EP0537095A2 - Markierung zum Hinweisen auf einen Fahrbahnwechsel - Google Patents

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EP0537095A2
EP0537095A2 EP92440100A EP92440100A EP0537095A2 EP 0537095 A2 EP0537095 A2 EP 0537095A2 EP 92440100 A EP92440100 A EP 92440100A EP 92440100 A EP92440100 A EP 92440100A EP 0537095 A2 EP0537095 A2 EP 0537095A2
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    • 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
    • E01F13/00—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions
    • E01F13/04—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions movable to allow or prevent passage
    • E01F13/06—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions movable to allow or prevent passage by swinging into open position about a vertical or horizontal axis parallel to the road direction, i.e. swinging gates
    • 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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/623—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection
    • E01F9/65—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection with rotatable, swingable or adjustable signs or signals
    • 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
    • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
    • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
    • E01F9/658—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by means for fixing
    • E01F9/669—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by means for fixing for fastening to safety barriers or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a deviation beacon device for a motorway or other fast road.
  • Such devices are used to mark the deviation from one traffic lane to another, in particular from the left lane to the right lane, in particular in risk areas known for the frequency of accidents that occur there, without excluding deviations for maintenance, maintenance work, and others, in areas where crossing is dangerous for intervention personnel.
  • beacons which must be placed on the roadway. Since the drawdown of traffic from one lane to the other must be gradual, a deviation "bevel” is made, the length of which must be 100 to 150 m, with a beacon placed every 5 m approximately, so 20 to 30 tags are needed.
  • Personnel officers intervention vehicles the vehicle of which is initially parked on the emergency stop lane, and which can only carry a small number of beacons each time, must cross the road on foot a certain number of times before being able to set up their vehicle behind the "bevel” to continue marking the length of the track. It is understood that during the installation of the beacons, the agents are exposed to serious risks due to the circulation of vehicles on the road, and that there is thus a serious safety problem for the intervention personnel.
  • the present invention proposes a deviation beacon device for motorway intended to be permanently installed in such a zone, the setting in service of this beaconing device can be made by crossing only once the roadway, or even without crossing the roadway in the case of a device controlled remotely, therefore in considerably improved safety conditions.
  • the deviation device for motorway object of the invention consists essentially of a series of substantially horizontal signaling arms, arranged at intervals from one another on the portion of motorway concerned and having respective increasing lengths, each of these signaling arms being pivotally mounted so that it can be either retracted on one side of the road, or deployed above the traffic lane whose traffic must be diverted to the other lane.
  • the beacon device according to the invention can be fixed either between the safety rails of the median central section of the motorway concerned, either on a single or double concrete wall constituting the separation of the two carriageways of a motorway, without any modification resulting in the rupture of said slides or of said wall.
  • the signaling arms are applied laterally against the rails or against the wall, as the case may be, forming a negligible excess thickness, in no way hampering vehicle traffic and not adversely affecting the safety of motorists.
  • these signaling arms mark out a "bevel", the optical effect of which is improved compared to that of traditional conical beacons, the signaling function being provided, preferably towards the free end of each arm, by an end plate provided for example with a retro-reflecting arrow or any other suitable means.
  • each signaling arm which in the deployed position of use projects beyond the track is made of a material, such as a plastic material, allowing it to break easily in the event of an impact with a vehicle.
  • each signaling arm is mounted on a pivot, itself fixed on an anchoring base, preferably with the interposition of screw adjustment means which facilitate the adjustment of the horizontality of the signaling arm.
  • the pivoting mounting of the signaling arms makes it possible to deploy them either perpendicular to the roadway, or in an oblique direction with respect to the roadway.
  • the beacon device is manually controlled, each signaling arm being provided with locking means in separate angular positions corresponding to the retracted position and the deployed position of use.
  • the beacon device according to the invention is motorized, with for each arm a motor means capable of pivoting it between its retracted position and its deployed position of use, the motor means associated with the different arms , for example electric cylinders, being themselves remotely controlled.
  • the pivots on which the signaling arms are mounted are positioned either on the side of the slide opposite to that which borders the traffic lanes concerned, which side will be referred to as -after, for convenience and clarity, "inner side", or, on the separation wall, so that in the retracted position the signaling arms do not exceed the outer edge of the base of said wall.
  • the deviation beacon device is constituted by a series of signaling arms 3, arranged at intervals from one another (in the longitudinal direction of the portion of motorway concerned), the arms 3 being for example in number of four.
