JP3694387B2 - Moving handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor provided in a passenger conveyor such as an escalator.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, a brush or cloth is used as a cleaning tool for a moving handrail cleaning device of a passenger conveyor. And when a cloth is used as a cleaning tool, it is possible to wipe off dust adhering to the surface of the moving handrail with the cloth by attaching a cleaning tool impregnated with a cleaning liquid or a polishing agent in advance. The surface of the moving handrail is polished.
[0003]
In addition, as a method of providing an independent cleaning liquid supply means and impregnating the cleaning liquid or polish into the cleaning tool, for example, as described in JP-A-5-70078, the liquid can be contacted with a moving handrail. A cleaning roll for cleaning the surface of the moving handrail, a cleaning liquid supply means for impregnating the cleaning roll into the cleaning roll from the outer surface of the cleaning roll, and a dirty cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning roll. There has been proposed an automatic cleaning device for moving handrails that includes a cleaning agent recovery means that sucks from the central portion of the cleaning roll and discharges it to the outside.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when a conventional automatic handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyors has a belt-like cleaning tool that is impregnated with a cleaning solution, the cleaning tool is slid on the moving handrail using a part of the cleaning tool. Even though the dust is being wiped off, the cleaning liquid impregnated in the cleaning tool including the unused cleaning tool part flows out to the moving handrail side in a short time due to capillary action. In addition, since the cleaning liquid of unused cleaning tools evaporates due to natural drying, there is no cleaning liquid on unused parts of the cleaning tools, and there is a cleaning effect that wipes off dust from moving handrails when the cleaning tool is updated and brought into sliding contact. There was a problem of decreasing.
[0005]
The objective of this invention is providing the moving handrail cleaning apparatus of the passenger conveyor which can perform the stable cleaning over a long term.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, the present invention comprises means for selectively abutting a cleaning tool in sliding contact with a moving handrail of a passenger conveyor on the moving handrail, and the moving handrail is moved from the cleaning tool as the moving handrail moves. In a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor that automatically cleans the surface of the passenger and automatically updates the cleaning tool, a removable cleaning liquid supply means for impregnating the cleaning tool into the cleaning tool is provided inside the moving handrail cleaning device. In addition, a cleaning tool in the form of a roll is attached to the lid of the cleaning liquid tank of the cleaning liquid supply means .
[0007]
According to the means, the cleaning tool is brought into contact with the moving handrail by the means for selectively contacting the moving handrail with the cleaning tool that is in sliding contact with the moving handrail of the passenger conveyor, and the moving handrail moves with the movement. A moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor that automatically cleans the surface of the moving handrail from a cleaning tool and automatically updates the cleaning tool is provided on the cleaning tool before the cleaning tool contacts the moving handrail. The cleaning liquid supply means that can be impregnated with the cleaning liquid reduces the cleaning effect of the cleaning liquid and the polishing agent, or the cleaning effect of wiping off the dust of the moving handrail without the cleaning liquid and the polishing agent as in the past. It is possible to efficiently use cleaning liquids and polishes and replenish them systematically.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the form of the handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyors of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a passenger conveyor equipped with a passenger conveyor moving handrail cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The moving handrail 1 is configured to be movable along the guide 2 and moves in synchronization with an endless step (not shown). A moving handrail cleaning device 3 is provided at a portion facing the surface of the moving handrail 1.
[0010]
The details of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 2, the moving handrail cleaning device 3 installed on the passenger conveyor includes a main body case 4 having an upper surface opening, a first shaft body 6 mounted in a roll shape of an unused belt-shaped cleaning tool 5, and belt-shaped cleaning. A cleaning tool pressing means comprising a second shaft body 7 that winds up a used part of the tool 5 and a part of the unused portion of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 that presses a part of the moving handrail 1 and makes contact with the surface of the moving handrail 1. 8 and the moving handrail speed detecting means 9 for detecting whether or not the moving handrail 1 is moved and its moving direction, and the detecting section raising / lowering means 10 for selectively contacting the moving handrail speed detecting means 9 with the moving handrail 1 Cleaning device 5 for rotating the second shaft body 7 in order to wind the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 on the second shaft body 7 and cleaning for impregnating the cleaning tool 5 with a cleaning liquid or silicon for improving the cleaning effect. Monitoring and storing the state of the liquid supply means 12 and the moving handrail cleaning device 3; Calculation, and it includes at least an operation display unit 14 for displaying an operation unit and a state to command the start operation of the control unit 13 and the moving handrail cleaning device 3 for controlling.
