JP5916035B2 - Elevator car - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to an elevator car intended for a wheelchair user.

  In recent years, elevators of public facilities such as station premises have become barrier-free, and various improvements have been made to make them easier to use for wheelchair users.

  A car operation panel is installed in the elevator car for registering the destination floor and opening and closing the door. In conventional elevators, the sleeve wall next to the car door is installed. In many cases, a car operation panel is provided, which is difficult for wheelchair users.

  For example, if a wheelchair user gets into the car, the car control panel will be located diagonally backward for the wheelchair user, so the wheelchair user may not be able to reach or twist his body backwards. It was very difficult to operate.

  Patent document 1 can be mentioned as an example of the prior art which arrange | positioned the car operation panel in the position where it is easy to operate for a wheelchair user. In Patent Document 1, it is proposed that the car operation panel is provided not on the sleeve wall but on the side wall of the car.

FIG. 10 shows the arrangement of the car operation panel according to this conventional technique. In FIG. 10, reference numeral 2 denotes a car door, 3 denotes a car room sleeve wall, and 4 denotes a car room side wall.
The operation panel 8 is installed at the center of the side wall 4 of the cab room. The operation panel 8 is provided with a door closing button 6 and a destination floor registration button 7, but the operation panel 8 does not have the door closing button 5 and is disposed on the cab wall 3.

  In such an arrangement of the car operation panel 8, the destination floor registration button 7 and the door opening button 5 are located at a position where the wheelchair user can easily operate the hand. The reason why the door opening button 5 is arranged on the cab sleeve wall 3 is to prevent a plurality of non-wheelchair users from getting on from the hall so as not to open the door during the boarding.

JP 2002-145563 A

Conventional elevators for station buildings have only enough space for one wheelchair, and when one wheelchair user and several passengers get in, the car is usually full.
Therefore, recently, in order to increase the passenger transportation efficiency of the elevator for the station building, a horizontally long car that can carry two wheelchairs has been studied.

  In the case of a horizontally long car, the left and right sides become side walls in the longitudinal direction after entering from the entrance car door. In a horizontally long car, to place two wheelchairs, you can't put two cars side by side, and two cars line up in front and back.

When the car operation panel is arranged on the side wall of the car, it is conceivable to arrange the car operation panel at the center of the side wall as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
When there is only one wheelchair user, there is no problem because the wheelchair can be stopped at a position where the car operation panel can be easily operated.

However, when two wheelchairs enter the car, both wheelchair users have to stop the wheelchairs at a position away from the operation panel.
In particular, for a wheelchair user who gets in first, the car operation panel is located obliquely rearward and cannot be operated unless the body is twisted and turned backward. Users in this wheelchair are forced to take an unreasonable posture.

  On the other hand, a wheelchair user who gets in later may have a car operation panel in front and out of reach.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and is capable of mounting at least two wheelchairs. Moreover, each wheelchair user can easily access the car operation panel, and can be operated easily. The purpose is to provide an elevator car that can be operated well.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention relates to an elevator car in which a plurality of car operation panels for operating destination registration and opening / closing of a car door are installed on a wall constituting a car room. The car is composed of a two-way elevator car having a car room with both sides in the longitudinal direction serving as entrances and exits, and car operation panels are arranged on the side walls facing and extending in the longitudinal direction of the car room. The car operation panels are arranged so as to be deviated toward the entrance / exit side in opposite directions so that the user's operable range for each car operation panel does not overlap, and each car operation panel is at least in the car room. When two wheelchairs are arranged in the longitudinal direction, one user who gets on each wheelchair can reach one car operation panel and the other user can reach the other car operation panel. Arrangement It is characterized in that it was.

1 is a perspective view showing an elevator car according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view in the state where two wheelchairs got on the elevator car by a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of one car operation panel and a wheelchair user when two wheelchairs get on the elevator car by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the other car operation panel and a wheelchair user when two wheelchairs get on the elevator car by 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the elevator car by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view in the state where two wheelchairs got on the elevator car by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of one car operation panel and a wheelchair user when two wheelchairs get on the elevator car by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the other car operation panel and a wheelchair user when two wheelchairs get on the elevator car by 2nd Embodiment. It is a top view which shows arrangement | positioning of the car operation panel in the elevator car by 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows arrangement | positioning of the operation panel in the passenger car of the conventional elevator.

Hereinafter, an elevator car according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an elevator car according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 indicates an elevator car. In the car 10, the side walls 12a and 12b have a horizontally long and narrow car structure that forms the longitudinal direction of the car room. The car 10 of this embodiment is configured as a so-called two-way elevator car provided with two car doors at the entrance and exit. A curtain plate 11 and a car door 14 are provided on the front of the car 10, and a curtain plate 13 and a car door 15 are provided on the back.

