JP6370011B1 - Passenger conveyor manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a passenger conveyor that is easy to attach a lighting device to an upper part of a balustrade panel and has excellent workability is provided.
A balustrade panel 7 installed on both sides of a step 3, a deck 8 fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 and supporting a moving handrail 5, an illumination device 60 provided below the deck 8, and an illumination device In the manufacturing method of the passenger conveyor 1 provided with the illumination support 40 that supports 60, the support member 30 is fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel 7, the illumination support 40 is fixed to the outer surface of the support member 30, and the illumination support After fixing the body 40 to the support member 30, the deck 8 is fixed to the upper surface of the support member 30.
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Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor.

  In passenger conveyors such as escalators and moving walkways, the stairs are moved to the outside of the balustrade panel for the purpose of ensuring the safety of users by ensuring the illuminance at the user's hands and feet, and for the purpose of lighting the passenger conveyor. A lighting device may be attached along the direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below).

  Although this lighting device is provided below the deck that supports the moving handrail, the lighting device is attached after the deck is fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel. There is a problem that it is difficult to work.

JP 2014-118226 A

  The present embodiment has been made in consideration of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor that is easy to attach a lighting device to an upper part of a balustrade panel and has excellent workability.

A method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to an embodiment includes a balustrade panel installed on both sides of a step, a deck that is fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel and supports a moving handrail, an illumination device provided below the deck, In a method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor provided with an illumination support that supports an illumination device, a support member is fixed at an interval to the periphery of the balustrade panel, and the illumination support is fixed to an outer surface of the support member, After the lighting support is fixed to the support member, the deck is fixed to the upper surface of the support member, and the upper mounting groove in the form of a groove extends along the periphery of the balustrade panel on the upper surface of the support member and opens at both ends. A mounting hole connecting the large diameter hole portion through which the head of the bolt can be inserted and the small diameter hole portion through which the screw portion of the bolt having a smaller diameter than the large diameter hole portion can be inserted, to the deck, Front of lighting support After fixing to the support member, the deck is placed on the upper surface of the support member, the head of the bolt is inserted into the large-diameter hole portion from above, and the screw portion of the bolt is directed upward. The head of the bolt is held in the upper mounting groove, and the nut is engaged with the screw portion to fix the deck to the support member.

The whole figure showing the outline of the passenger conveyor manufactured by the manufacturing method of a 1st embodiment of the present invention. Sectional drawing of the passenger conveyor shown in FIG. The figure which shows the principal part of FIG. The perspective view which shows the principal part of the balustrade panel which attached the supporting member. The perspective view which shows the principal part of the balustrade panel which attached the rail support body and the illumination cover support body. The perspective view which shows the principal part of the balustrade panel which attached the rail and the electric wire support body. The perspective view which shows the principal part of the balustrade panel which provided the electric wire of the illuminating device. The perspective view which shows the principal part of the balustrade panel which mounted the deck on the upper surface of the supporting member. It is a top view which shows the principal part of the deck mounted in the upper surface of a supporting member.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the present embodiment, an explanation will be given of a method for manufacturing an escalator in which the passenger conveyor 1 is installed so as to straddle the upper and lower floors of the building illustrated in FIG. 1 and the steps 3 move over the upper and lower floors. It can also be applied to a moving sidewalk that moves horizontally.

  The passenger conveyor 1 has a main frame 6 installed on the building between the upper floor and the lower floor, and a number of steps arranged endlessly in the main frame 6 along an elliptical track. 3, a pair of left and right balustrades 4 erected on both sides of the step 3, and an endless moving handrail 5 attached to the peripheral edge of the balustrade 4. In the passenger conveyor 1, a step 3 and a moving handrail 5 are circulated and moved between an upper floor side entrance 2a and a lower floor side entrance 2b by a driving device (not shown).

