CN1894479A

CN1894479A - Fence construction systems

Info

Publication number: CN1894479A
Application number: CN 200480037766
Authority: CN
Inventors: D·M·奥雷
Original assignee: Panel Crimp Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Panel Crimp Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2003-12-18
Filing date: 2004-12-20
Publication date: 2007-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 2024-12-20
Also published as: CN100535370C

Abstract

A fence construction system in which pickets (52) are attached to rails (50, 51) using fastening means located inside the rails. In one embodiment the pickets are fastened to a rail by a common locking rod. In another embodiment, the pickets (52) are deformed inside the rail (51) by a crimping tool. Equipment that facilitates assembling of the fence may be provided. Top or bottom rails may also have a support structure provided within the rail.

Description

Fence construction systems

Technical field

The present invention relates to constructing of fence, especially but be not limited to be used for the system that pond fence or railing are constructed.These systems also can be suitable for other structure, and these structures have the feature that be similar to stake the same with fence in some cases, as ladder or wall.

Background technology

The pond fence is constructed in many ways.The standard sink fence has a lot of alum gate lattice (panel) that form separately, place the appropriate location then together usually.Each grid all has two or more horizontal crosspieces that support a series of plumb piles.Assemble these grids by the hole of stake being passed in the crosspiece.The usually soldered or flanging of each stake is to crosspiece then, and package assembly is painted.Crosspiece and stake can be adopted various ways, and can be assembled into multiple structure.

Existing construction method requires each quilt to operate separately and be fixed on the crosspiece.Each grid has 20-30 stake usually, thereby these methods are slow usually, and the hand labor cost is very high.After stake had been fixed on the crosspiece, requiring these grids of paint also was a shortcoming.In stake is not to extend beyond under the situation of top rail, has the structure weakness in the grid sometimes.In these systems, the top of stake is arranged in top rail, and is difficult to enough firmly be fixed on the crosspiece.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide improved pond fence construction, or provide at least a kind of of existing system substituted.

In one aspect of the invention, a kind of fence is provided, and it has at least one hollow crosspiece and a plurality of stake of being supported by crosspiece, wherein, corresponding ingate enters crosspiece in the crosspiece by passing in stake, and is fixed on the crosspiece by the fastening devices that is positioned at crosspiece inside.

In one embodiment, each comprises the fixing hole that is arranged in crosspiece, and fastening devices comprises the bar that passes fixing hole, thereby prevents that stake from further passing their ingates separately.Preferably, fixed hole position is near the crosspiece inner surface, and the resistance that bar overcomes the crosspiece inner surface passes fixing hole.

In another embodiment, fastening devices comprises strained each that part after stake enters crosspiece that is positioned at crosspiece inside, thereby prevents that stake from further passing their ingates separately.Preferably, each is in the inner strained that part of flat shape of part that has of crosspiece, make no longer with crosspiece in the form fit of each ingate.

In the part of fence, stake is passed crosspiece from a side to opposite side.Preferably, fence has the parallel crosspiece of two supporting piles, and stake passes completely through in the crosspiece at least one.

In another part of fence, the side that crosspiece is only passed in stake, and in the inner termination of crosspiece.Preferably, crosspiece has inwall, and stake terminates in the respective aperture of inwall.

In another aspect of the present invention, a kind of fence is provided, it has at least one hollow crosspiece and a plurality of stake of being supported by crosspiece, its middle rail has the outer wall of band stake ingate, with the internal construction that is used to keep an end, and wherein each stake enters crosspiece by corresponding ingate, and has the end that is kept by internal construction.

Preferably, the internal construction of strut rail comprises wall, and this wall has the retaining hole that is used for each end of stake.Preferably, retaining hole is alignd with the ingate, makes stake perpendicular to strut rail.Alternatively, retaining hole departs from the ingate, makes stake be not orthogonal to strut rail.

In one embodiment, internal construction can be inner mobile at strut rail, to change the alignment of retaining hole and ingate.In another embodiment, internal construction comprises a plurality of flanges, and it holds the end of corresponding stake.

