EP0145349A2 - Balises routières - Google Patents

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EP0145349A2
EP0145349A2 EP84308000A EP84308000A EP0145349A2 EP 0145349 A2 EP0145349 A2 EP 0145349A2 EP 84308000 A EP84308000 A EP 84308000A EP 84308000 A EP84308000 A EP 84308000A EP 0145349 A2 EP0145349 A2 EP 0145349A2
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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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/604—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings
    • E01F9/615—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings illuminated
    • E01F9/617—Illuminated or wired-up posts, bollards, pillars or like upstanding bodies or structures for traffic guidance, warning or control
    • 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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/623—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection
    • E01F9/654—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection in the form of three-dimensional bodies, e.g. cones; capable of assuming three-dimensional form, e.g. by inflation or erection to form a geometric body
    • 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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/688—Free-standing bodies
    • 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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/688—Free-standing bodies
    • E01F9/692—Portable base members therefor

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  • This invention is concerned with improvements relating to road signs, particularly of the kind (hereinafter referred to as being of the kind specified) as are used to indicate temporary road restrictions and/or conditions, such road signs being readily transportable.
  • road signs are in use, which are placed in appropriate positions to indicate to road users a particular road condition. Examples include indicators for road works, uneven road surfaces, slippery road conditions and the like. Such road signs are used in pairs or in small numbers, e.g. indicating merely the extremities of the particular road condition.
  • a road sign suitable for use to indicate temporary restrictions and/or road conditions comprising a portion which provides an area for display, and mounting means in the form of a stem portion integral with the display portion, said road sign being formed from plastics material of substantially uniform thickness.
  • the road sign is adapted for use in conjunction with a relatively robust base member, preferably one which is moulded from plastics material and which comprises a downwardly-extending aperture.
  • base members may be located as desired, and the road sign slotted into the aperture of the base member. Whilst the road sign may itself be damaged during use, the broken road sign may readily be removed from the base member and replaced by a new road sign.
  • the stem portion may extend generally at right angles to the height of the display portion, and be provided with means (such as a hole) to enable it to be secured to a support member, such as a road surface, for example by studs.
  • the road sign is formed by cutting or stamping from sheet plastics material.
  • the road sign may be used in flat form: whilst in such form it will be readily visible only in two opposite directions, this will cause no difficulty in contra-ffow systems, since it, and the manner in which it is mounted, may be oriented so that the road sign will be visible in the required directions of travel.
  • the road sign Being flat, and light in weight, the road sign may be packed and transported for use, together with base members, relatively economically, and road signs may be erected on the base members without difficulty.
  • the road sign may be cut or stamped from sheet plastics material which may be pre-painted or pre-coated with light-reflective material as desired, or may be moulded from self-coloured plastics material, or may be provided with a suitable coating subsequent to stamping.
  • the display portion at least may be formed (such as by a thermo-forming operation) into part-cylindrical or part-conical shape.
  • the road sign may comprise a supplementary portion which is adapted to be mounted on the display portion to provide depth in the direction at right angles to the plane of the display portion, the supplementary portion being cut or moulded from plastics material.
  • a base member and a road sign adapted to be releasably interfitted with the base member, the base member comprising a body and a downwardly-extending aperture in the body, the road sign being formed from a sheet of substantially uniform thickness and comprising a display portion and a stem portion extending from the display portion, the stem portion being of such a size as to enable it to be slotted into the aperture.
  • the road sign carries a lamp, connection means being provided by which the lamp may be illuminated from a power source on the base member.
  • slots may be provided in the display portion.
  • the road sign which is the first embodiment of this invention is particularly adapted for use with a base member of the kind illustrated in Figure I, the base member comprising a body 6 which is generally rectangular in shape, moulded from plastics material such as re-claimed P.V.C. or polyurethene and which is provided with a generally rectangular aperture 8 extending downwardly through an upper surface 10 of the body 6.
