JP2004346738A - Road sign tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color-cone type road sign tool which can prevent dirt of a pedestal and can comply with recycling. <P>SOLUTION: The road sign tool is composed of an upper part of a sign section and a lower part of a pedestal section. In order to prevent dirt, a pedestal section cover for covering the upper and side part of the pedestal section is detachably attached. Depressed portions are provided to the bottom surface of the side of the pedestal section while raised portions corresponding to the depressed portions are provided to the inner surface of the side of the pedestal section cover, so that the raised portions are engaged to the depressed portions to be attached. The road sign tool, furthermore, mounts a weight section detachably on the back side of the pedestal section. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of a road sign having a shape of a truncated cone called a so-called color cone.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, so-called color cones, frustum-shaped road signs, which are so-called color cones, have been widely used at sites such as road construction, and when these color cones are installed at the site, an operator can use the tip of the cone or the like. The pedestal and the like were gripped and moved to a predetermined place and installed.
The sign display of these color cone type road sign devices is performed by attaching a reflective tape of a predetermined width to the color of the color cone itself, for example, a red side, or using a cone cover as proposed in Patent Document 1 or the like. The reflection member was stuck on itself.
By the way, providing a protective cover made of vinyl or the like on the surface of the color cone has been known for a long time, and furthermore, as described and proposed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, It is known that a cover made of vinyl or the like is fixed on the surface with a fixing tool, and the present inventors have already proposed a color cone type road marking tool in which the cover can be easily attached and detached as Patent Document 1. No removable cover has been proposed for the pedestal.
JP 11-256530 A JP 11-152715 A JP 2002-250017 A

However, the conventional road sign has a problem in that it is often difficult to reuse the pedestal portion when it is used in a highly contaminated place such as asphalt work, and it has to be discarded.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a color cone type road marking device which can prevent dirt on a pedestal portion and can be recycled.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is a road sign comprising an upper sign portion and a lower pedestal portion, wherein the pedestal portion has upper and side portions of the pedestal portion for preventing dirt. A road marking device characterized in that a pedestal cover for covering the portion is detachably mounted.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the road marking device of the first aspect, a concave portion is provided on a lower end surface of a side surface of the pedestal portion, and a convex portion is provided on a lower inner surface of a side surface of the pedestal portion cover corresponding to the concave portion. 2. The road marking tool according to claim 1, wherein the convex portion is fitted and mounted in a concave portion of the pedestal portion, and a weight portion is detachably mounted on the back side of the pedestal portion. .

  As described above, according to the present invention, in a road marking device including an upper sign portion and a lower pedestal portion, the pedestal portion covers the upper and side portions of the pedestal portion in order to prevent the pedestal portion from being stained. A cover is provided.For use in places with heavy dirt such as asphalt work, simply replace the pedestal cover, and it can be used as a clean color cone-shaped road sign including the side, and recycled. Is obtained.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The road marking device according to the present invention has a so-called color cone having a truncated cone-shaped single-colored or stripe-shaped marking portion, and is used at a site such as road construction. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a color cone which is a road marking tool of the embodiment of FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a side view assembled as a road marking tool, and reference numeral 1 denotes a body portion of the color cone, which is a synthetic resin body. The upper part of the part 1 is composed of a substantially frustoconical marker part 2 and the lower part of a substantially square pedestal part 3. The transparent protective cover 4 and the grip part 5 at the tip of the marker part 2 and the back side of the pedestal part are formed. It comprises a weight portion 6.
An identification display is provided on the surface of the substantially frustoconical marker 2 at the upper part of the main body 1, and the identification is, as shown in FIGS. A red reflecting ring 21 (a, b) made of a synthetic resin separate from the marking section 2 is disposed on the surface, and the reflecting ring 21 has a truncated conical white reflecting ring 21 attached to the marking section. When the reflection ring 21 is fitted with the inclination of the frusto-conical shape of the reflection ring 21 substantially the same as that of the marker portion, the reflection ring 21 is in close contact with an appropriate position on the surface of the marker portion 2 by its inner diameter. Lock.
As shown in FIG. 3, the number of the reflecting members 21 is two in the present embodiment, a small reflecting ring 21a and a large reflecting ring 21b having different inner diameters, a white reflecting ring 21 and a red part 22 of the main body. Although a striped pattern is used, the number may be one or two or more.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, a transparent protective cover 4 shorter than the sign portion having substantially the same shape as the inclination of the sign portion having a substantially frustoconical shape is fitted so as to cover the sign portion 2 and the reflection ring 21, and the reflection ring 21 is formed. Is not falling off.
In this embodiment, the surface of the marker 2 has a stripe pattern of the white reflective ring 21 and the red portion 22 of the main body. The part 22 may also use orange, green, black, yellow, blue, or the like.

