JPH04350094A - Riding port device for man conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a riding port device for a man conveyor capable of helping an attendant to guide a wheel chair having a handicapped person on it, an auxiliary carraige for the wheelchair having the wheelchair on it, a baggage transport cart, or a baby car easily to get on an escalator at the center of a step plate of the escalator securely so as to be effective for avoiding dangerous conditions preliminarily. CONSTITUTION:Guide lines 6, 6, 7 are provided at the right and the left position and at the center position on the surface of a ride plate 5 installed on the ride port floor surface part of an escalator a little deflected on the inner side of the width of a step plate 1 in the riding direction.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an entrance/exit device for a passenger conveyor on an escalator or a moving walkway, and is particularly concerned with the safety of wheelchairs and other carts carrying disabled persons, etc., when boarding the escalator or moving walkway. This invention relates to an entrance/exit device for a passenger conveyor.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, escalators and moving pedestrian conveyors have been installed in many places such as stations, public facilities, airports, etc. These passenger conveyors are used by many different people, and in particular, wheelchair users such as the physically handicapped are increasingly using them.

FIG. 3 shows a general example of an escalator, which is a type of passenger conveyor. A large number of treads 1 are rotatably arranged on an endless conveyor, and balustrades 3 are erected on the left and right sides of the treads 1 with a deck 2 interposed therebetween over the entire length of the treads 2 in the running direction. Move handrail to the outer periphery of 4
are provided so as to be rotatably driven in the same direction in synchronization with the footboard 1, respectively. A board 5 is attached to the upper and lower floor entrances of such an escalator (only the lower floor is shown and the upper floor is not shown) at the same height as the floor of the building.

In order to safely transport wheelchair users such as disabled people using such escalators, in recent years a wheelchair auxiliary trolley operated by a full-time operator is used, and the wheelchair carrying the disabled person is loaded onto this trolley and the escalator is moved. There is a method in which the wheelchair is placed on the tread 5 of the escalator, or a method in which a special device is installed to allow the wheelchair to be stably placed on the tread 1 of the escalator, and an attendant pushes the wheelchair carrying the disabled person onto the tread 5. It is considered.

[0005] Furthermore, at airports and the like, an increasing number of people are using regular escalators and moving pedestrian conveyors while pushing carts loaded with luggage. Furthermore, more and more people are boarding the baby conveyor with their children in prams.

[0006]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Nowadays, there are a wide variety of vehicles such as the above-mentioned wheelchairs, wheelchair auxiliary trolleys, luggage transport carts, and baby carriages, and their body width dimensions also vary. , some of which are larger than the JIS regulations. For this reason, when loading such vehicles onto escalators or moving pedestrian conveyors, if the width of the vehicle is large, an experienced attendant or
Even if you are a full-time driver, if you do not place the vehicle from the passenger conveyor entrance onto the center of the steps of the passenger conveyor, the vehicle will lean too far to one side midway through the vehicle and come into contact with the railing of the passenger conveyor, causing the vehicle to fall and be extremely dangerous. At the same time, there is a risk that the equipment of the passenger conveyor may be adversely affected, such as damage. Furthermore, when a cart for transporting luggage or the like is placed on a passenger conveyor, if the loaded luggage protrudes too far, problems may occur such as the cart hitting the railing of the passenger conveyor.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
The purpose of this is to ensure that when vehicles such as a wheelchair carrying a disabled person, a wheelchair auxiliary trolley carrying the wheelchair, a luggage cart, and a baby carriage are loaded onto the passenger conveyor, an attendant must move the vehicle. To provide an entrance/exit device for a passenger conveyor that can be easily guided to the center so that the driver can surely get on the center of the tread of the passenger conveyor, and is effective in avoiding a dangerous situation.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the passenger conveyor entrance device of the present invention has a surface slightly inside the tread width of the board laid on the passenger conveyor entrance floor. The device is characterized in that a guideline is provided along the boarding and alighting direction at at least one of the offset left and right positions and the center position of the surface.

[0009]

[Function] According to the entrance/exit device for a passenger conveyor constructed as described above, guidelines are provided along the boarding/exiting direction at the left and right positions on the surface of the board, which are slightly biased inward from the tread width, or at the center of the surface. When loading a vehicle such as a wheelchair carrying a wheelchair, a wheelchair auxiliary trolley carrying the wheelchair, a luggage cart or a baby carriage onto a passenger conveyor, an attendant should place the vehicle on the board using the above guidelines as a guide. At the same time, the attendant can easily check whether the vehicle is leaning too far to one side based on the guidelines on the board, and if the vehicle is leaning too far to one side, the attendant can The vehicle can now be repositioned as centrally as possible using the guideline as a guide, and the vehicle can now be reliably positioned on the passenger conveyor tread from the boarding board, and the left and right handrails, etc. This is effective in avoiding dangers such as coming into contact with other people.