[0012]
The guide bar 15 eliminates the contact surface between the pedestal mat 8i and the belt-like cleaning tool 5 shown in FIG. 4 when the belt-like cleaning tool 5 is updated, and prevents the belt-like cleaning tool 5 from being twisted, thereby smoothly moving the belt-like cleaning tool 5 to the second. This is for winding around the shaft body 7.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 11, the main body case 4 is formed of a stainless steel case 4a and an upper portion with a rubber cover 4b. The main body case 4 covers the moving handrail 1 above the moving handrail 1 in FIG. It has a structure.
[0014]
The belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 uses a nonwoven fabric having a length of 3 m and a width of 11 cm. The unused belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 is wound around the first shaft body 6 of FIG. 2 in a roll shape, and the cleaning liquid supply means 12 and the cleaning tool are pressed. The tip of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 is wound around and attached to the second shaft 7 via the means 8.
[0015]
The first shaft body 6 and the second shaft body 7 are shaft bodies having the same shape as the shaft body 18 shown in FIG. 6, and are composed of the shaft portion 18a of FIG. 6 and the collars 18b provided at both ends of the shaft portion 18a. Yes. Moreover, the notch 18c is provided in the axial part 18a, and it is set as the structure which takes in the edge part of the strip | belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 of FIG. 2, and winds up. When the shaft body 18 is used as the second shaft body 7 in FIG. 2, the connecting shaft groove 18 d has a rotational force from the cleaning tool updating means 11 in FIG. 2 when winding the used belt-shaped cleaning tool 5. It has a function to transmit the force to prevent reverse rotation.
[0016]
The cleaning tool pressing means 8 is a device that presses a part of the unused portion of the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 while the moving handrail 1 is moving and abuts the surface of the moving handrail 1 with a constant pressure. 5 will be described.
[0017]
An eccentric cam 8c that raises and lowers the movable cylinder 8f and a lever 8d with magnet that operates the first switch 8j and the second switch 8k are attached to the shaft of the speed reducer 8b that decelerates the rotation of the first electric motor 8a. The movable cylinder 8f and the first spring 8g mounted inside are moved up and down by the rotation of the first electric motor 8a. The movable cylinder 8f equipped with the pedestal bracket 8h and the pedestal mat 8i can make the pressure on the moving handrail 1 constant by the expansion and contraction of the first spring 8g according to the unevenness of the surface of the moving handrail 1. Further, the pedestal bracket 8h having a cross-sectional shape of the moving handrail 1 is provided with a pedestal mat 8i in which a sponge that follows a slight difference in the shape of the moving handrail 1 is covered with a cloth material.
[0018]
By stopping the rotation of the first electric motor 8a when the first switch 8j is operated, the movable cylinder 8f stops at the uppermost point, and the presser mat 8i comes into contact with the surface of the moving handrail 1 as shown in FIG. At this time, the left and right pedestal brackets 8 h are pressed against the moving handrail 1 and closed, and the pushing mat 8 i is wrapped up to the side surface of the moving handrail 1.
[0019]
When the pedestal mat 8i is separated from the moving handrail 1, the first electric motor 8a is rotated until the second switch 8k is operated. When the pedestal 8i is moved away from the moving handrail 1, the left and right pedestal brackets 8h are opened by their own weights as shown in FIG. 4, and the pedestal mat 8i and the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 are flattened. Since the mechanism is located at a lower position, the belt-like cleaning tool 5 is not twisted when the belt-like cleaning tool 5 is updated.
