EP0180625B1 - Barrier with internal ducts and construction method - Google Patents

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EP0180625B1
EP0180625B1 EP85902374A EP85902374A EP0180625B1 EP 0180625 B1 EP0180625 B1 EP 0180625B1 EP 85902374 A EP85902374 A EP 85902374A EP 85902374 A EP85902374 A EP 85902374A EP 0180625 B1 EP0180625 B1 EP 0180625B1
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Walter B. Hahne
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F3/00—Sewer pipe-line systems
    • E03F3/04—Pipes or fittings specially adapted to sewers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B21/00—Methods or machines specially adapted for the production of tubular articles
    • B28B21/86—Cores
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01C—CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
    • E01C11/00—Details of pavings
    • E01C11/22—Gutters; Kerbs ; Surface drainage of streets, roads or like traffic areas
    • E01C11/221—Kerbs or like edging members, e.g. flush kerbs, shoulder retaining means ; Joint members, connecting or load-transfer means specially for kerbs
    • E01C11/223—Kerb-and-gutter structures; Kerbs with drainage openings channel or conduits, e.g. with out- or inlets, with integral gutter or with channel formed into the kerb ; Kerbs adapted to house cables or pipes, or to form conduits
    • 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
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • E01F15/08—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks
    • E01F15/081—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks characterised by the use of a specific material
    • E01F15/083—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks characterised by the use of a specific material using concrete
    • 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
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/02—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes
    • E01F15/08—Continuous barriers extending along roads or between traffic lanes essentially made of walls or wall-like elements ; Cable-linked blocks
    • E01F15/088—Details of element connection

