EP1735561B1 - Traffic signal column - Google Patents

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EP1735561B1
EP1735561B1 EP05731681A EP05731681A EP1735561B1 EP 1735561 B1 EP1735561 B1 EP 1735561B1 EP 05731681 A EP05731681 A EP 05731681A EP 05731681 A EP05731681 A EP 05731681A EP 1735561 B1 EP1735561 B1 EP 1735561B1
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Jean-Marie Periot
Thierry SCHNEIDER ELECTR. INDUSTRIES SAS CHUE
Didier SCHNEIDER ELECTR. INDUSTRIES SAS SEVERAC
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/22—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B5/36—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission using visible light sources
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/09—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
    • G08G1/095—Traffic lights
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S2/00—Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
    • F21S2/005—Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction of modular construction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • F21W2111/02—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00 for roads, paths or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a signal column composed of superimposed optical, sound or other signaling stages, the stages each having a body consisting of a base and a side wall and conductors providing a connection between a source of energy and a signaling member housed in the body.
  • the document EP 755 494 shows a signaling column in which the supply conductors are bent to form at one end a U-shaped bridge and at their other end a bend.
  • the series of homologous conductors located in superposed stages is placed in series by elastic application of the elbow of one with the U-bridge of the homologous conductor of the other.
  • this arrangement can lead to contact faults because the quality of connection is entirely assumed by the shape and elasticity of the conductors.
  • each stage of the column is powered by two drivers, but the number of these drivers must be limited.
  • each stage of the column a common conductor which, by connecting from floor to floor, extends from the lowest floor to the highest floor, and for each floor, an allocated conductor that comes from the lowest floor and does not have to be extended to the next higher floor.
  • the floor-to-floor connection is provided for this purpose by means of an angular offset of the connection points of the conductors, as described in the document FR 2 517 021 .
  • the disadvantage is that, if it is desired to give the various stages the same angular mounting position, it is necessary to use common conductors of different shape than the allocated conductors.
  • the document DE 100 41 202 describes a signaling column having a plurality of superposable signal elements. Each element is provided with a light source powered from electrical conductors extending along its sidewall. A driver is common to all signaling elements and feeds each of them. Another driver is specific to the power supply of each floor. Each conductor has a first end forming a connecting bridge of a neighboring signaling element.
  • the common conductor has the particularity of extending vertically along the column while the conductors specific to each signal element are angularly offset from one floor to the other.
  • the connecting bridge of the common conductor takes the form of a node to be able to extend along this vertical axis.
  • this document proposes to use a common driver on all floors and specific drivers allocated to each floor.
  • the proposed solution therefore makes it possible to limit the number of drivers.
  • this solution requires the use of specific conductors of different shape from that of the specific conductors, which complicates the manufacturing process and increases its cost.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a signaling column for which the manufacture is carried out in a simple and inexpensive manner.
  • the base has connectors and each connector comprises two attachment points for respectively fixing a first end of a rod of the stage in question and a second end of the respective rod of a neighboring stage.
  • the conductive rods each have two ends angularly offset between them.
  • the two attachment points of the connector have an angular offset, this angular offset corresponding to that present between the two ends of a rod.
  • the conductive rods are crank-shaped with straight ends, oriented along the main axis of the column, to cooperate by a foot and a head with the respective connectors, and intermediate shift segment.
  • the common rod housed in a stage is disposed with a foot-head angular offset in the opposite direction of the angular displacement foot-head of the other rods housed in the same floor.
  • the common rods have an identical angular positioning from one floor to another.
  • the connectors are identical for the common rod and the other rods, and each connector extends between the point of attachment of the head of a rod from the lower level and that of the foot of the rod of the stage considered, over a distance substantially equal to that of the offset between foot and head of the rod.
  • the connector can compensate for the angular offset between the two ends of a rod, which allows the common rods to extend parallel to the axis of the column.
  • each connector has a fastener element of a first end of the conductive rod of the stage in question and an elastic clamp connecting a second end of the respective conductor rod of a neighboring stage.
  • the clamp of each connector is oriented substantially tangentially and open to an oblong passage formed on the periphery of the base of the body.
  • the connectors are immobilized on the base.
  • each connector is fitted or snapped into an insulating pad integrally molded with the base of the body.
  • the body of the stage has, opposite the base of the floor, a support provided at its periphery with fixing holes for rigidly holding the heads of the conductive rods specific to the floor.
  • two connecting pieces are provided in a stage intended for the own signaling member of the stage, each connecting piece having an opening for the passage of the foot of a respective conducting rod.
  • the foot of the conductive rod is fitted with making contact both in the fixing hole in the connector and in the opening of the connecting piece.
  • the signaling column C illustrated in the figures comprises several stages or signal modules A superimposed.
