JP6474991B2 - Rotating seat device, railway vehicle, and seat operating method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular rotating seat, a railway vehicle, and a seat operating method suitable for use in public transportation means, particularly a railway vehicle.

In railcar passenger cars, especially passenger cars installed with the seat facing in the direction of travel or in the direction of travel and in the opposite direction (facing each other), a luggage shelf is provided above the seat. In general, however, there is no space around the seat for placing large luggage such as suitcases. Some trains have a space for large luggage on the deck at the end of the vehicle.
On the other hand, in order to increase the boarding rate in the commuting time zone, a vehicle in which the seats of some seats can be flipped upward has been put into practical use. In the field of automobiles, an invention relating to a seat in which a seat portion can be flipped upward has been proposed in order to secure a space in which a large luggage can be mounted (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-327027 A JP-A-10-157619

In conventional railcars, there is no space for large luggage in the passenger compartment, so travelers who carry large luggage and passengers who go out for leisure activities such as skiing and mountaineering can sit with their luggage near the seat. Since it was not possible, it became clear that there was a request from the user who wanted to sit in a seat with luggage close at hand.
The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and a vehicular rotating seat and a railway vehicle that can be seated in the vicinity of a seat even for large luggage, and a suitable seat for such a vehicle. The purpose is to provide an operational method.

  Some railcars are provided with a rotating seat so that all passengers can sit in the direction of travel. An invention relating to a rotating seat for a railcar is disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example. Although there are some, there is no one configured to ensure a space for placing a large luggage.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a rotary type comprising a seat having a plurality of sets of seats and a backrest, a rotation mechanism of the seat, and a rotation lock means capable of preventing / releasing the rotation of the seat. In the seat device,
At least one of the seat portions is configured to be rotatable between a substantially horizontal posture and a substantially vertical posture around an axis provided on the backrest side, and the rotatable seat portion is configured to be substantially vertical. A belt capable of surrounding a predetermined space in front of the seat portion in a posture is provided. According to the above-described means, it is possible to secure a space in which a large luggage can be placed in a part of the seat, so that the passenger can sit on the seat with the luggage close to the seat and is placed in the space. Since the load can be fixed with a belt, it is possible to prevent the loaded load from moving due to the shaking of the vehicle.

Here, preferably, a belt device that can be pulled out / taken up is provided on one side portion of the pivotable seat portion or the backrest corresponding to the seat portion, and corresponds to the pivotable seat portion. Locking means capable of locking the leading end of the belt pulled out from the belt device is provided on the other side of the backrest.
According to such a configuration, when a seat provided with a rotatable seat is used as a seat, the belt can be wound up so that a foreign object touches the body when the passenger is seated. So that you don't feel uncomfortable.

  Desirably, a first lock device capable of preventing / releasing rotation in a state where the rotatable seat portion is maintained in a substantially horizontal posture is provided. According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the passenger from using the seat provided with the rotatable seat part as a luggage storage place without permission.

Furthermore, it is desirable to provide a second lock device that can prevent / release rotation while maintaining the pivotable seat portion in a substantially vertical posture.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the luggage from being shaken and moved together with the seat due to the shaking of the vehicle fixed by the belt.

Further, preferably, a frame supporting the plurality of sets of seats and the backrest is provided at a lower portion of the seat having the plurality of sets of seats and a backrest, and the frame has a portion corresponding to the rotatable seat. A concave or curved space is formed on the backrest side so that a recessed space can be formed.
According to this configuration, it is possible to generate a space in which a larger luggage can be placed in front of the seat.

Another invention of the present application is a railway vehicle in which a plurality of seats having a plurality of seat portions and a backrest are arranged at predetermined intervals along the traveling direction of the vehicle.
The plurality of seats, one seat of each co-located, is rotatably configured between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal position about an axis which is provided on the backrest side, the plurality of sets Of these seats, seats other than the one seat are configured so that they cannot be rotated from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture .
According to the above-described means, it is possible to secure a space in which a large luggage can be placed at the same position of a plurality of vertically arranged seats, so that a passenger can easily find a space in which luggage can be placed.