  Such a passenger conveyor 1 includes a horizontal part 1A located at the entrance / exit 2a on the upper floor side, a horizontal part 1B located at the entrance / exit 2b on the lower floor side, and a middle in which the step 3 moves linearly at a predetermined inclination angle. The inclined portion 1C is composed of curved portions 1D and 1D that gently connect the horizontal portion 1A, the horizontal portion 1B, and the intermediate inclined portion 1C.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the balustrade 4 includes a balustrade panel 7 erected on both sides of the step 3, a deck 8 fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 and supporting the moving handrail 5, and a balustrade panel 7. The skirt part 26 provided in the lower part and the illuminating device 60 provided in the upper part of the balustrade panel 7 are provided.

  The moving handrail 5 circulates and moves the peripheral portion of the balustrade panel 7 in synchronization with the step 3, appears outside from the skirt portion 26 on the entrance side, enters the skirt portion 26 on the exit side, and enters the skirt portion. 26 It moves to the entrance side through the inside.

  The balustrade panel 7 is made of, for example, a glass or stainless steel panel, and is configured by joining a plurality of panels along the moving direction of the step 3.

  The deck 8 includes a main deck 9 and a handrail deck 10 that extend in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7. The main deck 9 is formed of a cylindrical body having a substantially rectangular cross section, and an opening extending in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 is provided on the lower surface thereof (see FIG. 8).

  The handrail deck 10 has a U shape whose cross-sectional shape opens upward. The handrail deck 10 is provided narrower than the main deck 9, and the lower surface 10 a of the handrail deck 10 is fixed to the upper surface 9 a of the main deck 9 toward the inner side W <b> 1 of the passenger conveyor 1. A guide rail 11 that slidably supports the inner peripheral surface of the moving handrail 5 is provided at the upper end of the handrail deck 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the deck 8 is provided with mounting holes 12 penetrating vertically on the upper surface 9 a of the main deck 9 and the lower surface 10 a of the handrail deck 10, and is inserted into the mounting holes 12. The nut 15 is engaged with the bolt 16 and fixed to the support member 30. A bolt 16 is locked to the nut 15 from below, and a bolt 20 for fixing the guide rail 11 is locked from above.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the mounting hole 12 is a so-called “dharma hole” formed by connecting a large-diameter hole portion 12 a and a small-diameter hole portion 12 b having a smaller diameter. The large-diameter hole portion 12a is provided with a diameter through which the head portion 16a of the bolt 16 can be inserted. The small diameter hole portion 12 b is smaller than the head portion 16 a of the bolt 16, has a diameter through which the screw portion 16 b of the bolt 16 can be inserted, and is provided in a long hole shape extending in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7.

  The support member 30 is made of, for example, an extrusion-molded body made of metal such as aluminum. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper side of the support member 30, the outer side in the width direction W <b> 2, and the lower side are the upper side that extends in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 so that both ends open on the side surfaces of the support member 30. A mounting groove 31, an outer mounting groove 32, and a panel mounting groove 33 are provided.

  The upper mounting groove 31 has a T-shaped cross section, and the head 16a of the bolt 16 for fixing the deck 8 is inserted from the opening on the side surface of the support member 30, and the screw 16b of the bolt 16 is moved upward. The bolt 16 is held in a state where the

  The outer mounting groove 32 has a T-shaped cross section, and the head 17a of the bolt 17 for fixing the illumination support 40 that supports the illumination device 60 is inserted from the opening on the side surface of the support member 30. The bolt 17 is held in a state where the threaded portion 17b of the bolt 17 is directed outward in the width direction W2.

  The panel mounting groove 33 is inserted into the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 and fixes the support member 30 to the periphery of the balustrade panel 7.

  Further, the support member 30 is provided with a cover attachment groove 34 below the outer attachment groove 32 that extends in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 so that both ends open on the side surfaces of the support member 30. The cover mounting groove 34 is inserted with a U-shaped lighting cover support 13 whose cross-sectional shape opens in the widthwise outer side W <b> 2, and sandwiches the lighting cover support 13 between the support member 30 and the balustrade panel 7. The lighting cover support 13 forms a space for holding the upper end portion of the lighting cover 61 between the lower surface of the support member 30 while being sandwiched between the support member 30 and the balustrade panel 7.