Preferably, stake is fixed on the strut rail by the fastening devices that is positioned at strut rail inside.Fastening devices can be at the inner bar that connects stake of strut rail.Alternatively, fastening devices is each crushed element in crosspiece inside.

In another aspect of the present invention, a kind of method that forms pilework is provided, comprising: provide the hollow crosspiece to support a plurality of stake, make each stake pass crosspiece at least in part, and with stake from the crosspiece internal fixation to crosspiece.

In one embodiment, the step of spud pile comprises bar is passed hole in the inner stake of crosspiece.The step of wearing this bar comprises the crosspiece distortion that the interaction by bar and crosspiece inner surface produces.

In another embodiment, the step of spud pile comprise make the stake at the strut rail internal modification.Preferably, the stake distortion being comprised makes flanging equipment pass strut rail.

In another aspect of the present invention, a kind of pilework is provided, have crosspiece and a plurality of stake of supporting by crosspiece, each is fixed on the crosspiece by the fastening devices that is positioned at crosspiece inside.

This structure can be fence or railing, or has the similar structures of similar crosspiece and stake characteristic, for example ladder.

In another aspect of the present invention, be provided for constructing the equipment of the grid that is used for aforesaid fence or pilework.

In another aspect of the present invention, we can say provides a kind of grid, has two parallel struts, two parallel crosspieces and a plurality of stake of being supported by crosspiece, and its middle rail is fixed on the pillar by the pin that passes the hole in the crosspiece end.

The present invention can also say any alternative combinations that pointed feature in this manual is provided.Whole equivalents of these features are considered as included in the scope of the present invention.

The accompanying drawing summary

The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 represents to be used for the parts of the grid of pond fence,

Fig. 2 represents to have the assembling grid of the stake that is kept by three crosspieces,

Fig. 3 represents to have the assembling grid of the stake that is kept by two crosspieces,

Fig. 4 represents that a kind of locking rod that adopts is fixed on method in the crosspiece to stake,

Fig. 5 represents another kind of method by flanging spud pile in crosspiece,

How Fig. 6 represents reinforced top strut rail structure,

How structure in Fig. 7 presentation graphs 6 can be used in the inclination grid,

Fig. 8 represents to be used for structure and the operation at the equipment of crosspiece spud pile,

Fig. 9 represents to be used for the various flanged members of Fig. 8 equipment,

Figure 10 represents to be used for the substitutions of elements of Fig. 8 equipment, and

Figure 11 represents alternate device.

The specific embodiment

It will be appreciated that with reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention can accomplished in various ways, to be used for the structures of a series of different picture stakes, pond fence for example, railing, ladder, wall etc.The explanation of pond fence embodiment only provides in the mode of example.

Fig. 1 represents to be used for the critical piece of the grid of pond fence, comprises bottom rail 10, middle part crosspiece 11, top rail 12,13, two pillars 14 of a plurality of stakes, locking rod 15 and ejector pin 16, and end pin 17.According to the purpose and the pattern of fence, these parts can have the very wide quantity of scope, shape and size, and can assemble by different way.These parts are provided as hollow section or other cross section usually, and are made of metal, for example aluminium or steel.

Fig. 2 represents how grid can be assembled.The paired hole in bottom and the

middle part crosspiece

10,11 is passed in stake 13, and in this embodiment, stake 13 enters but do not pass top strut rail 12, and top strut rail 12 only has the hole on a side.Crosspiece adopts end pin and

ejector pin

16,17 and is fixed in the hole in the pillar 14.Usually, stake is fixed on the crosspiece by outside weldings or flanging.In this case, stake for example penetrates the locking rod 15 of stake by interior arrangement, or fixes by inner flanging.

