EP1538283B1 - Selbstrichtendes Zaunpanel mit Bügelbaluster - Google Patents

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EP1538283B1
EP1538283B1 EP04078280A EP04078280A EP1538283B1 EP 1538283 B1 EP1538283 B1 EP 1538283B1 EP 04078280 A EP04078280 A EP 04078280A EP 04078280 A EP04078280 A EP 04078280A EP 1538283 B1 EP1538283 B1 EP 1538283B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1426—Picket fences
    • E04H17/1439—Picket fences with separate pickets going through the horizontal members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447—Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/1448—Adjustable, angled or hinged connections

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  • This invention relates to self raking pale-and-rail fence panels for bow top fences.
  • Self raking pale-and-rail fence panels are panels comprising a plurality of substantially vertical elongate elements, known as pales, which are fixed between two or more substantially horizontal rails in such a way that the angle between the pales and rails may be adjusted.
  • the pales are generally attached to the rails at a sufficiently close spacing to prevent access through the panel, and typically project beyond the rails at the top and bottom of the panel.
  • the term “horizontal” is accordingly intended to embrace the required range of angular adjustment of the rails, while the term “vertical” is intended to include the orientation of pales which are arranged for aesthetic or other reasons in slanting or curved configurations.
  • Bow top fences are those where the top of the fence comprises a number of curved elements or “bows” extending above the top rail, usually provided by forming each pale as an inverted “U” shaped rod or tube comprising two substantially parallel legs which are connected by a curved section. The legs are attached to the rails so that the curved section projects above the top rail to form the curved element or bow.
  • the rounded bows form a decorative upper edge which may be used, particularly on fence panels of relatively low height, in order to reduce the risk of injury to people who attempt to climb over the fence. It is often desirable for reasons of cost and lightness to form the pales from hollow tubes rather than from solid rod.
  • GB 2 380 745 to Garfex Ltd. discloses a bow top fence formed from tubular "U" shaped pales, wherein each leg of the pale passes through apertures in each of the rails and is pivotably attached to one or other of the rails by spring clips housed within the pales, or alternatively by pivots.
  • a vertical slot is formed in one of the legs to accommodate the pivot, enabling the slotted leg to move up and down relative to its pivot as the panel is raked.
  • Document GB 2380745 discloses a self raking bow top fence panel having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the vertical slot weakens the pale and detracts from the appearance of the installed fence. Both the slot and the holes in the pales through which the spring clips or pivots project can also allow water to penetrate into the interior of the hollow pale, encouraging corrosion and shortening the life of the fence.
  • a self raking bow top fence panel including at least an upper rail, a lower rail and a plurality of discrete pales each individually supported by the rails, each pale including individually and independently of the other said pales a first leg, a second leg and a curved element extending between the two legs above the upper rail, the first and second legs of each pale extending between the upper and lower rails, the panel further including attachment means for attaching each leg to at least one rail such that the angle between the pales and rails is adjustable; characterised in that the first and second legs are formed as separate parts such that they are displaceable relative to one another when the angle between the pales and rails is adjusted.
  • the present panel does not require unsightly slots in the pales, and is attractive and neat in appearance as well as being more robust and resistant to the ingress of water which may lead to internal corrosion, and hence more durable and effective in use. It is also quickly and conveniently assembled on site without the use of heavy tools, and is capable of being proportioned to accept a wide range of angular adjustment without stressing its component parts, making it more adaptable to the requirements of the site.
  • the present panel in contrast enjoys a strong and rigid construction wherein both legs of each pale may be pivotably attached to at least one rail, and in certain embodiments, to both rails, without any translational movement being permitted between the pales and the pivots or the pivots and the rails, ensuring maximum strength and rigidity.
  • a bow top fence is erected on irregularly sloping ground between vertical posts 1.
  • Each panel comprises an upper rail 2, a lower rail 3, and a plurality of pales 10, each pale having two legs 12, 13 and a curved element or bow 11 which extends as shown between the two legs so that it projects above the upper rail.
  • the two legs 12, 13 of each pale are formed as separate parts so that they are displaceable relative to one another; in the embodiment shown, the curved elements or bows 11 are formed by the curved upper ends of the longer legs 12, although in alternative embodiments they may be separate from the legs.
  • the open end of each bow 11 forms a downwardly facing socket 15 which receives the upper end 14 of the shorter leg of the pale to form a telescopic connection.