  In addition, it is preferable that the illumination cover support body 13 has a light-shielding property. When the lighting cover support 13 has a light-shielding property, the lighting device 60 and the lighting support 40 accommodated in the main deck 9 through the balustrade panel 7 are not visible to the user on the step 3. Become.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the illuminating device 60 is a support member that is located below the main deck 9 and outside the support member 30 fixed to the balustrade panel 7 in the width direction outward W2 via the illumination support 40. 30 is fixed. The lighting device 60 is disposed from the upper floor side horizontal portion 1 </ b> A to the lower floor side horizontal portion 1 </ b> B along the moving direction of the steps 3, and illuminates substantially the entire longitudinal direction of the passenger conveyor 1.

  The lighting device 60 is made of, for example, a tape-type LED. When driving power is supplied from a driving device (not shown) via an electric wire 62, the lighting device 60 emits light downward and is provided on the lower surface of the main deck 9. The lower part of the balustrade 4 and the step 3 are illuminated through the part. In addition, although this embodiment demonstrates the case where the illuminating device 60 is a tape-type LED, the illuminating device 60 may be rod-shaped LED, a fluorescent lamp, etc.

  The lower part of the illumination device 60 is covered with an illumination cover 61 provided so as to close an opening provided on the lower surface of the main deck 9.

  The illumination support 40 includes a holding rail 41 that holds the lighting device 60, a rail support 42 that connects the holding rail 41 and the support member 30 provided on the periphery of the balustrade panel 7, and an electric wire holding that holds the electric wire 62. A body 43.

  The holding rail 41 is a plate-like body arranged substantially parallel to the moving direction of the step 3, and the rail support 42 protrudes outside the support member 30 from the support member 30 so as to protrude outward in the width direction W <b> 2. It is fixed.

  A holding portion 44 such as a locking claw for holding the lighting device 60 is provided on the lower surface of the holding rail 41, and the lighting device 60 is fixed to the lower surface of the holding rail 41. An electric wire holder 43 is fixed to the upper surface of the holding rail 41, and an electric wire 62 that supplies driving power to the lighting device 60 is disposed. The electric wire 62 disposed on the upper surface of the holding rail 41 is wound around and fixed to the electric wire holding body 43 by a binding band 45.

  The holding rail 41 is divided into a horizontal rail 1A on the upper floor side, a horizontal section 1B on the lower floor side, and a straight rail positioned on the intermediate inclined portion 1C, and a curved rail positioned on the curved portions 1D and 1D. A series of holding rails extending from the horizontal part 1A on the upper floor side to the horizontal part 1B on the lower floor side along the moving direction of the step 3 by connecting the straight rails and the curved rails along the moving direction of the step 3 41 is constituted.

  The rail support 42 has an L-shaped cross section, and one piece 42 a is fixed to the support member 30 by the bolt 17 held in the outer mounting groove 32 of the support member 30, and the other piece 42 b is fixed by the screw 18. It is fixed to the holding rail 41. The electric wire holder 43 is fastened together with the holding rail 41 together with the rail support 42 by screws 18 and is fixed to the upper surface of the holding rail 41.

  The holding rail 41 may be provided with a large number of holes 46 through which the screws 18 are inserted at intervals in the longitudinal direction (see FIG. 6). By providing a large number of holes 46 in this manner, the positions of the holes provided in the holding rail 41 and the rail support 42 can be easily aligned, and the holding rail 41 can be easily fixed to the rail support 42.

  Next, the manufacturing method of the passenger conveyor 1 is demonstrated based on FIGS.

  First, the balustrade panel 7 is attached to the main frame 6 installed in the building (see FIG. 1 and FIG. 2), and the support member 30 is fixed with a gap around the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 (see FIG. 4). The support member 30 may be fixed to the balustrade panel 7 either before the balustrade panel 7 is attached to the main frame 6 or after the balustrade panel 7 is attached to the main frame 6.

