JP2005336806A - Delineator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delineator wherein a sign body is installed on a column with a good outward appearance, and an exposure of a fixing means such as a fixing machine screw is restrained. <P>SOLUTION: The outward appearance is improved by making an appearance of an installation part of the column 1 and the sign body 2 compact by hiding the fixing means 3 for fixing the sign body 1 and the column 2 by a hiding wall 4. A hitch of a pedestrian on the fixing means 3 can also be prevented by restraining the exposure of the fixing means 3 by hiding the fixing means 3 by the hiding wall 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a line-of-sight guidance mark that is installed on a side edge of a road or the like and guides the road user's line of sight.

  Various inventions have been made for line-of-sight guides. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a cylindrical main body part, a reflection part fixed to the upper part of the main body part and having a reflection surface on the front surface, and a power supply part. A plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the reflecting surface with the light emitting surface inclined with respect to the reflecting surface are arranged at a predetermined interval, the power supply unit is connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes via a conductor, and the body unit is A gaze guidance mark that is fixed to a column by a push screw is disclosed.

JP 2002-146732 A

  However, in the gaze guidance mark described in Patent Document 1, since the main body portion is put on the upper end of the support column and the push screw is fixed from the outside, it cannot be said that the push screw is exposed to the appearance and looks good. Further, the exposed push screw is easily corroded by being exposed to rainwater and the like, and there is a possibility that a pedestrian or the like may be caught by the exposed push screw.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and is intended to provide a line-of-sight guidance mark in which the mounting of the target to the support column can be improved and the exposure of fixing means such as screws to be fixed is suppressed. Is.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows.
That is, the gaze guidance mark according to the present invention is fixed to the column by the fixing means, and the concealing wall that circulates around the outer circumference of the column, with the connection part of the target suspended from the lower part of the line-of-sight guidance unit. The fixing means is concealed.

  In the present invention, the connecting portion is openable and closable made of a cylindrical column mounting wall surface suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guide unit and a flexible material concentrically disposed outside the column mounting wall surface. It has a cylindrical concealing wall, and the upper end of the column is fitted into the groove between the concealing wall and the column mounting wall, and the column mounting wall and the column upper end are fixed by fixing means. It may be.

  Further, in the present invention, the connecting portion is provided on the inner side of the concealing wall that is openable and closable with a cylindrical column mounting wall surface that is suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guiding portion, a flexible material, and the like. It is composed of a cylindrical spacer consisting of an inner wall, and the spacer is externally fitted to the column mounting wall, and the upper end of the column is inserted into the groove between the concealing wall and the inner wall, and the column mounting wall is inserted through the inner wall. And the upper end of the column may be fixed by a fixing means.

  According to the line-of-sight guide according to the present invention, the fixing means for fixing the target and the support is concealed by the concealing wall, so that the appearance of the mounting portion between the support and the target is simplified and the appearance is good. And can. Further, the fixing means is hidden by the concealing wall, so that the fixing means is prevented from being exposed, the fixing means is not exposed to rainwater, etc., and corrosion of the fixing means can be suppressed. This is preferable because it is possible to prevent catching.

  The connecting portion is a cylindrical column mounting wall surface hanging from the lower part of the line-of-sight guiding unit, and a cylindrical shape that can be opened and closed freely made of a flexible material concentrically disposed outside the column mounting wall surface. If the upper end of the column is fitted into the groove between the concealing wall and the column mounting wall, and the column mounting wall and the column upper end are fixed by the fixing means When fixing the target to the column, the concealing wall can be returned to the closed state after being fixed by the fixing means, so that the fixing part of the target and the column can be hidden, the appearance can be improved, and the fixing means is attached. Later, it is preferable that a concealing wall is provided outside the fixing means to conceal the fixing means without requiring any members or operations.

