JP3136032U - Curbstone - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To ensure the visibility of a driver when driving a vehicle and to transmit predetermined information to a pedestrian.
An outer surface other than at least the retroreflectors 10 and 10 is configured in a curb fence 1A that arranges the retroreflector 10 at a predetermined position on the surface to ensure visibility so that the driver's gaze guidance or boundary position confirmation is promoted. The portion to be formed is an outer shell portion 2A which is a molded part formed by molding a predetermined material, and a display portion 3 for displaying predetermined information with characters or marks is provided at a predetermined position on the surface of the outer shell portion 2A.
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Description

  The present invention is applied to roads and parking lot curbs, etc. to guide drivers and pedestrians by using reflected light from reflectors, light emitted from light emitting diodes, daylighting materials, etc. The present invention relates to a curb fence to be disposed.

  Curbstone urns that have reflectors such as glass beads and prisms, and that guide the driver's line of sight with high visibility in dark conditions and that confirm the boundary position are widely used. By arranging this curbstone on the road surface and curbstone, it is possible to facilitate confirmation of road alignment and road width and to avoid troubles such as curb climbing.

  In addition, as a technology that ensures the visibility of the curb wall without depending on a light source such as a headlight, and does not require complicated parts such as a power source and a lighting tool, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2004-324242 and 2005-273266 As described in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hokukai, a technique for securing visibility by attaching a resin cover containing a phosphorescent pigment to a curb wall and causing it to emit light for a predetermined period until it completely darkens is also known.

  By the way, most of these conventional curb walls mainly assume the purpose of driver's gaze guidance and boundary position confirmation during driving, but these are also used for curbs and car stops near parking lots and pedestrian walkways, etc. However, it usually has a function of only indicating a parking lot, a road partition state, and the like.

  On the other hand, there is no means to display information such as the target parking space position and the name of the target facility with excellent visibility in the vicinity of a parking lot or a pedestrian walkway. Conventionally, a sign written on the ground or a signboard installed in a store Etc. were used as display means.

Therefore, drivers and pedestrians need to pay great attention to confirm the target parking space location and target facilities, etc., and the facilities cannot provide guidance or advertising effects, especially at night. This is especially noticeable when lighting is not sufficient.
JP 2004-324242 A JP 2005-273266 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and not only for the purpose of ensuring the visibility of the driver who drives the vehicle on the curbstone installed on the road etc., but also for the parking space position and the target facility. Thus, it is an object to provide a curb wall that can be used for guidance and information about road equipment and facilities.

  The curb stone according to the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is at least the curb stone for facilitating gaze guidance or boundary position confirmation by arranging a retroreflector at a predetermined position on the surface to ensure visibility. The part constituting the outer surface other than the retroreflector is formed of a molded part formed by molding a predetermined material, and a display unit for displaying predetermined information with characters or marks is provided on the surface position of the molded part. It is characterized by.

  In this way, by providing a display unit that displays predetermined information at a predetermined position on the surface of the curbstone, in addition to the function of ensuring the visibility of the driver, it is necessary in relation to roads such as facility names, for example. The function to transmit the information to the pedestrian can also be exhibited.

  Further, if the display unit is provided by providing irregularities on the surface when the molded part is injection-molded, the display unit can be provided very simply and firmly, or predetermined information can be displayed on a plane. When the display is provided by in-mold molding by sandwiching the displayed film in the mold for the molded part, desired information can be displayed accurately.

  Alternatively, if the display part is provided by embedding and fixing the information displayed on the surface of the plate material in the concave part of the surface of the molded part, the display and the main body can be manufactured separately, and a wide variety of information can be obtained. It can be provided at a relatively low cost, or if the information is provided directly on the surface of the molded part by printing or sticking to a sheet, the cost is further reduced.

  Furthermore, in the curb stone provided with the display part by the above-mentioned in-mold molding, board embedding, or printing or sheet pasting, the molded part is mixed with the phosphorescent pigment or fluorescent pigment or coated on the surface, and the characters on the display part Alternatively, if only the mark blocks the light so that its outline is displayed, the information on the display section becomes more conspicuous in a dark situation.

