CN102556816B - Passenger conveyer device and stairs for conveying passengers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a passenger conveyer device being excellent in durability and safety and stairs for conveying passengers. In the passenger conveyer device and the stairs for conveying passengers, the screws used for fastening boundary members of a kickplate side end on a kickplate base do not loose. The stairs are formed by an antiskid plate portion (31) for passengers to stand thereon, a kickplate portion (41) forming a height difference portion; and a support integrating the antiskid plate portion (31) and the kickplate portion (41) as one. The kickplate portion is formed by a kickplate, boundary members (21) arranged at the kickplate side ends of the left and right ends of the kickplate and a kickplate base (19, 20) used for supporting above various members. The edge portion of the outer side of the boundary members of the kickplate side ends is provided with a clamping portion (21A) clamped with the edge portion of the outer side of the kickplate base, the clamping portion is clamped with the edge portion of the outer side of the kickplate base, and one portion nearer the inner side than the clamping portion fastens the boundary members and the kickplate base through screws.

Description

Passenger conveyors and steps for passenger conveyors

technical field

The present invention relates to passenger conveying equipment such as escalators and steps for the passenger conveying equipment, and particularly relates to the structure of kick plate side end boundary members (Demarcation) provided at the left and right ends of the step kick plate.

Background technique

Passenger conveying equipment is mainly composed of a frame installed on a building structure, entrance and exit floors provided at both ends of the frame in the length direction, steps connected in a ring to move circularly between each entrance and exit floor, installation The frame is composed of guide rails that guide the steps on which passengers stand along a predetermined moving path, and railings that are also mounted on the frame, and the railings have skirt guards provided on both sides in the moving direction of the steps. The steps are mainly composed of an anti-skid plate portion for passengers to stand on and a bracket provided at a side end portion of the anti-skid plate portion, and the bracket rotatably supports a roller running on the rail. In addition, the step for passenger conveyance equipment has a kick plate portion constituting a step portion of adjacently provided steps.

In the prior art, an eye-catching band (boundary member) is provided on the surface of the anti-skid plate of the passenger conveying equipment, and the eye-catching band is, for example, painted yellow to remind passengers not to let shoes, etc. get involved between the steps and the skirt guard. in the gap between. The boundary member on the surface of the anti-skid plate is formed with a separately made resin-made sheet-shaped eye-catching band at a prescribed portion of the anti-skid plate made of stainless steel, and the sheet-shaped eye-catching band is fixed on the boundary member by a corresponding fixing method (such as Refer to Patent Document 1). In addition, there is known a method of integrally forming an appropriate resin material on a predetermined portion of an anti-skid plate made of a stainless material or the like (for example, refer to Patent Document 2).

prior art literature

patent documents

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-212976

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-112547

However, from the standpoint of ensuring the safety of passengers, it is preferable to provide boundary members not only on the surface of the anti-skid plate, but also on the left and right side ends of the kick plate in the steps for the escalator. As a method of arranging boundary members at the left and right side ends of the kick plate, as shown in FIG. Boundary member ") 21 is fastened on the upper kick plate base 19 and the lower kick plate base 20 of the kick plate installation that one end is fixed on the bracket 51 by welding or the like. In addition, reference numeral 31 in FIG. 5 denotes an anti-slip plate portion, and the anti-slip plate portion 31 is fixed to the bracket 51 by screws or the like not shown.

However, the experiments carried out for the above-mentioned structure prove that when the above-mentioned structure is adopted, the screw 22 may become loose when the escalator is in operation. Fall off the steps. That is to say, as shown in Fig. 6 that is the enlarged cross-sectional view of the A-A part of Fig. 5, since the kick plate side end boundary member 21 is arranged at a position close to the skirt guard 16, when the step moves upward, the kick The panel side end boundary member 21 may come into contact with the skirt guard 16 . The arrow D1 in Fig. 6 indicates the moving direction of the kick plate side boundary member 21 relative to the skirt guard 16. When the kick plate side boundary member 21 contacts the skirt guard 16, there is a An impact force indicated by an arrow D2 in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the member 21 with respect to the skirt guard 16 acts on the kick plate side end boundary member 21 . Therefore, the screw 22 is loosened by repeated application of impact tension.

Contents of the invention

The present invention is made in view of the practical problems existing in the above-mentioned prior art, and the object of the present invention is to provide a passenger conveying equipment and a step for passenger conveying equipment superior in durability and safety, in the passenger conveying equipment and In steps for passenger conveyors, the screws used to fasten the side end boundary members of the riser to the base of the riser shall not loosen.

