JP2019001625A - Passenger conveyor device - Google Patents

Abstract

A passenger conveyor device capable of increasing the rigidity of a skirt guard without causing an increase in the number of parts.
SOLUTION: Step 3 traveling endlessly, structures 13 and 14 provided on the sides of the steps, and a skirt guard 6 standing on the sides of the steps and fixed to the structures. A passenger conveyor device comprising a balustrade panel 7 erected on the opposite side of the skirt guard, and an inner deck 8 provided between the balustrade panel and the skirt guard, A passenger conveyor device provided with ribs 11 and 12 protruding to the step side or the anti-step side.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a passenger conveyor apparatus including a highly rigid skirt guard with a simple configuration.

  Passenger conveyors, such as escalators, have a balustrade upright on the side of a step that travels endlessly, and this balustrade generally consists of a skirt guard fixed to the structure and an anti-step side of the skirt guard (from the step A balustrade panel erected in the separating direction), and an inner deck provided between the balustrade panel and the skirt guard, the skirt guard side being fixed to the structure.

  In order to avoid an accident where the passenger is caught in the gap between the step and the skirt guard, the joint between the upper end of the skirt guard and the lower end of the inner deck is provided with a molding projecting to the step side. There is known one provided with an illuminating section that can directly irradiate the gap (Patent Document 1).

JP2015-113212A

  Some standards related to passenger conveyor devices require a certain degree of rigidity for the skirt guard in order to more reliably prevent passengers from being caught in the gap between the step and the skirt guard. However, Patent Document 1 alerts passengers with an illumination part installed on the surface of the skirt guard and suppresses an accident caused by being caught in a gap between the step and the skirt guard. There is no particular mention of conversion.

  In actuality, in order to comply with the above-mentioned standard for increasing the rigidity of the skirt guard, a reinforcing member (L-shaped steel material or the like) with increased rigidity is attached to the back surface of the skirt guard, resulting in an increase in the number of parts.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a passenger conveyor device that can increase the rigidity of a skirt guard without increasing the number of parts.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve the above object, a passenger conveyor device of the present invention includes a step that travels endlessly, a structure provided on a side of the step, and a side that stands on the side of the step. A skirt guard fixed to the structure, a balustrade panel erected on the opposite side of the skirt guard, and an inner deck provided between the balustrade panel and the skirt guard, The skirt guard is provided with a rib protruding to the step side or the non-step side.

  According to the passenger conveyor device having the above-described configuration, it is possible to increase the rigidity of the skirt guard without increasing the number of parts.

  Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is sectional drawing of the balustrade important part of the passenger conveyor apparatus of one Example. It is a side view of the passenger conveyor apparatus of one Example. It is a perspective view of the entrance / exit part of the passenger conveyor apparatus of one Example.

  Hereinafter, a passenger conveyor device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 by taking an escalator as an embodiment of the passenger conveyor device as an example.

  First, the outline | summary of a passenger conveyor apparatus is demonstrated using FIG. 2, FIG. FIG. 2 is a side view of the passenger conveyor device, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the entrance / exit portion of the passenger conveyor device.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the escalator of the present embodiment includes a main body frame 1 installed on the lower floor and the upper floor, and is disposed in the main body frame 1 from the lower entrance 2a on the lower floor side. Step 3 that travels endlessly over the upper floor 2b on the upper floor side, a handrail 4 that moves in synchronization with this step 3, and both sides of step 3 along the longitudinal direction of the body frame 1 And a balustrade 5 that forms a travel path of the handrail 4.

  As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3, the balustrade 5 includes a skirt guard 6 erected on the side of the step 3 with a predetermined gap and a balustrade erected on the opposite side of the skirt guard 6. A panel 7, an inner deck 8 provided on the step side of the balustrade panel 7, and an outer deck 9 provided on the side opposite to the balustrade panel 7 are provided.

  Here, a specific example of the passenger conveyor device of the present embodiment for increasing the rigidity of the skirt guard 6 without increasing the number of parts by using FIG. A simple structure will be described. In FIG. 1, the right direction indicates the step side (direction approaching step 3), and the left direction indicates the counter-step side (direction away from step 3), and the outer deck 9 and the like are omitted.

