JP5744135B2 - Elevator cleaning device - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an elevator cleaning apparatus.

  Conventionally, an elevator moves a car to an arbitrary floor by moving a car (car) in a hoistway. In such an elevator, for example, various cleaning devices may be applied in order to clean each part of the elevator.

JP 2011-140378 A

  By the way, in the prior art, there is room for further improvement, for example, in terms of cleaning of necessary parts over a long period of time.

The elevator cleaning apparatus of the embodiment includes a cleaning member, an urging member, and a pressing member. The cleaning member is in contact with the rolling surface of the rail having a rolling surface on which the roller rolls in accordance with opening and closing of the door of the elevator with respect to the closed end portion that is the end portion on the closed position side of the door. In the state, the part on the closed end side is supported so as to be able to reciprocate along the opening and closing direction of the door. The urging member urges the cleaning member from the closed position side to the open position side of the door. The pressing member presses the cleaning member in a direction opposite to the urging direction by the urging member as the door moves from the open position side to the closed position side.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of the elevator cleaning apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of the elevator cleaning apparatus according to the embodiment.

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an elevator according to the embodiment. 2 and 3 are schematic views illustrating a schematic configuration example of the elevator cleaning apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a state where the brush is in the holding position, and FIG. 3 shows a state where the brush is in the closed end position.

  The elevator cleaning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is applied to an elevator 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and cleans a predetermined part in the elevator 1. The elevator 1 can move to a landing 6 on an arbitrary destination floor when the car 2 moves up and down in the hoistway 7. The elevator 1 includes a car 2, a counter weight 3, a main rope 4, a hoisting machine 5, a control device 10, and the like. The elevator 1 is a so-called elevator type elevator in which a car 2 and a counterweight 3 are connected by a main rope 4. The elevator 1 is provided with a landing 6.

  The car 2 can move up and down a hoistway 7 provided in the building. The car 2 includes a car operation panel 8 and the like. The car operation panel 8 performs so-called car call registration in response to an operation input by the user. The main rope 4 is hung on the main sheave 5a or the deflecting sheave 5b of the hoisting machine 5. The main rope 4 has a car 2 connected to one end and a counterweight 3 connected to the other end. The hoisting machine 5 includes, for example, an electric motor (motor) 5c that generates power. In the hoisting machine 5, when the electric motor 5c is driven, the main sheave 5a connected to the electric motor 5c is rotationally driven. The hoisting machine 5 uses the friction force generated between the main sheave 5a and the main rope 4 to wind up the main rope 4 electrically. The elevator 1 of the present embodiment is a so-called machine roomless elevator, does not include a machine room above the hoistway 7, and is provided with a hoisting machine 5, a control device 10, and the like at the top in the hoistway 7. Yes. The hall 6 is provided on each elevator stop floor where the car 2 can land. Each hall 6 is provided with a hall operating panel 9 or the like. The hall operating panel 9 performs so-called hall call registration according to the operation input by the user.

  Further, the elevator 1 includes a door (car door) 11 provided at the entrance 11A to the landing 6 of the car 2, and a door (landing door) 12 provided at the entrance 12A to the car 2 at each hall 6. It is comprised including. The door 12 partitions the hall 6 and the hoistway 7 so that they can be opened and closed. The door 12 is normally closed and blocks between the landing 6 side and the hoistway 7 side on which the car 2 moves up and down. When the car 2 is landed, the door 12 is connected to the door 11 on the car 2 side. Open and close in conjunction.

  The control device 10 includes a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM, a RAM, a backup RAM, a microcomputer having an input / output port device, and a drive circuit that are connected to each other by a normal type bidirectional common bus. . A ROM (Read Only Memory) stores a predetermined control program and the like in advance. A RAM (Random Access Memory) temporarily stores a calculation result of the CPU. The backup RAM stores information such as prepared map data and elevator 1 specifications. The control device 10 is electrically connected to various parts of the various sensors, detectors, and elevators 1 and comprehensively controls the operation of each part.

