EP0425901A1 - Im Boden angeordnete taktile Signaleinrichtung für Blinde - Google Patents

Im Boden angeordnete taktile Signaleinrichtung für Blinde Download PDF

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EP0425901A1
EP0425901A1 EP90119952A EP90119952A EP0425901A1 EP 0425901 A1 EP0425901 A1 EP 0425901A1 EP 90119952 A EP90119952 A EP 90119952A EP 90119952 A EP90119952 A EP 90119952A EP 0425901 A1 EP0425901 A1 EP 0425901A1
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Carmelo Di Bartolo
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    • 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
    • E01C5/00—Pavings made of prefabricated single units
    • E01C5/20—Pavings made of prefabricated single units made of units of plastics, e.g. concrete with plastics, linoleum
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H3/00—Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
    • A61H3/06—Walking aids for blind persons
    • A61H3/066—Installations on the floor, e.g. special surfaces, to guide blind persons

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  • the present invention relates to a structure for signalling obstacles and dangerous areas to people unable to see.
  • the above structure lends itself to be used in particular, although not exclusively, in places of public passage such as platforms in railway stations, pavements or the like in order to signal the presence of dangerous areas or obstacles of different kind to people unable to see.
  • a further object of the invention is to offer a signalling structure adapted to be mounted in a very easy and economical manner and the presence of which does not involve any hindrance or inconvenience of any kind to the passage of the public.
  • a structure for signalling obstacles and dangerous areas to people unable to see characterized in that it comprises at least a plate-like element set in coplanar relation with a paving or floor adjacent the obstacle to be signalled, and provided at the upper part thereof with a plurality of surface projections of substantially elongated configuration homogeneously distributed transversely to the advance direction of the user towards the signalled obstacle.
  • the signalling structure 1 essentially comprises at least a plate-like element 2 laid in coplanar relation with a floor 3, in a region close to the obstacle or the dangerous area to be signalled.
  • the plate-like element 2 is fastened, for example by means of glue or adhesive, to the under-paving 4 of an underground railway platform 5 and extends along an end side 5a of the platform itself, in front of the rails (not shown).
  • the remaining surface of the under-paving 4 is coated with the floor 3 which, in the example shown, consists of conventional plate-like elements made of molded elastomeric material provided at the upper part thereof with surface projections 3a of circular configuration, homogeneously distributed in side by side relation.
  • the plate-like element 2 preferably made of molded elastomeric material has a width, identified by "A" in Fig. 1, ranging from 300 mm to 600 mm.
  • Homogeneously distributed on one surface 2a of the plate-like element 2 is a plurality of surface projections 6 having a substantially elongated configuration extending transversely to the user's advance direction towards the obstacle or dangerous area to be signalled, in che case shown towards the end side 5a of the platform 5.
  • the surface projections 6 are consecutively aligned so as to define a number of rows 7 disposed parallelly in side by side relation, with a constant transverse gap therebetween which is identified by "B” in the accompanying figures and is preferably in the range of 70 to 90 mm.
  • each surface projection 6 exhibits two parallel rectilinear edges 8 extending at right angles to the advance direction of the user towards the obstacle or dangerous area, which edges are joined to each other by two semicircular end portions 9.
  • the overall length of each surface projection 6 marked by "C” in Fig. 1, is preferably in the range of 95 to 115 mm.
  • the width, identified by "D”, of each projection 6 preferably ranges between 25 mm and 35 mm and preferably it is so conceived that a 2:3 ratio exists between the transverse gap "B" separating the rows 7 and the projection width "D".
  • the surface projections 6 of each row are homogeneously distributed according to a constant longitudinal spacing identified by "E", the value of which is comprised between 115 mm and 145 mm.
  • each row 7 is offset with respect to the surface projections 7 belonging to the contiguous row 7 by an amount corresponding to half their longitudinal spacing "E".
  • Each surface projection 6 has an upper surface 6a located at a height "F" of 2 to 5 mm from the upper surface 2a of the plate-like element 2.
  • the upper surface 6a of the surface projection 6 is joined to the upper surface 2a of the plate-like element 2 by two arcs of a circle 10a, 10b disposed consecutively according to a sinusoidal extension.
  • the radius of the arcs of circles 10a, 10b, identified by "G" in Fig. 3 preferably ranges between 6 mm and 10 mm.
  • the height "F" of the surface projections 6 belonging to the different rows 7 becomes increasingly greater as the danger area or the signalled obstacle, in this case the end side 5a of the platform 5, comes closer.
  • the projections of the two first rows are 3 mm in height and the projections of the following rows are 4 mm high.
  • the plate-like element 2 can also be partly or completely coloured in a showing up hue in order to facilitate also people which are not completely unable to see.
  • the presence of the surface projections 6 gives the plate-like element 2 a surface configuration which can be immediately recognized to the touch by a person unable to see when he/she while walking towards the obstacle or the signalled area, reaches the signalling structure 1.
  • the elongated configuration and the orientation of the surface projections 6 also inform the blind person about the location and disposition of the obstacle or signalled dangerous area.
  • the blind person will be able to know in advance that he/she will meet the obstacle or signalled area if he/she goes on walking in a direction perpendicular to the orientation of the surface projections 6.
  • the progressive variation in height of the surface projections 6 also informs the person unable to see about his/her progressive moving close to or apart from the signalled area while crossing the signalling structure 1.
  • the present invention attains the intended purposes.
  • the signalling structure of the invention is capable of giving clear and readily recognizable information to people unable to see, adapted to warn them of the presence of an obstacle or any danger situation.
  • the signalling structure of the invention can be made at very reduced costs and can be easily installed even onto existing pavings.