[0020]
The moving handrail speed detecting means 9 inputs the moving speed and direction of the moving handrail 1 and the voltage generated by the generator 9b in FIG. 3 to the control means 13 in FIG. The apparatus that performs the update will be described with reference to FIG. The moving handrail speed detecting means 9 includes a roller 9a that contacts the moving handrail 1 in FIG. 3, a generator 9b that is linked from the roller via an accelerator (not shown), a second spring 9c, and a lever 9d. A roller 9a, an accelerator (not shown), and a generator 9b are attached to the lever 9d, and the lever 9d is always pushed upward by the second spring 9c.
[0021]
The generator 9b is also used as a device for charging the battery 16 in FIG. 2 which is a power source of the moving handrail cleaning device 3.
[0022]
The detecting unit elevating means 10 is an elevating device that selectively contacts the roller 9a of the moving handrail speed detecting means 9 with the moving handrail 1 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the second motor 11a and the clutch mechanism 11c of the cleaning tool updating means 11 are shared by the driving mechanism, and the first pulley 10a rotates counterclockwise only when the second motor 11a rotates clockwise. The moving handrail speed detecting means 9 is moved up and down by the rotation of the first pulley 10a. The end of the wire 10b is fixed to the first pulley 10a, and the other end of the wire 10b is fixed to the lever 9d of the moving handrail speed detecting means 9 via the second pulley 10c. When the portion fixing the end of the wire 10b of the first pulley 10a rotates and comes to the right, the lever 9d of the moving handrail speed detecting means 9 is lowered, and the roller 9a is separated from the moving handrail 1 in FIG. The rotation of 9b stops. When the portion fixing the end of the wire 10b of the first pulley 10a rotates and comes to the left, the wire 10b is loosened, and the lever 9d is pushed upward by the second spring 9c of the moving handrail speed detecting means 9, The roller 9a comes into contact with the surface of the movable handrail 1 in FIG. 2 and starts rotating to rotate the generator 9b.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning tool updating means 11 rotates the second shaft body 7 to the right only when the second motor 11a and the second motor 11a rotate counterclockwise, and winds the used portion of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 of FIG. 2 and a clutch 11b is provided to prevent the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 of FIG. 2 from loosening due to the counterclockwise rotation of the second shaft body 7, and the cleaning liquid supply means 12 of FIG. The belt-like cleaning tool 5 of FIG. 2 is updated to a position where the belt-like cleaning tool 5 contacts the moving handrail cleaning device 3 of FIG.
[0024]
The cleaning liquid supply means 12 is disposed between the first shaft body 6 and the cleaning tool pressing means 8 and includes a cleaning liquid tank 12a for storing the cleaning liquid and a cleaning liquid tank lid 12b as shown in FIG. The shaft body 18 around which the unused belt-like cleaning tool 5 is wound is mounted on the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b to form the first shaft body 6. The cleaning liquid tank 12a, the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b, and the first shaft body 6 can be easily disassembled and mounted, and the cleaning liquid tank 12a has an entire upper surface so that the cleaning liquid can be easily replenished. The cleaning liquid tank lid 12b shown in FIG. 8 is provided with a cylindrical guide 12c for guiding the strip-shaped cleaning tool 5, and a first notch 12d and a second notch 12e for passing the strip-shaped cleaning tool 5.
[0025]
The strip-shaped cleaning material 5 wound around the first shaft body 6 is passed through the cylindrical guide 12c through the first notch 12d provided on the bottom surface of the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b, and the other provided on the bottom surface of the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b. The first shaft body 6 is attached to the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b through the second cut 12e.
[0026]
The cleaning liquid tank 12a containing the cleaning liquid is covered with a cleaning liquid tank cover 12b having the first shaft body 6 attached thereto, whereby the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 is impregnated with the cleaning liquid.
[0027]
The cleaning tool replacement work of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 in FIG.
(1) Remove the second shaft body 7 of FIG. 2 from which all used belt-like cleaning tools 5 are wound up.
[0028]
(2) Remove the first shaft body 6 from which the belt-like cleaning tool 5 has been removed, and attach it to the second shaft body 7 mounting portion in FIG.
[0029]
(3) Remove the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b of FIG.
