EP0570954B1 - Roadmarker - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a road marker for guiding traffic on building sites and the like with a marker housing, a standing leg including foot, which supports the marker housing, as well as, fastened in the marker housing, a marker plate with individual, preferably reflecting marking lines, a marker plate (12) which is provided on both sides with marking lines (13) and which is arranged rotatably in relation to the housing (2) or extractably therefrom on a holding device which is connected to the marker housing (2), as a result of which marker plate (12), holding device and housing (2) form a turning mechanism for the marker plate (12) which guarantees that both sides of the marker plate (12) can be positioned on the front side of the housing (2) of the marker (1). <IMAGE>

Description

The present invention relates to a road beacon that can be used on both sides for guiding traffic on construction sites and the like, with a beacon housing, a supporting leg including a foot that supports the beacon housing and a beacon sheet fastened in the beacon housing with individual, preferably reflecting, marking lines.

Road beacons are official traffic signs and are used to direct traffic past an obstacle either to the left or to the right, depending on how the lines of the beacon sheet on the front of the road beacon run. If, for example, the traffic is to be guided past the right side of the beacon as seen by the driver, the marking lines of the beacon sheet run obliquely from top left to bottom right.

There are regulations for beacons in which certain technical conditions are checked. Only beacons complying with the regulations may be used. These regulations are the technical delivery conditions for beacons 1987, which also include so-called "crossing tests". No parts may come loose when driving over beacons.

From DE-OS 25 24 379 a holder for a barrier beacon for road traffic is known which has a holding tube on which the barrier beacon is detachably mounted. In particular, it is provided to insert the blocking beacon into slots 9, 10 of the holder and to detachably lock it there by securing means.

The bracket described is to be regarded as disadvantageous in that the securing means must be put on or off during assembly and disassembly of the barrier beacon and the barrier beacon must be removed from the bracket and then returned to the latter in a changed position. Bracket and barrier beacon are also two separate parts, so that there is a considerable risk of loss.

The invention is based on the object of offering a road beacon which is easy to handle during disassembly and / or assembly and in which the risk of loss or loss of individual road beacon elements is excluded.

The object is achieved by the characterizing part of patent claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are realized by subclaims 2-19.

The invention offers the advantage that the beacon blade is firmly connected to the beacon housing in every situation and, as a result, no parts become detached even during so-called crossing tests, in particular the beacon blade remains on the housing or the holding device. At the same time, the usability of the road beacon on both sides has the advantage that the correct road beacon is always available at the construction site, so there can be no confusion. Furthermore, smaller quantities of beacons are required in the relevant construction site depots and the like. Ultimately, the invention also ensures a structurally simple beacon, which is therefore inexpensive to manufacture. The subclaims describe expedient configurations of the beacon according to the invention.

Claim 2 relates to an embodiment of a beacon in which an auxiliary frame is provided as a holding device, which is pivotally connected to the housing on one side about an axis running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beacon sheet, so that the auxiliary frame can be pivoted away from the housing in the manner of a pivoting door. The possibility of swinging out the subframe ensures that the beacon sheet is turned in different ways.

As an alternative to the embodiment described above, the subframe can also be connected to the housing in such a way that it can be pushed into the housing either laterally or from the top or can be pulled out of it. The two configurations according to claims 2 and 3 ensure that the auxiliary frame for the turning of the beacon sheet is accessible.

According to claim 4, the beacon sheet is fastened in the subframe, in particular rotatably about an axis B running along the longitudinal axis thereof. The subframe is pivoted out, whereupon the beacon sheet can be rotated, then the subframe is pivoted back into the housing. The conversion of the beacon can therefore be carried out particularly easily and quickly, at the same time ensuring that all parts remain connected when the beacon is changed.

Also in the embodiment according to claim 3, in which the subframe is slidably arranged in the housing, the beacon sheet can either be arranged reversibly in the subframe or can be inserted into the subframe either from above or from the side as a loose part. In the latter embodiment, the beacon sheet is pulled out of the subframe, turned and plugged back into it. An attachment of the beacon sheet is therefore not necessary in this embodiment.

