JP2011246929A - Delineator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delineator having excellent light reflection performance, capable of preventing damage including detachment or breakage of a reflective member through efficient elastic deformation when contacted with a traffic vehicle.SOLUTION: A delineator comprises a delineator main body and a reflective member attached to the delineator main body. The delineator main body comprises an installation surface attachment part to be installed in contact with an installation surface, a reflective member attachment part to be attached with the reflective member to constitute a display part, and a connecting part that connects the installation surface attachment part with the reflective member attachment part. The connecting part is made from a component that can be easily elastically deformed in comparison with the reflective member attachment part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaze guidance mark, and more particularly, to a gaze guidance sign that is attached to a curbstone, a protective fence, or other road incidental equipment installed in the vicinity of a road and contributes to road users' traffic safety. It is.

  Conventionally, it is installed on curbs, roads, protective fences and other road-related facilities, and is equipped with light-reflective members to guide the line of sight to road users such as vehicle drivers. A gaze guidance mark for safety is widely used.

  A typical example of such a visual guidance indicator includes a guide specimen and a reflective member (so-called reflector, reflective sheet, etc.) attached to the guide specimen, and the reflective member includes glass beads and prisms. Some use a retroreflective member using a reflective sheet.

  Such a gaze guidance mark is highly likely to be damaged by deformation or drop-out due to contact with a passing vehicle or the like. Therefore, in order to prevent this, the guide specimen is composed of a member that can be elastically deformed, so that when the passing vehicle or the like comes into contact, the guide specimen is elastically deformed and is not damaged. Various ideas have been made (see Patent Documents 1 and 2 below).

JP 2002-121714 A JP 2002-206212 A

  These conventional gaze guidance marks are very effective for preventing damage caused by contact with a passing vehicle or the like. However, in such a conventional line-of-sight guide, it is necessary to use a flexible reflection sheet as the reflection member attached to the guide specimen. This is because the conventional gaze guidance mark is elastically deformed as a whole when the passing vehicle or the like comes into contact therewith, and the reflecting member needs to be deformed along with this elastic deformation. If a non-flexible reflecting member is used, if the guiding specimen is elastically deformed by contact with a passing vehicle or the like, the reflecting member is very likely to peel off from the guiding specimen or be damaged. .

  On the other hand, in general, a flexible reflective sheet needs to be thinly formed, and there are many inferior light reflection performances as compared with a reflector that does not have such a restriction and does not have flexibility. Therefore, in the conventional gaze guidance mark, since a reflective sheet is used, light reflection performance, in other words, visibility for road users, must be sacrificed to some extent.

  The present invention has been made in order to overcome the above-described problems. When a passing vehicle or the like comes into contact with the vehicle, it can be elastically deformed efficiently to prevent damage and prevent the reflective member from being peeled off or broken. And it aims at providing the gaze guidance mark which has the outstanding light reflection performance.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a line-of-sight guide according to the present invention includes a guide specimen body and a reflecting member attached to the guide specimen body, and the guide specimen body is attached in contact with the installation surface. A mounted surface mounting portion, a reflective member mounting portion to which a reflective member is mounted to form a display unit, and a connecting portion that connects the mounted surface mounting portion and the reflective member mounting portion, and the connection The portion is formed of an elastically deformable member.

  According to the gaze guidance mark according to the present invention, since the elastically deformable connecting portion is provided between the installation surface mounting portion and the reflection member mounting portion, the connection is made even when the passing vehicle contacts the gaze guidance mark. The portion is effectively elastically deformed, and the line-of-sight guide is not damaged. Further, since the connecting portion is elastically deformed prior to the reflecting member attaching portion, there is no possibility that the reflecting member attached to the reflecting member attaching portion is peeled off or damaged.

  Further, in the line-of-sight guide according to the present invention, the installation surface attachment portion, the connection portion, and the reflection member attachment portion are each formed by a plate-like member, and the connection portion and the reflection member attachment portion are the installation surface attachment portion. It may be provided so as to extend perpendicularly to.

  If it does in this way, since a connection part can be elastically deformed in the front-and-back surface direction, the effect of damage prevention can be anticipated with respect to the contact of the passing vehicle etc. from the said front-and-back surface both directions.

  Furthermore, in the line-of-sight guidance mark according to the present invention, protrusions can be formed on the front and back surfaces of the outer periphery of the reflection member mounting portion.

  If it does in this way, since it becomes possible for the said protrusion to protect a reflective member from contact of a passing vehicle directly, and since the intensity | strength of a reflective member attaching part increases, when a passing vehicle etc. contact, Since the connecting portion is elastically deformed more preferentially than the reflecting member mounting portion, it is possible to more effectively prevent the visual guidance mark from being damaged.

  Moreover, in the line-of-sight guidance mark according to the present invention, the connection portion may be formed with a through-hole penetrating the front and back surfaces.

