JP2000336622A - Reflecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reflecting device to be easily and securely fitted to an existing support or a support having a complicated cross sectional shape. SOLUTION: This reflecting device is formed of a band body 1 to be wound around the periphery of a support A and a reflecting body 2 to be fitted to the band body 1. In the band body 1, the basic end is provided with a lock part 11 having an insertion hole 12 for insertion of a tip of the band body and a lock part 13 provided inside of the insertion hole 12, and the tip is provided with plural engagement parts 14 to be engaged with the lock part 13. Since the band body 1 is formed so that it can be wound around the support A, it can be easily and securely fitted to an existing support A polluted by impurity in the surface thereof or intruded with rust or a support A having a complicated cross sectional shape.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reflection device mounted on a support fence such as a guard fence or other protective fence, or a road sign or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to guide a driver's gaze, for example, a reflector such as a guardrail or the like, which receives headlights of a vehicle and performs retroreflection, is sometimes mounted. Conventionally, as such a reflection device, a reflection tape having an adhesive applied to the back surface is generally used, and is directly adhered to a support with the adhesive.

[0003]

However, in the case of a new or newly installed support, the reflective tape is easily and reliably affixed because its surface is smooth without contamination or rust. It can be worn, but in the case of existing pillars that have been installed for many years, their surface may be damaged by contamination or rust. The strength cannot be obtained. Moreover, it is not easy to stick to a support having a complicated cross-sectional shape.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a reflecting device which can be easily and securely attached to an existing column or a column having a complicated sectional shape. Is what you do.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, the reflection device according to the present invention is a reflection device attached to a support such as a road auxiliary equipment, and includes a band body wound around the outer periphery of the support and a reflector attached to the band body. Is provided at the base end portion with a stopper having an insertion hole into which the distal end can be inserted and a locking portion provided inside the insertion hole, and the distal end is engaged with the locking portion. A plurality of joints are formed in the longitudinal direction.

According to the present invention, the reflector is attached to the band body, and the band body is wound around the outer periphery of the column, and the front end portion is inserted into the insertion hole of the stop portion, and the engaging portion of the front end portion is engaged. By engaging with the locking portion provided inside the insertion hole, it is possible to wind around the column, so that the surface of the existing column that has been damaged by contamination or rust However, it can be easily and reliably attached to a column having a complicated cross-sectional shape.

Further, the light emitting device according to the present invention is a reflector mounted on a column such as ancillary equipment of a road, comprising a band wound around an outer periphery of the column and a reflector mounted on the band. Wherein the reflector is adapted to be movably attached to the band body.

If the reflector is movably attached to the band body, its position can be easily changed even after the reflector is installed. The adjustment can be made very easily.

In order to mount the reflector movably on the band body, the reflector is provided with a mounting portion slidably fitted on the band body, and this mounting portion is fitted on the band body. Alternatively, a plurality of mounting holes may be provided in the band body in the longitudinal direction, and a mounting shaft fitted into the mounting hole may be protruded from the reflector, and the mounting shaft may be selected as the mounting hole. Alternatively, the reflector may be provided with a clip portion to be hooked on the band body, and this clip portion may be hooked on the band body.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a reflection device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway sectional view thereof.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a band body, and a stopper 11 is provided at a base end thereof. The stopper 11 is provided with an insertion hole 12 through which a distal end of the band body 1 can be inserted. Inside the insertion hole 12, there is provided a locking portion 13 which rises from the inner wall of the insertion hole 12, and at the tip portion, a plurality of concave and convex strips extending in the width direction to be engaged with the locking portion 13. A plurality of engaging portions 14 are formed in the longitudinal direction, and are wound around the outer periphery of the column A, and the front end portion is inserted into the insertion hole 12 of the stopper portion 11.
Is engaged with the locking portion 13 provided inside the insertion hole 12 so as to be wound around the column A.

The band 1 is made of a thermoplastic resin such as PET resin, olefin resin, ABS resin, or the like.
It may be an elastomer resin, stainless steel, an aluminum alloy, a galvanized steel sheet, or the like, and is not particularly limited. When a resin is used, a recycled resin can also be used. In this case, since the regenerated resin has a problem in weather resistance, it is preferable to perform a surface treatment in order to enhance the weather resistance.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a reflector, the surface of which is a reflecting surface 21 which receives headlights of a vehicle or the like and retroreflects, and may be provided with a large number of glass beads on the surface. The back surface may be formed in a prism shape, and is not particularly limited as long as it has a retroreflective property.

The reflector 2 is provided with a mounting part 22 which is slidably fitted to the band body 1, and is mounted by inserting the band body 1 into a mounting hole 23 provided in the mounting part 22. The part 22 is fitted to the band body 1 so that the band body 1
, And slidable along the band body 1. In this embodiment, a plurality of small reflectors 2 are attached to the band body 1 such that a plurality of small reflectors 2 are connected to the band body 1 so as to form a large band-shaped reflector 2. It is not limited, and one large reflector 2 may be used. Also, the shape of the reflector 2 is not particularly limited, but when a plurality of reflectors 2 are mounted, for example, in the case of a column A having a circular cross section, the column 2 is designed to easily follow the circular outer periphery of the column A. Next, the shape of each reflector 2 is changed to a reflection surface 2 as shown in FIG.
Trapezoidal shape with one side wide, reflective surface 2 as shown in (b)
It is preferable to use a curved shape having a convex surface on one side, an elongated shape as shown in (c), and the like, and a reflecting surface of each reflector 2 as shown in (d) when reflecting in a spot shape. 2
Preferably, the shape of 1 is circular.