The design with a pivotable subframe can be implemented in a simple manner in terms of construction in that one long side of the subframe has lugs which rotatably engage in corresponding recesses on the housing. These approaches can be formed by molding on the subframe itself or by a part extending over the entire longitudinal axis of the subframe z. B. rod can be realized, which engages at its ends in the recesses provided in the housing and ensures a rotatable pivoting of the subframe.

The housing expediently has a housing recess on the front, which receives the subframe and the beacon sheet, without parts of the subframe or beacon sheet protruding on the front side of the housing, thereby reducing the risk of injuries in the event of a collision with the beacon.

The subject matter of claim 7 offers the advantage that this beacon offers the possibility of being a two-sided beacon, ie. H. to guide traffic in both directions. The change of the beacon - as far as the two-sidedness is concerned - only takes place by folding out the additional subframe and rotating the additional beacon sheet as required.

Another embodiment of the double-sided beacon according to the invention is characterized in that the holding device is rotatably connected to the housing about a horizontal axis, the beacon sheet is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the holding device, and the recess in the beacon housing is continuous, i. H. is designed with an open rear side. This configuration also ensures particularly simple and quick handling when converting the beacon, in which the beacon sheet only needs to be rotated about the fixed horizontal axis. In addition, due to its open rear side, on which the rear side of the beacon sheet is arranged, this beacon can ensure a regulating function of the traffic both from the front side and from the rear side of the beacon.

This embodiment of the beacon is structurally particularly easy to manufacture in that the beacon sheet is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a horizontally arranged axis or horizontally arranged axis parts, with the axis or axis parts in corresponding recesses or holders engage the housing. The parts of the beacon are always connected to each other when the beacon is moved.

The axle parts are expediently each connected to an elongate holding device, which in turn holds the beacon blade on its sides so that it cannot move.

In order to avoid that the holding device swings out unintentionally to the housing, securing means are expediently provided.

According to one embodiment of the invention, securing pins or securing clips are provided as securing means, which in the securing state of the beacon i.e. While using the beacon, push through or grasp the housing and the subframe and grasp or grasp the beacon blade or an attachment.

For a beacon according to the invention, which is equipped with lighting arranged in particular on the top of the beacon, a socket for the connection to a power supply cable of a power supply source is expediently provided on the foot or supporting leg of the beacon, the socket having a line laid on the housing the lighting is connected. This avoids that the otherwise in the prior art for connecting the lighting located on the top of the beacon with Battery outside hanging cable accidents z. B. cause by passing cyclists or motorcyclists. The design offers the advantage that the cabling is located only on the underside in the area of the support leg or the foot of the beacon and is also led over a relatively short distance, namely to the battery.

The replacement of the lighting fixture is expediently improved in that an attachment is provided on the top of the beacon, in which a lighting fixture, for. B. lamp can be plugged in, the attachment being designed as a socket and receiving a plug-in attachment of the lighting fixture and thereby the lighting fixture being insertable on the top of the beacon or the attachment. This avoids time-consuming assembly work.

The manufacture of the beacon can be particularly simplified in that the housing is formed in one piece with the support leg and also consists of plastic. Likewise, the holding device, in particular the subframe, must be made of plastic or aluminum.

The foot area of the beacon is to be manufactured as a separate part for manufacturing reasons, the support leg of the beacon expediently being insertable into a recess in the foot upper part of the foot area.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the upper part of the foot has a recess for receiving the energy source, in particular battery, which is provided for supplying the lighting on the upper side of the beacon.

