Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • E01F9/604—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings
  • E01F9/619—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs specially adapted for particular signalling purposes, e.g. for indicating curves, road works or pedestrian crossings with reflectors; with means for keeping reflectors clean

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an improvement to visual signaling devices for taxiways, applying in particular to road traffic lanes, airport or aerodrome runways.
• the visual signaling device for traffic lane comprises at least one signaling strip which has, on at least one of its faces, a succession of projecting parts which follow one another in the direction of its length and extend transversely with respect to the latter and which are, separated by spaces open laterally to the strip, this succession of projecting parts determining a succession of facets comprising at least two sets of facets alternately arranged and of colors different, two successive facets belonging respectively to said series of facets being oriented opposite one another with respect to a median plane transverse to said strip, so that when the strip is viewed laterally at a lower incident angle at a determined value, only the facets of one of said series are visible, and further comprises a longitudi support strip nale which carries the said signaling strip and which is provided with fixing or hooking means.
• a user who moves laterally to the aforementioned signaling strip will mainly see one of the colors while a user traveling in the other direction will mainly see the other color.
• Said protruding parts can be attached to said strip.
• Said protruding parts may have two opposite faces respectively constituting said series of facets.
• Said strip may have a succession of lateral deformations which have opposite faces constituting the aforementioned facets of said series of facets.
• Said laterally deformed parts of the strip can be separated by longitudinal parts constituting a rear face of this strip.
• Said strip may have two parts extending one over the other, one of which has a series of projecting parts on which the facets of one of said series of facets are formed and which have a succession of openings through which extend a succession of projecting parts formed on the other mistletoe present the facets of the other aforementioned series of facets.
• Said facets preferably have an angle of inclination relative to the longitudinal direction of the strip of between 30 and 90 °.
• Said facets are preferably provided with a material reflecting the light or reflecting.
• the longitudinal edges of said support strip are preferably provided with means for fixing it.
• said signaling strip is, at least between said projecting parts, flexible.
• said support strip is at least partly flexible in areas extending transversely.
• said support strip preferably has longitudinal grooves in which are engaged fixing or hooking lugs provided on the longitudinal edges of said signaling strip.
• said legs can advantageously be provided in the zones of the signaling strip which separate said projecting parts.
• said tabs can be provided in the connection zones of the projecting parts of the signaling strip.
• said legs can advantageously have lateral deformations.
• said support strip is formed by a profile which has long grooves. opposite tudinals for fixing or hanging the longitudinal edges of the signaling strip and the longitudinal edges for fixing or hanging the support strip.
• FIG. 1 shows a signaling device according to the invention, in side view;
• FIG. 2 shows a vertical cross-section of the above device;
• FIG. 3 shows a horizontal transverse median section of the above device, in enlarged view
• FIG. 4 shows a horizontal median section of another signaling device according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 shows a variant of the device of Figure 4, in side view
• FIG. 6 shows a side view of another signaling device according to the invention
• FIG. 7 shows a vertical cross-dirty section of the device of Figure 6;
• FIG. 8 shows a median horizontal section of another signaling device according to the invention.
• FIG. 9 shows a side view of the device of Figure 8.
• FIG. 10 shows a median horizontal section of another signaling device according to the invention.
• FIG. 11 shows a side view of another signaling device according to the invention
• - Figure 12 shows a cross section of the signaling device of Figure 11;
• FIG. 13 shows a longitudinal section of the signaling device of Figure 11;
• FIG. 14 shows a side view of another signaling device according to the invention
• FIG. 15 represents a longitudinal section of the signaling device of FIG. 4.
• a first signaling device generally identified by the reference 1 which is mounted longitudinally ent on a guardrail 2 disposed along an edge d 'a road, at a distance from the ground, on piguets not shown.
• this safety barrier 2 has a section in the form of three, the central part of which is rounded.
• the signaling device 1 comprises a strip support 3 which is constituted by a C-shaped section profile which has a vertical flat core 4 and two opposite sides 5 horizon ⁇ rate provided with longitudinal edges 6 opposite.
• This profile 4 extends longitudinally to the safety barrier 2 and is arranged opposite its hollow central part facing the traffic lane.
• means for fixing the profile to the slide are provided.
• these means are formed by opposite tie rods 7 which are constituted by flat elements made of an elastic material and which each have, at their ends, bent portions 8 and 9 which are respectively engaged with one of the flanges 6 of the support strip 3 and the longitudinal edge 10 of the slide 2, closest to this rim.
• the signaling device 1 further comprises a longitudinal strip 11 for signaling which has a rear face 12 fixed flat for example by bonding to the inner face of the core 4 of the profile 3 and which has a vertical front face 13 which is facing the traffic lane, the width of this strip being such that it is possible to mount by insertion the bent end parts 8 of the flat fixing elements 7.
