JPH05201681A - Passing zone display device for escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an outrunning zone display device for an escalator which can prevent the collision between a person in stop and an outrunning person by dividing the person who walks on a staircase and the person in stop among the passengers on the escalator, into two rows and displaying the right side zone as outrunning zone to the passengers. CONSTITUTION:A display part 1a1 for the indication of upward direction and a display part 1a2 for the indication of downward direction which are installed at the right and left sides of each of a plurality of staircases 1a of an escalator which are connected in endless form and travel between the getting-on/off ports of the upper and lower floors and a display lamp controller 12 which turning- ON-controls the display parts which show the traveling direction according to the traveling direction of the escalator are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides an escalator overpass which provides a passenger stop zone and a stop passenger passing zone on a step of an escalator, and displays the zones separately according to the traveling direction of the escalator. The present invention relates to a zone display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a front view showing a safety device for a conventional escalator shown in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-407776 as a device for displaying the traveling direction of the escalator and the entrance / exit. It has a function to display the entrance and exit. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a step which is connected endlessly and runs between the entrances on the upper and lower floors. 2 denotes a boarding / alighting passage for the step 1 and 3 denotes a escalator provided in front of the boarding / alighting passage 2 for ascending an escalator. An entrance display surface 4 made of glass material for indicating the entrance, and a reference numeral 4 denotes a exit display made of glass material for indicating the exit when the escalator descends, which is provided in front of the boarding / alighting passage 2. Is a face.

FIG. 6 is a sectional side view showing a conventional safety device for an escalator. In the figure, 5 is a machine room accommodating a drive mechanism of the escalator, and 6 is an indicator lamp for illuminating the entrance display surface 3 from the back side. , 7 are indicators for illuminating the exit display surface 4 from the back surface.

Next, the operation will be described. The escalator landing guide passage 2 changes to a guide passage for the entrance or exit according to the traveling direction of the escalator. Therefore, depending on the traveling direction at that time, the entrance display surface 3 and the exit display surface 4 are respectively rear surfaces. The display lamp 6 and the indicator lamp 7 illuminate. For example, when the escalator is currently in the ascending operation, the hall guidance passage 2 serves as the escalator's entrance, so that the entrance display surface 3 is indicated by the indicator lamp 6.
Illuminate at and show the entrance to the escalator user.

By disposing the entrance display surface 3 on the side closer to the step 1 of the entrance and exit and the exit display surface 4 on the side farther from the step 7 of the entrance and exit, the respective display surfaces are easier to see than the passengers. It is like that.

[0006]

Since the conventional safety device for the escalator is constructed as described above, the display surface provided in the hall guidance passage simply shows the hall indication or the exit indication. Therefore, since the escalator user who gets on the step of the escalator cannot recognize which side of the step is the stop zone or the overtaking zone, he / she unconsciously stops in the overtaking zone and blocks the course of the overtaking user. There was a point.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the overtaking zone display of the escalator capable of changing and displaying the overtaking zone on each step of the escalator according to the traveling direction of the escalator. The purpose is to obtain the device.

[0008]

An overtaking zone display device for an escalator according to the present invention has a plurality of endless zones connected to each other on the right and left sides of each step of the escalator that travels between the entrances and exits on the upper and lower floors. A display unit for indicating an upward direction and a display unit for indicating a downward direction provided, and an indicator light control device for controlling lighting and extinguishing of an indicator light of each display unit according to a traveling direction of the escalator. is there.

[0009]

In the present invention, the escalator can be used by controlling the lighting of only the display section showing the inner traveling direction of the two display sections provided on the steps according to the traveling direction of the escalator. People can display the overtaking zone.

[0010]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overtaking zone display device of an escalator in this embodiment. In Fig, 1a is the step of the escalator, 1 _a1 is set is to the right of each the step 1a,
It is an upward display portion that is formed by an arrow-shaped cutout portion in which a hole portion (not shown) is closed with, for example, a glass material. Further, 1 _a2 is a downward direction display portion which is provided on the left side of each step 1a, and a hole (not shown) is blocked with, for example, a glass material, and the arrow direction is opposite to that of the upward direction display portion 1 _a1. It consists of a directional arrow-shaped notch.

Reference numeral 2a is a boarding / alighting passage installed at the escalator boarding / alighting entrance. In the machine room, which will be described later, directly below the boarding / alighting board passage 2a, the indicator lights of the upward direction display section _1a1 and the downward direction display section _1a2 . It is provided with an indicator light power supply device 11 for the display, and an indicator light control device 12 for controlling blinking of these indicator lights.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing an overtaking zone display device for an escalator according to this embodiment. In the figure,
5 is a machine room, 6a is an escalator structure beam 10a, 10b
The upper direction indicator lamp 7a is disposed directly below the upper direction indicator portion _{1a1 and} the downward indicator lamp 7a is disposed directly below the lower direction indicator portion _1a2 via the escalator structure beams 10a and 10b.

