JP2021107262A - Passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a passenger conveyor which is easy to install and remove a lighting apparatus for a handrail frame with a pair of side parts where recesses are provided.SOLUTION: A passenger conveyor of the present embodiment comprises a moving handrail, a handrail panel, a handrail frame, a lighting apparatus, and a fixed part. The handrail frame has a pair of side parts where the recess parts open in the first direction are provided on both sides, where the first direction is orthogonal to the thickness direction of the handrail panel and goes to the moving handrail from a marginal part. The lighting apparatus is located on one side of the handrail panel in the thickness direction. The fixed part fixes the lighting apparatus on one of a pair of sides and on the side part located on one side. The fixed part has a nut housed in the recess on one side, a bolt to fix the lighting apparatus on one side with the nut, and a whirl-stop part different from the bolt and to prevent the nut from rotating against one side part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to passenger conveyors.

Conventionally, in a passenger conveyor having translucent balustrade panels on both sides of a plurality of steps connected in an endless manner, for example, a lighting device for illuminating the balustrade panels may be attached to the balustrade frame.

Japanese Patent No. 5889173 Japanese Patent No. 6208571 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-123584 Japanese Patent No. 6377306

As a balustrade frame for this type of passenger conveyor, a pair of side portions are provided with recesses, and an edge of a lighting panel is located between them to guide a moving handrail, and a connection portion connecting the pair of side portions. The balustrade panel with is known. It would be beneficial to have a passenger conveyor that would facilitate the installation and removal of lighting devices for this type of balustrade frame.

The passenger conveyor of the embodiment includes a moving handrail, a balustrade panel, a balustrade frame, a lighting device, and a fixed portion. The moving handrail is endless. The balustrade panel has an edge portion covered by the moving handrail and is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the moving handrail. The balustrade frame is provided with recesses that are orthogonal to the thickness direction of the balustrade panel and are opened in a first direction from the edge portion toward the moving handrail, and the edges are provided between each other in the thickness direction. It has a pair of side portions that are located and guide the moving handrail, and a connecting portion that covers the edge portion from the first direction and connects the pair of side portions, and is fixed to the balustrade panel. ing. The lighting device is located on one side of the balustrade panel in the thickness direction. The fixing portion is one of the pair of side portions, and the lighting device is fixed to the side portion located on the one side. The fixing portion is different from the nut housed in the recess on the one side portion, the bolt for fixing the lighting device to the one side portion by the nut, and the bolt. It has a detent portion for detenting the nut with respect to the side portion.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a passenger conveyor according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the passenger conveyor of the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detent portion in the passenger conveyor of the second embodiment.

The passenger conveyor according to the embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

(First Embodiment)
The passenger conveyor according to the embodiment is, for example, an escalator or a moving walkway, and has translucent balustrade panels on both sides of a plurality of steps connected in an endless manner. The translucent balustrade panel has a design, such as an elegant and aesthetically pleasing appearance. Passenger conveyors may illuminate balustrade panels to improve their design.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a passenger conveyor 1. For example, the passenger conveyor 1 can be configured as shown in FIG.

The passenger conveyor 1 is, for example, an escalator or a moving walkway. The passenger conveyor 1 has a plurality of steps 5 in which the driving wheels 6 and the driven wheels 7 are connected endlessly inside the structural frame 2. The passenger conveyor 1 is configured such that a plurality of steps 5 orbit between the drive wheels 6 and the driven wheels 7 by the power supplied from the electric motor 8 to the drive wheels 6 via the speed reducer 11 and the drive chain 9. NS. Further, in the passenger conveyor 1, a translucent balustrade panel 3 is arranged on the side of the step 5. On both sides of the plurality of steps 5 in the traveling direction, a group of balustrade panels composed of a plurality of balustrade panels 3 arranged in a row is arranged. The passenger conveyor 1 has an endless moving handrail 4 attached in an annular shape along the outer circumference of the balustrade panel group, and the portion of the moving handrail 4 located above the balustrade panel group should be gripped by the passengers 27. Functions as. For the balustrade panel 3, for example, tempered glass having translucency or tempered plastic having translucency may be used. The passenger conveyor 1 is configured so that the moving handrail 4 orbits in the same direction as the step 5 in accordance with the movement of the step 5. That is, the moving direction D3 (traveling direction) of the moving handrail 4 is the same as the moving direction (traveling direction) of the step.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, on the edge 3d of the balustrade panel, a balustrade frame 30 that movably supports the moving handrail 4, a lighting device 40 that illuminates the balustrade panel 3 and the like, and a balustrade frame 30 that illuminates the lighting device 40 and the like. A fixed portion 50 fixed to the above is attached.

