CN112281700A - Warning device for building construction - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
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- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
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- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
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- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
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- E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
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Abstract
The invention relates to a warning device for building construction, comprising: a base plate; the warning board is vertically and fixedly arranged on the side part of the bottom board; the wing plates are connected to two sides of the warning plate through hinges and are unfolded to be flush with the warning plate, and therefore a warning fence for closing a road can be formed; and the display screen is arranged on one side of the warning board, which is far away from the bottom board, and can display warning information. The horizontal atress performance of warning board is in order reinforcing to bottom plate and the mutually perpendicular setting of warning board in this application, has avoided because of the problem that blows or the collision emptys. Because the pterygoid lamina can be turned over for warning board, through folding up the pterygoid lamina, reduced warning device's volume, be convenient for more transport and carry.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of buildings, in particular to a warning device for building construction.
Background
Traffic guidance lane changing and lane occupying construction are increasingly applied in life, and safety warning marks need to be placed in construction places in municipal engineering construction to remind passing vehicles and pedestrians of safety; for example, in the road surface construction of traffic engineering, when constructors need to stay in place or maintain, safety warning boards are placed in front of and behind a construction site, and secondary damage to vehicles can be avoided. However, most of the existing safety warning boards are generally made of thin iron plates or wood plates, so that the warning boards are poor in wind resistance effect, prone to toppling due to wind blowing or collision, large in structure and not convenient to carry and carry. The warning board generally utilizes the reflective property of reflective materials to play a warning role, but has poor recognition effect at night, is not easy to be discovered by pedestrians, and cannot play a good warning effect. The existing warning board is formed by spraying, the content of the warning board cannot be changed, the warning board can only be used in a single scene in a targeted mode, and the application range is limited.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a warning device for building construction, so as to solve the problems that the existing warning fence is easy to topple due to wind blowing or collision, is inconvenient to carry and has poor warning effect at night.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a warning device for building construction, comprising:
a base plate;
the warning plate is vertically and fixedly arranged on the side part of the bottom plate;
the wing plates are connected to two sides of the warning plate in a hinge mode, and the wing plates are unfolded to be flush with the warning plate, so that a warning fence for closing a road can be formed; and
the display screen is arranged on one side, far away from the bottom plate, of the warning plate.
According to the invention, the transverse stress performance of the warning plate is enhanced through the arrangement that the bottom plate is vertical to the warning plate, and the problem of toppling caused by wind blowing or collision is avoided. Because the pterygoid lamina can be turned over for warning board, through folding up the pterygoid lamina, reduced warning device's volume, be convenient for more transport and carry. The warning information is displayed through the display screen, a good warning effect can be achieved at night, different information can be prompted according to different construction operation scenes, and the use is more flexible.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the warning board is provided with a solar energy flashing light.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the warning board is provided with a solar projection lamp.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the wing plate comprises at least two unit plates, and every two adjacent unit plates are connected through a hinge.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the unit plate at one end is provided with a first locking piece, and the unit plate at the other end is provided with a second locking piece;
the plurality of unit plates can be folded along the edge of the bottom plate, and the two unit plates positioned at the end parts are butted and connected through a first locking piece and a second locking piece in a locking way.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the warning device further comprises a reflective belt arranged on one side of the warning plate far away from the bottom plate and one side of the wing plate far away from the bottom plate.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the warning device further comprises a loudspeaker arranged on the bottom plate or the warning plate.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that a support piece is arranged at the bottom end of one side, away from the warning plate, of the wing plate;
the support is extendable to the ground to support the strake when the strake is deployed.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the bottom plate is provided with universal wheels with locking functions.
The warning device for building construction is further improved in that the display screen is an LED display screen.
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Fig. 1 is a state diagram of the warning device for building construction according to the present invention after being unfolded.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the warning device for building construction of the present invention after being folded.
Fig. 3 is a rear view of the warning device for building construction of the present invention after being folded.
Fig. 4 is a top view of the folded warning device for building construction of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the area a in fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the warning device for building construction of the present invention after being folded.