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  • This invention relates generally to barriers or dividers suitable for blocking or dividing roadways and particularly to a barrier section having internal ducts and passageways for providing drainage and a conduit for cables, such as electri- calor telephone cables, and method of construction of such a barrier.
  • barriers for separating oppositely directed traffic lanes.
  • Such barriers may be either permanently emplaced in the center divider between lanes or temporarily emplaced to direct traffic away from particular locations, such as construction sites in or adjacent roadways.
  • the barriers are formed to prevent automobiles from crossing into the path of oppositely directed traffic and therefore prevent "head-on" collisions.
  • Such barriers comprise a plurality of reinforced concrete sections placed end-to-end to extend a desired length, which may vary from several feet to many miles.
  • Some barrier sections include coupling means for securing adjacent ends together to form a continuous rigid structure.
  • Such barriers typically include a base portion that has a generally rectangular or trapezoidal cross section, a tapered intermediate portion and an upstanding portion that may also be tapered.
  • the base ordinarily rests upon or is embedded in the center divider between lanes.
  • the lowermost edge of the base is generally the widest portion of the barrier.
  • the intermediate portion tapers from the width of the uppermost edge of the base to the width of the lowermost edge of the upstanding portion.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,105,353 issued August 8,1978 to Bork, et al. discloses a barrier having a longitudinal internal drainage duct extending the length thereof through the base and a smaller diameter passageway through to the intermediate portion.
  • the duct is suitable for use in a drainage system for carrying water. Both the duct and the passageway are suitable for carrying telephone and electrical wires or the like.
  • the ducts When used in a drainage system, the ducts have side openings extending therefrom to the outer surface of the barrier so that water may flow into the ducts.
  • the barrier has a male end and a female end so that a line of interconnected barriers may be formed.
  • the barrier disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,105,353 functions satisfactorily to prevent vehicle crossovers into oppositely directed lanes and to provide conduits for drainage or cables.
  • the ducts are cylindrical, which means that a cylindrical mold must be included in the forms used for molding and curing the concrete of which the barriers are formed. After the concrete has been poured and cured sufficiently to maintain its shape while unsupported, the cylindrical mold must be withdrawn from the concrete, leaving a cylindrical passage or duct therethrough. Even though oil or other suitable substances may be coated onto the outer surface of the cylindrical mold before pouring the concrete, friction between the mold and the surrounding concrete may cause great difficulty in removing the mold.
  • An alternative to removing the mold is to include a pipe of the desired length and diameter in the barrier section. Since modern roadway construction requires a great number of barrier sections, which should be manufactured as economically as possible, the inclusion pipes in the barriers is not generally regarded as an economically viable alternative to removing the molds from the barriers.
  • the object of this invention is to overcome the difficulties associated with fabrication of roadway barriers having ducts or conduits therein.
  • a method for forming an elongate roadway barrier section comprising a base, an intermediate section and an upstanding section, the base defining a duct therethrough from end to end comprising the steps of casting concrete in a form defining the exterior configuration thereof and about forms defining the configuration of the duct, allowing the concrete to cure, and removing said forms from the cured concrete
  • said forms comprise two elongate mold plugs arranged end to end to form a continuous mold for the duct, in that each mold plug tapers from its respective outer end inwardly toward its inner end, in that the inner ends of the mold plugs are formed to mate with each other to prevent concrete from entering the duct region, and in that the mold plugs are aligned so that the duct they form has a level bottom.
  • a method for manufacturing concrete piles with a central longitudinal opening is known from US-A-1598059 in which slightly tapered cores arranged end to end are used, but here the duct produced does not have a level bottom and, hence, if used for concrete barrier sections, when fitted together the sections would provide low spots at the junctions in which water, oil, etc. could build up.
  • the mold plugs are preferably frusto-conical, or they may be formed to provide a flat and level bottom in the ducts with only the upper portions of the duct having a taper that narrows from the end of the barrier toward the center.
  • the narrower ends of the mold plugs must be formed so that they join to provide a continuous mold so that no concrete enters into the region where the duct should exist.
  • the method of the invention provides a barrier that can be more economically constructed than previous barriers while accomplishing the same functions as previous barriers, namely safely and effectively dividing traffic lanes while providing ducts for drainage or for carrying cables.
  • a barrier section 10 includes a base 12, an intermediate foot section 14 and an upstanding section 16.
  • the base 12, intermediate foot section 14 and the upstanding section 16 are preferably integrally formed and are referenced as separate sections only for ease of description.
  • the barrier section 10 further includes a projection 18 at an end 20 and a corresponding recess 22 at the opposite end 24, a duct 26 and a plurality of drainage scuppers 28.
  • the duct 26 preferably has a bottom surface 30 that is preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base 12 so that the base 12 and the bottom 30 of the duct 26 make the same angle with the horizontal.
  • the duct 26 is shown to be comprised of a pair of sections 32 and 34 that are mirror images of one another.
  • the upper sections 32 and 34 have upper edges 36 and 38 that taper toward the bottom 30 of the duct 26 so that the duct 26 is narrower at central portion 40 where the sections 32 and 34 meet than at the ends 20 and 24.
  • the section 32 has an opening 42 at the end 20 of the barrier 10.
  • the opening 42 has a greater cross sectional area than the end of the section 32 at the central portion 40 of the duct 26.
  • the portion 34 has an opening 44 at the end 24.
  • the openings 42 and 44 have substantially the same dimensions with the primary difference between the openings 42 and 44 being a projection 46 extending from the end 20 around the opening 20 and a recess 48 extending into the end 24.
  • the projection 46 fits into a recess similar to the recess 48 when the barrier section 10 is connected to an end similar to the end 24 of another barrier (not shown).
  • the openings 42, 44 may include a male key 52 and a female key 54, respectively.
  • the male key 52 and female key 54 may be of any suitable configuration to interconnect a pair of barriers such as the barrier 10 end-to-end.
  • the male key 52 and the female key 54 have octagonal cross sections with the male key 52 having sides slightly smaller than those of the female key 54.
  • the dimensions of the sides of the male key 52 and the female key 54 are such that the male key 52 easily penetrates into the female key as shown in Figure 4.
  • An end 56 of the male key 52 abuts an end 58 of a second barrier section 60 when the barrier sections 10 and 60 are properly connected to form a joint 57.
  • the male key 52 has a pair of surfaces 62 and 64 that are parallel with and slightly spaced apart from a pair of corresponding surfaces 66 and 68 on the female key 54 when the surfaces 56 and 58 abut one another.
  • a suitable sealant (not shown) may be placed between the surfaces 62, 64 and the surfaces 66, 68 to prevent moisture from flowing into or out of the joint 57 between barrier sections 10 and 60.
  • FIG 1, 2 and 3 illustrate details of the drainage scupper 28.
  • the drainage scupper 28 includes a generally rectangular opening 70 that leads into a duct 72, as best shown in Figure 3.
  • the duct 72 intersects the duct 26 so that water may flow through the opening 70 and the duct 72 into the duct 26.
  • the barrier 10 is shown to have two drainage scuppers 28, any desired number of similar drainage scuppers could be included.
  • the preferred method of forming the barrier section 10 is to mount a pair of tapered mold plugs 76 and 78 in a conventional concrete form.
  • the mold plugs 76 and 78 may be frusto-conical as shown in Figure 5, but may have trapezoidal cross sections having lower edges which form the desired flat bottom portion in the duct 26.
  • the preferred embodiment thus provides a method for forming barrier sections that may be placed end-to-end to include a straight, horizontal duct with no low spots in water which could collect and stagnate.
  • the mold plugs 76 and 78 are frusto-conical, then they must have surfaces 80 and 82, respectively formed on the smaller ends thereof which butt together to form a continuous mold.
  • the taper of the mold plugs is ordinarily only about 1-3 inches (2.5-7.5 cm) of diameter for 10 feet (3 m) of length. Therefore, the duct 26 has only a small deviation from the cylindrical ducts (not shown) included in previous barriers.
  • the ends 80 and 82 In order to form smooth inner surfaces in the duct 26, the ends 80 and 82 must be formed to match closely with one another. As best shown in Figure 6, the end 80 of the mold plug 76 is generally planar, making a small acute angle with respect to the vertical. The mold plugs 76 and 78 each have a second end 84 and 86, respectively, which may be perpendicularto the longitudinal axes thereof. The end 82 of the mold plug 78, therefore, must be formed to abut the end 80 of the mold plug 76 so that there are no gaps therebetween.
  • the mold plugs 76 and 78 being tapered, are easy to pull out of the concrete barrier section 10. Appreciable resistance is encountered only during initial movement of the mold plugs, unlike cylindrical mold plugs, which experience substantial frictional resistance to their withdrawal along the entire length thereof.

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