JPH11335039A - Elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elevator which can effectively use the space in an elevator shaft, and which can enlarge the space in an elevator car. SOLUTION: In an elevator 10 comprising an elevator shaft 30 vertically extended between upper and lower floors in a building, a long rail 40 projected from the inner surface of the elevator shaft 30 toward the center of the shaft 30 and vertically secured, and a box-like car 20 which is moved upward and downward in the shaft 30 along the rail 40, the car 20 incorporates a rail side extension 60 for extending the car 20 into a space located laterally of the rail 40 in order to enlarge the space in the car 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator capable of effectively utilizing a space in a hoistway.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional elevator. A conventional elevator 110 includes a hoistway 130 that stands vertically between the upper and lower floors of a building, a long rail 140 fixed vertically in the hoistway 130, and a box that moves up and down along the rail 140. Basket 120.

The hoistway 130 is formed by opening a floor member or a ceiling member of a building in a vertical direction. The rail 140 is fixed to a building frame in the hoistway 130, and has a built-in metal chain 150 fixed to the car 120 to move the car 120 up and down. Although not shown, a chain wheel around which a chain 150 is wound is formed at the uppermost portion and the lowermost portion of the rail 140.
0 is wrapped around. Then, the car 120 is fixed in the middle of the chain 150, and the car 120 can be moved up and down by rotating the chain between the uppermost and lowermost chain wheels to rotate the chain 120 fixed in the middle of the chain. It is formed as follows.

[0004] Also, in front of the car 120, a car 120 is required to enter and exit the car 120 from a landing 132 inside the building.
A car door 121 capable of opening and closing an opening on the front side of the car is formed. And, on the hoistway 130 of the landing 132 on each floor,
A landing door 132 that opens and closes a portion that opens into the hoistway 130 to enter and exit the car 120 inside the hoistway 130 from the hoistway 130 is formed. And, although not specifically shown, the current position of the car is read from various sensors to determine and control the movement of the car, and a control device is installed in a control device storage room installed above the hoistway 130. I have.

[0005]

However, the above-described conventional elevator 110 is fixed vertically in a state where the rail 140 protrudes from the inner wall surface of the hoistway 130 toward the center of the hoistway 130. Therefore, the side of the elongated rail 140,
There is a first problem that a space not particularly used is formed between the inner surface of the hoistway 130 and the space inside the hoistway 130 is not effectively used.

Further, since a control device storage chamber for storing the control device must be formed above the hoistway 130, a space for forming the control device storage room is required. Also, when inspecting, there is a second problem that a person has to enter the upper part of the hoistway 130, which is very troublesome. Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 has been made in view of the first problem of the above-described conventional technology, and an object of the invention is to effectively use the space inside the hoistway. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lift capable of expanding a space in a car.

[0007] In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an elevator capable of storing items necessary for the elevator and the car in the car. In addition to this, the invention according to claim 3 has been made in view of the second problem of the above-described conventional technology, and the object thereof is to eliminate the need to separately provide a control device storage room. In addition, when inspecting the control device, there is no need for a person to enter the upper part of the hoistway, so that the inspection work of the control device can be facilitated, and the wiring distance from the car to the control device can be shortened. It is intended to provide a lift that can be used.

In addition, the invention according to claim 4 is to provide an elevator capable of performing the inspection work of the control device from the inside of the car and facilitating the inspection work. is there. In addition, the invention according to claim 5 can accommodate a communication device that communicates with the outside from the inside of the car, and can make the car neat without providing a protruding object on the inner surface of the car. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lift capable of improving the appearance of a car inner surface.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to achieve the above object. The invention according to claim 1 is
A hoistway (30) that stands vertically between the upper and lower floors of the building, and a hoistway
(30) A long rail (4) fixed vertically in the hoistway (30) while projecting from the inner surface toward the center of the hoistway (30).
0) and a box-shaped car (20) that moves up and down the hoistway (30) along the rail (40).
(0) is characterized by having a rail side extension (60) in which the car (20) is extended in the space beside the rail (40) in order to expand the internal space of the car (20). .

[0010] Here, "the space beside the rail (40)"
Means that the rear side of the rail (40) is fixed to the building frame which is the inner surface of the hoistway (30), and the basket (20) that can be raised and lowered along this rail (40) is located on the front side of the rail (40). In such a case, a space formed by the inner surface of the hoistway (30), the side surface of the rail (40), and the back surface of the car (20) is included.