  This embodiment is configured as an elevator installed in a station building. For example, the front car door 14 serves as an entrance / exit on the platform side, and the rear car door 15 serves as an entrance / exit on the ticket gate side.

Since the car 10 has a narrow car structure, a car operation panel cannot be installed on the front and rear car sleeve walls 16 and 17.
Therefore, in the car 10, the car operation panel 18A is installed on the side wall 12a in the longitudinal direction of the car, and the other car operation panel 18B is installed on the opposite side wall 12b.

  The car operation panel 18A is not a vertically long car operation panel generally installed on a car sleeve wall, but a wide operation panel.

The car operation panel 18A is covered with the face plate 23, and the hall call buttons 19A and 19B on which the platform to be stopped and the ticket gate are displayed, the door opening button 20 and the door closing button 21, as well as the car An indicator 22 indicating the moving direction and the current position, and an emergency button 24 are provided.
The car operation panel 18B has the same configuration as the car operation panel 18A.

In FIG. 1, the left car operation panel 18 </ b> A and the right car operation panel 18 </ b> B are arranged so as to be at the same height from the floor 25 of the car room and face each other.
Here, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the car room when the two wheelchairs 30A and 30B are accommodated in the car room so that the arrangement of the car operation panels 18A and 18B can be easily understood.
The car 10 according to this embodiment is a car having a floor area large enough to allow two standard-sized wheelchairs to be placed side by side in the front-rear direction (longitudinal direction).

  In this case, with reference to the center line in the height direction of the side walls 12a and 12b, one car operation panel 18A is shifted (biased) to the car door 14 side of the entrance / exit which is closer to the center line by S Is arranged.

  The other car operation panel 18B is disposed at a position shifted (biased) by S from the center line toward the car door 15 side of the doorway closer to the opposite direction to the one car operation panel 18A. In this embodiment, the shift amount S is the same between the car operation panel 18A and the car operation panel 18B, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

  In FIG. 2, when two wheelchairs 30A and 30B are in the car 10, the range that one user can reach from the wheelchair 30A is RA, and the range that the other user can reach from the wheelchair 30B. Is RB. In this embodiment, the reachable ranges RA and RB are evaluated as, for example, a radius of 75 cm with which an average adult arm turns around the shoulder.

  As for the installation position of one car operation panel 18A, the shift amount S is set so as to be located within the range RA within the reach of an average user on the wheelchair 30A. Similarly, the shift amount S is set for the other car operation panel 18B.

  Further, the range that can be accessed by users including non-wheelchair users is defined as an operable area 35A within a semicircular area having a predetermined radius centered on one car operation panel 18A. Similarly, an operable area 35B is defined for the other car operation panel 18B. In the car operation panels 18A and 18B, an appropriate shift amount S is set from the viewpoint that the operable areas 35A and 35B do not overlap.

  In addition, about the height which installs such a car operation panel 18A, 18B, as FIG.3, FIG.4 shows, the range which can be reached in the state where an average adult is in a wheelchair, specifically, Is preferably installed at the shoulder height.

The elevator car according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. Next, its operation and effects will be described.
In FIG. 2, a case where a wheelchair user gets into the car 10 from the car door 14 on the front platform side will be described. In this case, the front car door 14 serves as an entrance, and the back car door 15 serves as an exit to the ticket gate.
When two wheelchair users get on the car 10 in the two wheelchairs 30A and 30B, the wheelchairs 30A and 30B are aligned in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. .

In the car 10 of the present embodiment, one car operation panel 18A is shifted from the center line in the height direction of the side wall 12a to the car door 14 side by a distance S, so that the user riding on the wheelchair 30A FIG. 3 shows the positional relationship of the car operation panel 18A.
Similarly, the other car operation panel 18B is shifted from the center line in the height direction of the side wall 12b to the car door 15 side by a distance S, so that the user riding on the wheelchair 30B and the car operation panel 18B The positional relationship is as shown in FIG.

  When the two wheelchairs 30A and 30B get on in this way, the car operation panels 18A and 18B come to a position diagonally in front of each user. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the car operation panels 18A and 18B are within the ranges RA and RB within the reach of each user, so that each user can reach out and twist their body. It is possible to perform the operation with an easy posture without being forced to do so.

  In FIG. 2, the operation areas 35A and 35B of the car operation panels 18A and 18B do not overlap each other, so that the arrangement of the car operation panels 18A and 18B can be optimized, and the horizontally long By effectively utilizing the car structure, the operability of the car operation panels 18A and 18B can be improved while the two wheelchairs 30A and 30B are mounted and the passenger transport capability is increased.

  The above is the case where the wheelchair user gets into the car 10 from the car door 14 on the front platform side. However, when the wheelchair user gets in from the car door 15 on the ticket gate side, in FIGS. Although the directions of the wheelchairs 30A and 30B are reversed, it is the same that the wheelchair user can operate the operation panels 18A and 18B in an easy posture.