Next, the grip portion 5 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, an annular groove portion 24 is provided on the upper end portion 23 of the marker portion 2 around the circumference thereof. As shown in the drawing, a transparent vinyl protective cover 4 of substantially the same shape is attached so as to cover the marker portion 2, and the grip portion 5 is fitted to the tip 23 of the marker portion 2.
As shown in FIG. 5, the grip portion 5 has a flange 56 formed at a lower end edge thereof with a thickness of about 1 cm, and an annular convex portion 52 provided on an inner peripheral wall 51 of the grip portion 5 is provided at the tip of the marker portion 2. It is fitted into the annular groove 24 of the part 23 and is firmly fixed. Therefore, when fitted to the marker part 2, the tip part 23 of the marker part 2 is not An annular wall 53 is provided, and the annular wall 53 is provided with a rib portion 54 for sandwiching the distal end portion 23 and pressing outward. Therefore, the gripper 5 can be easily attached to the tip of the synthetic resin body 1 made of a somewhat flexible material by pressing the gripper 5 from above, and conversely, the two are separated by a somewhat large force using a tool such as a spanner. You can also.
In addition, the concave groove portion 55 provided in the annular wall 53 is for attaching a device such as a lighting device to the distal end portion 23 of the marker portion 2.

Next, the pedestal portion 3 at the lower portion of the main body portion 1 will be described. The pedestal portion 3 has a substantially square shape, and a weight made of only a detachable and relatively heavy synthetic resin is provided on the back side of the pedestal portion 3. The part 6 is inserted.
The state where the weight 6 is inserted into the pedestal 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, on the back side of the substantially square base 3 facing the road, an outer substantially square base outer frame 31 and an inner substantially circular base inner frame 32 are provided. At the four corners of the space 33 between the pedestal outer frame portion 31 and the pedestal inner frame portion 32, bar-shaped portions 34 each having a key portion 35 whose tip is expanded are arranged. As shown in FIG. The weight portion 6 to be inserted into the third frame 3 has a weight outer frame portion 61 shaped along the inside of the pedestal outer frame portion 31 and a shape shaped along the outside of the pedestal inner frame portion 32 so as to fit in the space portion 33. In the weight inner frame portion 62, through holes 64 corresponding to the four rod portions 34 are provided.
Then, as shown by arrows A and B in FIG. 6, the weight 6 is pressed in the direction of arrow A and the pedestal 3 is pressed in the direction of arrow B to be inserted. In this state, as shown in FIG. 7, the key portions 35 with the tips of the four bar portions 34 of the pedestal portion 3 expanded are provided on the cylindrical portion 63 of the weight 6 corresponding to the bar portions 34. As shown in FIG. 8 (c), the through hole 64 is formed of a hole having a step between the large diameter portion 65 and the small diameter portion 66, and the key portion 35 of the pedestal portion 3 has the large diameter of the through hole 64 of the weight portion 6. 8, the weight portion 6 is firmly fitted and fixed to the pedestal portion 3 as shown in FIG. 8, so that the two can be connected very easily.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10A, a pedestal cover 7 made of black synthetic resin is provided on the substantially square pedestal portion 3 below the marker portion 2 to prevent contamination.
As shown in FIG. 10 (b), the shape of the pedestal portion cover 7 is substantially square with a hollow inside so as to cover the pedestal portion 3 according to the shape of the pedestal portion 3. The side portion 72 is covered, and an upper portion of the pedestal cover 7 is provided with a hole 73 into which the marker portion 2 is fitted, and an edge of the hole 73 is provided with a raised skirt portion 74. When the pedestal cover 7 is put on from above, the lower end 41 of the protective cover 4 is pressed from above, and is detachably attached to the pedestal 3.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), the mounting means is provided with a concave portion 36 at the lower end surface of the four corners on the side surface of the pedestal portion 3, while the pedestal portion cover 7 corresponding to the concave portion 36 is provided. A convex portion 75 is provided on the inner surface at the lower end of the side surface 72 of the pedestal portion. The convex portion 75 of the pedestal portion cover 7 fits into the concave portion 36 of the pedestal portion 3 simply by mounting the pedestal portion cover 7 on the pedestal portion 3 from above. The pedestal portion 3 is fixed to the pedestal portion cover 7, and the detachable fixing means may be any known one. For example, a pair of male and female fasteners may be provided at appropriate places. Further, although the material of the pedestal portion cover 7 is made of black synthetic resin, it may be transparent or the same color as the pedestal portion 3 or a synthetic resin of a desired color.

