CN215558261U

CN215558261U - Comb plate for conveying system, associated device and conveying system

Info

Publication number: CN215558261U
Application number: CN202120821711.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄绍栋
Original assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Current assignee: Otis Elevator Co
Priority date: 2021-04-21
Filing date: 2021-04-21
Publication date: 2022-01-18
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-21

Abstract

The utility model relates to a comb plate for a conveying system, an associated device and a conveying system. The comb plate is provided at an inlet and/or an outlet of the conveyor system and comprises a body and a plurality of comb teeth, wherein each comb tooth has a tooth portion and a connecting portion, the tooth portion is connected with the body through the connecting portion, and the tooth portion is engaged with a corresponding tooth groove on an associated device arranged adjacent to the comb plate in the conveyor system, wherein respective tooth portions of at least two comb teeth have different heights in a direction perpendicular to a top plane of the body to form a height difference. The utility model can effectively improve the anti-skid performance of the transportation system and is suitable for various indoor and outdoor working environments.

Description

Comb plate for conveying system, associated device and conveying system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of electromechanical equipment, in particular to a comb plate for a conveying system, an associated device and the conveying system.

Background

At present, various transportation systems such as escalator, moving sidewalk and the like are widely applied in various places, and can bring great convenience for work, production, traveling and the like of people. However, these transportation systems still have some areas that can be improved.

For example, when a user uses the moving sidewalk to assist transportation, the moving sidewalk should provide better anti-skid performance so as to avoid or eliminate the occurrence of unexpected personal injury accidents such as user falling, injury bleeding and the like due to poor anti-skid level of products and possible equipment damage caused by the accidents. Particularly, if the moving sidewalk is used outdoors, it is difficult to avoid adverse effects of natural environments such as rain, snow, moisture, dust, and sundries on the moving sidewalk, which may reduce the anti-skid performance of the moving sidewalk, thereby increasing the risk of slipping and the like when a user carries the moving sidewalk.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Accordingly, the present invention provides a comb plate for a conveyor system, an associated device and a conveyor system that solves or at least alleviates one or more of the above mentioned problems and other problems of the prior art.

First, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a comb plate for a conveyor system, the comb plate being provided at an inlet and/or an outlet of the conveyor system and comprising:

a body; and

a plurality of comb teeth, wherein each comb tooth has a tooth portion and a connecting portion, the tooth portion is connected with the body through the connecting portion, and the tooth portion is engaged with a corresponding tooth slot on an associated device arranged adjacent to the comb tooth plate in the conveying system, wherein the respective tooth portions of at least two comb teeth have different heights in a direction perpendicular to a top plane of the body to form a height difference.

In the comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention, optionally, the plurality of comb teeth includes:

one or more first sets of comb teeth comprising at least two comb teeth, the teeth of each of which form at least a first height difference in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body; and

one or more second sets of comb teeth comprising at least two comb teeth, each having a tooth forming at least a second height difference in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body, the second height difference being the same as or different from the first height difference.

In the comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention, optionally, the first set of comb teeth and the second set of comb teeth are arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other.

In the comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention, optionally, the height ranges of the respective teeth of the at least two comb teeth in the direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body are 9.8-10.2mm and 9.1-9.3mm, respectively.

In the comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention, optionally, the body and the plurality of comb teeth are integrally formed, and/or the plurality of comb teeth have an equal pitch to each other.

In the comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention, optionally, the association means comprises steps, pallets and moving walkway tapes.

Secondly, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an association device for a conveyor system engaged with a comb plate as described in any one of the above, the association device being configured to have a plurality of tooth grooves, and wherein at least two tooth grooves have different depths in a direction perpendicular to a top plane of the body of the comb plate to form a depth difference to correspond to a height difference formed by respective teeth of at least two comb teeth in the comb plate in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body.

In the related apparatus according to the present invention, optionally, when the height ranges of the respective teeth of the at least two comb teeth in the comb plate in the direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body are 9.8-10.2mm and 9.1-9.3mm, respectively, the depth ranges of the at least two tooth grooves are 10.8-11.2mm and 10.1-10.3mm, respectively.