  When the wheelchair user is alone, the wheelchair can be stopped beside either of the operation panels 18A and 18B, so that it is easy to operate.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, an elevator car according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the second embodiment, auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B are arranged as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 in addition to the arrangement of the same car operation panels 18A and 18B as in the first embodiment.

The auxiliary operation panel 40B is a vertically long car operation panel unlike the wide car operation panels such as the car operation panels 18A and 18B.
The car operation panel 40B is covered with a face plate 41 and has platform call buttons 42A and 42B on which floors to be stopped and a ticket gate are displayed, a door opening button 44 and a door closing button 45, as well as An indicator 46 and an emergency button 47 indicating the moving direction and the current position are provided.

  The car operation panel 40A is configured in the same manner as the car operation panel 40B.

In FIG. 6, the auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B are installed to add the operable areas 50A and 50B to areas not covered by the operable areas 35A and 35B of the main car operation panels 18A and 18B.
Such auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B are preferably arranged at positions close to the car doors 14 and 15 serving as entrances and exits so that the users of non-wheelchair users can easily operate.

  Here, FIG. 7 shows the positional relationship between the user on the wheelchair 30A and the car operation panel 18A, and the user on the wheelchair 30B and the auxiliary operation panel 40B. FIG. 8 shows the position on the wheelchair 30A. The positional relationship between the user who is on the vehicle, the auxiliary operation panel 40A, and the user on the wheelchair 30B and the car operation panel 18B is shown.

  For the users who are on the wheelchairs 30A and 30B, the car operation panels 18A and 18B are respectively located at positions where the wheelchair users can easily operate diagonally forward and laterally. On the other hand, the auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B are vertically long operation panels, which may be difficult for wheelchair users to operate the buttons, but in this embodiment, the use of passengers of non-wheelchair users is avoided. As a result, passengers (not shown) of non-wheelchair users who have boarded with wheelchair users stand in a position that does not interfere with the operation of the passengers of the passengers, and use the auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B. Can be operated.

  Thus, by arranging the auxiliary operation panels 40A and 40B, the operable areas 50A and 50B can be expanded to areas not covered by the operable areas 35A and 35B of the main car operation panels 18A and 18B. The operability of the operation panel can be enhanced for all users including wheelchair users and non-wheelchair users while effectively utilizing the horizontally long car structure to increase passenger transport capability.

(Third embodiment)
Next, an elevator car according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same reference number is attached | subjected to the component same as FIG. 2 of 1st Embodiment, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
This third embodiment is an embodiment in which the operation surfaces 60A and 60B of the car operation panels 18A and 18B are inclined in addition to the arrangement of the same car operation panels 18A and 18B as the first embodiment and the second embodiment. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the car operation panels 18A and 18B, the operation surfaces 60A and 60B are inclined so that the operation surfaces face the wheelchair users in the car room.

  According to the third embodiment configured as described above, the operation surfaces 60A and 60B are directed toward the user on the wheelchairs 30A and 30B in the car operation panels 18A and 18B. The operability becomes even better. In particular, there is an advantage that the emergency button can be easily pushed.

  The elevator car according to the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments. However, these embodiments are given as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Of course, the novel apparatus, method and system described in the specification can be implemented in various forms, and various omissions, substitutions and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there. The claims and their equivalents are intended to cover the embodiments or improvements thereof within the spirit of the invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Riding car, 12a, 12b ... Side wall, 14, 15 ... Car door, 18A, 18B ... Car operation panel, 20 ... Door opening button, 21 ... Door closing button, 30A, 30B ... Wheelchair, 35A, 35B ... Operation Possible area, 50A, 50B ... Operable area, RA, RB ... Reachable range

Claims (4)

In an elevator car in which multiple car operation panels that control destination registration and opening / closing of car doors are installed on the walls that make up the car room,
The elevator car consists of a two-way elevator car having a car room with both sides in the longitudinal direction serving as entrances and exits, and a car operation panel is provided on each side wall that extends in the longitudinal direction of the car room and faces each other. The car operation panels are arranged so as to be deviated toward the entrance / exit side in opposite directions so that the user's operable range for each car operation panel does not overlap, and each car operation panel is placed in the car room. When at least two wheelchairs are lined up in the longitudinal direction, one user who gets in each wheelchair can reach one car operation panel and the other user can reach the other car operation panel An elevator car characterized by being placed inside . The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary operation panel is arranged on the side wall at a position where a user outside the operable range with respect to the car operation panel can use. The elevator car according to claim 1 , wherein the car operation panel has an operation surface that is inclined so as to face a wheelchair user in a car room.   The elevator car according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elevator is an elevator for a station building.

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