JP3209625B2 - Road reflector - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a road reflector installed at a corner of a road or a place with poor visibility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a road reflecting mirror having mirror bodies on both right and left sides of a column, for example, as shown in FIGS. The vertical arm 6 is joined to the end of the horizontal arm 5, and the lens mount 7 is rotatably and slidably attached to the vertical arm 6, and the lens mount 7 is attached to the vertical arm 6. To which a mirror 4 is attached.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional road reflector, the mirror body is attached to the vertical arm at the distal end of the horizontal arm having a length corresponding to the size of the mirror body via a lens mount. Since it is mounted, it is not possible to adjust the mounting by moving the mirror body to the left and right according to the construction site, and it is necessary to use horizontal arms with different lengths depending on the size of the mirror body, which increases the number of members and is inconvenient There was a problem. Further, in order to adjust the height positions of the left and right mirrors, the lens mount must be adjusted by sliding along the vertical arm, and there is a problem that the workability is poor.

An object of the present invention is to provide a road reflector which has solved the conventional problems.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is to form a mounting arm projecting to the left and right of a column from a pair of the same members, and to mount the mounting arm to the column upside down with respect to each other. The mirrors are slidably mounted so that their horizontal axes coincide with each other and the mirror body moves left and right along the mounting arm.

That is, in the road reflector according to the present invention, the mirror bodies are mounted on the mounting arms protruding on the left and right sides of the column via the lens body mounting tools, respectively, and the mounting arm is rotatable and slidable on the column. The bent base end of the horizontal arm portion is joined to the outer surface of the tightening cylinder portion attached to the arm, and the upper or lower edge of the tightening cylinder portion is substantially positioned on the horizontal axis of the arm portion. A pair of cylinders is mounted upside down so that the clamping cylinders are vertically adjacent to each other so that the horizontal axis of the arm that extends left and right is aligned, and the lens mount can rotate and slide on the arm. Has a mounting portion for a mirror body on the outer surface of the fastening cylinder portion mounted on the main body.

[0007]

[Function] Since the horizontal axes of the arm portions coincide with each other by attaching the left and right mounting arms to the support, when the mirrors are mounted on the arm via the lens mount, the height positions of the left and right mirrors are one. It is not necessary to adjust the height. Further, by sliding the lens mount along the arm portion, the right and left position of the lens can be adjusted.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a column, 2 denotes a mounting arm that protrudes on both left and right sides of the column 1, 3 denotes a mirror mounting device mounted to the mounting arm 2, and 4 denotes a mirror mounted to the lens mounting device 3. is there.

The mounting arm 2 is usually made of metal, and is formed by protruding a horizontal arm portion 22 from the outer surface of the fastening tube portion 21. The tightening cylinder 21 has an annular cross section, is rotatably and slidably fitted into the column 1, is fastened by bolts and nuts, and is fixed to the column 1. The horizontal arm portion 22 is formed as a pipe having a circular cross section, and the bent base end is joined to the tightening cylinder portion 21 as shown in FIG.
The upper edge or the lower edge of the tightening cylinder 21 is located substantially on the horizontal axis of the arm 22.

The mounting arm 2 extending from the column 1 to the left and right sides is formed by a pair of the same members being turned upside down.
The horizontal axes of the left and right arm portions 22 are aligned by attaching the support members 1 to the support column 1 vertically adjacent to each other. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the contact portions of the fastening cylinder portions 21 located at the top and bottom and the horizontal axes of the left and right arm portions 22 are located on a straight line.

The lens mount 3 is usually made of metal, and has a mounting portion 32 projecting from the outer surface of the tightening cylinder 31. The fastening cylinder 31 has an annular cross section and is rotatably and slidably fitted into the arm 22 of the mounting arm 2.
It is secured to the arm 22 by being tightened with bolts and nuts. The mounting portion 32 may be the same as that of the related art. For example, the mounting portion 32 may be a vertical plate piece that is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the tightening cylinder portion 31, and may be a plate-shaped mounting portion 41 protruding from the rear surface of the mirror body 4. And bolts and nuts,
The mirror body 4 is mounted so as to be rotatable up and down.

The mirror body 4 is made of a stainless steel metal or a synthetic resin such as polycarbonate, and is a conventional general-purpose one in which the mounting portion 41 is protruded substantially at the center of a back plate provided on the back surface. The shape of the mirror body 4 may be an appropriate shape such as a circular shape or a square shape.

[0013] The mirror body 4 is a tightening cylinder 2 of the mounting arm 2.
1 is slid up and down along the column 1, the mounting height is adjusted, and the position in the front-rear direction is adjusted by rotating the tightening cylinder 21 with respect to the column 1. Further, the position in the left-right direction is adjusted by sliding the tightening cylinder 31 of the lens mount 3 to the left and right along the arm 22 of the mounting arm 2, and the tightening cylinder 31 is attached to the arm 22. By being rotated with respect to this, the vertical direction is adjusted. Furthermore, the vertical direction is finely adjusted by rotating the mirror body 4 up and down with respect to the mirror body mounting fixture 3 as in the related art.

[0014]

As described above in detail, in the road reflector according to the present invention, the mounting arm is mounted on the support column with the mounting cylinders being turned upside down and the fastening cylinders are vertically adjacent to each other. Since the horizontal axes of the mirrors are aligned, when the mirror is attached to the arm via the lens mount, the height positions of the left and right mirrors match, and there is no need to adjust the height position as in the past. Performance can be improved.

Further, since the mirror body is mounted on the horizontal arm portion of the mounting arm via the lens body mounting member, the mirror body mounting member is slid left and right along the arm portion so as to match the construction site. The mirror can be moved to the left and right, making it easy to respond to the site. Moreover, since the mirror body can be moved to the left and right, it is possible to cope with a change in the size of the mirror body only by preparing a mounting arm of a predetermined length, and it is necessary to increase members according to the size of the mirror body as in the conventional case. Absent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway rear view showing an embodiment of a road reflector according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the road reflector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the road reflector of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway rear view showing an example of a conventional road reflector.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the road reflector of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view of the road reflector of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Prop 2 Mounting arm 21 Tightening tube part 22 Arm part 3 Mirror mounting fixture 31 Tightening tube part 32 Mounting part 4 Mirror 41 Mounting part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mirror body is mounted on mounting arms protruding on both right and left sides of a support via respective lens mounts, and the mounting arm is rotatably and slidably mounted on the support. The bent base end of the horizontal arm is joined to the outer surface of the arm, and the upper or lower edge of the tightening cylinder is substantially positioned on the horizontal axis of the arm. By attaching the attached cylinders to the column vertically adjacent to each other, the horizontal axes of the arms protruding left and right are aligned, and the lens mount is rotatably and slidably attached to the arm. A road reflector having a mirror mounting portion on the outer surface of the vehicle.