• the front face 13 of the signaling strip 11 has a succession of projecting parts 14 which follow one another in the direction of its length and which extend transversely with respect thereto, that is to say vertically in this example.
• These projecting parts 14 are of V-shaped section so as to present two facets 15 and 16 formed symmetrically with respect to a median plane transverse to the strip 11 passing through the apex 17 of the V which is located outside.
• Two projecting parts 14 succeed each other by determining a space 18 open laterally to the strip 11, of v-shaped section whose tip 19 is at the bottom. In the example, the angle at the top of the projecting parts 14 and the spaces 18 is equal to 90 °.
• the front face 13 of the signaling strip 11 has two series of facets 15 and 16 arranged alternately.
• the series of facets 15 and 16 of the signaling strip 11 are provided with reflective materials, preferably retroreflective, of different colors.
• the series of reflective facets 15 is green while the series of reflective facets 16 is red.
• the strip 11 being rectilinear, the user sees the two facets 15 and 16 of the protruding parts 14 as long as his angle of vision or incident 20a of the front face 13 of the signaling strip 11 is greater than 45 ° with respect to to the longitudinal direction of the latter.
• the above viewing or incident angles are in an angular sector of 90 °, the base of which corresponds to a determined area along the signaling strip 11 situated laterally to the vehicle 20, the length of this area depending on the distance from the slide to which the user stands and this zone being symmetrical with respect to its point of incidence at 90 °.
• any user can know if his direction of travel on the traffic lane bordered by the safety barrier 2 is the correct one. He knows this simply by looking at what is the color of the front face 13 of the signaling strip 11 in front of his vehicle 20, where he sees no color.
• Another advantage of the signaling device 1 lies in signaling a turn.
• the signaling strip 11 and its intermediate support constituted by the section 3 longi ⁇ tudinally follow the curve of the safety barrier 2.
• the user sees in the bend, when the latter has an angle of curvature greater than 45 °, the two facets of different colors 15 and 16 of the projecting parts 14 of the signaling strip 11.
• the more pronounced the turn the more it sees the red color of the facets 16 of the projecting parts 14
• the user sees at a distance in front of him the color of the reflective strip 11 evolving from the color green to the color red, he can deduce therefrom that there is a curve and that it approaches it. This development also allows it to assess the curvature of the turn.
• the signaling strips 11 placed on either side of the lane will be placed in opposite directions so that a user will see the series of green facets 15 and on the other side the series of red facets 16, thus enabling it to position itself correctly on the taxiway and in the right direction.
• FIG. 4 we see that there is shown another signaling device generally identified by the reference 22, which comprises a signaling strip 23 fixed on a longitudinal support 24.
• the signaling strip 23 differs from the previous one by the fact that it has a successive ⁇ sion of lateral deformations of trapezoidal section so as to successively present a longitudinal part 25 bearing against the support strip 24, a part 26 inclined at 45 ° relative to the latter, a part 27 parallel to this support strip 24, a part 28 at 45 ° relative to the latter, another longitudinal part 25, and so on, these deformed parts leaving between them open lateral spaces.
• the series of facets 27 and the series of opposite facets 28 are provided with materials of different colors, preferably r ⁇ tror ⁇ fl ⁇ - chaynes.
• This device 22 fulfills the same functions as the previous device.
• the longitudinal parts 25 can be glued to the support strip 24.
• the parts 25 of the signaling strip 23 have two through holes which can be used for fixing it for example by rivets on the support strip 24 but which can be used for fixing direct from the signaling strip 23 on any vertical support, for example by screws or nails.
• a signaling strip 30 which has a central portion equivalent to the signaling strip 11 but which also has opposite longitudinal edges 31 and 32 which allow its attachment on any medium. These opposite edges 31 and 32 are for example provided with through holes 33 and 34 regularly spaced apart which allow the passage for example of nails or screws 35 for its fixing on any support such as a wall 36.
• a signaling band generally identified by the reference 37 which comprises two bands 38 and 39 available one on the other and by example pasted.
• the top strip 38 has a succession of rectangular openings 40 and, between these openings, a flat part 41 and a projecting part 42 which succeed it, this lateral projecting part 42 having a facet 43 inclined at 45 ° and a face 46 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip and bordering the adjacent opening 40.
• the bottom band 39 has a succession of projecting parts 47 which are engaged in the succession of openings 40 of the top band part 38, these projecting parts 47 have an external facet 48 inclined at 45 ° and symmetrical of the facet 43 of the projecting part 42 adjacent to a median plane transverse to the strip and a face 49 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and extending against the face 46 of the projecting part 42.
