KR102534253B1 - Sterilizing device of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

An elevator having a quarantine function according to the present invention includes a cage installed movably along a hoistway provided inside a building; a counterweight installed on the hoistway to move in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the cage; A winch for driving a cable interconnecting the cage and the counterweight so that the cage and the counterweight move in conjunction with each other, and a blower unit installed in the cage to cool or heat the boarding space in the cage. The air conditioning unit and the air supplied from the blower unit installed above the boarding space of the cage are divided and supplied in the vertical direction of the boarding space to form a plurality of independent air streams that can reduce the flow of air discharged from the respiratory system between the occupants. and a divided air flow forming unit provided with the cage, and an exhaust unit installed at a lower side of the cage to discharge the air injected from the blowing space parts by the divided air flow forming unit.

Description

Elevator with quarantine function {Sterilizing device of elevator}

The present invention relates to an elevator, and more particularly, to an elevator having a disinfection function capable of minimizing air contamination in a boarding space of a cage and preventing contamination by passengers.

In modern society, as buildings become high-rise and diversified due to dense urbanization, elevators are used to smoothly move objects.

Such an elevator secures a space in which a cage can be moved in a building structure, and transports personnel and cargo while the cage moves vertically through this space. To this end, the cage of the elevator moving along the moving space is opened and closed in conjunction with a cage door that opens and closes the boarding space and a hall door installed on each floor of the building.

On the other hand, since the cage maintains a sealed state during operation, an air conditioner is installed in order to maintain a clean state of the air.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2018-049687 discloses an elevator equipped with an oxygen generator and an air conditioner, and Korean Patent Publication No. 2020-058179 discloses an air conditioner for an elevator. In addition, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1975321 discloses a heating system for an elevator.

The device for air conditioning the boarding space of the cage of the conventional elevator described above is made by supplying cool air or warm air into the boarding space by means of a blower unit.

However, in this circulation structure, air circulation within the cage with outside air is not achieved within a short time. In particular, since the boarding space of the elevator cage is inevitably designed to be closed, the occupants are inevitably exposed to bacteria or viruses. In addition, it is not easy to sterilize bacteria or viruses adhering to the inner surface of the elevator and buttons.

Viruses with high contagiousness and lethality, such as the epidemic COVID-19, MERS, Hong Kong flu, swine flu, and SARS, tend to be transmitted because they are transmitted by air. A lot of research has been conducted to prevent sterilization and infection of the enclosed boarding space of the elevator cage.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2136837 discloses an elevator system with body temperature detection and disinfection functions, and Korean Patent Publication No. 2019-061183 discloses an elevator using an air sterilizer using ultraviolet light and plasma.

The posted elevator air sterilizer has a configuration using ultraviolet light and plasma.

In addition, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0668938 discloses an elevator ultraviolet sterilization device, and Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1790129 discloses an elevator smart air sterilizer.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2008-085964 discloses an elevator air purifier. The posted air purifier has a sterilization box having a photocatalyst coating layer.

However, since the above-described conventional elevator frequently gets on and off passengers during the operating period, the above-described sterilization box or sterilization using ultraviolet rays has a problem in that the boarding space of the cage cannot be sterilized during the elevator use period.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-2136837 Korean Patent Publication No. 2019-061183 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-0668938 Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2008-085964

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems, an elevator having a quarantine function capable of minimizing transmission of viruses in the boarding space by partitioning between passengers using air flow in the boarding space of the cage is in providing

Another object of the present invention is to have a quarantine function that can minimize the spread of viruses by generating a continuous flow of air from the upper side to the lower side in the boarding space of the cage and discharging the air from the lower side of the cage to the outside. To provide an elevator.

An elevator having a disinfection function according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a cage installed to be movable along a hoistway provided inside a building, a counterweight installed on the hoistway to move in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the cage, and A winch for driving a cable interconnecting the cage and the counterweight so that the cage and the counterweight move in conjunction with each other, and a blower unit installed in the cage to cool or heat the boarding space in the cage. an air conditioning unit,

A blower space forming nozzle unit installed on the upper part of the boarding space of the cage to form a plurality of independent blower space parts capable of reducing air flow between passengers by dividing and supplying the air supplied from the blower unit in the vertical direction of the boarding space. a compartment air curtain forming unit provided;

It is characterized in that it is provided with a cage air discharge unit installed on the lower side of the cage and discharging the air injected from the ventilation spaces by the compartment air curtain forming unit to the outside.

