JP4882282B2 - Escalator safety device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in a safety device for an escalator.

  In the conventional escalator shown in FIG. 3, there are frequent accidents in which passenger shoes, clothes, and the like are caught between the step 1 and the skirt panel 2 during driving. In particular, when the passenger inadvertently presses the shoe 3 against the skirt panel 2 in the inclined movement region in the case of ascending operation, the skirt panel 2 is stationary as shown in FIG. The shoe 3 is pulled into the slight gap G between the step 1 and the skirt panel 2 due to the friction.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, a safety measure has been proposed in which an infinite number of rotating bodies 4 are rotatably provided on the skirt panel 2 so that a part of the surface protrudes toward the step 1 side.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No.57-191776

  In such a device, since a part of the rotator 4 protrudes, it is necessary to make a gap between the step 1 and the skirt panel 2 wider than in the past. There was a problem that had to be arranged innumerably.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a safety device that does not protrude from the skirt panel.

In the escalator in which a step board on which a passenger rides moves in an inclined state facing a skirt panel, the skirt panel is rotatably provided with a disk so as not to protrude toward the step board, and the center axis of the disk is The axial direction is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the footboard and parallel to the upper surface of the footboard.

  The gap between the step and the skirt panel is the same as in the past, and because the members that guide the passenger's feet etc. very appropriately are arranged on the skirt panel according to the standing position of the passenger, Passengers can be kept safe. Further, the number of parts does not increase so much as in the conventional apparatus.

  A disc is provided on the skirt panel facing the tread so that the disc can be pivoted so as not to protrude.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of a main part of a safety device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

 In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 denote the same ones, but 10 is a disk according to the present invention that is rotatably provided flush with an opening provided in the skirt panel 2, A plurality of escalators are arranged over the inclined region. The rotation center of the disk 10 is arranged in the vicinity of the tread plate of the step 1.

  Here, when a passenger's shoes etc. touch this disk 10, the disk 10 rotates according to a passenger | crew's movement so that friction may not be caused irrespective of the driving directions of an escalator. As a result, basically, the gap between the step 1 and the skirt panel 2 is not sandwiched. As an example, in the case of ascending driving, if the passenger is positioned in front of the step 1, the disk 10 rotates counterclockwise, and if it is positioned rearward from the center of the step 1, the passenger rotates the clockwise force. It is given to the disk 10, and unnecessary friction does not occur, and functions so as to guide passenger's shoes and the like upward from the treads and not get caught in the gap. In addition, even if it is caught, the disk 10 rotates easily, so it is very easy to remove shoes and the like.

  In the above description, the disk 10 is simply provided on the skirt panel so as to be freely rotatable. If the disk moves in the direction of the balustrade, the switch can be activated to stop the escalator.

  The present invention can be applied not only to escalators but also to structures and configurations in which a moving body moves against a fixed object with a gap.

It is a principal part whole view of the safety device which concerns on this invention. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is a whole side view of the conventional escalator. It is explanatory drawing explaining the conventional problem. It is a figure which shows the conventional safety device.

Explanation of symbols

1 step 2 skirt panel 10
3 shoes 4 rotating body 10 disc

Claims (2)

In an escalator step board ride of a passenger is moved in an inclined state facing the skirt panel, the skirt panels disposed rotatably a disk so as not to protrude the tread plate side, the axial direction of the central axis of the disc is treadle An escalator safety device characterized by being perpendicular to the traveling direction and parallel to the upper surface of the tread . The escalator safety device according to claim 1, wherein a central axis of the disk is disposed in the vicinity of the tread.

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