JP2002008191A - Push button box cover of push button type traffic signal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a push button box cover with attention calling means for operating a push button type traffic signal capable of increasing the degree of attention to the push button box, providing a motivation to operate a push button, and promoting a use so as to reduce the number of accidents of children frequently occurring by the crossing of road without pressing the push button by using, for example, a shape or a pattern showing an animal or an animation character attracting attention of the children. SOLUTION: This cover is put on the push button box for operating the push button type traffic signal. The push button box 11 comprises a casing 4 storing electrical parts and a push button 5 disposed on the outer surface of the casing. The cover comprises a cover body 12 fixed to the casing to cover at least the push button installation surface of the casing The cover body is visually formed as the attention calling means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a push-button box for a push-button type traffic light installed on a general road, and more particularly, to an external shape of the push-button box for attention of a road crosser such as a child.
A push button that promotes use of the push button by adopting a design that is suitable for raising attention, and can reduce the number of traffic accidents such as children that occur frequently by crossing the road without pressing the push button TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a push button box cover and a push button box of a traffic light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A push-button type traffic light is disposed, for example, at a crossing point (single road) on a road where the traffic volume of a vehicle is large or at an intersection where a relatively small number of pedestrians cross. A pedestrian pushes a push button provided on a push button box installed on a pillar or the like of a pedestrian.The pedestrian signal turns blue after a predetermined time elapses after the push button is pressed, and a vehicle signal. Turns red. by the way,
Whether or not to install a push button type traffic light depends on the traffic volume of the vehicle,
Changes in vehicle traffic over time, number of pedestrians crossing,
It is determined by comprehensively judging various road conditions such as the number of crossers depending on the time zone and other road conditions. That is, for example, as in the case of a non-push-button type traffic signal, a push-button is used in a case where frequent switching of the display content of the vehicle signal from blue to red at a preset time interval may obstruct the smooth flow of the vehicle. A type traffic light will be installed. In other words, when a pedestrian crossing a single road or an intersection needs to cross, the push-button type traffic light switches the vehicle signal to red display only for the time necessary for the crossing, so as not to hinder the smooth flow of the vehicle as much as possible. It is set up for consideration. At the crossing point of the road where such a push button type signal is installed, the driver of the vehicle also feels reassured that there will be no pedestrians crossing as long as the vehicle signal is green, It is common to pass a crossing point without deceleration without paying much attention to the presence and behavior of pedestrians inside and outside the road. But,
Actually, even in the lower grades of elementary school, the elderly, and even adults, there are many people who are absorbed in play and conversation and cross the road without pressing the push button, and this is the driver mentioned above. Together with the phenomenon of reduced attention, it is a cause of traffic accidents. In other words, the presence of the traffic signal causes the driver's attention to be lacking, and causes a bodily injury such as ignoring the signal and bouncing the pedestrian who has entered the road. Such personal accidents are often caused by pedestrians ignoring red traffic lights, even at intersections such as intersections where traffic lights other than push-button traffic lights are installed. It has been found that at a crossing point such as an intersection where a traffic light is installed, there is a tendency that a child or the like crosses without pressing a push button, and that a personal injury is likely to occur.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a push button box for operating a conventional push button type traffic signal. A push button box 1 has an appropriate height of a pole 2 such as a telephone pole provided outside a road at a crossing point. It is fixedly arranged at the position by the attachment belt 3 or the like. The push button box 1 includes a box-shaped metal casing 4 colored yellow,
A push button 5 disposed on the front surface of the housing 4 and display units 6 and 7
And electric components (not shown) arranged in the housing 4. This push button box 1 is a mere small box in which the housing 4 is colored yellow and has a simple shape, so that it is difficult for pedestrians, especially children, to recognize the push button box 1, overlook its existence, and perform troublesome button operations. It has the drawback that it is difficult to provide motivation to do so. Therefore, not only is it difficult for a traverser, especially a child, to be aware of the presence of the push-button box 1, but even if he or she becomes aware of the presence of the push-button box 1, the desire to give a special motivation to press the button and to operate the button is given. It is difficult to encourage the operation of the push button and make it customary to operate the push button every time the vehicle crosses, unless the user feels it.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present inventor believes that in a push-button type traffic signal, it should be possible to prevent a crossing accident due to ignoring a signal by forcing a pedestrian to perform a push-button operation. Active attention of children,
It would be a habit if we had an appearance that stimulated interest and provided motivation to operate the push buttons, such as having fun, joy, competing to push, etc.