In the present invention, the partition air conditioner forming unit includes a partition member that extends downward from the ceiling of the cage and partitions into a plurality of jet spaces, and branch ducts connected to each jet space partitioned by the partition member. and a main duct connecting each of the branch ducts and the first blower unit.

In addition, the second blower is connected to the second blower at the boundary of the blowing space parts partitioned by the partition member, and air is sprayed at a pressure relatively higher than the pressure injected from the blowing space nozzle part between the blowing space parts. An air conditioner nozzle is further provided to form the separation air wall.

The discharge unit includes a discharge duct including a plurality of discharge outlets installed on an outer circumferential surface or a lower surface of the lower side of the cage, and a discharge blower unit connected to the discharge duct.

A beam emitting unit configured to radiate light toward the bottom surface of the cage on an inner surface of the spray space partitioned by the partition member to limit a boarding position of the occupant is further included.

The elevator having a disinfection function according to the present invention can block virus contamination by minimizing air flow between passengers by forming a partitioned injection space around the head of the occupant.

In addition, by determining the boarding position of the occupant inside the cage, it is possible to induce distance between the occupants inside the cage.

1 is a perspective view schematically showing an elevator having a quarantine function according to the present invention;
2 is a partially cut-away perspective view showing an elevator cage having a quarantine function according to the present invention;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the cage of the elevator having a quarantine function shown in Figure 2;
4 is a plan view showing a partition air curtain forming unit of an elevator having a quarantine function according to the present invention;

An embodiment of an elevator having a quarantine function according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

Referring to the drawings, an elevator 10 having a disinfection function according to the present invention has a cage 20 movably installed in a hoistway provided inside a building and moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the cage 20. A counterweight 11 installed on the hoistway and a cable 13 interconnecting the cage 20 and the counterweight 11 so that the cage 20 and the counterweight 11 move in conjunction with each other A winch 12 for driving is provided.

In addition, the cage 20 is provided with an air conditioning unit 30 for cooling or heating the air inside the cage 20, and is installed on the upper part of the boarding space of the cage 20 to receive air supplied from the blowing unit 53. A divided air flow forming unit 40 having a plurality of independent air flow forming units 41 capable of reducing the air flow between boarding areas of passengers boarding the cage by dividing and supplying the upper side of the space in the vertical direction. .

In addition, an exhaust unit 80 installed on the lower side of the cage 20 to discharge the air injected from the blowing nozzle parts 45 by the divided air flow forming unit 40 from the lower part of the cage 20 provide

The elevator 10 having the quarantine function according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail for each component as follows.

The air flow forming unit 41 of the divided air flow forming unit 40 installed in the cage 20 of the elevator 10 having a disinfection function according to the present invention is a partitioned air flow forming unit 41 sprayed from the ceiling of the cage 20 toward the lower side. The plate-shaped partition member 42 having a predetermined width, which can form an air flow, can be installed in a grid shape so that the ceiling of the cage 20 can be divided into a plurality of parts.

When the air flow forming unit 41 is installed on the ceiling of the cage 20, it is preferable to install it so that a sufficient distance can be maintained so that distance between occupants can be achieved. In addition, it is preferable that the installation height of the air flow forming unit 41 be formed at a height at which air can be blown from the top of each occupant's head vertically to form an independent blower flow around the occupant's head.

In addition, a blower nozzle 45 for spraying air for division is installed in each of the airflow forming units 41 . The blowing nozzle part 45 has a structure capable of forming a sufficient air flow toward the lower side through the air flow forming part 41 .

