EP3567190B1 - Arrangement in a fence structure - Google Patents

Arrangement in a fence structure Download PDF

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EP3567190B1
EP3567190B1 EP19173627.1A EP19173627A EP3567190B1 EP 3567190 B1 EP3567190 B1 EP 3567190B1 EP 19173627 A EP19173627 A EP 19173627A EP 3567190 B1 EP3567190 B1 EP 3567190B1
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Jarmo Airaksinen
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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
    • E04H17/16—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames
    • E04H17/168—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts using prefabricated panel-like elements, e.g. wired frames using panels fitted in grooves of posts
    • 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
    • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
    • E01F8/0005—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement
    • E01F8/0011—Plank-like elements
    • 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
    • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
    • E01F8/0005—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement
    • E01F8/0023—Details, e.g. foundations
    • 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
    • E01F8/00—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic
    • E01F8/0005—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement
    • E01F8/0047—Arrangements for absorbing or reflecting air-transmitted noise from road or railway traffic used in a wall type arrangement with open cavities, e.g. for covering sunken roads
    • E01F8/0064—Perforated plate or mesh, e.g. as wall facing
    • E01F8/007—Perforated plate or mesh, e.g. as wall facing with damping material

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  • the invention is an arrangement in a fence structure presented in the introductory part to the patent claim 1.
  • the invented solution is suitable for use in various fence structures, such as modular sound and noise dampening and reducing protective structures.
  • the invented solution is particularly well suited for use in noise barriers for streets, roads, and railroads.
  • noise barriers In some known noise barriers the sound insulating or absorbing modules or similar elements have been fixed in between vertical posts, set at certain intervals. The distance between the posts may be for example approximately two metres, in which case the sound insulating elements fixed in between are likewise approximately two metres in length.
  • perforated metal sheets have been used as the surface structure for the noise insulating modules on traffic noise barriers, which have been fixed for example to the surface of the sound reducing absorption material.
  • Protective netting or similar protections against vandalism have also often been installed in front of the sound insulating modules. The protective netting are often made of metal, and they also often consist of parts that are approximately as long as the distance between two vertical posts. Some other surface structure may also be used in front of the modules.
  • the lengths of the noise insulation modules, perforated metal sheets, protective nets, and/or similar can vary due to thermal expansion. This causes problems for some known solutions. Sound insulation elements and protective nets may for example move around or structures break etc. Protective netting and other parts may come loose in known solutions due to failing fasteners. This can occur if screws or similar have been used for the fastening, which break at some point. It would thus be better if the noise insulating elements and protective nets were fastened without screws or similar fastener elements.
  • One solution is to use fastener elements which have been fitted onto the vertical posts by means of form locking for example.
  • two fastener elements aligned in the direction of a vertical post may have been fitted onto a vertical post on one side or both sides of a wall structure, by which the wall structures and protective nets on different sides of a single vertical post have been supported on the vertical post.
  • an open space may exist in between two fastener elements attached onto a single vertical post, where for example the vertical edges of the protective net would be located. It would be good if this space in between two fastener elements could be somehow covered and protected.
  • US patent application publication no. US 2014/054528 A1 discloses a wall structure arrangement, in which wall structures are fitted between vertical posts and the wall structures are fastened to the vertical posts with fastener elements. The space between the fastener elements next to each other is covered by an elongated cover element.
  • this solution differs from the invention at least in that there are no protective nets in connection with the wall structures.
  • the purpose of this invention is to remove the above mentioned faults of the know technique and to create a novel arrangement for a fence structure, whereby the space in between two fasteners connected to a single post of the fence structure can be covered and protected.
  • the benefit of the invented solution is to cover and protect the space in between two fasteners connected to a single vertical post of a fence structure. Another benefit is to keep hidden the fastening of the fence structure protective netting. A further benefit is the easy installation and possible dismantling of the cover element included in the invention. Yet another benefit is the affordability and simplicity of the arrangement.
  • Figure 1 presents a frontal view and figure 2 a top view of a part of a fence structure used as a traffic noise barrier, where the invented solution is applied.
  • the fence structure with its noise insulation elements 2 has been placed on both sides of a street, road, or railroad, running essentially in the direction of the street, road, or railorad.
  • the fence structure is comprised of essentially vertical posts 3 attached onto the foundations of the fence structure, standing at a distance from each other, and installed sequentially. In the spaces between the sequential vertical posts 3, to join the sequential posts 3, sound insulating elements 2 have been fitted as wall structures 1, one on top of another in a sufficient quantity to achieve the desired barrier height.
  • the vertical posts 3 have been affixed onto the foundations by fasteners 7, for example bolts.
  • the foundations of the fence structure are comprised of a base, for example a concrete sole 6, the stability of which has been further improved by for example underground concrete pillars 5.