The present invention is considered to be able to greatly reduce the frequency of occurrence of accidents caused by crossing without pushing the push button, and has accomplished the present invention. That is, the problem to be solved by the present invention is:
In the push button box for push button type traffic lights installed on general roads, the appearance of the push button box is designed with animals, popular characters, etc. suitable for attracting attention and attention of road crossers such as children. By raising the attention of the pushbutton box and motivating the user to operate the pushbutton, the use is encouraged, and the number of child traffic accidents that occur frequently by crossing the road without pressing the pushbutton is reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a push button box cover and a push button box for a push button type traffic signal. In particular, the push button box itself is not modified at all, and the cover is installed and fixed to the existing push button box by simple operation. It is an object to reduce the Next, since the conventional push button box is placed outdoors, it has a strong structure in which various considerations are made regarding waterproofness, heat resistance, mechanical strength, and the like.
The number of manufacturing steps increases, and adopting such a structure results in a decrease in productivity and an increase in cost. In addition, overheating due to solar heat or overcooling in a cold region may cause a failure due to damage to an electric circuit inside the housing. In the present invention, the waterproofness, heat insulation, and rigidity of the cover attached to the outer surface of the pushbutton box are imparted to reduce the waterproofness, heat resistance, and strength of the pushbutton box itself. Another object of the present invention is to provide a push-button box cover and a push-button box for a push-button-type traffic signal which can withstand long-term use in a telephone.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cover for covering a push-button box for operating a push-button type traffic signal, wherein the push-button box has at least an electric power. A housing for housing the components, a push button disposed on an outer surface of the housing, the cover including a cover body fixed to the housing to cover at least a push button installation surface of the housing; The appearance of the cover body is configured as a warning means. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the alerting means is provided with a shape or a pattern representing an animal, a popular character, or the like that draws the attention of the child. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the alerting means is a picture of an animal's face, and is formed in a portion corresponding to a face component such as an eye, a nose, and a mouth. A push button and a display portion provided on the push button box are exposed through a hole or a transparent portion, so that push button operation and display contents can be visually recognized. The invention according to claim 4 is a push button box for operating a push button type traffic signal, wherein the push button box includes a housing accommodating at least electrical components, and a push button arranged on an outer surface of the housing. Wherein at least a part of the exterior of the housing is configured as a warning means. The invention of claim 5 is characterized in that the alerting means is formed on a surface of the push button.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 and 2 are a front view and a side view showing an installation state of a push button box cover of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are sectional views taken along line AA of FIG. 1 and BB.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a state where a cover is installed in a push button box of the push button type traffic light. The description will be made with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the push button box cover (hereinafter referred to as a cover) 11
It is attached and fixed to a push button box 1 which is fastened and fixed by a mounting belt 3 to a pole 2 such as a telephone pole erected on a shoulder at a crossing point of a single road. The cover 11 includes, for example, a cover body (front cover) 12 that covers the front surface of the housing 4 of the push button box 1 and a rear cover 13 that is fixed to a rear edge 12a of the cover body 12 with screws or the like. Is done. The cover body 12 is made of any material having excellent mechanical strength, such as a metal material such as aluminum, a resin material, or the like, and has an appearance design that is similar to that of animal faces such as pandas, striped horses, bears, and dogs. It has a shape and a pattern that resemble the shape of the object.
This appearance design constitutes an alerting means designed to evoke the attention and interest of a traverser such as a child, and to bring a desire to operate the push button by touching it. In this embodiment, the alerting means has a design in which the features of the panda's face are modified for children, and the push button 5 of the push button box 1 is formed through a through hole 15 formed in a portion corresponding to the panda's nose. It is configured to be exposed. The positions and shapes of the upper and lower elongated holes 16 and 17 are selected so that the display portions 6 and 7 of the push button box can be exposed. Therefore, since the push button 5 exposed from the through hole 15 can be pressed while the cover body 12 is placed over the push button box 1, the traffic light can be operated, and a part of the component of the animal's face is pressed. By doing so, it is possible to operate the traffic light, so that a child trying to cross can give a motivation and desire to touch and operate the hand before crossing. The display contents such as messages displayed on the display units 6 and 7 can be easily visually recognized through the holes 16 and 17.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a projection that resembles an ear.
