JPH01127593A - Companion for passenger conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To ensure the safety of the passengers on a passenger conveyor comprising a wide tread by longitudinally mounting a guide rack for partitioning a width of the tread into halves, on a central portion in the width direction of a floor plate of a getting on/off port positioned at an end of a handrail. CONSTITUTION: A longitudinal guide rack 5 is standed on a central portion in the width direction of a floor plate 4 of a getting on/off port. The guide rack 5 has a height of about 1 m, and is longitudinally mounted and fixed on the floor plate 4 with a length two-three times as long as the tread 1 for dividing the passengers into left and right sides. Whereby the passengers can be guided to a safety position on the getting on/off port, the bodies of the passengers are located at a moving handrail 2 side, and a baggage or the like is placed on the central portion as the space on the tread 1, which does not interfere the passage. Particularly on the part of the floorboard 4 of the getting on/off port, it is effective that the passangers can easily grasp the moving handrail 2 by the guide rack 5, because the posture of the passengers becomes unstable when the passengers ride on a moving section from a fixed section. Accordingly the safety can be ensured on the passenger conveyor having the wide tread.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a passenger conveyor such as an escalator or an electric road, and in particular, a boarding entrance suitable for ensuring the safety of a passenger conveyor running on a horizontal road or a gentle slope. Regarding.

[Conventional technology]

A passenger conveyor carries people on endlessly connected and moving treads, and the surface of these treads is provided with a large number of uneven grooves along the direction of travel. At the entrance and exit where the treads appear, there is a comb board that engages with the unevenness to scoop up passengers' feet.

The width of these treads was generally considered to be about 1 m for two-seaters, but recently, wide treads equivalent to those for three-seaters have appeared, as shown in Figure 3. Specifically, the width W of the footboard 1 is approximately 1.6 m, and passengers move between the movable handrails 2 placed on both sides of the footboard 1 and the handrails 3 that support them. This wide type is often installed at airports and stations for passengers with large luggage, and this tread 1 is
As in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-172181, a transfer roller IA is added to the center, and the overload is borne by the center rail IB.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above conventional technology does not consider the safety positional relationship of passengers and luggage with respect to the tread 1. For example, if a passenger stands on the tread 1 and places a large piece of luggage across the width of the tread, Even if a light passenger with only hand luggage tried to walk on the tread 1, he would not be able to proceed.Furthermore, if three passengers were standing side by side on the tread 1, only the person in the middle would be on the moving section.

There is a concern that the driver may not be able to grasp the 2nd wheel, leading to an accident such as a sudden stop and the vehicle falling over. These inconveniences and safety issues are common to two-seater passenger conveyors, but in the case of three-seater conveyors, the safety of the passengers in the center is especially serious, and this measure is designed to quickly transport passengers at the boarding and alighting gates. It is necessary to separate the left and right sides of the treadle 1, that is, positions close to the moving part slide 2.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-16628 is known as a plan for guiding passengers at the boarding/exit gate.

The present invention has been made to improve the safety of passenger conveyors with wide treads.

[Means for solving problems]

The above object is achieved by vertically providing a guide shelf that divides the width of the tread in half at the center in the width direction of the floorboard of the entrance located at the end of the railing.

[Effect]

The guide column separates passengers from the center of the tread to the right and left sides, that is, to the side closer to the moving section slides for boarding and alighting. Thereby, the passenger is guided to a position where he or she can naturally hold the moving part handrail, and can move safely.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, the configuration of the wide tread 1 etc. is the same as the conventional one in FIG. It is distinctive in that it has a vertically long guide [5] erected. Here, the guide shelf 5 stands upright at a height of about 1 m, has a vertically elongated shape that is two to twice the length of the treadle 1, and is attached and fixed to the floorboard 4 in order to divide one passenger into left and right sides.

The imaginary line X in FIG. 1 is an example of a guide shelf in which the tread 1 side is wider than the front side Y of the floorboard 4. In this form, passengers can more reliably reach the moving part rail 2. It has the effect of approaching

By doing this, passengers are guided to a safe position at the entrance and exit, their bodies are placed closer to the moving section rail 2, and their baggage is placed in the center of the space on the tread 1, making it easier for passengers to pass through. It won't be a hindrance. In particular, at the floor plate 4 of the entrance/exit, when a passenger gets on the movable part from the fixed part, the posture becomes unstable, so it is effective to make it easier to grasp the movable part rail 2 by the guide column 5.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, passenger safety can be ensured even on a passenger conveyor equipped with wide treads.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of essential parts of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
A cross-sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in the figure, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main part showing the conventional structure.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A wide step board that moves in an endlessly connected manner, a moving handrail that is provided on both sides of the step board and moves in synchronization with the step board, and a floor board at the entrance/exit that is the terminal end of these moving bodies. and a balustrade that guides and supports the moving handrail, wherein passengers are separated to the left and right to get on and off with respect to the tread at the center in the width direction of the floorboard of the entrance near the end of the balustrade. A boarding/exit of a passenger conveyor characterized by being provided with a guide shelf for guiding passengers in the same direction.