  FIG. 2 shows a road marking device in which the weight portion 6 is fitted and fixed to the pedestal portion 3 as a whole. FIG. A grip portion 5 is fitted and fixed to the tip of the marker portion 2 in a lock shape, and a weight portion 6 is fitted and fixed to the pedestal portion 3 below the main body portion 1 in a lock shape. Then, a transparent vinyl protective cover 4 having substantially the same shape is attached so as to cover the sign portion 2 and the reflective ring 21 (21a, 21b) as a reflective member. Is substantially the same as the outer shape of the pedestal portion 3 and the inner peripheral diameter of the upper end portion 42 is also smaller than the outer peripheral diameter of the flange portion 56 at the lower end edge of the grip portion 5, so that some movement is permitted, but it is not possible. The flange 56 also has a function of preventing the transparent protective cover from coming off, and the lower end of the protective cover 4 is pressed and fixed by the pedestal cover 7.

Since the first embodiment has the above-described configuration, a reflective sheet is pasted on the reflective portion of the sign display of the sign section 2 in the related art. However, the reflective sheet is thick and is often warped and peeled off. Also, the work of attaching the reflection sheet was troublesome, but in the present embodiment of the present invention, it is only necessary to simply insert the appropriate reflection ring 21 into the marker portion 2 and remove the reflection ring 21. Because of the simplicity, even if the material is different from the color cone body at the time of disposal, the sorting and disposal becomes easy.
Then, the reflection ring 21 as a reflection member can be fixed only by a very simple operation of covering and fixing the protection cover 4 which is easy to mount.
In addition, since the grip portion is provided at the tip of the color cone, the worker can easily move and install the grip portion by gripping the grip portion 5, and the outer cover 56 of the grip portion has a protective cover that falls off. To prevent Further, unlike the type in which the flange portion 56 of the grip portion holds the protective cover, the protective cover is only loosely fitted, so that the protective cover is not damaged by holding the conventional type cover.
Further, the connection between the rod portion 34 and the through hole 64 can be easily removed with a tool such as a wrench or a hammer with a tool such as a wrench, so that the weight 6 can be separated from the pedestal 3 and is convenient for sorting and discarding. Become.

Even if the same synthetic resin is used for the weight portion 6 made of only synthetic resin having a higher specific gravity than the pedestal portion 3 as in this embodiment, the disposal process is a synthetic resin different from the cone body. Separation must be performed, but the weight 6 can be easily separated from the pedestal 3 so that the separation is easy.
If the pedestal portion 3 and the weight portion 6 are formed of the same synthetic resin, the main body portion and the weight portion do not need to be separately disposed, and can be disposed more easily.
Then, the pedestal cover 7 is provided, and the pedestal cover 7 is inserted from above by the skirt portion 74, and the edge of the hole 73 of the pedestal cover 7 is raised by the raised skirt portion 74. By pressing down 41 from above, it is possible to prevent the lower end 41 of the protective cover 4 from being turned up. In addition, for use in places with heavy dirt such as asphalt work, it is possible to obtain a clean color cone type road sign by simply changing the pedestal cover 7, and it can be recycled.

In the second embodiment of the gripping portion, as shown in FIG. 12, a rope through hole 82 through which a rope can be penetrated is provided at the distal end portion 81 of the gripping portion 8. This is used, for example, when the rope 93 is stretched between the adjacent road marking tools 1, 1, 1 by passing the rope 93 through the rope through hole 82 as shown in FIG. 13 (a).
Since the tip of the saw grip 8 has a conical shape of the size of a conventional color cone, as shown in FIG. 13B, a fitting ring 95 of a partition bar 94 called a color bar is formed in a conical shape. It can be fitted to the head and conventional color bars can be used.
In some cases, as shown in FIG. 13 (c), the pole 9 may be directly inserted into the rope through hole 82, and a plurality of color cones may be inserted through the rope through the through holes 82 of the plurality of color cones. You may make it move by hanging with a rope together.
The configuration in which the gripper 8 is fitted and fixed in a lock shape to the tip of the marker 2 on the upper part of the main body 1 in this embodiment is almost the same as that of the first embodiment. The provided annular convex portion 84 is fitted into the annular groove portion 24 of the distal end portion 23 of the marker portion 2 and is firmly fixed. Therefore, when fitted to the marker portion 2, the distal end portion 23 of the marker portion 2 is directed inward. In order to prevent this, an inner annular wall 85 is provided on the grip portion 8 so as to sandwich the distal end portion 23.
Further, the lower end edge of the grip portion 8 is formed by a thick flange portion 86, and the outer flange portion of the grip portion 8 prevents the protective cover 4 from falling off. The function of the flange 86 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