  • a plinth in between the sole 6 and the lowest sound insulation element, comprised of for example aluminium plinth elements 8.
  • plinth elements 8 there are two plinth elements 8 in this application, fitted one on top of the other.
  • a protective net 4 which has been arranged to for example prevent graffiti from being painted on the barrier.
  • the protective net 4 has been drawn on figure 1 only partially on the wall section in between the vertical posts 3.
  • the protective net 4 and the sound insulation elements 2 have been affixed at their ends in between the vertical posts 3 by means of fastener elements 4a of a moulding type.
  • FIG 3a presents an oblique and diagonal view of an adapter part belonging to the invented solution.
  • the adapter part 9 is a support piece cut from metal sheet and bent into shape, which have been arranged for fitting onto the vertical posts 3 belonging to the fence structure and shaped as I-profiles.
  • the end flanges of the I-profiles of the vertical posts 3 are essentially as long as the central flange joining them.
  • the fastener elements 4a have been arranged for fitting on top of the adapter parts 9.
  • the adapter part 9 is comprised of a fastener 9a with its fastening holes 9b, a first support part 9c, a second support part 9d, and a third support part 9e, with a 90 degree angle at the meeting point of all of the said parts.
  • the adapter 9 is also comprised of two support parts 9f.
  • the adapter part has been presented from the top, in figure 3c from one side which is the direction of the arrow A in figure 3b , in figure 3d from another side which is the direction of the arrow B in figure 3b , and in figure 3e from a third side which is the direction of the arrow C in figure 3b .
  • FIG 4a a top view is presented of the fastener element 4a belonging to the invented solution, which is a suitably bent moulding made of a metal sheet.
  • the fastener element 4a has been bent to form a fastening section 4b, a first supporting section 4c, a second supporting section 4d, a third supporting section 4e, and a compressive element 4f.
  • the fastener element 4a and its different parts are explained in more detail in the explanation section to figure 7 .
  • the fastener element 4a is presented obliquely from the side.
  • the fastener element 4a is slightly shorter than the fence structure vertical post 3, with fastening holes 10 in its fastening section 4b at certain vertical intervals for the fastening of the protective net 4 and a cover element.
  • Figure 4c presents a side view of the top end of the fastener element 4a belonging to the invented solution.
  • Figure 4c shows one of the fastening holes 10 of the fastening section 4b of the fastener element.
  • the fastening hole 10 is comprised of a bottom groove 10a and an installation groove 10b.
  • the protective net 4 placed in between each two vertical posts 3 has been arranged to fit securely into the bottom grooves of the fastening holes 10 by its horizontal bars, whereby the protective net 4 will remain firmly attached onto the fence structure fastener elements 4a.
  • the protective nets 4 in this application example are such that their horizontal parts are comprised of two parallel metal bars, and their vertical parts of a single metal bar.
  • the protective net 4 has been arranged to be installed into place via the installation grooves 10b.
  • Figure 5 presents a side view and a partial cutaway of the fitting of a fastener part 4a belonging to the invented solution onto a vertical fence structure post 3.
  • the vertical post is a metallic I-beam with a central flange 3a, a first end flange 3b, and a second end flange 3c.
  • Figure 5 only presents the top part of the vertical post 3.
  • Onto the first end flange 3b of the I-beam pairs of adapters 9 have been arranged at certain vertical intervals, of which one pair has been fitted close to the top end of the I-beam.
  • the first adapter part has been fitted around the first edge of the I-beam end flange, and the other adapter part has been fitted around the second edge of the I-beam end flange, whereby the fastener parts 9a of the adapter parts are fitted one against the other.
  • the adapter parts 9 at the same height can be attached one to the other via the fastener holes 9b by means of fastener elements, such as drilling screws. It is usually sufficient to fasten by a screw at each fastener hole 9b, or fastening may not be required at all, because the adapter parts 9 are firmly locked around the end flange 3b due to their shape.
  • the fastening of the adapter parts onto each other by a screw has been demonstrated in figures 6 , 7, and 8 . In figure 5 the adapter parts 9 are viewed from the same direction as in figure 3d .
  • FIG. 5 On top of the adapter parts 9 fitted onto both edges of the end flange 3b a single fastener element 4a has been fitted.
  • Figure 5 only shows the fastener element of the other edge in a partial cutaway.
  • the fastener element 4a has been formed in a way that causes it to form lock firmly around the adapter parts 9.
  • the protective net 4 has been fitted into the fastener holes 10 of the fastener element 4a.
  • Fastener elements 4a can also be attached onto the other end flange 3c of the vertical post 3.
  • Figure 6 presents a frontal view and a partial cutaway of the fitting of the fastener elements 4a onto the vertical post 3 of the fence structure and of the fastening of the protective net 4 and the cover element 12 onto the fastener elements 4a.
