JP4035126B2 - Man conveyor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a man conveyor such as an escalator and a moving sidewalk, and more particularly to a man conveyor which is provided with a rotating body that rotates in synchronization with a moving handrail at the end of a see-through balustrade to improve design.

  As a mechanism for driving a handrail of a conventional escalator, there is JP-A-11-240684.

  This handrail drive mechanism is disposed in the oblique section of the truss provided on the upper floor side and the lower floor side, and a moving handrail is inserted between the plurality of handrail drive wheels and the plurality of driven wheels. The wheel is adjusted by a compression coil spring or the like so that the moving handrail comes into pressure contact with a desired pressure.

The moving handrail was moved in a predetermined direction by a desired frictional force with each wheel.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-240684

  In order to obtain a visual effect on the customer, for example, a design such as a rotating body was installed outside the balustrade.

  In order to make such a configuration, the conventional technology as described above requires a space for attaching the rotating body and its driving mechanism to the end of the balustrade, so that the balustrade becomes larger and the structure becomes complicated, There was a problem of high cost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, a small object thereof, in man conveyor provided with a rotating member that rotates in synchronization with the moving handrail like the end of the see-through balustrade, a balustrade And simplifying the structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the man conveyor according to the present invention is supported by a see-through balustrade that is erected in parallel with the moving direction on both sides of a moving step row or step plate row, and is slidably supported on the balustrade. A moving handrail that runs in synchronization with the step row or the tread row, a man conveyor including a deck board that guides the moving handrail and is attached to the balustrade periphery, a support member attached to the deck board, and the support An outer surface side glass panel attached to the deck board on the outside of the member, and the support member is pivotally supported by the balustrade new portion of the balustrade end portion so as to be rotatable , and the circumferential surface is formed flat, a rotating body rotated by the moving handrail, formed inside the rotary body, and the inner side glass panels to be attached to the deck board, placed inside the deck board Is a roller rotated by the moving handrail, contact with the roller, provided with a driving roller that rotates the roller in the opposite direction, the circumferential surface of the rotating body, the deck board ends in the balustrade A plurality of the driving rollers are arranged at a predetermined angular interval around the center position of the rotating body .

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the rotating body is rotated by following the moving handrail, the balustrade can be reduced in size, the structure can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of an escalator according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a balustrade of the escalator in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an inner surface side of an end portion of the balustrade of the escalator in FIG. 4 is a view of FIG. 3 as viewed from the inside, FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a truss that spans between upper and lower floors. Inside the truss 1 is provided a step train formed by connecting a number of steps (not shown) in an endless manner, and circulates between floors. The balustrades 2 are erected in parallel to the movement direction on both sides of the step line in the movement direction.

  An endless moving handrail 3 is slidably supported on each balustrade 2 and travels in the same direction in synchronization with the step train by a handrail driving device 4. That is, although not shown, a handrail drive sprocket is attached to a drive shaft that drives the step train, and each roller 4a of the handrail drive device 4 is rotationally driven via a handrail drive chain wound around this. It is like that. Therefore, the moving handrail 3 travels in the same direction in synchronization with the movement of the step train.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the moving handrail 3 is supported by the deck board 5 on the upper part of the balustrade 2, and between the moving handrail 3 and the deck board 5 in order to reduce friction during traveling and to reduce running resistance. A plurality of running resistance reduction rollers 6 are provided. The roller 6 is rotatably supported on the deck board 5 so that the outer peripheral surface is in contact with the back surface of the moving handrail 3, and rotates in the same direction following the moving handrail 3.

  A wheel-like rotating body 7 is provided inside the moving handrail new portion at the end of each balustrade 2. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the rotating body 7 is pivotally supported around a center point by a support shaft 8 a of a support member 8 fixed to the deck board 5. The rotating body 7 is made of aluminum, resin, or the like, and has a plurality of through holes 9 and 10 formed at equal angular intervals around the center point. Also, counterbore 11 and 12 are provided around the through holes 9 and 10 on both surfaces of the rotating body 7. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the weight.

  A driving roller 13 is provided between the rotating body 7 and a part of the running resistance reducing roller 6. The driving roller 13 is rotatably supported by the deck board 5, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the outer peripheral surface is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the running resistance reducing roller 6 and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 7. . A member having a high friction coefficient such as urethane rubber is attached to the outer peripheral surfaces of the running resistance reducing roller 6 and the driving roller 13 to prevent slippage with the rotating body 7.