Each blowing nozzle part 45 of the divided air flow forming unit 40 is connected to a branch duct 51, each branch duct 51 is connected to a main duct 52, and the main duct 52 It is connected to a blowing unit 53 for blowing air so that air can be blown through the blowing nozzle part 45 . The blower unit 53 may be an air conditioning unit installed in the cage, that is, a blower constituting a cooling and heating unit, but is not limited thereto, and a separate blower unit may be further provided. At this time, the air volume of the blower unit should be such that the airflow discharged from each blower nozzle unit 45 is formed so as to cover the head and surroundings of the occupant.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the blowing nozzle part 45, that is, at the edge of the partitioned space of the blowing nozzle part 45 for inducing the flow of air around the head of the occupant, the blowing nozzle along the edge trajectory of the airflow forming part 41 An auxiliary air curtain unit 60 is provided to form a separation air wall having a relatively higher wind speed than the unit 45.

The auxiliary air curtain unit 60 includes air curtain nozzles 61 formed at the edges of the air flow forming unit 41, and the air curtain nozzles 61 are installed along the trajectory of the air flow forming unit 41 It has a nozzle body portion (61a), the nozzle body portion (61a), although not shown in the drawing, are formed with injection holes or injection slots of a predetermined length.

The air curtain nozzles 61 are connected to an auxiliary blower 62 or a compressor through a supply pipe 63 to supply relatively high pressure.

The air conditioner nozzles 61 for forming the air curtain are preferably installed so as to be positioned at the lower end side of the partition member 42 constituting the air flow forming part 41 .

On the other hand, a boarding position display unit 70 for displaying the boarding position of the occupant is further provided on the bottom surface of the cage 20 corresponding to each air flow forming unit 41 of the divided air flow forming unit 40. The boarding position display unit 70 may have a light emitting unit on the bottom surface of the cage 20 to limit the boarding position. The light emitting unit 71 may include a light flooding plate installed on the bottom surface of the cage 20 and a light emitting diode installed on the bottom surface of the cage where the light flooding plate is installed to emit light.

The boarding position display unit 70 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes an LED installed on the ceiling or side wall of the cage 20 and capable of radiating light corresponding to the airflow forming unit 41. A light emitting module may be used, and a laser beam that does not affect the human body may be used.

In addition, the exhaust unit 80 is formed with a plurality of exhaust outlets 81 installed on the outer circumferential surface or lower surface of the lower side of the cage 20, and the exhaust outlets 81 are connected to the exhaust blowing unit by the exhaust duct 82. It is connected with (85). As the exhaust blowing unit 85, a sirocco fan with relatively low noise may be used. In discharging the air inside the cage 20 by the exhaust unit 80, it is preferable to disperse the exhaust amount and discharge position so as not to affect the air flow sprayed by the air flow forming unit 41. To this end, an exhaust duct 82 surrounding the cage 20 is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the lower side wall of the cage 20, and an exhaust outlet 81 is continuously formed on the wall surface of the cage 20 in contact with the exhaust duct. By installing the grill 83, it is preferable that the exhaust air introduced through the exhaust grill 83 can be discharged through the exhaust duct.

Meanwhile, a control unit for controlling the operation of the exhaust unit 80, the divided air flow forming unit 40, and the auxiliary air curtain unit 60 can be operated only when an occupant is on the cage 20 may be further provided. there is. To this end, the control unit may further include an occupant detection sensor capable of checking whether an occupant is on board in the cage 20 .

The operation of the elevator having the quarantine function according to the present invention configured as described above will be described as follows.

The elevator 1 having a disinfection function according to the present invention secures an independent space formed by the airflow forming unit 41 for each passenger boarding the cage 20, so the non-face-to-face effect between passengers can be maximized. .

To explain this in more detail, by driving the blowing unit 53 of the divided air flow forming unit 40 formed on the upper side of the cage 20, each of the main ducts 52 and branch ducts 51 connected thereto Fresh air is blown downward from each airflow forming unit 41 by the blowing nozzle unit 45 . Therefore, mutually partitioned air currents are formed on the upper side of the cage 20 by the air flow forming unit 41 .