Preferably, the seat having the pivotable seat is a three-seat seat having three sets of seats and a backrest, and the central seat of the three seats is substantially horizontal. It is configured to be rotatable between a posture and a substantially vertical posture, and among the three seat portions, the seat portions other than the central seat portion cannot be turned from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture. To do.
According to such a configuration, the passenger can place a baggage close to the seat and sit on the seat, and the passenger having a large baggage can have a higher degree of freedom in selecting the seat.

According to still another aspect of the present application, when the railway vehicle configured as described above is operated, all of the pivotable seats of one vehicle are substantially horizontal when congestion is expected before the commercial operation is started. a state set to a position, also except when congestion is expected is obtained so as to start the train operation in a state set to a substantially vertical attitude.
According to the method described above, during the busy season when congestion is expected, the number of seats that can be seated is increased by lowering all the pivotable seats to increase the number of passengers that can be transported in one train. and, to improve profitability of convenience of improving the railway company for ordinary passenger by carrying capacity up FIG Ritsutsu, the period other than the uppermost thriving life by leaving in a state flipped up all the pivotal seat Passengers who carry large luggage can use the space created at the position where the seat was located as a loading space for large luggage, improving convenience for passengers carrying large luggage without reducing revenue it can.

Desirably, a vehicle in which a seat having the rotatable seat is installed is operated as a designated seat vehicle.
According to this method, the convenience for passengers carrying large luggage can be improved, and the profits of railway companies can be improved by selling tickets that allow part of the seats to be used as luggage storage. Can be achieved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is a large sized baggage, the rotating seat for vehicles which can be set | placed and seated in the seat vicinity is realizable. In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to realize a railway vehicle that can place a large luggage in the vicinity of the seat and a suitable operation method of such a vehicle.

It is a perspective view which shows one Example of the rotating seat which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the belt apparatus as an example of the means to fix the large sized baggage in the rotation seat of the Example of FIG. It is the top view and front view which show the structural example of the rotation mechanism in the rotation seat of an Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the control system in the rail vehicle using the rotation seat of an Example. It is a block diagram of the vehicle which shows the example of the operation method of the rotating seat of the Example in a rail vehicle. It is a top view which shows a mode that the large seat was fixed by jumping up the center seat part in the rotation seat of an Example.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment when the rotary seat according to the present invention is applied to a seat for three persons, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a specific example of a large luggage fixing device in the rotary seat of FIG. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the rotary seat 10 of the present embodiment includes three seat portions 11A, 11B, and 11C, three backrests 12A, 12B, and 12C, and four armrests 13A, 13B, 13C and 13D, and is configured to be rotatable around a vertical axis by a rotation mechanism provided below the central seat portion 11B. Of the three seats 11A, 11B, and 11C, the center seat 11B is configured to be pivotable up and down around a pin shaft 14 (see FIG. 2) provided on the side of the end on the backrest side. As shown in FIG. 1 (B), a large luggage placement space can be formed by jumping up to a position that is substantially perpendicular to the backrest 12B.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2A, a belt winding device 15 is provided on a side portion of the central backrest 12B corresponding to the seat portion 11B, for example, a base 19 of the armrest 13B, and the backrest is provided. Locking means 15c such as a pin or buckle that can be coupled to the tongue 15b at the tip of the belt 15a is provided on the opposite side of the belt 12a, and is placed on the floor of the space generated by flipping up the seat 11B. A large luggage such as a suitcase can be placed, and as shown in FIG. 2B, the large luggage can be fixed by pulling out and winding the belt 15a and engaging the tongue 15b at the tip with the locking means 15c. It is configured as follows. In addition, you may provide the belt winding apparatus 15 in the side part of the seat part 11B instead of the side part of the center backrest 12B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1A, a lock pin 16a driven by an electromagnetic solenoid or the like is provided on the side surface of the armrest 13B (13C), and as shown in FIG. A plate 16b having an engagement hole with which the lock pin 16a can be engaged is provided on the side surface of the portion 11B, and the seat portion 11B that is flipped up can be maintained in a non-rotatable state. Yes.
In addition, on the bottom surface of the seat portion 11B, as shown in FIG. 2 (A), a pair of latches that can engage with the tips of the hooks for locking that constitute the locking device provided on the seat frame described later. A portion 17a is provided so that the depressed seat portion 11B can be kept in a state where it cannot be flipped up.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the seat support mechanism 20 including the rotation mechanism in the rotation seat of FIG. Among these, (A) is a plan view and (B) is a front view.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the seat support mechanism 20 includes a support frame 21 that is substantially rectangular as a whole, and a disc-shaped turntable 22 that is provided so as to be positioned substantially at the center of the support frame 21. And a motor 23 for rotationally driving the turntable 22 and a rotational force transmission mechanism 24 for transmitting the rotational driving force of the motor 23 to the turntable 22. The seat support mechanism 20 is fixed to a rotation lock device 25 capable of preventing / releasing rotation of the support frame 21, a lock release pedal 26 for releasing a lock state by the rotation lock device 25, and a vehicle floor. And a base 27 that supports the support frame 21 via the turntable 22, and has three seats 11A, 11B, and 11C on the support frame 21. And is configured to be rotatable 180 degrees by the turntable 22.