  • column C extends along a vertical axis X and has four stages A1.A4 fixed to each other, the lowest stage A1 being fixed to a base S which ensures the passage of the electrical conductors, the highest stage A4 being for example covered with a lid.
  • the column can of course have a different number of stages.
  • the body 10 of a stage A 1 houses several conductive rods 20.
  • the figure 2 shows to simplify a single rod of a floor A 1 .
  • the body 10 - cylindrical or prismatic X-axis - has a base 11 provided on its periphery (see figures 3 and 5 to 8 ) of several curved passages 12 and pads 13 adjacent to these passages and intended to receive connectors 30.
  • the body 10 has a support 14 such that a cap or a frame arranged to seat the base of the body 10 of the upper stage A 1 + 1 .
  • the frame 14 has fastening lugs 18 each provided with a holding hole 18a for the upper end of a respective rod 20 of the stage A i.
  • the base 11 has at its center a signaling member 16 placed or fixed on a mount 17.
  • the member must be fed from two rods 20, one being a rod 20A allocated to the member 16 of the floor A i , the other being a rod 20C common to connect to the member 16 of each stage. It follows that the rod 20A "allocated" is not connected to the next (upper) stage A i + 1 , while the rod 20C common is connected to the next stage, as well as the rods 20A allocated to the upper floors.
  • the fixing of a stage A i + 1 on an underlying stage A i is effected by a limited rotation around the axis X, with guiding, abutment and locking forms which are not part of the invention and are not shown here.
  • each rod 20 is crank-shaped and comprises an upper part terminated by a head 21, an intermediate segment 22 defining an angular offset around the X axis, and a lower part ending with a foot 23.
  • the offset angle - or the corresponding peripheral distance - is shown in a on the figures 4 and 5 .
  • the upper and lower portions of the bead wire are straight and extend along the X axis, while the intermediate segment 22 extends substantially horizontally and tangentially to determine the desired angular offset between the foot and the head.
  • the head 21 is fixed in a holding orifice 18a formed in the lug 18 of the frame 14 of the element A, while the foot 23 is engaged and held in the connector 30 located at the bottom of the body 10 of the element A i .
  • the head 21 is presented to an associated connector 30 which belongs to the superimposed stage A i + 1 , to be maintained in this connector (see figure 4 ).
  • the positioning of the head and the foot in the connectors can of course be interchanged with the role of the base 11 and the support 14.
  • the common rods 20C are identical to the allocated rods 20A. But, while in one stage the allocated rods 20A are all arranged in the same direction (for example head 21 shifted counterclockwise relative to the foot 23), the common rod 20C is arranged in the opposite direction (for example head 21 shifted clockwise relative to the foot 23). This is visible on figures 3 and 5 to 8 .
  • the connector 30 is a folded conductive metal piece for fastening both the foot 23 of a rod of the current stage and removably the head 21 of the associated rod of the lower stage.
  • the connector has a fixing recess 31 for the foot 23 of the associated rod, this recess being for example obtained by puncturing a mounting range 32.
  • the connector 30 opens towards the passage 12 by elastic branches of a clamp 33 forming a housing 34 for a head 21 emerging from the lower floor.
  • Each connector is fitted or snapped into a stud 13 or housing of the base 11 and is held in position by fixing lugs 35 engaged in holes in the base.
  • the length of the connector - seen between the head housing and the fixing hole of the foot - is substantially equal to, or of the same order as, the length a of the offset segment 22 of the rod 20.
  • the assembly pivoting of the stage A i + 1 on the stage A i makes it possible to obtain a peripheral catch-up of this offset.
  • the heads 21 common 20C of the various stages are found in the same angular position.
  • the heads 21 of the "allocated" rods are offset against each other from floor to floor by an angle corresponding to 2a .
  • the piece 36 is simply constituted by a blade
  • the foot 23 of the associated rod through this hole 37 with contact between rod and connecting piece.
  • the piece is thus positioned on the flat recess 31 of the connector 30 which houses the foot 23. It is also held by press fitting on a stud 19 of the base 11 (see FIG. figure 9 ).
  • the two connecting pieces 36A, 36C (see Figures 5 to 8 ) specific to a stage are respectively connected to a rod 20A allocated to the floor and a common rod 20C.
  • the floor A1 ( figure 5 ) has a common connector and four other connectors (one for A1 and the other three for A2, A3, A4)
  • the A2 stage has a common connector and three other connectors (one for A2 and both others for A3, A4)
  • stage A3 has a common connector and two connectors (for A3 and A4)
  • stage A4 has a common connector and a clean connector.
  • the connectors associated with the rods 20A, 20C are all identical.
  • the elements of the described column are as follows.
  • the connectors 30 are introduced into their respective studs 13, are fixed by their lugs 35, then the two connecting pieces 36A, 36C of the stage are centered on the range 32 of the respective connectors 30A, 30C.
  • the feet 23 of the rods 20 are then forced into the recesses 31 to make contact with the connectors, while the heads 21 are fitted into the holes 18a of the tabs 18 to provide a reliable positioning.
  • the upper stage A i + 1 is placed by its base 11 on the frame 14 of the stage A 1 , so that the head 21 of the rods 20 is engaged in the respective passage 12 without penetrating the clip 33.
  • the upper stage is then rotated around the X axis (horizontal arrow figure 2 ) so that the heads 21 advance in the respective passages 12 to penetrate into the clamps 33.
  • each head 21 is held in its housing 34, so that the desired connection of the poles is ensured of A i with the corresponding poles of A i + 1 .
  • the common rod 20C is offset tangentially unlike other rods 20A, and the length of the connector 30 is equal to the offset tangential procured by the segment 22 of the rod
  • the head 21 of the rod 20C of the stage A i is in the same angular position as the head 21 of the rod 20C of the stage A i + 1 .
  • the head of a rod 20A of A i is advanced counterclockwise of 2a with respect to the head of the corresponding rod 20A of A i-1 .
  • the Figures 6 to 8 show that the rod allocated to the floor A i-1 is not returned to the floor A i , so that the heads 21 of the rods renewed advanced 2a step.