  • the rails are provided at each end with end caps 4; the end caps are fixed in known manner to lugs 5 on the posts so that the angle of the rails can be adjusted in a vertical plane, and, if required, also in a horizontal plane so that the fence can change direction at each post as required to follow the boundary of the site.
  • Each leg is attached to at least one of the rails by attachment means which form a pivot so that it can be angled with respect to the rail; in the first embodiment shown, both legs are pivoted to both rails, which ensures that each leg of each pale is securely retained against vertical movement and also enhances the strength and rigidity of the rails and the panel.
  • each leg is formed from hollow steel tube, which gives the pales a good ratio of strength, weight and cost.
  • tube of aluminium, plastics or other material or even solid bar might be used.
  • the longer leg 12 is bent over at the top to form the bow 11, and its open upper end forms the downwardly facing socket 15.
  • the shorter leg 13 is formed from a straight length of tube with a reduced diameter section 14 at the top.
  • the section 14 is a loose fit in the socket 15, which allows it to move from a position as shown where it abuts the right hand wall of the socket when the panel is in the horizontal position (represented in the drawing by solid lines) to a position abutting the opposite side of the socket when the panel is raked to its maximum permitted angle (shown by dotted lines).
  • Each pale is pivotably attached to each rail by attachment means 20, so that the pales remain parallel as the panel is raked, whilst the socket 15 provides room for the upper end 14 of the shorter leg to move telescopically between the upper (panel horizontal) and lower (panel raked) positions shown. This avoids stressing the pale and preserves the neat appearance of the panel.
  • the socket 15 may be formed into a shape with an elongated or ovoidal cross section whose shorter axis is slightly longer than the diameter of the reduced diameter section 14 and whose longer axis lies along the rail. This holds the reduced diameter section 14 snugly in a direction transverse to the rail whilst maximising the freedom of movement along the axis of the rail, and hence maximises the angle to which the panel may be raked before it is restrained by contact between the section 14 and the side wall of the socket 15.
  • the upper end 14 of the shorter leg might be formed with an ovoidal cross section.
  • a deformable rubber or plastics seal or the like might also be arranged in the socket around the upper end 14 of the shorter leg to eliminate any tendency to rattle.
  • the rails and the longer leg 12 are formed as in the first embodiment, whereas the upper end 14' of the shorter leg 13' is formed with a larger outer diameter, which is only slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the socket 15.
  • This provides for an effectively continuous visual profile. It is found in practice that a difference of less than a millimetre between the outer diameter of the upper end 14' and the inner diameter of the socket 15 may be sufficient to allow the panel to be raked to a moderate extent, where the rake is assisted by controlled flexing of the pale and by the slight degree of movement of the pivots 20 of the pale along the axis of the rails which may be permitted by the pivotable attachment means as further described below with reference to the first embodiment.
  • the shorter leg 13' may be pivotably attached as shown to the lower rail only, so that as the panel is raked the shorter leg assumes a slightly slanted position as shown (dotted lines) in respect of the longer leg 12. At moderate angles of rake the degree of slant of the shorter leg 13' is found in practice to be too small to be visually discernible.
  • the controlled leverage exerted on the socket 15 tightens the lugs 20 in the recesses against the locking bar as further described below and wedges the upper end 14' of the shorter leg slantwise into the socket, so that the resulting forces and slight flexing of the shorter leg 13' rigidify the panel and hold the upper end 14' snugly in its socket.
  • the open end of the socket may be arranged within the upper rail so that at relatively small angles of rake the junction between the two legs is entirely concealed.
  • the longer leg may be pivotably attached to the lower rail only whilst the shorter leg is pivotably attached to both rails.
  • the socket By forming the socket as shown in the downwardly facing upper end of the leg 12, the open upper end of the tubular leg 13, 13' is shielded from the ingress of rain and the interiors of both legs remain dry, prolonging their lives.
  • the use of solid lugs to form the attachment means 20 as described below further assists in preventing the passage of water into the interior of the pale.
  • the telescopic connection might be formed instead by providing a socket on the shorter leg, or even dispensed with altogether and the two legs joined by means of a separate sleeve.
  • the curved element or bow may be formed by a separate section; each leg of the pale might then be formed as a plain, straight tube, and the bow attached by means of clips or the like after assembly of the pales and rails.
  • the bow might also be formed from resilient material so as to bend to the required diameter in order to accommodate the variable spacing between the two legs of the pale.
