CN1174911C - Passenger Escalator - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to provide an escalator having an extended space between the balustrades is provided, balustrades are arranged outside the machine room, and a handrail support portion is provided on the side surface of the upper end portion of the balustrade which is arranged so as to, for example, tilt or curve toward the step side from the upper portion of the machine room or so as to vertically stand, and an upper-line track of the handrail is arranged in the top end portion of the support portion. Further, in a mechanism for guiding and moving an endlessly connected handrail, the handrail transport roller is arranged in the outer side and the driving unit of the transfer roller is arranged in the step side. By doing so, by making use of a space produced in the machine room, the step tread portion and the riser portion of the step can be extended in the width direction.

Description

Passenger Escalator

technical field

The invention relates to an escalator for transporting passengers.

Background technique

JP57-141378A discloses a handrail drive mechanism of a manned conveyor, which consists of a supporting frame of the handrail drive mechanism to form a part of the main body frame of the conveyor, and the connection mechanism between the drive roller and the motor is arranged on the side facing the moving step pedal in the same space, thereby reducing the overall width of the manned conveyor and enhancing its maintainability. JP57-141379A discloses a manned conveyor, which separates the main frame of the manned conveyor at a part of the handrail drive mechanism, and welds and connects the support frame of the handrail drive mechanism to the separated part. Forms part of the main body frame, thereby reducing the overall width of the people conveyor and reducing the installation space.

In addition, JP51-139082A discloses an escalator in which the inner surface of the handrail is formed into a convex shape protruding toward the step treads, so that the passenger's feet are kept separated from the cover plate.

In the handrail section of the escalator, each handrail is vertically arranged at the lower part of the circular continuous handrail to support the handrail, and the handrails are arranged in parallel to each other so that the distance between the two handrails is in the vertical direction. The vertical direction is constant, or the distance between the two handrails is smaller on its underside than the distance between the two handrails near the position of the upper-line track of the handrail. Therefore, passengers carrying luggage sometimes lean against the handrail due to being hindered by the luggage.

Contents of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide an escalator in which the width of the space between the handrails is increased.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an escalator having an increased width of the step treads and thus an increased width of the space between the handrails.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a safety escalator, wherein the handrail is arranged outside the equipment room, and the handrail supporting part is arranged on the side surface of the upper end of the handrail, and the handrail is from the upper part of the equipment room to the step. The sides are inclined or curved or are arranged vertically, and the upper belt rail of the handrail is arranged at the top end portion of the support portion. Thereby gaining a space in the inner panel part. Therefore, even passengers with luggage will not lose their balance due to the obstruction of luggage.

In addition, in the mechanism for guiding and moving the endless handrail, the handrail conveying roller is arranged on the outer side, and the conveying roller driving device is arranged on the side of the step. Thereby, the step tread portion and the step rising portion are enlarged in the width direction by utilizing the space formed in the equipment room, and the handrail railing is provided in a state inclined toward the step side at its upper portion (a state enlarged downward), so that passengers The space below the standing space is larger than that of traditional escalators. Therefore, even passengers with luggage will not lose their balance due to the obstruction of luggage. In addition, children do not mischievously enter the outer panel portion. This provides a safe escalator.

In the mechanism for guiding and moving the handrail provided in an inclined state, an upper belt rail of a step and a step return track located below the upper belt rail are provided in the equipment room, which are movable and circulate the steps. At the lower position of the upper belt rail and the return track of the steps, a handrail return track is provided, and an upper belt rail is formed along the upper surface of the handrail railing. Since the space of the inner panel part is unnecessary, the steps are increased by a corresponding amount in the width direction, and the handrail railing is set in a state inclined to the step side (downward enlarged state) at the upper part, therefore, the lower part of the passenger standing space The space is larger than traditional escalators. Therefore, even passengers with luggage will not lose their balance due to the obstruction of luggage. In addition, children do not mischievously enter the outer panel portion. This provides a safe escalator.

The escalator of the present invention will be described in detail below.

The invention provides an escalator, which comprises a group of circularly moving circular connecting steps, panels located on both sides of the group of steps, handrails arranged along the group of steps, rails on the handrail arranged along each row of handrails, and Equipment room for driving handrails, in which the passenger standing space above the steps is formed in the contour of the space extending above the panel; provided with handrail rails inclined towards the side of the steps above the panel; handrail guides are provided at each handrail The top end of the balustrade; forming the upper rail of the balustrade along the upper end surface of the balustrade guide.

In addition, the present invention provides an escalator in which the handrail is constituted by a transparent plate inclined in a straight line to the guide of the handrail.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an escalator wherein the handrail is formed of a transparent plate smoothly bent to the handrail guide.