In the figure: the solar energy flashing light comprises a bottom plate-1, a warning plate-2, wing plates-3, a support piece-31, a display screen-4, a solar energy flashing light-5, a solar energy projection lamp-6, a reflective belt-7, a loudspeaker-8 and universal wheels-9.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The invention provides a warning device for building construction, which is used for reminding passing vehicles and pedestrians of paying attention to safety. The warning board comprises a bottom board, a warning board, wing boards and a display screen, and the transverse stress performance of the warning board is enhanced through the arrangement that the bottom board is vertical to the warning board, so that the problem of toppling caused by wind blowing or collision is avoided. Because the pterygoid lamina can be turned over for warning board, through folding up the pterygoid lamina, reduced warning device's volume, be convenient for more transport and carry. The warning information is displayed through the display screen, a good warning effect can be achieved at night, different information can be prompted according to different construction operation scenes, and the use is more flexible.
The warning device for building construction according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, 4, 5 and 6, in the present embodiment, a warning device for building construction includes: bottom plate 1, warning board 2, pterygoid lamina 3 and display screen 4, warning board 2 sets firmly in the lateral part of bottom plate 1 perpendicularly, and pterygoid lamina 3 can expand and fold, and hinge connection in warning board 2's both sides along its length direction, through expand pterygoid lamina 3 to and level and then can form the warning fence of closed road mutually with warning board 2, display screen 4 locates warning board 2 and keeps away from one side of bottom plate 1.
According to the invention, the transverse stress performance of the warning plate 2 is enhanced through the arrangement that the bottom plate 1 is vertical to the warning plate 2, and the problem of toppling caused by wind or collision is avoided. Because pterygoid lamina 3 can turn over for warning board 2 and turn over, pterygoid lamina 3 self also can fold, through folding up pterygoid lamina 3, has reduced warning device's volume, is convenient for more transport and carries. The warning information is displayed through the display screen, a good warning effect can be achieved at night, different information can be prompted according to different construction operation scenes, and the use is more flexible.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, a solar flashing light 5 is mounted on the warning panel 2. Be equipped with the head rod on warning board 2, solar energy explodes flashing light 5 and installs on warning board 2 through the head rod, and solar energy explodes flashing light 5 and adopts solar energy to store the electric energy through photoelectric conversion for the power supply of solar energy explodes flashing light 5 in inside battery for solar energy through photoelectric conversion, and solar energy explodes flashing light 5 can send high bright red blue warning light during the use to warn pedestrian and vehicle.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, further, a solar projector 6 is mounted on the warning panel 2. Be equipped with the second connecting rod on warning board 2, solar energy projecting lamp 6 is installed on warning board 2 through the second connecting rod, and the distance of illumination of projecting lamp can be adjusted according to the actual conditions at scene, makes warning scope reasonable more accurate. The solar projection lamp 6 converts solar energy into electric energy through photoelectric conversion and stores the electric energy in an internal storage battery, and the solar projection lamp can continuously irradiate for more than 20 hours under the condition of cloudy days.
Furthermore, the wing plate 3 comprises at least two unit plates, and two adjacent unit plates are connected through hinges, so that the two adjacent unit plates can rotate and turn over, and the size of the warning device is further reduced through folding the wing plate 3.
Referring to fig. 4 and 6, preferably, the unit plate at one end is provided with a first locking member, the unit plate at the other end is provided with a second locking member, a plurality of unit plates can be folded along the edge of the base plate 1, and the two unit plates at the ends are butted and locked and connected by the first locking member and the second locking member.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, a reflective tape 7 is further included on the side of the warning board 2 away from the base board 1 and the side of the wing board 3 away from the base board 1.
Referring to fig. 6, further, still including locating bottom plate 1 or warning board 2's speaker 8, speaker 8 is equipped with the USB interface to change warning content, play warning information through speaker 8, with the dodging of embodiment pedestrian and vehicle, in order to avoid when seeing warning information clearly, make people can obtain warning information through the information of speaker 8 broadcast.
Specifically, this application adopts display screen 4 as visual warning and speaker 8 as the sense of hearing warning, and the effect of dual warning is more direct and effective to avoid taking place the incident. The warning content can be selected and replaced according to actual conditions on the construction operation site, and the warning content of the loudspeaker 8 can be increased, decreased, modified or replaced through the USB interface, so that the played warning content is consistent with the construction operation content, people can be warned accurately and directly, and the warning device can be flexibly and effectively applied to the operation sites of road construction in different scenes and at night.
