JPH11322246A - Escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure the courses of other passengers, even if passengers who slowly walk after they step down from an escalator exist, by constituting rails and moving handrails provided on both sides so as to be longer on only one side in the escalator provided with steps and the moving handrails traveling at substantially the same speed in the same direction. SOLUTION: At both of a boarding port 2 A to be a getting on port and an alighting port 2 B to be a getting off port, rails 3 and moving handrails 4 are made longer on only one side. Because almost passengers who slowly walk normally use the moving handrails 4, they walk in a state that they grasp the moving handrail 4 as it is so long as the moving handrails 4 exist also after they get off the steps of an escalator. Namely, passengers who slowly walk can be guided in a fixed direction and can be prevented from hanging around over the full width of the getting off port. Therefore, the courses of passengers who step down succeeding to the passengers who slowly walk and are normally in a hurry can be sufficiently secured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an escalator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An escalator is disclosed in, for example,
As described in No. 6961, it is composed of a step, a balustrade provided at both ends of the step, and a moving handrail traveling in the same direction and at the same speed as the step, and the balustrade and the moving handrail have the same length on both sides. Those that have become common.

[0003]

An important feature of the escalator is that passengers can be continuously selected. However, there are many different types of users, such as people standing on the steps, walking on the steps, and stopping after getting off the escalator.

[0004] In particular, if there is a person walking slowly at the entrance after getting off the escalator, the path of a passenger who subsequently turns may be blocked.

An object of the present invention is to provide an escalator that can secure the course of another user even if there is a user who walks slowly after getting off the escalator, based on the above situation. Is to do.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a step which is connected endlessly and circulates between two entrances, and a balustrade comprising panels and the like erected on both sides of the step. In an escalator provided along a balustrade and provided with a moving handrail that travels at substantially the same speed in the same direction as the steps, this is achieved by configuring the balustrades and the moving handrails provided on both sides to be longer on one side only. .

[0007] Because of the above configuration, most people who walk slowly after getting off use the moving handrail, so they walk with the moving handrail after getting off, and slowly walk along the short side of the balustrade. There will be no people walking, and the path of passengers who will continue to descend will be secured.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the entrance of an escalator to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a side view, and FIG. 3 is a side view of another embodiment.

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a plurality of endlessly connected steps that circulate between two entrances 2A and 2B.
Is installed on both sides of the step 1, a balustrade made of glass panel or the like, 4 is provided along the balustrade 3, and a moving handrail which travels at substantially the same speed in the same direction as the step 1, 5 covers the upper opening of the machine room. It is a cover plate. One of the balustrade 3 and the moving handrail 4 on both sides is longer than the other, for example, is formed up to a position beyond the end 5A of the cover plate 5.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the balustrade 3 and the moving handrail 4 are longer on one side of both the entrance 2A as the entrance and the entrance 2B as the exit. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the entrance 2A serving as the entrance has a normal length, only the entrance 2B serving as the exit is long, and is formed to a position beyond the end 5A of the cover plate 5.

[0012] Since a user who walks slowly usually uses the moving handrail 4, as long as the moving handrail 4 is present even after descending from the step 1 of the escalator, the user walks while holding the moving handrail 4 as it is. become. That is,
A user who is walking slowly can be guided in a certain direction, and can be prevented from hanging around the entire width of the exit. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently secure the course of a normal or hurrying passenger who descends following a slowly walking user.

In addition, when the moving handrail 4 is long at the entrance, the guiding function as described above is exhibited even when the user gets on the vehicle, so that the elderly or handicapped, such as a slow-moving user, can smoothly enter the passenger.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an escalator which can secure the course of another user even if there is a user who walks slowly after getting off the escalator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an entrance / exit portion of an escalator to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Step 2 Getting on and off 3 Parapet 4 Moving handrail 5 Cover plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A step which is connected endlessly and circulates between two entrances and exits, a balustrade comprising panels and the like erected on both sides of the step, and is provided along the balustrade, and the step is provided along the balustrade. An escalator provided with a moving handrail that travels at substantially the same speed in the same direction as that of the escalator, wherein the balustrade and the moving handrail provided on both sides are configured to be longer on one side only. 2. The escalator according to claim 1, wherein the balustrade and the moving handrail are elongated only at the exit.