The balustrade panel 3 is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the moving handrail 4 and is fixed to the structural frame 2. The balustrade panel 3 has side surfaces 3a and 3b of the balustrade panel 3 in the thickness direction D4 and an edge surface 3c. Hereinafter, the thickness direction D4 of the balustrade panel 3 may be simply referred to as the thickness direction D4. The side surface 3b is a surface on the step 5 side. The edge surface 3c is provided over the side surface 3a and the side surface 3b. The edge surface 3c and the end portions of the side surfaces 3a and 3b on the moving handrail 4 side form the edge portion 3d of the balustrade panel 3. The edge 3d is covered by the moving handrail 4. Hereinafter, the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction D4 of the balustrade panel 3 and the moving direction D3 of the moving handrail 4 and toward the moving handrail 4 from the edge 3d is referred to as a first direction D1, and the direction opposite to the first direction D1 is referred to as a first direction. It is referred to as the direction D2 of 2. The first direction D1 is also the direction in which the edge surface 3c faces.

The balustrade frame 30 is fixed to the edge portion 3d of the balustrade panel 3 via a fixing portion 60. The balustrade frame 30 is formed endlessly along the moving handrail 4. The balustrade frame 30 has a pair of side portions 32A and 32B and a connecting portion 31.

The edge portion 3d is arranged between the pair of side portions 32A and 32B in the thickness direction D4. The pair of side portions 32A and 32B guide the moving handrail 4.

The pair of side portions 32A and 32B have a pair of side walls 32a and 32b, a connecting wall 32c, and a guide portion 32d, respectively. The pair of side portions 32A and 32B are plane-symmetric with respect to a plane passing through the center of the balustrade panel 3 in the thickness direction D4 and orthogonal to the thickness direction D4.

The pair of side walls 32a and 32b are separated from each other in the thickness direction D4. The side wall 32b is located on the side wall 32a on the side opposite to the balustrade panel 3.

The connection wall 32c covers the edge portion 3d from the first direction D1 and connects the pair of side portions 32A and 32B. Specifically, the connecting wall 32c connects the ends 32aa, 32ba of the pair of side walls 32a, 32b in the second direction D2, respectively.

Further, each of the pair of side portions 32A and 32B is provided with a recess 32e opened in the first direction D1. The recess 32e is formed by a pair of side walls 32a and 32b and a connecting wall 32c. In other words, the pair of side walls 32a and 32b and the connecting wall 32c face the recess 32e. The recess 32e is also referred to as a room or space.

A plurality of lighting devices 40 are provided. Note that FIG. 2 shows only one lighting device 40. The plurality of lighting devices 40 are arranged at intervals from each other in the moving direction D3 (traveling direction) of the moving handrail 4. As an example, the lighting device 40 is provided on the balustrade frame 30 located outside the deck cover 10. Here, in the balustrade frame 30, a roller (not shown) for supporting the moving handrail 4 is provided at the folded portion (not shown) that supports the pair of folded parts 4a and 4b (FIG. 1) of the moving handrail 4. There is. In the lighting device 40, the lighting device 40 provided at the folded portion of the balustrade frame 30 is arranged apart from the roller.

The lighting device 40 is located on one side of the balustrade panel 3 in the thickness direction D4 (in FIG. 2, the side surface 3a side). Further, the lighting device 40 is located on the second direction D2 side of the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A.

The lighting device 40 has a light source 41, a case 42, and a cover 43. The light source 41 is, for example, an LED (Light Mission Diode), an LD (Laser Diode), or the like. The light source 41 is not limited to the above. The light source 41 emits light by electric power supplied from a power source (not shown).

The case 42 accommodates the light source 41 and supports the light source 41. The case 42 is made of, for example, a synthetic 1 resin material. The case 42 is fixed to the connecting wall 32c of one side 32A of the balustrade frame 30 by the fixing portion 50. As a result, the lighting device 40 is fixed to the balustrade frame 30.