  • Each signaling arm 3 is pivotally mounted about a substantially vertical axis 4.
  • Each signaling arm 3 can pivot, about its axis 4, between a retracted position and a deployed position, FIG. 1 showing two marking devices whose arms occupy, respectively, these two positions.
  • all the signaling arms 3 of the device can be deployed above the left lane B of one of the carriageways, so as to mark a deflection "bevel" from this left lane B to the right lane A, as shown by arrows E and F.
  • Figures 2 to 4 show the detail of the structure of a signaling arm 3 and its pivoting mounting.
  • the signaling arm 3 has a rectilinear main part 5, of varying length, located outside of the slide 2 and being presented as a lattice structure, of plastic material, with an upper member 6, a lower member 7 and vertical 8 and oblique connecting elements 9.
  • the members 6 and 7 are connected, by articulations 10 and 11 provided with a safety pin, to upper 12 and lower 13 elements, forming the one and the other an elbow.
  • the upper bent element 12 passes over the slide 2, and the lower bent element 13 below, these two bent elements 12 and 13 being pivotally mounted around the same vertical pivot 14, preferably metallic, which materializes the pivot axis 4 of the signaling arm 3, the pivot 14 being located on the inner side of the slide 2.
  • the safety pin 10 and 11 can be omitted, the bent elements 12 and 13 also being made of plastic.
  • the free end of the signaling arm 3 advantageously carries a terminal signaling plate 15, preferably removable, provided with a retroreflective arrow 16 or another clearly visible motif, possibly illuminated by means electrical devices such as light emitting diodes.
  • the oblique elements 9 of the arm 3 may also include patterns in the form of bands, arrows or the like, present over the entire length of the arm and suitable for encouraging motorists to fall back into the right lane.
  • the pivot 14 is fixed to the ground by an anchoring sole 17, which itself comprises an upper plate 18 secured to the pivot 14, and a lower plate 19 extended towards the bottom by tenons 20 sealed in a concrete block (not shown).
  • an anchoring sole 17 which itself comprises an upper plate 18 secured to the pivot 14, and a lower plate 19 extended towards the bottom by tenons 20 sealed in a concrete block (not shown).
  • Four adjustment screws 21 make it possible to position the upper plate 18 in the desired manner relative to the lower plate 19, and four other screws 22 ensure the immobilization of the upper plate 18 on the lower plate 19, in the previously chosen position.
  • FIG. 2 also shows mechanical means, generally designated by 23, which make it possible to lock the signaling arm 3 in two distinct angular positions, corresponding respectively to the retracted position and to the deployed position of use.
  • These means 23 comprise, in the example shown, a fixed locking cam 24, integral with the lower part of the pivot 14, and ending at its ends by two notches 25 and 26.
  • a horizontal rod 27, linked in rotation with the signaling arm 3, carries a locking lever 28 designed to cooperate with the cam 24.
  • the locking lever 28 can be actuated manually, or by foot, or even by motorized, electric or other means, with a view to being lifted out of the notch 25 or 26 at the start of deployment or retraction of the arm 3. At the end of deployment or retraction, the lever 28 falls by itself, under the effect of its weight, in the other notch 26 or 25 of the locking cam 24.
  • the length of the locking cam 24, therefore the spacing between the two notches 25 and 26, can be fixed or adjustable.
  • An adjustable cam 24 makes it possible to choose the final deployment position of the signaling arm 3.
  • the arm 3 is not necessarily deployed perpendicular to the roadway, as illustrated in the drawing; it can also be brought into a deployed position, oriented in an oblique direction relative to the roadway.
  • Figures 5 to 8 illustrate the adaptation of the device according to the invention to a portion of highway whose two carriageways are separated from each other by a concrete wall.
  • the signaling arms 3 proper are not modified with respect to the previous description, and the adaptation relates only to the mounting of the pivot 14 on the wall, it being understood that the arms 3 in the retracted position do not exceed the outside edge of the foot of the wall.
  • FIG. 5 shows a simple low wall 29, which alone ensures the separation of the two carriageways.
  • the pivot 4 passes through a first support bearing 30 fixed by screws on the top of the wall 29, and a second support bearing 31 fixed by screws against a lateral face of this wall 29, substantially at mid-height, these two bearings -supports 30 and 31 being made of a folded sheet whose seam matches that of the wall 29.
