JP3507952B2 - Home elevator - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home elevator, and more particularly to a microminiature home elevator that can be installed in a conventional timber frame house.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of home elevators are known as home elevators, but each type requires a large installation space.

An object of the present invention is to provide a home elevator which can be installed in a narrow space and can effectively utilize a limited floor area.

[0004]

A home elevator according to the present invention is a home elevator installed in a space having a substantially quadrangular floor surface and a uniform cross-section, and of two quadrangular diagonal lines formed by the floor surface. , A pair of posts that are erected so as to be located at both ends on one diagonal line, and a horizontal cross-section cage that is guided by both posts to be raised and lowered while being sandwiched between the posts. is there.

In the home elevator according to the present invention, the entire elevator is housed in the space inside the vertical rectangular cylinder surrounding the ascending / descending path of the cylindrical cage. Therefore, the home elevator can be installed in a narrow space and the limited floor area can be effectively used.

Further, both posts are connected and fixed by a yoke, and the yoke has a horizontal L-shaped portion which is fixed to both posts with the corner portion facing outward, and the cage elevating path and L Since the cage lifting / lowering drive mechanism is housed in the space between the vertical surfaces inscribed in the character-shaped portion, the cage lifting / lowering drive mechanism is housed in the open space. Therefore, more effective use of space is achieved.

Further, the cage elevating and lowering drive mechanism has a hydraulic cylinder mounted vertically upward on a base, a sprocket attached to the upper end of a piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder, and a sprocket wound around one end of the cage. , And a chain having the other ends connected to the ground side, when the cage is moved up and down, the piston rod only needs to be advanced and retracted with a stroke corresponding to a half distance of the cage elevating path. Therefore, a hydraulic cylinder with a small stroke can be used, and the cage up-and-down drive mechanism is inexpensive and does not become bulky.

Further, when a sliding door having an arcuate horizontal cross section is provided on the cage so as to be movable in the cage circumferential direction,
It does not require a storage space for sliding doors and can simplify the structure of the cage.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the following description, the front and rear sides are referred to as the front side and the opposite side to the rear side with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, and the left and right sides are the left and right sides when viewed from the front side. Left and right.

Referring to FIG. 1, a floor F1 and a ceiling C1 on the first floor of the house and a floor F2 and a ceiling C2 on the second floor, and a cross section of a stairwell provided so as to communicate with each other, a square-shaped elevator installation space. And are shown.

The elevator installation space is of uniform square cross-section contour with a substantially square floor. The floor is about the size of a half tatami mat.

3 and 4, four pillars P of the house located at the four corners of the elevator installation space are shown. The pitch L of the pillar P is 910 mm, and the internal cost W of the pillar P is 810 mm. A crosspiece S is passed between adjacent pillars P, and a plywood T is coated on the outside of the crosspieces.

The elevator has a base plate 11 placed on the floor of the elevator installation space, that is, the foundation B of the house, a pair of posts 12 standing on the base plate 11 at a predetermined interval, and both posts 12. Cage 13 that can be raised and lowered along both posts 12 while being sandwiched between
Two pairs of upper and lower yokes 14 and 15 that connect the posts 12 so as to form a pair on each floor so as to surround the cage elevating path and a drive mechanism 16 that drives the cage 13 up and down are provided.

The base plate 11 has a square shape having a size substantially equal to the floor area of the elevator installation space.

The post 12 has a substantially U-shaped cross section,
It has a guide groove 21. One post 12 is positioned at the right rear corner of the base plate 11, and the other post 12 is
The post 12 is located at the left front corner of the base plate 11, and the guide grooves 21 of the posts 12 are opposed to each other.

The cage 13 comprises a horizontal cross-section cylindrical wall 31, a horizontal disc-shaped floor 32 and a ceiling 33. The cage 13 has a seating capacity of 2 people.
It is 0 mm and the height is 190 mm. Upper and lower guide rollers 34 fitted in the guide grooves 31 are attached to the upper and lower ends of the outer surface of the body wall 31 in two circumferentially equally spaced portions. Further, a doorway 35 is provided on the front side that divides the body wall 31 into four equal parts in the circumferential direction. Doorway
35 has an inner door 36. The inner door 36 is a sliding door that is hung from an arcuate guide rail 37 provided on the ceiling 33 via rollers 38 and is movable in the circumferential direction of the body wall 31.