In order to achieve the above objects, the passenger conveying equipment of the present invention is configured to have: a frame body provided on a building structure; entrance and exit floors provided at both ends in the length direction of the frame body; a step chain, the step chain connected in a ring to move circularly between the above-mentioned entrance and exit floors, and having a step shaft; a step on which the step is rotatably mounted; and a railing erected on both sides of the step In this passenger transport equipment, the steps have anti-skid plate parts for passengers to stand on and kick plate parts constituting the height difference part. The kick plate side end boundary members at the left and right ends of the kick plate and the kick plate base for supporting the above-mentioned various members are formed. An engaging part that is engaged with the outer edge portion of the kick plate base, the engaging portion is engaged with the outer edge portion of the base of the kick plate, and the kick plate is screwed to the inner side of the kick plate by a screw. The side end boundary members and the kick plate base are fastened.

In addition, the step for passenger conveying equipment of the present invention is configured to have a non-skid plate portion for passengers to stand on and a kick plate portion constituting a step portion, the kick plate portion being provided at the left and right ends of the kick plate. In the step for the passenger conveying equipment, the outer edge portion of the side end boundary member of the kick plate is formed with a An engaging part that engages with the outer edge portion of the kicking board base, the engaging part engages with the outer edge part of the kicking board base, and the part that is more inside than the engaging part is screwed Fastening the kick plate side boundary member and the kick plate base.

According to the above structure, when the side boundary member of the kick plate comes into contact with the skirt guard, under the action of the impact force, the side boundary member of the kick plate and the kick plate which is engaged with the side boundary member of the kick plate through the engaging portion Since the plate base is deformed integrally, the tension generated by the impact force does not act on the screws, preventing the screws from loosening.

Invention effect

According to the present invention, the engaging portion for engaging with the outer edge portion of the kick plate base is formed on the outer edge portion of the kick plate side boundary member, and the engaging portion is engaged with the outer edge portion of the kick plate base. , and the kick plate side boundary member and the kick plate base are fastened with screws at the inner side of the engaging portion, so even if the kick plate side boundary member contacts the skirt guard In this case, the tension generated by the impact force will not act on the screw, which can prevent the screw from loosening. Thereby, the kick plate side end boundary member can be prevented from falling off from the kick plate base, and the durability and safety of the steps and the passenger conveyor can be improved.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic side view of the escalator according to the embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the steps according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the steps according to the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of part B-B of Fig. 3 .

Figure 5 is a side view of an existing rung.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of part A-A of Fig. 5 .

Symbol Description

1 escalator

2 upper floors

3 lower floors

4 frames

5 upper mechanical room

6 lower mechanical room

7 Upper entrance and exit floor

8 Lower entrance and exit floors

9 Upper Terminal Sprocket

10 Lower terminal sprockets

11 step chain

12 step shaft

13 front wheels

14 rungs

15 electric motor

16 skirt guard

16a railing

17 mobile armrest

18 kick board

19 Upper kick plate base

20 lower kick plate base

21 Riser side boundary member

21A engaging part

22 setscrews

31 skid plate part

32 skid plate

33 Skid plate side boundary member

41 Riser section

51 bracket

Detailed ways

As shown in Fig. 1, the escalator 1 of the present embodiment has: the frame body 4 that straddles the upper floor 2 and the lower floor 3 of building structures, is arranged on the both end parts of the longitudinal direction of this frame body 4. Chamber 5 and lower machine room 6, upper entrance floor 7 and lower entrance floor 8 covering said machine rooms 5, 6 from above, left and right pair of upper terminal sprockets 9 and lower end sprockets arranged in machine rooms 5, 6 Terminal sprocket 10, a pair of left and right step chains 11 wound around the terminal sprockets 9 and 10 in a ring shape, step shafts 12 connecting the left and right step chains 11, and front wheels provided at both ends of the step shaft 12 13. Steps 14 rotatably mounted on the step shaft 12 , and a motor 15 arranged in the upper machine room 5 for driving the steps. In addition, skirt guards 16 and railings 16a are erected facing each other on the frames 4 on both sides of the step 14, and moving handrails 17 driven in synchronization with the steps 14 are provided on the periphery of the railing 16a. .

As shown in the front view of FIG. 2 and the side view of FIG. 3 , the step 14 is composed of an anti-skid plate portion 31 for passengers to stand on, a kick plate portion 41 constituting a step portion, and a bracket 51 integrating the two. The cleat portion 31 is composed of a cleat 32 provided at a central portion and cleat side end boundary members 33 provided at both left and right end portions of the cleat 32 . The anti-skid plate side end boundary member 33 can be formed by the methods described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 above. In addition, the kick plate portion 41 is composed of the kick plate 18 provided at the central portion, kick plate side end boundary members 21 provided at both left and right end portions of the kick plate 18, and an upper kick plate for supporting the various members 18, 21 described above. The base 19 and the lower kick plate base 20 constitute. One end of the upper kick plate base 19 and the lower kick plate base 20 is fixed on the bracket 51 by welding or the like, and the kick plate 18 is fixed on the other end side of the upper kick plate base 19 and the lower kick plate base 20 by welding or the like. .