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An optical traffic signal column including stacked levels fixed to one another by rotation. The base of each level includes, distributed along its periphery, oblong passages and fixed connectors. The conductors include rods each having two ends angularly offset from one another, and including a common conducting rod and a stage-specific conducting rod. The connector rods are identical and respectively fix the bottom of a conducting rod of the relevant level and the top of the respective conducting rod of an adjacent level, the angular offset between the two fixing points corresponding to that of ends of the conducting rods. The conducting rods are mutually arranged and mounted to effect, from one level to the next level, an essentially identical angular position of the common conducting rods and an angular offset of the stage-specific conducting rods.

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La présente invention concerne une colonne de signalisation composée d'étages de signalisation optique, sonore ou autre fixés en superposition, les étages présentant chacun un corps constitué d'une base et d'une paroi latérale et des conducteurs assurant une liaison entre une source d'énergie et un organe de signalisation logé dans le corps.The present invention relates to a signal column composed of superimposed optical, sound or other signaling stages, the stages each having a body consisting of a base and a side wall and conductors providing a connection between a source of energy and a signaling member housed in the body.

Des colonnes de signalisation de ce type sont connues d'après le document FR 2 128 998 . Les conducteurs d'alimentation décrits dans ce document sont constitués par des lames comprenant une première extrémité de connexion mâle et une deuxième extrémité femelle de connexion. La mise en série de conducteurs homologues situés dans des étages superposés a lieu par introduction de l'extrémité mâle de l'un dans l'extrémité femelle de l'autre. La fabrication de tels conducteurs assumant entièrement la fonction d'interconnexion est compliquée. En outre, dans ces colonnes anciennes, l'alimentation électrique de chaque étage est réalisée grâce à deux conducteurs spécifiques ce qui multiplie considérablement le nombre de conducteurs à la base de la colonne.Signaling columns of this type are known from the document FR 2 128 998 . The feed conductors described in this document are constituted by blades comprising a first male connection end and a second female connection end. The series of homologous conductors located in superposed stages is placed in series by introducing the male end of one into the female end of the other. The manufacture of such conductors fully assuming the interconnection function is complicated. In addition, in these old columns, the power supply of each stage is achieved through two specific conductors which greatly increases the number of conductors at the base of the column.

Le document EP 755 494 montre une colonne de signalisation dans laquelle les conducteurs d'alimentation sont pliés pour former à une extrémité un pont en U et à leur autre extrémité un coude. De cette manière, la mise en série de conducteurs homologues situés dans des étages superposés a lieu par application élastique du coude de l'un avec le pont en U du conducteur homologue de l'autre. Mais cette disposition peut entraîner des défauts de contact car la qualité de connexion est entièrement assumée par la forme et l'élasticité des conducteurs. En outre, comme dans le document précédent, chaque étage de la colonne est alimenté par deux conducteurs, or le nombre de ces conducteurs doit être limité.The document EP 755 494 shows a signaling column in which the supply conductors are bent to form at one end a U-shaped bridge and at their other end a bend. In this way, the series of homologous conductors located in superposed stages is placed in series by elastic application of the elbow of one with the U-bridge of the homologous conductor of the other. But this arrangement can lead to contact faults because the quality of connection is entirely assumed by the shape and elasticity of the conductors. In addition, as in the previous document, each stage of the column is powered by two drivers, but the number of these drivers must be limited.

Afin de limiter le nombre de conducteurs, on prévoit dans chaque étage de la colonne un conducteur de commun qui, par raccordement d'étage en étage, s'étend de l'étage le plus bas jusqu'à l'étage le plus haut, et pour chaque étage, un conducteur alloué qui provient de l'étage le plus bas et qui n'a pas à être prolongé vers l'étage immédiatement supérieur. La connexion d'étage en étage est à cet effet assurée moyennant un décalage angulaire des points de raccordement des conducteurs, comme il est décrit dans le document FR 2 517 021 . L'inconvénient est que, si l'on souhaite donner aux divers étages la même position angulaire de montage, on doit utiliser des conducteurs de commun de forme différente de celle des conducteurs alloués.In order to limit the number of conductors, there is provided in each stage of the column a common conductor which, by connecting from floor to floor, extends from the lowest floor to the highest floor, and for each floor, an allocated conductor that comes from the lowest floor and does not have to be extended to the next higher floor. The floor-to-floor connection is provided for this purpose by means of an angular offset of the connection points of the conductors, as described in the document FR 2 517 021 . The disadvantage is that, if it is desired to give the various stages the same angular mounting position, it is necessary to use common conductors of different shape than the allocated conductors.

