Elevator control panel, elevator, and bracket

Abstract

To provide an elevator control panel, an elevator, and a bracket in which an emergency battery is unlikely to fall off from a bracket when the emergency battery is attached or detached. [Solution] The elevator control panel comprises control components that control the elevator, a panel body that houses the control components, a rectangular emergency battery that is removably attached to the panel body and has long and short sides when viewed from the front, and a bracket for fixing the emergency battery to the panel body, the bracket comprising a first member and a second member that face a first side and a second side that face the short side direction of the emergency battery, the first member comprising a first support portion that supports a portion of the first side and an opening portion that exposes a portion of the first side, and the second member comprising a second support portion that supports a portion of the second side at a position opposite at least a portion of the opening portion in the short side direction.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present specification relates to an elevator control panel, an elevator, and a bracket. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, an emergency battery is removably attached to an elevator control panel (for example, Patent Document 1). The emergency battery is used to supply power to the elevator control panel in the event of an emergency such as a power outage, for example, to issue a notification to the outside or an alarm.

[0003] The emergency battery is attached to the elevator control panel via, for example, a bracket. When the elevator control panel is fixed inside the hoistway as in Patent Document 1, the emergency battery is attached and detached inside the hoistway, which means that the emergency battery may fall off the bracket when being attached or detached, resulting in the risk of being lost or damaged. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-050063 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Therefore, the problem is to provide an elevator control panel, an elevator, and a bracket that make it difficult for the emergency battery to fall out of the bracket when the emergency battery is attached or detached. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The elevator control panel is a control component for controlling the elevator; a panel body that houses the control components; An emergency battery that is removably attached to the panel body and has a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides when viewed from the front; a bracket for fixing the emergency battery to the panel body, The bracket includes a first member and a second member facing a first side surface and a second side surface facing a short side direction of the emergency battery, the first member includes a first support portion that supports a portion of the first side surface and an opening portion that exposes a portion of the first side surface, The second member includes a second support portion that supports a portion of the second side surface at a position facing at least a portion of the opening in the short side direction.

[0007] In addition, the elevator The elevator is equipped with the above-mentioned elevator control panel.

[0008] In addition, the bracket It is used in the elevator control panel mentioned above. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] Schematic diagram of an elevator according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a plan view of an elevator according to the embodiment; [Figure 3] FIG. 1 is a front view of an elevator control panel according to the embodiment; [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an emergency battery and a bracket according to the embodiment; [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a front view of the bracket according to the embodiment; [Figure 6] FIG. 10 is a left side view of the bracket according to the embodiment; [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a right side view of the bracket according to the embodiment. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a plan view of the bracket according to the embodiment; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] In each drawing, the dimensions of the components may be enlarged or reduced relative to the actual dimensions, for example, to facilitate understanding, and the dimensional ratios between the drawings may not be consistent. Note that in each drawing, for example, to facilitate understanding, some of the components may be omitted.

[0011] Terms including ordinal numbers such as "first" and "second" are used to describe various components, but these terms are used only to distinguish one component from another, and the components are not particularly limited by these terms. The number of components including ordinal numbers is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, one. Furthermore, the ordinal numbers used in the following specification and drawings may differ from the ordinal numbers described in the claims.

[0012] An embodiment of an elevator, elevator control panel, and bracket will be described below with reference to Figures 1 to 8. Note that the following embodiment is provided as an example to help understand the configurations of the elevator, elevator control panel, and bracket, and does not limit the configurations of the elevator, elevator control panel, and bracket.

[0013] 1 and 2, an elevator 1 may include, for example, a car 2 for people (passengers) to ride in, a car drive unit 3 for running the car 2, a car rail 1a for guiding the car 2, and a processing unit 1b for controlling each part of the elevator 1. The processing unit 1b includes an elevator control panel (hereinafter also simply referred to as "control panel") 4 arranged inside the hoistway X1.

[0014] There is no particular limitation on the drive system of the car drive unit 3. For example, as in this embodiment, the elevator 1 may be configured to include a counterweight 1c, a car rope 1d connected to the car 2 and the counterweight 1c, and a counterweight rail 1e that guides the counterweight 1c, and the car drive unit 3 may be configured to include a sheave 3a around which the car rope 1d is wound, and a drive source 3b (for example, a motor) that rotates the sheave 3a.

