JP2021147240A - escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a safe escalator with no accidental falls by displaying wording such as "Disinfecting" on the handrail belt.SOLUTION: There is provided an escalator handrail sanitary device 11 equipped with a cleaning cloth that comes into contact with the surface of a handrail belt 5 to clean or disinfect the surface at both the entrance and exit from the mechanical part of the handrail belt 5 or one of the entrance and exit. A display sheet 5A having a plurality of direction display marks that almost cover the cross-sectional shape, display the moving direction, and serve as a mark for timing when moving to the escalator is attached on the surface of the handrail belt 5, and the display sheet 5A having a plurality of display parts such as "disinfecting" on the surface of the handrail by the escalator handrail sanitary device 11 is attached.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a configuration of an escalator in which a moving step and a handrail belt form a ramp or a horizontal road to transport passengers.

Conventionally, as a device for preventing a fall accident on an escalator, a configuration of a display unit in which a display sheet is attached to the surface of a handrail belt to display a direction display mark, a caution display, and an advertisement display has already been proposed, for example, as in Patent Document 1. It has been granted rights.

The display sheet for the handrail belt described in Patent Document 1 has become more widespread in the world, and is particularly effective in preventing personal injury accidents, especially fall accidents.

JP-A-2006-347964 (Registration No. 4998863)

In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the display sheet makes it easier to understand the moving direction and the sense of speed of the escalator by the direction display mark or the like existing at a position close to the passenger's eyes, and the failure of boarding in the reverse direction or the failure of boarding / alighting timing is reduced. It is highly effective, and as a result, it has been evaluated as having a high actual effect of preventing falls. However, unless the "handrail belt is clean" or "disinfected" is appealed, the number of people who grab the handrail belt will not increase, and as a result, "fall accident disappearance" will not occur, and improvement in this respect will be made. It was desired. This has become more serious, especially since the "coronavirus epidemic" that began to spread explosively from the beginning of 2020.

An object of the present invention is the above-mentioned escalator provided with a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with the step. An escalator handrail sanitary device equipped with a cleaning cloth that comes into contact with the surface of the handrail belt to clean or disinfect the surface of the handrail belt is provided at one of the entrances and exits from the mechanical part of the handrail belt. It was an escalator.

Further, as a second aspect, in an escalator provided with a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step, the surface of the handrail belt. A display sheet having a plurality of direction display marks that substantially cover the cross-sectional shape and display the moving direction and serve as a mark for timing when moving to the escalator is attached to the handrail, and the surface of the handrail is provided. The escalator was made by attaching a display sheet having a plurality of display parts such as "under disinfection" by the escalator handrail sanitary device. The configuration of this display sheet is described in detail in Patent Document 1.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention includes a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance and transports passengers, and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step. In the escalator, the cleaning that abuts the surface portion of the handrail belt on both the entrance and exit from the internal part of the machine on which the handrail belt travels, or one of the entrances and exits, and cleans or disinfects the surface portion. An escalator handrail hygiene device with a mechanism to infiltrate the cloth with an alcohol solution for disinfection and a hypochlorite-based disinfectant solution that kills the "coronavirus bacteria" that are currently prevalent.

Further, claim 2 of the present invention is an escalator including a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step. A display sheet having a plurality of direction display marks that substantially cover the cross-sectional shape of the escalator, display the moving direction, and serve as a mark for timing when moving to the escalator is attached to the surface of the handrail. A display sheet having a plurality of display parts such as "under disinfection" was attached to the surface by the escalator handrail sanitary device.

According to the above configuration, the yellow circle mark direction display mark printed on the display sheet provided on the surface of the handrail belt visually indicates the moving direction and the sense of speed of the escalator, thereby facilitating the timing of getting on the step. While trying to prevent reverse boarding, by providing a display part such as "disinfecting" on the display sheet, as a result, "grabbing the handrail" is promoted, and finally "fall accident" is prevented. be