In addition, the present invention provides an escalator in which the handrail has a decorative transparent panel on the step side.

Also, the present invention provides an escalator, wherein an outer guard is provided on an outer side of a side outer panel of an equipment room; and an end surface of a handrail rail is connected to an upper end of the outer guard.

The invention provides an escalator, which comprises a group of circularly moving circular connecting steps, panels located on both sides of the group of steps, handrails arranged along the group of steps, rails on the handrail arranged along each row of handrails, and Equipment room for driving the handrail, wherein the passenger standing space above the steps is formed in the space profile extending above the panel; the handrail railing is formed vertically from the upper end of the outer guard; the handrail guide is provided in each The top end of the handrail; the upper rail of the handrail along the upper surface of the handrail guide.

In addition, the present invention provides an escalator in which the handrail has a decorative transparent panel on the step side.

The invention provides an escalator, which comprises a group of circularly moving circular connecting steps, panels located on both sides of the group of steps, handrails arranged along the group of steps, rails on the handrail arranged along each row of handrails, and An equipment room for driving a handrail, wherein there are provided in the equipment room a step upper belt rail for circulating the steps and a step return track located below the upper belt rail and further below the step upper belt rail and the step return track The rail drive mechanism and the rail return track.

In addition, the present invention provides an escalator, wherein the handrail driving mechanism is provided on the side of the step side surface moving in the equipment room; the conveying rollers and driving rollers of the handrail and the handrail driven by these rollers are arranged on the outer plate side .

Moreover, this invention provides the escalator in which the handrail is provided so that it may incline toward a step side.

The invention provides a group of side-by-side escalators, each escalator includes a group of circularly moving circular connecting steps, panels located on both sides of the group of steps, handrails arranged along the group of steps, and handrails arranged along each row of handrails The upper belt rail and the equipment room for driving the handrail, wherein the passenger standing space above each escalator step is formed in the space profile extending above the panel; Each step side is arranged obliquely; the handrail guide device of each escalator is arranged on the branch top of the handrail railing; the upper belt rail of the handrail is formed along the upper end surface of the handrail guide device.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse cross-sectional view along E-E of the escalator shown in Fig. 1 .

Fig. 3 is a diagram of the use state of the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 .

FIG. 4 is a dimensional relationship diagram of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.

Fig. 5 is a modification diagram of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 .

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of another example of the first embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of yet another example of the first embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

8(A), 8(B), and 8(C) are perspective views of the terminal portion of the example shown in FIG. 6 .

Fig. 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional view of another example of the second embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a transverse cross-sectional view along F-F of the escalator shown in Fig. 10 .

Fig. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view of another example of the third embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a transverse cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the escalator shown in Fig. 10 along F-F.

Figure 15 is a perspective view of a side-by-side escalator.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of FIG. 15 .

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1-4 is the structural diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view along E-E of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a use state diagram, and Fig. 4 is a dimensional relationship picture. As shown in the figure, the reference numeral 1 is the equipment room, the reference numeral 2 is the step, the reference numeral 3 is the driving device, the reference numeral 4 is the side outer panel, the reference numeral 6 is the cover plate, the reference numeral 7 is the handrail railing, and the reference numeral 8 is the handrail guide device , the label 9 is a handrail, the label 10 is a cover plate, the label 11 is a panel, the label 12 is an outer panel, the label 13 is a conveying roller, the label 14 is a driving mechanism for the handrail, the label 15 is a bracket, and the label 16 is a guiding device. Reference numeral 22 is a chain, and reference numeral 26 is a driving roller.

The handrails are vertically arranged on both sides of the upper surface of the equipment room. The upper surface of the equipment room is movable, and makes the circularly connected step chain move circularly, forming the upper belt rail of the handrail along the upper surface of each handrail.

As shown in Figures 1-4, in the first embodiment, the external expansion board 5 is fixed on the outside of the outer board 4 on the side of the equipment room 1, the handrail railing 7 is arranged from the upper end of the external guard board 5, and the handrail guide device 8 Arranged on the top end of the handrail 7 , the upper rail of the handrail 9 is annularly and continuously formed along the upper end of the handrail guide 8 . Since the position of the handrail is equal in conventional escalators, the upper end portion of the handrail 7 is inclined toward the step 2 side. Since the lower end portion of the handrail 7 widens downward, a space 100 is newly formed in the shaded portion shown in FIG. 3 . Even when passengers carry luggage up or down the escalator, they will not lose their balance due to luggage obstruction. Although the area of the panel 11 is increased, the handrail is inclined or bent toward the cover panel 10 side, thereby preventing feet or luggage from being placed on the panel 11 . Since the lower end portion of the handrail 7 is almost as high as the outer panel 5, the outer panel is omitted, and children cannot enter the outer panel part mischievously. The material of handrail 7 is glass, metal or wood.