Further, the case 42 is formed from a mounting wall 42a located on the second direction D2 side of the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A of the balustrade frame 30 and an end portion 42aa on the mounting wall 42a opposite to the balustrade panel 3. It has a protruding portion 42b protruding in the first direction D1. Further, the case 42 has an engaging portion 42c inside the end portion of the second direction D2 in the case 42. The engaging portion 42c is formed in an uneven shape.

The cover 43 is detachably fixed to the case 42 in a state of covering the light source 41 from the light emitting side of the light source 41. The cover 43 has a cover main body 43a and an engaging portion 43b. The engaging portions 43b are provided at both ends of the cover main body 43a in the first direction D1 and are formed in a concavo-convex shape. The engaging portion 43b engages with the engaging portion 42c of the case 42 so as to be disengageable from the inside of the case 42. The convex portions of the engaging portions 42c and 43b are also referred to as claws. Further, a supported portion 41a provided in the light source 41 is superposed on the end portion of the engaging portion 43b in the first direction D1, and the engaging portion 43b supports the light source 41 from the second direction D2. ing. Further, the cover 43 has a translucent property. The light emitted from the light source 41 passes through the cover body 43a and irradiates the balustrade panel 3 and the like.

The fixing portion 50 fixes the lighting device 40 to one side portion 32A of the balustrade frame 30. The fixing portion 50 is provided for each lighting device 40. That is, a plurality of fixing portions 50 are provided. The fixing portion 50 has a nut 51, a bolt 52 coupled to the nut 51, and a detent portion 54 separate from the bolt 52.

The nut 51 is housed in a recess 32e of one side 32A. In this embodiment, a part of the nut 51 is housed in the recess 32e. At least a part of the nut 51 may be housed in the recess 32e.

The nut 51 is, for example, a pop nut. The nut 51 has a tubular portion 51a on which a female screw is formed and a pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c. The pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c are flange portions protruding from the tubular portion 51a. The sandwiching portion 51b is located inside the recess 32e, and the sandwiching portion 51c is located outside the recess 32e. The pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c fix the nut 51 to the connecting wall 32c in a state of sandwiching the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A. That is, the pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c prevent the nut 51 from rotating with respect to one side portion 32A. The pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c form a detent portion 54.

The bolt 52 and the nut 51 fix the lighting device 40 to one side portion 32A. The bolt 52 has a head portion 52a and a shaft portion 52b on which a male screw is formed. The head 52a is located outside the recess 32e. Specifically, the head 52a is located on the second direction D2 side of the connection wall 32c of the one side portion 32A and on the second direction D2 side of the mounting wall 42a of the lighting device 40, and is located on the second direction D2 side of the mounting wall 42a of the lighting device 40. It is housed in the case 42 of. The shaft portion 52b extends from the head portion 52a in the first direction D1, penetrates the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A, and is coupled to the nut 51. Specifically, the shaft portion 52b is inserted into a through hole provided in the mounting wall 42a and a through hole provided in the connecting wall 32c. The head 52a and the sandwiching portion 51c sandwich the mounting wall 42a.

Further, the thickness of the head 52a (thickness of the first direction D1) is thinner than the thickness of the connecting wall 32c (thickness of the first direction D1).

Further, the protruding portion 42b of the case 42 covers the sandwiching portion 51c between the connecting wall 32c of the one side portion 32A and the mounting wall 42a of the case 42 from one side in the thickness direction D4.