• This signaling strip 37 thus constituted is equivalent to the signaling strip 11 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
• a signaling strip has been shown generally identified by the reference 50 which has a strip 51 on which are fixed transversely, at close distance from each other, of the attached projecting parts formed by brackets 52, one of the branches 53 of which is fixed by gluing or by rivets to one of the faces of the strip 51 and the other branch 54 of which extends perpendicularly to this strip 51.
• the two opposite faces 55 and 56 of this branch 54 constitute reflective facets, preferably retroreflective, as in the previous examples, covered with materials of different colors, thus constituting a first series of reflective facets 55 and a second series of reflective facets, of preferably retroreflective, 56 opposite to the previous one.
• the strip 51 may be rigid but may advantageously be made of a flexible material so as to be able to conform in its longitudinal direction to the shape of its support such as a slide, a wall or other longitudinal support.
• the strip further comprises known means not shown for its attachment.
• a signaling device generally identified by the reference 57 which includes a signaling strip 58 which successively has flat parts 59 and deformations side 60 of section in the shape of a semicircle which determine two opposite facets in quarter of a circle provided with retroreflective materials 60a and 60b of different colors.
• the flat parts 59 of the signaling strip 58 have extensions which constitute opposite tabs 59a and 59b.
• the signaling device 57 also has a longitudinal support 61 which is constituted by a U-shaped section profile in which the signaling strip 58 is inserted.
• the branches 62 and 63 of this profile have longitudinal edges 64 and 65 for fixing or hooking which determine with its core 66 opposite longitudinal grooves or grooves 67 and 68 for fixing or hooking in which are engaged.
• the opposite tabs 59a and 59b of the signaling strip 58 are simply carried out by translation of the signaling strip 57 by sliding its opposite tabs 59a and 59b in the opposite longitudinal grooves or grooves 67 and 68 of the support profile 61.
• branches 62 and 63 of the support profile 61 are provided with opposite flanges 69 and 70 serving for the attachment of the signaling device 59 as in the example described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
• these branches 62 and 63 are dimensioned so that the parts in projection 59 of the signaling strip 58 is set back with respect to the longitudinal edges of these branches, thus ensuring protection of the signaling strip 58.
• FIG. 14 there is shown a signaling device generally identified by the reference 71 which differs from the signaling device 57 of Figures 11 to 13 by the fact that its strip signaling 72 has a succession of lateral deformations of V-shaped longitudinal section forming opposite facets and by the fact that the connection zone of two adjacent facets has extensions forming opposite legs 72a and 72b which are engaged in grooves or opposite grooves 73a and 73b of a longitudinal support profile 74 equivalent to the longitudinal support 61 of the previous example.
• the tabs 72a and 72b of the signaling strip 72 are of V-shaped longitudinal section and therefore have lateral deformations which can ensure their elastic retention in the aforementioned grooves 73a and 73b without opposing the mounting of the signaling strip 72 on the longitudinal support 74. It suffices for this purpose to produce a longitudinal extension of the signaling strip 72 so that the tabs 72a and 72b can slide in the opposite grooves 73a and 73b of the longitudinal support 74.
• the signaling strips can be maintained on the longitudinal supports which carry them by friction effect or by wedging effect in said grooves or grooves of the profiles.
• the aforementioned signaling strips and support strips can be provided in plastic or metal, obtained by deformations of sheets which may be precut. They are preferably flexible so as to be able to match the curvature of the turns.
• the height of the projecting parts of the signaling strips can be a few millimeters but can reach several centimeters.
• the width of the reflective strips can be a few millimeters, up to a few tens of centimeters, depending on the height of the aforementioned projections and the distance at which they must be seen.
• the opening angles of the spaces separating the projecting parts from the signaling strips are preferably between 30 ° and 90 °.
• Signal strips can be continuous along traffic lanes. They can also be placed in separate pieces from each other. The signaling strips could be arranged horizontally to be visible from below or from above, for example being fixed to the ground.
• the present invention is not limited to the preceding examples.
• the facets of the projecting parts could be concave, convex or curved, flat or non-flat.
• the strip carrying the protruding parts could be subdivided into two strips arranged adjacent to each other, preferably at a short distance from each other and connected to each other by a longitudinal intermediate support, each strip bearing projecting parts to which the two colors are respectively assigned on their opposite facets, producing the same visual effect as the bands described above.
• the same strip could carry projecting parts to which one of the colors would be assigned and, separately, projecting parts to which would be affected the other color.
• the colors chosen as an example are not limiting and, we could change the colors along the same strip. Many other alternative embodiments are possible without departing from the scope defined by the appended claims.

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