrudes outward from the hall wall 4 and a buried portion 61 that is buried in a recess provided in the wall 4 and opens to the hall side. It consists of. The connector housing part 60 has a connector housing chamber 67 for housing the connector 40 therein. The connector housing portion 60 has a through hole 63 that opens to the embedded portion 61 side in the wall surface 69 on the wall 4 side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, leaf springs 70, 71 are fixed by screws 73, 74 on the upper and lower sides in the vertical direction on the back side surface of the wall surface 69. The connector housing portion 60 is detachably mounted on the embedded portion 61 by a biasing force in which the leaf springs 70 and 71 press the opening peripheral portion 75 of the embedded portion 61 in the vertical direction.

  A display unit 11 and a basket call button 12 are installed on the front side plate 77 on the landing side in the connector housing 60. The connector 40 is in contact with the bottom 80 of the connector housing chamber 67 by gravity. By opening the opening / closing door 34 that constitutes a part of the bottom 80 of the connector housing chamber 67, the connector 40 is pulled out from the connector housing chamber 67. Thus, since the connector 40 is disposed in the connector housing chamber 67 in the connector housing portion 60 that protrudes outward from the hall wall 4, the connector 40 is easily connected to an external device.

  The cables 19, 90, 91 from the display unit 11, the basket call button 12 and the connector 40 pass through the through hole 63 of the connector housing unit 60 and extend toward the embedded unit 61, and are then bundled and provided in the embedded unit 61. It passes through the wall 4 from the formed hole 84 and is drawn out to the hoistway side. The cables 19, 90, 91 are connected to the control panel 16 installed near the pitch of the hoistway after being drawn out to the hoistway side.

  According to the first embodiment, the case 10 has the key hole 35 for inserting the key for operating the open / close door 34 that allows the connector 40 to be connected to the external device 96 from the outside. The connector 40 connected to the control panel 16 can be connected to the external device 96 simply by inserting the hole 35 and opening the open / close door 34. Therefore, it is not necessary to detach any part from the hall operating device 50 at the time of maintenance inspection in which the external device 96 must be connected to the control panel 16, so that the labor for connecting the external device 96 to the control panel 16 can be reduced. Moreover, the ground fault resulting from the pinching of the cables 19, 90, 91 can also be suppressed.

  Furthermore, since the exposure mechanism for enabling the connector 40 to be connected to the external device 96 is the opening / closing door 34, the opening can be formed in the case 10 simply by inserting the key into the key hole 35 and opening the opening / closing door 34. Thus, the connector 40 can be connected to the external device 96. Therefore, the labor for connecting the connector 40 to the external device 96 can be greatly reduced.

  In the first embodiment, the case where the opening / closing door 34 is provided on the bottom 33 of the protruding side wall surface 32 of the case 10 has been described. However, the opening / closing door includes a front side plate portion 77 (see FIG. 1) of the case 10, The protruding side wall surface 32 of the case 10 may be provided on a side wall portion 78 (see FIG. 1) extending in the depth direction.

  In the first embodiment, the case where the connector 40 connected to the control panel 16 is accommodated in the connector accommodating portion 60 protruding from the landing wall 4 in the case 10 is described. May be accommodated in a buried part embedded in the wall of the hall.

  6 and 7 are schematic diagrams for explaining an elevator hall operating device 150 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 6A is a schematic front view in cross section of the connector housing portion 160 for explaining the internal structure of the connector housing portion 160 of the hall operating device 150, and the connector 140 is housed in the connector housing portion 160. It is a model front view which shows the internal structure of the connector accommodating part 160 in the state performed. 6B is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line D-D of FIG. 6A, and FIG. 6C shows the periphery of the bottom portion 179 of the protruding side wall surface 132 protruding from the wall 104 in the case 110. It is a schematic cross section when it cut | disconnects by the cut surface shown by the FF line in FIG.6 (b). FIG. 7A is a schematic front view corresponding to FIG. 6A showing a state in which a part of the connector 140 protrudes outside the connector housing portion 160 of the case 110, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line GG of FIG.

  6 and 7, a configuration other than a structure in which a part of the connector 140 protrudes from the case 110, such as a leaf spring for fixing the display unit, the basket call button, and the connector housing unit 160 to the embedded unit 161. Etc. are not shown.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the hall operating device 150 includes a fixture 170 and a stopper 171 to which the connector 140 is fixed. The fixture 170 and the stopper 171 are included in an exposure mechanism for enabling the connector 140 to be connected to an external device (not shown). The fixture 170 includes a flat plate portion 180 that extends in the vertical direction Z, and a protruding portion 181 that protrudes from the upper portion of the front side surface of the flat plate portion 180 to the landing side in the case depth direction X.

  The stopper 171 is made of a deformable elastic member. The stopper 171 extends upward in the vertical direction Z from the bottom 177 of the case 110. As shown in FIG. 6A, the upper portion of the stopper 171 has a bent portion 184 that moves inward in the width direction Y of the case 110 as it goes in the vertical direction Z. As shown in FIG. 6A, when the stopper 171 exists in the locking position and the connector 140 is accommodated in the connector accommodating portion 160, the upper end of the bent portion 184 is the protrusion 181 of the fixture 170. By supporting the lower surface, the fixture 170 is prevented from falling in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 6C, the bottom portion 179 of the connector housing portion 160 of the case 110 is provided with a connector through hole 155 that penetrates the bottom portion in the vertical direction Z. The length in the width direction Y of the connector through-hole 155 is longer than the length in the width direction Y of the fixture 170 so that the fixture 170 can pass through the connector through-hole 155.