The turntable 22 and its rotation drive mechanism are well-known, and detailed illustration of the structure is omitted. For example, a circular rack is provided on the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the turntable 22, and the rack 27 is engaged with the rack on the base 27 side. A configuration in which a pinion rotated by the motor 23 is provided is conceivable.
Since the lock and release mechanism of the rotation lock device 25 is also known, detailed illustration of the configuration is omitted. When the lock release pedal 26 is depressed, the lock is released and the turntable 22 can be manually rotated via the backrest. Further, the rotation lock device 25 is provided with a drive means (not shown) such as a solenoid for releasing the lock, and when the drive means is operated to release the lock and then a motor rotation command signal is given, The seat can also be configured to rotate. It may be configured such that when the lock release pedal 26 is depressed, the lock is released and the motor 23 is driven.

  The support frame 21 includes horizontal frame members 21A and 21B disposed in the longitudinal direction of the seat, and vertical frame members 21C and 21D coupled to ends of the horizontal frame members 21A and 21B. , 21B, a central portion is bent inward corresponding to the central seat 11B, thereby forming a recess. By forming a recess in the center of the support frame 21, it is possible to increase the space for placing the load when the central seat 11B is flipped up.

  Further, in the vicinity of the turntable 22 of the horizontal frame member 21A, a drive comprising a hook engageable with the locking portion 17a provided on the bottom surface of the seat portion 11B, a solenoid for rotating the hook, and a link mechanism. The two locking devices 28 provided with the means are provided corresponding to the pair of locking portions 17a, 17a. The lock device 28 may be configured as a lock device that includes a spring and can be manually operated instead of an electronic lock having a solenoid. Similarly, the lock pin 16a may be configured to be manually operable. When configured as an electronic lock, it is possible to reliably prevent a passenger from using a seat with a seat that can be turned by unlocking the lock device without permission as a luggage storage or as a seat. .

According to the configuration as described above, a space where a large luggage can be placed on a part of the seat can be secured by flipping up the central seat portion 11B, so that the passenger sits on the seat with the luggage close to the seat. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, since the load 60 placed in the space can be fixed by the belt 15a, it is possible to prevent the loaded load from moving due to the shaking of the vehicle. . Moreover, since the lock device (lock pin 16a) which makes the seat part which flipped up non-rotatable is provided, the baggage fixed with the belt can be maintained in a more stable state.
In addition, a flip-up seat similar to the above is provided for a seat configured as a manually rotating seat without providing the motor 23 and the rotational force transmission mechanism 24, and a large luggage placement space is provided. It is also possible to form.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of a control system in a railway vehicle using the rotary seat of the above embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, a motor 23 for rotationally driving the rotary seat, a solenoid 25A as a driving means for the rotary lock device 25, and an armrest on the side of the central seat provided with a lock pin 16a. Is controlled by a control device 40 that controls a solenoid 18A as a driving means of the locking device and a solenoid 28A as a driving means of a lower locking device 28 provided corresponding to the locking portion 17a on the bottom surface of the seat portion 11B. It is comprised so that.

  An operation panel 41 is connected to the control device 40. By operating the operation panel 41, an operation command signal is sent from the control device 40 to the motor 23, the solenoids 18A, 28A, etc., and a desired seat is rotated. The seat 11B can be fixed at a position where the seat 11B is flipped up or lowered to a normal seatable position.

