JP5164099B2 - Railway vehicle - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a railway vehicle that can alleviate the impact received by passengers in the event of a train collision, sudden stop, derailment, or the like.

  In a commuter railway vehicle, the stool is often configured as a long seat along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2, a sleeve partition 11 is provided at the end of the long seat in the longitudinal direction to partition between the side doorway and passage of the vehicle and the seat (long seat 10) (for example, a patent) (See Reference 1, etc.)

  By the way, a report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism accident report on June 28, 2007 concerning the JR West “Train Derailment Accident between Fukuchiyama Line Tsukaguchi Station and Amagasaki Station” that occurred on April 25, 2005 (June 28, 2007) ) Pointed out the possibility that “supporting the body with a sleeve divider (armrest) or handrail was effective in reducing human damage”, “3.11 Analysis on Survival Factors” In the case of “... long seats, it is desirable to provide equipment for supporting the body such as sleeves (armrests) and handrails in addition to the end portions thereof. ... ".

  In particular, “sleeve (sleeve) partition” means “... a part of the body when a passenger collides as much as possible, for example, a tubular handrail at the end of the long seat is a plate-like partition. The shape and material should be such that the impact force is difficult to concentrate on. (See, for example, Patent Documents 2 to 3).

Therefore, in order to comply with the reports of the Railway Accident Investigation Committee, in the case of a new railway vehicle that will be manufactured in the future, from the initial stage of the design, such as increasing the size of the sleeve divider and adopting an elastic structure, Are beginning to be considered and introduced.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-46936 JP 2004-216571 A JP 2004-42807 A

  However, in an existing vehicle that is currently in operation, it may be difficult to increase the size of the sleeve partition or adopt an elastic structure for the sleeve partition in terms of installation space and cost.

  In addition, depending on the purpose of use and knitting of the railway vehicle, the field of view in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the design in the vehicle are important, and it may be difficult to adopt a large sleeve divider.

  The present invention has been made to address the above-described problems, and improves the safety at the time of collision even in an existing vehicle without deteriorating the view in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or the design in the vehicle. It aims at providing the railway vehicle which can be made to do.

The railway vehicle of the invention according to claim 1 is a railway vehicle comprising a long seat disposed near a wall along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
A vertically long panel-shaped safety guard that is continuous in the vertical direction of the vehicle is disposed in the vicinity of the end of the long seat near the side doorway of the vehicle, and the upper end of the safety guard is placed on the luggage shelf receiver of the vehicle . The lower end is fixed to the sleeve partition at the end of the long sheet, respectively.

The present invention, in a railway vehicle comprising a long seat disposed near the wall along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
In the vicinity of the longitudinal end of the long seat vehicle, a “safety guard” that catches the sudden movement of the passenger's body that occurs in the event of a train collision, etc. It is intended to increase safety.

  That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, by disposing a long panel-shaped safety guard continuous in the vertical direction of the vehicle in the vicinity of the end of the long seat near the side doorway of the railway vehicle, Even if a passenger sitting on a long seat receives excessive acceleration in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in the event of an outage, sudden stop, derailment, etc. Can be kept to a minimum. Therefore, the invention of the present application is safe for passengers seated in long seats even in existing vehicles in which it is difficult to enlarge the sleeve divider or adopt an elastic structure for the sleeve divider due to the installation space and cost. Can be increased. Needless to say, the safety guard of the present invention can also be attached to a new railway vehicle.

The railcar according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a gap is provided between the safety guard and the inner surface of the side wall of the vehicle so that the vehicle can be seen in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle .

According to a third aspect of the present invention , at least the long seat side surface of the safety guard is covered with an elastic member.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention , at least the long seat side surface of the safety guard is configured using an elastic material .

The railway vehicle of the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the safety guard is fixed to the vehicle side fixing portion via an elastic member .

  As described above, according to the present invention, even in the case of an existing vehicle that is difficult to increase the size of the sleeve partition or adopt an elastic structure for the sleeve partition, It is possible to improve the safety of a passenger sitting on a long seat at the time of a train collision, sudden stop, derailment, etc. while minimizing the deterioration in design.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a structure of a safety guard for a railway vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is the figure which looked at the same long seat edge part from the longitudinal direction (advance) direction of vehicles.

  The railway vehicle exemplified in this embodiment is a commuter railway vehicle currently in operation, and a seat (long seat 10) along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is provided between an entrance (entrance / exit) provided on the side of the vehicle. Provide multiple. In addition to the long seat 10, a sleeve partition 11 (sleeve partition plate), a grip bar 12 (grip bar), a luggage rack are provided inside the vehicle (passenger car) for the convenience and comfort of passengers. 13. Various facilities (customer service facilities) such as hanging hands (suspended leather) are attached.

The sleeve partition (sleeve partition unit) 11 is mainly composed of two decorative plates and a metal frame that supports the decorative plates at regular intervals inside the sleeve partitions. It is arrange | positioned at the edge part of each long sheet | seat 10 near a side doorway, and is attached to the longitudinal direction end surface and the side wall inner surface (inner wall) of the long sheet | seat 10 using a screw | thread.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes a luggage shelf. The luggage shelf 13 includes a plurality of luggage shelf receivers 13a projecting from a side wall surface located at a relatively high place near the side doorway toward the center in the vehicle width direction, and these luggage shelf receivers 13a. , 13a and a strip-shaped luggage shelf board 13b supported at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and when viewed from the vehicle width direction as shown in FIG. The sleeve partition 11 and the longitudinal direction of the vehicle are arranged at substantially the same phase. In some cases, a plurality of pipes (metal pipes, etc.) are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle instead of the luggage shelf board 13b.