  The elevator 1 configured as described above operates as follows when a call operation of the car 2 is performed by the user via the car operation panel 8, the hall operation panel 9, and the like. That is, the elevator 1 receives a car call registration signal and a hall call registration signal corresponding to the control device 10 from the car operation panel 8, the hall operation panel 9, and the like. In the elevator 1, the control device 10 performs the car call registration of the car 2 or the hall call registration according to the car call registration signal and the hall call registration signal. Then, the control device 10 rationally moves the car 2 based on the car call registration, the hall call registration, outputs from various sensors and detectors, the current moving direction (lifting direction) of the car 2, and the like. The landing order of the car 2 is determined so as to answer each call. Then, the control device 10 controls the hoisting machine 5 to move the car 2 to the target floor. Thereby, the elevator 1 moves the elevator car 2 up and down in the vertical direction in the hoistway 7 and moves to the landing 6 on an arbitrary destination floor. When the elevator 1 detects that the car 2 has landed on the landing 6 on the destination floor and has landed at a predetermined landing position, the elevator 11 then detects the door 11 of the car 2 and the floor. The door 12 of the hall 6 is opened in conjunction. As a result, a user waiting at the landing 6 can get into the car 2, and a user within the car 2 can get off at the landing 6.

  And the cleaning apparatus 100 for elevators of this embodiment is provided with respect to the door 12 of the landing 6, respectively, so that a required part can be appropriately cleaned over a long period of time.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes a brush 101 as a cleaning member, a shaft 102, a fixing fitting 103, a rubber cushion 104, and a spring 105 as an urging member. And a stopper fitting 106 and a pressing member 107.

  The brush 101 is a brush-like member, and is formed by a bundle of polyester-like hair members, for example. The brush 101 is supported by a hanger rail 13 as a rail that supports the door 12.

  Here, the hanger rail 13 is provided so as to face the vertical direction upper side of the entrance 12A (see FIG. 1) of each landing 6 and the hoistway 7 (see FIG. 1) side. The hanger rail 13 is accommodated in a header case, for example. In the header case, for example, various mechanisms for opening and closing the door 12 in conjunction with the door 11 of the car 2 and the door 12 in a state other than the state where the car 2 is in a predetermined landing position. An interlock mechanism or the like for preventing the opening is accommodated. The hanger rail 13 is provided in the horizontal direction along the vertical upper end of the entrance 12A. The hanger rail 13 is a guide member that guides the opening / closing movement of the door 12, and the direction along the hanger rail 13, that is, the horizontal direction is the opening / closing direction of the door 12. In other words, the hanger rail 13 is provided along the opening / closing direction of the door 12. The hanger rail 13 has a rolling surface 13a on which a hanger roller 12c as a roller rolls as the door 12 opens and closes. The rolling surface 13 a of the present embodiment is configured by a surface on the upper side in the vertical direction of the hanger rail 13.

  The door 12 includes a door panel 12a, a hanger plate 12b, a hanger roller 12c, and the like. The door panel 12a is formed as a rectangular panel member. The door panel 12a may be composed of a single sheet or a plurality of sheets. Moreover, the door panel 12a may be a single-opening type or a center-opening type. The hanger plate 12b is a plate-like member fixed on the upper side in the vertical direction of the door panel 12a. The hanger plate 12b supports the hanger roller 12c on the upper end of the door panel 12a in the vertical direction. The hanger roller 12 c is formed as a cylindrical rolling element and is guided by the hanger rail 13 by rolling on the rolling surface 13 a of the hanger rail 13. A plurality of hanger rollers 12c are provided. One of them is shown in FIGS. The hanger roller 12c is supported by the hanger plate 12b in such a positional relationship that the central axis is along the horizontal direction and orthogonal to the opening / closing direction. The hanger roller 12c is supported by the hanger plate 12b so as to be rotatable (rollable) about the central axis.

