JPS597684A - Man conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a passenger conveyor such as a varnisher/torter, and particularly to a configuration suitable for allowing a wheeled vehicle such as a wheelchair or a cart to ride in a stable state.

In today's world where we are aiming to create a highly advanced welfare environment, it is desirable to adopt transportation systems and architectural structures that are specially devised so that even people with disabilities can move around relatively freely. Especially recently,
As escalators are recognized as an indispensable means of transportation within buildings, it is expected that escalators will emerge that can be easily used by people with disabilities and elderly people with disabilities.

However, as it stands now, the installation angle and driving speed, which have a major impact on the psychology of escalator users, do not cause any inconvenience to the general healthy person, but elderly people and people with physical disabilities lack agility when getting on and off the escalator. For those who are unable to use the escalator, the installation angle has been made smaller to increase the sense of stability while riding, and the operating speed has been reduced to make it easier to get on and off. There is a need. In addition, for people who have difficulty walking and use wheelchairs, there is a need for escalators that have special consideration so that they can be used while in a wheelchair.

Furthermore, at department stores, etc., it was not possible to safely ride a 'tt carrying a purchased Yanagawa cart.

This is because wheelchairs and carts have wheels and generally do not ride stably on stepped treads.

Up until now, there have been some types of roads that are generally called electric roads and do not have steps on the tread, but the drawback is that the entire tread slopes like a bench, making it difficult for wheelchairs to stay stable, and the entire equipment has to travel long distances. This has the disadvantage of poor space efficiency.

In view of the above points, the present invention provides a stair-like escalator that can be safely ridden by a wheelchair or a cart.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of a conventional passenger conveyor, which includes a main body 1 that holds the entire passenger conveyor, a handrail 2 that stands upright on both sides of the passenger, and a hand that rotates the upper end of the handrail 2. A rail 2a, a step 3 that rotates at the same speed as the handrail 2a and carries passengers, and the step 3 is a tread 3 on which a passenger rides.
It consists of a riser board 3b, a front roller 3c, a rear roller 3d, etc. for smoothly rotating the step 3. The structures of these escalators are all well known, but in the present invention, as shown in FIG.
It is distinctive in that it is constructed horizontally, two at a time.

In other words, if two steps 3 are arranged horizontally, each step 3a has a depth of about 400 m.
Since each piece maintains a horizontal state, the tread surface has a horizontal surface of about 800 mm as a whole and is structured in a step-like manner.

And on this horizontal tread with M around 800mm,
It is possible to get into the wheelchair on the joint surface of the front wheels Ka, T and wheels Kb. (According to the JIS standard, the dimensions of a wheelchair are 1015 m in total length, 650 m in width or less, and the distance between the front wheels and rear wheels is about 500 questions, and the front wheels have a small diameter.
The sickle wheel has a large diameter because it can be gripped and rotated by hand. ) For this reason, the wheelchair can be transported stably in a horizontal position.

The guide rail 5 for guiding the step 3 includes six guide rails 5a to 5d for the front roller 3c and rear roller 3d of the step 3.

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to transport a wheelchair in a stable horizontal state, and it is also possible to transport not only a wheelchair but also a shopping cart in a department store etc. in a stable horizontal state. You can expect good results.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a conventionally commonly used escalator, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, showing a part of the row of steps of the escalator. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A passenger conveyor equipped with steps that are arranged in an endless manner and rotate, characterized in that a plurality of the steps are rotated at a time while maintaining a horizontal state. Man conveyor. 2. The passenger conveyor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step is configured to be kept horizontal by a guide rail.