Safety gap filler for railway platforms

Abstract

The present invention provides a safety gap filler which is provided on an edge of a railway platform which is adjacent to tracks so as to minimize a gap between the platform and a train. The safety gap filler of the present invention includes a fastening base body, which is attached to the edge of the platform in a direction parallel to the tracks, and support bars, which protrude predetermined lengths from the surface of the fastening base body towards the tracks at positions spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. Each support bar is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the fastening base body in a direction in which the train travels, so that the support bars are elastically brought into sliding contact with the sidewall of the train.

1 . A safety gap filler provided on an edge of a railway platform that is adjacent to tracks to reduce a gap between the platform and a train, the safety gap filler comprising: a fastening base body attached to the edge of the platform that is adjacent to the tracks in a direction parallel to the tracks, the fastening base body having a band shape, a width of which is small, and a height of which is large; and a plurality of support bars protruding predetermined lengths from a surface of the fastening base body towards the tracks at positions spaced apart from each other at regular intervals, each of the support bars having a plate shape, which is small in width and large in height, and being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the fastening base body in a direction in which the train travels, so that the support bars are elastically brought into sliding contact with a sidewall of the train. 
   
   
       2 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening base body and the support bars are manufactured as a single body using a soft material such as rubber or urethane. 
   
   
       3 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening base body and the support bars are manufactured through separate processes and are assembled with each other into a single body, wherein the fastening base body is made of a hard material such as synthetic resin and has in one surface thereof a plurality of dovetail slots, each of which is closed at a lower end thereof, and each of the support bars is made of a soft material such as rubber such that the support bar bends when contacting the train, with a first dovetail provided on a proximal end of each of the support bars, the first dovetail being fitted into the corresponding dovetail slot of the fastening base body. 
   
   
       4 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of each of the support bars has a tapered shape which is reduced in width from a top thereof to a bottom. 
   
   
       5 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 4 , further comprising: a sliding shoe provided on a distal end of each of the support bars, the sliding shoe having superior abrasion resistance and superior impact resistance. 
   
   
       6 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 5 , wherein a second dovetail is formed on the distal end of each of the support bars to extend a predetermined length from an upper end of the support bar downwards, and a dovetail groove is formed in the sliding shoe, so that the sliding shoe is assembled with the corresponding support bar using the second dovetail and the dovetail groove,
 wherein the sliding shoe protrudes from the support bar towards the tracks.   
   
   
       7 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein the fastening base body has a bent shape such that the fastening base body covers an upper corner of the edge of the platform, so that the fastening base body is firmly coupled to the edge of the platform. 
   
   
       8 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 7 , wherein a metal reinforcing member having a shape equal to a shape of the fastening body is provided in the fastening body. 
   
   
       9 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 3 , wherein the support bars are manufactured to have various sizes such that heights of the support bars are greater, less than or equal to a depth of the dovetail slots of the fastening base body, so that the support bars are selectively used depending on a difference in height between a surface of the platform and a bottom of a door of the train. 
   
   
       10 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein the angle at which each of the support bars is inclined ranges from 30° to 60°. 
   
   
       11 . The safety gap tiller according to  claim 1 , wherein the height of each of the support bars is reduced in a direction away from the fastening base body. 
   
   
       12 . The safety gap filler according to  claim 1 , wherein the width of each of the support bars is reduced in a direction away from the fastening base body.