Le document DE 100 41 202 décrit une colonne de signalisation disposant de plusieurs éléments de signalisation superposables. Chaque élément est pourvu d'une source de lumière alimentée à partir de conducteurs électriques s'étendant le long de sa paroi latérale. Un conducteur est commun à tous les éléments de signalisation et alimente chacun d'eux. Un autre conducteur est spécifique à l'alimentation de chaque étage. Chaque conducteur présente une première extrémité formant un pont de jonction d'un élément de signalisation voisin. Le conducteur commun présente la particularité de s'étendre verticalement le long de la colonne alors que les conducteurs spécifiques à chaque élément de signalisation sont décalés angulairement d'un étage sur l'autre. Le pont de jonction du conducteur commun prend une forme de noeud pour pouvoir s'étendre suivant cet axe vertical. Comme dans le document FR 2 517 021 , ce document propose d'utiliser un conducteur commun à tous les étages et des conducteurs spécifiques alloués à chacun des étages. La solution proposée permet donc de limiter le nombre de conducteurs. Cependant, cette solution nécessite l'utilisation de conducteurs spécifiques de forme différente de celle des conducteurs spécifiques, ce qui complique le procédé de fabrication et qui augmente son coût.The document DE 100 41 202 describes a signaling column having a plurality of superposable signal elements. Each element is provided with a light source powered from electrical conductors extending along its sidewall. A driver is common to all signaling elements and feeds each of them. Another driver is specific to the power supply of each floor. Each conductor has a first end forming a connecting bridge of a neighboring signaling element. The common conductor has the particularity of extending vertically along the column while the conductors specific to each signal element are angularly offset from one floor to the other. The connecting bridge of the common conductor takes the form of a node to be able to extend along this vertical axis. As in the document FR 2 517 021 , this document proposes to use a common driver on all floors and specific drivers allocated to each floor. The proposed solution therefore makes it possible to limit the number of drivers. However, this solution requires the use of specific conductors of different shape from that of the specific conductors, which complicates the manufacturing process and increases its cost.

L'invention a pour but de proposer une colonne de signalisation pour laquelle la fabrication est réalisée de manière simple et peu onéreuse.The object of the invention is to propose a signaling column for which the manufacture is carried out in a simple and inexpensive manner.

Selon l'invention, la colonne de signalisation est composée d'étages de signalisation, notamment optique, montés en superposition selon un axe principal et fixés entre eux par rotation, les étages présentant chacun un corps qui comprend une base et une paroi cylindrique, et logeant un organe de signalisation et des conducteurs qui sont répartis sur le pourtour du corps et qui s'étendent parallèlement à l'axe pour assurer une liaison électrique entre une source d'énergie et l'organe de signalisation, les conducteurs logés dans un étage étant des tringles conductrices, les tringles logées dans un étage comprenant une tringle de commun et au moins une tringle spécifique de l'étage. La colonne selon l'invention présente les particularités suivantes :

  • Les tringles de commun sont identiques aux autres tringles et, d'étage en étage les tringles de commun présentent un positionnement angulaire sensiblement identique entre elles et les tringles spécifiques , alloués à un organe de signalisation d'un étage donné, se décalent d'un angle constant les unes par rapport aux autres d'étage en étage.
According to the invention, the signaling column is composed of signaling stages, in particular optical stages, superimposed along a main axis and fixed to each other by rotation, the stages each having a body which comprises a base and a cylindrical wall, and housing a signaling member and conductors which are distributed around the body and which extend parallel to the axis to provide an electrical connection between a power source and the signaling member, the conductors housed in a floor being conducting rods, the rods housed in a stage comprising a common rod and at least one specific rod of the stage. The column according to the invention has the following particularities:
  • The common rods are identical to the other rods and, from floor to floor, the common rods have a substantially identical angular positioning between them and the specific rods, allocated to a signaling member of a given floor, are shifted by one. constant angle to each other from floor to floor.

Selon une particularité, la base présente des connecteurs et chaque connecteur comprend deux points de fixation pour fixer respectivement une première extrémité d'une tringle de l'étage considéré et une deuxième extrémité de la tringle respective d'un étage voisin.
Selon une autre particularité, les tringles conductrices présentent chacune deux extrémités décalées angulairement entre elles.
Selon une autre particularité, les deux points de fixation du connecteur présentent un décalage angulaire, ce décalage angulaire correspondant à celui présent entre les deux extrémités d'une tringle.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulier, les tringles conductrices sont en forme de manivelle à extrémités droites, orientées selon l'axe principal de la colonne, pour coopérer par un pied et une tête avec les connecteurs respectifs, et à segment intermédiaire de décalage.
Selon une particularité, la tringle de commun logée dans un étage est disposée avec un décalage angulaire pied-tête en sens inverse du décalage angulaire pied-tête des autres tringles logées dans le même étage. De cette manière, les tringles de commun présentent un positionnement angulaire identique d'un étage à l'autre.
Selon un autre particularité, les connecteurs sont identiques pour la tringle de commun et les autres tringles, et chaque connecteur s'étend, entre le point de fixation de la tête d'une tringle provenant de l'étage inférieur et celui du pied de la tringle de l'étage considéré, sur une distance sensiblement égale à celle du décalage entre pied et tête de la tringle. Ainsi, le connecteur peut compenser le décalage angulaire entre les deux extrémités d'une tringle, ce qui permet aux tringles de commun de s'étendre parallèlement à l'axe de la colonne.
Selon une autre particularité, chaque connecteur présente un élément de fixation d'une première extrémité de la tringle conductrice de l'étage considéré et une pince élastique de connexion d'une deuxième extrémité de la tringle conductrice respective d'un étage voisin. Selon une autre particularité, la pince de chaque connecteur est orientée de façon sensiblement tangentielle et ouverte vers un passage oblong formé sur le pourtour de la base du corps.
Selon une autre particularité, les connecteurs sont immobilisés sur la base.
Selon une autre particularité, chaque connecteur est emboîté ou encliqueté dans un plot isolant venu de moulage avec la base du corps.
Selon une autre particularité, le corps de l'étage présente, à l'opposé de la base de l'étage, un support doté à sa périphérie d'orifices de fixation pour maintenir de manière rigide les têtes des tringles conductrices propres à l'étage.According to a feature, the base has connectors and each connector comprises two attachment points for respectively fixing a first end of a rod of the stage in question and a second end of the respective rod of a neighboring stage.
According to another feature, the conductive rods each have two ends angularly offset between them.
According to another feature, the two attachment points of the connector have an angular offset, this angular offset corresponding to that present between the two ends of a rod.
According to a particular embodiment, the conductive rods are crank-shaped with straight ends, oriented along the main axis of the column, to cooperate by a foot and a head with the respective connectors, and intermediate shift segment.
According to one feature, the common rod housed in a stage is disposed with a foot-head angular offset in the opposite direction of the angular displacement foot-head of the other rods housed in the same floor. In this way, the common rods have an identical angular positioning from one floor to another.
According to another feature, the connectors are identical for the common rod and the other rods, and each connector extends between the point of attachment of the head of a rod from the lower level and that of the foot of the rod of the stage considered, over a distance substantially equal to that of the offset between foot and head of the rod. Thus, the connector can compensate for the angular offset between the two ends of a rod, which allows the common rods to extend parallel to the axis of the column.
According to another feature, each connector has a fastener element of a first end of the conductive rod of the stage in question and an elastic clamp connecting a second end of the respective conductor rod of a neighboring stage. In another feature, the clamp of each connector is oriented substantially tangentially and open to an oblong passage formed on the periphery of the base of the body.
In another feature, the connectors are immobilized on the base.
According to another particularity, each connector is fitted or snapped into an insulating pad integrally molded with the base of the body.
According to another feature, the body of the stage has, opposite the base of the floor, a support provided at its periphery with fixing holes for rigidly holding the heads of the conductive rods specific to the floor.