  • rail may also be used, which might be for example hollow rectangular section, or alternatively solid bars which need not necessarily be provided with apertures; for example, the pivots 20 might be provided by plain rivets, bolts or the like passing through the rail.
  • Intermediate rails may also be used if desired in addition to the upper and lower rails shown.
  • each rail is conveniently formed as a pressed or roll formed steel section having an open base 30 and outer side walls 34, each of which is inturned to form respectively an inner wall 35 defining an interior channel 31 therebetween.
  • Apertures 32 are formed in the upper wall 33 of the rail to receive respectively the legs 12, 13 of the pales; each aperture is elongate along the axis of the rail, so that each leg is snugly received within the minor axis of the aperture but is free to move about its transverse pivot along its major axis.
  • a recess 36 is formed on either side of the rail in each inner wall 35 adjacent each aperture to receive a fixed lug 20 which projects transversely to the rail on either side of each leg 12, 13 of the pale as further described below.
  • a cutout 37 is formed adjacent the recess to give room for the lugs 20 to enter the recesses as the leg 12, 13 is rotated.
  • the lugs are then locked into the recesses 36 by inserting a locking bar 40 into each channel 31. This enables each leg to pivot about its transverse lugs 20 which are held within the recesses 36 to the extent permitted by the length of the aperture 32 through which it passes.
  • end caps 4 are inserted into the open ends of the rails to retain the locking bars 40 in position and provide attachment points for mounting to the fence posts 1.
  • the recesses and locking bar may if required be dimensioned so as to allow a small degree of movement of the lugs 20 along the axis of the rail as the panel is raked, which in the second embodiment increases the maximum rake and reduces the need for the pales to flex.
  • the recesses 36 are arranged adjacent the centre point of each aperture 36, which allows each leg of the pale to be pivoted in either direction along the major axis of the rail. It will be noted however from Figs. 1, 2 and 9 that the embodiments illustrated are intended to be pivoted in one direction only. This maximises the angle of rake which can be achieved whilst the projecting upper end 14 of the shorter leg 13 remains within the socket, while at the same time minimising the length of the socket 15. In order to rake the panel in the opposite direction from that shown it would therefore be attached to the posts in mirror image, i.e. with the front face as shown towards the rear.
  • the apertures 32 may if desired be shortened at one end only so that they abut the leg 12 or 13 (13') of the pale at the shortened end when the rail is horizontal. This permits the panel to be raked in one direction only, and minimises the amount of clearance around the pale, which is desirable insofar as it prevents access through the apertures 32 and helps to prevent trapped fingers during installation or unauthorised tampering once installed.
  • the upper ends of the component legs of one composite pale are shown during assembly of the pale to the upper rail 2 of the panel; it will be understood that the legs may be assembled simultaneously to the lower rail, which may be identical to the upper rail as shown or alternatively may take any other convenient form.
  • the direction of movement at each step is indicated by the arrow. (It will be understood that in the second embodiment as illustrated in Fig. 9, the lugs on the shorter leg are provided in the lower rail only, but its assembly is in other respects as shown.)
  • the shorter leg 13 (13') is first inserted loosely into an aperture 32 so that its upper end 14 lies below the top of the rail (Fig. 6A).
  • the longer leg 12 is then inserted into an adjacent aperture (Fig. 6B).
  • Each leg is provided with a solid steel pin which is fixed transversely through the pale so that each end forms a projecting lug 20; only one end of each pin can be seen in the Figures.
  • the lower rail is similar to the upper rail and each leg is provided with a second identical pin (shown in Fig. 2) in a position corresponding to the respective recess 36 in the lower rail.
  • the lugs 20 are oriented along the longitudinal axis of the rails so that they pass through the elongated aperture 32.
  • the longer leg 12 is positioned with the lugs 20 within the rail and adjacent the recesses 36 and then rotated (Figs. 6C, 6D) so that the lugs enter the cutouts 37 to lie transversely across the rail and above the recesses 36.
  • the leg 12 is then lowered (Fig. 6E) so that the lugs enter the recesses 36 and the socket 15 lies above the adjacent aperture 32.
  • the shorter leg 13 is then raised (Fig. 6F) until its upper section 14 enters the socket 15 and its lugs 20 lie adjacent the recesses 36 and cutouts 37, and then rotated (Fig. 6G) until the lugs 20 enter the cutouts 37 and lie transversely above the recesses 36. It is then lowered (Fig. 6H) so that the lugs 20 enter the recesses 36.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 the pale is shown after assembly to the top rail with both locking bars 40 in position. After assembly it is difficult or impossible to remove the pales from the fence without removing the whole panel from the posts, and the pivots 20 hold the rails and pales firmly in position, making the panel rigid and resistant to damage.