• Fig. 1 eine Vorderansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Ausgestaltung der Bake in vereinfachter, schematisierter Darstellungsweise;
• Fig. 2 zeigt das Bakenblatt nach erfolgter Umstellung an der Vorderseite der Bake, wobei die Bake hierbei der Übersichtlichkeit halber nicht dargestellt ist;
• Fig .3 die Bake gemäß Fig 1. in Schnittdarstellung entlang der Linie I-I, wobei der Hilfsrahmen aus dem Bakengehäuse etwas herausgeschwenkt ist und das Bakenblatt im Hilfsrahmen um ca. 90° gedreht ist;
• Fig. 4 zeigt eine Vorderansicht einer weiteren zweckmäßigen Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Bake;
• Fig. 5 die Seitenansicht der Bake gemäß Fig. 4;
• Fig. 6 eine wahlweise doppelseitig verwendbare Bake in Querschnittsdarstellung mit Doppelhilfsrahmen (a) und einzelnem Hilfsrahmen (b);

The embodiment according to claim 19 has the advantage that a single subframe can be used to identify the front or back of the beacon. Several embodiments of the beacon according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. Show it:

• Figure 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the beacon according to the invention in a simplified, schematic representation.
• FIG. 2 shows the beacon sheet after the changeover on the front of the beacon, the beacon not being shown here for the sake of clarity;
• 3 shows the beacon according to FIG. 1 in a sectional view along the line II, the auxiliary frame being pivoted somewhat out of the beacon housing and the beacon sheet in the auxiliary frame being rotated by approximately 90 °;
• 4 shows a front view of a further expedient embodiment of the beacon according to the invention;
• FIG. 5 shows the side view of the beacon according to FIG. 4;
• 6 shows an optionally double-sided beacon in cross-sectional representation with double subframe (a) and single subframe (b);

Reference number 1 in FIG. 1 describes the beacon in its entirety. It comprises a beacon housing 2, preferably made of plastic, which has an inner recess 21, whereby an all-round edge 31 is formed (cf. also FIG. 3).

The beacon housing 2 is preferably connected on its underside to an integrally molded support leg 3 which can be inserted into a recess 29 in the upper part 4 of the foot. The upper part 4 merges into a lower part 5 which widens downwards.

At the top of the beacon housing there is an attachment 7 which is connected to the lighting 6 in a manner to be described later.

Inside the housing 2 d. H. In the recess 21 of the housing 2 there is the beacon sheet 12, which has a plurality of inclined marking lines 13, which are preferably fluorescent red. The remaining areas of the beacon sheet are (also) fluorescent white. The beacon sheet 12 is connected to an auxiliary frame 14, which is also located in the housing 2, via two rotating brackets 16 arranged on the upper and lower side of the beacon sheet 12 and rotatable about the axis B.

The marking lines 13 are formed both on the front and on the back of the beacon sheet 12.

The auxiliary frame 14 is connected in the embodiment according to FIG. 1 to a rod 15 provided on the left side of the auxiliary frame in FIG. 1, which ends z. B. 22 rotatably engages in corresponding recesses 23 of the housing 2. This ensures that the auxiliary frame 14 can be pivoted out of the recess 21 of the housing 2 as if it were a pivoting door and at the same time the beacon sheet 12 - as shown in FIG. 3 - can be rotated in the pivoted-out position of the auxiliary frame 14. After the changeover, the beacon sheet 12 then has, as can be seen from FIG. 2, marking lines 13 which run from the top right to the bottom left and are thus intended to guide the traffic past the left side of the beacon. 1, the traffic is directed past the right side of the beacon.

In order to avoid that the subframe 14 is inadvertently pivoted out, securing means are provided which ensure a connection of the pivotable side edge of the beacon sheet to the housing. In Fig. 1, securing pins 17 are provided as securing means, which pass through bushings in the housing and engage or engage on the beacon blade 12.

On the main leg 3 of the beacon 1 there is a socket into which a plug 27 of a power supply cable 10, which is connected to a battery 11, can be inserted. The battery 11 is preferably accommodated in a recess 28 in the upper part of the foot.

As is clear from FIG. 3, the power supply line for connecting the socket 9 to the attachment 7 provided on the top of the housing 2 runs on the inside of the recess 21 within a cover 30.