  The connecting portion includes a cylindrical column mounting wall surface suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guiding portion, a freely openable / closable concealing wall made of a flexible material, and an inner wall provided inside the concealing wall. The spacer is externally fitted to the column mounting wall, and the upper end of the column is inserted into the groove between the concealing wall and the inner wall, and the column mounting wall and column are inserted through the inner wall. If the upper end portion is fixed by the fixing means, the line-of-sight guiding portion and the connecting portion can be formed separately, and the line-of-sight guiding portion and the connecting portion are molded by a method such as injection molding using different materials. In this case, for example, even when a hard synthetic resin material is used for the line-of-sight guiding part and a flexible synthetic resin material is used for the connecting part, the molding can be easily performed, and the diameter is different from one type of line-of-sight guiding part. By preparing multiple spacers It becomes possible to correspond to different post diameters, the molding die and inventory management, delivery time is assumed easily preferred.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best embodiment according to the present invention will be specifically described below based on the drawings.
1A and 1B show an embodiment of a line-of-sight guide according to the present invention, in which A) is a front view, and B) is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view taken along line AA of A). A target 1 consisting of a line-of-sight guide unit 10 provided with a prism reflector R and a connection part 11 suspended from the lower part of the line-of-sight guide unit 10 is attached to a column 2 to form a line-of-sight guide D. The connecting portion 11 includes a cylindrical column mounting wall surface 5 that is substantially in contact with the inner side surface of the column 2 that protrudes downward, and a concealing wall 4 that is provided outside the column column mounting wall surface 5. The fixing means 3 is concealed by a concealing wall 4 that is fixed to the upper end portion of 2 and circulates around the outer periphery thereof. The concealing wall 4 has an annular ridge 41 formed on the inner peripheral surface, and an annular locking ridge 111 fitted to the concavo-convex ridge 41 is formed on the upper outer peripheral surface of the column mounting wall 5. The concealing wall 4 is locked to the outer periphery of the column mounting wall surface 5 by the strip 41 and the locking strip 111, and the fixing means 3 is concealed. In addition, if the uneven | corrugated strip 41 and the latching strip 111 provided in the support | pillar mounting wall surface 5 and the concealment wall 4 are what latches the concealment wall 4 to the support column mounting wall surface 5, the shape will be specifically limited. Although it is not a thing, if the shape as shown in FIG. 1 is used, the occlusion wall 4 is effectively prevented from falling off.

In the form of FIG. 1, the concealing wall 4 is formed as a separate body from the column mounting wall 5 but may be formed as the same body as shown in FIG.
That is, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the line-of-sight guide according to the present invention. The connecting portion 11 includes a cylindrical column mounting wall surface 5 suspended from the lower part of the line-of-sight guiding unit 10 and the column mounting. A cylindrical concealing wall 4 disposed concentrically on the outside of the wall surface 5; and the upper end of the column 2 is fitted into a groove between the concealing wall 4 and the column mounting wall surface 5; The mounting wall surface 5 and the upper end of the column 2 are fixed by the fixing means 3.

  In the form of this FIG. 2, the concealing wall 4 is composed of the same body as the column mounting wall 5, the concealing wall 4 is formed of a flexible material, and can be opened and closed outward with the upper part as a fulcrum, When the support wall 5 and the support 2 are fixed, the concealment wall 4 can be rolled up. The flexible material is not particularly limited as long as it can be freely opened and closed. For example, natural rubber, butadiene styrene rubber, neoprene, butadiene acrylonitrile rubber, chloroprene polymer, butyl rubber, ethylene propylene Rubber, urethane resin, polyisobutylene resin, polyethylene resin, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, silicone resin, soft vinyl chloride resin, styrene-butadiene series, polyolefin series, polyester series, polyvinyl chloride series, polyurethane series, polyamide series, etc. Flexible materials made of various synthetic rubbers such as elastomers, synthetic resins, and the like, and foamed materials thereof are used as appropriate, but ethylene propylene rubber is preferable because it is excellent in durability and inexpensive.

  3 and 4, the fixing method of the column mounting wall 5 and the column 2 will be described in more detail. The upper end of the column 2 is inserted into the groove between the concealing wall 4 and the column mounting wall 5 of the connecting portion 11. To do. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, a part of the concealment wall 4 outside the support column 2 is rolled up, and the attachment holes 21 and the attachment holes 51 previously drilled in the support column 2 and the support column attachment wall surface 5 are matched. The fixing means 3 made of screws is screwed to fix the column mounting wall surface 5 and the column 2. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4, when the external force applied to the concealing wall 4 that has been raised is released and the concealing wall 4 is returned to the closed state, the fixing operation is completed.

In this case, since the concealing wall 4 is a flexible material, the above-described lifting and returning to the closed state can be easily performed. Thus, the fixing means 3 is concealed by the concealing wall 4, and the upper end of the support column 2 is fitted into the groove between the concealing wall 4 and the support column mounting wall surface 5, so that the connection portion 11 with respect to the support column is deformed. Since rattling is suppressed, the work at the time of attaching the fixing means 3 is also easy.

  The line-of-sight guiding unit 10 includes a prism reflector R in this embodiment, but a reflective type using glass beads or the like, a self-luminous type using an LED or the like as a light source, or a combination thereof. Those provided with the above may be used as appropriate.

  The support column 2 is not particularly limited as long as it can support the target 1 and can be formed using a synthetic resin material, an inorganic material, or the like. What was formed with strong metal materials, such as iron, stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, zinc, can be used suitably. Moreover, plating and coating may be applied to provide aesthetics and corrosion resistance.

  The fixing means 3 is preferably a screw-type tapping screw that can be fixed easily and reliably, but is not particularly limited, and an appropriate one such as a rivet or a bolt can be used.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The form of FIG. 5 is the same as the form shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 except that the gap between the concealing wall 4 and the column mounting wall surface 5 is widened in the form shown in FIGS. The description is omitted.
In this embodiment, since the gap between the concealing wall 4 and the column mounting wall surface 5 is widened, the column mounting wall surface 5 and the column 2 can be connected to each other only by raising the concealing wall 4 or slightly. Since it can be fixed by the fixing means 3, the concealing wall 4 can be formed of a rigid material with poor flexibility, and the concealing wall 4 can also conceal and protect the fixing means 3. Even if the means 3 has a thick head such as a bolt, for example, the head can be accommodated in a groove having a wide interval, so that the outer surface of the concealing wall 4 becomes smooth and looks good in appearance. It is better and better.