In addition, the display units 6 and 7 are configured to be exposed from the holes formed respectively corresponding to the eyes and the mouth (lips) so that each display content represents the shape of the pupil and the mouth, and when the push button 5 is operated. Display units 6 and 7
If you configure so that the shape of the pupil and lips displayed by
Since the facial expression changes, the pleasure of operating the push button for the child increases. For example, before the push button is pressed, the eyes and mouth are in a state of expressing a normal expression,
When the push button is pressed, the state changes to a state indicating a smile. Next, the through hole 15, the holes 16, 17 are shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), they correspond to the push button 5 and the display sections 16 and 17, respectively. In order to prevent rainwater, dust and the like from entering from the holes 15, 16 and 17, the inside of the holes and the holes are formed. A packing may be arranged between the bottom and the front surface of the housing 4. Alternatively, a heat insulating material or the like may be disposed in a space between the cover body 12 and the housing 4 to protect electric components and the like in the housing 4 from overheating due to solar heat or overcooling due to cold weather conditions. . It should be noted that an elastically deformable resin material is arranged only at the front position of the cover body 12 corresponding to the push button 5, and the push button 5 located inside can be pressed by pressing the resin material. For example, a waterproof packing or the like required when providing the through hole 15 is not required. When an ultrasonic sensor for detecting the approach or passage of a pedestrian is arranged in the push button box 1, a hole or the like is also formed in a cover portion corresponding to the sensor. The rear cover 13 is a molded product of a metal, a resin, or the like having a front edge 13a having a shape matching the rear edge 12a of the cover main body 12, and has an opening 13b on the rear surface. As shown in FIG.
, The overlapping portion between the rear edge 12a of the cover body 12 and the front edge 13a of the rear cover 13 is fastened and fixed with screws or the like.

When this type of cover 11 is fixed to the housing 4, the push button box 1 before being attached to the column 2 or the push button box 1 once removed from the column 2
After the cover body 12 and the rear cover 13 are assembled from the front and rear of the housing 4 and fixed by screws, the mounting belt 3 pulled out from the rear opening 13b of the rear cover 13 is attached.
Is fixed to the support 2 by the winding fitting 3a. In addition, the cover body and the rear cover may be configured as independent members as in the above example, or one of the two covers may be connected in advance by a hinge or the like so as to be freely opened and closed. If this is the case, the assembly workability will be improved. In the above embodiment, the dividing position of the cover 11 is set to the side surface,
The cover body 12 located on the front side and the rear cover 13 located on the rear side are divided into two parts, but this is an example. For example, the front part of the cover 11 is divided into two parts on the left and right from the line AA in FIG. It is good. With this configuration, it is possible to attach the cover 11 to the push button box 1 that is still attached to the column. Alternatively, the cover 11 is
2 along the horizontal line CC perpendicular to the line AA shown in FIG.
The configuration may be divided into two parts. Also in this case, it is possible to attach the cover 11 to the pushbutton box 1 that is still attached to the support. Alternatively, only the cover main body 12 may be placed over the housing 4 and fixed to the support column 2 by a mounting belt or the like.

