EP0528839B1 - Main courante utilisee dans des bateaux, des batiments etc. - Google Patents

Main courante utilisee dans des bateaux, des batiments etc. Download PDF

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EP0528839B1
EP0528839B1 EP91908366A EP91908366A EP0528839B1 EP 0528839 B1 EP0528839 B1 EP 0528839B1 EP 91908366 A EP91908366 A EP 91908366A EP 91908366 A EP91908366 A EP 91908366A EP 0528839 B1 EP0528839 B1 EP 0528839B1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B7/00—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00
    • G08B7/06—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00 using electric transmission, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
    • G08B7/066—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00 using electric transmission, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources guiding along a path, e.g. evacuation path lighting strip
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B3/00—Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B17/00—Vessels parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for
    • B63B17/04—Stanchions; Guard-rails ; Bulwarks or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades
    • E04F11/1836—Handrails of balustrades; Connections between handrail members
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B6/00—Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F2011/1885—Handrails or balusters characterized by the use of specific materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
    • G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
    • G09F2019/225—Fire evacuation route indicating means

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  • the invention concerns a hand-rail for use in ships, buildings, etc.
  • Hand-rails are in general use in most places where people are moving around and their main purpose is as a support to hold on to, or as a screen to keep people away from a particular area, or to protect wall sections etc.
  • the main object of the present invention is to give the hand-rail the additional function of enabling it to help people to find the way in buildings, on ships, etc.
  • the object is to design a hand-rail capable of providing information concerning the correct escape route to an exit in emergency situations, e.g. in the case of fire, which would be an invaluable help on boats, in large buildings where people are often unfamiliar with the layout, such as hotels, hospitals, old people's homes and in large shops and offices.
  • the hand-rail will also provide information on the correct direction in non-emergency situations to persons who have a special need for good information, such as those with poor sight, the blind and children. Such information can also be useful for all persons on a ship or an offshore construction or in a large, complicated building in order to find the way to a main exit.
  • a sensor activates a signal system which emits light signals which indicate a recommended direction of movement, e.g. marked by pulsating lights.
  • the system can also be equipped with sound signal generators and/or sensory devices in the form of vibrators. The system has to be activated, is dependent on electricity and is expensive.
  • US 4179160 discloses a life line formed as a continuous line which can be wound on a spool and which in use is strung from support posts along an escape mine shaft, the line being provided with spaced apart enlargements, each of which has a gradual slope to the line on one side providing little resistance when the hand is slid along the line in an escape direction and an abrupt slope to the line providing substantially higher resistance when the hand is slid along the line in the opposite direction.
  • US-A-3 408 025 discloses a guide for indicating an escape route in airplanes, ships or theatres comprising a direction indicating configuration adapted to be located along said route and to be felt with the hand for determining a correct direction along said route.
  • the guide is a strip of material having said configuration which is fitted to surfaces along the escape route.
  • US 259544 of 1882 discloses a hand-rail for indicating a route in ships, buildings, etc, comprising a direction indicating configuration adapted to be located along said route and to be felt with the hand for determining a correct direction along said route, said direction indicating configuration comprising pivotable structures provided at the surface of said hand-rail extending in the longitudinal direction thereof.
  • the present invention provides a hand-rail as defined in the last preceding paragraph characterised in that said pivotable structures comprise profile elements which can be pivoted around respective axes situated at the surface of the hand-rail, the hand-rail has a profile which enables each element to be lowered on one side of its pivotal axis to project above the surface of the hand-rail on the other side, or vice versa, and each element is equipped with means for activating such a pivoting movement.
  • the invention provides the possibility of altering the hand-rail's profile direction, so that an escape route direction can be reversed.
  • this enables either the crew in the ship's control room to reverse the direction by means of a panel in those cases where they know that some of the emergency exits are closed due to fire, or there could be automatic release devices for the reversing operation at strategic points, thus automatically reversing escape routes at special obstacles.
  • the means for activating may be mechanical and/or electrical and/or magnetically influenced.
  • an activating device common to all elements in pre-defined areas of the hand-rail for activating said pivoting movement.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the main part or, basic piece, of a hand-rail which is indicated by 7 in the figure and the top of which has been given an "undulating up and down" shape, with lower points 8 and top point 9.
  • profile elements of the type illustrated in Fig. 2 and which are indicated by 10.
  • the elements each consist of two triangular side pieces with a midpoint or fulcrum 11.
  • the side pieces are indicated by 12 and 13 respectively.
  • Figs. 3A and B these elements are assembled with hand-rail part 7 to form a hand-rail.
  • each element 10 is installed with its midpoint 11 situated above a respective top point 9 on the hand-rail part 7.
  • the hand-rail is shown with the elements 10 placed with their side pieces 12 facing the surface of the basic part 7.
  • their side pieces 13 will project above the basic part 7.
  • the surface of the hand-rail is thereby shaped in such a way as to indicate a particular guiding direction. That is if one runs one's hand along the hand-rail rod, by moving one's hand in the direction of the arrow 1, relatively little resistance will be felt, but by running the hand in direction 2, in the direction against the projecting side pieces 13, a distinct resistance will be felt.
  • By following "the path of least resistance” an indication of the direction leading, e.g., to an emergency exit, a stairway, etc. will be obtained.
  • the profile elements 10 are kept in place by means of a magnetic device, in that a magnet 14a is placed in the areas beside the lowest points 8, but somewhat displaced in towards the midpoint.
  • the magnetic elements can be electromagnetic and can be remotely controlled in their effect.
  • magnetic plates 14b are installed which can be attracted by the magnets. If the guiding direction has to be reversed, the electromagnets under the side pieces 12 can, e.g., be deactivated, while the electromagnets under the side pieces 13 are activated, and thus the profile elements will pivot round and create a guiding direction in the opposite direction as illustrated in Fig. 3B. Control of this kind using electromagnetic means will be simple for an expert in the field to provide and is not described in more detail here.