  • the road sign which is illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4 is stamped from sheet plastics material, similarly of reclaimed P.V.C. or polyurethene conventionally in the order of Icm thickness, and comprises a display portion 14 which is generally triangular in shape, having a narrow top edge 18 and a base 16 which is of a dimension similar to the diagonal dimension of the body 6 of the base member.
  • a short stem portion 22 Extending downwardly from the base surface 16 is a short stem portion 22, which is slightly tapered, being of a dimension such as to enable the stem portion to be fitted into the aperture 8, diagonally thereof.
  • the stem portion 22 may be parallel sided, although fitting of the stem portion 22 into the aperture 8 is facilitated when the stem portion is slightly tapered.
  • the road sign which is the first embodiment is cut or stamped from at least semi-rigid sheet plastics material, and is preferably provided with visual "depth" by a thermo-forming operation, in which the sign is formed to a shape which is curved about its vertical axis, specifically into a part-conical shape.
  • the road sign as a whole may be formed from pre-coated plastics sheet material, or the display portion at least may be painted or coated such as by self-adhesive tape to provide a surface of appropriate reflectivity.
  • the stem portion 22 may be provided with a central slot, as is shown in Figure 4a, to enable the limbs 22a, 22b provided thereby to be resiliently deformed inwardly.
  • the stem 22 may be press-fitted into the aperture 8, and held in place by engagement between upwardly facing surfaces of the legs 23 with a shoulder on the interior of the base member. This will enable the road sign and base member to be picked up by grasping an upper portion thereof, and moved as a whole to a desired position.
  • a lamp 20 is secured to an upper part of the. display portion, such as in an aperture in a generally central, upper part thereof.
  • the lamp is connected by wiring 22 to connection means, such as a jack plug 24, secured to the stem 22, and which, on the mounting of the road sign on the base member 6, interfits with a receiving jack socket 26 on the base member, whereby the lamp 20 is connected to a supply of electricity, such as a battery 28 provided within the base member 6.
  • portion 14 By the provision of the lamp within the display area afforded by portion 14, light from the lamp is also reflected towards oncoming vehicles from the display surface, increasing the effective luminescence of the lamp.
  • the road sign is flat, but is provided with a slot 20 extending from the upper surface 18 of the display portion.
  • the road sign comprises a supplementary portion 24 which is similar to the display portion 14, other than the slot 20 is omitted therefrom, and instead, a slot 28 is provided (illustrated in chain dot lines in Figure 7) which extends upwardly through the stem portion 22, and which terminates at the level at which the slot 20 terminates.
  • the supplementary portion 24 may be mounted. over the display portion 14, with the two stem portions engaging within respective diameters of the aperture 8 of the base member.
  • a supplementary portion 34 is provided which is similarly stamped from sheet plastics material, which is round in shape, and which is provided with a radial slot 36.
  • the supplementary portion 34 may be mounted on the display portion 14 by passing the slot 36 over the slot 20.
  • a road sign comprising a display portion 44 which is somewhat more part-cylindrical than part-conical. Additionally, in the fourth embodiment, the stem portion 52 extends at right angles to the height of the display portion, and is provided with an aperture 54 by which it may be secured to a support member, or direct to the road surface, by bolting.
  • a road sign which is relatively inexpensive, light in weight, and may very easily be erected in the desired position, and conveniently changed if damaged.
  • plastics sheet material such as semi-rigid plastics sheet material of lcm thickness, it will be flexible, allowing the road sign to temporarily deform under load, and return to its original position.
  • slots may be provided in the display portion, to reduce wind resistance, and thereby reduce movement of the road sign under the effect of road vehicle slip stream.

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EP84308000A 1983-11-19 1984-11-19 Balises routières Expired EP0145349B1 (fr)

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GB8330944 1983-11-19
GB838330944A GB8330944D0 (en) 1983-11-19 1983-11-19 Road signs
GB08406647A GB2150175B (en) 1983-11-19 1984-03-14 Improvements relating to road cones
GB8406647 1984-03-14

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EP0145349A2 true EP0145349A2 (fr) 1985-06-19
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EP0213114A1 (fr) * 1985-08-05 1987-03-04 Johann Wieser Dispositif pour le balisage délinéateur au choix d'un couloir de circulation
EP0257226A2 (fr) * 1986-06-25 1988-03-02 Aph Road Safety Limited Balises routières et plaque-support pour balise routière
EP0697486A1 (fr) * 1994-08-04 1996-02-21 Helmut Heienbrock Douille universelle

