Endless handrail manufacturing method, endless handrail and escalator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10124992-B2
Application number	US-201515128688-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

An endless handrail manufacturing method includes: a first step of cutting the dorsal part on one end side and the dorsal part on the other end side of a belt-like molded product to expose a tension member from the end portions; a second step of heating the product on the one end side, then removing the softened resin member, and then exposing a canvas from the end portion; a third step of heating the product with a heating jig to dent the abdominal part; a fourth step of applying an adhesive to the terminal on the one end side or the terminal on the other end side of the product, then fitting the former terminal to the latter terminal of the product; and a fifth step of supplementing a resin to the fitting portion, then hot pressing the fitting portion to fusion-bond the terminals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An endless handrail manufacturing method comprising:
a first step of cutting the dorsal part on one end side and the dorsal part on the other end side of a belt-like molded product to expose a tension member on the one end side and a tension member on the other end side from the respective end portions;
a second step of heating the belt-like molded product after the first step on the one end side, then removing the resin member softened by the heating on the one end side over a defined width from the end face, and then exposing a canvas from the end portion on the one end side of the belt-like molded product;
a third step of heating the belt-like molded product after the first step on the other end side with a heating jig attached to the abdominal part to dent the abdominal part on the other end side of the belt-like molded product lower than the surrounding area;
a fourth step of applying an adhesive to the terminal on the one end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the second step or the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the third step, then fitting the terminal on the one end side to the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product; and
a fifth step of supplementing a resin to the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step, then hot pressing the fitting portion supplemented with the resin to fusion-bond the terminal on the one end side to the terminal on the other end side.

2. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising a sixth step of forming a first engagement part in the tension member on the one end side of the belt-like molded product exposed through the first step and forming a second engagement part in the tension member on the other end side that is to be fitted to the first engagement part.

3. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising a seventh step of temporarily fixing the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step with a metallic needle.

4. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 2 , further comprising a seventh step of temporarily fixing the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step with a metallic needle.

5. An endless handrail comprising:
a thermoplastic resin member in which a first curved portion and a second curved portion are formed opposing to each other with a flat portion in between and a seam is fusion-bonded on one side of a canvas lap part having a width;
a canvas bonded to the inner side of the thermoplastic resin member and covering the flat portion, the first curved portion and the second curved portion; and
a tension member including an engagement part formed at both ends and buried in the flat portion of the thermoplastic resin member,
wherein both ends of the canvas are lapped with each other at the canvas lap part, and
wherein at the canvas lap part, a portion of the canvas facing a lap side canvas is dented to form a canvas dent having a thickness of a canvas and an adhesive.

6. The endless handrail according to claim 5 ,
wherein the butt part of the engagement parts is provided on the anti-canvas lap part side with respect to the upper side end of the canvas.

7. An escalator comprising:
a driving machine placed in a machine room;
steps concatenated in an endless manner and moving up and down with rotational movement of the driving machine; and
the endless handrail according to claim 5 that rotates along with the steps moving up and down.

8. An escalator comprising:
a driving machine placed in a machine room;
steps concatenated in an endless manner and moving up and down with rotational movement of the driving machine; and
the endless handrail according to claim 6 that rotates along with the steps moving up and down.

9. An endless handrail manufacturing method comprising:
a first step of cutting a belt-like molded product on one end side and the other end side to a required length;
a second step of exposing a tension member of the one end side and a tension member on the other end side from the end portion;
a third step of cutting the tension members on the one end side and the other end side of the belt-like molded product exposed through the second step into a step-like shape to form an engagement part;
a fourth step of exposing a canvas from the end portion of the one end side of the belt-like molded product after the third step;
a fifth step of denting the abdominal part on the other end side of the belt-like molded product after the third step lower than the surrounding area;
a sixth step of fitting and bonding the terminal on the one end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step to the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fifth step; and
a seventh step of fusion-bonding the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product formed through the sixth step.

10. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the second step of exposing the tension members on the one end side and the other end side of the belt-like molded product is to expose the tension member by cutting the dorsal part on the one end side and the other end side of the belt-like molded product.

11. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the fourth step of exposing the canvas from the end portion of the one end side of the belt-like molded product is to expose the canvas from the end portion of the one end side of the belt-like molded product by heating the belt-like molded product after the third step on the one end side and removing the resin member softened by the heating on the one end side over a defined width from the end face, or by removing the resin member on the one end side over a defined width from the end face by cutting.

12. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the fifth step of denting the abdominal part on the other end side of the belt-like molded product lower than the surrounding area is to dent the abdominal part on the other end side of the belt-like molded product lower than the surrounding area by heating the belt-like molded product after the third step on the other end side with a heating jig attached to the abdominal part.

13. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the sixth step of fitting and bonding the terminal on the one end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step to the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fifth step is to apply an adhesive to the terminal on the one end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fourth step or the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product formed through the fifth step, then fit the terminal on the one end side to the terminal on the other end side of the belt-like molded product.

14. The endless handrail manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein the seventh step of fusion-bonding the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product is to fusion-bond the terminal on the one end side to the terminal on the other end side by supplementing a resin to the fitting portion of the belt-like molded product formed through the sixth step, then hot pressing the fitting portion supplemented with the resin.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Takeyama Hidetoshi
• Yoshida Atsuhiko
• Murata Fumiya

Classifications

• B29D29/00

  Producing belts or bands · CPC title

• B29L2029/00

  Belts or bands {(conveyor belts B29L2031/7092; drive belts B29L2031/7094; fourdrinier belts B29L2031/733)} · CPC title

• B66B23/24 Primary

  Handrails (driving gear therefor B66B23/02; tensioning means therefor B66B23/16; preventing jamming thereof by foreign objects B66B29/04; accessories therefor B66B31/02) · CPC title

• B29C65/72

  by combined operations {or combined techniques}, e.g. welding and stitching · CPC title

• B29C65/70

  by moulding (using a particular moulding technique, see the relevant technique {, e.g. by injection B29C45/14467}) · CPC title