JP2001073325A - Reflector used by providing it on road or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to always clean the reflecting surface by using wind pressure occurring naturally from all directions other than an automobile so as not to become hard to reflect because the reflecting surface is stained with exhaust gas or the like for a reflector provided for informing a mainly night driver of dangerous spots on road or the like. SOLUTION: A disc-like rotary table 4 mounting reflecting members 2 on both sides to make a hole 3 in the center of them so as to wipe out dirt on the surface by rotating a reflector 1 with wind pressure is provided. A plurality of wings 5 are radially mounted in the shape o f a screw at equal intervals, a shaft 6 is provided in the hole 3, the rotary table 4 is held from both sides to provide a U-shaped bearing base 7 so as to fix the shaft 6, and wipers 8 are mounted to the inside thereof so as to come into contact with the reflecting members 2 by wind pressure.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reflector provided along a road to draw a driver's attention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large number of reflectors are provided on a road curve, a median strip, or the like to inform a driver of a dangerous place mainly for night drivers. It adheres black and does not function as the original reflection function. In order to remove the dirt attached to the reflector, it can be seen that the windshield rotates on the surface of the reflector, and a wiper is attached to a propeller-like one.However, due to its poor rotation, it becomes black with time. There are also things that are not rotating because they are easy to get entangled or string-like dust flying by the wind. Speaking of its structure, the wiper is attached to the propeller side between the reflector and the propeller, the propeller rotates by the wind pressure and wind of the car, the wiper contacts the reflector and removes dirt, but the reflector It seems that enough wind force cannot be obtained with the wind pressure of the car passing by the frictional resistance of the wiper and, for this reason, recently, there have been things that have increased the number of blades to three or four, This seems to make the reflector itself less visible this time. This is because the newly installed one has a transparent propeller, so the reflector itself can be seen well.However, in places with heavy traffic such as trucks, the propeller quickly becomes dirty with black smoke. The ratio of obscuring the surface area is increased. As described above, there is a problem that as the number or the surface area of the propellers is increased to obtain more wind power, the reflector itself becomes more difficult to see.

[0003]

Therefore, it has been developed to reduce the concealing ratio as much as possible without providing a rotating member such as a propeller on the surface of the reflector, and to wipe off dirt on the surface of the reflector by wind force. It is a thing.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The reflector is provided in the median strip of the road and the like, and the reflecting plate is rotated by wind force to wipe off dirt on the surface so as to be confirmed from the lanes in both directions of the up and down lines.
A disk-shaped rotating plate having a reflective material on both sides and a hole at the center was provided, and a plurality of blades receiving the wind were radially mounted on the outer periphery of the rotating plate in a screw shape so as to be rotated by the wind. Furthermore, a shaft is provided in the hole, a U-shaped support base is provided so that the rotating plate is sandwiched from both sides and the shaft is fixed, and a wiper is attached inside it so that it contacts the reflective material by wind pressure Was. Also, an appropriate gap is provided so that the wipers attached to both sides do not come into contact at the same time and the rotational force is not weakened.

In order to reduce the increase in frictional resistance due to the wiper coming into contact with the surface of the reflective material, it is not necessary to provide the reflective member so as to be provided along the road and to be confirmed from the lane in one direction on one side. Rotating plate with only one side attached,
The supporting member supports one end of the shaft with one supporting member on one side only, and is a flat plate-shaped plate provided to swing in a suspended manner on the shaft on the surface side with the reflecting material. A wiper was attached inside.

In addition, a reflector is attached to the surface of a disk-shaped plate as a reflector, and a ring-shaped rotating plate is provided with a gap so as to rotate around the outer periphery thereof, and a plurality of blades are radially provided on the outer peripheral surface. Attach it in a screw shape, and further provide a hollow pipe at the center of the disk-shaped plate surface, connect them with a connecting material and attach a wiper inside so that the dirt on the reflective material surface is wiped, and further a hollow pipe The shaft was fixed to a disc-shaped plate so as to penetrate through, and the support was fixed to the back side of the disc-shaped plate without the reflective material so as to support them.