Figure 4 shows the dimensional relationships. As shown in the figure, the size relationship is: A: 1550mm, B: 1004mm, C: 1200mm, D: 175mm, according to the width D, the space 100 can expand the space 101 .

The handrail 7 is installed obliquely toward the step 2 above the panel 11 , and the handrail 7 forms a space 100 that expands the space 101 where passengers stand to the space above the panel 11 . The handrail guiding device 8 is arranged on the top of the handrail railing 7 . As shown in FIG. 5, the handrail 7 is sometimes made as a decorative transparent plate 21 on the side of the step. Even in this case, it is possible to form the handrail 7 that can expand the space 101 from the space 100 . Therefore, the decorative transparent plate 21 is also inclined toward the step side.

6-8 show other examples of the first embodiment.

In the escalator shown in FIG. 6 , the handrail 7 is bent from the upper end of the outer panel 5 . Although the shape of the handrail in the drawings is drawn as a single arc, the shape of the handrail may be a combination of arcs, or may contain straight sections. The space 100 shown shaded in FIG. 3 can be enlarged by bending the handrail 7 . In this case, the shape of the handrail 7 allows the space 101 to be enlarged to the space 100 .

In the handrail shown in FIG. 7 , the outer guards 5 extend vertically upwards, the handrail support portion 18 protrudes from the upper end side surface of each outer guard 5 , and the handrail 9 is along the edge of the handrail support 18 . formed on the upper surface. The height of the outer panel 5 can be at or below the level of the handrail guide 8 . In this case, a support 19 for supporting the balustrade bearing part 18 and the balustrade guide 8 is provided on the outer panel.

8(A), 8(B), and 8(C) are perspective views of the terminal portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 . As shown in FIG. 8(A), the outer guard 5 can be extended to the position of the cover or beyond the handrail into the equipment room and used as a kind of guardrail.

As shown in Figure 8(B), the outer guard 5 can extend to where the handrail enters the equipment room, or as shown in Figure 8(C), the outer guard 5 can match the shape of the handrail entering the equipment room .

Fig. 9 is a structural view of the second embodiment of the escalator of the present invention, and Fig. 9 is a vertical view. In this figure, the same parts as those of the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and their corresponding descriptions are omitted to avoid repetition.

As shown in Figure 9, in the second embodiment, the return track of the handrail is set on the extension line of the handrail 7 below the lower end part of the handrail 7, and the handrail driving mechanism 14 is set on the side of the side surface of the step 2 The step 2 moves in the equipment room 1, the device for driving the conveying roller 13 is arranged on the step side, and the handrail 9 and the return track of the conveying roller 13 for conveying the handrail are arranged on the side outer plate 4 side. Since the return track of the handrail 9 is located on the side of the side outer panel 4, the mutual positional relationship between the holding position of the handrail and the position of the conveying roller is not vertical, but is in such a way that the handrail driving mechanism 14 is inclined to the step side. state, that is, in a state of expanding downward. In this case, a space 102 is formed at the side of the handrail drive mechanism. Accordingly, the step 2 is widened in the horizontal direction, and a space 100 can be formed at the inner portion of the handrail. In addition, the outer panel can be made smaller than that of a conventional escalator so that children cannot mischievously enter the outer panel portion. According to this embodiment, the passenger standing space 101 can be expanded not only by the space 100 but also by the space 102, thus widening the step width.

Fig. 10 shows another example of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the escalator of Fig. 10, a curved handrail 7 is provided. Although the shape of the handrail in the drawings is drawn as a single arc, the shape of the handrail may be a combination of arcs, or may contain straight sections. The space 100 shown shaded in FIG. 3 can be enlarged by bending the handrail 7 .

Figures 11 and 12 show the structure of a third embodiment of the escalator of the present invention, and Figure 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view. In this figure, the same parts as those of the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and their corresponding descriptions are omitted to avoid repetition.

As shown in Figure 11, in the third embodiment, the upper belt rail of the steps and the step return track below the upper belt rail are located in the equipment room 1, and the handrail drive mechanism 14 and the handrail return track are also set on the upper belt rail of the steps and back down the track.

The return track of the handrail is arranged on the lower end portion of the extension line of the handrail railing 7, the handrail drive mechanism 14 is arranged on the side of the side surface of the step 2, the step 2 moves in the equipment room 1, the conveying roller 13 and the driving roller 6 Arranged on the step side, handrails and return rails of conveying rollers 13 for conveying the handrails are arranged on the side outer panel 4 side.