The armrest 13B on the side of the central seat is provided with a lamp 43 that indicates whether or not the seat 11B is flipped up, that is, whether or not a large luggage can be installed. The lamp 43 is also controlled. The apparatus 40 is configured to control lighting.
In FIG. 4, only one seat is shown for the motor, solenoid, and lamp to be controlled, but similar control objects are provided for the other seats and are connected to the control device 40 via the cable 42. Has been.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of a railway vehicle provided with the seat part raising seat of the above embodiment. The vehicle shown in FIG. 5 is applied assuming a vehicle such as a Shinkansen in which a three-seat seat and a two-seat seat are provided side by side.
In the vehicle of the embodiment of FIG. 5, the three-seat seat 10 that is configured so that the central seat can be flipped up on one half of the vehicle 50 at a predetermined interval along the traveling direction of the vehicle. A plurality are arranged. Each seat 10 is configured to drive and control a motor for rotating the seat and a locking device for fixing the position of the seat by the control system described with reference to FIG. It is arrange | positioned at the crew member room 51, and is comprised so that remote control by the crew member is possible. A row 52B of two-seat seats 30 is provided beside the row 52A of the three-seat seat 10.

As described above, by adopting a configuration in which the seats in the center of the three-seat seat of all the vehicles can be flipped up, the passenger can sit in the baggage close to the passenger carrying the large baggage. In addition to being able to improve convenience, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to provide a large luggage storage area of a deck that was originally low in utilization due to the psychology of passengers who do not want to place luggage in an unreachable place.
If the seat that can be flipped up is set on the window side or passage side of a three-seater seat, a passenger who carries a large baggage can only sit in the center of the three-seater seat when riding alone. However, by setting the seat part that can be raised up to the center of the three-seat seat, the passenger who carries a large baggage has a higher degree of freedom in seat selection.

It should be noted that the vehicle provided with the seat that can be flipped up as described above may be configured to be limited to one vehicle instead of all vehicles in one train. This makes it possible to improve convenience for passengers without significantly reducing the boarding rate.
In addition, the armrest 13B on the side of the central seat is provided with a photoelectric sensor for detecting whether or not a large luggage is placed in the space of the seat 11B, and above the lower surface or side surface of the luggage shelf above the seat or the window or You may make it provide the lamp | ramp which shows the use condition of a luggage | load placement space on the upper surface of an armrest. Thereby, the passenger can grasp | ascertain the seat which can mount a large load from far away.

Next, an example of a seat operation method in a train having a vehicle on which a seat-up seat is installed as described above will be described.
The first operation method is a case where a vehicle with a seat having a seat that can be flipped up is handled as a reserved seat vehicle, and during the most prosperous periods such as the New Year holidays, the Bon Festival, and the large consecutive holidays, While all seats that can be raised are lowered and sold as designated seats, the seats can be sold as designated seats, while large seats can be placed by raising all the seats that can be raised during periods other than the most prosperous period In such a state that the seat is not sold as a reserved seat.

By performing this operation, the number of seats can be increased during crowded periods to increase the number of passengers that can be transported in a single train, improving convenience for general passengers and improving profits of railway companies by increasing transport capacity. In addition to being able to plan, seats on seats that can be lifted by passengers carrying large luggage can be used as a large luggage storage space during periods other than the most prosperous period. Convenience for passengers to carry can be improved.
In addition, by setting all the flip-up seats to the state of being lifted up or down at the same time, the passengers who use the seats that can be flipped up (use the luggage space or the seat) Trouble can be avoided in advance. In this operation method, the seat having the seat that can be flipped up is not limited to a vehicle provided with a rotary seat, and a part of the seat of the non-rotatable seat can be flipped up. The present invention can also be applied to a disposed vehicle.

  The second operation method is a case where a seat that can be raised is treated as a paid seat. If the vehicle with a seat that can be flipped up is a reserved seat vehicle, the existing reserved seat sales system will be improved so that the seat can be used as a luggage storage at a lower price than the reserved seat fee for seating. A method of selling a use ticket that permits this is conceivable. If the vehicle with a seat with a seat that can be flipped up is an ordinary vehicle that is not a reserved seat, the conductor will sell the used ticket, or on the underside or side of the luggage rack above the seat or above the window. There is an IC card reader / writer (card reader) that sells the right to use by debiting charges from the card, and a method that combines this method with a ticket vending machine installed at a station or in a car. It is done.