  • the lower end of the pivot 4 rotates in a lower support bearing 32 fixed practically at the level of the base of the wall 29.
  • a lower support bearing 32 fixed practically at the level of the base of the wall 29.
  • all the heights intermediate between those of the support bearing 31 and the support bearing 32 can also be envisaged.
  • the shape of the section of the wall 29 allows the signaling arm 3 to retract practically across the width of this wall 29.
  • FIG. 7 shows the adaptation of the invention to a double separation wall, with two parallel concrete parts 33 and 34, between which there remains a central interval 35, here used for the mounting of the signaling arm 3.
  • the pivot 14 passes through two superimposed support bearings 36 and 37, fixed by screws against the inner face of a wall portion 33, and made of a folded sheet metal partially bearing against said inner face.
  • the upper bent element 12 of the arm 3 passes over the wall part 33, while the lower bent element 13 passes through a horizontal opening 38, formed in the wall part 33, the length of the opening 38 being sufficient to authorize the rotation of said lower bent element 13.
  • the mechanical members necessary for pivoting of the signaling arm 3 are thus protected between the two wall parts 33 and 34.
  • Locking means 23 are also provided in the case of devices adapted to concrete walls; these means 23 can be produced as described above, but, as the drawing shows, they are advantageously located here towards the top of the single wall 29 or of the double wall 33, 34.
  • the device according to the invention can be partially enclosed in a protective casing 40 intended in particular to protect it against bad weather.
  • the casing 40 is disposed laterally against the wall 29, to which it is fixed by means of a folded sheet 41 which is secured to it by means of screws, not shown, judiciously distributed, and it partially covers the upper face of the wall 29 It laterally comprises a cover 42 provided with two notches 43 allowing the rotation of the signaling arms 3 around a pivot 14, the cover 42 being fixed to the body of the casing 40, by means of screws 44 and bores 44 '.
  • the casing 40 includes a second cover 45 mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis and covering the head 46 of the pivot 14, the drive system 47 of the arms 3 and a housing 48 containing position sensors.
  • the cover 40 includes protective slides 49 intended to protect the device from lateral impacts.
  • the device should include a pivoting means allowing the said arms to pivot by 90 °. around a vertical axis so as not to present, in the retracted position, the signaling means facing the traffic lanes.
  • a device with vertical arms would find its use in places whose arrangement would not allow the establishment of horizontal arms.

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FR9110950A FR2680808B1 (fr) 1991-08-30 1991-08-30 Dispositif de balisage de deviation pour autoroute.
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US5539469A (en) * 1994-12-30 1996-07-23 Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd. Apparatus for determining motion vectors through the use of an adaptive median filtering technique
EP0783054A1 (de) * 1996-01-08 1997-07-09 André Bigazzi Antriebsmittel für Strassenmarkierungspfosten
US7098807B2 (en) 2003-11-19 2006-08-29 9076-0935 Quebec Inc. Traffic-signaling system
FR2884532A1 (fr) * 2005-04-19 2006-10-20 Pascal Lucchina Dispositif support notamment pour bras mobile de signalisation routiere
FR2886656A1 (fr) * 2005-06-06 2006-12-08 Sanef Sa Dispositif, systeme et procede de signalisation routiere pour la realisation d'un biseau de rabattement.
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US5539469A (en) * 1994-12-30 1996-07-23 Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd. Apparatus for determining motion vectors through the use of an adaptive median filtering technique
EP0783054A1 (de) * 1996-01-08 1997-07-09 André Bigazzi Antriebsmittel für Strassenmarkierungspfosten
US7237979B2 (en) * 2003-06-27 2007-07-03 Catsclaw International Limited Security barrier
US7098807B2 (en) 2003-11-19 2006-08-29 9076-0935 Quebec Inc. Traffic-signaling system
FR2884532A1 (fr) * 2005-04-19 2006-10-20 Pascal Lucchina Dispositif support notamment pour bras mobile de signalisation routiere
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FR2886656A1 (fr) * 2005-06-06 2006-12-08 Sanef Sa Dispositif, systeme et procede de signalisation routiere pour la realisation d'un biseau de rabattement.
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DE69211277D1 (de) 1996-07-11
ES2090563T3 (es) 1996-10-16
FR2680808A1 (fr) 1993-03-05
ES2090563T5 (es) 2001-02-01
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DE69211277T3 (de) 2001-05-23
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