Further, although not shown, the holding portion 5 of the first and second embodiments is fixed by fitting the annular convex portion 52 (84) of the holding portion 5 (8) into the annular groove portion 24 of the distal end portion 23 of the marker portion 2. Although the fixing means is firmly fixed, screw means may be used as another embodiment of the fixing means. The annular convex portion 52 (84) in the first and second embodiments is a male screw, and the annular groove portion is provided. 24 is a female screw.
In this case, the work is somewhat troublesome, but the attachment / detachment is easier and it can be firmly fixed.

  It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments unless the characteristics of the present invention are impaired. For example, if it is detachable, the reflection ring may not be exactly a truncated cone but may be a wedge-shaped cone when viewed from the side.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a road sign according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a side view in which the members of FIG. 1 according to the first embodiment are assembled as a road marking device. Perspective view of two large and small reflecting rings of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an upper end portion of the sign portion according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 (a) is a perspective view of a gripper of the first embodiment, FIG. 5 (b) is a bottom view thereof, and FIG. 5 (c) is a perspective view showing a partial cross section thereof. The perspective view from the back side of the pedestal part of 1st Example. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state immediately before fitting of the pedestal portion and the weight portion of the first embodiment. 8A is a partially enlarged view of the back side of the pedestal portion of the first embodiment, FIG. 8B is a partially enlarged view of the back side of the weight portion, and FIG. Cross section The perspective view from the back side of the pedestal part after the pedestal part of the 1st example and the weight part were fitted. FIG. 10A is a perspective view of the pedestal cover of the pedestal portion of the first embodiment, and FIG. 10B is a perspective view of only the pedestal cover, and FIG. ) Is a partial cross-sectional view of a state where the pedestal is covered. Central sectional view in FIG. FIG. 12A is a perspective view of a gripper according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 13 (a) is an explanatory view illustrating a use state of the preferred second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 13 (b) is an explanatory view illustrating another use state, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the use state of.

Explanation of reference numerals

1 ... Color cone body
2. Marking part, 21 (a, b) ... Reflecting ring, 22 ... Red part, 23 ... Tip, 24 ... Circular groove part,
3 ... pedestal part, 31 ... pedestal outer frame part, 32 ... pedestal inner frame part, 33 ... space part,
34 ... rod-shaped part, 35 ... key part, 36 ... concave part,
4: Protective cover, 41: Lower end, 42: Upper end,
5,8 ... gripping part, 51,83 ... inner peripheral wall, 52,84 ... annular convex part, 53,85 ... inner annular wall,
54 ... rib part, 55 ... concave groove part, 56,86 ... flange part,
6: weight portion, 61: pedestal outer frame portion, 62: weight inner frame portion, 63: cylindrical portion, 64: through hole,
7: Base cover, 71: Upper part of the base, 72: Side of the base, 73: Hole,
74 ... skirt part, 75 ... convex part,
81: Tip, 82: Rope through hole,
9 ... Pole, 93 ... Rope, 94 ... Partition bar (color bar), 95 ... Mating wheel

Claims (2)

  In a road marking device comprising an upper sign portion and a lower pedestal portion, a pedestal portion cover for covering an upper portion and a side portion of the pedestal portion is detachably attached to the pedestal portion to prevent contamination. Road signage. 2. The road marking tool according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is provided on a lower end surface of a side surface of the pedestal portion, and a convex portion is provided on a lower inner surface of a side surface of the pedestal portion cover corresponding to the concave portion, and the convex portion is a pedestal portion. The road marking device according to claim 1, wherein a weight portion is removably mounted on the back side of the pedestal portion while being fitted and mounted in the concave portion.

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