Next, the form of FIG. 6 will be described.
In the form of FIG. 6, the concealing wall 4 is configured separately from the column mounting wall surface 5. In this respect, the configuration is the same as that in FIG. 1, but in the configuration in FIG. 1, the upper end portion of the column 2 is sandwiched between the column mounting wall surface 5 and the concealing wall 4. A cylindrical spacer 6 formed of a wall 4 and an inner wall 4A provided on the inner side of the concealing wall 4 and having a so-called double wall formed concentrically is used. The difference is that the connecting portion 11 is formed by the cylindrical column mounting wall surface 5 that is suspended. That is, the connecting portion 11 includes a cylindrical column mounting wall surface 5 suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guiding portion 10, a cylindrical spacer 6 including the concealing wall 4 and the inner wall 4 A provided inside the concealing wall 4. The spacer 6 is externally fitted to the support wall 5 and the upper end of the support 2 is inserted into the groove between the concealing wall 4 and the inner wall 4A. The upper end of 2 is fixed by fixing means 3 such as a tapping screw.

  Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the interval between the groove portions between the concealment wall 4 and the inner wall 4A may be widened, but in this embodiment, the spacer 6 is formed of a flexible material. The concealing wall 4 is configured to be openable and closable, and the gap between the concealing wall 4 and the inner wall 4A is dimensioned so that the upper end of the column 2 can be inserted without play, and the column mounting wall surface 5 is interposed via the inner wall 4A. 2 and the upper end of the column 2 by the fixing means 3, the concealing wall 4 can be lifted up as shown in FIG. When the external force is released, the concealing wall 4 returns to the closed state.

  In this embodiment, the connecting portion 11 is composed of the column mounting wall surface 5 formed integrally with the line-of-sight guiding unit 10 and the spacer 6 formed separately from the column mounting wall 5. The wall surface 5 can be made of a hard synthetic resin material such as polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene, etc., and the concealing wall 4, that is, the spacer, can be formed using the flexible synthetic resin material exemplified in the form of FIG. Is preferable because it can be easily molded. In addition, by preparing a plurality of spacers 6 with different diameters for one type of line-of-sight guide unit 10, it becomes possible to support struts with different diameters, making it easy to handle molds, inventory management, and delivery times. Become.

The spacer 6 is formed with an inner wall 4A, and the support wall 5 and the upper end of the support 2 are fixed by the fixing means 3 through the inner wall 4A. Therefore, the spacer 6 is made flexible as described above. If it forms from the material which has, the fixation of the support | pillar attachment wall surface 5 and the upper end part of the support | pillar 2 will be reliably performed without play by the elastic force of the inner wall 4A with respect to pressing force.
Although this embodiment has mainly described the differences from the above-described embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 5, the other configurations are the same as those described in the above-described embodiments of FIGS. 1 to 5 unless otherwise inconsistent. .

It is explanatory drawing which shows one Embodiment of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows other embodiment of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the state at the time of fixing a target object to a support | pillar. It is sectional drawing which shows the state after fixing a target object to a support | pillar. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the connection part of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the other example of the connection part of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reference object 10 Line-of-sight guidance part 11 Connection part 2 Support | pillar 3 Fixing means 4 Concealment wall 5 Support | pillar mounting wall surface 6 Spacer D Eye-gaze guidance mark

Claims (3)

  The connecting portion of the target whose connecting portion is suspended from the lower part of the line-of-sight guiding portion is fixed to the column by the fixing unit, and the fixing unit is concealed by a concealing wall that goes around the outer periphery of the column. A gaze guidance mark.   The connecting portion includes a cylindrical column mounting wall suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guide unit, and a cylindrical concealment that is openable and closable made of a flexible material that is concentrically disposed outside the column mounting wall. And the upper end portion of the support column is fitted into the groove between the concealing wall and the support column mounting wall surface, and the support column mounting wall surface and the upper end portion of the support column are fixed by fixing means. The gaze guidance mark according to claim 1.   The connecting portion includes a cylindrical column mounting wall surface suspended from the lower portion of the line-of-sight guiding portion, a cylindrical wall including an openable / closable concealing wall made of a flexible material and an inner wall provided inside the concealing wall. The spacer is externally fitted to the column mounting wall, and the upper end of the column is inserted into the groove between the concealing wall and the inner wall, and the column mounting wall and the upper end of the column are inserted through the inner wall. The line-of-sight guidance mark according to claim 1, wherein the portion is fixed by a fixing means.

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