  In this way, the connecting portion can be easily elastically deformed with a simple configuration. Moreover, since the wind load with respect to a connection part is reduced, useless elastic deformation of the connection part other than the time of contact of a passing vehicle etc. can be prevented. Furthermore, the amount of raw materials used for the line-of-sight guide can be reduced, which contributes to resource saving.

  Moreover, when comprised in this way, when attaching the gaze guidance mark which concerns on this invention to the surrounding side surface of support | pillars, such as a guard fence installed in the vicinity of a road, for example, a resin-made or metal band or metal fitting is used for the through hole Etc., and the line-of-sight guide mark can be firmly fastened to the column by the band or the metal fitting.

  As described above, according to the gaze guidance mark according to the present invention, since the elastically deformable connection portion is provided between the installation surface mounting portion and the reflection member mounting portion, the passing vehicle contacts the gaze guidance mark. Even in this case, the connecting portion is effectively elastically deformed, and the line-of-sight guide is not damaged. Further, since the connecting portion is elastically deformed prior to the reflecting member attaching portion, there is no possibility that the reflecting member attached to the reflecting member attaching portion is peeled off or damaged.

It is a front view which shows one Embodiment of the gaze guidance mark which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the induction | guidance | derivation sample body in embodiment shown in FIG. It is a top view of the gaze guidance mark shown in FIG. It is a side view of the gaze guidance mark shown in FIG. It is a sectional side view in the AA line shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view taken along the line BB shown in FIG. 3. (A) which shows other embodiment of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view, (d) is CC line of (c) figure FIG. (A) which shows another embodiment of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. (A) which shows another embodiment of the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a gaze guidance mark according to the present invention. A gaze guidance mark 1 is composed of a guide specimen 2 and a reflecting member 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the guiding specimen body 2 includes an installation surface attachment portion 21, a reflection member attachment portion 22, and a connection portion 23. The installation surface mounting portion 21 is formed of a plate-like member having an octagonal shape in plan view, and is attached so that the bottom surface thereof is in contact with the installation surface of the line-of-sight guide 1. A plurality of anchor holes 211 are formed in the installation surface mounting portion 21, so that not only an adhesive type attachment using a double-sided tape or an adhesive but also an anchor type attachment is possible. ing. Therefore, it is possible to arbitrarily select a method of attaching the line-of-sight guide 1 at the construction site. Of course, the anchor hole 211 is not necessarily formed in advance, and may be formed at a construction site as necessary.

  The reflection member attachment portion 22 is composed of a plate-like member 221 that rises vertically from the installation surface attachment portion 21 via the connection portion 23, and protrusions 222 extending in the substantially horizontal direction are formed on the outer peripheral edges of the front and back surfaces. ing. Thereby, as shown in FIG.5 and FIG.6, the arbitrary side cross sections of the reflection member attaching part 22 are made into substantially "e" character shape.

  Further, the reflecting member 3 is attached to the concave portion 223 formed by the plate-like member 221 and the protrusions 222. The reflecting member 3 in this embodiment uses a retroreflective hard reflector 3, but instead of this, a soft reflector, a reflecting sheet, or the like may be applied as appropriate.

  The connection portion 23 connects the installation surface attachment portion 21 and the reflection member attachment portion 22, and is a plate-like member that rises perpendicularly from the installation surface attachment portion 21. It is formed integrally with the part 22. As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, and the like, the connection portion 23 is formed with a plurality of through-holes 231 penetrating the front and back surfaces thereof. Compared to the mounting portion 22, the elastic deformation in the front and back direction (X and Y directions in FIG. 4) is facilitated.

  In this respect, in this embodiment, by forming the through-hole 231 as described above, the connecting portion 23 is more easily elastically deformed than the reflecting member attaching portion 22, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. Absent. For example, instead of this, the connecting portion 23 may be made thinner than the reflecting member mounting portion 22, or the reflecting member mounting portion 22 and the connecting portion 23 may be formed of different materials, and the connecting portion. 23 may be configured with a more flexible member, or a combination of a plurality of the above configurations may be employed.

  Since the reflecting member mounting portion 22 is provided with the protrusions 222 as described above, the reflecting member mounting portion 22 is less likely to be elastically deformed in the X and Y directions. Is more easily elastically deformed than the reflecting member mounting portion 22.

  In addition, since the through-hole 231 is formed, the wind load applied to the connection portion 23 is reduced, so that the connection portion 23 is prevented from being elastically deformed.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the installation surface attachment portion 21, the reflection member attachment portion 22, and the connection portion 23 are integrally formed of polyurethane resin, but are not limited thereto. For example, the installation surface attaching portion 21, the reflecting member attaching portion 22, and the connecting portion 23 may be formed as separate bodies and then integrally connected.

