GANGWAY FOOTPLATE APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTING PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN CARS

摘要

A gangway footplate apparatus disposed in an interconnecting passageway formed between coupled car bodies (3, 4). A first gangway footplate member (7) includes a single plate having a proximal portion which is coupled with one of the car bodies such as to be vertically rotatable, and a second gangway footplate member (8) has a proximal portion coupled with the other car body such as to be vertically rotatable and a front portion superposed on the front portion of the first gangway footplate member. The second gangway footplate member includes a base plate having the proximal portion and a front edge portion, the front edge portion having a central portion and inclined portions on both sides thereof extending from the vicinity of the central portion laterally and toward the proximal portion thereof. The second gangway footplate member also includes a pair of gap closing plates (16, 17) each having one end connected to one of the inclined portions of the base plate such as to be vertically rotatable. The gap closing plates are superposed on the front portion of the first gangway footplate member. The apparatus is capable of obviating the overlapping portions of the two gangway footplate members becoming wide open and thus prevents a passenger's foot from becoming caught by the opening, thereby contributing to the passenger safety.