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FR781320A (fr) * 1934-11-16 1935-05-13 Nantaise Des Betons Vibres Poteau destiné en particulier à la signalisation routière
US2128294A (en) * 1936-04-18 1938-08-30 Robert B Gage Post
GB724361A (en) * 1953-06-23 1955-02-16 Fairylites Ltd Improvements in or relating to warning signs particularly for road use
US3340779A (en) * 1965-09-22 1967-09-12 Carlisle Tire And Rubber Divis Highway safety guide
US3380428A (en) * 1965-12-20 1968-04-30 Kenneth A. Abrams Traffic guide post
US3385551A (en) * 1965-08-18 1968-05-28 John W. Mckay Portable emergency reflector device
US3507245A (en) * 1968-05-06 1970-04-21 Edmund W Grabow Traffic emergency warning device
US3766881A (en) * 1973-03-29 1973-10-23 K D Lamp Co Traffic warning device
US3802378A (en) * 1972-10-24 1974-04-09 M Kessler All-plastic driveway marker and the like
US4050401A (en) * 1975-12-22 1977-09-27 Wanda McCullough Barricade system
US4197808A (en) * 1979-05-08 1980-04-15 Kinninger James L Combined road marker and interchangeable sign cards
DE8223255U1 (de) * 1983-05-05 Segor Kg, 6588 Birkenfeld Bake mit Bakenfuß
DE8323755U1 (de) * 1983-11-24 Rehau Plastiks Ag & Co, 8673 Rehau Leiteinrichtung zur Baustellensicherung
US4445803A (en) * 1982-12-17 1984-05-01 Dixon Byron P Resilient marker
DE8405828U1 (de) * 1984-05-17 Jürgens, Hans Georg, 4830 Gütersloh Bake zur Verkehrsführung, Sicherung von Baustellen o.dgl.

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DE8223255U1 (de) * 1983-05-05 Segor Kg, 6588 Birkenfeld Bake mit Bakenfuß
DE8405828U1 (de) * 1984-05-17 Jürgens, Hans Georg, 4830 Gütersloh Bake zur Verkehrsführung, Sicherung von Baustellen o.dgl.
DE8323755U1 (de) * 1983-11-24 Rehau Plastiks Ag & Co, 8673 Rehau Leiteinrichtung zur Baustellensicherung
FR781320A (fr) * 1934-11-16 1935-05-13 Nantaise Des Betons Vibres Poteau destiné en particulier à la signalisation routière
US2128294A (en) * 1936-04-18 1938-08-30 Robert B Gage Post
GB724361A (en) * 1953-06-23 1955-02-16 Fairylites Ltd Improvements in or relating to warning signs particularly for road use
US3385551A (en) * 1965-08-18 1968-05-28 John W. Mckay Portable emergency reflector device
US3340779A (en) * 1965-09-22 1967-09-12 Carlisle Tire And Rubber Divis Highway safety guide
US3380428A (en) * 1965-12-20 1968-04-30 Kenneth A. Abrams Traffic guide post
US3507245A (en) * 1968-05-06 1970-04-21 Edmund W Grabow Traffic emergency warning device
US3802378A (en) * 1972-10-24 1974-04-09 M Kessler All-plastic driveway marker and the like
US3766881A (en) * 1973-03-29 1973-10-23 K D Lamp Co Traffic warning device
US4050401A (en) * 1975-12-22 1977-09-27 Wanda McCullough Barricade system
US4197808A (en) * 1979-05-08 1980-04-15 Kinninger James L Combined road marker and interchangeable sign cards
US4445803A (en) * 1982-12-17 1984-05-01 Dixon Byron P Resilient marker

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0213114A1 (fr) * 1985-08-05 1987-03-04 Johann Wieser Dispositif pour le balisage délinéateur au choix d'un couloir de circulation
EP0257226A2 (fr) * 1986-06-25 1988-03-02 Aph Road Safety Limited Balises routières et plaque-support pour balise routière
EP0257226A3 (fr) * 1986-06-25 1988-03-30 Aph Road Safety Limited Balises routières et plaque-support pour balise routière
EP0697486A1 (fr) * 1994-08-04 1996-02-21 Helmut Heienbrock Douille universelle

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