Fig. 3 represents the part of the grid of another fence, and it only has bottom and middle part crosspiece 30,31, and it still provides by way of example.Stake 32 holes of passing in each crosspiece, and be fixed on the crosspiece.Only shown a pillar 33 among the figure.Be appreciated that grid can be with the pattern of extensive variation, shape and size form, and have a large amount of or a small amount of stakes.

Fig. 4 a and 4b represent two kinds of employing locking rods, and the bar among Fig. 1 15 for example is fixed to stake from crosspiece inside the method on the crosspiece.In Fig. 4 a, an end of top rail 40 and stake 41 is represented with sectional view.The hole that is positioned on the crosspiece downside 43 is passed in stake.Locking rod 42 passes the hole in the stake, and this hole is positioned at crosspiece inside, and locking rod 42 makes the distortion of crosspiece downside.Hole in the overlapping crosspiece in bore portion ground in the stake.Need artificial or power that machine produces so that bar inserts, and cause distortion.This bar penetrates the whole stakes in the grid.

Fig. 4 b represents a kind of replacement scheme, and its middle rail inside comprises the guide 45 that is used for locking rod 42.The width that depends on guide, this guide can be continuous in crosspiece, and the cross-drilled hole that perhaps is used to stake interrupts.As shown in the figure, align with guide in the hole in the stake.In Fig. 4 a and 4b, stake all is shown in the inner termination of top rail, but also can pass this top rail with the same in bottom or middle part crosspiece.

Fig. 5 represents that another kind is fixed in the crosspiece stake to form the method for grid or other structure.In this embodiment, bottom rail 50 and top rail 51 keep stake 52.Stake is distortion in the

part

53 and 54 of each crosspiece inside, for example passes through flanging.Be generally circular stake and in crosspiece, be deformed into relative flattened cross-section, and this prevents that stake and arbitrary crosspiece break away from, thereby securely stake is fixed in the grid.

The reinforcement mode of Fig. 6 presentation graphs 5.In this embodiment, top rail 60 comprises braced structures 61, and braced structures 61 engages an end of stake 62, to strengthen grid after assembling.The part of stake between below crosspiece inside and the braced structures by flanging.The function of bottom rail 63 such as preceding.In Fig. 6 b, braced structures is expressed as the plate 65 with a series of holes.In Fig. 6 c, braced structures is to have the cavity in a series of holes or the continuous flange of crosspiece inside.In Fig. 6 d, the plate among Fig. 6 b keeps by the fixture on the crosspiece inwall.In Fig. 6 e, braced structures is suitable for bottom rail or middle part crosspiece 68, and allows stake to pass crosspiece.Be appreciated that various internal constructions all can play same or analogous effect.

Fig. 7 represents how reinforcement can help to tilt grid, for example required grid in the banister.In Fig. 7 a, crosspiece 70 is not orthogonal to stake 71, and top and bottom rail are only partly passed in stake.Pillar 73 is parallel to stake usually.As shown in Fig. 7 b, this may need with Fig. 6 a in similar braced structures 74, but the hole that is used for stake can be offset at crosspiece.This structure can be slided in crosspiece, to help with grid assembled on site and installation.Fig. 7 c and 7d represent slidably how plate 75 or flange 76 can form in crosspiece.Notice that the hole in the braced structures can be elongated under the situation of circular stake, to adapt to angular deviation.

Fig. 8 schematically shows and is used for making the pile series flanging to form the equipment of grid one group of crosspiece inside.In Fig. 8 a, this equipment comprises a framework, and this framework has and is used to keep a pair of crosspiece with the first 80 that forms grid be used to keep pass the second portion 81 of the flanging equipment of crosspiece.Crosspiece is arranged in the support 82 on the frame part 80, and flanging equipment has two independent instruments 83 that align with support 82.Each instrument at one end is fixed on the movable carriage 84 by support 85, and passes second support 86 to align expression in more detail in Fig. 8 b with corresponding crosspiece at the other end.In this embodiment, support 86 comprises the pin 88 of two plates 87 and serial qualification instrument 83 passages.

