JPH0940328A - Control panel in elevator car - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily confirm and identify signs such as characters and figures on a control panel by providing lamps, normally lighted by purchased power and lighted by battery power supply at the time of power failure, inside a box body of the control panel. SOLUTION: A plurality of lamps 15 normally lighted by purchased power and lighted obtaining power from battery power supply at the time of power failure are disposed inside a box body 13, near the previously disposed parts of light bars, along the light bars. A cable 16 is connected to an electrical relay control device. Light from each lamp 15 is radiated without waste to the surface side of a control panel 2 through the light bar, so that signs can be easily recognized even in a car of low illuminance so as to prevent misoperation. There is therefore no need to particularly provide a top interior panel part with a lighting device for illuminating the control panel 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation panel mounted in an elevator car.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, elevator cars have been proposed to produce starlight on the ceiling and car peripheral walls in order to reduce the illuminance inside the car due to the diversification of design. . Related devices of this kind are disclosed in JP-A-57-14788 and JP-B-4-50293.

[0003]

In the prior art, because of the low illuminance, it is difficult to see the signs such as letters and numbers on the operation panel, which may result in erroneous operation. In this case, the elevator can be operated in vain. There is a problem that is.

As a means for solving this problem, it has been considered to illuminate only the operation panel. However, if the cab room, especially the ceiling design is emphasized, a lighting device for illuminating only the operation panel is specially installed on the ceiling. The provision has the drawback that the design intent of this kind of low illumination is impaired.

The object of the present invention is not to impair those design intentions, but also to improve the design effect on the operation panel, and it is possible to easily confirm and identify the markings such as letters and numbers on the operation panel. There are things to offer.

[0006]

The above-mentioned object can be achieved by providing the operating panel in the car with a light rod that emits a light to the extent that a marker on the operating panel can be identified.

The optical rod can be provided by disposing a plurality of lamps inside a box forming the operation panel.

[0008]

Operation: Since the recognition and operation can be easily performed by the illumination of the light rod for recognizing the sign provided on the operation panel, the low illuminance can be maintained in the car, and the intention of the designer is not impaired.

On the contrary, it can be expected that the design effect of the cab as the operation panel is improved.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a low-light cab 1 of the prior art.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an elevator car room equipped with a conventional operation panel 2. In the figure, 3 is a ceiling, 4 is a lighting body mounted on the ceiling 3, and the lighting body 4 is covered with an interior board 5. ing. Reference numeral 5a denotes a large number of small illumination holes provided in the interior plate 5, and a translucent lens is usually provided in this portion in the interior plate 5.
It is devised so that the interior of the ceiling 3 cannot be seen directly from the small illumination hole of 5a by being attached so as to project downward from the interior or flush with the interior plate 5.

The operation panel 2 is mounted on the peripheral wall 6 of the cab, and on the surface of the operation panel 2 there is a destination floor button 8 having a sign 7 consisting of floor characters, and in case of emergency it is possible to communicate with the outside. A communication device 9 is provided. Reference numeral 10 is a floor, 11 is a door of a car, and the figure shows a double door central opening door.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the entire car showing the operation panel 2 having the optical rod 12 of the present invention mounted on the car 1.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line aa in FIG. 2, showing a state in which the optical rod 12 of the present invention is mounted. The marker 7, the destination floor button 8, the contact device 9 and the like of the operation panel 2 are shown in FIG. The detailed structure of the box 13 to be stored is omitted.

In FIG. 3, the optical rod 12 is inserted into the box body 13 through a notch hole 14 provided in the operation panel 2 so as to project.
Is positioned so as to be higher than the destination floor button 8 provided on the front surface side of the operation panel 2 and the communication device 9, and is fixed to the cutout hole 14 by adhesion or pressure bonding.

Inside the box body 13, a lamp 15 which is normally turned on by selling power and which is turned on by obtaining power from a battery power source in the vicinity of a portion where the optical rod 12 is arranged in advance is provided. A plurality of optical rods 12 are arranged along the optical rod 12.

Therefore, the cable 16 is connected to an electric relay controller (not shown). Here, the optical rod 12 shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail. In the figure, the light rod 12
The surface 12a indicates that the light rod 12 has been subjected to a non-transparent treatment before the light is emitted from the lamp 15 to the car peripheral wall 6 side before the rod 12 is inserted into the cutout hole 14 of the operation panel 2. The light is shielded by, for example, attaching an opaque film or forming an opaque film by an aluminum vapor deposition method or the like. Further, according to the aluminum vapor deposition method, the surface 12b inside the surface 12a can be made a mirror surface, so that the light from the lamp 15 is emitted to the surface side of the operation panel 2 without waste. Is shown.

