JP2606577B2 - escalator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to relates to a ESKA <br/> rater over which service was possible for wheelchair users not only ordinary pedestrians, especially, getting on and off by the wheelchair is to allow safe escalator about the over.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an escalator configured to transport a wheelchair is mounted on at least one of a plurality of endlessly connected steps as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-12067. It is possible to carry it by mounting a wheelchair.

[0003]

In the above prior art, no consideration has been given to the safety when a wheelchair rides on a specific step.

An object of the present invention is to provide a escalator chromatography with improved safety during wheelchair boarding to the wheelchair carrying platform footstep.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an escalator having a specific step for mounting a wheelchair on at least one of a plurality of steps connected endlessly. The lower end is provided with a wheelchair projecting when the wheelchair is mounted. The wheelchair is operated such that the wheelchair is protruded after the wheelchair gets in during ascending operation, and is protruded before the wheelchair gets in the lowering operation. .

[0006]

According to the above-mentioned driving method, when the vehicle is climbing from the lower floor to the upper floor, the wheelchair at the lower end of the specific step does not protrude. At the time of descending climbing to the lower floor, the wheelchair at the lower end of the specific step has already protruded, so that the wheelchair can be loaded until it hits the wheelchair. In this way, by making the operation of changing the protrusion timing of the wheel stop between the ascending operation and the descending operation, the wheelchair is smoothly moved in during the ascending operation, and is excessively moved in the wheelchair during the descending operation. There is no danger that the front wheel of the vehicle will fall from the specific step end to the lower side.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the escalator according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. One specific step 2 for mounting a wheelchair is connected to a plurality of normal steps 1 connected endlessly, and the specific step 2 is configured as follows.

That is, the specific step 2 includes a first step board 11 and a second step board 12 with respect to the step main body 10. The first tread plate 11 and the second tread plate 12 are rotatably connected to each other at an end on the riser 13 side via a connecting pin 14,
At the time of normal operation, as shown in FIG. When the wheelchair is mounted, as shown in FIG. 2, the first tread plate 11 is configured to be turned 180 degrees around the coupling pin 14 to secure a wheelchair mounting surface.
Reference numerals 15 and 16 denote cross links for supporting the first tread plate 11 and the second tread plate 12 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The upper end of the link 15 is connected to a member 18 provided on the lower surface side of the second tread plate 12 via a connecting pin 19, and the lower end is held by a guide surface 20 provided horizontally on the step body 10. On the other hand, the upper end of the link 16 abuts on a guide surface 21 provided on the lower surface side of the second tread plate 12, and the lower end is connected to the step main body 10 via a connecting pin 22. Reference numeral 23 denotes a connecting pin 2 having the center of rotation connected to the member 18.
4, one end of which is connected to a link 26 via a connecting pin 25,
The other end of 6 is connected to the step main body 10 via a connecting pin 27. The other end of the bell crank 23 is connected to the first tread 11 via a connecting pin 28, a link 29, and a connecting pin 30. When the first tread plate 11 is inverted and opened as shown in FIG.
In order to limit further rotation, the second tread plate 12 is configured to engage with a stopper 31 provided thereon.

In the specific step 2 configured as described above, the bracket 3 is attached to the free end of the first step board 11.
2 are provided. The bracket 32 is provided at a position that becomes the lower surface when the first tread plate 11 is folded, and the bracket 34 of the tread plate 35 for stopping the vehicle is connected via a connecting pin 33. The stepping plate 35 for stopping the vehicle is the first stepping plate 1.
1 is located at an adjacent position when folded. Further, a bracket 37 of a tread plate 38 for stopping the vehicle is connected to an end of the second tread plate 12 on the side opposite to the coupling pin 14 via a connecting pin 36. The stepping plate 38 for stopping the vehicle is the first stepping plate 11.
Is disposed at a position adjacent to the stepping plate 35 when the vehicle is folded.

In the above configuration, during normal driving, the vehicle is driven in the state shown in FIG. 1, so that the appearance of the specific steps 2 is almost the same as the appearance of the normal steps 1, and the pedestrian service is the same as a general escalator. It can be performed.