[0013] Figure 3 is a side sectional view showing the step 1a of the escalator according to the present embodiment, directly below the respective direction display unit 1 _a1, 1 _a2 provided on the step 1a as apparent from the figure, Upward display board 1 through the escalator structure beam 10a
0c, downward display board 10d is installed, and these display boards 10
An upward indicator light 6a and a downward indicator light 7a are arranged on the c and 10d, respectively, facing the upward and downward indicator portions _1a1 and _1a2 .

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the step 1a of the escalator. In the machine room 5 on the back side of the step 1a, a plurality of escalator structure beams 10b are passed at intervals of the steps 1a between the escalator structure beams 10a arranged along the escalator balustrade (not shown) direction. on the structural beam 10b, upwardly display unit 1 _a1, downward display unit 1 _a2 upward at intervals direction display lamp 6a, downward indicator 7a direction display panel 10c on which are arranged, respectively, and the downward display panel 10d Are arranged.

Next, the operation will be described. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the escalator is traveling upward in the direction A, the right side of the step 1a is set as the overtaking zone and the left side is set as the stop zone on each step 1a with respect to the running direction.

In order to make these zone indications clear to the user, the upward direction display portion _1a1 having the same traveling direction and the same arrow direction is lamp-illuminated to use the overtaking zone on the step 1a. Displayed to the person. At this time, the upward display portion 1 _a1 and the downward display portion 1 _{a2 in the} opposite direction of the arrow are extinguished and set as a stop zone.

Regarding the lighting control of the upward display portion 1 _a1 and the downward display portion 1 _a2 , as is clear from FIGS. 1 to 4, when the escalator is moving upward in the A direction, each upward display portion 1 _a1 is turned on. In order to turn on all of the lights, the up indicator lights 6a on the up indicator boards 10c arranged on the escalator structure beams 10b in the machine room 5 are controlled to be illuminated under the control of the indicator light controller 12.

At this time, the indicator lamp control device 12 turns off the downward indicator lamp 7a on the downward indicator board 10d arranged on the escalator structure beam 10b corresponding to the downward indicator portion _1a2 . When the upward indicating lamp 6a is turned on, the upward indicating portion 1 is cut out in the shape of an arrow on each step 1a and is covered with a glass material.
_The light _a1 transmits the light every time it passes over the upward display lamp 6a provided immediately below it as the step 1a moves upward, and lights up the overtaking zone.

Further, when the traveling direction of the escalator is changed to the B direction and is switched to the descending traveling, it is necessary to set the right side of the step 1a with respect to the traveling direction to the overtaking zone as in the ascending traveling. In this case, switching the lighting control in the downward direction display lamp 7a arranged in the downward direction display panel 10d on the escalator structural beam 10b in response to downward display unit 1 _a2. As a result, the downward display section 1 _a2 instead of the upward direction display section 1 _a1 transmits the light of the downward direction indicator lamp 7a to illuminate and display the overtaking zone.

Example 2. In the first embodiment, when the escalator is in the ascending state, the control is such that all the indicator lights 6a are turned on and all the indicator lights 7a are turned off. However, similar effects can be obtained in each of the following modes. That is, the indicator light 6a is controlled to be turned on and off in order from the lower step to the upper step, from the bottom, to control all blinking of the indicator light, or when the escalator is descending, the indicator light is reversed. 7a may be turned on and the indicator 6a may be turned off.

Example 3. Further, the shape of the direction display portions 1 _a1 and 1 _a2 is not limited to the arrow shape, but various shapes such as a triangle can be considered. For example, there is a display method in which the size of the display unit is changed for each step, and the size of the step is successively increased from the lower step.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, an upward direction instruction is provided on each of the right side and the left side of each step of the escalator which is connected endlessly and travels between the entrances and exits of the upper and lower floors. The display unit for indicating the downward direction and the display unit for instructing the downward direction, and the indicator light control device for controlling the turning on and off of the indicator lights of the respective display units according to the traveling direction of the escalator are provided. It is possible to clearly display the overtaking zone and the stop zone in each day, so that it is possible to prevent the escalator user from stopping carelessly in the overtaking zone, which enables the user to efficiently use the escalator and use the escalator. This has the effect of ensuring the safety of all users.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an overtaking zone display device of an escalator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing an overtaking zone display device of an escalator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a step of an escalator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the steps of the escalator according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a device for displaying a conventional escalator traveling direction and an entrance / exit.

FIG. 6 is a sectional side view showing the conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a Escalator step 1a ₁ Upward display part 1a ₂ Downward display part 6a Upward display light 7a Downward display light 12 Indicator light control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display unit for indicating an upward direction and a display unit for indicating a downward direction, which are respectively provided on the right side and the left side of each step of an escalator that is connected endlessly and runs between the entrances on the upper and lower floors. An escalator overtaking zone display device, comprising: an indicator light control device that controls turning on and off of an indicator light of each of the display units according to a traveling direction of the escalator.