  According to the present invention provided with a display unit for displaying predetermined information at a predetermined position on the surface, in addition to ensuring the visibility of the driver during driving, it is possible to transmit predetermined information to pedestrians. is there.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 (A) shows a plan view of a curb fence 1A according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (B) is a front view thereof. The curb fence 1A is disposed on the curb or road surface of a road or parking lot, and has a function of guiding the line of sight and confirming the boundary position by improving the driver's visibility with the reflected light from a reflector such as a retroreflector. Have.

  The curbstone 1A according to the present embodiment has a pedestal shape in which a square pyramid having a square shape in plan view is cut out by about two-thirds of an upper horizontal plane with a predetermined height. The plate-like retroreflectors 10 and 10 having glass beads or prisms built in the surface are disposed so that light from a headlight or the like can be efficiently reflected to ensure good visibility to a driver or the like. It has become.

  The exposed portion of the outer surface other than the retroreflectors 10 and 10 is composed of an outer shell portion 2A made of an appropriately hard synthetic resin molded part having a predetermined thickness, and this outer shell portion 2A is made of a synthetic resin material with a fluorescent pigment or The phosphorescent pigment is mixed, and, for example, it emits light even if it is not irradiated with a headlight lamp or the like, thereby improving visibility. Thus, in this embodiment. Since the surface portion is a separate part, it is possible to reduce the portion using a relatively expensive fluorescent pigment or phosphorescent pigment, which is advantageous in terms of cost. This configuration is common to conventional curbstones and is a well-known technique.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the curb wall 1A according to the present embodiment is provided with a display unit 3 for displaying predetermined information at a substantially central portion of a flat portion on the upper surface of the outer shell 2A. It has become a characteristic part. In particular, as information displayed on the display unit 3 in the present embodiment, there are names of parking lot contractors and users, for example, when placed at parking stops in parking spaces, and pedestrians in parking lots and roads. For example, a character for promotion or guidance (store name, etc.) in the case of providing on the road surface or curb near the walking route is assumed. In this embodiment, a plurality of Roman letters are shown. However, the display unit may display characters such as names, store names, place names, etc., trademarks, characters, designs, etc. It is not particularly limited, and it may be planar or three-dimensional.

  In this way, by providing the display unit 3 at an easily visible place on the surface of the curbstone 1A, in addition to the driver's visibility ensuring function, the function of displaying various information that the installer wants to transmit to the pedestrian is exhibited. It will be a thing.

  2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D exemplify means for displaying the display unit 3 on the outer shell 2A in the curb wall 1A of the present embodiment. It is shown in the end view cut along the XX line of (A).

  In the case shown in FIG. 2 (A), when manufacturing the outer shell portion 2A, an uneven portion for displaying predetermined information in advance is provided in a reverse state in the mold, and the outer shell portion 2A is formed by injection molding. The case where the three-dimensional display part 3A is provided by providing the unevenness | corrugation 31 which displays a character etc. on the surface is shown. By doing so, the outer shell 2A is molded and manufactured, and at the same time, the display 3A is displayed as a single unit. Become.

  In the case of injection molding with a synthetic resin, the one shown in FIG. 2 (B) is a film 32 on which predetermined information is displayed in advance in a mold in the case of injection molding with a synthetic resin. The case of what is called in-mold molding which provided the film 32 integrally is shown. By doing in this way, a delicate color and a delicate shape can be clearly displayed on the surface of the outer shell 2A.

  In FIG. 2C, the display plate 33 displaying predetermined information on the surface of the plate material is embedded and fixed in the recess 21 provided on the surface of the outer shell portion 2 so as to have substantially the same shape as this. Thus, the case where the display unit 3C is provided is shown. In this way, the display unit 3C can be manufactured separately from the main body, and the main body side including the outer shell 2A can be used as a common part, so that a wide variety of information can be provided at a relatively low cost. It becomes.

  FIG. 2D shows a case where the display portion 3D is provided by applying a coating 34 formed by directly printing predetermined information on the surface of the outer shell portion 2A. In this case, as a printing method, it is assumed that information is printed on a predetermined film or sheet, which is provided on the surface of the outer shell 2A by adhesion or thermal transfer. Also in this case, similarly to FIG. 2C, the main body side including the outer shell portion 2A can be realized as a common component at a low cost. The display unit can be provided in the same manner as described above by means such as sticking a sticker for attaching a predetermined film or sheet having predetermined information printed on the surface.