In order to mount the reflecting device according to the present embodiment on a support A of a road auxiliary facility or the like, first, the mounting portion 2 of the reflector 2 is mounted.
2 is externally fitted to the band 1, and the reflector 2 is
Attach to Next, the band body 1 is wound around the outer circumference of the column A, and the front end thereof is inserted into the insertion hole 12 of the stopper 11.
Then, the front end portion is made to protrude from the insertion hole 12, the protruding front end portion is pulled while holding the stopper portion 11, and the band body 1 is tightened to the column A. The band 14 may be engaged with the locking portion 13 provided inside the insertion hole 12 and fixed so that the band 1 does not drop off from the support A. Since the reflector 2 is slidable with respect to the band 1, before tightening the band 1, the reflection surface 21 of the reflector 2 is positioned at an appropriate position so as to face a headlight of a vehicle or the like. It is only necessary to slide them so that they face each other, and the adjustment of the mounting position is extremely easy.

In order to surely prevent the band body 1 from slipping off the column A, anti-slip irregularities are formed on the back surface of the band body 1 which is in contact with the outer periphery of the column A, or the frictional resistance is large. A rubber or resin foam may be attached or integrally molded. It is preferable that a similar anti-slip measure is also applied to the back surface of the reflector 2. In addition, a ring-shaped knob may be formed so that the finger can be easily hooked on the tip and the stopper 11 in order to pull the tip and firmly fasten the band body 1 to the column A. 1 and 2
In the embodiment, the band body 1 engages the engaging portion 14, which is formed by a concave and convex strip extending in the width direction, with the engaging portion 13 rising from the inner wall of the insertion hole 12. The shape of the portion 14 is not limited to these.

If the reflector 2 is not movable with respect to the band 1, the reflector 2 may be a reflection sheet having an adhesive applied to its back surface. What is necessary is just to stick on a surface.

However, it is preferable that the reflector 2 be movable with respect to the band body 1 as in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 since the position adjustment of the reflector 2 becomes extremely easy. As a method of making the reflector 2 movable with respect to the band body 1, for example, the following method may be used.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of mounting holes 15 are provided in the band body 1 in the longitudinal direction, and
A mounting shaft 24 fitted into the mounting hole 15 may be protruded from the rear surface, and the mounting shaft 24 may be selectively fitted into the mounting hole 15. In this case, the mounting position of the reflector 2 can be changed by selecting and fitting another mounting hole 15.

As shown in FIG. 5, an inverted U-shaped clip portion 25 to be hooked on the band body 1 is provided on the back side of the reflector 2, and this clip portion 25 is hooked on the band body 1. You may make it. Since the clip portion 25 can be hooked at an arbitrary position of the band body 1, the reflector 2 can be attached to an arbitrary position.

First, as shown in FIG. 6, a ring member 3 which is slidably fitted to the band body 1 is attached to the band body 1, and then the blade pieces protrude in the width direction of the ring member 3. The reflector 2 may be attached to the band body 1 by fitting a substantially L-shaped leg 26 formed on the back surface of the reflector 2 to 31.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS.
First, the band body 1 can be wound around the column A, and thereafter, the reflector 2 can be attached. Therefore, even after the band body 1 is wound, the number of the reflectors 2 to be attached can be increased or decreased. , The position can be adjusted extremely easily. In addition, the reflector 2 of the various forms exemplified above
May be attached to the band body 1.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the reflector is attached to the band body, and the band body is wound around the outer periphery of the column,
By inserting the distal end portion into the insertion hole of the stop portion and engaging the engaging portion of the distal end portion with the locking portion provided inside the insertion hole, it can be wound around the support. Therefore, it can be easily and reliably attached to an existing column whose surface is damaged by contamination or rust, or to a column having a complicated sectional shape.

If the reflector is movably attached to the band body, its position can be easily changed even after the reflector is installed. Can be adjusted very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a reflection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing each embodiment of a reflector used in the reflection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the reflection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the reflection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the reflection device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Band body 11 Stop part 12 Insertion hole 13 Locking part 14 Engaging part 15 Mounting hole 2 Reflector 21 Reflecting surface 22 Mounting part 23 Mounting hole 24 Mounting shaft 25 Clip part 26 Leg piece 3 Ring member 31 Blade piece

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A reflecting device attached to a support such as a road auxiliary equipment, comprising: a band body wound around an outer periphery of the support;
The band body includes a reflector attached to the band body, and the band body has, at a base end thereof, a stopper having an insertion hole into which the tip can be inserted, and a locking portion provided inside the insertion hole. A reflecting device, wherein a plurality of engaging portions to be engaged with the locking portions are formed at a distal end portion in a longitudinal direction. 2. The reflection device according to claim 1, wherein the reflector is movably attached to the band body. 3. The reflector has an attachment portion slidably fitted to the band body.
The reflection device according to item 1. 4. The reflection member according to claim 2, wherein the band body has a plurality of mounting holes provided in a longitudinal direction, and the reflector has a mounting shaft projecting from the mounting hole. apparatus. 5. The reflector according to claim 2, wherein the reflector has a clip portion that is hooked on the band body. 6. A reflection device attached to a column such as a road supplementary facility, wherein the band body is wound around an outer periphery of the column.
A reflector comprising a reflector attached to the band body, wherein the reflector is movably attached to the band body.