EP0211227A2 - Warnvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0211227A2
EP0211227A2 EP86108880A EP86108880A EP0211227A2 EP 0211227 A2 EP0211227 A2 EP 0211227A2 EP 86108880 A EP86108880 A EP 86108880A EP 86108880 A EP86108880 A EP 86108880A EP 0211227 A2 EP0211227 A2 EP 0211227A2
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Leonard Venn
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/006—Portable traffic signalling devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L2/00—Systems of electric lighting devices

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to a warning device, in particular a warning device for indicating the presence of a wearer to motorists at night and in conditions of bad visibility.
  • Pedestrians and cyclists, particularly children, using the roads at night or in conditions of bad visibility may be very difficult for a motorist to see, particularly if they are wearing dark clothing. Although the public is advised to wear something light at night and fluroscent or reflective bands jackets etc are available, a motorist may still not spot a pedestrian or cyclist wearing such clothing until the headlamps of his car actually shine on the pedestrian or cyclist.
  • a warning device for indicating the presence of a wearer thereof to motorists at night and in conditions of bad visibility, the device comprising a substrate provided with a plurality of lights and adapted to be worn by a user of the device, and means for illuminating the lights.
  • warning device embodying the invention for indicating the presence of a wearer thereof to motorists, particularly at night and in conditions of bad visibility.
  • the device comprises a substrate 1 in the form of an endless transparent tube adapted to be worn diagonally across the user's body as shown in Figures 3A and 3B.
  • the substrate may alternatively take form of a jacket or belt or any other suitable form of clothing.
  • the substrate 1 which may be made of a plastics material and may advantageously be fluorescent or reflective has a plurality of lights 2 posi­tioned spaced apart along the length thereof.
  • the lights 2 thereof which are preferably 3 to 6 volt 60 milliamp bulbs are electrically connectable to an illuminating means in the form of a rechargeable battery (not shown) carried within a portable casing 3.
  • the portable casing 3 is formed of a plastics material and is sized so as to be received in a pocket of the user's clothing or is arranged to be hooked onto a user's belt.
  • the warning device also includes control means 4 for causing the lights to flash on and off in a predetermined manner.
  • the control means 4 controls an oscillator circuit 5 for supplying a clock signal to the clock input pin 13 of a CMOS 74 nc 4017 10-stage Johnson counter integrated circuit 6.
  • the oscillator circuit 5 comprises four 2-input NAND gates G1 to G4 in the form of a 4093 Quad Schmit NAND gate integrated circuit, each NAND gate having their two inputs coupled together.
  • the four NAND gates are connected in series and the output of the second NAND gate G2 is fed back via a 0.47 uf capacitor C1 and a 2.2 megaohm resistor R2 to the coupled inputs of the first NAND gate G1.
  • the output of the third NAND gate G3 is fed back via a 220 kilo-ohm resistor R1, a variable resistor VR1 of nominal resistance 1 megaohm and the resistor R2 to the coupled inputs of the first NAND gate G1.
  • the output of the fourth NAND gate G4 is supplied as the clock signal to the clock input pin 13 of the integrated circuit 6.
  • the values of the resistors of R1 and R2 and the capacitor C1 are selected and the variable resistor is normally set so that a clock pulse is supplied once every 64 milliseconds to provide a 15.625 Hz clock pulse signal to the integrated circuit 6.
  • the frequency of the clock pulse signal may be varied to vary the rate at which the lights flash by varying the resistance of the variable resistor VR1 via a control which may be internal or may include an external control knob 7 provided on the casing 3.
  • the integrated circuit 6 In response to the clock signal from the oscillator circuit 5, the integrated circuit 6 delivers four output signals Q1, Q0, Q2 and Q3 which are spaced apart by a predetermined time which may be determined by the clock pulse signal.
  • the frequency of the output signals Q0 to Q3 is, of course, dependent upon the frequency of the clock pulse signal input to the integrated circuit 6.
  • Each of the output signals Q1, Q0, Q2 and Q3 is supplied via a respective 1 kilo-ohm resistor R3, R4, R5 and R6 to the base of a respective NPN transistor TR1, TR0, TR2 and TR3 of type BC 184, the emitters of which are connected to the 0 volt power supply line, that is the negative terminal of the rechargable battery (not shown).
  • each transistor TR1, TR0, TR2 and TR3 is connected to a respective pin Q1, Q0, Q2 and Q3 of a five pin DIN socket 8 mounted in the casing 3.
  • the positive terminal V+ of the battery (not show) is connected to a centre pin of the DIN socket 8 via a switch 9 which may be manually operated by a user of the device to connect the battery in circuit.
  • the lights 2 are connected to a five-pin DIN plug 10 corresponding to the socket 8 so that when the plug 10 is received in the socket 8, each light 2 is connected to the V+ pin of the socket 8 and also to a respective one of the pins Q0 to Q3.
  • the lights are connected so that, starting from the plug 10, every fourth light is connected to the same pin of the plug.
  • the first, fifth, ninth, etc. lights are connected to one pin
  • the second, sixth, tenth, etc. lights are connected to a second pin
  • the third, seventh, eleventh, etc. lights are connected to a third pin
  • the fourth, eight, twelfth, etc. lights are connected to a fourth pin of the plug 10.
  • connections for the lights to the DIN plug 10 may be provided.
  • Preferably differently coloured lights 2 are used and are arranged so that when the band or substrate is worn by a user as shown in Figures 3A and 3B, lights of a first colour are adjacent the user's as chest and lights of a second colour are adjacent the user's back.
  • the lights adjacent the user's chest are white lights and the lights adjacent the user's back are red lights.
  • the battery (not shown) is rechargeable and a charging lead 11 for connection via a transformer to a mains power supply or to a specially adapted charging unit is provided, the charging lead 11 having a jack plug 12 for reception in a corresponding socket 13 provided in the casing 3.
  • the casing 3 is preferably sized so as to be able to be hooked on a belt of a user or received within a pocket of the user's clothing.
  • the casing 3 is rectangular and is 6 inches (15cm) long, 3 inches (7.5cm) wide and 11 ⁇ 4 inch (3 cm) deep.
  • a waist belt may be provided to secure the tube 1 in position on a wearer's body.
  • the warning device is particulary suited for earning motor­ists of the present or cyclist wearing the device
  • the warning device may also be used in daylight by the front and back markers of a large group of people walking along a road. Workers in hazardous situations such as road and railway workers may also find such a device useful.

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  • Professional, Industrial, Or Sporting Protective Garments (AREA)
  • Outerwear In General, And Traditional Japanese Garments (AREA)
EP86108880A 1985-08-05 1986-06-30 Warnvorrichtung Withdrawn EP0211227A3 (de)

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GB08519629A GB2178838B (en) 1985-08-05 1985-08-05 A warning device
GB8519629 1985-08-05

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EP0211227A2 true EP0211227A2 (de) 1987-02-25
EP0211227A3 EP0211227A3 (de) 1988-10-26

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Cited By (3)

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GB2228074A (en) * 1989-02-10 1990-08-15 Joyce Beatrice Rudham Hazard warning device
EP0432201A4 (en) * 1988-09-01 1992-06-03 Alliko Unlimited Corp. Illuminated article and waterproof illuminated harness
ES2191567A1 (es) * 2002-02-25 2003-09-01 Ayala Rodrigo Martin Sistema de señalizacion vial luminosa portatil.

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US5779348A (en) * 1997-02-18 1998-07-14 Interlicchio; Joseph C. Illuminated safety shoulder strap

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FR1282993A (fr) * 1960-03-12 1962-01-27 Appareil de signalisation lumineux adaptable à la main, convenant en particulier aux cyclistes et motocyclistes
GB1010632A (en) * 1960-10-17 1965-11-24 Tadahichi Wada Improvements in or relating to hand-operable electrical lighting devices
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FR93881E (fr) * 1967-02-22 1969-05-30 Philippe Altare Dispositif pour la signalisation visuelle de son utilisateur.
US3641333A (en) * 1968-12-05 1972-02-08 Everett W Gendron Illuminated belt
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0432201A4 (en) * 1988-09-01 1992-06-03 Alliko Unlimited Corp. Illuminated article and waterproof illuminated harness
GB2228074A (en) * 1989-02-10 1990-08-15 Joyce Beatrice Rudham Hazard warning device
GB2228074B (en) * 1989-02-10 1992-02-12 Joyce Beatrice Rudham Hazard warning device
ES2191567A1 (es) * 2002-02-25 2003-09-01 Ayala Rodrigo Martin Sistema de señalizacion vial luminosa portatil.

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GB2178838B (en) 1989-01-11

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