CN213417617U - Outline marker - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a delineator (10), the delineator includes: a mounting bracket (11) comprising a base plate (12) and a mounting plate (13) connected at an angle to the base plate (12) and having a substantially V-profile; and a reflector (14) mounted on the mounting plate (13), a dividing strip (15) dividing the mounting plate (13) and the reflector (14) into a plurality of segment parts being provided along the mounting plate (13) between the mounting plate (13) and the reflector (14). The delineator of the present invention has sufficient strength to prevent or minimize damage to ensure a marking effect and has good durability and extended service life.

Description

Outline marker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a traffic sign technical field especially relates to a profile sign.

Background

This section provides background information related to the present disclosure, which does not necessarily constitute prior art to the present disclosure.

In the field of traffic sign technology, delineators are typically a type of traffic safety device that is placed along both side edges of a road, displays the contour of the road boundary, guides the vehicle to run normally, and has retroreflective properties. The delineator is used as a sight line guiding facility, is mainly used for the turning of guardrails, bridges, tunnels and winding mountain highways of expressways, comprises an attached delineator which can be arranged on a road guardrail and a stand-type delineator which is used independently and is used for indicating road directions and warning dangers.

Since the delineator is usually exposed to the driving environment of the vehicle and is susceptible to external forces, for example, due to a vehicle impact or to the curiosity of the delineator by a pedestrian, the delineator can be deformed, in particular the reflector of the delineator, which serves as a reflective feature, is partially or completely destroyed, resulting in poor marking.

Furthermore, the delineator needs to meet national standards in terms of some key specification parameters such as retroreflection coefficient, water resistance, and weather resistance, whereas the delineator of the prior art is generally composed of a metal support, a reflective film, and the like, and performs poorly in terms of the specification parameters of the national standards.

There is therefore a need for a delineator that meets the national standard specification parameters with sufficient strength to ensure or enhance the marking effect.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main object of the present invention is to provide a delineator with sufficient strength to ensure a marking effect and with good durability and extended service life.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a delineator with enhanced identification.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a delineator with simple structure, increased strength, light weight and easy transportation.

The utility model provides a delineator, the delineator includes: a mounting bracket comprising a base plate and a mounting plate angularly connected to the base plate and having a generally V-profile; and a reflector mounted on the mounting plate, a partition bar dividing the mounting plate and the reflector into a plurality of segment parts being provided along the mounting plate between the mounting plate and the reflector.

Advantageously, the dividing strip is protrudingly provided across the entire mounting plate.

Advantageously, the separation strip is two intersecting welding wires arranged on the mounting plate.

Advantageously, the mounting plate is also provided with a welding bead at its periphery, and the reflector is mounted on the mounting plate by ultrasonic welding via the two intersecting welding beads and the welding bead provided at the periphery.

Advantageously, the reflector is a microprismatic reflector.

Advantageously, the base plate is at an angle a ranging between 25 ° and 55 ° to the mounting plate.

Advantageously, the base plate and the mounting plate are integral.

Advantageously, the mounting bracket comprises a rib disposed on the side opposite to the side on which the reflector is mounted.

Advantageously, the rib comprises: a rib disposed across a substantially central body portion of the base plate and the mounting plate, and a rib disposed along an edge of the base plate and the mounting plate.

Advantageously, the mounting bracket further comprises a connecting plate connecting the base plate and the mounting plate together, the base plate, the mounting plate and the connecting plate forming a mounting bracket of generally triangular profile.

According to the utility model discloses profile mark has one or more in following beneficial effect: 1) the construction of the mounting plate and the reflector by means of a plurality of segment sections of the separating strips is such that the delineator has sufficient strength to prevent or minimize damage to ensure the marking effect and has good durability and a prolonged service life; 2) the delineator has excellent retroreflection coefficient, water resistance, weather resistance and better reflectivity at a specific entrance angle by virtue of the microprism reflector structure and the angle structure of the mounting bracket; 3) the integrally formed mounting bracket and its rib construction provide for a delineator that is simple in construction, increased in strength, light in weight and convenient to transport.

Drawings

The features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the detailed description section provided below with reference to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1A is an exploded perspective view illustrating the use of a delineator according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1B is an enlarged schematic view of detail A of FIG. 1A;

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the delineator of FIG. 1 assembled;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounting bracket of the delineator of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the inside of the mounting bracket showing the delineator of FIG. 3, wherein the ribs of the inside of the mounting bracket are shown;

fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a delineator according to another embodiment of the present invention is used;

fig. 6 is a side view showing the delineator of fig. 5 assembled.

Detailed Description

The following description of the preferred embodiment(s) is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

The delineator of an embodiment of the present invention will be described first with reference to fig. 1A to 4.

Referring to fig. 1A and 1B, fig. 1A is an exploded perspective view illustrating a delineator employing an embodiment according to the present invention, and fig. 1B is an enlarged schematic view of detail a in fig. 1A. This embodiment provides a delineator 10 that includes: a mounting bracket 11 formed by a base plate 12 and a mounting plate 13 connected at an angle to the base plate 12 and having a substantially V-profile; and a reflector 14 in the shape of a plate, which is mounted on the mounting plate 13. Two separation bars 15 intersecting each other are protrudingly provided on one side (outer side) of the mounting plate 13 on which the reflector is mounted, across the entire mounting plate 13, and the reflector 14 may be provided on the mounting plate 13 by being welded around the separation bars 15 and the mounting plate 13. Wherein, when the reflector 14 is welded to the mounting plate 13 by using a welding technique, the two separation strips 15 can be directly formed as two welding rods, and the two welding rods and the welding rods additionally arranged on the periphery of the mounting plate (as shown in fig. 1B) are melted during the welding process, thereby completing the welding. In the present embodiment, two intersecting dividing strips are provided along the mounting plate 13 between the mounting plate 13 and the reflector 14, dividing the mounting plate 13 and the reflector 14 into four segment sections. In one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, the reflector 14 may also be mounted on the mounting plate 13 by being adhered around the division bar 15 and the mounting plate 13 by means of an adhesive.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the number of division bars can be set to one or more than two as desired, and that more than two division bars can intersect or not intersect, as long as the mounting plate and the reflector are divided into a plurality of segment sections bounded by the division bars after the reflector is welded or glued to the mounting plate.

