Indicating apparatus for passenger conveyor, indicating body used therefor and method of assembling the apparatus
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsChuichi Saito, Masamitsu Hanano, Hideo Kuwajima
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Abstract
Indicating apparatus for passenger conveyor includes an indicating body arranged near a platform of the conveyor and outside a balustrade panel. The indicating body is located and secured at a position where the upper edge thereof is downwardly apart from a frame which is mounted on the upper edge of the balustrade panel for supporting a moving handrail.
Claims18
An indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor including a platform, a moving handrail, a frame for supporting the moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper end and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel to define a gap between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- a supporting for supporting said indicating body, said support being structurally separate from said frame at the upper end of said indicating body, said indicating body support being secured to said balustrade panel and spaced downwardly from said frame, thus creating a free space between the indicating body and the frame.
An indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor including a platform, a moving handrail, a frame for supporting the moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper end and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body including an upstanding indicating panel disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel with a gap defined between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- a protecting body for covering an upper end of the indicating panel, said protected body being secured to said balustrade panel in a position downwardly spaced from said frame.
An indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor including a platform, a moving handrail, a frame for supporting the moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel with a gap defined between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- a support for supporting said indicating body, said support being structurally separate from said frame at the upper end of said indicating body and downwardly spaced from the frame, thus creating a free space between the indicated body and the frame;
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- a caution body secured to said balustrade panel at a position downwardly spaced from said frame.
An indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor including a platform, a moving handrail, a frame for supporting the moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper end and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel to define a gap between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- an upper support and a lower support for supporting the upper end and a lower portion of the indicating body, respectively, said upper support being structurally separate from said frame and secured to the balustrade panel in a position downwardly spaced from said frame.
An indicating body for use with an indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor having a platform, a moving handrail, a frame for supporting the moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper end and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel to define a gap between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- a support for supporting the upper end of the indicating body, said support being structurally separate from the frame and being secured to said balustrade panel at a position downwardly spaced from said frame, wherein said indicating body comprises a reflecting portion.
An indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor including a platform, a moving handrail, an upstanding balustrade panel having an upper end and a lower portion, the upper end supporting the frame, a deck cover covering the lower portion of the balustrade panel, and an upstanding indicating body disposed near the platform and outside the balustrade panel to define a gap between the indicating body and the balustrade panel, the indicating body having an upper end located below the frame, comprising:
- a support for supporting the upper end of the indicating body, said support being structurally separate from the frame and being secured to said balustrade panel at a position downwardly spaced from said frame;
- an illuminating lamp extending in a relatively longitudinal direction of said balustrade near said platform and outside the balustrade panel and secured to said balustrade panel in a region where said moving handrail runs in a substantially horizontal direction, said illuminating lamp being disposed at a position downwardly spaced from said frame;
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- wherein said indicating body is illuminated by said illuminated lamp.
A method of assembling an indicating apparatus for a passenger conveyor, said conveyor having a balustrade panel supporting along an upper portion thereof a moving handrail with a frame disposed therebetween and being covered by a deck cover along a lower portion of the same, comprising the steps of:
- securing an upper holder to an outside surface of said balustrade panel at a position downwardly apart from said frame, and a lower holder to said deck cover, and then
- fitting said indicating body between said upper holder and said lower holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.