[0015] That is, the car drive unit 3 may be a hoist and the elevator 1 may be a rope-type drive system. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and may be configured, for example, such that the car drive unit 3 is a hydraulic device and the elevator 1 is a hydraulic drive system, or such that the car drive unit 3 is a linear motor and the elevator 1 is a linear motor-type drive system.

[0016] In addition, in this embodiment, both ends of the car rope 1d are fixed to the upper or lower part of the hoistway X1, and the car rope 1d is wound around the sheave 2a of the car 2 and the sheave 1f of the counterweight 1c, respectively, thereby connecting the car rope 1d to the car 2 and the counterweight 1c, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, a configuration may also be adopted in which a first end of the car rope 1d is connected to the car 2, and a second end of the car rope 1d is connected to the counterweight 1c.

[0017] Furthermore, the elevator 1 according to this embodiment is configured such that the hoisting machine, which is the car drive unit 3, is disposed inside the hoistway X1, but is not limited to such a configuration. For example, a machine room may be provided above the hoistway X1, and the elevator 1 may be configured such that the hoisting machine is disposed inside the machine room.

[0018] In each figure, the first direction D1 is the first horizontal direction D1, the second direction D2 is the second horizontal direction D2 which is a horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction D1, and the third direction D3 is the up-down direction D3 which is perpendicular to each of the horizontal directions D1 and D2, and is the lifting direction in which the car 2 and the counterweight 1c rise and fall.

[0019] As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the control panel 4 may include a panel body 40 that is fixed inside the elevator shaft X1, and a cover body (not shown) that is removably attached to the panel body 40.

[0020] The control panel 4 may house, for example, electrical components (not shown) inside the panel body 40. Although not particularly limited, the electrical components may be, for example, control components (for example, an inverter, a CPU, etc.) that control the running of the car 2, or may also be, for example, accessory components of the control panel 4 (for example, a fan for supplying and exhausting air to and from the panel body 40, lighting that illuminates the inside of the panel body 40, etc.).

[0021] The panel body 40 may be fixed to the hoistway X1 by being connected to the side wall X2 of the hoistway X1 or the rails 1a, 1e by, for example, a bracket (not shown). Also, the panel body 40 may be disposed between the car 2 and the side wall X2 of the hoistway X1 in the first horizontal direction D1 when viewed in the up-down direction D3, as in this embodiment. As a result, when the car 2 is located at a predetermined position (for example, a landing on the top floor), the panel body 40 faces each other in the first horizontal direction D1.

[0022] 3, the board body 40 has an opening 41a that opens to the inside in the first horizontal direction D1. For example, as in the present embodiment, the board body 40 may have a housing 41 having a front surface 41b, side surfaces 41c and 41d, a rear surface 41e, a top surface 41f, and a bottom surface 41g, and the front surface 41b of the housing 41 may have an opening 41a that opens to the inside of the housing 41 in the first horizontal direction D1.

[0023] The control panel 4 is equipped with an emergency battery 5 that is removably attached to the panel body 40. The emergency battery 5 is used to supply power to the control components of the elevator control panel 4 in order to send notifications to the outside or issue alarms in the event of an emergency such as a power outage.

[0024] The emergency battery 5 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. As shown in FIG. 3, the emergency battery 5 may be attached to the panel body 40 so that its length is in the vertical direction D3. Therefore, when viewed from the front (in this embodiment, when viewed from the first horizontal direction D1), the emergency battery 5 has a rectangular shape having a long side 5L and a short side 5W. The long side 5L is aligned with the vertical direction D3, which is the long side direction D3 of the emergency battery 5. The short side 5W is aligned with the second horizontal direction D2, which is the short side direction D2 of the emergency battery 5.

[0025] As shown in Figure 4, the emergency battery 5 has a first side 51 and a second side 52 facing the short side direction D2, a third side 53 and a fourth side 54 facing the long side direction D3, and a front side 55 and a back side 56 facing the first horizontal direction D1.

[0026] The emergency battery 5 is fixed to the panel main body 40 by a bracket 6. The bracket 6 may be configured to cover five of the six faces of the rectangular parallelepiped emergency battery 5. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8 , the bracket 6 may include a first member 61 and a second member 62 facing the first side surface 51 and the second side surface 52 of the emergency battery 5, respectively, a third member 63 and a fourth member 64 facing the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54 of the emergency battery 5, respectively, and a front member 65 facing the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5. The back surface 56 of the emergency battery 5 faces the panel main body 40 and is supported by the panel main body 40.