Further, a reflecting member is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body formed in a column shape so that the reflecting plate can be confirmed from four directions, and a hollow pipe is formed so as to penetrate above and below the center thereof.
It is fixed so as to protrude from the upper and lower ends, a plurality of blades are radially attached to the outer periphery of the upper protruding part, and a circular plate slightly larger than its diameter is provided below the rotating body, and it is hollow. A pipe is installed inside the pipe, fixed to the upper part of the circular plate, and the wiper is fixed to the outer periphery of the upper part via a wiper mounting member so as to contact the surface of the reflective material, and the mounting base is provided at the lower part. Was fixed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described based on embodiments with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a disk-shaped rotating plate (1) is provided with a reflecting material (2) on both surfaces and a hole (3) is provided at the center so that the reflecting plate (1) rotates under the wind and wipes off dirt on the surface. 4), four blades (5) are attached radially at equal intervals in a screw shape on the outer periphery thereof, and a shaft (6) is further provided in a hole (3). A U-shaped support base (7) was provided so as to sandwich the shaft (6) therebetween, and a wiper (8) was attached to the inside of the support base (7) so as to contact the reflector (2) by wind pressure. . Appropriate gaps are provided so that the wipers (8) do not simultaneously contact both surfaces of the rotating plate (4) to increase frictional resistance.

Referring to the side view of FIG. 2, the state of the embodiment will be described. If the surface of the reflector (1) on which the wind hits is the front side, the reflector (1) pressed by the wind pressure rotates in the reverse direction while rotating. The reflector (2) has moved and attached to the inside of the support (7),
The back surface is cleaned by contacting the wiper (8). If it is installed in a median strip or the like of a road, the above operation is alternately repeated by the wind pressure or wind of a passing car, so that both surfaces of the reflector (1) are cleaned.

As a second embodiment, FIG. 3 shows a rotating plate (4) on which only one surface is provided with a reflecting material (2), and a support (7) is provided on only one side of the surface without the reflecting material (2). One end of the shaft (6) is fixed by one support (7a),
Further, the wiper (8) swings right and left along the surface on which the reflecting material (2) is attached. Provided and attached inside. In this case, the wiper (8) attached to the inside of the reflector (2) with the rotating member (14) subjected to the wind pressure contacts the surface of the reflector (2) to clean dirt. (See FIG. 4).

As another embodiment, in FIG. 5.6, a reflecting material (2) is attached to the surface of a disk-shaped plate (4a) as a reflecting plate (1), and a ring-shaped rotating member is rotated so as to rotate around its outer periphery. A plate (11) is provided with a gap, and four blade plates (5) are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the plate (11) in a screw shape radially at equal intervals, and a hollow pipe is formed at the center of the surface of the disk-shaped plate (4a). (19), a wiper (8) is attached to the inside of the reflector (2) so as to wipe off dirt on the surface of the reflector (2), and a hollow pipe (1).
9) The shaft (6) is fixed to the disk-shaped plate (4a) so as to penetrate the disk-shaped plate (4a), and the support (7a) supports the shaft (6) on the disk-shaped plate (10). It was fixed to the back side that was not attached. In this case, the reflecting plate (1) does not rotate, and the vane plate (5) attached to the outside of the ring-shaped rotating plate (11) rotates around the hollow pipe (19) to connect them. The wiper (8) attached to the inside of (9) comes into contact with the surface of the reflector (2) to clean dirt.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7.8, a reflecting material (2) is attached to the outer peripheral surface of a rotating body (12) formed in a columnar shape so that the reflecting plate (1) can be confirmed from four directions. , A hollow pipe penetrating above and below its center (19)
Are fixed so as to protrude from the upper and lower ends, and four blades (5a) are attached to the outer periphery of the upper protruding portion so as to be radially symmetrical. A circular plate (10) slightly larger than the diameter is provided, a shaft (6) is provided inside the hollow pipe (19), and fixed to the upper part of the circular plate (10), and also on the outer peripheral part of the upper part. The wiper (8) was fixed via a wiper mounting member (15) so as to contact the surface of the reflector (2), and a pipe-like support (13) was fixed below the wiper (8). In this case, a wiper (8) provided so that the rotating body (12) rotates around the axis (6) and comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the reflector (2).
Removes dirt. The shape of the blade (5a) provided on the upper end surface of the rotating body (12) was in a swastika shape when viewed from above from above. In all the above-mentioned embodiments, the material of the wiper (8) was a brush.