By means of this division bar arrangement, the delineator can have sufficient connecting structural strength to prevent or minimize damage, while, since the reflector and the mounting plate are divided into a plurality of segment parts by the division bars, even in the event of damage to a segment part or to some segment parts, the damage does not spread to other segment parts, so that the overall marking effect of the entire delineator can still be ensured and good durability and extended service life can be achieved. Advantageously, the reflector 14 may be ultrasonically welded to the mounting plate 13 by a welding rod to enable safe, quick and automated clean welding. In addition, the inclusion of a mounting bracket having a generally V-shaped profile facilitates providing an aesthetically pleasing, lightweight and easily transportable delineator.

In another aspect according to this embodiment, the reflector 14 is advantageously a microprismatic reflector, such that the delineator has excellent retroreflectivity, water resistance, and weather resistance, while providing excellent construction convenience, low energy consumption, and low emissions during the manufacturing process. Advantageously, as shown in fig. 2, the substrate 12 and the mounting plate 13 are at an angle α ranging from 25 ° to 55 °, and compared to a delineator with a reflective film, the delineator of the present invention has a better reflectivity at a certain entrance angle to provide a more pronounced marking effect, and in particular, can achieve a better retroreflection performance of the delineator, even when the direction of incident light changes over a larger range, still enables the reflected light to return from the opposite direction close to the incident light. Furthermore, the microprism reflector of the present invention may be formed by milling a monolithic microprism reflector.

In yet another aspect according to this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the mounting bracket 11 may be a mounting bracket in which the base plate 12 and the mounting plate 13 are integrally formed, for example, by injection molding from a plastic material. The plastic material may be, for example, polycarbonate. Also, in conjunction with fig. 3 and 4, four ribs 16 are disposed on the other side (inner side) of the mounting bracket opposite the side (outer side) on which the reflector 14 is mounted, with two ribs disposed across the substantially central body portion of the base plate 12 and mounting plate 13, i.e., two ribs extending across from the central body portion of the base plate 12 to the central body portion of the mounting plate 13, and two other ribs disposed along the edges of the base plate 12 and mounting plate 13 to provide the mounting bracket with increased strength. It will be appreciated that the ribs may be disposed along only a substantially central portion of the base plate 12 or only a substantially central portion of the mounting plate 13.

Next, a delineator according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 5 to 6, and the delineator of this embodiment is mainly different from the delineator of the above embodiment in that: the mounting bracket 11 further comprises a connecting plate 17 connecting the base plate 12 and the mounting plate 13 together, the base plate 12, the mounting plate 13 and the connecting plate 17 forming a mounting bracket of generally triangular profile providing improved structural strength, particularly in the case of a plastic mounting bracket, making it possible to omit the arrangement of the ribs 16 and not significantly increase the weight of the delineator, compared to the previous embodiments.

Although various aspects of embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described and illustrated in detail herein, and that other modifications and variations may be effected by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, all of which are within the scope of the invention. Moreover, all the components described herein may be replaced by other technically equivalent components.

Claims (10)

1. A delineator (10) comprising:

a mounting bracket (11) comprising a base plate (12) and a mounting plate (13) connected at an angle to the base plate (12) and having a substantially V-profile; and

a reflector (14) mounted on the mounting plate (13),

it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,

a separating strip (15) which divides the mounting plate (13) and the reflector (14) into a plurality of segment sections is arranged along the mounting plate (13) between the mounting plate (13) and the reflector (14).

2. The delineator (10) of claim 1, wherein the dividing strips (15) are protrudingly disposed across the entire mounting plate (13).

3. The delineator (10) of claim 1, wherein the separator strip (15) is two intersecting welding wires disposed on the mounting plate (13).

4. Delineator (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that the periphery of the mounting plate (13) is also provided with a welding rod, the reflector (14) being mounted on the mounting plate (13) by means of the two intersecting welding rods and the welding rod provided at the periphery in an ultrasonic welding.

5. The delineator (10) of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the reflector (14) is a microprism reflector.

6. The delineator (10) of claim 5, wherein the base plate (12) is at an angle a ranging between 25 ° and 55 ° to the mounting plate (13).

7. The delineator (10) of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the base plate (12) and the mounting plate (13) are integral.

8. Delineator (10) according to claim 7, characterized in that the mounting bracket (11) comprises a rib (16) arranged on the side opposite to the side on which the reflector (14) is mounted.

9. The delineator (10) of claim 8, wherein the rib (16) comprises: ribs disposed across a substantially central body portion of the base plate (12) and the mounting plate (13), and ribs disposed along edges of the base plate (12) and the mounting plate (13).

10. The delineator (10) of claim 7, wherein the mounting bracket (11) further comprises a connecting plate (17) connecting the base plate (12) and the mounting plate (13) together, the base plate (12), the mounting plate (13), and the connecting plate (17) forming a mounting bracket of generally triangular profile.

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