One-sided side view near the entrance / exit showing one embodiment of the present invention. The perspective conceptual diagram explaining the internal structure of the sanitary apparatus of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the escalator according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The escalator 1 provided with the sanitary device 11 of the present invention is provided with a boarding / alighting floor 2 connected to the floor of the building, and is endlessly connected to the main frame hidden inside the machine mounted on the building from the outward route to the return route. A large number of steps 4 that move in reverse, and move in reverse at the reverse section from the outward path to the return path in synchronization with this step 4, and the cross-sectional shape is a horseshoe with a flat part and semicircular parts on both edges connected to it. A handrail belt 5 having an overall width of about 80 mm is provided to support the upper body of the passenger. In addition, although not shown, what is seen in the city is called an "automatic handrail belt cleaner", and in the device, a cleaning cloth or the like is brought into contact with the surface of the handrail belt 5 to "always" or "for a certain period of time". There is known an example in which a device called a "cleaner" is installed, which has a mechanism of bringing the cleaning cloth into contact with a "only" spring mechanism. A rubber-based protective body G is usually provided at the entrance and exit of the handrail belt of a cleaner or a sanitary device to protect the hand.

Further, when the above-mentioned "cleaner" is not installed, the "belt sanitary device 11" of the present invention described below may be newly added. However, with this alone, the surface of the handrail belt 5 is "disinfected (because it is difficult to judge whether it is hygienic when grasped)", as in claim 2 of the present invention, from one of the entrances and exits. In an escalator provided with a step that moves toward the other entrance and exit to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step, the surface of the handrail belt is substantially covered with the cross-sectional shape and the movement thereof. A display sheet having a plurality of direction display marks that serve as a mark for displaying the direction and timing the transfer to the escalator is attached and provided, and the surface of the handrail is "disinfected" by the escalator handrail sanitary device 11. A display sheet with multiple display parts is attached and provided to visually appeal to "disinfect (because it is clean, please grab it)".
The sanitary device indicated by reference numeral 11 in FIG. 1 has at least a plurality of display portions attached to the handrail belt 5 or its surface and attached to the surface of the handrail belt 5 in order to indicate "disinfecting" or the like. I have one. The location of the sanitary device 11 is not limited to the external shapes shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and may be built in the skirt guard 3 shown in FIG.

Although the handrail belt 5 is not visible in the machine, the power of the drive device is frictionally driven by the power transmitted to the drive rollers and the like via the chain. It is configured to be guided and folded (reversed) at the reversing portions at both ends in the longitudinal direction to move. Here, the balustrade 7 is composed of a skirt guard 3, an inner deck cover 6, etc., and at the boundary between the boarding / alighting floor 2 and the step 4, a horizontal boarding / alighting version 9 having a length L1 and a total length L2 upward (angle Qa, Qb) boarding / alighting. A plate 10 and a comb plate 8 are provided. Further, for the cleaning cloth n in the handrail belt sanitary apparatus 11 of the present invention, the alcohol solution or hypochlorous acid solution stored in the liquid storage box h (if there is a problem when directly touching the hand, dilute it sufficiently. ) Is sterilized with the function of constantly or for a certain period of time.

As described above, according to the present invention, the moving direction of the handrail belt is displayed in an easy-to-see manner, and a wide range of comprehensive fall accident prevention functions such as safety effect, guidance effect, and advertising effect can be exhibited, and the characters "disinfection" on the display sheet can be exhibited. The notation "medium" encourages "grabbing the handrail belt" and can help toward an escalator that does not have a fall accident.

Although the above embodiment has been described by taking a general escalator entrance / exit structure as an example, it can be applied as it is to a moving walkway having no step between adjacent steps.

1 Escalator 2 Boarding / alighting 3 Skirt guard 4 Steps 5 Handrail belt 5A Display sheet 6 Inner deck cover 7 Parapet 9 Horizontal boarding / alighting 10 Upward boarding / alighting 11 Sanitary device G Protective body G Protective body L1, L2 Length h Liquid reservoir Ra, Rb Roller n Disinfectant cloth

Claims (2)

In an escalator equipped with a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step, both the entrance and exit from the mechanical part of the handrail belt. Alternatively, one of the entrances and exits is provided with an escalator handrail sanitary device provided with a cleaning cloth that comes into contact with the surface portion of the handrail belt to clean or disinfect the surface portion. In an escalator provided with a step that moves from one entrance to the other entrance to transport passengers and an endless handrail belt that moves synchronously with this step, the cross-sectional shape of the escalator is substantially formed on the surface of the handrail belt. A display sheet having a plurality of direction display marks that serve as a mark for displaying the moving direction of the belt and taking a timing when transferring to the escalator is attached and provided, and the surface of the handrail is "" by the escalator handrail sanitary device. An escalator characterized in that a display sheet having a plurality of display parts such as "disinfecting" is attached and provided.

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