  The door 12 has a structure in which the entire outer surface of the hanger roller 12 c is suspended from the hanger rail 13 in such a positional relationship that the hanger roller 12 c comes into contact with the rolling surface 13 a on the upper side in the vertical direction. That is, the door 12 is installed in a state where the door panel 12a is suspended from the hanger rail 13 via the hanger plate 12b and the hanger roller 12c.

  The door 12 opens and closes in the horizontal direction along the hanger rail 13 in conjunction with the opening and closing operation of the door 11 on the car 2 side. At this time, the opening and closing movement of the door 12 along the horizontal direction is guided by the hanger rail 13 as the hanger roller 12 c rolls on the rolling surface 13 a of the hanger rail 13. The door 12 can reciprocate along a hanger rail 13 between a closed position and an open position. The door 12 is in a state where the entrance 12A (see FIG. 1) of the hall 6 is closed at the closed position, and the entrance 12A is opened at the open position. 2 and 3, the right side is the open position side, and the left side is the closed position side.

  The brush 101 supports the closed end portion 13b of the hanger rail 13 that supports the door 12 as described above so as to be able to reciprocate along the opening / closing direction of the door 12 in contact with the rolling surface 13a. Is done. The brush 101 is supported on the hanger rail 13 via the shaft 102, the fixing bracket 103, and the like.

  The shaft 102 is a support shaft formed in a cylindrical shape. The shaft 102 has a brush 101 fixed to the outer peripheral surface of one end thereof. The shaft 102 is provided with a rubber cushion 104 at the end on the side where the brush 101 is provided. The rubber cushion 104 is made of a cap-shaped rubber having a predetermined elasticity. The rubber cushion 104 functions as a cushioning material interposed between the end surface of the shaft 102 and a pressing member 107 described later.

  The shaft 102 is fitted with a spring 105 and a stopper fitting 106. The spring 105 urges the brush 101 from the closed position side of the door 12 toward the open position side. The spring 105 is configured by a cylindrical coil-shaped compression spring. As for the spring 105, the shaft 102 is inserted in the inner peripheral surface side. The stopper fitting 106 receives the urging force of the spring 105. The stopper fitting 106 is a disc-shaped ring member and is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 102. The stopper fitting 106 is provided so as to be positioned between the brush 101 and the spring 105 with respect to the axial direction of the shaft 102. In other words, in the shaft 102, the components are assembled so that the rubber cushion 104, the brush 101, the stopper fitting 106, and the spring 105 are arranged in this order from the end on the rubber cushion 104 side to the opposite end. Yes. In the state where the spring 105, the stopper fitting 106, and the like are mounted, the shaft 102 has an end on the brush 101 and rubber cushion 104 side located on the open position side of the door 12, and an end on the opposite side, that is, the closed position side. Are supported by the fixing fitting 103.

  The fixing fitting 103 is a bracket-like member that protrudes upward in the vertical direction with respect to the hanger rail 13. The fixing metal fitting 103 is fastened and fixed to the hanger rail 13 on the base end (vertical lower end) side via a fixing screw 103a and the like. The fixing bracket 103 of the present embodiment is provided on the closed end portion 13 b side of the hanger rail 13, that is, the end portion on the closed position side of the door 12, and the brush 101, the shaft 102, etc. are connected to the closed end portion of the hanger rail 13. It supports to the 13b side. Here, the closed end portion 13 b of the hanger rail 13 is an end portion of the hanger rail 13 on the closed position side of the door 12. The shaft 102 is supported on the tip end portion (vertical upper end portion) side of the fixing fitting 103. The fixing fitting 103 supports the shaft 102 with respect to the closed end portion 13 b of the hanger rail 13 in such a positional relationship that the central axis of the shaft 102 is along the opening / closing direction of the door 12. In the state where the shaft 102 is supported by the fixing metal fitting 103, the brush 101 comes into contact with the rolling surface 13a of the hanger rail 13 with a predetermined pressing force at the lower end in the vertical direction. In this state, the fixture 103 supports the shaft 102 so as to be capable of reciprocating along the opening / closing direction of the door 12. The spring 105 is interposed between the fixing fitting 103 and the stopper fitting 106 in the opening / closing direction in a state where the shaft 102 is supported by the fixing fitting 103. In other words, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 includes the rubber cushion 104, the brush 101, the stopper fitting 106, the spring 105, and the fixing fitting 103 in this order from the open position side of the door 12 with the shaft 102 supported by the fixing fitting 103. Each component is arranged in order.