[0027] The first member 61 is connected to the front member 65. The first member 61 includes a first support portion 61a that supports a portion of the first side surface 51, and an opening 61b (for example, the hatched portion in FIG. 6) that exposes a portion of the first side surface 51.

[0028] The first member 61 may include a pair of first support portions 61a, 61a. The first support portion 61a has a long plate shape extending in the first horizontal direction D1 from the front member 65. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the length of the first support portion 61a in the first horizontal direction D1 is approximately the same as the length of the first side surface 51 of the emergency battery 5 in the first horizontal direction D1. The pair of first support portions 61a, 61a are provided apart from each other in the long side direction D3, and the gap between the pair of first support portions 61a, 61a forms an opening 61b.

[0029] The first member 61 may have protrusions 61c extending from the tip of the first support portion 61a, i.e., the end of the first support portion 61a adjacent to the back surface 56 of the emergency battery 5, in a direction away from the emergency battery 5. The protrusions 61c are provided at the tip of each of the pair of first support portions 61a, 61a, and the protrusions 61c are arranged on both sides of the long side direction D3 of the open portion 61b.

[0030] 5, the protruding portion 61c may have a potbellied hole 61d through which a bolt (not shown) is inserted. The potbellied hole 61d has a first through hole having a diameter larger than the head of the bolt, and a second through hole extending upward from the first through hole and having a width approximately the same as the diameter of the shank of the bolt. The protruding portion 61c is fixed to the panel body 40 by the bolt inserted into the potbellied hole 61d.

[0031] 5 and 6, the length of the first member 61 in the vertical direction D3 may be shorter than the length of the first side surface 51 of the emergency battery 5 in the vertical direction D3. This leaves a portion of the first side surface 51 exposed, improving the heat dissipation properties of the emergency battery 5.

[0032] The second member 62 is connected to the front member 65. The second member 62 extends from the front member 65 in the first horizontal direction D1. The second member 62 has a second support portion 62a (the hatched portion in FIG. 7) that supports a portion of the second side surface 52, at a position facing at least a portion of the opening 61b of the first member 61 in the short side direction D2. As a result, when attaching or detaching the emergency battery 5, the first side surface 51 of the emergency battery 5 exposed by the opening 61b and the second support portion 62a of the bracket 6 can be pinched with the hands in the second horizontal direction D2, allowing the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6 to be grasped simultaneously, making it less likely that the emergency battery 5 will fall out of the bracket 6.

[0033] As in this embodiment, the opening 61b and the second support portion 62a may face the side of the first side surface 51 or the second side surface 52 that is closer to the front surface 55 in the first horizontal direction D1. This makes it easier to grasp the first side surface 51 and the second support portion 62a of the emergency battery 5 exposed by the opening 61b from the front side.

[0034] 6 and 7, the length of the second member 62 in the first horizontal direction D1 may be shorter than the length of the second side surface 52 of the emergency battery 5 in the first horizontal direction D1. This leaves a portion of the second side surface 52 exposed, improving the heat dissipation properties of the emergency battery 5.

[0035] The third member 63 and the fourth member 64 are connected to the second member 62. The third member 63 and the fourth member 64 extend from the second member 62 in the second horizontal direction D2. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the lengths of the third member 63 and the fourth member 64 in the second horizontal direction D2 may be shorter than the lengths of the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54 of the emergency battery 5 in the second horizontal direction D2. Also, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lengths of the third member 63 and the fourth member 64 in the first horizontal direction D1 may be shorter than the lengths of the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54 of the emergency battery 5 in the first horizontal direction D1. In other words, the areas of the third member 63 and the fourth member 64 may be smaller than the areas of the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54. As a result, portions of the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54 are exposed, improving the heat dissipation properties of the emergency battery 5.

[0036] The front member 65 is connected to the first member 61 and the second member 62. The length of the second member 62 in the first horizontal direction D1 is shorter than the length of the first member 61 in the first horizontal direction D1. Therefore, the first member 61, the front member 65, and the second member 62 are generally J-shaped when viewed in the up-down direction D3, as shown in Fig. 8. As a result, only the protrusion 61c of the first member 61 of the bracket 6 is fixed to the panel main body 40, and therefore the emergency battery 5 is not pressed strongly against the panel main body 40 by the bracket 6.

[0037] 5 to 7, the length in the up-down direction D3 of the front member 65 may be shorter than the length in the up-down direction D3 of the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5. This leaves part of the front surface 55 exposed, improving the heat dissipation properties of the emergency battery 5.