[0013]

According to the present invention, as described above, since a member for obtaining the wind force required for rotation is not provided on the surface of the reflector, the adjustment range of the rotational force can be freely adjusted by increasing the number of blades and the area. In addition, this does not affect the surface area of the reflector. The same applies to a columnar reflector, which does not affect the visual confirmation of the reflector, unlike a conventional product, even if the blade for obtaining the wind power becomes dirty. Further, since the shape of the blade plate attached to the outer periphery of the disk-shaped reflector is semicircular, dust and the like are less likely to be entangled.

Further, by providing the wiper on a flat plate which is easily affected by wind pressure and swinging, it is possible to obtain a more optimal contact resistance by adjusting the width of the flat plate. In the situation where the reflector rotates, the flat plate with the wiper is also pressed by the wind pressure and can be cleaned with the minimum necessary contact resistance on the reflector side.

Further, in the case of the conventional double-sided reflector, both sides need a propeller-like one, which is uneconomical and inefficient. However, the present invention can clean dirt on both sides without the necessity. It is very economical and efficient.

Since the shape of the blade plate is as described above, it rotates regardless of the direction of the wind pressure, regardless of the direction of the wind pressure, as in the conventional product. It is always rotated by the wind generated by it and has a high cleaning function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a front view of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reflecting plate 2 Reflecting material 3 Hole 4 Disc-shaped rotating plate 4a Disc-shaped plate 5.5a Blade plate 6 Axis 7 U-shaped support 7a One support 8 Wiper 9 Connecting material 10 Circular plate 11 Ring Rotating plate 12 Rotating body 13 Pipe-shaped support base 14/15 Wiper mounting member 16 Contact stopper ring 17 Detachment 18 Screw hole 19 Hollow pipe

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A disk-shaped rotating plate provided with a reflecting material (2) on both surfaces and having a hole (3) in the center so that the reflecting plate (1) rotates under wind force to wipe off dirt on the surface. (4) is provided, and a plurality of blades (5) receiving wind force are radially mounted on the outer periphery thereof in a screw shape. Further, a shaft (6) is provided in the hole (3), and the rotating plate (4) is attached from both sides. A U-shaped support base (7) is provided so as to fix the shaft (6) by being sandwiched, and a wiper (8) is provided inside the support base so as to come into contact with the reflector (2) by wind pressure. A reflector provided along the road and used. 2. A rotating plate (4) on which only one surface is provided with a reflecting material (2), and a support (7) is provided on one support only (7a) on one side of the surface without the reflecting material (2). ), One end side of the shaft (6) is fixed, and wind force is applied to the shaft (6) so that the wiper (8) swings right and left along the surface on which the reflecting material (2) is attached. 2. A reflector plate according to claim 1, wherein said flat plate-shaped wiper attachment member (14) is provided in a suspended shape, and is provided on the inner side thereof. 3. A disk-shaped plate (4a) as a reflection plate (1)
A reflective material (2) is attached to the surface of the device, and a ring-shaped rotating plate (11) is provided with a gap so as to rotate the outer periphery thereof, and a plurality of blades (5) are radially screwed on the outer peripheral surface. A hollow pipe (19) is provided at the center of the surface of the disk-shaped plate (4a), and these are connected by a connecting material (9) so that the dirt on the surface of the reflecting material (2) is wiped off. Attach the wiper (8) to the hollow pipe (1)
9) The shaft (6) is fixed to the disk-shaped plate (4a) so as to penetrate the disk-shaped plate (4a), and the support (7a) supports the shaft (6) on the disk-shaped plate (10). A reflector that is fixed along the backside where it is not attached and is used along the road. 4. A reflector (2) is attached to an outer peripheral surface of a rotating body (12) formed in a columnar shape so that the reflector (1) can be confirmed from four directions, and penetrates above and below the center thereof. A hollow pipe (19) is fixedly provided so as to protrude from the upper and lower ends, and a vane plate (5a)
Are provided radially, and a circular plate (10) slightly larger than its diameter is provided below the rotating body (12).
A shaft (6) is provided inside a hollow pipe (19), fixed to the upper part of a circular plate (10), and a wiper mounting member ( 15) A reflector provided for use along a road or the like, characterized in that a wiper (8) is fixed via the above, and a pipe-like support (13) is fixed below the wiper (8).