  Thereby, in the elevator cleaning apparatus 100, the brush 101 is supported by the closed end portion 13 b of the hanger rail 13 via the shaft 102, the fixing bracket 103, and the like in the opening / closing direction of the door 12 in contact with the rolling surface 13 a. It becomes the structure which can be reciprocated along. In this state, the brush 101 is urged from the closed position side of the door 12 toward the open position side by the spring 105 via the fixing fitting 103, the shaft 102, and the like. In addition, when the door panel 12a is a single opening type, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 is provided in the closed end part 13b of the door 12 in the hanger rail 13. FIG. When the door panel 12a is a center opening type, the elevator cleaning device 100 is provided, for example, at each closed end portion 13b of the hanger rail 13 provided in at least a pair of left and right.

  As the door 12 moves from the open position side to the closed position side, the pressing member 107 moves in the direction opposite to the direction in which the brush 101 is urged by the spring 105, that is, from the open position side of the door 12 to the closed position side. To press. The pressing member 107 of the present embodiment is configured by an end portion on the closed position side of the hanger plate 12b that supports the hanger roller 12c on the door panel 12a. The pressing member 107 comes into contact with the rubber cushion 104 as the door 12 moves from the open position side to the closed position side, and presses the brush 101 to the closed position side via the shaft 102.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the brush 101 according to the present embodiment is not pressed by the pressing member 107, that is, in a state where the door 12 is on the open position side, on the closed end portion 13 b side of the hanger rail 13. It is held at a predetermined holding position. In this state, the rubber cushion 104 provided on the shaft 102 that supports the brush 101 and the pressing member 107, that is, the end portion on the closed position side of the hanger plate 12b are in a separated state. As shown in FIG. 3, the pressing member 107 presses the shaft 102 toward the closed position via the rubber cushion 104 as the door 12 moves from the open position side to the closed position side. In the closed position (position where the door 12 is fully closed), the brush 101 is pressed to the most closed end position along the hanger rail 13. That is, the brush 101 reciprocates between the holding position and the most closed end position in the closed end portion 13 b of the hanger rail 13 by the biasing by the spring 105 and the pressing by the pressing member 107 accompanying the opening and closing movement of the door 12. Can move.

  In the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 configured as described above, in a state where the door 12 is in the open position, the brush 101 is held at the holding position on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13 as shown in FIG. Yes. When the door 12 moves from the open position side to the closed position side, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 includes a rubber cushion 104 in which a pressing member 107 configured by an end portion on the closed position side of the hanger plate 12b is provided on the shaft 102. Abut. In the elevator cleaning apparatus 100, as the door 12 further moves to the closed position side, as shown in FIG. 3, the pressing member 107 strikes the urging force of the spring 105, and the shaft 102 slides to the closed position side. Move and push to push the brush 101 to the closed end position.

  At this time, in the elevator cleaning apparatus 100, when the pressing member 107 contacts the rubber cushion 104, the impact of the pressing is absorbed by the rubber cushion 104. As a result, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 can suppress the occurrence of noise such as a hitting sound when the brush 101 is pressed toward the closed position via the shaft 102.

  On the other hand, in the elevator cleaning apparatus 100, when the door 12 moves from the closed position side to the open position side, the shaft 102 and the brush 101 move to the open position side of the pressing member 107 (hanger plate 12b) by the biasing force of the spring 105. Following this, it moves to the open position side. Then, after following the movement of the pressing member 107 to a predetermined position, the brush 101 is held at a position where the spring 105 returns to a predetermined initial dimension. The position of the brush 101 when the spring 105 returns to a predetermined initial dimension corresponds to the holding position illustrated in FIG.

