EP2230654A2 - Erhöhter Fußgängerlaufweg mit Signalisierungslichtern - Google Patents

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EP2230654A2
EP2230654A2 EP10380033A EP10380033A EP2230654A2 EP 2230654 A2 EP2230654 A2 EP 2230654A2 EP 10380033 A EP10380033 A EP 10380033A EP 10380033 A EP10380033 A EP 10380033A EP 2230654 A2 EP2230654 A2 EP 2230654A2
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Augustin Carballa Figueiras
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    • 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
    • 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
    • E01F9/50—Road surface markings; Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for alerting road users
    • E01F9/553—Low discrete bodies, e.g. marking blocks, studs or flexible vehicle-striking members
    • E01F9/559—Low discrete bodies, e.g. marking blocks, studs or flexible vehicle-striking members illuminated
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/07—Controlling traffic signals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/005—Traffic control systems for road vehicles including pedestrian guidance indicator
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
    • G08G1/042—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled using inductive or magnetic detectors

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  • This invention generally refers to an elevated walkway with indicator lights, aimed at the passing of pedestrians.
  • Pedestrian walkways also known as elevated crosswalks, are commonly used, on the one hand, with the aim of facilitating the access of pedestrians from the sidewalk and, on the other hand, to force vehicles to substantially reduce their speed when they are crossing the walkway.
  • Document ES 1067629 describes a pedestrian crosswalk with an indicator light and a LED-based illuminated horizontal band installed on the pavement, such crosswalk being connected to a photovoltaic panel and including a long-range optical detector to detect whether a vehicle is approaching the crosswalk, as well as a short-range optical detector to detect the presence of a pedestrian who is passing through the crosswalk.
  • Document ES 2311398 discloses a pedestrian crosswalk with indicator lights installed on the pavement and vertical illuminated signs that are switched on when a pedestrian starts crossing the road, such pedestrian being detected with the help of photo cells installed at the crosswalk.
  • Document ES 2310120 reveals a pedestrian crosswalk with piezoelectric pressure sensors located at the accesses to the crosswalk and LED-based indicators that are switched on when pedestrians access or circulate through the crosswalk, the assembly including a central part that elevates to prevent the traffic of vehicles.
  • the invention provides a pedestrian crosswalk that can be installed as an elevated walkway, including signaling lights that can be automatically switched on when the pedestrian is standing on the walkway to cross it, such walkway being foreseen as a series of modular items that are very easy to install and assemble.
  • the invention provides an elevated walkway with signaling lights consisting of electroluminescent diodes or LEDs fed at a very low voltage from the mains network or through a photovoltaic panel, such walkway being arranged with a longitudinal section and a cross section, essentially in a trapezium shaped, such walkway includes:
  • the access parts as a metal plate which is sufficiently resistant to withstand the weight of pedestrians, and which is intrinsically resilient to be biased by flexion.
  • the access parts are arranged articulated on the respective header part, so that they can be opened for inspection.
  • the header parts are provided with a slightly inclined side recess so that the respective access part can be assembled in an articulated manner with different angles, and said header parts are provide with housings for the battery and other elements of the power supply, as well as a transversal duct for a electricity line connecting the battery and the remaining elements of the power supply source.
  • header parts and the plurality of intermediate parts are provided at their side edges with mortises to house inlayed the respective LEDs and additionally the respective longitudinal ducts for the power supply line of the LEDs.
  • the angle formed by the side edges of the header parts and the intermediate parts, with respect to the road is at least of 7°.
  • header parts and the intermediate parts are fixed to the road by anchoring means such as plug and screw type, housed at the respective mortises provided in the respective side edges.
  • header parts and the intermediate parts are joined by means of butterfly pieces and that they are additionally fixed at their central part to the tubular frame, also by means of plug and screw anchoring means housed at the relevant mortises provided at the central part of the respective header parts and the plurality of intermediate parts.
  • the header parts incorporate a manhole covering the housings and the transversal duct, to protect in an accessible manner the battery and the remaining element of the power supply source and the electrical line.
  • the header parts are provided a drain duct to evacuate eventual leaks of liquids that may penetrate inside the assembly.
  • the encapsulated magnetic switch which is receiver element of the pressure sensors is located at the respective header part, in an adjustable manner, to adjust its distance with the magnet or magnetised piece which acts as the driver element of the pressure sensors and which is securely mounted on each one of such access parts.
  • the pedestrian crosswalk generally marked with 1 shows a configuration with a longitudinal section, I-I line, in the shape of a trapezium, and a cross section, II-II line, which has also essentially a trapezium shape, such arrangement being easily accessible for pedestrians and compatible with the accesses for handicapped persons that use wheelchairs.