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EP90119952A 1989-10-30 1990-10-18 Im Boden angeordnete taktile Signaleinrichtung für Blinde Withdrawn EP0425901A1 (de)

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IT02219889A IT1237137B (it) 1989-10-30 1989-10-30 Struttura per la segnalazione di ostacoli e aree pericolose a non vedenti
IT2219889 1989-10-30

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DE9105822U1 (de) * 1990-05-22 1991-09-19 Brummert, Klaus, 2000 Hamburg Gehwegplatte mit profilierter Trittfläche
EP0945549A3 (de) * 1998-03-25 2000-11-08 Antonius Jacob Grahmbeek Verfahren zum Anbringen von Positionsführungsseilen für Sehbehinderte, und ein Gitter in geeigneter Form zur Verwendung dieses Verfahrens
ES2157796A1 (es) * 1998-12-30 2001-08-16 Ferrer Cesar Gonzalez Disposicion de seguridad vial aplicable para el desplazamiento urbano de invidentes.
US7779581B2 (en) 2007-05-09 2010-08-24 Ada Solutions, Inc. Replaceable wet-set tactile warning surface unit and method of installation and replacement
US8920066B1 (en) 2011-01-12 2014-12-30 Tuf-Tite, Inc. Tactile sidewalk surface
CN106245876A (zh) * 2015-06-10 2016-12-21 桑波田设计所株式会社 视障者引导用地板系统及其施工方法、引导用地板砖及警告用地板砖的制造方法
CN111113655A (zh) * 2019-12-27 2020-05-08 中铁十八局集团北京工程有限公司 一种混凝土用保温保湿装置
US10920378B2 (en) 2018-01-19 2021-02-16 Tuf-Tite, Inc. Stamped steel detectable warning tile and method of manufacture
JP2021134514A (ja) * 2020-02-26 2021-09-13 学校法人近畿大学 案内誘導床マット、及びこれを用いた案内誘導ライン
USD1092728S1 (en) 2018-02-15 2025-09-09 Twm Ip, Llc Tactile tile

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US4620816A (en) * 1984-11-15 1986-11-04 Kupfer Jeffrey H Bipedal guidance system and method
FR2590481A1 (fr) * 1985-11-22 1987-05-29 Gerland Produit de revetement a relief destine notamment a la signalisation tactile pour aveugles et amblyopes
US4715743A (en) * 1986-06-13 1987-12-29 Schmanski Donald W Mobility guide tile for visually handicapped
DE8802560U1 (de) * 1987-03-02 1988-05-05 Mondo Rubber S.p.A., Diano d'Alba, Cuneo Fußbodenbelag
GB2221234A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-01-31 Univ Nottingham Grooved paving slabs

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US4620816A (en) * 1984-11-15 1986-11-04 Kupfer Jeffrey H Bipedal guidance system and method
FR2590481A1 (fr) * 1985-11-22 1987-05-29 Gerland Produit de revetement a relief destine notamment a la signalisation tactile pour aveugles et amblyopes
US4715743A (en) * 1986-06-13 1987-12-29 Schmanski Donald W Mobility guide tile for visually handicapped
DE8802560U1 (de) * 1987-03-02 1988-05-05 Mondo Rubber S.p.A., Diano d'Alba, Cuneo Fußbodenbelag
GB2221234A (en) * 1988-07-27 1990-01-31 Univ Nottingham Grooved paving slabs

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE9105822U1 (de) * 1990-05-22 1991-09-19 Brummert, Klaus, 2000 Hamburg Gehwegplatte mit profilierter Trittfläche
EP0945549A3 (de) * 1998-03-25 2000-11-08 Antonius Jacob Grahmbeek Verfahren zum Anbringen von Positionsführungsseilen für Sehbehinderte, und ein Gitter in geeigneter Form zur Verwendung dieses Verfahrens
ES2157796A1 (es) * 1998-12-30 2001-08-16 Ferrer Cesar Gonzalez Disposicion de seguridad vial aplicable para el desplazamiento urbano de invidentes.
US7779581B2 (en) 2007-05-09 2010-08-24 Ada Solutions, Inc. Replaceable wet-set tactile warning surface unit and method of installation and replacement
US8028491B2 (en) 2007-05-09 2011-10-04 Ada Solutions, Inc. Replaceable wet-set tactile warning surface unit and method of installation and replacement
US8920066B1 (en) 2011-01-12 2014-12-30 Tuf-Tite, Inc. Tactile sidewalk surface
CN106245876A (zh) * 2015-06-10 2016-12-21 桑波田设计所株式会社 视障者引导用地板系统及其施工方法、引导用地板砖及警告用地板砖的制造方法
US10920378B2 (en) 2018-01-19 2021-02-16 Tuf-Tite, Inc. Stamped steel detectable warning tile and method of manufacture
USD1092728S1 (en) 2018-02-15 2025-09-09 Twm Ip, Llc Tactile tile
CN111113655A (zh) * 2019-12-27 2020-05-08 中铁十八局集团北京工程有限公司 一种混凝土用保温保湿装置
JP2021134514A (ja) * 2020-02-26 2021-09-13 学校法人近畿大学 案内誘導床マット、及びこれを用いた案内誘導ライン

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