  • adapter parts 9 have been fitted onto the end flange 3b of the vertical post 3 on both edges of the flange at regular vertical intervals.
  • the adjacent adapter parts 9 have in this application example been fastened to each other by a single drilling screw.
  • Fastener elements 4a have been fitted around both edges of the vertical flange 3b, on top of the adapter parts 9.
  • Figure 6 additionally presents a part of a single protective net 4, which has been fitted onto the fastening holes of the first fastener element at its edge.
  • FIG. 7 presents a magnified and simplified top view of a part of a fence structure used as a traffic noise barrier, where one of the invented arrangement applications is in use.
  • each vertical post 3 is for example in the shape of an I-beam and placed into place in a way where the beam centre flange 3a is running in the transverse direction of the longitudinal fence structure, i.e. in relation to the longitudinal direction of the noise insulation elements 2.
  • Adapter parts 9 have been fitted onto the vertical post 3 edge flanges at regular intervals.
  • the adapter parts 9 are metallic support pieces bent into shape, by which a fastener element 4a has been fitted to both edge flanges 3b and 3c of the vertical post 3.
  • the adapter element 4a is a metallic profile as long as or slightly shorter than the vertical post 3 and bent into shape, which has been arranged to centralise and support the ends of the noise insulation element 2 when the end of the noise insulation element 2 has been placed inside the I-beam.
  • the vertical edge of the protective net 4 has been arranged to be fitted into the fastening holes of the fastener element 4a.
  • the fastening section 4b of the fastener element 4a is an essentially vertical flange in relation to the noise insulation elements 2, the first outer edge of which extends slightly beyond the noise insulation elements 2 and out of the I-beam end flange, approximately at the half-way point of the outer edge and centre point of the I-beam end flange.
  • the other edge of the fastening section 4b of the fastener element 4a joins to the first support section 4c of the fastener element, which has been fitted on top of the adapter parts 9 fitted to the end flange of the I-beam.
  • Figure 7 also shows a single cover element 12, which has been arranged to cover and protect the structures in between the fastener elements 4a and the fastener parts 4b.
  • Figure 8 shows a similar structure to that in figure 7 , with the exception that in this application example the vertical post 3, i.e. the I-beam, is larger. Similar adapter parts 9 can however be fitted onto even this larger I-beam. In this case the supporting parts 9f of the adapter parts are supported by the inside of the I-beam end flange, whereas in the application example of figure 7 the supporting parts 9f are supported by the outside of the I-beam end flange.
  • Figure 9 presents an oblique side view of a fence structure cover element 12, and figure 10 presents a cover element billet 13.
  • the cover element 12 is comprised of a cover part 12a and of two fastening parts 12b, which are aligned at a 90 degree angle to the cover part 12a.
  • the cover element 12 thus has a profile like a U-moulding.
  • the cover element 12 has been arranged to be bent into shape out of a billet 13.
  • the billet 13 has two lines 13a which have been arranged to be used to make 90 degree folds into the billet 13, forming the cover element 12 out of the billet 13, as presented in figure 9 .
  • Figure 11 presents a side view of a fence structure cover element 12 and of a fastener element 4a fastening section 4b.
  • the cover element 12 is essentially as long as the fastener part 4b, and there are locking tongues 14 at regular vertical intervals on the fastener parts 12b of the cover element 12, the distance between which is essentially the same as the distance between the fastening holes 10 of the fastening section 4b.
  • the locking tongues 14 have been arranged to attach the cover element 12 onto the fastening sections 4b via the fastening holes 10.
  • Figure 12 presents a side view of a cover element 12 attached to the fastening sections 4b of a fastener element 4a.
  • the cover element 12 has been dimensioned in a way that when two fastener elements 4a have been fitted onto a fence structure vertical post 3 and the cover element 12 is fitted to cover the space in between the fastening sections 4b of the fastener elements 4a, the inside surfaces of the fastener parts 12b of the cover element 12 are placed against the outer surfaces of the fastening sections 4b of the fastener elements 4a.
  • the locking tongues 14 of the cover element 12 have been arranged to be bent inwards through the fastening holes 10 of the fastener element 4a fastening sections 4b, so that the cover element 12 is firmly attached onto the fastening sections 4b of the fastener element 4a. It is possibly not necessary to bend all of the locking tongues 14 of the cover element 12 through the fastening holes 10, as the cover element 12 will usually stay firmly in place with only some of the locking tongues 14 bent. In the application example of figure 12 , the topmost, middle, and lowest locking tongues 14a of the cover element 12 fastener part 12b have been bent through the fastening holes 10.
  • window and door structures in a barrier element which animate the surface of the fence structure and provide the opportunity to see through the barrier and/or take a shortcut through it.

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