  When a reader / writer for an IC card is provided, a blue lamp and a red lamp are provided in the vicinity of the reader / writer, and the blue lamp is lit before use. By turning off the lamp and turning on the red lamp, it may be displayed that it is being used and that it has been purchased and used. In addition, the seat that can be flipped up is normally lowered, and when the right to use the IC card is purchased, the electronic lock of the seat that can be flipped up is released. Is also possible. This second operation method is not limited to a vehicle provided with a rotary seat, and can also be applied to a vehicle provided with a non-rotatable seat.

Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the center seat of a three-seat seat is a seat having a seat that can be flipped up, but the seat on the window side or the passage side is configured as a seat having a seat that can be flipped up. Also good. Moreover, you may comprise as a seat which has a seat part which can flip up one seat of a two-seat seat. In the above embodiment, the description of the reclining function of the seat is omitted, but it goes without saying that the seat of the above embodiment can be configured so that the angle of the backrest can be adjusted by applying a known reclining mechanism. .
Furthermore, although the case where the present invention is applied to a railway vehicle has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention can also be used for other public transportation means such as a bus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rotating seat 11A, 11B, 11C Seat part 12A, 12B, 12C Backrest 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D Armrest 15 Belt winding device 15a Belt 16a Lock pin 17a Locking part 21 Support frame 22 Turntable 23 Motor 24 Rotational force transmission Mechanism 25 Rotation lock device 26 Lock release pedal 27 Base

Claims (9)

A rotary seat device comprising a seat having a plurality of sets of seats and a backrest, a rotation mechanism of the seat, and a rotation lock means capable of preventing / releasing rotation of the seat,
At least one of the seat portions is configured to be rotatable between a substantially horizontal posture and a substantially vertical posture around an axis provided on the backrest side, and the rotatable seat portion is configured to be substantially vertical. A rotary seat device comprising a belt capable of surrounding a predetermined space in front of the seat portion in a posture.   A belt device that can be pulled out and wound is provided on one side of the pivotable seat or the backrest corresponding to the seat, and the backrest corresponding to the pivotable seat. The rotary seat device according to claim 1, wherein a locking means capable of locking a leading end portion of the belt pulled out from the belt device is provided on the other side portion of the belt device.   The rotary seat device according to claim 1, further comprising a first lock device capable of preventing / releasing rotation in a state where the rotatable seat portion is maintained in a substantially horizontal posture.   The rotary seat device according to claim 3, further comprising a second lock device capable of preventing / releasing rotation while maintaining the pivotable seat portion in a substantially vertical posture. A frame supporting the plurality of sets of seats and the backrest is provided at a lower portion of the seat having the plurality of sets of seats and a backrest, and the frame has a portion corresponding to the pivotable seat that is recessed toward the backrest. The rotary seat device according to claim 4, wherein the rotary seat device is bent or curved so as to form an open space. A railway vehicle in which a plurality of seats and seats having a backrest are arranged at predetermined intervals along the traveling direction of the vehicle,
The plurality of seats, one seat of each co-located, is rotatably configured between a substantially vertical orientation and a substantially horizontal position about an axis which is provided on the backrest side, the plurality of sets A railcar characterized in that a seat portion other than the one seat portion is configured to be unable to rotate from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture . The seat having the pivotable seat is a three-seat seat having three seats and a backrest, and the central seat of the three seats is in a substantially horizontal posture and a substantially vertical posture. The seat portions other than the central seat portion among the three seat portions are configured to be unable to rotate from a horizontal posture to a vertical posture. The railway vehicle according to claim 6. A method of operating a seat having the pivotable seat in the railway vehicle according to claim 6 or 7,
All of the pivotable seat 1 vehicle before commercial operation, in a state set in a substantially horizontal attitude when the congestion is expected, also substantially in the vertical posture except when congestion is expected A seat operation method characterized by starting a train operation in a set state.   The seat operating method according to claim 8, wherein a vehicle in which a seat having the rotatable seat portion is installed is used as a designated seat vehicle.

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