Here, the number of the "rails (40)" is not particularly limited, and may be only one, or two or more. In the present invention, the car (20) is placed in the space beside the rail (40).
A rail lateral extension (60) extending from (20) is provided.
For this reason, the space on the side of the long rail (40) fixed vertically in the hoistway (30) while projecting from the inner surface of the hoistway (30) toward the center of the hoistway (30). Can be used by the rail side extension (60). Thereby, the space inside the hoistway (30) can be effectively used, and the space inside the car (20) can be expanded.

The second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
In addition to the features described above, a storage part (61) capable of storing an object is formed inside the rail side extension part (60). Here, the `` storage part (61) '' is formed by a space formed by extending the car (20) into the space on the side of the rail (40), and it is possible to store objects in this space. It is formed so that it can be performed. In addition, basket (2
0) may have an opening opening toward the inside of the car (20), and may be formed so that an object can be taken in and out of the car (20) through the opening, or may be formed toward the outside of the car (20). The cage (20) may be formed so that an object can be taken in and out from the outside of the car (20).

According to the present invention, a storage portion (61) capable of storing an object is provided inside the rail side extension portion (60). For this reason, equipment necessary for the elevator (10), equipment required for the car (20), and the like can be stored. Accordingly, it is not necessary to separately provide a space for installing equipment and the like necessary for the elevator (10) inside the hoistway (30) or inside the building, and the space can be effectively used.

[0014] The third aspect of the present invention is the second aspect of the present invention.
In addition to the features described, the basket (20)
A control device (62) for electrically controlling the ascending / descending operation is formed. Here, the `` control device (62) for electrically controlling the elevating operation of the car (20) '' refers to movement of the car (20), opening and closing of the car door (21) and the landing door (31), etc. Means a device capable of controlling Specifically, for example,
The control device (62) is set so that information signals from a destination switch indicating a desired destination floor inside the car (20) and a landing switch in a desired direction to an upper floor or a lower floor at each landing can be input. Have been. The control device (62) controls the rotation of the drive motor for rotating the chain (50) located above the hoistway (30) and the car (20) by a control program incorporated therein in advance. This includes those in which a control signal capable of controlling the opening and closing operation of the car door (21) and the opening and closing operation of the landing door (31) of the landing is set to be output to each device.

In the present invention, a control device (62) for electrically controlling the raising / lowering operation of the car (20) is formed inside the storage portion (61). Therefore, to accommodate the control device (62), the hoistway
There is no need to separately provide a control device storage room or the like above the (30), and there is no need to provide a space for forming the control device storage room, and the space for the entire elevator (10) is reduced. Can be. Further, since it is not necessary to form a control device storage room or the like above the hoistway (30), it is necessary for a person to enter the upper part of the hoistway (30) even when inspecting the control device (62). Therefore, the control device (62) can be inspected from inside the car (20), and the inspection work of the control device (62) can be facilitated.

Also, since the control device (62) is directly attached to the car (20), compared with the case where the control device (62) is provided above the hoistway (30), the car (20) A wiring distance for transmitting a control signal between the control device and the control device (62) can be reduced. Thereby, the control signal from the car (20) can be reliably transmitted to the control device (62).

The invention according to claim 4 is the above-described claim 3.
In addition to the features described, an inner wall (6) separating the storage section (61) and the boarding space (66)
5) is formed, and an inspection port (63) that can be opened and closed from inside the car (20) is formed on the inner wall (65). The inspection port (63) may be any one that can be opened and closed from inside the car (20), for example, the inner wall (65).
And the like, which are formed from an opening opening on the front and back of the device, and a lid capable of closing the opening or opening the opening.

According to the present invention, an inspection opening (63) that can be opened and closed from the inside of the car (20) is formed on the surface of the inner wall (65) of the boarding space (66) where a person in the car (20) can get on and off. For this reason, basket (20)
By opening the inspection opening (63) from the inside, the control device (62) in the storage section (61) can be easily inspected. Thereby, the inspection work of the control device (62) can be facilitated.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the second, third or fourth aspect, the inside of the storage portion (61) can communicate with the outside of the car (20). A communication device (64).
According to the present invention, a communication device (64) for communicating with the outside of the car (20) is formed inside the storage section (61). Thereby, the communication device
The inside of the car (20) can be made clearer without being attached, with the (64) protruding from the inner surface of the car (20), and the outer appearance of the car (20) inside Can be improved.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an elevator, and FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a rear side of the elevator. First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.