In Fig. 8 a, a pair of chain 90 driven bracket 84 back and forth in frame part 81, like this, carriage 84 drives the instrument 83 of flanging equipment back and forth by support 86.Chain rotates with two-part circulation around the axle 91 that is driven by motor 92.The leaf spring 93 that is contained on the framework 81 provides tension force in chain, and during the flanging stake, adapts to because the movement differential that instrument 83 effects cause in grid.Be appreciated that different lattice structures needs the different layout of support 82, and can expect various equipment usually, with substituting as frame construction shown in here and parts.

Equipment operation among Fig. 8 b-8g presentation graphs 8a is to make simple grid.In Fig. 8 c, a pair of crosspiece 95 has placed support 82, and aligns with the instrument 83 of flanging equipment.Carriage is positioned at the starting point of circulation.In Fig. 8 d, carriage 84 in framework 81 from being shifted to the right to a left side, promotion instrument 83 enters their corresponding crosspieces, and arrives the mid point of circulation.In Fig. 8 e, crosspiece has been inserted in a series of stakes 96, and bar 83 keeps static simultaneously.In Fig. 8 f, carriage is retracted in framework 81, and instrument is pulled out crosspiece, and flanging stake in crosspiece, to finish circulation.The grid of finishing is removed in Fig. 8 g.

Fig. 9 schematically shows the action of flanging equipment among Fig. 8.In Fig. 9 a, in the sectional view of overlooking, instrument 100 is positioned, and is pulled through the crosspiece 101 that comprises a series of stakes 102 then.In this embodiment, instrument comprises two parallel elongate rod or bar, and they have relatively and the end 103 of thickening.The bar end keeps together, and compresses the part that stake is positioned at crosspiece continuously.In this case, instrument penetrates crosspiece before stake is inserted.Fig. 9 b represents the bordering tool that substitutes, comprises having circular wedging part 105 bar of staged wedging part 106 and the auxiliary wedging of roller part 107.

Figure 10 represents that another is used for the bordering tool that substitutes of the grid of rapid processing assembling, and its king-pile has been arranged in crosspiece.In Figure 10 a, this instrument comprises bar 110, and bar 110 has the chock 111 that is contained on the arm 112.Slide block 113 also is contained on the arm 112, and can move around with respect to chock.Arm passes the hole 114 in the slide block.Inclined-plane 115 helps slide block and moves on the chock.Slide block and chock are made by relative stiffness or fine and close material such as hardened steel.

In Figure 10 b, when instrument inserted the crosspiece 118 that comprises stake 119, slide block 113 alignd with bar 110.This slide block is arranged in the width range of bar, and does not have flanging through stake.When instrument was extracted out, slide block was repositioned onto on the chock, and departed from and the aliging of bar.Slide block extends across the width of bar effectively, thereby when bar was extracted out, slide block contact stake also made stake in the crosspiece internal strain.Be appreciated that and design multiple instrument with action of this common type.

Figure 11 represents another kind of equipment, with as the substituting of equipment among Fig. 8, and can use with the bordering tool in Fig. 9 or 10.This equipment comprises a framework, and framework has and is used to keep one or more crosspieces with the first 110 that forms grid be used to keep pass the second portion 111 of the bordering tool of crosspiece.Similar with Fig. 8 b, in this embodiment, two crosspieces can be arranged in the support 112 on the frame part 110, align with two bars 113 that pass support 114.Each bar at one end is fixed on the movable carriage 115, and carriage 115 is driven back and forth by cam 116 between the framework each several part, and by cover 118 correct positions that remain on the part 111.Cam is driven by the motor or the pump 117 of automatic or manual control.

Claims

1, a kind of fence has at least one hollow crosspiece and a plurality of stake of being supported by crosspiece, and corresponding ingate enters crosspiece to its king-pile in the crosspiece by passing, and is fixed on the crosspiece by the fastening devices that is positioned at crosspiece inside.