  As shown here, a structure including an upper base 13 and a lower base 14 is provided on the side of Step 3. A joint between the upper end of the skirt guard 6 and the lower end of the inner deck 8 is fixed to the upper base 13 of this structure, and the lower end of the skirt guard 6 is fixed to the lower base 14.

  The skirt guard 6 is configured by connecting a plurality of steel plates or the like having a length of about 2 m and a thickness of about 1.5 mm, and an upper rib 11 projecting to the step side over the entire longitudinal direction. The lower rib 12 that protrudes to the side opposite to the step is formed by pressing or the like. The height of each rib is preferably about 50 to 60 mm, which is easy to press work and is necessary for realizing each function described below, but when the steel plate used for the skirt guard 6 is thickened May be lower than this.

  The upper rib 11 is provided below the lower end of the inner deck 8 and increases the rigidity of the skirt guard 6 and is similar to a mall for avoiding an accident in which a passenger is caught in the gap between the step 3 and the skirt guard 6. Work.

  The lower rib 12 is provided at substantially the same height as the upper surface of the step 3 to increase the rigidity of the skirt guard 6 and to increase the gap between the upper surface of the step 3 and the skirt guard 6. It is for making it hard to be pinched.

  Moreover, the cross-sectional shape of the upper side rib 11 and the lower side rib 12 becomes a rectangular convex type comprised from several flat surfaces, and even if a passenger etc. contact, it will not be damaged. Although the upper rib 11 can be provided with a pinching prevention brush (not shown) along the longitudinal direction of the skirt guard 6, the upper rib 11 has a rectangular convex shape in cross section to prevent pinching. Is easy to install.

  In the present embodiment described above, the skirt guard 6 is formed with the upper rib 11 projecting to the step side and the lower rib 12 projecting to the opposite side of the skirt guard 6 so that the reinforcing material is provided to the skirt guard 6. Therefore, the bending rigidity can be improved without increasing the thickness and the number of parts can be increased, and the predetermined standard for the skirt guard 6 can be satisfied.

  During normal operation, the upper rib 11 is provided so as to protrude to the step side at a height near the upper end of the skirt guard 6 and close to the inner deck 8, so that passengers and the like approach the skirt guard 6. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the risk of being caught in the gap between the step 3 and the skirt guard 6.

  In addition, since the lower rib 12 is provided so as to protrude to the opposite step side at a height position substantially opposite to the upper end of the step 3 of the skirt guard 6, the gap dimension between the step 3 and the skirt guard 6 is compared. Thus, even when a passenger's shoes or the like are positioned between the step 3 and the skirt guard 6, a structure that is not easily caught in the gap between the step 3 and the skirt guard 6 can be obtained.

  In the above, the Example of the passenger conveyor apparatus of this invention was demonstrated including the effect. However, the passenger conveyor device of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in FIG. 1, the configuration in which both the upper rib 11 and the lower rib 12 are provided is illustrated, but only one of the ribs may be provided. Moreover, although the example which provides a rib in the whole skirt guard 6 was shown, as shown in the side view of FIG. 2, the installation of the rib in the horizontal part in the vicinity of the entrance where the distance is short and the rigidity is originally high is omitted. Alternatively, the rib may be provided only on the long inclined portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body frame 2a Lower entrance / exit 2b Upper entrance / exit 3 Step 4 Handrail 5 Parapet 6 Skirt guard 7 Parapet panel 8 Inner deck 9 Outer deck 11 Upper rib 12 Lower rib 13 Upper base 14 Lower base

Claims (5)

Running endlessly,
A structure provided on the side of the step;
A skirt guard standing on the side of the step and fixed to the structure;
A balustrade panel erected on the opposite side of the skirt guard;
An inner deck provided between the balustrade panel and the skirt guard;
A passenger conveyor device comprising:
A passenger conveyor device, wherein the skirt guard is provided with a rib projecting to the step side or the non-step side.   The passenger conveyor device according to claim 1, wherein the rib protruding to the step side is provided in the vicinity of a lower end of the inner deck.   The passenger conveyor apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rib protruding to the side opposite to the step is provided at a height substantially opposite to an upper surface of the step.   The passenger conveyor device according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the rib is a rectangular convex shape.   The passenger conveyor device according to claim 1, wherein the rib is provided on an inclined portion of the horizontal portion and the inclined portion of the skirt guard.

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