  • each U shaped pale By forming each U shaped pale in at least two separate sections, the panel thus enjoys the additional advantage that one or both legs of the pale may be passed through apertures in the rail and then rotated in order to assemble them to the rail; this is impossible to achieve with a traditional U shaped pale made in a single piece.
  • spring clips or the like located in the rail or inside the hollow pale, might be used instead of fixed pins or lugs to fasten the pales to the rails, and one or both legs need not necessarily be rotated after insertion into apertures in the rail.
  • the two legs of each pale may also be fastened to the rail in dissimilar ways.
  • means may be provided for limiting the maximum angle of rake of the panel.
  • the end pales may be provided with suitable abutments which contact the rails to prevent the panel from being raked beyond its designed limit.
  • one preferred embodiment provides a self raking bow top fence panel comprising two horizontal rails supporting a plurality of composite pales, each pale comprising two separate vertical legs, each leg being independently pivotably mounted to at least one of the rails.
  • the bows or curved elements forming the top of the fence are preferably provided by the top section of one of the tubular legs of each pale which is bent over to form a downwardly facing socket which receives the upper end of the second leg.
  • the legs may be retained in apertures in the rails by means of fixed transverse pins which enable each leg to pivot independently in the rail, the relative movement between the two legs of each pale being accommodated by movement of the reduced diameter upper end of the second leg in the socket.
  • the bent leg is preferably pinned to both rails while the straight leg may be pinned to both rails or to the lower rail only.

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  1. Selbstausrichtendes Bogenkopfzaunfeld mit wenigstens einer oberen Schiene (2), einer unteren Schiene (3) und einer Vielzahl von getrennten Pfählen (10), die jeweils einzeln von den Schienen abgestützt werden,
    wobei jeder Pfahl für sich und unabhängig von den anderen besagten Pfählen einen ersten Schenkel (12), einen zweiten Schenkel (13, 13') und ein zwischen den beiden Schenkeln über der oberen Schiene verlaufendes Bogenelement (11) aufweist,
    die ersten und zweiten Schenkel jedes Pfahls zwischen den oberen und unteren Schienen verlaufen,
    das Zaunfeld des weiteren Befestigungsmittel (20) zur Befestigung jedes Schenkels an wenigstens einer Schiene auf solche Art und Weise aufweist, dass der Winkel zwischen den Pfählen und den Schienen einstellbar ist;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten und zweiten Schenkel als getrennte Teile so ausgebildet sind, dass sie relativ zueinander verschiebbar sind, wenn der Winkel zwischen den Pfählen und den Schienen einjustiert wird.
  2. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Bogenelement (11) ein oberes gebogenes Ende des ersten Schenkels (12) einbezieht.
  3. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten und zweiten Schenkel jedes Pfahls teleskopisch miteinander verbunden sind.
  4. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Bogenelement eine nach unten weisende Muffe (15) aufweist
    und sich ein oberes Ende (14, 14') des zweiten Schenkels nach oben in die Muffe hinein erstreckt.
  5. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 - 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Schenkel sowohl an den oberen als auch den unteren Schienen angebracht ist.
  6. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1-4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Schenkel (12) sowohl an den oberen als auch den unteren Schienen angebracht ist und der zweite Schenkel (13, 13') nur an der unteren Schiene angebracht ist.
  7. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 - 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens eine Schiene eine Vielzahl von Öffnungen (32) zur Aufnahme der Schenkel der Pfähle aufweist.
  8. Bogenkopfzaunfeld gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der wenigstens eine Schenkel jedes Pfahls wenigstens einen festen Ansatz (20) aufweist
    und dass die wenigstens eine Schiene ausgesparte Mittel (36) zur Aufnahme des Ansatzes (20) beim Drehen des Schenkels aufweist,
    zusammen mit Verriegelungsmitteln (40) zur Sicherung des Ansatzes in dem ausgesparten Mittel,
    so dass die Pfähle durch Einsetzen jedes Schenkels jedes Pfahles durch eine entsprechende Öffnung (32) hindurchgehend und anschließendes Drehen wenigstens eines Schenkels jedes Pfahls an der wenigstens einen Schiene montiert werden.
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