Selon une autre particularité, il est prévu dans un étage deux pièces de connexion destinées à l'organe de signalisation propre à l'étage, chaque pièce de connexion présentant une ouverture pour le passage du pied d'une tringle conductrice respective. Selon une autre particularité, le pied de la tringle conductrice est emmanché avec prise de contact à la fois dans l'orifice de fixation ménagé dans le connecteur et dans l'ouverture de la pièce de connexion.According to another feature, two connecting pieces are provided in a stage intended for the own signaling member of the stage, each connecting piece having an opening for the passage of the foot of a respective conducting rod. According to another feature, the foot of the conductive rod is fitted with making contact both in the fixing hole in the connector and in the opening of the connecting piece.

La description détaillée qui suit, en regard des dessins annexés, illustre un mode de réalisation donné à titre d'exemple.

  • La figure 1 illustre une colonne de signalisation étagée en vue de côté.
  • La figure 2 montre schématiquement en coupe axiale agrandie un étage de la colonne selon l'invention.
  • La figure 3 illustre à grande échelle et en vue de dessus deux connecteurs et les tringles associées.
  • La figure 4 est une vue éclatée des extrémités d'un conducteur et des connecteurs associés.
  • Les figures 5 à 8 montrent schématiquement en vue de dessus les connexions réalisées dans les différents étages de la colonne de la figure 1.
  • La figure 9 est une vue en perspective partielle de deux étages interconnectés.
The detailed description which follows, with reference to the accompanying drawings, illustrates an embodiment given by way of example.
  • The figure 1 illustrates a stepped signaling column in side view.
  • The figure 2 schematically shows in enlarged axial section a stage of the column according to the invention.
  • The figure 3 illustrates on a large scale and in top view two connectors and associated rods.
  • The figure 4 is an exploded view of the ends of a conductor and associated connectors.
  • The Figures 5 to 8 schematically show in top view the connections made in the different stages of the column of the figure 1 .
  • The figure 9 is a partial perspective view of two interconnected floors.

La colonne de signalisation C illustrée sur les figures comprend plusieurs étages ou modules de signalisation A superposés. Comme on le voit figure 1, la colonne C s'étend selon un axe vertical X et présente quatre étages A1.A4 fixés entre eux, l'étage le plus bas A1 étant fixé à un socle S qui assure le passage des conducteurs électriques, l'étage le plus haut A4 étant par exemple recouvert d'un couvercle. La colonne peut bien sûr présenter un nombre différent d'étages.The signaling column C illustrated in the figures comprises several stages or signal modules A superimposed. As one can see figure 1 column C extends along a vertical axis X and has four stages A1.A4 fixed to each other, the lowest stage A1 being fixed to a base S which ensures the passage of the electrical conductors, the highest stage A4 being for example covered with a lid. The column can of course have a different number of stages.

Le corps 10 d'un étage A1 loge plusieurs tringles conductrices 20. La figure 2 montre pour simplifier une seule tringle d'un étage A1. Le corps 10 - de forme cylindrique ou prismatique d'axe X - présente une base 11 dotée sur son pourtour (voir figures 3 et 5 à 8) de plusieurs passages incurvés 12 et de plots 13 adjacents à ces passages et destinés à recevoir des connecteurs 30. A l'opposé de la base (donc vers le haut sur les figures), le corps 10 présente un support 14 tel qu'une coiffe ou un cadre agencé pour asseoir la base du corps 10 de l'étage supérieur A1+1. Le cadre 14 possède des pattes de fixation 18 munies chacune d'un orifice de maintien 18a pour l'extrémité haute d'une tringle respective 20 de l'étage Ai.The body 10 of a stage A 1 houses several conductive rods 20. The figure 2 shows to simplify a single rod of a floor A 1 . The body 10 - cylindrical or prismatic X-axis - has a base 11 provided on its periphery (see figures 3 and 5 to 8 ) of several curved passages 12 and pads 13 adjacent to these passages and intended to receive connectors 30. Opposite the base (and therefore upwards in the figures), the body 10 has a support 14 such that a cap or a frame arranged to seat the base of the body 10 of the upper stage A 1 + 1 . The frame 14 has fastening lugs 18 each provided with a holding hole 18a for the upper end of a respective rod 20 of the stage A i.