[0030]
(4) The second notch is passed through the first notch 12d of the cleaning liquid tank lid 12b of FIG. 8 through the first guide 12c of the cleaning body tank lid 12b of FIG. 8 through the shaft 18 around which the new belt-like cleaning tool of FIG. 7 is wound. The shaft 18 around which the unused cleaning tool is wound is attached to the cleaning tank lid 12b through 12e.
[0031]
(5) Pull out the front end of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 and pass through the cleaning liquid supply means 12 in FIG. 2 and the cleaning tool pressing means 8 in FIG. 2 and the shaft groove shown in FIG. 6 of the second shaft body 7 in FIG. The tip of the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 is inserted into 18d and wound around the shaft of the second shaft body 7 in FIG.
[0032]
The structure is as described above.
[0033]
The control means 13 is constituted by a microcomputer, and includes a cleaning tool pressing means 8, a moving handrail speed detecting means 9, a detection unit raising / lowering means 10, a cleaning tool updating means 11, and an operation display means 14 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. Each input signal is taken in, the state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 is monitored, stored and calculated, and the cleaning tool pressing means 8, the detection unit elevating means 10 and the cleaning tool updating means 11 are controlled, and the operation display means 14 is performed. A signal for display is output.
[0034]
An embodiment in which the amount of winding of the used belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 of FIG. 2 which is a part of the function performed by the control means 13 is always the same will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.
[0035]
The input means S1 receives signals from the cleaning tool pressing means 8, the moving handrail speed detecting means 9, the detection unit elevating means 10, the cleaning tool updating means 11, and the operation display means 14 of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 of FIG.
[0036]
The monitoring means S2 receives the signal from the input means S1 and constantly monitors whether the moving handrail cleaning device 3 in FIG. 2 is operating normally.
[0037]
The calculation means S3 calculates the rotation speed or energization time of the cleaning tool updating motor 11a of FIG. 3 from the signals and data from the monitoring means S2 and the storage means S4.
[0038]
The storage means S4 stores the cumulative number of updates since the use of the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 in FIG.
[0039]
The second electric motor 11a for cleaning tool update shown in FIG. 3 is controlled by the output means S5.
[0040]
One embodiment of a calculation formula for making the cleaning tool winding by the calculation means S3 constant is shown in (a) below.
[0041]
L = π (d + αK) (n + βK) (b)
L: Winding amount d of the belt-shaped cleaning tool 5 in FIG. 2: Shaft diameter of the second shaft body n: Number of rotations of the cleaning tool update motor 11a in FIG. 3 π: Circumference ratio K: Cleaning tool update frequency α : Constant β: constant Note that n is the rotational speed of the cleaning tool updating electric motor 11a in FIG. 3, but it may be the rotational speed of the first shaft body 6 or the second shaft body 7 in FIG.
[0042]
The winding amount of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 in FIG. 2 is calculated and commanded so that all the remaining part of the belt-like cleaning tool 5 in FIG. 2 is wound up when the number of updates from the start of use of the cleaning tool reaches a preset number of times. Anyway.
[0043]
The operation display means 14 is provided on the outer side of the main body case 4 of the moving handrail cleaning device 3, and the operation state of the cleaning switch 14a and the moving handrail cleaning device 3 in FIG. A light emission output device 14b composed of a red light emitter and a blue light emitter for displaying the state to the outside, and an output device for outputting the state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 to the outside are provided.
[0044]
FIG. 12 shows how the passenger conveyor moving handrail cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention operates and how the abnormal state is displayed. Light emission and extinction of two red light emitters and blue light emitters of the light emission output device 14b of FIG. In addition, the operating state and abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 are displayed and can be easily understood by a combination of flashing and flashing. Note that the number and color of the light emitters may be other combinations. Further, the operating state and abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning device may be other states.
[0045]
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an operation state, an abnormal state display priority method, and an output method of the passenger conveyor moving handrail cleaning device according to the embodiment of the present invention. The operation state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 in FIG. 2 and an abnormal state signal are received by the input means S1 of the control means 13, the monitoring means S2 is constantly monitored, and the signal output by the calculation means S3 is a higher priority. The output state S5 is displayed through the output means S5 to display the operating state and abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 by the combination of light emission, extinction and blinking of the light emitting output device 14b so that the state of the moving handrail cleaning device 3 can be known. It is.