The attachment 7 has on its upper end face a plug-in receptacle (not shown) into which the plug-in attachment 8 of the lighting 6 can be inserted.

Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the beacon according to the invention with a continuous housing recess 23. The beacon sheet 12 is connected here via laterally arranged elongate holding devices 19 and 26 to two axis parts 18 and 24 which engage in the housing 2 so as to be rotatable about the horizontal axis C. The rotation of the beacon sheet 12 takes place e.g. about the axis C, as can be seen in the side view according to FIG. 5.

The securing against inadvertent pivoting of beacon sheet 12 in the housing 2 is ensured by locking pins 20 which protrude through corresponding openings in the housing and engage the holding device 19.

Otherwise, the same reference numerals correspond to the same features as have already been described with reference to FIGS. 1-3.

6a shows a cross-sectional illustration of a further embodiment of the beacon according to the invention which, in addition to the housing recess 21 for receiving the auxiliary frame 14 and beacon sheet 12, has a rear, further housing recess 32 in which an auxiliary frame 33 with an additional beacon 34 is also provided. The construction of the additional subframe 33 including the beacon sheet 34 and its connection to the housing 2 takes place in an identical manner to that of the subframe 14 and the beacon sheet 12. The subframe is pivoted about the axis A 'and that of the beacon sheet 34 about the axis B'.

6b shows a cross-sectional illustration of a double-sided beacon with a single subframe 14 which is articulated in the center on the outside of the housing 2. Of the Subframe 14 can therefore be pivoted around the housing 2 to the other side of the housing 2, whereby a double subframe arrangement is not required. In this embodiment, a suitable implementation of the mounting of the auxiliary frame 14 with the joint arrangement lying on the outside of the housing 2 is to be ensured. For the sake of clarity, such an implementation is not shown in FIG. 6b.

The additional beacon sheet 34 is only provided on the front 35 with corresponding marking lines 13, whereas the back 36 has a neutral (e.g. black or white colored) surface. If the rear region of the beacon 1 is set so that the front 35 provided with the marking lines 13 faces away from the recess 32, ie faces outwards, the beacon 1 can be used as a bilateral beacon, thereby regulating the traffic both at the front and is also guaranteed at the back of the beacon 1.

REFERENCE SIGN LIST

1

Beacon

2nd

casing

3rd

Mainstay

4th

Upper part of the foot

5

Lower part of the foot

6

lighting

7

Essay

8th

Connector

9

socket

10th

electric wire

11

battery

12th

Beacon sheet

13

Marking line

14

Subframe

15

pole

16

Swivel bracket

17th

Locking pin

18th

Axis part

19th

Holding device

20th

Locking pin

21

Recess

22

approach

23

continuous housing recess

24th

Axis part

25th

management

26

Holding device

27

plug

28

Recess for battery

29

Recess for pillar

30th

cover

31

edge

32

rear recess

33

additional subframe

34

additional beacon sheet

35

front

36

back

37

Fuse block

38

guide

39

extension

Claims (19)