  The driving roller 13 rotates in the reverse direction following the running resistance reduction roller 6, and rotates the rotating body 7 in the same direction as the running resistance reduction roller 6. By doing in this way, the traveling direction of the moving handrail 3 and the rotating direction of the rotating body are the same direction. The driving roller 13 is provided only for a part of the running resistance reduction rollers 6 at a predetermined angular interval around the center point of the rotating body 7, thereby rotating the rotating body 7 stably. Can be driven.

  The rotating body 7 is disposed outside the glass panel 14 on the inner surface side of the balustrade 2 and directly below the moving handrail 3. The inner surface side glass panel 14 is transparent and can see through the rotating body 7, and prevents a passenger's fingers on the steps from coming into contact with the rotating body 7. That is, since the rotating body 7 is rotating, there is a possibility that the rotating body 7 may be caught between the rotating body 7 and the deck board 5 when touched by a passenger's hand.

  A transparent outer glass panel 15 is provided outside the rotating body 7 so that the passenger can see the rotating body 7 from the outside and cannot touch the rotating body 7. The rotator 7 and the support member 8 are visible to the passenger and are intended to improve the design of the escalator. The surface of the rotator 7 and the support member 8 can be changed in accordance with the atmosphere of the installation place. If these are made of aluminum, blasting can be performed in addition to coating. Therefore, the escalator excellent in design property can be provided.

  In this escalator, since the rotating body 7 is rotated following the moving handrail 3, the mounting space for the driving mechanism of the rotating body 7 can be reduced, and the balustrade 2 can be reduced in size and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. can do. In the present embodiment, the number of parts and the manufacturing cost can be further reduced by using the roller 6 that reduces the running resistance of the moving handrail 3.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. In the following embodiments, the same reference numerals are used for the same or similar parts as those in the first embodiment, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

  In the present embodiment, a driven roller 16 is provided between the driving roller 13 and the rotating body 7. The driven roller 16 is rotatably supported on the deck board 5, and the outer peripheral surface is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the driving roller 13 and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 7. When the moving handrail 3 travels, it is driven by the driving roller 13 to rotate in the same direction as the moving handrail 3 and rotationally drives the rotating body 7 in the opposite direction to the moving handrail 3. Thus, the rotation body 7 rotates in the direction opposite to the moving handrail 3, so that it is possible to give the passenger a different interest than usual.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 9 is a side view of the rotating body according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, the rotating body 7 has a plurality of trapezoidal through-holes 17 formed at equal angular intervals around the center point. In this case, since the area of the part except the through-hole 17 in the rotary body 7 can be made small, further weight reduction can be achieved.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 10 is a side view of a rotating body according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  When viewed from the outside, escalators and moving walkways can be difficult to determine in which direction they are traveling. In the present embodiment, the index 18 indicating the rotation direction of the rotating body 7 is formed by painting, pasting, cutting, pressing, or the like. In this way, the user can easily determine the traveling direction.

  In addition, although the said embodiment demonstrated the case where this invention was applied to an escalator, it can also be applied to another man conveyor.

  Moreover, you may arrange | position a rotary body not to the balustrade edge part where a user gets on and off, but to the railing in the middle until a user gets on and off a staircase. That is, the position where the rotating body is installed may be any location that gives a visual effect to the user, regardless of the inside, outside, or front and back of the balustrade.

The side view of the escalator which is the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the balustrade of the escalator of FIG. The enlarged view of the inner surface side of the edge part of the balustrade of the escalator of FIG. The figure which looked at FIG. 3 from the outside. The principal part enlarged view of FIG. AA line sectional view of Drawing 5. The principal part expanded sectional view of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. BB sectional drawing of FIG. The side view of the rotary body of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The side view of the rotary body of the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Parapet 3 Moving handrail 7 Rotating body

Claims (2)

A see-through balustrade erected on both sides of the moving step row or the tread row, and a movable handrail that is slidably supported on the balustrade and runs in synchronization with the step row or the tread row , A man conveyor provided with a deck board that guides this moving handrail and is attached to the periphery of the balustrade,
A support member attached to the deck board;
An outer glass panel attached to the deck board outside the support member;
A rotating body the by the support member is rotatably supported on the balustrade with handrail renovating part of the balustrade end, and the circumferential surface is formed flat, rotated by the moving handrail,
An inner surface side glass panel that is formed inside the rotating body and is attached to the deck board;
A roller that is arranged inside the deck board and rotates following the moving handrail ;
A driving roller that contacts the roller and rotates in the opposite direction to the roller ;
The circumferential surface of the rotating body abuts on the driving roller in the vicinity of the end of the deck board in the balustrade, and a plurality of the driving rollers are arranged at predetermined angular intervals around the center position of the rotating body. Man conveyor.   2. The man conveyor according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is made of aluminum.

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