  • This walkway 1 includes two access areas A provided at both sides of the pavement or road C, as well as a crossing section P including header sections TC adjacent to the access areas, apart from an intermediate section TI. All of them jointly define the platform aimed at the crossing of pedestrians.
  • the access areas A incorporate pressure sensors DP that serve to switch on the power supply of a signaling indicator SL provided at the crossing section P when at least a pedestrian is standing at or circulating through such access areas.
  • These access areas consist of access parts 2 in the shape of a plate, for instance a metal sheet, so that they can be can be resilient biased through the flexion with the weight of at least a pedestrian standing at or crossing them.
  • the header sections TC of the crossing area are formed by the respective header parts 3, which are adapted to be coupled at the same level as the relevant access part 2, thereby allowing their flexion.
  • each access part 2 is located at the same level of the sidewalk AC, for instance, an access for the handicapped, while the second end 21 rests against the respective header part 3 on a side recess 31, which has a slight slope to allow the articulated assembly of such access part 2 in different locations, depending on the angle formed by the sidewalk and the road.
  • the access parts 2 can be flexed and the end 21 can be displaced to some extent from its location in front of the relevant header part 3.
  • a plurality of intermediate parts 4 are adjacently arranged forming the intermediate section TI of the crossing area P. These intermediate parts 4 are arranged to be laid at the same level as the header parts 3, forming with them the platform of the pedestrian walkway. Such arrangement of parts allows covering the width of the pavement with only an appropriate number of parts, thereby achieving pedestrian crosswalks of different lengths, without limitation.
  • a frame bar-shaped 5 is used to secure the header parts 3 and the intermediate parts to the road C, and the whole assembly is firmly anchored as it will be explained hereinafter.
  • the header parts 3 and the intermediate parts 4 incorporate inlayed at their respective side edges 30, 40, at least a recessed LED diode 6, and preferably two of them, that form the signaling lights SL that warn about the crossing of pedestrians.
  • the side edges 30, 30 of the header parts 3 and the intermediate parts 4 form an angle of at least 7 degrees with the road. This guarantees a proper visibility of the LEDs 6 for an estimated braking distance of 50 meters, for instance, thereby allowing a driver circulating at a speed of approximately 50 km/h enough time to react.
  • a very low voltage DC power supply source 7 is used to feed the LED diodes 6, with a rechargeable battery 70, a voltage stabiliser 71 and a timer 8 that allows to regulate the time during which the LEDs 6 are switched on.
  • a charger 72 is included, which is fed from the AC mains network; even though it has not been depicted, the battery could be charged by means of a photovoltaic panel incorporated into the pedestrian walkway.
  • the relevant access areas A of the pedestrian walkway 1 respectively incorporate pressure sensors DP that are activated when at least a pedestrian is standing at or crosses at least one of the access areas.
  • These pressure sensors consist of the respective driver element 9, which has been formed as a magnet or a magnetised piece securely mounted at the lower part of each one of the access parts 2, and the relevant receiver element 10, formed as an encapsulated magnetic switch mounted on the respective header part 3 and arranged to be switched on, as it will be explained below, supplying a very low voltage to the plurality of LEDs 6.
  • the driver element 9 consisting of the magnet or the magnetised piece
  • the receiver element 10 consisting of the encapsulated magnetic switch located at the respective access part 3, such displacement switches on the magnetic switch and a very low voltage is supplied to the plurality of LEDs 6.
  • the encapsulated magnetic switch that forms the receiver element 10 of the pressure sensors DP is mounted at the respective header part 3, so that the distance between such switch and the magnet or magnetised piece that forms the driver element 9 of the pressure sensors securely fixed to each one of the said access parts 2 can be adjusted.
  • This way it is possible to regulate the pressure sensors to adjust them to a minimum weight that switches on the power supply voltage of the LEDs 6, thereby illuminating the side edges of the pedestrian walkway 1.
  • the plate-shaped access parts 2 are articulated arranged on the respective header part 3, so that they can be opened for maintenance purposes.
  • a series of mortises 35, 41 are provided as well as, additionally, a series of longitudinal ducts 36, 42 to house an electric line (L2) for the power supply of the LEDs 6.
  • the header parts 3 and the intermediate sections 4, which are fixed to the frame, are also fixed to the road C by anchoring means 11 such as plug and screw type, which are housed at the respective mortises 37, 43 provided at the relevant side edges 30, 40.
  • a series of butterfly parts 12 are used.
  • the central section of the parts 3 and 4 is fixed to the tubular frame 5, also by anchoring means such as plug and screw type 13 that are housed within the mortises 38, 43, provided at the central area of the respective items 3 and 4, respectively.
  • the header parts 3 may incorporate the respective manhole lid 14 that covers the housings 32, 33, and the transversal duct of the battery 70 and the remaining elements 71, 8 of the power supply source and the electric line L1. This way, it is possible to protect these electric items and to access them for maintenance purposes.

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