The elevator 10 according to the present embodiment includes a hoistway 30 that stands vertically between the upper and lower floors of a building, and a hoisting and lowering mechanism that projects from the inner wall surface of the hoistway 30 toward the center of the hoistway 30. Road
One long rail 40 fixed in the vertical direction of 30 and a box-shaped basket 20 that moves up and down the hoistway 30 along this rail 40
And The hoistway 30 is formed so as to penetrate vertically through a floor member or a ceiling member of a building.

The rail 40 is connected to a counter 32 in the hoistway 30.
A metal chain 50, which is fixed to the car 20 and moves the car 20 up and down, is fixed inside the center of the building frame on the side. Although not shown, a chain wheel around which the chain 50 is wound is formed at the uppermost portion and the lowermost portion of the rail 40, and the chain 50 is wound around the chain wheel. The car 20 is fixed in the middle of the chain 50, and the chain 50 is rotated and moved between the uppermost and lowermost chain vehicles,
It is formed so that the car 20 fixed in the middle of the chain 50 can be moved up and down.

Although not particularly shown, a control device for reading and determining the current position of the car from various sensors and controlling the movement of the car is provided in a control device storage room installed above the hoistway 30. is set up. The car 20 of the elevator 10 includes a rail-side extending portion 60 in which the car 20 extends into a space on the side of the rail 40 in order to enlarge the space inside the car 20.

Specifically, the rail laterally extending portions 60 extend from the main body side of the car 20 toward the inner surface side of the hoistway 30 on the left and right side surfaces of the rail 40. The floor surface of the car 20 is continuously formed on the floor surface of the rail side extension portion 60. That is, the rail side extension portion 60 enlarges the boarding space 66 of the car 20.

A car door 21 is formed on the front side of the car 20. The car door 21 is formed of two flat plates and opens and closes the front side of the car 20. In the closed state, the car door 21 is lined up on the front side of the car 20 and closes the front opening of the car 20. It is set to be located.

Also, on the landing 32 side of the hoistway 30, there is a landing
Platform door for entering and exiting car 20 in hoistway 30 from 32
31 are formed. The landing door 31 has a hinge at the right end and is formed so as to be able to open one side. Although not shown, the landing door 31 has a car
In conjunction with the movement position of the vehicle 20, an electric key is provided that, when the car 20 is not present at the landing 32, cannot be opened and closed by a control signal from the control device.

Next, the operation and effect of the above embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the car 20
A rail side extending portion 60 is provided in which the car 20 extends into a space on the side of the rail 40. For this reason, the space on the side of the long rail 40 fixed in the vertical direction of the hoistway 30 while projecting from the inner surface of the hoistway 30 toward the center side of the hoistway 30 Can be used. Thereby, the space inside the hoistway 30 can be effectively used, and the space inside the car 20 can be expanded.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, and shows a cross-sectional view of an elevator. The elevator 10 according to the present embodiment is characterized in that a storage portion 61 capable of storing an object is formed inside the rail side extension portion 60 of the car 20. Further, a control device 62 for electrically controlling the elevating operation of the car 20 is formed inside the left storage section 61.

The control unit 62 controls the movement of the car 20 and the car door 21
And a device capable of controlling opening and closing of the landing door 31 and the like. Specifically, the control device 62 can input information signals from a destination switch indicating a desired destination floor inside the car 20 and a landing switch in a desired direction to an upper floor or a lower floor at each landing. Is formed. Then, according to a control program pre-installed inside the control device 62, the rotation of the drive motor for rotating and driving the chain 50 located above the hoistway 30, the opening and closing operation of the car door 21 of the car 20, and the landing A control signal capable of controlling the opening and closing operation of the landing door 31 is set to be output to each device.

Further, inside the storage section 61 on the right side,
A communication device 64 capable of communicating with the outside of the device is formed. The communication device 64 is formed so as to be connectable to a management room for managing and supporting the elevator 10 in an emergency by a telephone line with a simple button operation for 24 hours. Further, a numeric keypad for a push phone is formed on the surface of the communication device 64, and is set so as to be usable as a telephone for a general telephone line.

An inner wall 65 is formed between the storage section 61 and the boarding space 66 on which the person in the car 20 can get on and off. In the inner wall 65, an inspection port 63 that can be opened and closed from inside the car 20 is formed. By opening the inspection port 63, it is possible to inspect the control device 62 and communicate with the outside by the communication device 64. Other configurations are
It is substantially the same as the first embodiment, and the same configuration includes:
The same part numbers are given and the description is omitted.

