EP2953833B1 - Feu de signalisation - Google Patents

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EP2953833B1
EP2953833B1 EP14711464.9A EP14711464A EP2953833B1 EP 2953833 B1 EP2953833 B1 EP 2953833B1 EP 14711464 A EP14711464 A EP 14711464A EP 2953833 B1 EP2953833 B1 EP 2953833B1
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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
    • F21V5/00—Refractors for light sources
    • F21V5/04—Refractors for light sources of lens shape
    • F21V5/045—Refractors for light sources of lens shape the lens having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L5/00—Local operating mechanisms for points or track-mounted scotch-blocks; Visible or audible signals; Local operating mechanisms for visible or audible signals
    • B61L5/12—Visible signals
    • B61L5/125—Fixed signals, beacons, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L5/00—Local operating mechanisms for points or track-mounted scotch-blocks; Visible or audible signals; Local operating mechanisms for visible or audible signals
    • B61L5/12—Visible signals
    • B61L5/18—Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders
    • B61L5/1809—Daylight signals
    • B61L5/1845—Optical systems, lenses
    • 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
    • F21V11/00—Screens not covered by groups F21V1/00, F21V3/00, F21V7/00 or F21V9/00
    • F21V11/08—Screens not covered by groups F21V1/00, F21V3/00, F21V7/00 or F21V9/00 using diaphragms containing one or more apertures
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L2207/00—Features of light signals
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L5/00—Local operating mechanisms for points or track-mounted scotch-blocks; Visible or audible signals; Local operating mechanisms for visible or audible signals
    • B61L5/12—Visible signals
    • B61L5/18—Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders
    • B61L5/1809—Daylight signals
    • B61L5/1854—Mounting and focussing of the light source in a lamp, fixing means