  Referring to FIG. 3A, characters or marks by the film 32 and the display board 33 of the display portions 3B and 3C in FIGS. 2B and 2C described above are applied with a paint having poor light transmittance. When the outer part 2B is made of a synthetic resin mixed with a fluorescent pigment or phosphorescent pigment, with the part blocking light transmission and the other part made of a material with excellent light transmission (substantially transparent) Is shown.

  The curb wall 1B provided with the display unit 3B or 3C as described above emits light in a dark environment and exhibits high visibility as shown in FIG. Since the outline is clearly displayed without black, the pedestrian or the like is more easily attracted. In addition, when displaying and sticking predetermined information on a sheet | seat, it can implement similarly to this.

  In the present embodiment, the display unit 3 is configured to block light transmission, but conversely, portions such as character information may be formed of a material having excellent light transmission properties (not shown).

  4 and 5 show curb walls 1C and 1D, which are application examples when the retroreflector 11 is used as a single reflection type. These are assumed to reflect only in the front direction as in the case of being provided on the upper surface of the car stop 50 of the parking lot as shown in FIG. 6, for example, and the two flat portions 22 or 23 on the upper surface side of the outer shell portion 2C. The case where the display part 3 is provided in any of these is shown. In this case as well, the display method of the display unit similar to that of FIG. 2 described above is assumed and the same operation and effect can be expected, but it is characterized in that it can be implemented at a lower cost.

  As described above, the curb stone can be transmitted to the pedestrian in addition to ensuring the visibility of the driver when the vehicle is driven by the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, the curb fence using the reflector and the daylight material has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to these curb fences, and for example, a reflector using only the reflector or the daylight material or an electric light emitting device is used. It can be implemented for various curbstones such as those provided.

(A) is a top view which shows embodiment of this invention, (B) is a front view of the curb fence of (A). (A), (B), (C), (D) is an end elevation in alignment with the XX line for demonstrating the arrangement | positioning method of the display part of the curbstone of FIG. 1 (A). (A) is an enlarged partial view showing a display unit in the application example of the curb wall of FIG. 1 (A), (B) is a plan view showing a state at the time of its action. (A) is a top view which shows the other application example of the curb wall of FIG. 1 (A), (B) is a front view of the curb wall of (A). The top view which shows the other application example of the curb fence of FIG. 1 (A). The perspective view which shows the use condition of the curbstone of FIG. 4 (A).

Explanation of symbols

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D Curbstone, 2A, 2B, 2C Outer shell, 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D Display unit, 10, 11 Retroreflector, 21 Concave part, 31 Concavity and convexity, 32 Film, 33 Display board , 34 painting, 50 car stop

Claims (7)

  In a curbstone that arranges a retroreflector at a predetermined position on the surface to ensure visibility and promotes gaze guidance or boundary position confirmation, at least a part constituting the outer surface other than the retroreflector is molded with a predetermined material. A curbstone characterized by comprising a display part for displaying predetermined information in characters or marks on the surface position of the molded part.   The curb wall according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided by providing unevenness on a surface when the molded part is injection-molded.   The curbstone according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided by in-mold molding by sandwiching a film in which predetermined information is planarly displayed in a mold for the molded part.   2. The curbstone according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided by embedding and fixing a display in which the information is displayed on a surface of a plate material in a recess provided on the surface of the molded part.   The curb wall according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided by attaching a sheet on which the information is directly printed or printed on the surface of the molded part.   6. The curbstone according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein a phosphorescent pigment or a fluorescent pigment is mixed or applied on the surface of the material forming the molded part to emit light in a predetermined state, whereby the characters of the display unit or A curb wall characterized in that the outline is displayed only by the mark blocking the light. 6. The curbstone according to claim 3, 4 or 5, wherein a character or a mark portion of the display unit is mixed with a phosphorescent pigment or a fluorescent pigment or is coated on a surface to emit light in a predetermined state. The curbstone is characterized by the fact that only the letters or marks emit light and its outline is displayed.

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