Further, according to still another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a conveying system including:

a comb plate as claimed in any preceding claim; and

an association apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim.

In the transport system according to the utility model, optionally, the transport system comprises an escalator and a travelator.

By applying the scheme of the utility model, the anti-skid performance of the transportation system such as an escalator, a moving sidewalk and the like can be effectively improved, so that the injury accidents such as falling, injury and bleeding and the like which can happen when a user carries the transportation system are prevented, the safety of equipment can be ensured, and the safety and the reliability of the transportation system are enhanced. The utility model has reasonable structural design, is easy to manufacture, install, use and maintain, and is suitable for various indoor and outdoor working environments.

Drawings

The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples, but it should be understood that the drawings are designed solely for purposes of illustration and are not necessarily drawn to scale, but rather are intended to conceptually illustrate the structural configurations described herein.

Figure 1 is a schematic top view of an embodiment of a comb plate for a conveyor system according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows a partial sectional structure along the a-a direction and the B-B direction in fig. 1, respectively.

Figure 3 is a schematic partially cross-sectional view of one of the comb teeth of the embodiment of the comb plate shown in figure 1 mounted to an example transport system.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a partial side view and a partial top view of an associated device embodiment for use with the comb plate embodiment shown in figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion at a position a in fig. 4.

Detailed Description

First of all, it should be noted that the structural composition, characteristics and advantages of the comb plate for a conveyor system, the associated devices and the conveyor system according to the utility model will be illustrated hereinafter by way of example, without however all the description being applied in any way to form a limitation of the utility model.

In this document, the technical terms "first" and "second" are used for distinguishing expression purposes only and are not intended to indicate their order or relative importance. Furthermore, to any single feature described or implicit in an embodiment herein or shown or implicit in any single feature or features shown or implicit in the drawings, the utility model still allows any combination or permutation to be continued between the features (or their equivalents) without any technical barriers, and thus further embodiments according to the utility model should be considered within the scope of this disclosure. In addition, for simplicity of the drawings, identical or similar zero correlation devices and features may be labeled in only one place or in several places in the same drawing.

In fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of a comb plate according to the utility model is illustrated in an exemplary manner, by means of which embodiment the utility model will be described first.

Referring to the drawings in combination, the comb plate 100 is configured for installation in various types of transportation systems, such as escalator, moving walkway, etc., for example, it may be installed at both the entrance and exit of the transportation system, or only at the entrance or exit of the transportation system, and the present invention allows for selection or adjustment thereof according to the actual application requirements. Through set up the fishback in the conveying system, can play the aspect effect such as safety protection, for example can prevent that foreign matter from undesirably getting into the system and leading to conveying system trouble, stop operation etc..

In the present embodiment, the comb plate 100 may be made of any one or more suitable materials, such as an aluminum alloy material, a steel material, and the like. As shown in fig. 1, the comb plate 100 may include a body 11 and a plurality of comb teeth 12, and in practical use, the body 11 and the comb teeth 12 may be integrally formed by any feasible process such as casting, machining, etc., or it is also contemplated that they may be separately manufactured and then the body 11 and the comb teeth 12 are joined together by using a connection means such as welding, etc. Further, the comb teeth 12 of the comb plate 100 may be provided to have a suitable number, size, shape, arrangement position, etc., depending on factors such as the required width of the escalator or moving walkway, for example, the comb teeth may be differently spaced from each other or may be identical to each other, the respective horizontal inclination angles (denoted as a and a ' in fig. 2) may be substantially the same (e.g., 10 ° or the like) or slightly different, and the respective heights (denoted as H2 and H2' in fig. 2) of the comb teeth and the respective heights (denoted as H and H ' in fig. 2) of the connecting portions thereof, which will be described later, may be substantially the same or slightly different. With respect to the above aspects, the present invention is not limited in any particular way.