1. Road marker (1) for guiding traffic at construction sites and the like, having a marker housing (2), a supporting leg (3) which includes a base (4, 5) and carries the marker housing, as well as a marker plate (12) which is secured in the marker housing and is provided, on both sides, with individual, preferably reflective marker lines (13), the marker plate being connected to a retaining device, which is connected to the marker housing, and both sides of the marker plate being positionable on the front side of the marker housing, characterised in that the marker plate (12) is fixedly and non-detachably connected to the marker housing (2) and is connected to the marker housing (2) via the retaining device by a rotatable turning mechanism formed from marker plate (12), retaining device and marker housing (2).
2. Marker according to claim 1, characterised in that an auxiliary frame (14) is provided as the retaining device and is unilaterally connected to the housing (2) so as to be pivotable about an axis (A) extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the marker plate (12), so that the auxiliary frame (14) can be pivoted away from the housing (2) in the manner of a swing-door.
3. Marker according to claim 1, characterised in that an auxiliary frame is provided as the retaining device and is connected to the housing in such a manner that it can be pushed into the housing or pulled out of the housing, more especially either from the side or from above.
4. Marker according to claim 2 or 3, characterised in that the marker plate (12) is secured in the auxiliary frame (14), more especially so as to be rotatable about an axis (B) extending along the longitudinal axis of said marker.
5. Marker according to claim 2 or 4, characterised in that a longitudinal side of the auxiliary frame (14) comprises extension members (22) which rotatably engage in corresponding recesses (23) in the housing (2).
6. Marker according to one of claims 2 - 5, characterised in that, on the front side, the housing (2) comprises a housing recess (21) which accommodates the auxiliary frame (14) and the marker plate (12), without parts of the auxiliary frame (14) or respectively of the marker plate (12) protruding beyond the end face of the housing.
7. Marker according to claim 6, characterised in that the housing (2) comprises an additional recess (32), which is provided in the rear side of the housing, and in which recess a second auxiliary frame (33), pivotable in the same manner, is disposed, and said housing carries an additional, appropriately mounted marker plate (34), this additional marker plate (34) only being provided with marker lines (13) on one side (35).
8. Marker according to claim 1, characterised in that the retaining device is connected to the housing (2) so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis C, the marker plate (12) is non-rotatably connected to the retaining device, and a through-recess (23) for the marker plate is provided in the marker housing (2), i.e. a recess with an open rear side.
9. Marker according to claim 8, characterised in that the marker plate (12) is non-rotatably connected to a horizontally disposed axle or to horizontally disposed axle parts (18, 24), axle and axle parts (18, 24) respectively engaging in corresponding recesses or holders on the housing.
10. Marker according to claim 9, characterised in that the axle parts (18, 24) are each connected to an elongate retaining device (19, 26), which retaining devices, in turn, retain the marker plate (12) in a non-movable manner at its sides.
11. Marker according to one of claims 1 - 10, characterised in that securing means are provided which prevent the retaining device from unintentionally pivoting relative to the housing (2).
12. Marker according to claim 11, characterised in that securing pins (17) or securing clamps are provided as the securing means which, in the secured position of the marker (1), traverse or respectively engage around the housing (2) as well as the auxiliary frame (14) or engage on the marker plate (12) and/or on an extension member thereof or respectively engage therearound.
13. Marker according to one of claims 1 - 12, having a light (6) disposed more especially on the upper side of the marker, characterised in that a socket (9) is provided on the base or supporting leg (3) of the marker (1) for connection to a power supply cable (10) of a power source, e.g. battery (11), and the socket (9) is connected to the light (6) via a lead (25) fitted in the housing.
14. Marker according to one of claims 1 - 13, characterised in that an attachment (7) is provided on the upper side of the marker (1), in which attachment an illuminating body, e.g. lamp, is insertable, the attachment being configured as a socket and accommodating a plug (8) of the illuminating body, and the illuminating body is thereby insertable on the upper side of the marker (1) or respectively of the attachment (7).
15. Marker according to one of claims 1 - 14, characterised in that the housing is formed integrally with the supporting leg (3) and is formed from plastics material.
16. Marker according to one of claims 1 - 15, characterised in that the retaining device, more especially the auxiliary frame (14), is formed from plastics material or aluminium.
17. Marker according to at least one of claims 1 - 16, characterised in that the supporting leg (3) of the marker (1) is insertable in a recess (29) in the upper base portion (4).
18. Marker according to claim 17, characterised in that the upper base portion (4) comprises a recess (28) for accommodating a power source, more especially battery (11).
19. Marker according to at least one of the preceding claims 2, 4 - 7, characterised in that the rotation point of the auxiliary frame (14) is disposed on the housing (2) in such a manner that the auxiliary frame is pivotable in a fully circumferential manner, whereby the auxiliary frame can be positioned both on the front and on the rear side of the housing (2) of the marker (1).

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