Next, the operation and effect of the above embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the rail side extension portion
Inside 60, a storage section 61 capable of storing objects is provided.
For this reason, equipment necessary for the elevator 10 and devices required for the car 20 can be stored. Accordingly, it is not necessary to separately provide a space for installing equipment and the like necessary for the elevator 10 inside the hoistway 30 or inside the building, and the space can be used effectively.

In the present embodiment, a control device 62 for electrically controlling the elevating operation of the car 20 is formed inside the storage portion 61. Therefore, there is no need to separately provide a control device storage room or the like above the hoistway 30 in order to store the control device 62. Accordingly, it is not necessary to separately form a space for forming the control device storage chamber, and the entire space of the elevator 10 can be reduced. Further, since it is not necessary to form a control device storage room or the like above the hoistway 30, it is not necessary for a person to enter the upper portion of the hoistway 30 even when inspecting the control device 62. It is possible to inspect the control device 62 from the above, and the inspection work of the control device 62 can be facilitated.

Further, since the control device 62 is directly attached to the car 20, the distance between the car 20 and the control device 62 is smaller than the case where the control device 62 is provided above the hoistway 30. In this case, the distance of the wiring for transmitting the control signal can be shortened. Thereby, the control signal from the car 20 can be transmitted to the control device 62 without fail. In the present embodiment, a communication device 64 that communicates with the outside of the car 20 is formed inside the right storage section 61. This allows
In an emergency, you can easily contact people outside of the car 20 by phone line. Also, since it can be used as one terminal of a normal telephone line, even if a call comes in from outside while using the elevator 10, the car 20
It is possible to respond internally. Further, since the communication device 64 is stored in the storage section 61, the communication device 64 does not protrude toward the inside of the car 20 and does not obstruct a person in the boarding space 66.

In the present embodiment, an inspection port 63 that can be opened and closed from the inside of the car 20 is formed on an inner wall 65 formed between the storage section 61 and the boarding space 66. For this reason,
By opening the inspection port 63 from inside the basket 20, the storage section 61
The control device 62 in the inside can be easily inspected. Thereby, the inspection work of the control device 62 can be facilitated. In addition, by opening the inspection port 63 from inside the car 20, it is possible to easily communicate with the outside using the communication device 64 inside the storage section 61. Further, the communication device 64 is always stored inside the storage unit 61, and the
Because it is not exposed in the interior 66, the inside of the car 20 can be made clean and good without any protrusions.

[0036]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the described invention, the elevator in which the space inside a hoistway can be used effectively and the space in a car can be expanded can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an elevator capable of storing items necessary for the elevator and the car in the car. According to the invention described in claim 3,
There is no need to provide a separate control device storage room, and when checking the control device, there is no need for people to enter the upper part of the hoistway, making it easier to check the control device and controlling it from the car. An elevator capable of shortening the wiring distance to the device can be provided.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an elevator capable of performing the inspection work of the control device from the inside of the car and making the inspection work easy. According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, a communication device that communicates with the outside from the inside of the car can be housed, and the car can be neatly provided without providing a protruding object on the inner surface of the car. An elevator capable of improving the appearance of the inside of the car can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an elevator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a first embodiment of the present invention and is a schematic rear side perspective view showing an elevator.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an elevator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional elevator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 elevator 20 car 21 car door 30 hoistway 31 landing door 32 landing 40 rail 50 chain 60 rail side extension 61 storage unit 62 control unit 63 inspection opening 64 communication device 65 inner wall 66 getting on and off space 110 elevator 120 car 121 cage door 130 hoistway 131 landing door 132 landing 140 rail 150 chain

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A hoistway vertically erected between upper and lower floors of a building, and a long rail fixed vertically in the hoistway so as to protrude from the inner surface of the hoistway toward the center of the hoistway. ,
A lift having a box-shaped car that moves up and down the hoistway along the rail, wherein the car is a rail-side extension in which the car extends into a space on the rail side in order to expand the space inside the car. An elevator having an outlet. 2. The elevator according to claim 1, wherein a storage portion capable of storing an object is formed inside the rail side extension portion. 3. The elevator according to claim 2, wherein a control device for electrically controlling the raising / lowering operation of the car is formed inside the storage section. 4. An inner wall which separates the storage portion and a boarding / alighting space where a person in the car rides is formed, and an inspection port which can be opened and closed from the inside of the car is formed in the inner wall. The elevator according to claim 3, characterized in that: 5. The elevator according to claim 2, wherein a communication device capable of communicating with the outside of the car is formed inside the storage section.