  In the elevator cleaning apparatus 100, the brush 101 reciprocates between the holding position and the most closed end position at the closed end portion 13 b of the hanger rail 13 as the door 12 opens and closes as described above. During this time, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 can clean the rolling surface 13a with the brush 101 by sliding the brush 101 while being in contact with the rolling surface 13a of the hanger rail 13, and the rolling surface 13a. Accumulation of dust or the like on the surface can be suppressed. At this time, the cleaning part by the brush 101 is limited between the holding position on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13 and the most closed end position.

  Here, in the hanger rail 13, in order to prevent a malfunction of opening and closing of the door 12 due to insufficient cleaning, it is more efficient by properly cleaning the rolling surface 13a on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13. In addition, the knowledge that the above problems can be avoided was obtained. Therefore, the entire area of the rolling surface 13a of the hanger rail 13 is not cleaned, but is limited to a predetermined portion on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13 as in the elevator cleaning device 100 of the present embodiment. By doing so, the above-mentioned problems can be avoided appropriately. Then, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, as described above, performs proper cleaning by limiting to a predetermined part, that is, a part on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13 with the brush 101. The wear of the brush 101 can be suppressed after cleaning. As a result, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 can properly clean a necessary portion stably over a long period of time. As a result, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 does not require, for example, replacement of the brush 101 or adjustment of the contact amount of the brush 101 over a long period of time, and as a result, the labor of maintenance work by workers or the like can be reduced. Can do. Further, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 can clean the rolling surface 13a on the closed end portion 13b side of the hanger rail 13 with a mechanical configuration that does not require electrical control. It can be set as few cleaning apparatuses.

  According to the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 described above, the brush 101, the spring 105, and the pressing member 107 are provided. The brush 101 has a closed end portion which is an end portion on the closed position side of the door 12 of the hanger rail 13 having a rolling surface 13a on which the hanger roller 12c rolls as the door 12 of the elevator 1 opens and closes. It is supported so as to be capable of reciprocating along the opening / closing direction of the door 12 in contact with the rolling surface 13a. The spring 105 urges the brush 101 from the closed position side of the door 12 toward the open position side. The pressing member 107 presses the brush 101 in a direction opposite to the biasing direction by the spring 105 as the door 12 moves from the open position side to the closed position side. Therefore, the elevator cleaning apparatus 100 can properly clean a necessary portion stably over a long period of time.

  The elevator cleaning apparatus according to the above-described embodiment is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope described in the claims.

  The elevator cleaning apparatus 100 described above may be applied to the door (car door) 11 of the car 2, for example.

  According to the elevator cleaning device according to the embodiment and the modification described above, it is possible to properly clean a necessary portion over a long period of time.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Elevator 2 Car 6 Boarding points 11, 12 Door 12a Door panel 12b Hanger plate 12c Hanger roller (roller)
13 Hanger rail (rail)
13a Rolling surface 13b Closed end 100 Elevator cleaning device 101 Brush (cleaning member)
102 Shaft 103 Fixing bracket 104 Rubber cushion 105 Spring (biasing member)
106 Stopper bracket 107 Press member

Claims (2)

A door having a rolling surface on which a roller rolls in accordance with opening and closing of an elevator door, the closed end of the rail on the closed position side of the door, in contact with the rolling surface. A cleaning member that is supported so as to be capable of reciprocating along the opening and closing direction of the closed end portion , and a biasing member that biases the cleaning member from the closed position side to the open position side of the door, Elevator cleaning, comprising: a pressing member that presses the cleaning member in a direction opposite to the direction of urging by the urging member as the door moves from the open position side to the closed position side. apparatus. The cleaning member is held at the holding position on the closed end side of the rail in a state where the cleaning member is not pressed by the pressing member,
The pressing member is configured by an end portion on a closed position side of a hanger plate that supports the roller on the door panel of the door, and at the fully closed position of the door, the cleaning member is closed along the rail. Press to position,
The elevator cleaning apparatus according to claim 1.

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