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Costs much less than an elevator, and less than a full scale
escalator. This could be made without "steps" because you
must go at the escalator speed (can't advance further).
For the millions of buildings where the elevator does not
reach the floor, or older buildings without elevators. Also
for
home use, garden and park stairways.
You could get your bike on it, and go up easily.
Bike "escalator" railcar
http://www.youtube....watch?v=D8GnnS0Pye0
The Single Foot Esc is half the width of this bike esc. and has a continuous belt, rather than rails and a railcar. [pashute, Aug 20 2013]
Rope handhold
http://publicradio1.../05/clothesline.jpg
[rcarty, Aug 20 2013]
Hanging bus grips
http://4.bp.blogspo...416_BusGrips800.jpg
[pashute, Aug 21 2013]
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Can anybody help me think this thru? |
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A company called Richtech that makes assembly lines
will be building it, and Lustig Elevators will get it thru
all the safety guidelines. |
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But to start off, I need a better idea of how I'll be
attaching it to the banister, and what the best way
to control it would be. It has to be simple and cheap,
but safe as well. |
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I wouldn't bother with a bannister but have a rope handrail that moves along with it. |
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I like the thought that you stand on one foot all the way up/down. |
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Safety requires three points of contact, so it would have to be one foot and two arms. You might get away with contact with another part of the body like the hip, or the buttocks. |
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A one foot escalator could have a conveyor belt against the side of the wall with a moving banister and a moving foot stand. That way lean against the wall mounted conveyor belt hold the hand rail and step on the foot rest. A bevel gear connects conveyor belt to foot rest. |
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[po]'s idea might be good aswell. Have the single foot escalator with wall conveyor belt, and an unpowered clothesline like rope handhold suspended above. That would probably lower the price, and not interfere with an already existing banister. |
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if you have an unpowered rope handrail then two passengers on the escalator at the same time may result in a bit of a tug of war. |
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Not if they are moving at the same speed, but yes if the clothesline were to be halted by someone or sped up that could be dangerous. |
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So, it's an escalator and clothes drier combined? |
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You mean with hanging thingies like in city buses for
standing up travel? |
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If you're going to have hanging thingies, then they
might as well hang down to the floor, have a foot
hold, and escalate the rider itself. |
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"On side of stairway" - but wouldn't this mean you'd be bumping into people on the way up/down? You're not going to be able to exactly match the speed of stair-takers, who will have different rates. And you won't have enough room to pass because you've only got a foot-width of space to yourself. |
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Unless you mean a kind of thing where you stand sideways, butt to the wall but then you're going to have one leg higher, therefore a bent knee poking the stair takers. |
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Also I think there's some kind of dangerous thing involving getting your foot caught on stairs or people or yourself but I can't visualize it clearly enough to describe. |
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I thought the idea was that it goes outside the staircase, ie it's cludged on the side? |
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[^morisson], It takes up a tiny bit of the staircase. |
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[tatter], You won't bump into people, because its
just for
getting to your house on the fourth floor, in the
mostly vacant building staircase,
usually, there won't be interference. |
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For avoiding people coming down the steps, while
going up the Single Foot Escalator, since you have
a second foot to "step off" easily, you simply step
off, smile, say "good day", and wait for them to
pass. |
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Going up, presumably people will use the one foot
escalator unless they are FASTER going up on foot.
In which case there is no problem |
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Presumably going down the stairs is much less of a
problem. So this escalator goes up only. |
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(also [tatter]'s safety concerns): Safety will be
thought through with elevator engineers who are
experts at making this kind of system a very safe
ride. |
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Although recently there was an escalator accident,
and also when the escalator rapid walkways were
introduced (I think in Heathrow or Skiphol) there
was an accident that stopped the whole project. |
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Something like the Hindenburg Zepelin or the first
atmospheric monorail (which killed the dignitaries
at its inauguration. |
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I don't live in an apartment building but know
many who do, and who don't have elevators, and
who could use this idea. |
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[rc] - Hanging from a grip, means that the "handrail
now
turned hang-rail" be able to carry a person. How do
you accomplish that? Not trivial. |
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