As shown in FIG. 12, since the return rail of the handrail is provided at a position further below the steps, unlike conventional escalators, it is not necessary to provide a space for installing the handrail drive mechanism by the side of the side surface of the steps. Therefore, the width of the steps can be increased by a certain amount. In addition, the overall width of the equipment compartment itself can also be narrowed. Therefore, the space 101 can be enlarged by increasing the width of the steps and passing through the space 100 .

Fig. 13 shows another example of the third embodiment of the escalator of the present invention, and Fig. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view.

Because the handrail driving mechanism 14 is not arranged on the side of the step 2, but is arranged on the bottom of the step, therefore, the step can be elongated in the width direction, and the step can be widened while keeping the width of the traditional equipment room constant. Therefore, the space 101 is enlarged, and the conveying capacity is also improved. In addition, since the inner panel is eliminated and the height of the outer panel 11' is reduced, the shape of the escalator is similar to that of an ordinary staircase. That is, since the distance between the handrails is increased, the direction of travel of the escalator can be easily seen at a remote location.

Figure 14 shows a third embodiment of the escalator of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 14, by arranging the handrail drive mechanism at the position shown in the figure, the height of the equipment room can be reduced to approximately equal to that of the conventional equipment room.

Figure 15 shows an embodiment of a side-by-side escalator of the present invention.

A space is provided to extend the passenger standing space above the steps of each escalator 110, 111 to a position above each panel. A common handrail railing plate 70 inclined to the step side is arranged above the panel, and the handrail guides of the escalators 110, 111 are arranged on the tops of each handrail railing, thereby forming the upper surface of the handrail along the upper surface of the handrail guide. with rails. Thus, a common handrail for both escalators is formed and the escalators are visually slimmed down.

Figure 16 shows another example of side-by-side escalators. This example is composed of the escalator shown in Fig. 7, and the handrail drive mechanism and the handrail return track are arranged side by side under the belt track on the step and the return track respectively. The two panels of the armrest are basically similar to the previous example.

According to the present invention, while keeping the overall width of the escalator equal to that of the conventional escalator, the width of the steps can be increased, and a safe escalator can be provided, which improves safety and when passengers When carrying luggage, passengers will not lose their balance due to the interference of luggage, and children will not get into the outer panel part mischievously.

Claims (9)

1. companionway, the grab rail that the annular that comprises one group of circulating motion connects step, be positioned at the panel of these both sides, rank of organizing a performance, arrange along these rank of organizing a performance, along band rail on the guardrail of every row's grab rail setting and the canyon that is used to drive guardrail, it is characterized in that:

The passenger of the step top space of standing is formed in the space profiles of extending above panel; Be provided with to panel top step side bevelled grab rail; The guardrail guidance device is arranged on the top of each grab rail; Form the upward band rail of guardrail along the upper end face of guardrail guidance device.

2. companionway according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described grab rail is made of a transparent panel that tilts to the guardrail guidance device along straight line.

3. companionway according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described grab rail is made of a transparent panel that is bent to the guardrail guidance device smoothly.

4. companionway according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described grab rail has the decoration transparent panel that is positioned at the step side.

5. companionway according to claim 1 is characterized in that: outside backplate is arranged on the outside of canyon sidepiece outside plate; And the end surface of grab rail links to each other with the upper end of described outside backplate.

6. companionway, the grab rail that the annular that comprises one group of circulating motion connects step, be positioned at the panel of these both sides, rank of organizing a performance, arrange along these rank of organizing a performance, along band rail on the guardrail of every row's grab rail setting and the canyon that is used to drive guardrail, it is characterized in that:

In described canyon, be provided with band rail on the step that is used to make the step circulating motion and be positioned at step return trajectory below the band rail, and be positioned on the step band rail and step return trajectory more the guardrail driver train and the guardrail return trajectory of below.

7. companionway according to claim 6 is characterized in that: the guardrail driver train is arranged on the sidepiece of the step side surface of equipment indoor sport; The conveying roller of guardrail and driven roller and the guardrail that is driven by these rollers are arranged on the outside plate side.

8. according to claim 6 or 7 described companionways, it is characterized in that: described grab rail tiltedly is provided with to the step inclination.

9. one group of companionway that is set up in parallel, each companionway comprises that the annular of one group of circulating motion connects step, is positioned at the panel of these both sides, rank of organizing a performance, the grab rail of arranging along these rank of organizing a performance, along band rail on the guardrail of every row's grab rail setting and the canyon that is used to drive guardrail, it is characterized in that:

The passenger of each the companionway step top space of standing is formed in the space profiles of extending above panel; Adjacent companionway each the step inclination of shared grab rail to the panel top tiltedly be provided with; The guardrail guidance device of each companionway is arranged on a branch top of grab rail; Form the upward band rail of guardrail along the upper end face of guardrail guidance device.

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