  After fixing the support member 30 to the balustrade panel 7, the illumination support 40 is fixed to the support member 30. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the bolt 17 held by the outer mounting groove 32 of the support member 30 is inserted into one piece 42 a of the rail support 42 and engaged with the nut 19, so that the rail support 42 is moved. Fix to the support member 30. Further, the illumination cover support 13 is attached to the support member 30 by sliding the illumination cover support 13 along the balustrade panel 7 and inserting it into the cover attachment groove 34.

  After the rail support 42 is fixed to the support member 30, as shown in FIG. 6, the holding rail 41 and the wire holding body 43 are fixed to the other piece 42 b of the rail support 42 with the screw 18. Then, the lighting device 60 is held by the holding portion 44 provided on the holding rail 41, and the lighting device 60 is provided on the lower surface of the holding rail 41.

  In this embodiment, the case where the rail support 42 is attached to the support member 30, the holding rail 41 and the wire holding body 43 are attached to the rail support 42, and then the lighting device 60 is attached to the holding rail 41 will be described. However, the rail support 42, the holding rail 41, and the wire holding body 43 may be fixed to each other, and the lighting support 40 may be assembled in advance before being attached to the support member 30, and then the lighting device 60 may be attached to the holding rail 41. The support member 30 may be attached after the lighting device 60 is held on the pre-assembled lighting support 40.

  After fixing the illumination support body 40 to the support member 30, as shown in FIG. 7, the electric wire 62 is connected to the illumination device 60, and the electric wire 62 is disposed on the upper surface of the holding rail 41, and the electric wire holder is held by the binding band 45. Wrap around 43 and fix.

  After wiring the electric wires 62, as shown in FIG. 8, the deck 8 is placed on the upper surface of the support member 30 so that the main deck 9 covers the support member 30 and the illumination support body 40. At that time, as shown in FIG. 9, the small-diameter hole portion 12 b of the attachment hole 12 provided in the deck 8 overlaps the upper-side attachment groove 31 of the support member 30, but the large-diameter hole portion 12 a of the attachment hole 12 is located on the upper side. The deck 8 is placed on the upper surface of the support member 30 so as to be shifted from the mounting groove 31 in the direction L along the periphery of the balustrade panel 7.

  After placing the deck 8 on the upper surface of the support member 30, the head portion 16 a of the bolt 16 is inserted from above into the large-diameter hole portion 12 a of the mounting hole 12 provided in the deck 8, and then on the periphery of the balustrade panel 7. The bolt 16 is slid in the direction L along which the head 16a of the bolt 16 is inserted into the upper mounting groove 31, and the screw portion 16b of the bolt 16 is inserted into the small diameter hole portion 12b. As a result, the head portion 16 a of the bolt 16 is held in the upper mounting groove 31 of the support member 30, and the screw portion 16 b of the bolt 16 protrudes upward from the lower surface 10 a of the handrail deck 10. Then, the nut 15 is engaged with the threaded portion 16b of the bolt 16 protruding from the lower surface 10a of the handrail deck 10, and the deck 8 is fixed to the support member 30 (see FIG. 8).

  After fixing the deck 8 to the support member 30, as shown in FIG. 3, the illumination cover support 13 holds the upper end portion of the illumination cover 61 and covers the lower part of the illumination device 60 with the illumination cover 61. Further, the guide rail 11 is placed on the handrail deck 10, the bolt 20 is locked to the nut 15 to fix the guide rail 11 to the handrail deck 10 (see FIG. 8), and the handrail is moved to the handrail deck 10. 5 is attached. This completes the assembly of the balustrade 4 of the passenger conveyor 1.

  In the passenger conveyor manufacturing method of the present embodiment, the deck 8 that supports the guide rail 11 and the movable handrail 5 is fixed after the lighting support 40 that supports the lighting device 60 is fixed to the support member 30 that is fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel 7. Is fixed to the upper surface of the support member 30, the illuminating device 60 can be attached to the balustrade panel 7 or the electric wires 62 can be wired while visually observing, and the illuminating device 60 can be easily attached to the balustrade 4.