Next, in the night push button type traffic light,
Drunk or elderly people, rather than child crossers, often cross the road and encounter an accident despite the red pedestrian traffic light, unaware of the presence of the pushbutton box. The push button box 1
Although the display units 6 and 7 are always lit to display characters, they are insufficient as a means for alerting a drunk person or the like who is distracted. Therefore, a high-brightness LED or the like may be arranged at an appropriate place of the cover 11, for example, a conspicuous portion such as an eye or an ear, and may be lit or blinked to call attention. The cover 11 may not be directly fixed to the housing 4 of the push button box, but may be fixed to the column 2. For example, if the cover 11 is covered from the front side with respect to the housing 4 of the push button box 1 already fixed to the column 2 and then the cover 11 is fixed to the column with a mounting belt or the like, the mounting work is easy. Become. In this case, it is not necessary to divide the cover into a plurality of components in advance, and the cover may be in the form of a bag or a mask. Further, in the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which a cover is attached to the push button box to draw the attention of the crosser was proposed. Instead of using such a cover, the appearance of the housing 4 itself of the push button box was proposed. If you design in advance in a form (warning means) that easily attracts the attention of children, such as animals, characters, etc., it is possible to eliminate the need to manufacture and assemble a cover separate from the push button box,
Be more efficient. When the appearance shape and design of the housing itself are configured as the alert means, for example, the display units 6 and 7 may be included in the appearance representing the eyes and the mouth, and the push button 5 may be included in the appearance representing the nose. What is necessary is just to comprise the external appearance of a housing | casing. Even when the features of the faces of animals, characters, etc. are not used as the external shape of the push button box, by drawing the faces of the animals, characters, etc. only on the surface of the push button 5 provided on the push button box. This may be used as an alerting means. In addition, in this specification, the push button type traffic light is a concept including a push button combined traffic light arranged at an intersection in addition to a push button combined traffic light installed at a crossing point of a single road.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, a push button box for operating a push button type signal is provided with a cover provided with a warning means. Since shapes and patterns representing animals, anime characters, etc. that attract attention are used, the degree of attention of the pushbutton box is raised, motivation to operate the pushbutton is given, and use is encouraged, and the road is pushed without pressing the pushbutton. Crossing can reduce the number of frequently occurring child traffic accidents. There is an advantage that the cover can be assembled and fixed to the existing push button box by a simple operation without any modification to the push button box itself. In addition, by providing waterproof, heat insulating and rigidity to the cover attached to the outer surface of the push button box, the waterproof, heat resistance and strength of the push button box itself are reduced and the cost is reduced. It can withstand long-term use. Further, by using the casing of the push button box itself as the alerting means, an alerting function can be given to its appearance, and the push button operation can be promoted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an installation state of a push button box cover of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are cross-sectional views taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 and BB.
Sectional view.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which a cover is installed on a push button box of the push button type traffic light.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a push button box according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Push button box, 2 pillars, 3 mounting belts, 4 metal housings, 5 push buttons, 6 and 7 display unit, 11 push button box cover, 12 cover body (front cover), 13 rear cover, 16, 17 elongated hole .

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According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cover for covering a push-button box for operating a push-button type traffic signal, wherein the push-button box has at least an electric power. A housing for housing the components, a push button disposed on an outer surface of the housing, the cover including a cover body fixed to the housing to cover at least a push button installation surface of the housing; The appearance of the cover body is configured as a warning means, and the warning means is:
Shapes representing animals, popular characters, etc. that attract children's attention,
It is characterized by having a picture . The invention of claim 2 provides a push button box for operating a push button type traffic light.
A cover to be covered, wherein the push button box is at least
And a housing for accommodating electrical components, and disposed on an outer surface of the housing.
A push button, wherein the cover has at least
Cover that is fixed to the housing to cover the pushbutton installation surface
Body, and the exterior of the cover body is configured as
The alerting means draws the child's attention
It is a pattern of the face of an animal or a popular character.
Insert the through-hole or transparent part formed in the part corresponding to the nose and mouth
Through the push button and display unit provided on the push button box.
And the push button operation and the display contents can be visually recognized.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshitaka Ezaki 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nihon Signal Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5G006 JF01 LG08 5H180 CC11 GG19 JJ19

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A cover for covering a push button box for operating a push button type traffic signal, wherein the push button box has at least a housing accommodating electrical components, and a push button disposed on an outer surface of the housing. The cover is provided with a cover main body fixed to the housing to cover at least the push button installation surface of the housing, and the appearance of the cover main body is configured as a warning means. Push button box cover for push button type traffic light. 2. A push-button box cover for a push-button type traffic light according to claim 1, wherein said alerting means has a shape and a picture representing an animal, a popular character, or the like which draws the attention of a child. 3. The alerting means is a picture of an animal's face, and is provided through a through-hole formed in a portion corresponding to a face component such as an eye, a nose, and a mouth, or a transparent portion. 3. The push-button box cover for a push-button type traffic light according to claim 1, wherein the push-button and the display unit provided on the button box are exposed to allow the push-button operation and the display contents to be visually recognized. 4. A push button box for operating a push button type traffic signal, wherein the push button box includes a housing for accommodating at least an electric component, and a push button disposed on an outer surface of the housing. A push button box for a push button type traffic signal, wherein at least a part of the exterior of the housing is configured as an alerting means. 5. The push-button box according to claim 4, wherein said alerting means is formed on a surface of said push button.