The upper yoke 14 and the lower yoke 15 have the same structure. On each floor, the upper yoke 14 is the floor F1,
The lower yoke 15 is located at a position slightly lower than the upper end of the body wall 31 from F2, and the lower yoke 15 is located at the same level as the floors F1 and F2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper yoke 14 has a substantially rectangular frame shape as a whole, and includes a first half body 41 and a second half body 42. The first half body 41 extends from one post 12 to the other post 12 so as to bypass the part of the trunk wall 31 corresponding to the left half of the left oblique direction. Contrary to the first half body 41, the second half body 42 extends from one post 12 to the other post 12 so as to bypass the right front half of the trunk wall 31. The first half 41 has a substantially L shape with the corner portion facing outward,
It has a planar inner surface 43 that is substantially orthogonal. The second half 42 is substantially L-shaped, like the first half 41,
It has an arcuate inner surface 44 extending along the outer surface of the body wall 31.
A space 45 is formed between the outer surface of the body wall 31 and the surface 43 of the first half body opposite to the outer surface. There is no space between the outer surface of the body wall 31 and the second semi-body surface 45 facing the outer surface.

The second half 42 has a semi-circular guide rail 46.
Is provided. An outer door 48 is hung on the guide rail 46 via a roller 47.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower yoke 15 has substantially the same shape as the upper yoke 14, and includes a first half body 51 and a second half body.
It consists of 52. The first half 51 has a planar inner surface 53 and the second half 52 has
Each have an arcuate inner surface 54. A space 55 is formed between the outer surface of the body wall 31 and the surface 53 of the first half body facing the outer surface. The lower yoke 15 has a guide rail 46 of the upper yoke 14.
Instead, a guide groove 56 into which the lower edge of the outer door 48 is fitted is provided.

The drive mechanism 16 is a hydraulic cylinder 61 mounted upward on the base plate 11 so as to pass through the spaces 45 and 55 between the cage body wall 31 and the yokes 14 and 15 described above.
And a pair of sprockets 63 attached to the piston rod 62 of the hydraulic cylinder 61, and a pair of chains 64 wound around the sprockets 63, respectively. The hydraulic cylinder 61 is equipped with a hydraulic package 65. One end of the chain 64 is connected to the upper yoke 14 of the first floor, and the other end of the chain 64 is connected to the floor 33 of the cage 13.

By moving the piston rod 62 back and forth, the cage 13 is moved up and down by a distance that is twice the forward and backward stroke. In addition, the open / close mechanism (not shown)
36 and the outer door 48 are opened and closed in conjunction with each other.

In the above, the yokes 14 and 15 are connected to the first half body 41,
Instead of being constituted by 51 and the second halves 42, 52, it may be constituted by only the first halves 41, 51.

As described above, a pair of posts 12 are installed at two corners on a diagonal line of a section of 910 × 910 mm, which is the smallest unit of a plane wooden house of the conventional construction method, and one of the remaining two corners is installed. Equipped with lifting drive mechanism 16 in the cage
By making the horizontal section of 13 circular, it became possible to make the most effective use of the limited space.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which an elevator is installed in a two-by-four building in place of the conventional construction method building. Wall panels C surround the elevator installation space from all sides. However, an opening O is provided in a portion that serves as an elevator entrance / exit. The interval L between the opposing wall panels C is substantially equal to the pitch of the columns P.

[0027]

According to the present invention, there is provided a home elevator which can be installed in a narrow space and can effectively utilize a limited floor area.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of an elevator according to the present invention, viewed from the direction I-I of FIG. 4;

FIG. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing a part of FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a building in which an elevator is installed.
It is a considerable sectional view.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Base plate 12 posts 13 cage 14 Upper yoke 15 Lower yoke 16 Drive mechanism 36 inner door 41 First Half 51 First Half

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A home elevator installed in a space having a substantially quadrangular floor surface and a uniform cross section, wherein the home elevator is positioned at both ends of one of two diagonal lines of a quadrangle formed by the floor surface. A pair of posts standing on
12 and a cage 13 having a horizontal cross section which is sandwiched between the posts 12 and guided by the posts 12 to move up and down.The posts 12 are connected and fixed by the yokes 14 and 15 .
Ri, yoke 14, 15, both post 12 toward the corner portion on the outer
It has horizontal L-shaped parts 41 and 51 which are stopped by
Between vertical planes inscribed in the hoisting path and L-shaped parts 41 and 51
The cage lifting drive mechanism 16 is housed in the spaces 45 and 55.
There is a home elevator. 2. A cage lifting / lowering mechanism 16 is mounted on a floor surface vertically upward, a sprocket 63 mounted on an upper end of a piston rod 62 of the hydraulic cylinder 61, and a sprocket 63 wound around the sprocket 63. The home elevator according to claim 1 , further comprising a chain 64 that is hung and has one end connected to the cage 13 and the other end connected to the ground side. To 3. A cage 13, claims are provided so that the horizontal cross-section arcuate sliding door 36 can move in the cage circumferential direction
The home elevator according to 1 or 2 .