A feature of the railway vehicle in this embodiment is that, as shown in FIG. 1, a vertically long panel-shaped safety guard 1 that is continuous in the vehicle vertical direction is disposed near the end of the long seat 10 near the side doorway of the railway vehicle. It is a point that has been. Like the sleeve partition 11, the safety guard 1 includes two aluminum decorative plates 2 and 3, and a metal frame (not shown) that supports the decorative plates 2 and 3 at a constant interval inside the safety guard 1. The edge material 4 made of an elastic resin (rubber or the like) is fitted into the edge (circumferential surface).

  Further, the safety guard 1 has a predetermined gap S between the safety guard 1 and the inner surface of the vehicle side wall, with an upper end 1a serving as a luggage shelf receiver 13a, a lower end 1b serving as a sleeve partition 11, and a rubber bush 5 respectively. It is fixed through. A plate-like elastic member made of rubber, sponge or the like is attached to the surface of the decorative plate 2 on the long sheet 10 side in the safety guard 1.

With the above configuration, the railway vehicle according to the present embodiment has a case where a passenger seated in the long seat 10 receives an excessive load in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in the event of a train collision accident, sudden stop, derailment, etc. However, this safety guard can catch the passenger's body and prevent the passenger from flying a long distance. Therefore, the railway vehicle of the present invention increases the safety of passengers seated in the long seat 10 even in existing vehicles where it is difficult to enlarge the sleeve partition 11 or adopt an elastic structure for the sleeve partition. Can do.

  Moreover, since the clearance guard S which can see through a vehicle longitudinal direction is formed between the safety guard 1 of a rail vehicle in this embodiment and the side wall inner surface of a vehicle, the visual field of a vehicle longitudinal direction, and the designability in a vehicle The safety of the railway vehicle can be improved without impairing the vehicle.

In addition, in the said embodiment, although one shape example of the safety guard 1 in this invention was shown, the whole shape and structure of this safety guard 1 are not specifically limited. However, considering the field of view inside the vehicle, the preferred shape of the safety guard 1 in the present invention is preferably about 200 to 500 mm in the entire width in the vehicle width direction. Also, the upper and lower ends of the safety guard 1 are fixed at the upper and lower ends and the lower end of the safety guard 1 in addition to the structure that is attached between the luggage shelf holder and the sleeve partition. The bracket may be directly fixed to the roof groove or side groove of the vehicle, and the lower end side support bracket may be directly fixed to the underframe or floor of the vehicle.

Further, the safety guard 1 is preferably fixed by using a flexible coupling using a bush or the like for the mounting portion of the vehicle as in this example in order to increase the shock absorbing power. It is good also as a structure which accept | permits deformation | transformation of the safety guard 1 to the maximum, such as oval. In addition, in order to protect a passenger | crew's head especially, the method of attaching soft members, such as a cushion, in the position which a head thinks contacts is also effective.

  Further, the safety guard 1 is preferably fixed by using a flexible coupling using a bush or the like for the mounting portion of the vehicle as in this example in order to increase the shock absorbing power. It is good also as a structure which accept | permits deformation | transformation of the safety guard 1 to the maximum, such as oval. In addition, in order to protect a passenger's head especially, the method of attaching soft members, such as a cushion, to the position where a head seems to contact is also considered effective.

  Moreover, the material of the plate-like elastic member that is affixed to the surface of the decorative plate of the safety guard 1 is not particularly limited, and may of course be affixed to the surfaces of the decorative plate on both sides. Furthermore, instead of attaching a plate-like elastic member, a sandwich panel using a resin foam material or a honeycomb structure that disperses impact, etc. is used in the inside (core) of the safety guard 1, or this It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the decorative board itself is formed from an elastic material made of resin or the like. In addition, when a transparent or translucent resin plate having elasticity is adopted, a field of view in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is secured, which is particularly preferable.

It is a figure which shows the example of installation of the safety guard in the rail vehicle of embodiment of this invention, (a) is the figure which looked at the inside of a vehicle from the vehicle width direction, (b) looked at the inside of a vehicle from the vehicle longitudinal (advance) direction. It is a figure. It is a figure which shows the inside of a passenger car provided with the long seat of the conventional railway vehicle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Safety guard 2,3 Dressing board 4 Edge material 5 Rubber bush 10 Long sheet 11 Sleeve partition 12 Grip stick 13 Luggage shelf 13a Luggage shelf holder 13b Luggage shelf board

Claims (5)

In a railway vehicle having a long seat disposed near a wall along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a vertically long panel-shaped safety guard is disposed in the vicinity of the end of the long seat near the side entrance of the vehicle. The railcar is characterized in that an upper end portion of the safety guard is fixed to a luggage rack holder of the vehicle, and a lower end portion of the safety guard is fixed to a sleeve partition of the end portion of the long seat. The railway vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a gap that allows a vehicle longitudinal direction to be seen is provided between the safety guard and an inner surface of the side wall of the vehicle. The railway vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the long seat side surface of the safety guard is covered with an elastic member. The railway vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the long seat side surface of the safety guard is configured using an elastic material . The railway vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the safety guard is fixed to the vehicle side fixing portion via an elastic member .

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