  Further, in this embodiment, the guide specimen 2 is formed of urethane resin, but is not limited to this, and other flexible synthetic resin materials such as polyvinyl chloride may be used, such as CR and EPDM. You may make it form with a rubber material. Furthermore, as described above, the installation surface attachment portion 21, the reflection member attachment portion 22, and the connection portion 23 may be formed of different materials.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the installation surface mounting portion 21 is also formed of urethane resin and has flexibility. Therefore, even when the installation surface of the line-of-sight guide 1 is a curved surface or the like, the bottom surface of the installation surface mounting portion 21 is deformed along the curved surface shape, so that it can be easily attached to the installation surface of various shapes. Is possible. That is, it can be easily attached to a side surface (circumferential surface) of a cylindrical column such as a protective fence using a double-sided tape or an adhesive as well as a flat surface such as a road or a curb. Moreover, since it can be applied to the installation surface of various shapes, it is not necessary to prepare the guide specimens 2 of various shapes and sizes in advance according to the shape of the installation surface of the gaze guidance mark 1, Management becomes easy.

  4 to 6, the upper end portion of the connection portion (the lower end portion of the reflection member attachment portion) is formed with a protrusion 222 that protrudes in a substantially horizontal direction on both the front and back surfaces. . Thereby, as shown in the side cross section shown in FIG. 6, the connecting portion 23 and the protrusion 222 are substantially T-shaped. By forming the protrusion 222, when a passing vehicle or the like comes into contact with the line-of-sight guide mark 1 and the connecting portion is greatly elastically deformed in the X direction or the Y direction, the lower end portion 222a of the protrusion 222 is It is made to contact | connect the upper surface of the to-be-installed surface attaching part 21, and, thereby, the load by contact with a passing vehicle etc. is disperse | distributed. Further, in this embodiment, the protrusion 222 is also formed of a flexible member (urethane resin) like the connection portion 23, and the load caused by the contact of the passing vehicle is more preferably dispersed. The guide mark 1 is protected more efficiently and can be prevented from being damaged.

  FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the line-of-sight guidance mark 1 according to the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that a plurality of rib ribs 212 are formed on the upper surface of the installation surface mounting portion 21. It is a point that has been.

  When the connecting portion 23 is greatly elastically deformed by forming the plurality of protruding ribs 212, the lower end portion 222a of the protruding portion 22 of the reflecting member mounting portion 22 comes into contact with the protruding rib rib 212. Since the installation surface mounting portion 21 and the reflecting member mounting portion 22 come in contact with each other more elastically, the line-of-sight guide 1 is more suitably protected and the risk of damage is reduced, and the reflecting member mounting portion. The restoring force of 22 is improved. Further, when the connecting portion 23 is greatly elastically deformed, the reflector 222 is protected by the protrusion 222 coming into contact with the protrusion rib 212.

  FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the line-of-sight guidance mark 1 according to the present invention. The difference from the above-described example is that the reflecting member 3 is in a state where the reflecting surface is inclined upward. It is a point that can be attached.

  By comprising in this way, it becomes suitable, for example when attaching the gaze guidance mark 1 to support | pillars, such as a guard fence installed in the middle point of a curve, a sign, etc.

  FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment of the line-of-sight guide 1 according to the present invention. The difference from the above-described embodiment is that the reflecting member 3 has a reflecting surface horizontally and horizontally (this In the drawing, it is attached in a state inclined to the right).

  By comprising in this way, it becomes suitable when attaching the gaze guidance mark 1 on horizontal surfaces, such as on the road in the middle of a curve, or a curb, for example.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment was illustrated and demonstrated about the gaze guidance mark concerning this invention, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention, it is various. The form and the like can be changed.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the reflection members are provided on both the front and back surfaces of the reflection member mounting portion, but may be provided on only one side depending on the installation location of the line-of-sight guidance mark.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Line-of-sight guide 2 Guide specimen 21 Installation surface attachment part 211 Anchor hole 212 Rib rib 22 Reflective member attachment part 221 Plate member 222 Rib 223 Recess 23 Connection part 231 Through-hole 3 Reflective member

Claims (4)

A guide specimen and a reflective member attached to the guide specimen;
The guided specimen body is a mounting surface mounting portion that is mounted in contact with the mounting surface;
A reflection member mounting portion on which the reflection member is mounted to form a display unit;
A connecting portion for connecting the mounting surface mounting portion and the reflective member mounting portion;
The line-of-sight guidance mark, wherein the connection portion is formed of an elastically deformable member. The installation surface attachment part, the connection part and the reflection member attachment part are each formed by a plate-shaped member,
The line-of-sight guidance mark according to claim 1, wherein the connection portion and the reflection member attachment portion are provided so as to extend perpendicularly to the installation surface attachment portion.   3. The line-of-sight guidance mark according to claim 2, wherein a protrusion is formed on each of the front and rear surfaces of the outer periphery of the reflection member mounting portion. The line-of-sight guidance mark according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a through-hole penetrating the front and back surfaces of the connecting portion is formed.

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