[0038] The first member 61, the second member 62, the third member 63, the fourth member 64, and the front member 65 are plate materials with a thickness of about 1 mm. The bracket 6 is formed as a single piece by bending, for example, a steel plate with a thickness of about 1 mm.

[0039] [1] As described above, the elevator control panel 4, as in this embodiment, a control component for controlling the elevator 1; a panel body 40 that houses the control components; An emergency battery 5 that is removably attached to the panel body 40 and has a rectangular shape having a long side 5L and a short side 5W when viewed from the front, A bracket 6 for fixing the emergency battery 5 to the panel body 40, The bracket 6 includes a first member 61 and a second member 62 facing a first side surface 51 and a second side surface 52, respectively, which face the short side direction D2 of the emergency battery 5, The first member 61 includes a first support portion 61a that supports a portion of the first side surface 51 and an opening portion 61b that exposes a portion of the first side surface 51, The second member 62 includes a second support portion 62a that supports a portion of the second side surface 52 at a position facing at least a portion of the open portion 61b in the short side direction D2. This configuration is preferred.

[0040] According to this configuration, when attaching or detaching the emergency battery 5, the first side surface 51 of the emergency battery 5 exposed by the opening portion 61b and the second support portion 62a of the bracket 6 can be pinched with the hands in the second horizontal direction D2, thereby allowing the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6 to be grasped simultaneously, making it less likely that the emergency battery 5 will fall out of the bracket 6.

[0041] [2] In addition, in the elevator control panel 4, as in this embodiment, The bracket 6 includes a front member 65 connected to the first member 61 and the second member 62 and facing the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5; A third member 63 and a fourth member 64 are provided facing the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54, respectively, which face the long side direction D3 of the emergency battery 5, The back surface 56 of the emergency battery 5 is supported by the panel body 40. This configuration is preferred.

[0042] With this configuration, five of the six faces of the emergency battery 5 are covered by the bracket 6, and one face is supported by the panel body 40, so the emergency battery 5 can be securely attached to the panel body 40 by the bracket 6. Also, because five of the six faces of the emergency battery 5 are covered by the bracket 6, the emergency battery 5 is less likely to fall out of the bracket 6 when it is removed.

[0043] [3] In addition, in the elevator control panel 4, as in this embodiment, The first member 61 includes a protrusion 61c extending from an end of the first support portion 61a adjacent to the rear surface 56 of the emergency battery 5 in a direction away from the emergency battery 5, The protrusions 61c are arranged on both sides of the opening 61b in the long side direction D3 and are fixed to the board body 40. This configuration is preferable.

[0044] With this configuration, it is easy to position the protruding portion 61c of the bracket 6 relative to the panel body 40 while simultaneously grasping the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6.

[0045] [4] In addition, in the elevator control panel 4, as in this embodiment, The opening 61b and the second support portion 62a face the first side surface 51 and the second side surface 52, respectively, on the side closer to the front surface 55. This configuration is preferable.

[0046] With this configuration, it is easy to grasp the first side surface 51 of the emergency battery 5 exposed by the opening 61b and the second support portion 62a from the front side.

[0047] [5] In addition, the elevator 1, as in this embodiment, The elevator control panel 4 is any one of the above [1] to [4]. This configuration is preferable.

[0048] With this configuration, the emergency battery 5 is less likely to fall off the bracket 6 when the emergency battery 5 is attached or detached.

[0049] [6] Moreover, the bracket 6 is used in any one of the elevator control panels 4 described above [1] to [4].

[0050] With this configuration, the emergency battery 5 is less likely to fall off the bracket 6 when the emergency battery 5 is attached or detached.

[0051] The elevator control panel 4, elevator 1, and bracket 6 are not limited to the configurations of the above-described embodiment, and are not limited to the above-described effects. Furthermore, various modifications can be made to the elevator control panel 4, elevator 1, and bracket 6 without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, it is possible to arbitrarily select one or more of the configurations, methods, etc. of the various modified examples described below and adopt them in the configurations, methods, etc. of the above-described embodiment.

[0052] (A) In the elevator control panel 4 according to the above embodiment, the bracket 6 is connected to the first member 61 and the second member 62 and includes a front member 65 facing the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5, and a third member 63 and a fourth member 64 facing the third side surface 53 and the fourth side surface 54, respectively, that face the long side direction D3 of the emergency battery 5, and the back surface 56 of the emergency battery 5 is supported by the panel main body 40. However, the elevator control panel 4 is not limited to this configuration. For example, the bracket 6 may be configured to cover only four of the six sides of the emergency battery 5. Specifically, the bracket 6 may be configured to cover the first side surface 51, the second side surface 52, the fourth side surface 54, and the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5, but not the third side surface 53.