La base 11 présente en son centre un organe de signalisation 16 placé ou fixé sur une monture 17. L'organe doit être alimenté à partir de deux tringles 20, l'une étant une tringle 20A allouée à l'organe 16 de l'étage Ai, l'autre étant une tringle 20C de commun à connecter à l'organe 16 de chaque étage. Il s'ensuit que la tringle 20A "allouée" n'est pas reliée à l'étage suivant (supérieur) Ai+1, alors que la tringle 20C de commun est connectée à l'étage suivant, de même que les tringles 20A allouées aux étages supérieurs. La fixation d'un étage Ai+1 sur un étage sous-jacent Ai, s'effectue par une rotation limitée autour de l'axe X, avec des formes de guidage, butée et verrouillage qui ne font pas partie de l'invention et ne sont pas représentées ici.The base 11 has at its center a signaling member 16 placed or fixed on a mount 17. The member must be fed from two rods 20, one being a rod 20A allocated to the member 16 of the floor A i , the other being a rod 20C common to connect to the member 16 of each stage. It follows that the rod 20A "allocated" is not connected to the next (upper) stage A i + 1 , while the rod 20C common is connected to the next stage, as well as the rods 20A allocated to the upper floors. The fixing of a stage A i + 1 on an underlying stage A i is effected by a limited rotation around the axis X, with guiding, abutment and locking forms which are not part of the invention and are not shown here.

Plus en détail, chaque tringle 20 est en forme de manivelle et comprend une partie supérieure terminée par une tête 21, un segment intermédiaire 22 déterminant un décalage angulaire autour de l'axe X, et une partie inférieure terminée par un pied 23. Le décalage angulaire - ou la distance périphérique correspondante - est illustré en a sur les figures 4 et 5. Les parties supérieure et inférieure de la tringle sont droites et s'étendent selon l'axe X, tandis que le segment intermédiaire 22 s'étend de façon sensiblement horizontale et tangentielle pour déterminer le décalage angulaire souhaité entre le pied et la tête. La tête 21 est fixée dans un orifice de maintien 18a ménagé dans la patte 18 du cadre 14 de l'élément A, tandis que le pied 23 est engagé et maintenu dans le connecteur 30 situé en bas du corps 10 de l'élément Ai. De plus, la tête 21 est présentée à un connecteur associé 30 qui appartient à l'étage superposé Ai+1, pour être maintenue dans ce connecteur (voir figure 4). En variante, le positionnement de la tête et du pied dans les connecteurs peut bien entendu être interverti en même temps que le rôle de la base 11 et du support 14.In more detail, each rod 20 is crank-shaped and comprises an upper part terminated by a head 21, an intermediate segment 22 defining an angular offset around the X axis, and a lower part ending with a foot 23. The offset angle - or the corresponding peripheral distance - is shown in a on the figures 4 and 5 . The upper and lower portions of the bead wire are straight and extend along the X axis, while the intermediate segment 22 extends substantially horizontally and tangentially to determine the desired angular offset between the foot and the head. The head 21 is fixed in a holding orifice 18a formed in the lug 18 of the frame 14 of the element A, while the foot 23 is engaged and held in the connector 30 located at the bottom of the body 10 of the element A i . In addition, the head 21 is presented to an associated connector 30 which belongs to the superimposed stage A i + 1 , to be maintained in this connector (see figure 4 ). Alternatively, the positioning of the head and the foot in the connectors can of course be interchanged with the role of the base 11 and the support 14.

Il convient d'observer que, selon l'invention, les tringles de commun 20C sont identiques aux tringles allouées 20A. Mais, alors que dans un étage les tringles allouées 20A sont toutes disposées dans le même sens (par exemple tête 21 décalée en sens antihoraire par rapport au pied 23), la tringle de commun 20C est disposée en sens inverse (par exemple tête 21 décalée en sens horaire par rapport au pied 23). Ceci est visible sur les figures 3 et 5 à 8.It should be noted that, according to the invention, the common rods 20C are identical to the allocated rods 20A. But, while in one stage the allocated rods 20A are all arranged in the same direction (for example head 21 shifted counterclockwise relative to the foot 23), the common rod 20C is arranged in the opposite direction (for example head 21 shifted clockwise relative to the foot 23). This is visible on figures 3 and 5 to 8 .

Le connecteur 30 est une pièce métallique conductrice pliée pour fixer à la fois le pied 23 d'une tringle de l'étage courant et de manière démontable la tête 21 de la tringle associée de l'étage inférieur. Le connecteur présente un évidement de fixation 31 pour le pied 23 de la tringle associée, cet évidement étant par exemple obtenu par crevé d'une plage de montage 32. Le connecteur 30 s'ouvre vers le passage 12 par des branches élastiques d'une pince 33 formant un logement 34 pour une tête 21 émergeant de l'étage inférieur. Chaque connecteur est emboîté ou encliqueté dans un plot 13 ou logement de la base 11 et il est maintenu en position par des pattes de fixation 35 engagées dans des trous de la base.The connector 30 is a folded conductive metal piece for fastening both the foot 23 of a rod of the current stage and removably the head 21 of the associated rod of the lower stage. The connector has a fixing recess 31 for the foot 23 of the associated rod, this recess being for example obtained by puncturing a mounting range 32. The connector 30 opens towards the passage 12 by elastic branches of a clamp 33 forming a housing 34 for a head 21 emerging from the lower floor. Each connector is fitted or snapped into a stud 13 or housing of the base 11 and is held in position by fixing lugs 35 engaged in holes in the base.