  As shown in FIG. 6C, a key through hole 158 is provided in the bottom portion 179 of the case 110 so as to be adjacent to the connector through hole 155 in the width direction Y. Referring to FIG. 6A, the key 190 inserted from the key through hole 158 is passed through the passage region extending in the vertical direction Z surrounded by the phantom line α, and the key 190 is bent by the bent portion of the stopper 171. When 184 is pressed upward, the bent portion 184 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow E, and the bending degree of the bent portion 184 decreases. As a result, the tip of the bent portion 184 is disengaged from the lower surface of the protruding portion 181 of the fixture 170, and the fixture 170 is dropped downward in the vertical direction by gravity. As the shape of the key 190, for example, a strip shape or a pin shape can be suitably employed.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the case 110 has a pair of guide rails 185 that protrudes indoors from a wall surface portion 189 located on the embedded portion 161 side in the connector housing portion 160. The pair of guide rails 185 extend in the vertical direction Z. The fixture 170 is disposed between the pair of guide rails 185 and is guided by the pair of guide rails 185 to fall.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the thickness of the connector 140 increases as it goes upward in the vertical direction Z. In addition, the thickness of the upper portion of the connector 140 is thicker than the dimension in the case depth direction X of the connector through hole 155, and the thickness of the lower portion of the connector 140 is equal to the case depth direction X of the connector through hole 155. It is thinner than the dimension. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7B, the dropping of the connector 140 ends at a place where the connector 140 is caught in the connector through hole 155.

  As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the distal end side of the connector 140 protrudes to the outside of the case 110 when the connector 140 has been dropped. In this state, the connector 140 is connected to a connector of an external device (not shown) to perform maintenance and inspection.

  When the fixture 170 is lifted from the state shown in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B after the maintenance inspection, etc., the bent portion 184 of the stopper 171 applies a force from below by the protruding portion 181 of the fixture 170. In response to this, the projection 181 moves in a direction indicated by an arrow E in FIG. 6A, and the protruding portion 181 moves above the bent portion 184. Thereafter, the bent portion 184 moves to the opposite side to the direction indicated by the arrow E, and the distal end of the bent portion 184 supports the lower surface of the projecting portion 181 so that the connector housing state shown in FIG.

  According to the second embodiment, just by moving the stopper 171 from the locking position with the key 190 inserted from the key through hole 158, the tip of the connector 140 can be moved out of the case 110 by gravity. Connect to external devices. Therefore, the labor for connecting the external device to the connector 140 can be greatly reduced.

  Further, the dropping of the connector 140 ends at a position where the connector 140 is caught in the connector through hole 155 so that the entire connector 140 does not protrude outside the case 110. Therefore, the connector 140 can be easily and quickly returned to the state before the maintenance inspection or the like only by lifting the fixture 170 to which the connector 140 is attached after the maintenance inspection or the like.

  In the second embodiment, the case where the key through hole 158 is a hole different from the connector through hole 155 has been described. However, the key through hole may be connected to the connector through hole. Further, in the second embodiment, the case where only a part of the distal end side of the connector 140 protrudes from the connector housing portion 160 to the outside has been described. However, all of the connectors may protrude from the connector housing portion to the outside.

  4 Wall, 10, 110 Case, 12 Basket Call Button, 15 Case Front Side, 16 Elevator Control Panel, 19 Cable, 32, 132 Case Side Wall, 34 Open / Close Door, 35 Keyhole, 40, 140 Connector, 50, 150 hall operating device, 60, 160 Connector housing part, 96 External device, 155 Connector through hole, 158 Key through hole, 170 Mounting tool, 171 Stopper, 179 Bottom of protruding side wall surface of case, 190 key .

Claims (3)

A case installed on the wall of the elevator hall,
A car call button that is exposed on the front side of the case and calls the car,
A connector disposed in the case and connected to an external device for a cable connected to the control panel;
An exposure mechanism that is provided in at least one of the case and the case and is exposed to enable the connector to be connected to the external device;
The elevator hall operating device, wherein the case has a key insertion portion for inserting a key for operating the exposure mechanism from the outside. In the elevator hall operating device according to claim 1,
The exposure mechanism is an open / close door provided on a protruding side wall surface protruding from the wall in the case,
The key insertion part is a keyhole of a lock provided in the opening / closing door, and an elevator hall operating device in which the exposure mechanism is operated by the inserted key. In the elevator hall operating device according to claim 1,
In the case, the bottom of the protruding side wall surface protruding from the wall is provided with a key through-hole constituting the key insertion portion, and a connector through-hole,
The exposure mechanism includes a fixture to which the connector is attached, and a stopper that holds the fixture in the case by locking the fixture to the case.
When the stopper is moved from the locking position by the key inserted from the key through hole, the locking of the fixture by the stopper is released, and at least a part of the connector penetrates the connector by gravity. An elevator hall operating device that moves through the hole to the outside of the case.

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