It may comprise two parts for each comb tooth 12, namely a connection 121 and a tooth 122. As shown in fig. 1, the connection portion 121 of the comb teeth 12 connects the tooth portion 122 to the body 11, thereby connecting the comb teeth 12 and the body 11 together to finally form the comb plate 100. Generally, the connecting portion 121 may be configured in a substantially linear elongated shape, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, for example. Turning again to fig. 3, upon mounting the combplate 100 to the transport system, the teeth 122 of the combplate 100 will engage with corresponding tooth slots 21 on an adjacent associated device 200 (e.g., steps, pallets, moving walkway tape, etc. in the transport system), such as schematically illustrated in fig. 3 as height H11 or H11' of the engagement of the teeth 122 into the tooth slots 21.

According to the design concept of the present invention, the teeth 122 of two or more of the comb teeth 12 may be arranged to have different heights in the direction D shown in the drawing (which is perpendicular to the top plane 110 of the body 11), respectively, so as to form a height difference, for example, (a) and (b) in fig. 2 and the respective teeth 122 of the two comb teeth 12 are schematically illustrated to have different heights H1 and H1', respectively, so as to form a height difference Δ H = H1-H1'. By adopting the above structural optimization design for the comb plate and the associated devices described hereinafter, unlike the prior art, the anti-skid level thereof will be effectively improved, and the anti-skid performance of the transportation systems such as escalator, moving sidewalk, etc. will be further enhanced, which will be described later.

By way of illustration, the above-mentioned selection range for the tooth height H1 can optionally be set to 9.8-10.2mm, and the selection range for the other tooth height H1' can optionally be set to 9.1-9.3 mm. It should be noted that the above specific value ranges are only used for exemplary purposes, and are not limited to the specific values, and those skilled in the art will allow any other values to be selected for different applications, and are not limited to the situation where only one tooth height difference exists between adjacent comb teeth in the comb plate 100, for example, two, three or more different tooth height differences exist between the comb teeth 12, so as to match the configuration of the corresponding associated device 200, and to fully satisfy various application requirements.

Again by way of illustration, as shown in FIG. 1, the comb teeth 12 may be arranged to include a first set of comb teeth and a second set of comb teeth, which have been correspondingly labeled in FIG. 1 with reference numerals g1 and g2, respectively. The first and second sets of comb teeth may be arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other, and the specific number of comb teeth included in each set may not necessarily be limited, for example, the first and second sets of comb teeth may be arranged to be identical or different from each other, which is allowed by the present invention.

For example, for the first group g1, two or more comb teeth may be provided, the teeth of which each form a first height difference in a direction D (fig. 3) perpendicular to the top plane 110 of the body 11, or two or more different height differences.

Similarly, for the second group g2, it may also include two or more comb teeth, and the respective teeth of these comb teeth may form a second height difference or more different height differences, for example, in the above-described direction D. It should be understood that the second height differences may be the same as the first height differences or may be different from each other. In most cases, it is relatively advantageous to configure the first set of comb teeth and the second set of comb teeth to be identical, which may therefore provide ease in manufacturing, installation, and maintenance, and may be more cost effective to control.

The present invention provides, in addition to the above-discussed comb plate for a conveyor system, an association means for cooperating with the comb plate to further increase the level of slip resistance, such association means may include, but are not limited to, devices such as steps, pallets, moving walkway tape, and the like.

With continued reference to fig. 4 and 5, an associated apparatus 200 is illustrated that may be used in conjunction with the comb plate 100. In this embodiment, the association device 200 is provided with a plurality of tooth grooves 21, which cooperate with the comb teeth 12 of the comb plate 100, not only for safety protection purposes such as preventing foreign objects from intruding into the system, but also for enhancing the anti-slip performance of the system.