Next, when a service for ascending driving is required for the wheelchair user, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, first , the operation of the escalator is stopped at a predetermined timing, and the specific step 2 is turned off. Stop at the lower entrance of the escalator. Next, the first tread 11 is turned around the connecting pin 14 by a suitable means. By this operation, the bell crank 23 rotates through the link 29, and this rotation is transmitted to the step body 10 by the link 26, and the reaction force of the bell
A lifting force indicated by a dashed arrow B is generated in the member 18 via the pin 4.
Therefore, the shape of the bell crank 23 and the links 26, 2
If the length of the connecting step 24 and the installation positions of the connecting pins 24, 27 and 30 are maintained in a predetermined relationship, the second stepping plate 12 rises from the stepping plate main body 10 with the rotation of the first stepping plate 11. As shown in FIG. 2, a mounting surface for a wheelchair is formed.

[0012] As described above, at the same time when the special step 2 to form a mounting surface for the wheelchair, in particular to drive the second wheel stopper for step board 38 connected to the stepping plate 12 in the direction of arrow D
The wheelchair that projects upward from the upper side of the wheelchair mounting surface
Is formed . After the vehicle stop is formed by the vehicle stop tread 38, the front wheel 3 is moved until the front wheel 3 hits the vehicle stop tread 38. Then, by rotating the wheel stopper for step board 35 of the first step board 11 in the direction of arrow C by the operation after the narrowing-th power of the wheelchair has been completed to protrude upward from the lower side of the wheelchair loading surface, the wheelchair rear wheels 4 Form a bollard. As a result, the wheel stop pedals 35 and 38 function as wheel stops, so that the wheelchair mounted on the wheelchair mounting surface of the specific step 2 is securely held even if the brake is not applied. In this state, the wheelchair is transported to the upper exit. At the upper exit, the front wheel 3 of the wheelchair is released by returning the vehicle stop tread 38 below the mounting surface to be parallel to the second tread plate 12, so that the wheelchair can be moved to the upper floor. After the wheelchair is lowered from the wheelchair mounting surface of the specific step 2, the wheel stop tread 35 is returned below the mounting surface, the first tread 11 is turned over, folded, and returned to the normal driving service.

[0013] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of if you need to service the lowering operation for a wheelchair user, is different from the increasing operation of the service, the specific steps 2 above <br/> portion riding outlet stopped, the first step plate 11, the second step board 12
The wheelchair mounting surface by deploying and extending
Then, rotate the wheel stop tread 35 on the lower side of the wheelchair mounting surface.
Is the point of forming a car stopped by. Of course, treads 3
5 until the bollard is formed by the bobbin 5
8 rotates first to form a wheel stop on the upper side of the wheelchair mounting surface
And limiting the boarding of the wheelchair. Then, after the stepping plate 38 for the wheelchair has finished forming the wheelchair, the wheelchair stepping plate 38 returns to a horizontal position so that the wheelchair can be ridden. Form a bollard. The operation sequence at the lower exit is shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, the operation sequence of the vehicle stop treads 35 and 38 only changes from the operation sequence shown in FIG.

[0014] To summarize the above operation sequence, the car is to be formed by the wheel stop for step board 35 located under stage side of the wheelchair mounting surface
A stop, when the wheelchair equipped with rising operation, said in the lower ride mouth side
It is projected by operation after the wheelchair mounting surface is formed, car
Wheelchair mounted on the upper entrance side when driving with the chair down
It was configured to protrude by the operation of forming the surface .

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the wheelchair can be held safely even when the wheelchair is transported, and the wheelchair can be held safely even when the wheelchair is transported. , 38 are changed, it is not necessary to provide an escalator dedicated to ascending or descending operation.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to make the riding of a wheelchair safe and to hold the wheelchair safely even when transporting the wheelchair.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a part of an escalator in a normal operation to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view showing a part of an escalator during transportation of a wheelchair to which one embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a wheelchair transport operation during ascent operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a wheelchair transport operation during a descent operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... normal steps, 2 ... specific steps, 35, 38 ... car stop treads.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Katsuya Teranishi 1070 Ma, Katsuta-shi, Ibaraki Pref. Mito Plant, Hitachi, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-60-23285 (JP, A) JP-A-60- 93089 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A normal pedestrian is mounted for movement during normal driving, and a wheelchair is mounted and moved on a wheelchair mounting surface formed by displacing a specific step during wheelchair mounting operation. Lower side of the wheelchair mounting surface
In escalator having a wheel stopper projecting upward from, when the wheelchair carrying platform-increasing operation, the wheel on the lower seat mouth side
It is projected to the bollard by the operation after the formation of the chair mounting surface, wheelchair mounted falling during operation, the vehicle to the upper portion riding mouth side
An escalator , wherein the wheel stop is projected by an operation for forming a chair mounting surface .