[0053] (B) In the elevator control panel 4 according to the above embodiment, the first member 61 includes a protrusion 61c extending from an end of the first support portion 61a adjacent to the back surface 56 of the emergency battery 5 in a direction away from the emergency battery 5. The protrusions 61c are arranged on both sides of the long side direction D3 of the opening 61b and fixed to the panel main body 40. However, the elevator control panel 4 is not limited to this configuration. For example, the two protrusions 61c may be arranged on one side of the long side direction D3 of the opening 61b and fixed to the panel main body 40. This configuration makes it easy to hold the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6 with one hand while fastening the two protrusions 61c to the panel main body 40 with bolts or the like with the other hand.

[0054] (C) In the elevator control panel 4 according to the above embodiment, the opening 61b and the second support portion 62a are configured to face the sides of the first side surface 51 and the second side surface 52 that are closer to the front surface 55. However, the elevator control panel 4 is not limited to this configuration. For example, the opening 61b and the second support portion 62a may be configured to face the sides of the first side surface 51 and the second side surface 52 that are farther from the front surface 55. With this configuration, when grasping the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6 with the hand, the front surface 55 of the emergency battery 5 or the front member 65 of the bracket 6 is likely to come into contact with the palm. Therefore, even if the emergency battery 5 is heavy, the emergency battery 5 and the bracket 6 can be grasped stably.

[0055] (D) In ​​the elevator control panel 4 according to the above embodiment, the emergency battery 5 is attached to the panel body 40 so that it is elongated in the vertical direction D3. However, the elevator control panel 4 is not limited to this configuration. For example, the emergency battery 5 may be attached to the panel body 40 so that it is elongated in the second horizontal direction D2. In this case, the second horizontal direction D2 is the long side direction of the emergency battery 5, and the vertical direction D3 is the short side direction of the emergency battery 5. [Explanation of symbols]

[0056] 1...Elevator, 1a...Cage rail, 1b...Processing section, 1c...Balance weight, 1d...Cage rope, 1e...Sinker rail, 1f...Sheave, 2...Cage, 2a...Sheave, 3...Cage drive section, 3a...Sheave, 3b...Drive source, 4...Elevator control panel, 5...Emergency battery, 5L...Long side, 5W...Short side, 6...Bracket, 40...Panel body, 41...Housing, 41a...Opening, 41b...Front part, 41c...Side part, 41d...Side part, 41e...Rear part, 41f...upper surface portion, 41g...lower surface portion, 51...first side surface, 52...second side surface, 53...third side surface, 54...fourth side surface, 55...front surface, 56...rear surface, 61...first member, 61a...first support portion, 61b...opening portion, 61c...protrusion portion, 61d...potama hole, 62...second member, 62a...second support portion, 63...third member, 64...fourth member, 65...front member, D1...first horizontal direction, D2...second horizontal direction, D3...vertical direction, X1...hoistway, X2...side wall

Claims

1. a control component for controlling the elevator; a panel body that houses the control components; An emergency battery that is removably attached to the panel body and has a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides when viewed from the front; a bracket for fixing the emergency battery to the panel body, The bracket includes a first member and a second member facing a first side surface and a second side surface facing a short side direction of the emergency battery, respectively, the first member includes a first support portion that supports a portion of the first side surface and an opening portion that exposes a portion of the first side surface, An elevator control panel, wherein the second member has a second support portion that supports a portion of the second side surface at a position opposite at least a portion of the open portion in the short side direction.

2. The bracket includes a front member connected to the first member and the second member and facing a front surface of the emergency battery; A third member and a fourth member respectively facing a third side surface and a fourth side surface facing the long side direction of the emergency battery, The elevator control panel according to claim 1 , wherein a back surface of the emergency battery is supported by the panel body.

3. The first member includes a protrusion extending from an end of the first support portion adjacent to a rear surface of the emergency battery in a direction away from the emergency battery, The elevator control panel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protrusions are arranged on both sides of the long side of the opening and fixed to the panel body.

4. The elevator control panel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the opening and the second support portion face one of the first side surface and the second side surface, respectively, which is closer to the front.

5. An elevator comprising the elevator control panel according to claim 1 or 2.

6. A bracket used in the elevator control panel according to claim 1 or 2.

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