Comme on le voit sur les figures, la longueur du connecteur - vue entre le logement de tête et l'orifice de fixation du pied - est sensiblement égale à, ou du même ordre que, la longueur a du segment de décalage 22 de la tringle 20. En d'autres termes, le pivotement d'assemblage de l'étage Ai+1 sur l'étage Ai permet d'obtenir un rattrapage périphérique de ce décalage. Les têtes 21 de commun 20C des divers étages se retrouvent donc dans la même position angulaire. Les têtes 21 des tringles "allouées" sont par contre décalées entre elles d'étage en étage d'un angle correspondant à 2a. As seen in the figures, the length of the connector - seen between the head housing and the fixing hole of the foot - is substantially equal to, or of the same order as, the length a of the offset segment 22 of the rod 20. In other words, the assembly pivoting of the stage A i + 1 on the stage A i makes it possible to obtain a peripheral catch-up of this offset. The heads 21 common 20C of the various stages are found in the same angular position. The heads 21 of the "allocated" rods are offset against each other from floor to floor by an angle corresponding to 2a .

Pour alimenter l'organe 16 de l'étage Ai (voir figures 5 à 8), il est prévu dans le corps 10 de l'étage deux pièces de connexion 36 qui s'étendent sensiblement radialement entre un connecteur 30 et une borne respective de l'organe 16. De préférence, la pièce 36 est simplement constituée par une lame de contact dotée d'un orifice 37. Le pied 23 de la tringle associée traverse cet orifice 37 avec prise de contact entre tringle et pièce de connexion. La pièce est ainsi positionnée sur l'évidement en crevé 31 du connecteur 30 qui loge le pied 23. Elle est de plus maintenue par emmanchement à force sur un téton 19 de la base 11 (voir figure 9).To supply the element 16 of the stage A i (see Figures 5 to 8 ), there are provided in the body 10 of the stage two connecting pieces 36 which extend substantially radially between a connector 30 and a respective terminal of the member 16. Preferably, the piece 36 is simply constituted by a blade The foot 23 of the associated rod through this hole 37 with contact between rod and connecting piece. The piece is thus positioned on the flat recess 31 of the connector 30 which houses the foot 23. It is also held by press fitting on a stud 19 of the base 11 (see FIG. figure 9 ).

Il convient de noter que les deux pièces de connexion 36A, 36C (voir figures 5 à 8) propres à un étage sont connectées respectivement à une tringle 20A allouée à l'étage et à une tringle de commun 20C. Ainsi l'étage A1 (figure 5) a un connecteur de commun et quatre autres connecteurs (l'un pour A1 et les trois autres pour A2,A3,A4), l'étage A2 a un connecteur de commun et trois autres connecteurs (l'un pour A2 et les deux autres pour A3, A4), l'étage A3 a un connecteur de commun et deux connecteurs (pour A3 et A4), l'étage A4 a un connecteur de commun et un connecteur propre. Les connecteurs associés aux tringles 20A, 20C sont tous identiques.It should be noted that the two connecting pieces 36A, 36C (see Figures 5 to 8 ) specific to a stage are respectively connected to a rod 20A allocated to the floor and a common rod 20C. So the floor A1 ( figure 5 ) has a common connector and four other connectors (one for A1 and the other three for A2, A3, A4), the A2 stage has a common connector and three other connectors (one for A2 and both others for A3, A4), stage A3 has a common connector and two connectors (for A3 and A4), stage A4 has a common connector and a clean connector. The connectors associated with the rods 20A, 20C are all identical.