Referring to fig. 6, preferably, the bottom end of the side of the wing 3 away from the warning plate 2 is provided with a support member 31, and when the wing 3 is unfolded, the support member 31 can be extended to the ground to support the wing 3. Support piece 31 sets firmly in the montant of pterygoid lamina 3 keeping away from 2 one side bottoms of warning board and sets firmly in the montant bottom and supply to support the layer board to the bottom surface to prop pterygoid lamina 3, strengthen pterygoid lamina 3 warning device's after expanding steadiness.
Preferably, the bottom plate 1 is provided with a universal wheel 9 with a locking function, the universal wheel 9 is locked when the road needs to be closed, the locking of the universal wheel 9 is released when the warning device is conveyed, and the warning device can be moved by pushing the warning device.
Preferably, the display screen 4 is an LED display screen.
The following describes the operation of the warning device for building construction according to the present invention.
When the closed road, remove warning device to the department of waiting to seal of road through promoting warning device, lock universal wheel 9, the hasp connection of first hasp spare and second hasp spare is relieved, expand two pterygoid lamina 3 to the position and then form the warning fence of closed road with warning board 2 looks parallel and level, open solar energy flashing light 5, whether open solar projecting lamp 6 according to the strong and weak environmental selection of light, open display screen 4 and show warning information, open 8 broadcast warning information of speaker.
When the road does not need to be closed, the plurality of unit plates are folded along the edge of the bottom plate 1, so that the two unit plates at the end parts are butted and are connected in a locking way through the first locking piece and the second locking piece, and the universal wheels 9 are unlocked.
By adopting the technical scheme, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the invention, the transverse stress performance of the warning plate is enhanced through the arrangement that the bottom plate is vertical to the warning plate, and the problem of toppling caused by wind blowing or collision is avoided. Because the pterygoid lamina can be turned over for warning board, through folding up the pterygoid lamina, reduced warning device's volume, be convenient for more transport and carry. The warning information is displayed through the display screen, a good warning effect can be achieved at night, different information can be prompted according to different construction operation scenes, and the use is more flexible. This application adopts the display screen as vision warning and speaker as the sense of hearing warning, and the effect of dual warning is more direct and effective to avoid taking place the incident.
It should be noted that the structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the drawings attached to the present specification are only used for matching the disclosure of the present specification, so as to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the conditions of the present invention, so that the present invention has no technical essence, and any structural modification, ratio relationship change, or size adjustment should still fall within the scope of the present invention without affecting the efficacy and the achievable purpose of the present invention. In addition, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" used in the present specification are for clarity of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the relative relationship between the terms and the terms is not to be construed as a scope of the present invention.
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1. A warning device for building construction, comprising:
a base plate;
the warning plate is vertically and fixedly arranged on the side part of the bottom plate;
the wing plates are connected to two sides of the warning plate in a hinge mode, and the wing plates are unfolded to be flush with the warning plate, so that a warning fence for closing a road can be formed; and
the display screen is located the warning board is kept away from one side of bottom plate can show warning information.
2. The warning device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein a solar flashing light is mounted on the warning panel.
3. The warning device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein a solar projector is mounted on the warning panel.
4. The warning device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein the wing plate comprises at least two unit plates, and adjacent two unit plates are connected by a hinge.
5. The warning device for building construction as claimed in claim 4, wherein the unit panel at one end portion is provided with a first locking member, and the unit panel at the other end portion is provided with a second locking member;
the plurality of unit plates can be folded along the edge of the bottom plate, and the two unit plates positioned at the end parts are butted and connected through a first locking piece and a second locking piece in a locking way.
6. A warning device for use in building construction as claimed in claim 1, further comprising reflective tape provided on a side of said warning panel remote from said base panel and a side of said wing panel remote from said base panel.
7. The warning device for building construction according to claim 1, further comprising a speaker provided on the bottom plate or the warning plate.
8. The warning device for building construction as claimed in claim 1, wherein a support member is provided at a bottom end of the wing plate on a side away from the warning plate;
the support is extendable to the ground to support the strake when the strake is deployed.
9. The warning device for building construction as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base plate is provided with a universal wheel having a locking function.
10. The warning device for building construction as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display screen is an LED display screen.
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