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  1. Main-courante (7) pour l'indication d'un parcours dans des bateaux, des bâtiments, etc, comprenant une configuration indicatrice de direction, apte à être positionnée le long dudit parcours et à être palpée avec la main pour déterminer la bonne direction le long dudit parcours, ladite configuration indicatrice de direction comprenant des structures pivotantes (10) disposées à la surface de ladite main-courante et s'étendant dans la direction longitudinale de cette dernière, caractérisée en ce que lesdites structures pivotantes comprennent des éléments profilés (10) qui peuvent être déplacés par pivotement autour d'axes respectifs (9) situés à la surface de la main-courante (7), la main-courante possède un profil qui permet à chaque élément d'être abaissé d'un côté de son axe de pivotement, pour faire saillie au-dessus de la surface de la main-courante de l'autre côté, ou inversement, et chaque élément est muni de moyens d'activation de ce mouvement pivotant.
  2. Main-courante selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle les moyens d'activation sont mécaniques et/ou électriques et/ou sollicités magnétiquement.
  3. Main-courante selon la revendication 1 ou 2, possédant un dispositif d'activation commun à tous les éléments dans des zones prédéfinies de la main-courante, pour activer ledit mouvement pivotant.
EP91908366A 1990-04-17 1991-04-16 Main courante utilisee dans des bateaux, des batiments etc. Expired - Lifetime EP0528839B1 (fr)

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NO901693 1990-04-17
NO901693A NO172859C (no) 1990-04-17 1990-04-17 Anordning for anvisning av roemningsvei
NO904462A NO175949C (no) 1990-10-16 1990-10-16 Gelender eller andre langstrakte elementer med en retningsanvisende pregning eller struktur
NO904462 1990-10-16
PCT/NO1991/000060 WO1991016513A1 (fr) 1990-04-17 1991-04-16 Main courante utilisee dans des bateaux, des batiments etc.

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JP (1) JPH05506703A (fr)
AT (1) ATE130655T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU652364B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2080827A1 (fr)
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NO179428C (no) * 1992-01-02 1996-10-02 Arne Gerhardsen Anordning for fremskaffing av bestemte informasjoner, f.eks. om nödutganger på skip, fly, i bygninger eller informasjoner på spesielle landområder
US5636479A (en) * 1992-12-14 1997-06-10 Haraldsen; Torild Hand-rail for use in ships, buildings
AU688142B2 (en) * 1994-10-31 1998-03-05 Wotherspoon Foodservice Design Pty Ltd A safety system
AUPM913494A0 (en) * 1994-10-31 1994-11-24 Wotherspoon, Geoff A safety system
DE29515730U1 (de) * 1995-10-06 1997-02-13 HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH, 34454 Bad Arolsen Handlauf, Handlaufelement und damit hergestelltes Personenleitsystem
GB2362169B (en) * 2000-05-10 2002-05-22 Michael Charles Phillips Wall rail
WO2002096518A1 (fr) 2001-06-01 2002-12-05 Michael Charles Phillips Rail de guidage a fixation murale
WO2004101910A1 (fr) * 2003-05-19 2004-11-25 Chi-Moon Kim Ensemble main courante

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WO1991016513A1 (fr) 1991-10-31

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