Les éléments de la colonne décrite se montent de la manière suivante. Les connecteurs 30 sont introduits dans leurs plots respectifs 13, sont fixés par leurs pattes 35, puis les deux pièces de connexion 36A,36C de l'étage sont centrées sur la plage 32 des connecteurs respectifs 30A,30C. Les pieds 23 des tringles 20 sont alors enfoncés à force dans les évidements 31 pour prendre contact avec les connecteurs, tandis que les têtes 21 sont emmanchées dans les orifices 18a des pattes 18 pour procurer un positionnement fiable. L'étage supérieur Ai+1 est posé par sa base 11 sur le cadre 14 de l'étage A1, de façon que la tête 21 des tringles 20 soit engagée dans le passage respectif 12 sans pénétrer dans la pince 33. L'étage supérieur est alors mis en rotation autour de l'axe X (flèche horizontale figure 2) pour que les têtes 21 s'avancent dans les passages respectifs 12 jusqu'à pénétrer dans les pinces 33. Au terme de la rotation, chaque tête 21 est maintenue dans son logement 34, de sorte qu'est assurée la connexion souhaitée des pôles de Ai avec les pôles correspondants de Ai+1. Comme la tringle de commun 20C est décalée tangentiellement à l'inverse des autres tringles 20A, et que la longueur du connecteur 30 est égale au décalage tangentiel a procuré par le segment 22 de la tringle, la tête 21 de la tringle 20C de l'étage Ai se trouve dans la même position angulaire que la tête 21 de la tringle 20C de l'étage Ai+1. Au contraire, la tête d'une tringle 20A de Ai est avancée en sens antihoraire de 2a par rapport à la tête de la tringle correspondante 20A de Ai-1.The elements of the described column are as follows. The connectors 30 are introduced into their respective studs 13, are fixed by their lugs 35, then the two connecting pieces 36A, 36C of the stage are centered on the range 32 of the respective connectors 30A, 30C. The feet 23 of the rods 20 are then forced into the recesses 31 to make contact with the connectors, while the heads 21 are fitted into the holes 18a of the tabs 18 to provide a reliable positioning. The upper stage A i + 1 is placed by its base 11 on the frame 14 of the stage A 1 , so that the head 21 of the rods 20 is engaged in the respective passage 12 without penetrating the clip 33. The upper stage is then rotated around the X axis (horizontal arrow figure 2 ) so that the heads 21 advance in the respective passages 12 to penetrate into the clamps 33. At the end of the rotation, each head 21 is held in its housing 34, so that the desired connection of the poles is ensured of A i with the corresponding poles of A i + 1 . As the common rod 20C is offset tangentially unlike other rods 20A, and the length of the connector 30 is equal to the offset tangential procured by the segment 22 of the rod, the head 21 of the rod 20C of the stage A i is in the same angular position as the head 21 of the rod 20C of the stage A i + 1 . On the contrary, the head of a rod 20A of A i is advanced counterclockwise of 2a with respect to the head of the corresponding rod 20A of A i-1 .

Les figures 6 à 8 montrent que la tringle allouée à l'étage Ai-1 n'est pas reconduite dans l'étage Ai, de sorte que les têtes 21 des tringles reconduites ont avancé d'un pas 2a .The Figures 6 to 8 show that the rod allocated to the floor A i-1 is not returned to the floor A i , so that the heads 21 of the rods renewed advanced 2a step.

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  1. A signal column composed of signaling stages, particularly visual signaling stages, which are mounted in a stacked arrangement along a main axis and fastened to one another by rotation, the stages (A) each having a body which comprises a base (11) and a cylindrical wall (15), and housing a signaling member (16) and conductors (20) which are distributed over the periphery of the body and which extend parallel to the axis so as to provide an electrical connection between a power source and the signaling member, the conductor (20) housed in a stage being conducting rods, the rods housed in a stage comprising a common rod (20C) and at least one stage-specific rod (20A), said signaling column being characterized in that
    - the common rods (20C) are identical to the other rods (20A), and
    - from stage to stage, the common rods (20C) have a substantially identical angular, and
    - from stage to stage, the specific rods (20A), allocated to a signaling member (16) of a given stage, move by a constant angle the some with respect to the others.
  2. The signal column as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the base (11) has connectors (30) and in that each connector comprises two fastening points (31, 34) for respectively fastening a first end (23) of a rod (20) of the stage in question and a second end (21) of the respective rod of an adjacent stage.
  3. The signal column as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the conducting rods (20C, 20A) each have two ends angularly offset from one another.
  4. The signal column as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the two fastening points of the connector have an angular offset, this angular offset corresponding to that present between the two ends of a rod.
  5. The signal column as claimed in claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the rods (20A, 20C) are in the form of a crank with straight ends, which are oriented along the main axis (X) of the column so as to cooperate via a foot (23) and a head (21) with the respective connectors (30), and with an intermediate offsetting segment (22).
  6. The signal column as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the common rod (20C) housed in a stage is arranged with a foot/head angular offset in the opposite direction to the foot/head angular offset of the other rods (20A) housed in the same stage.
  7. The signal column as claimed in claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the connectors (30) are identical for the common rod and the other rods, and in that each connector (30) extends, between the fastening point (34) for the head (21) of a rod from the lower stage and the fastening point (31) for the foot (23) of the rod of the stage in question, over a distance (a) which is substantially equal to that of the offset between the foot and head of the rod.
  8. The column as claimed in one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that each connector (30) has an element (31) for fastening a first end (23) of the conducting rod (20) of the stage in question and an elastic clip (33) for connecting a second end (21) of the respective conducting rod of an adjacent stage.
  9. The signal column as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the clip (33) of each connector (30) is oriented so as to be substantially tangential and open toward an oblong passage (12) formed in the periphery of the base (11) of the body (10).
  10. The signal column as claimed in one of claims 3 to 9, characterized in that the connectors (30) are immobilized on the base (11).
  11. The signal column as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that each connector (30) is fitted or snapped into an insulating stud (13) molded in one piece with the base (11) of the body (10).
  12. The signal column as claimed in one of claims 5 to 11, characterized in that the body (10) of the stage (A) has, at the opposite end from the base (11) of the stage, a support (14) provided at its periphery with fastening orifices (18a) for rigidly retaining the heads (21) of the conducting rods (20) particular to the stage.
  13. The signal column as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that there is provided in a stage (A) two connection pieces (36) intended for the signaling member (16) particular to the stage, each connection piece having an opening (37) for the passage of the foot (23) of a respective conducting rod (20).
  14. The signal column as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the foot (23) of the conducting rod is fitted with contacting both in the fastening orifice (34) formed in the connector (30) and in the opening (37) in the connection piece (36).
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