By doing so, since the co-luminous light is always emitted on the surface side of the operation panel 2 at the time of power failure, it is possible to easily confirm the sign even in the passenger compartment with low illuminance and prevent erroneous operation. It is possible and does not spoil the low light design intent.

Therefore, it is not necessary to specially provide the lighting device for illuminating the operation panel 2 or the like to the interior plate 5 portion of the ceiling 3.

The lamp 15 for irradiating the light rod 12 is also
By arranging a plurality of lamps having different emission colors, it is possible to change the emission color of these lamps 15 for each floor according to a command from a control device or the like.

Therefore, the operation panel 2 can be used not only as a cab operation panel but also as a design effect-improved product for producing an elevator cab.

Further, the special advantage is that not only the usability of the external communication device 9 of the operation panel 2 can be easily read by the light emitted from the light rod 12 at the time of power failure, but also the light rod 12 can be easily read. The advantage is that the light emitted from
The user does not feel uneasy even in a low-light car.

FIG. 4 is another example of application of FIG. 3, showing a case where the operation panel 2 in FIG. 4 is made of a material having a light-transmitting property. As shown in FIG. 4, without providing the rod 12, the ridges 17 are provided at both ends of the operation panel 2, the surface 17a is treated to be opaque, and the surface 17b is mirror-finished. The light of the lamp 15 can be guided in one direction. In addition, the smooth surface 18 of the operation panel 2
By applying the non-translucent treatment coating 18a, it becomes possible to distinguish from other markers on the surface of the operation panel 2, so that the marker 7, the destination floor button 8 and the like can be easily seen.

Further, although not shown in the drawings, a wide variety of operation panel designs can be enjoyed by providing spots or geometric patterns on the non-light-transmitting surfaces 12a, 17a, 18a in FIGS. I can.

[0025]

According to the present invention, by providing the operation panel main body with the illuminating device dedicated to the operation panel even in the car room with low illuminance, each mark on the operation panel can be easily identified. Incorrect operation can be prevented.

Further, since the irradiation lamp can be made to have a color similar to the design of the cab and the illumination color of the cab ceiling, it is possible to obtain an effect that the atmosphere of the entire cab can be adapted to the design intention. Alternatively, since the notch pattern can be freely formed in the non-translucent portion, there is an advantage that the design of the operation panel can be freely created.

Further, depending on the color arrangement of the lamps, it is possible to perform a rhythmical switching lighting with a tempo or to change the lighting color for each floor according to a command from the control device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an elevator car room equipped with a control panel of the prior art.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an elevator car room in which the operation panel is provided with a lighting fixture light rod dedicated to the operation panel of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line aa of FIG. 2 and is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a place where the optical rod and the lamp of the present invention are mounted.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another application example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... operation panel, 7 ... sign, 8 ... destination floor button, 9 ... contact device,
12 ... Optical rod, 12a ... Non-translucent part, 12b ... Mirror surface, 13 ...
Box, 15 ... Lamp.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. In an elevator car operation panel, a light-transmissive optical rod that is located at a position higher than at least a height of a frame of a push button on a surface of the operation panel is inserted into a notch provided in the operation panel. In the box body of the operation panel, a lamp that is normally lit by selling power and that is powered by a battery power when a power failure occurs is provided, and the translucent light rod is penetrated from the lamp. An in-car operation panel, characterized in that light is emitted onto the operation panel so that a sign on the operation panel can be easily read. 2. The elevator car operation panel according to claim 1, wherein the light rods are intermittently arranged in accordance with the size of a sign on the operation panel. 3. The surface plate of the operation panel according to claim 1, wherein the surface plate is made of a light-transmissive material, and both ends of the surface plate are raised at least higher than the height surface of the frame of the push button on the surface. In forming an opaque portion, an elevator car operation panel in which an opaque film is attached to the back surface of the plate. 4. The elevator car operation panel according to claim 3, wherein a non-translucent portion of the surface plate having translucency is formed by an aluminum vapor deposition method. 5. The lamp according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the lamps for irradiating the light rods provided in the box body of the operation panel are arranged in different colors, and the emission color of the lamp is controlled for each floor. An elevator car control panel that can be switched on and off according to the device's commands.