[0046]
In addition, you may make it provide the apparatus which sounds the buzzer S6 and warns when the driving | running state and abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning apparatus 3 generate | occur | produce. Further, a communication means S7 may be provided to provide a device that can be remotely monitored at the control center S8 using a telephone line. Or you may make it provide the apparatus which outputs the driving | running state and abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning apparatus 3 by external monitoring board S9, printer S10, and monitor apparatus S11.
[0047]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the moving handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyor according to the present invention is provided with a cleaning liquid supply means, and the cleaning liquid is impregnated in the cleaning tool before the cleaning tool comes into contact with the moving handrail. Made it possible to clean. The cleaning liquid can be easily replenished.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a passenger conveyor equipped with a moving handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a left side view showing a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention showing an enlarged main part of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a right side view showing a part of a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention showing an enlarged main part of FIG. 1;
4 is an enlarged explanatory view showing the cleaning tool pressing means of FIG. 2, wherein (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view. FIG.
5 is an enlarged front view showing a main part in which the cleaning tool pressing means of FIG. 4 is in contact with a moving handrail. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a main part mechanism of an embodiment of the shaft body of the present invention.
7 is an enlarged perspective view showing the cleaning liquid supply means of FIG. 2. FIG.
8 is an enlarged side view showing the cleaning liquid supply means of FIG. 2; FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the main mechanism of control of the moving handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyor according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating cleaning tool update by calculation of a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is an external perspective view showing a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display method of an operating state and an abnormal state of the moving handrail cleaning device for passenger conveyor according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a display priority method and an output method for an operating state and an abnormal state of a moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Moving handrail 2 Guide 3 Moving handrail cleaning apparatus 4 Main body case 4a Stainless steel case 4b Rubber cover 5 Strip-shaped cleaning tool 6 1st shaft body 7 2nd shaft body 8 Cleaning tool press means 8a 1st electric motor 8b Decelerator 8c Eccentric cam 8d Lever with magnet 8e Fixed cylinder 8f Movable cylinder 8g First spring 8h Foot bracket 8i Foot mat 8j First switch 8k Second switch 9 Moving handrail speed detection means 9a Roller 9b Generator 9c Second spring 9d Lever 10 Detection part Lifting means 10a First pulley 10b Wire 10c Second pulley 11 Cleaning tool updating means 11a Second electric motor 11b Clutch 12 Cleaning liquid supply means 12a Cleaning liquid tank 12b Cleaning liquid tank lid 12c Cylindrical guide 12d First notch 12e Second notch 13 Control means 14 Operation display means 14a Cleaning switch 14b Light emission output device 15 Dover 16 Battery 17 Height adjusting screw 18 Shaft body 18a Shaft portion 18b Collar 18c Notch 18d Connecting shaft groove S1 Input means S2 Monitoring means S3 Calculation means S4 Storage means S5 Output means S6 Buzzer S7 Communication means S8 Control center S9 Monitoring panel S10 Printer S11 Monitor device

Claims (2)

The cleaning tool includes means for selectively contacting the moving handrail with a cleaning tool that contacts the moving handrail of a passenger conveyor, and the cleaning tool automatically cleans the surface of the moving handrail with the movement of the moving handrail. In the moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor that automatically updates the cleaning device, a removable cleaning liquid supply means for impregnating the cleaning tool with the cleaning liquid is provided in the moving handrail cleaning device , and the cleaning liquid of the cleaning liquid supply means A moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor , wherein a roll-shaped cleaning tool is mounted on the lid of the tank . The cleaning liquid supply means has a cylindrical guide provided on the lower surface of a cleaning liquid tank lid, and the cleaning tool is impregnated in the cleaning tool by passing the cleaning tool through the cylindrical guide ; The moving handrail cleaning device for a passenger conveyor according to claim 1.

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