JP2818332B2 - Parapet on the conveyor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a balustrade of a man conveyor such as an escalator and a moving sidewalk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, balustrades of man conveyors such as escalators and the like have become more and more slim and transparent. FIG. 4 shows a support frame 1 called a truss.
A transparent balustrade panel 2 made of a glass panel or the like is erected in the upper part on both sides of the balustrade, and a guide frame 3 is mounted on the upper part of the balustrade panel 2.
The endless moving handrail 4 is slid onto the endless moving handrail 4 and the endless conveyor-shaped moving step (not shown) which carries the passenger and travels.
It is guided to rotate and synchronize with.

Here, the guide frame 3 of the balustrade is
As shown in FIG. 5, the width of the inverted handrail is fixed to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2 within the width of the backside opening of the moving handrail 4, and the entire balustrade is slim. In addition, a flange portion 3a is protrudingly provided on both upper sides of the guide frame 3, and
A low-friction member 5 is fitted on this to form a guide rail of the moving handrail 4.

In such a slim balustrade, as a means for fixing the guide frame 3 to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2, a rubber packing 6 having a complicated shape is pressed into the upper part of the balustrade panel 2 as shown in FIG. The lower groove 3b of the guide frame 3 is provided on the balustrade panel 2 via the packing 6
To fix the guide frame 3 to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-122).
No. 4).

As another fixing means, for example, there is a configuration disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 62-14061. As shown in FIG. 6, a mounting body 7 having a hat-shaped cross section is fitted on the balustrade panel 2 and fixed by an adhesive or welding, and a guide rail portion is integrally provided on the mounting body 7. The guide frame 8 thus fixed is fixed to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2 by being fitted and fixed with screws 9.

Further, in the case of a balustrade requiring lighting, in the case of a slim type such as the balustrade panel 2 and the guide frame 3 or 8, there is no space for accommodating a lighting device, so that the guide frame 3 or 8 itself is greatly reduced. Or Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-17987 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-1798
The balustrade structure shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 8 is adopted. That is, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a rigid thick mounting frame 11 (only the inside half is shown) is fixed to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2 via a rubber packing 10 so as to be sandwiched by bolts 12.
A wide guide frame 13 made of thin stainless steel is fitted on the mounting frame 11, and a lighting device 14 such as a lamp is mounted in the wide guide frame 13. Lamp cover 15
Is attached.

[0007]

However, in the case of a slim balustrade configured within the width of the opening of the back surface of the moving handrail 4 as described above, the guide frame 3 or 8 is too small when mounting a lighting fixture. It is necessary to replace the guide frame 3 or 8 itself with a wider one. That is,
As shown in FIG. 7, the mounting frame 1 is mounted on the balustrade panel 2.
1, it is necessary to provide a wide guide frame 13. Therefore, when lighting is required on a slim balustrade, a significant change in the configuration of the guide frame itself is required in any case, which is troublesome and costly, and greatly reduces the slimness. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention that a main component such as a guide frame has a narrow slim shape with a narrow width and does not need to be changed at all and requires illumination. In one place, it is very easy to install lighting fixtures by simply changing one simple small part, and at the same time, we provide a railing of a conveyer with excellent design that does not impair the slimness as a whole Is to do.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a balustrade of a man-conveyor according to the present invention has a frame having an inverted U-shaped cross section fitted on the upper part of a balustrade panel. A sandwiching plate is inserted between the section and the balustrade panel, and the sandwiching plate is pressed against the balustrade panel by a fastener tightened from the outer plate portion of the frame, thereby fixing the frame to the balustrade panel. On the other hand, a guide frame having a guide rail portion for the moving handrail is provided, which covers at least the upper surface of the frame body from the upper surface to the outer surface within the width of the opening of the back surface of the moving handrail. Is characterized in that the lighting globe is integrally formed to extend outward from the lower end.

[0010]

[Action] According to the balustrade of the man conveyor of the above-described configuration,
A frame body is fitted on the upper part of the balustrade panel, a sandwiching plate is inserted between the outer plate part of the frame body and the balustrade panel, and the fastener is fastened from the outer plate part of the frame body to the sandwiching plate. The frame is fixed to the upper part of the balustrade panel by pressing against the balustrade panel. Next, a guide frame having a guide rail portion of a moving handrail is mounted on the frame. As a result, a slim balustrade within the opening width of the handrail back surface can be assembled and configured. At this time, since the outer side surface is covered from at least the upper side surface of the frame by the guide frame, the fastener is exposed to the outside. Without it, it becomes a slim balustrade with very good appearance and excellent design.