  In this embodiment, since the support member 30 is provided in the periphery of the balustrade panel 7 at intervals, the support member 30 can be attached to the curved portion 1D of the passenger conveyor 1 without providing the support member 30 in a curved shape. it can.

  In this embodiment, since the mounting hole 12 that connects the large-diameter hole portion 12a and the small-diameter hole portion 12b is provided in the deck 8, the bolt 16 is attached to the mounting hole after the deck 8 is placed on the upper surface of the support member 30. 12 and can be held by the support member 30, and the deck 8 can be easily attached to the support member 30.

  In the present embodiment, the holding rail 41 is divided into a straight rail positioned on the upper floor horizontal portion 1A, a lower floor horizontal portion 1B, and the intermediate inclined portion 1C, and a curved rail positioned on the curved portions 1D and 1D. Therefore, the types of parts constituting the holding rail 41 can be reduced.

  In this embodiment, since the electric wire 62 is provided on the upper surface of the holding rail 41, the wiring work can be easily performed while visually observing the electric wire 62.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment was shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof as well as included in the scope and gist of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Passenger conveyor, 3 ... Step, 4 ... Railing, 5 ... Moving handrail, 6 ... Main frame, 7 ... Railing panel, 8 ... Deck, 9 ... Main deck, 10 ... Handrail deck, 11 ... Guide rail, 12 ... Installation Hole: 12a ... Large-diameter hole, 12b ... Small-diameter hole, 13 ... Lighting cover support, 15 ... Nut, 16 ... Bolt, 16a ... Head, 16b ... Screw part, 17 ... Bolt, 18 ... Screw, 19 ... Nut, 20 ... bolt, 30 ... support member, 31 ... upper mounting groove, 32 ... outer mounting groove, 33 ... panel mounting groove, 34 ... cover mounting groove, 40 ... lighting support, 41 ... holding rail, 42 ... rail support Body, 43 ... electric wire holder, 44 ... holding part, 60 ... lighting device, 61 ... lighting cover, 62 ... electric wire

Claims (6)

A balustrade panel installed on both sides of the step; a deck fixed to the periphery of the balustrade panel to support the moving handrail; an illuminating device provided below the deck; and an illuminating support for supporting the illuminating device. In the manufacturing method of the passenger conveyor provided,
Fixing the support member with a gap around the balustrade panel;
Fixing the illumination support to the outer surface of the support member;
After fixing the lighting support to the support member, the deck is fixed to the upper surface of the support member ,
An upper mounting groove in the form of a groove that extends along the periphery of the balustrade panel and opens at both ends is provided on the upper surface of the support member,
A mounting hole is provided in the deck in which a large-diameter hole portion through which the head of the bolt can be inserted and a small-diameter hole portion through which the screw portion of the bolt can be inserted with a smaller diameter than the large-diameter hole portion,
After fixing the lighting support to the support member, the deck is placed on the upper surface of the support member,
The bolt head is inserted into the large-diameter hole from above, and the bolt head is held in the upper mounting groove with the bolt screw facing upward, and a nut is engaged with the screw. The manufacturing method of the passenger conveyor which fixes the said deck to the said supporting member together. A lighting cover that covers a lower part of the lighting device; and a lighting cover support that is provided on the support member and supports a balustrade panel side upper end of the lighting cover,
The method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the lighting cover support has a light shielding property. The illumination support includes a rail that protrudes outward in the step width direction and extends along the moving direction of the step,
The method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the rail is divided into a straight portion and a curved portion. The method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to claim 3 , wherein the lighting device is provided on a lower surface of the rail, and an electric wire that supplies driving power to the lighting device is provided on an upper surface of the rail. The method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the support member is formed of an extruded aluminum material. The method for manufacturing a passenger conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the lighting device is fixed to the lighting support so as to irradiate light downward.

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