In the assembly of the passenger conveyor 1 having the above configuration, the nut 51 is fixed to the connecting wall 32c by the detent portion 54 before the bolt 52 is connected to the nut 51. Therefore, in the mounting method in which the lighting device 40 is attached to the balustrade frame 30, the rotation of the nut 51 is prevented when the bolt 52 is connected to the nut 51. Also, when removing (removing method) the lighting device 40, the rotation of the nut 51 is prevented when the bolt 52 is connected to the nut 51.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the passenger conveyor 1 includes a moving handrail 4, a balustrade panel 3, a balustrade frame 30, a lighting device 40, and a fixed portion 50. The moving handrail 4 has an endless shape. The balustrade panel 3 has an edge portion 3d covered by the moving handrail 4 and is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the moving handrail 4. The balustrade frame 30 has a pair of side portions 32A and 32B and a connecting portion 31, and is fixed to the balustrade panel 3. The pair of side portions 32A and 32B are respectively provided with recesses 32e opened in the first direction D1 from the edge portion 3d toward the moving handrail 4 at right angles to the thickness direction D4 of the balustrade panel 3, respectively, and the thickness direction D4. The edges 3d are located between each other and guide the moving handrail 4. The connecting portion 31 covers the edge portion 3d from the first direction D1 and connects the pair of side portions 32A and 32B. The lighting device 40 is located on one side of the thickness direction D4 with respect to the balustrade panel 3. The fixing portion 50 fixes the lighting device 40 to the side portion 32A which is one of the pair of side portions 32A and 32B and is located on one side. The fixing portion 50 has a nut 51, a bolt 52, and a detent portion 54. The nut 51 is housed in a recess 32e of one side 32A. The bolt 52 and the nut 51 fix the lighting device 40 to one side portion 32A. The detent portion 54 is separate from the bolt 52, and detents the nut 51 with respect to one side portion 32A.

According to such a configuration, since the detent portion 54 can detent the nut 51 with respect to one side portion 32A, it is easy to install and remove the lighting device 40.

Further, in the present embodiment, the side portions 32A and 32B have a pair of side walls 32a and 32b separated from each other in the thickness direction D4 and end portions 32aa and 32ba of the pair of side walls 32a and 32b in the second directions D2, respectively. It has a connecting wall 32c in which a recess 32e is formed by a pair of side walls 32a and 32b. The lighting device 40 is located on the second direction D2 side of the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A. The bolt 52 extends from the head 52a located on the second direction D2 side of the connecting wall 32c of the one side 32A and the connecting wall 32c of the one side 32A extending from the head 52a to the first direction D1. It has a shaft portion 52b that penetrates and is coupled to the nut 51.

According to such a configuration, the illuminating device 40 is located on the second direction D2 side (that is, the outer side opposite to the side wall 32b) of the connecting wall 32c of the one side portion 32A. It is easy to illuminate the balustrade panel 3.

Further, in the present embodiment, the detent portion 54 has a pair of sandwiching portions 51b, 51c provided on the nut 51 and sandwiching the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A.

According to such a configuration, since the pair of sandwiching portions 51b and 51c are provided on the nut 51, it is easy to suppress the configuration of the passenger conveyor 1 from becoming complicated.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lighting device 40 is mounted on the mounting wall 42a located on the second direction D2 side of the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A and sandwiched between the connecting wall 32c and the head 52a. The wall 42a has a protruding portion 42b that protrudes from the end portion 42aa on the side opposite to the balustrade panel 3 in the first direction D1 and covers the sandwiching portion 51c between the one side portion 32A and the mounting wall 42a.

According to such a configuration, since the sandwiching portion 51c between one side portion 32A and the mounting wall 42a is covered by the protruding portion 42b, the sandwiching portions 51b and 51c are difficult to see from the outside. Therefore, it is easy to improve the aesthetic appearance of the passenger conveyor 1.

Further, in the present embodiment, the thickness of the head 52a is thinner than the thickness of the connecting wall 32c.

According to such a configuration, the fixing portion 50 can be easily miniaturized.

(Second embodiment)
Next, the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the passenger conveyor of the second embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detent portion in the passenger conveyor of the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the first embodiment, the fixing portion 150 has the nut 151 and the detent portion 154 in place of the nut 51 and the detent portion 54 of the first embodiment. Different from.

The nut 151 has a tubular portion 51a, but does not have a pair of sandwiching portions 51b, 51c. The nut 151 is also referred to as a plate nut.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the detent portion 154 has a detent member 155 that detents the nut 151. The detent member 155 has a plate-shaped first portion 54a and a plate-shaped second portion 54b. The nut 151 is fixed to the first portion 54a by welding or the like and is overlapped with the connecting wall 32c of one side portion 32A. The second portion 54b extends from the first portion 54a in the first direction D1 and overlaps the side walls 32a and 32b of one side portion 32A.

A flat washer 160 is provided between the bolt 52 and the mounting wall 42a. Further, also in the present embodiment, the thickness of the head 52a is thinner than the thickness of the connecting wall 32c, as in the first embodiment.