When lighting is required, only a small sandwiching plate at a necessary place is changed to a sandwiching plate formed by integrally extending a lighting glove, and a lighting device is mounted in the lighting glove. I do. The main balustrades, such as the guide frame with the guide rail and the frame, are now slim, with a narrow width, and are not changed at all, but only by changing the sandwich plate, which is one simple small part as described above. As a result, it is possible to very easily cope with the mounting of the lighting equipment, and the overall feeling of slimness is not lost. Changing to the lighting compatible type will be easy even after the completion of the installation of the balustrade of the conveyor.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a balustrade of a conveyor according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, a transparent balustrade panel 2 made of a glass panel or the like having a thickness of about 10 mm in the longitudinal direction is erected on both sides of a support frame 1 conventionally called a truss. A guide frame 20 is mounted on an upper part of the balustrade panel 2, and an endless moving handrail 4 is slidably fitted on the guide frame 20, and this is an endless conveyer-shaped moving step (not shown) which carries a passenger and travels. ) Is guided to rotate.

As a means for fixing the guide frame 20 to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2, as shown in FIG. 2, the balustrade panel is formed through an elastic material 21 made of a rubber packing having a thickness of about 2 mm and having an inverted U-shaped cross section. The frame body 22 is fitted on the upper part of the frame 2. The frame 22 is made of a stainless steel material having a thickness of about 3 mm and has a rigid inverted U-shaped cross section, and has a top plate portion 22a and inner and outer plate portions 22b and 22c. The entire width thereof is smaller than the opening width W of the back surface of the moving handrail 4, and the outer plate 22 c side is fitted to the elastic member 21 with a gap A (about 5 mm).

A sandwiching plate 23 is provided in the gap A between the outer plate 22c of the frame 22 and the elastic member 21 fitted on the balustrade panel 2. The sandwiching plate 23 is pressed by a screw 24 as a fastener which is tightened from a screw hole of the outer plate portion 22c of the frame 22, and the elastic member 2
By being pressed against the balustrade panel 2 via 1, the frame 22 is attached and fixed so as to sandwich the upper part of the balustrade panel 2.

The sandwiching plate 23 is an extruded aluminum material, and is a small band-like plate having a vertical width substantially equal to that of the elastic member 21 and a thickness of about 4 mm. In order to prevent this, the screw 24 has a simple shape such that the leading end of the screw 24 has a concave groove at the center.

The screw 24 has a length dimension enough to secure the pinching force required for fixing the frame 22, that is, the rubber packing 23 is sufficiently compressed (total compression on both sides). (About 0.5 mm).

The above-described guide frame 2 is mounted on the frame 22.
Reference numeral 0 is attached and fixed by tightening the screw 25.
The guide frame 20 is formed of, for example, an extruded aluminum material and has a lip-shaped cross section. The top plate portion 20a fixed in a superposed state on the top plate portion 22a of the frame 22 by the screw 25, Section L hanging from outer edge
And a slim shape having an overall width smaller than the opening width of the back surface of the moving handrail 3 and a top plate 20a and an outer plate 20b.
In this configuration, the outer surface of the frame 22 is covered from the upper surface to the outer surface. The outer plate portion 20b covers the outer surface of the frame body 22 to hold down the head of the screw 24, thereby preventing the screw 24 from loosening or coming off.

The guide frame 20 has flanges 20c integrally extending on both sides of an upper portion of the top plate 20a, respectively.
A guide rail portion 20e for guiding the moving handrail 3 in sliding contact is formed by fitting a low friction material 20d made of nylon resin or the like onto this and fixing it by adhesion or welding.

On the other hand, in the place where illumination of the balustrade is required, the narrow band plate-like sandwiching plate 23 is replaced with the one shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a sandwiching plate 31 integrally extending and forming the lighting globe 30 is provided. That is, the sandwiching plate 31 with the lighting globe 30 is entirely made of an extruded aluminum material, and is sandwiched between the outer plate portion 22c of the frame 22 and the elastic member 21 on the balustrade panel 2. The portion of the plate 31 has the shape of a small band plate with a concave groove having a cross-sectional shape similar to that of the above-described sandwiching plate 23. The lighting globe 30 is formed integrally extending downward and outward from the lower end of the sandwiching plate 31 continuously in the longitudinal direction.