Specifically, two or more tooth slots 21 in the associated device 200 may be configured to have different depths, i.e., a depth difference is formed in the aforementioned direction D (fig. 3), which is correspondingly matched to a height difference formed in the direction D by the respective teeth 122 of two or more comb teeth 12 in the comb plate 100. For example, in fig. 3 and 5 it is shown that two different tooth slots 21 each have a depth S1 and S1', thereby forming a depth difference Δ S = S1-S1', which corresponds to the above-mentioned height difference Δ h formed by two different teeth 122. It should be understood that in different applications, one, two or more depth differences may exist simultaneously in the association device 200.

By way of illustration, for example, when the height ranges of the respective teeth 122 of the at least two comb teeth 12 in the comb plate 100 in the direction D perpendicular to the top plane 110 of the body 11 are 9.8-10.2mm and 9.1-9.3mm, respectively, the depth ranges of the at least two tooth slots 21 in the associated device 200 may be set to 10.8-11.2mm and 10.1-10.3mm, respectively, correspondingly. It is understood that any other range of values can be alternatively used by those skilled in the art to meet the needs of different applications in light of the teachings of the present invention.

The tooth grooves with different depths are adopted in the correlation device, and the comb plate is also provided with the comb teeth which are matched with the tooth grooves and have tooth parts with different heights, so that the friction effect when a bearing object is contacted can be obviously enhanced, the risks of personnel slipping, injured bleeding, goods toppling and damage and the like are prevented, the anti-slip level of equipment is effectively improved, the anti-slip safety performance of a conveying system in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction is improved, and the long-term and good operation and use can be realized even in the outdoor environments such as rain, snow, moisture, dust, sundries and the like.

According to the technical scheme of the utility model, the comb plate designed according to the utility model and the related device matched with the comb plate can be configured in the conveying system, so that the anti-skid protection and other functions of carrying objects such as passengers, goods, pets and the like and related equipment in the conveying system are realized, and the safety protection performance of the conventional conveying system is obviously improved. It should be noted that the conveying systems mentioned throughout this document may include, but are not limited to, for example, escalators, moving walkways, etc., which may be used to convey various possible objects such as passenger personnel, goods, pets, etc., and which are suitable for use in various indoor and outdoor work environments.

The comb plate for a conveyor system, the associated device and the conveyor system according to the present invention have been explained in detail above only by way of examples, which are provided only for illustrating the principles of the present invention and the embodiments thereof, and not for limiting the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, all equivalents are intended to be included within the scope of this invention and defined in the claims which follow.

Claims

1. Comb plate for a conveying system, characterized in that it is arranged at the inlet and/or outlet of the conveying system and comprises:

a body; and

2. The comb plate for a conveyor system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of comb teeth comprises:

3. A comb plate for a conveyor system according to claim 2, wherein the first and second sets of comb teeth are aligned in parallel and spaced apart from each other.

4. A comb plate for a conveyor system according to claim 1, wherein the height of the respective teeth of the at least two comb teeth in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body ranges from 9.8-10.2mm and 9.1-9.3mm, respectively.

5. A comb plate for a conveyor system according to claim 1, wherein the body and the plurality of comb teeth are integrally formed and/or the plurality of comb teeth are equally spaced from each other.

6. The comb plate for a conveyor system according to claim 1, wherein the associated devices comprise steps, pallets, and moving walkway tape.

7. An association device for a conveying system, which is engaged with the comb plate according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the association device is configured to have a plurality of tooth grooves, and wherein at least two tooth grooves have different depths in a direction perpendicular to a top plane of the body of the comb plate to form a depth difference, corresponding to a height difference formed by respective teeth of at least two comb teeth in the comb plate in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body.

8. A related arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the at least two tooth slots have a depth in the range of 10.8-11.2mm and 10.1-10.3mm, respectively, when the height range of the respective teeth of the at least two teeth of the comb plate in a direction perpendicular to the top plane of the body is 9.8-10.2mm and 9.1-9.3mm, respectively.

9. A conveyor system, comprising:

the comb plate of any of claims 1-6; and

an association means as claimed in claim 7 or 8.

10. The conveyor system of claim 9, wherein the conveyor system comprises an escalator and a moving walkway.