In the assembly of the passenger conveyor 1 having the above configuration, the nut 51 is fixed to the detent member 155 of the detent portion 54 before the bolt 52 is coupled to the nut 51. Therefore, in the mounting method for attaching the lighting device 40 to the balustrade frame 30, when the bolt 52 is connected to the nut 51, for example, when a worker presses the second portion of the detent member 155 by hand, the detent member 155 Prevents the rotation of the nut 51. Similarly, when the lighting device 40 is removed (removed method), when the worker presses the second portion of the detent member 155 by hand, the detent member 155 prevents the nut 51 from rotating. The detent member 155 may be fixed to the side portion 32A.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the detent portion 54 has a first portion 54a to which the nut 51 is fixed and overlapped with the connection wall 32c of the one side portion 32A, and the first portion 54a to the first portion 54a. It has a second portion 54b extending in direction D1 and superimposed on the side wall 32b of one side 32A.

According to such a configuration, the rotation of the nut 51 can be prevented, for example, by pressing the second portion 54b.

According to each of the above embodiments, it is possible to obtain a passenger conveyor 1 having a new configuration in which it is easy to attach and remove the lighting device 40 to the balustrade frame 30 having a pair of side portions 32A and 32B provided with the recesses 32e. ..

In each of the above embodiments, an example in which the lighting device 40 is located on the side surface 3a side of the balustrade panel 3 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lighting device 40 may be located on the side surface 3b side of the balustrade panel 3.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 ... passenger conveyor, 3 ... balustrade panel, 3d ... edge, 4 ... moving handrail, 30 ... balustrade frame, 31 ... connection, 32A ... side, 32B ... side, 32a ... side wall, 32b ... side wall, 32c ... Connection wall, 32e ... concave, 40 ... lighting device, 42a ... mounting wall, 42aa ... end, 42b ... protruding part, 50, 150 ... fixed part, 51, 151 ... nut, 51b ... pinching part, 51c ... pinching part, 52 ... bolt, 52a ... head, 52b ... shaft part, 54,154 ... detent part, 54a ... first part, 54b ... second part.

Claims (6)

With an endless moving handrail,
A balustrade panel having an edge covered by the moving handrail and arranged on the inner peripheral side of the moving handrail,
Each recess is provided in a first direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the balustrade panel and from the edge toward the moving handrail, and the edges are located between each other in the thickness direction. A balustrade frame having a pair of side portions for guiding the moving handrail, a connecting portion for covering the edge portion from the first direction and connecting the pair of side portions, and fixed to the balustrade panel.
A lighting device located on one side of the balustrade panel in the thickness direction,
A fixed portion in which the lighting device is fixed to the side portion located on one of the pair of side portions and located on the one side.
With
The fixed part is
With the nut housed in the recess on one side
A bolt that fixes the lighting device to the one side by the nut,
A detent portion that is separate from the bolt and detents the nut to one of the side portions.
Has a passenger conveyor. The side part
A pair of side walls separated from each other in the thickness direction,
A connecting wall in which the ends of the pair of side walls in the second direction opposite to the first direction are connected and the recess is formed by the pair of side walls.
Have,
The illuminator is located on the second directional side of the connecting wall on one side.
The bolt
With the head located on the second direction side of the connecting wall on one side,
A shaft portion extending from the head in the first direction, penetrating the connecting wall on the one side portion, and being coupled to the nut.
The passenger conveyor according to claim 1. The passenger conveyor according to claim 2, wherein the detent portion is provided on the nut and has a pair of sandwiching portions that sandwich the connecting wall on one side of the nut. The lighting device is located on the second direction side of the connecting wall on one side thereof, and is opposite to the mounting wall sandwiched between the connecting wall and the head and the balustrade panel on the mounting wall. The passenger conveyor according to claim 3, further comprising a protruding portion protruding from a side end portion in the first direction and covering the sandwiched portion between the one side portion and the mounting wall. The detent portion includes a first portion to which the nut is fixed and overlapped with the connection wall on the one side portion, and the detent portion extending in the first direction from the first portion and the one side portion. The passenger conveyor according to claim 2, further comprising a second portion stacked on the side wall. The passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the thickness of the head is smaller than the thickness of the connecting wall.

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