On the other hand, kick plate side end boundary member 21 is made of hard resin molded product etc., in its outer edge part, as shown in Fig. 4 that is the enlarged cross-sectional view of part B-B of Fig. 3, is formed for kicking with upper part. A hook-shaped engaging portion 21A that engages with the outside edge portion of the board base 19 and the lower kick board base 20 . As shown in FIG. 3 , the engaging portion 21A may be uniformly formed from the upper end to the lower end of the side end boundary member 21 of the kick plate, or may be partially formed corresponding to the upper kick plate base 19 and the lower kick plate base 20. part. As shown in FIG. 4 , the kick plate side boundary member 21 and each kick plate base 19 , 20 are in a state where the outer edge portion of each kick plate base 19 , 20 is engaged with the engaging portion 21A. , by tightening the screw 22 on the inner side of the engaging portion 21A to form an integral body.

In the escalator 1 according to this embodiment, an engaging portion 21A for engaging with the outer edge portions of the kick plate bases 19, 20 is formed on the outer edge portion of the kick plate side end boundary member 21, and the engaging portion 21A is formed so that The engaging portion 21A is engaged with the outer edge portion of the kick plate base 19, 20, and the kick plate side end boundary member 21 and the kick plate base 19, 20 are connected by screws 22 on the inner side than the engaging portion 21A. Fastening, so as shown in Figure 4, when kick plate side end boundary member 21 moves to the direction shown by arrow D1 with respect to skirt guard 16, between kick plate side end boundary member 21 and skirt guard 16 When contact occurs and an impact force acts in the direction indicated by arrow D2, kick plate side end boundary member 21 and kick plate bases 19 and 20 are integrally deformed in the same direction by the impact force. Therefore, the tension generated by the impact force does not act on the screw 22, so that the screw 22 can be prevented from loosening. Thereby, the kick plate side end boundary member 21 can be prevented from coming off from the kick plate bases 19, 20, and the durability and safety of the passenger conveying facility can be improved. In addition, when the kick plate side end boundary member 21 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow D3 with respect to the skirt guard 16, when the kick plate side end boundary member 21 comes into contact with the skirt guard 16, it is also possible to Play the same function and effect.

Industrial use

The invention can be applied to passenger conveyors having kick plates on the steps.

Claims (2)

1. an apparatus of passenger conveyor, has: be arranged on the framework on building structure; Be arranged on the floor, gangway of two ends of the length direction of described framework; Step chain, this step chain connects into ring-type to carry out loopy moving between floor, described gangway, and has step axle; Step, this step is rotatably arranged on described step axle; And railing, this railing is erected to be arranged in described framework in the both sides of described step, and described apparatus of passenger conveyor is characterised in that,

Described step has the checkered plate part of standing for passenger and the kickplate part that forms difference of height part, described kickplate part by kickplate, be arranged on described kickplate left and right end portions kickplate side boundary member and for supporting the kickplate pedestal of above-mentioned various members, form

Outer ledge at described kickplate side boundary member is partly formed with the snap portions partly engaging with the outer ledge of described kickplate pedestal, described snap portions partly engages with the outer ledge of described kickplate pedestal, and by screw, to described kickplate side boundary member and described kickplate pedestal, carrying out fastening than described snap portions part more in the inner part

From the face side of described kickplate pedestal, the side via described kickplate pedestal extends to the rear side of described kickplate pedestal and forms hook-type described snap portions.

2. the step of a used for passenger conveyor, it has the checkered plate part of standing for passenger and the kickplate part that forms difference of height part, described kickplate part by kickplate, be arranged on described kickplate left and right end portions kickplate side boundary member and for supporting the kickplate pedestal of above-mentioned various members, form, the step of described used for passenger conveyor is characterised in that

Outer ledge at described kickplate side boundary member is partly formed with the snap portions partly engaging with the outer ledge of described kickplate pedestal, described snap portions partly engages with the outer ledge of described kickplate pedestal, and by screw, to described kickplate side boundary member and described kickplate pedestal, carrying out fastening than described snap portions part more in the inner part

From the face side of described kickplate pedestal, the side via described kickplate pedestal extends to the rear side of described kickplate pedestal and forms hook-type described snap portions.