In addition, since the air curtain nozzle 61 of the auxiliary air curtain unit 60 is installed on the lower side of the partition member 45a forming the divided air flow forming unit 41, air at a relatively high pressure is injected therefrom so that the air flow It is possible to ensure the division of air streams ejected from the forming portion 41.

Also, in the exhaust unit 80, the air inside the cage 20 is discharged to the outside through the exhaust outlet 81 connected to the exhaust duct 82 by driving the exhaust blowing unit 85.

As described above, the operation of the exhaust unit 80 and the divided air flow forming unit 40 is continuously performed by the control unit when an occupant rides inside the cage 20, and is temporarily stopped when there is no occupant. .

As described above, by the operation of the divided air flow forming unit 40 and the exhaust unit 80 installed in the cage 20, the lower portion of each air flow forming unit 41 and the lower portion of the adjacent air flow forming unit 41 are separated from each other. is formed

Therefore, the heads of the passengers boarding the cage 20 of the elevator are positioned in an independent airflow under the airflow forming unit 41, respectively.

In addition, the air exhausted by the breath of the occupants rides on the airflow discharged from the blowing nozzle part 45, moves to the lower side within the cage 20, and is discharged through the exhaust unit 80, so that it is discharged through the respiratory organs of the occupants. It is possible to prevent various viruses and contaminants from being transferred to each other through the respiratory tract of the occupants who ride in the cage 20.

In particular, since the boarding position display unit 70 is installed on the bottom surface of the cage 20 corresponding to the airflow forming unit 41, the occupant can stand on the lower part of the airflow forming unit 41. With the same action, it is possible to minimize virus contamination between passengers.

This can be expected to have a distance effect between passengers inside the cage 20 of the elevator.

As described above, the elevator having a disinfection function according to the present invention protects passengers by forming an independent airflow inside an enclosed space, thereby preventing virus contamination and exposure to odors. Can fundamentally prevent. .

The elevator sterilization device according to the present invention described above has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this is only exemplary, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and equivalent other embodiments. will understand Therefore, the scope of true technical protection of the present invention should be determined only by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Claims (5)

a cage movably installed along a hoistway provided inside a building; a counterweight installed on the hoistway to move in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the cage; A winch for driving a cable interconnecting the cage and the counterweight so that the cage and the counterweight move in conjunction with each other, and a blower unit installed in the cage to cool or heat the boarding space in the cage. an air conditioning unit;
Divider airflow having a plurality of independent airflow forming units that are installed on the top of the boarding space of the cage and can reduce the flow of air discharged from the respirator between occupants by dividing and supplying the air supplied from the blower unit in the vertical direction of the boarding space. forming unit,
An elevator having a disinfection function, characterized in that it is provided with an exhaust unit installed on the lower side of the cage and discharging air sprayed from the blowing space parts by the divided air flow forming unit. According to claim 1,
An air flow forming unit composed of a partition member that extends downward from the ceiling of the cage of the divided air flow forming unit and partitions into a plurality of spraying spaces, a blowing nozzle unit installed in each of the divided spaces of the air flow forming unit, and each of the above An elevator having a disinfection function comprising branch ducts connected to the blowing nozzle unit and a main duct connecting each of the branch ducts and a blowing unit. According to claim 2,
An air curtain nozzle unit installed at a boundary of the air flow forming unit partitioned by the partition member to inject air at a pressure relatively higher than the spray pressure of the air flow downwardly sprayed through the air flow forming unit to form an air breaker flow; An elevator having a quarantine function, characterized in that it further comprises an auxiliary air curtain unit having an auxiliary air blowing unit connected to the air curtain nozzle unit by a supply pipe. According to claim 1,
The exhaust unit is an elevator having a quarantine function, characterized in that it is provided with a discharge duct including a plurality of discharge outlets installed on the outer circumferential surface or lower surface of the lower side of the cage, and an exhaust blowing unit connected to the discharge duct. According to claim 2,
The elevator having a disinfection function, characterized in that it further comprises a boarding position display panel for limiting the boarding position of the occupant by radiating light toward the bottom surface of the cage on the inner surface of the spray space partitioned by the partition member.

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