0010

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Note that although the entrance device for an escalator, which is a type of passenger conveyor, is illustrated here, the same applies to a moving walkway (not shown).

First, as in the past, a large number of treads (usually called steps in escalators) 1 are arranged in the form of an endless conveyor and are rotatably provided. A handrail 3 is erected across the area, and a movable handrail 4 is slidably fitted on the outer periphery of the left and right handrails 3 so as to be rotationally driven in the same direction in synchronization with the footboard 1. Passengers and the like are transported upward or downward between the entrances on the upper and lower floors (upper floor not shown). Boarding boards 5 are installed on the floor surfaces of the entrances and exits on the upper and lower floors.

[0012] Here, the surface of the board 5 is slightly inward from the left and right width position of the step board 1 (each 100 mm).
Side guideline 6 in the left and right position biased towards the inside)
, 6 are provided respectively, and a center guideline 7 is provided at the center position of the same surface in the width direction. Both of these guidelines 6, 6, 7 are connected to the boarding board 5, respectively.
It is formed by embedding colored paint in a shallow groove extending horizontally in the direction of boarding and exiting, and the paint color is different from the color of the surface of the boarding board 5, for example, in a clear warning color such as yellow. It is said that

[0013] According to the escalator entrance device having the above structure, side guide lines 6, 6 are provided on the surface of the board 5 at left and right positions slightly deviated inward from the width of the tread 1, and a center guide line is provided at the center position of the surface. 7 are provided along the boarding and alighting directions, so that vehicles A (see Figure 2) such as a wheelchair carrying a disabled person, a wheelchair auxiliary trolley carrying the wheelchair, a luggage carrying cart or a baby carriage, etc. When getting on the escalator, the attendant can easily guide the vehicle A to the center of the board 4 using the side guide lines 6, 6 or the center guide line 7 at the left and right positions as a guide, and the attendant can also guide the vehicle A to the center of the board 4. Side guideline 6, 6 or center guideline 7 at the top
You can easily check whether vehicle A is leaning too far to one side based on the guideline 6, 6, or 7. The position can be corrected. This makes it possible for the vehicle A to reliably board from the top of the boarding board 5 to the center of the top of the escalator tread 1, thereby preventing dangers such as contacting the left and right decks 2, handrails 3, moving handrails 4, etc. Effective for avoidance.

Vehicle A shown in FIG. 2 is a cart for transporting luggage, and if luggage B mounted on it protrudes significantly, the vehicle A shown in FIG.
Even if you get on the escalator as it is, the left and right decks 2
It is determined whether the cart A or the luggage B will hit the handrail 3 or the moving handrail 4, and the position of the cart A or the luggage B is corrected in advance on the board 5 before getting on the tread 1 of the escalator.

In the above embodiment, both the left and right side guidelines 6, 6 and the center guideline 7 were provided on the surface of the board 5, but in the present invention, the center guideline 7 is not provided, and the It is also possible to provide only the side guidelines 6, 6, or vice versa, to provide only the center guideline 7 without providing the left and right side guidelines 6, 6. Of course, the present invention can also be applied to moving sidewalks other than the escalators described above.

[0016]

[Effect of the invention] The passenger conveyor entrance/exit device of the present invention has the following features:
With the configuration as described above, when loading a wheelchair carrying a disabled person, a wheelchair auxiliary trolley carrying the wheelchair, a luggage transport cart, a baby carriage, etc. onto the passenger conveyor, the guideline on the board allows for easy access. The attendant can easily guide the vehicles to the center and ensure that they are placed on the center of the tread of the passenger conveyor, which is very effective in avoiding dangerous situations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a passenger conveyor entrance/exit device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional escalator entrance device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Treadboard, 5...Getting on/off board, 6, 7...Guidelines, A...Vehicles.

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A guideline is provided along the boarding and alighting direction on the surface of the boarding board laid on the floor of the passenger conveyor's boarding and exiting, at least at a left-right position that is slightly biased inward from the tread width and at a center position on the surface. A passenger conveyor entrance/exit device characterized by: