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EP0259334B1
EP0259334B1 EP86903635A EP86903635A EP0259334B1 EP 0259334 B1 EP0259334 B1 EP 0259334B1 EP 86903635 A EP86903635 A EP 86903635A EP 86903635 A EP86903635 A EP 86903635A EP 0259334 B1 EP0259334 B1 EP 0259334B1
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Karl Lars Gunnar Gunnarsson
Gert Agne Andersson
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    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
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  • the invention concerns a device which is alterable in order to be able to show optionally different signs with standardised shapes and colours, the device including a house with a front part which is provided with an opening, and in the house a rotatable disc, immediately behind the front part of the house.
  • FR-A-2 308 154 discloses a calendar consisting of a casing which is provided with four openings, and behind each opening a rotatable disc provided with a plurality of numbers or other symbols which in combination with each other tell the date of the year.
  • Variable traffic signs have also been suggested earlier and to a limited extent have come into practical use. For example in certain cases illuminated signs are used in order to give information about recommended speeds, in particular along stretches of through road with the so-called "green wave" which are controlled by light signals working in conjunction. However, these variable illuminated signs have not found any application in what can be considered in the proper sense of the words as road signs.
  • road signs we understand in this connection warning signs, prohibition signs, mandatory signs and information signs in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 1968. In this convention it was regulated in detail what the road signs should look like. These regulations apply both to shapes and colours of figures and other symbols and to the colour of the backgrounds. From this it follows that only those symbols and backgrounds which are described in this convention are possible for use in road traffic signs.
  • variable road traffic sign must be able to function without depending on an external power supply, since the electricity from the general network can be expensive to extend to the sign.
  • One object of the invention is to offer an alterable device of the type referred to in the preamble, which can fulfil the above mentioned requirements.
  • This aim can be achieved through the fact that the device is a road sign which is alterable in order to be able to show optionally two road signs with standardised shapes and colours, that the opening is covered by a window-pane of a transparent, colourless knock-resistant material, that only one rotatable disc is placed in the house, that this single disc is rotatable between a first and a second position around a centre of rotation, that said centre of rotation coincides with the centre of the road sign, that the distance between the first and second positions corresponds to a half revolution, i.e.
  • the road sign according to the invention can for example consist of a prohibition sign which can show two different speed limits depending for example on the time of day, the season, for example during the school term, winter, summer, morning or evening, road works (working hours), high and low traffic volume, etc.
  • the face of the front is provided with a stationary standardised figure on the right-hand side of an imaginary vertical centre line, wherein the opening is located in the corresponding position on the left-hand side of the centre line, the rotatable disc behind the front part being provided with two different figures but of the same standardised type as the figure on the front side, the figures on the rotatable disc having a height that is greater than the maximum radius of the disc, and the figures on the rotatable disc being located each on its own side of the centre of the disc and in such a way that one figure is quite upside down when the other one, when it is visible in the window, is the right way up and vice versa.
  • the principle of the invention can also be used for road signs which can be altered from showing a prohibition of parking of vehicles to a road sign that shows a prohibition of stopping vehicles.
  • the invention is characterised by the fact that the road sign in the one position of the rotatable disc shows a prohibition of parking vehicles and in the other position shows a prohibition of stopping vehicles, that the forward face of the front part shows a road sign which means prohibition of parking vehicles, in which road sign a window has been incorporated in the form of at least one slot which extends diagonally across the background field in the said road sign at right angles to the red band which traverses the field, and that the front side of the rotatable disc consists of blue fields, which are divided by a central red band, which extends between the blue fields through the centre of the disc, so that only the background field of the disc is shown in the window when the road sign is to show prohibition of parking vehicles, while the red band on the movable disc is visible in the window when the road sign is to show prohibition of stopping vehicles.
  • the red band on the movable disc is slightly wider than the opening in the face on the front except right in the centre.
  • no higher degree of precision is required when it is a question of the setting of the movable disc in the two positions.
  • two openings which together have more or less the same extent as the aforementioned slot, but which are separated from each other in the centre by the permanent red line on the face of the front.
  • the road sign consists of a mandatory sign which in one position of the movable disc shows a mandatory keep left and in the other position shows a mandatory keep right.
  • the face of the front consists in this case of a field of a single colour, which according to the Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance is blue, with a window which has the form of a cross, while the face of the rotatable disc consists of a field of the same colour as on the face of the front but which in addition has a white field which extends through the centre of the disc.
  • the cross-shaped window has, according to the embodiment in question, more precisely the form of two crossed arrows with the tips pointing downwards.
  • the white field on the movable disc has the approximate form of a band which widens towards the periphery of the disc and in particular the band - or the white field - is wider in that part which is to be placed under the arrowheads, so that in this case too the need for precision in the setting of the movable disc is eliminated.
  • the two arrowheads on the front overlap each other slightly. At least this applies with a sign shaped in accordance with the norms of the Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance. Within this overlapping area the front is preferably not pierced but instead this part is coloured white. It can be seen that this also reduces the need for precision with regard to the setting of the white field in the two positions.
  • the window in the front is covered by a window-pane of transparent, colourless, knock-resistant material.
  • the movable disc is perferably rotated by a shifting motor, which is driven and controlled by a programmed microprocessor, with the accumulator for example being chargeable by means of solar cells.
  • the motor can be driven by batteries, and in many cases it may also be practical to connect the sign to the general electricity network. In certain cases it may also be practical quite simply to be able to turn the rotatable disc manually with the aid of a key, crank or suchlike. This may for example apply to such cases when the change from one road sign to the other must occur under direct supervision in order to avoid traffic accidents in connection with the actual changeover.
  • the road traffic sign 1 consists of a front part 2 and behind this a back part 3, which has the form of a box and is mounted on a post 4.
  • the front part 2 consists of a circular disc, which is rigidly attached to the back part 3 along the periphery.
  • the sign shows a prohibition sign, which in accordance with Fig. 1 shows a speed limit of 50 km/h.
  • the front side of the front part 2 thus shows a yellow central field 5, which is surrounded by a red border 6.
  • a stationary black figure 7 which according to the example consists of a zero.
  • an opening 8 which is covered by a window-pane 9 of knock-resistant, transparent, colourless material, preferably knock-resistant plastic.
  • a rotatable disc 10 placed immediately behind the front part 2, Fig. 4.
  • This rotatable disc 10 shows on the side which is turned towards the front part 2 the same yellow colour as the central field 5 on the face of the front part.
  • This yellow field on the rotatable disc has been marked 11.
  • On the field 11 there are two figures symmetrically placed each on its own side of an imaginary centre line 12. As this centre line 12 is vertical, one figure 13 - in this case a five - is positioned in the middle of the opening 8, while the other figure 14 - in this case a seven - is positioned upside down and hidden behind the right-hand part of the front part 2. All figures 7, 13, 14 are of standardised design. The size of the figures 13 and 14 on the rotatable disc 10 is bigger than the maximum radius of the disc.
  • the shifting motor 16 is fitted inside the back part 3.
  • the motor 16 obtains its feed from an accumulator 33, which in its turn is charged by a solar cell battery 18 preferably placed on the top side of the back part 3.
  • the shifting motor 16 is advantageously controlled by a programmed microprocessor 19. Alternatively or complementarily the shifting motor 16 is controlled by a control signal transmitted via radio.
  • the disc 10 can as an alternative be rotated by battery operation or through connection of the sign to the general electric network. Further the disc 10 can be rotated manually by means of a key, which is not shown, or the like if the need for this is considered to arise.
  • a pane 9 of resistant material All components in the inside of the back part 3, i.e. the rotatable disc 10 and its drive and control organs are protected from external influence through the opening 8 being covered by a pane 9 of resistant material.
  • This window-pane also prevents rain, snow and dust from penetrating.
  • the window-pane also prevents damage caused by mischief or more advanced sabotage aimed at the movable parts in the equipment.
  • the shifting motor 16 can be arranged so that it always rotates a half revolution in the same direction at each changeover or forwards and backwards a half revolution and is stopped by a limit switch, not shown in detail, in the correct position with the upright figure 13 or 14 positioned in the middle of the opening/window 8,9.
  • the embodiment according to Fig. 7 concerns a road traffic sign 1' with a prohibition sign concerning a prohibition of parking vehicles, which in accordance with the invention can be converted to a prohibition of stopping vehicles.
  • the front part 2' has in this case the same appearance as the abovementioned prohibition sign, which means a prohibition of parking vehicles, which entails that in accordance with the Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance it shows a blue field 21, which is surrounded by a red border 6' and with a red band 22 going diagonally across the blue central field 21.
  • an opening 23 is also provided in this case in the front part 2'.
  • the opening consists of a slot with the same width as the red band 22, which slot heraldically speaking extends diagonally across the blue central field 21 at right angles to the red band 22, Fig. 7. Behind this front part 2' there is a circular, flat disc 10', Fig. 8, which is rotatable around the axis of rotation 15' in the same way as the rotatable disc in the previous embodiment.
  • the opening 23 is covered by a pane 9' of knock-resistant, transparent plastic or glass.
  • the front side of the disc 10', which can be exposed in the opening 23, has the same blue colour as the blue field 21 on the forward face of the front part 2'.
  • the rotatable disc 10' shows two substantially semicircular-shaped blue fields 24 and 25 and between them a red band 26, which extends across the disc.
  • the band 26 has the same width as the slot/opening 23 in the front part 2'.
  • This middle part 27 of the red bad 26 has the same length and width, and from this middle part 27 the band 26 widens successively out towards the periphery.
  • the same sort of equipment can be used as is described in connection with the previous embodiment.
  • the solar cell battery 18' is mounted on a mast 34 and can rotate so that it receives the best solar lighting. This alternative is more advantageous than the placing which is shown with reference to Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the third embodiment in accordance with the invention concerns a road traffic sign with a mandatory sign, which in the one case, Fig. 9, orders keeping left and in the other case, Fig. 10 orders keeping right.
  • the general construction of the traffic sign is the same as in the previous embodiments. Only the divergences in relation to the earlier description will therefore be explained here.
  • the front part 2'', Figs. 9 and 10 consists of a blue field 28, which is surrounded by a white border 29. In the middle of the blue field 28 there is an opening 30 in the shape of two obliquely crossed downward-pointing arrows 31 and 32.
  • a white field 37 which approximately has the same shape as one of the arrows 31, 32.
  • the white field 37 has approximately the same extent as an arrow 31 or 32 but is slightly wider except just in the centre of the disc, so that the movable disc 10'' without any requirements for specially great precision can be orientated under one of the arrows 31 and 32 in order to show one of the alternative symbols which can be seen from Figs. 9 and 10.
  • a smaller "overlapping" part 31 on the front part is not pierced but instead it is permanently coloured white.
  • the opening 30 which has the shape of the two crossed downward-pointing arrows 31 and 32 is covered by a window-pane 9'' of knock-resistant, colourless, transparent glass or plastic.
  • the centre of rotation of the disc 10'' has been marked 17'' and coincides as in the previous embodiment with the centre of the road traffic sign.

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  1. Verstellbare Vorrichtung zur wahlweisen Darstellung verschiedener Zeichen genormter Formen und Farben, wobei die Vorrichtung ein Gehäuse (3) mit einem Vorderteil (2, 2', 2'') umfaßt, welches mit einer Öffnung (8, 23, 30) versehen ist und sich in dem Gehäuse eine drehbare Scheibe (10, 10', 10'') direkt hinter dem Vorderteil des Gehäuses befindet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Vorrichtung ein Straßenverkehrsschild ist, das verstellbar ist, wodurch es möglich wird, wahlweise zwei Verkehrszeichen genormter Formen und Farben darzustellen, daß die Öffnung (8, 23, 30) mit einer Fensterscheibe (9, 9', 9'') aus durchsichtigem, farblosem und bruchfestem Material abgedeckt ist, daß nur eine drehbare Scheibe (10, 10', 10'') sich in dem Gehäuse befindet, daß diese einzelne Scheibe zwischen einer ersten und einer zweiten Stellung um einen Drehungsmittelpunkt (17, 17', 17'') drehbar ist, daß der Drehungsmittelpunkt mit dem Mittelpunkt des Straßenschildes zusammenfällt, daß der Abstand zwischen der ersten und der zweiten Stellung einer halben Umdrehung entspricht, d.h. einer Umdrehung um 180° der Scheibe um seinen Drehungsmittelpunkt, daß die Vorderseite der einzelnen drehbaren Scheibe mit den übrigen Teilen der beiden Verkehrszeichen versehen ist, und daß die übrigen Teile der beiden Verkehrszeichen durch die Öffnung in dem Gehäuse sichtbar werden, sobald die drehbare Scheibe die erste und zweite Position einnimmt, so daß die übrigen Teile der beiden Verkehrsschilder, in der ersten und zweiten Position, zusammen mit dem gemeinsamen Teil wahlweise die beiden Verkehrszeichen darstellen können.
  2. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Straßenschild aus einem Verbotszeichen besteht, das zwei unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen zeigen kann, daß die Vorderseite des Vorderteils rechts von einer gedachten senkrechten Mittellinie (12) mit einer feststehenden Zahl (7) versehen ist, daß das Fenster (8, 9) sich an der ensprechenden Stelle auf der linken Seite der Mittellinie befindet, daß die drehbare Scheibe (10) hinter dem Vorderteil mit zwei verschiedenen Zahlen (13, 14) versehen ist, die jedoch von derselben genormten Art wie die Zahl (7) auf der Vorderseite sind, daß die Zahlen auf der drehbaren Scheibe höher als der maximale Radius der Scheibe sind und daß die Zahlen auf der drehbaren Scheibe sich jeweils auf der eigenen Seite der Scheibenmitte befinden und zwar so, daß eine Zahl (14) genau auf dem Kopf steht, wenn die andere Zahl (13), sobald sie im Fenster auftaucht, richtig herumsteht und umgekehrt.
  3. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Straßenschild in der einen Stellung der drehbaren Scheibe (10') ein Parkverbot für Fahrzeuge und in der anderen Stellung ein Halteverbot für Fahrzeuge zeigt, daß die Vorderseite des Vorderteils (2') ein Straßenschild zeigt, das ein Parkverbot für Fahrzeuge darstellt, bei dem ein Fenster (23) mindestens in Form eines Schlitzes angebracht ist, der sich diagonal über das Hintergrundsfeld (21) auf dem Straßenverkehrsschild im rechten Winkel zu dem quer über das Feld (21) verlaufenden roten Streifen (22) erstreckt, und daß die Vorderseite der drehbaren Scheibe aus blauen Feldern (24, 25) besteht, die durch einen mittigen roten Streifen (26) geteilt werden, welcher zwischen den blauen Feldern durch die Mitte der Scheibe verläuft, so daß nur das Hintergrundsfeld der Scheibe in dem Fenster auftaucht, sobald das Straßenschild ein Parkverbot für Fahrzeuge anzeigen soll, während der rote Streifen (26) auf der beweglichen Scheibe in dem Fenster auftaucht, sobald das Straßenschild ein Halteverbot für Fahrzeuge anzeigen soll.
  4. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der rote Streifen (26) auf der beweglichen Scheibe sich von der Mitte nach außen hin verbreitert.
  5. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Straßenschild aus einem Gebotszeichen besteht, welches in einer Stellung der beweglichen Scheibe ein Rechtsfahren und in der anderen Stellung ein Linksfahren vorschreibt, daß die Vorderseite des Vorderteils aus einem blauen Feld (28) mit einem Fenster (30) in Form eines Kreuzes besteht, daß die Vorderseite der drehbaren Scheibe aus einem blauen Feld (36) mit einem ziemlich langen weißen Bereich (37) besteht, der durch die Mitte der Scheibe verläuft, und daß das Kreuz aus zwei gekreuzten Pfeilen (31, 32) mit schräg nach unten zeigenden Spitzen besteht.
  6. Vorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der weiße Bereich (37) auf der beweglichen Scheibe (10'') etwas breiter als die Pfeile (31, 32) ist, jedoch nicht in der Mitte.
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