The lighting globe 30 has a wide inverted U-shaped cross section with an open bottom surface, and has a support plate portion 30a having an L-shaped cross section suspended substantially in the middle thereof. First, a plurality of electric wire cords 33 are wired in the lighting glove 30 as a lighting device, and a partition plate 34 is fixed to the lower surface of the support plate portion 30a by screws 35 so as to cover the electric wire cords 33 from below. A lamp holder 36 is attached to the lower side of the partition plate 34 by screws 35, and a lamp holder 36 is attached.
Is mounted with a lamp 37 such as a straight tube fluorescent lamp. A light-transmitting lamp cover 38 having a U-shaped cross section is attached to the lower opening of the lighting glove 30 so as to cover the above-mentioned lighting device from below.

As shown in FIG. 3, the electric wire cords 33 are connected to pipes 39a, 39b provided along the joints of the balustrade panel 2 near the upper and lower floors as shown in FIG.
Are guided into the inside of the support frame 1 through the inside, and are connected to a power source, a stabilizer and the like (not shown). In addition, the piping 39a,
Instead of providing the 39b, the lighting gloves 30 may be provided extending along the new portions on the balustrade upper and lower floor side ends, and may be connected to the inside of the support frame 1 through the electric wire cord 33 therein.

According to the balustrade of the man conveyor thus constructed, as shown in FIG. 2, the frame 22 is fitted on the upper part of the balustrade panel 2, and the outer plate 22 of the frame 22 is provided.
c and the balustrade panel 2, a sandwiching plate 23 is interposed therebetween, and the sandwiching plate 23 is screwed as a fastener from the outer plate portion 22 c of the frame 22 and pressed against the balustrade panel 2, The frame 22 is fixed to the upper part of the balustrade panel 2. Next, the guide frame 20 having the guide rail portion 20 e of the moving handrail 4 is mounted on the frame body 22 by tightening the screws 25. With this, the opening width W of the back surface of the moving handrail 4 is obtained.
It becomes possible to assemble and configure a slim balustrade within the dimensions. At this time, since the guide frame 20 covers at least the outer side from the upper side of the frame body 22, the screw 24 of the fastener is exposed to the outside. Without it, it becomes a slim balustrade with very good appearance and excellent design.

In the case where illumination is required, as shown in FIG. 1, only the small sandwiching plate 23 at the required location of the illumination is replaced with a sandwiching plate 31 formed by integrally extending the lighting globe 30. A wire cord 33, a lamp holder 36, and a lamp 37 as a lighting device are mounted in the lighting globe 30, and a lamp cover 38 is mounted on an opening on the lower surface of the lighting globe 30. As a result, the main components of the balustrade such as the guide frame 20 with the guide rail portion 20e and the frame 22 are slim and have a small width without any change. To the sandwich plate 31 with the lighting glove 30
By simply changing the above, the lighting fixture can be attached, and excellent lighting can be achieved. Therefore, it is possible to very easily cope with the installation of the lighting, and the overall feeling of slimness is not lost. In addition, since the sandwiching plates 23 and 31 can be replaced even after the installation of the escalator is completed, it is possible to easily change to the lighting-compatible type and vice versa at any time. Although the escalator balustrade has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention can be similarly applied to other balustrade balustrades such as a horizontally installed moving sidewalk.

[0025]

Since the balustrade of the conveyor according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the main balustrades such as the guide frame are slim with a narrow width and are not changed at all. , Just change the sandwich plate that is one simple small part to a sandwich plate with lighting gloves,
It is possible to very easily cope with the mounting of the lighting equipment, and it is possible to obtain an excellent design effect without impairing the slim feeling as a whole.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a part requiring illumination, showing an embodiment of a balustrade of a man conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an essential part cross-sectional view of a portion of the embodiment that does not require illumination.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the balustrade of the man conveyor of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a balustrade of a conventional man conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of a balustrade of the conventional man conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of a balustrade of another conventional man conveyor.

FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view of a balustrade of yet another conventional man conveyor.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... balustrade panel, 4 ... moving handrail, 20 ... guide frame, 20e ... guide rail part, 22 ... frame body, 22c ... outer plate part, 23, 31 ... sandwich plate, 24 ... fastener (screw),
W: Back opening width, 30: Lighting glove.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cross-section inverted U within a width of a back opening of a moving handrail.
A character-shaped frame is fitted on the upper part of the balustrade panel, a sandwiching plate is provided between the outer plate part of the frame and the balustrade panel, and the sandwiching plate is provided from the outer plate part of the frame. The frame body is fixed to the balustrade panel by being pressed against the balustrade panel by a fastener to be tightened, while at least the outer side surface is covered from at least the upper side surface of the frame body within the opening width of the back surface of the moving handrail, and the moving handrail is A guide frame having a guide rail portion, and wherein the sandwiching plate has a configuration in which a glove for illumination is integrally formed to extend outward from a lower end at a location requiring illumination; Balustrade.