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  • the invention relates to a light signal, in particular for rail-bound traffic routes, with a light source and an optical system for signaling visualization, in particular in a long range and an angled relative to this area.
  • light signals serve as signal transmitters or symbol indicators which convey certain information by color and / or shaping of a luminous area, that is to say by the emission characteristic.
  • These are often safety-relevant information that must not be falsified visually or blended by extraneous light.
  • the phantom effect can lead to a false display due to an inadvertent illumination of a light spot or a color shift. Particularly disturbing occurs this effect in the use of LED arrays as a light source, since LEDs can be excited by incident light to shine or LED reflectors are often used rear reflectors.
  • phantom generators which are foreseeable in the project planning, for example, low sun for signals in east-west orientation, sporadic or unforeseen sources of phantoms, such as vehicle or building lamps, reflections on surfaces, for example on glazed fronts or snowpacks, up. This allows a signal that should be phantom-safe due to the location, be phantom-prone.
  • a cover glass and the optical system for example a Fresnel lens
  • this In order to reduce the reflections on the surfaces of the cover glass, it is customary to arrange this in an approximately 15 ° -Shräg ein against the line of sight of the driver.
  • FIG. 1 shows the reflection ratios to be improved caused by indoor fixtures 1 and a lens 2 of a light signal.
  • sunlight 3 impinging obliquely from above on the lens 2 partially reflects 6 and 7 at its outer and inner surfaces 4 and 5.
  • the lens 2 penetrating sunlight 3 can at the internals 1 within a Signal housing 8 are reflected at an unfavorable angle as a disturbing phantom light obliquely down 9.
  • the reflected phantom light 6, 7 and 9 superimposes the information to be visualized by a light source 10.
  • the enclosing all components housing 8 also serves to shield at least a portion of the sunlight 3 both inside and outside. Usually, a further portion of the sunlight 3 is shielded by a barge, not shown here, which covers the lens 2 in the upper area.
  • Barges also have the disadvantage that a high wind load is created by the correspondingly stable Signal mast construction must be compensated. Through snow on the barge further signals can be covered. In addition, by the barge, which often surpasses the light exit surface of the signal quite often, the use of self-cleaning light-emitting surface coatings, which require sunlight and irrigation, prevented.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a light signal of the generic type, in which an impairment of safety and significant loss of light due to the phantom effect are largely avoidable, it being desirable that barges and / or cover glasses are unnecessary.
  • the optical system comprises a Fresnel lens whose light entrance surface Fresnel structures and the light exit surface is formed such that each tangent of the light exit surface with respect to an optical axis of the optical system has an angle of ⁇ 105 °.
  • the Fresnel structures are provided on the light entry surface and thus on the inner surface and not, as usual, on the outer surface of the Fresnel lens, the light exit surface can be smooth and virtually formed without corrugations. This smooth and dirt-resistant outer surface means that a cover glass is no longer required.
  • the inventive design of the Fresnel lens is sufficiently phantom to dispense with a barge as additional phantom protection can. This results in cost advantages. In addition, the wind load is reduced, so that the signal mast can be produced more cheaply.
  • a funnel-shaped aperture is arranged between the light source and the optical system. This additional measure improves phantom protection when indoor installations adjacent to or near the light source can lead to light phantoms.
  • the narrow opening of the funnel-shaped aperture is adapted to the light exit surface of the light source, while the wide opening of the funnel-shaped aperture corresponds to the aperture of the optical system.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a way to reduce the phantom 9 caused by the internals 1.
  • a funnel-shaped aperture 11 is provided.
  • the funnel-shaped diaphragm 11 encloses the light source 10 with its narrow opening and widens into the edge region of the inner surface 5 of the lens 2.
  • the internals 1 can no longer cause phantom light 9.
  • the sunlight 3 impinges on the inner surface of the funnel-shaped aperture 11, is partially absorbed there and reflected several times, so that only outwardly reflected light 12 of extremely low light intensity can result, which also only partially disturbs as phantom light, while the largest proportion in not relevant solid angle is radiated.
  • FIG. 3 shows another way to effectively reduce the phantom effect. Shown is the cross section of a thin slice of a Fresnel lens 13 in the region of an optical axis 14.
  • the Fresnel lens 13 is formed with Fresnel structures 15 at the light entrance surface and with a smooth light exit surface 16.
  • an angle between the tangent 17 at this point and the optical axis 14 of 90 ° + ⁇ is provided for all points of the light exit surface 16, wherein ⁇ ⁇ 15 °.
  • there is a considerable phantom light reduction since the majority of the inside and outside of the lens 2 reflected light 6 and 7 is no longer emitted in the line of sight of the driver, but in irrelevant solid angle.
  • FIG. 4 shows a side view and FIG. 5 a perspective view of the Fresnel lens 13. Due to the very substantial phantom light reductions this special shape of the Fresnel lens 13, it is possible, in particular with simultaneous use of the funnel-shaped aperture 11, to dispense with the usual Schutenberdachung the Fresnel lens 13. Also, a cover glass is not required because of the smooth outer surface 16 of the Fresnel lens 13.
  • the outer surface 16 can be formed by special coating quasi self-cleaning, as required for the cleaning effect rain exposure of the outer surface is no longer prevented by a barge.

Claims (2)

  1. Feu de signalisation, notamment pour des voies de transport ferroviaires, comprenant une source (10) lumineuse et un système optique de visualisation d'aspect de signal, notamment dans un domaine lointain et dans un domaine proche faisant un angle avec celui-ci,
    dans lequel
    le système optique comprend une lentille (13) de Fresnel, dont la surface d'entrée de la lumière a des structures (15) de Fresnel,
    caractérisé en ce que
    sa surface (16) de sortie de la lumière est constituée de manière à ce que chaque tangente (17) de la surface (16) de sortie de la lumière fasse, avec l'axe (14) optique du système optique, un angle ≥ 105°.
  2. Feu de signalisation suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    un diaphragme (11) en forme de trémies est disposé entre la source (10) lumineuse et le système optique.
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