2, fence according to claim 1 is characterized in that, fastening devices is included in stake and enters strained each a part that is positioned at crosspiece inside behind the crosspiece, thereby prevents that stake from further passing their ingates separately.

3, fence according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described each in the inner strained that part of flat shape of part that has of crosspiece, the flat shape of this part no longer with crosspiece in the form fit of each ingate.

4, fence according to claim 1 is characterized in that, each comprises the fixing hole that is arranged in crosspiece, and fastening devices comprises the bar that passes fixing hole, thereby prevents that stake from further passing their ingates separately.

5, fence according to claim 4 is characterized in that, the fixed hole position in the stake is near the crosspiece inner surface, and the resistance that bar overcomes the crosspiece inner surface passes fixing hole.

6, fence according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the side that crosspiece is only passed in stake, and the termination of the inwall place in crosspiece, and a stake end remains in the respective aperture of inwall.

7, a kind of fence, have at least one hollow crosspiece and a plurality of stake of supporting by crosspiece, its middle rail has the outer wall that has an ingate, with the internal construction that is used to keep an end, and wherein each stake enters crosspiece by corresponding ingate, and each has the end that is kept by internal construction.

8, fence according to claim 7 is characterized in that, the internal construction of strut rail comprises wall, and this wall has the retaining hole that is used for each end of stake.

9, fence according to claim 8 is characterized in that, retaining hole is alignd with the ingate, so that stake is perpendicular to strut rail.

10, fence according to claim 8 is characterized in that, retaining hole departs from the ingate, so that stake is not orthogonal to strut rail.

11, fence according to claim 9 is characterized in that, internal construction can be inner mobile at strut rail, to change the alignment of retaining hole and ingate.

12, fence according to claim 7 is characterized in that, internal construction comprises a plurality of flanges, and flange is used to hold the end of corresponding stake.

13, fence according to claim 7 is characterized in that, stake is fixed on the strut rail by the fastening devices that is positioned at strut rail inside, and fastening devices is at the inner bar that connects stake of crosspiece, or each is at the crushed element of crosspiece inside.

14, a kind of method that forms pilework comprises: provide the hollow crosspiece to support a plurality of stake, make each stake pass crosspiece at least in part, and with stake from the crosspiece internal fixation to crosspiece.

15, method according to claim 14 also comprises providing a pair of hollow crosspiece with supporting pile, makes each stake pass completely through at least one crosspiece, and with stake from the crosspiece internal fixation to crosspiece.

16, method according to claim 14 also comprises whole stakes are alignd with crosspiece, and by the roughly continuous motion that bordering tool passes crosspiece, stake is fixed on the crosspiece.

17, method according to claim 16, also be included in make the stake be horizontally through crosspiece before, make the longitudinally unidirectional crosspiece that passes of bordering tool, then this instrument is passed crosspiece and retracts, to make a flanging from strut rail inside.

18, method according to claim 16 also comprises making a side direction pass strut rail, makes bordering tool vertically pass strut rail back and forth then, to make a flanging from strut rail inside.

19, a kind of equipment that is used to form the fence grid comprises: framework is used for the strut rail of two or more grids is supported on correct position to hold stake; Setting tool, it is installed on the framework and aligns with strut rail, or is installed in and is used on the framework aliging with strut rail; And tool drive, it drives described instrument and passes strut rail from strut rail inside stake is fixed on the strut rail.

20, equipment according to claim 19 is characterized in that, frame supported has the grid of two parallel strut rails, and setting tool has two parallel flanging bars that align with strut rail.

21, equipment according to claim 20 is characterized in that, each bar of bordering tool has the enlarged end that is used for making in strut rail inside the stake distortion.

22, equipment according to claim 19 is characterized in that, drive unit promotes instrument to pass strut rail before stake is placed in the strut rail, then instrument is passed strut rail and retracts so that stake is fixed on correct position.

23, equipment according to claim 19 is characterized in that, after stake was positioned at correct position, drive unit pushed strut rail with instrument and instrument is pulled out from strut rail.