KR20070013042A - Height-variable safe parapet for balcony - Google Patents

Abstract

A height-adjustable safe railing for a balcony is provided to supply a user with both aesthetic satisfaction and security, and also adjust the height automatically according to luminosity. A height-adjustable safe railing for a balcony comprises a plurality of supporting bars(120) and a crossbar(130). The supporting bars are erected and arranged parallel with one another along a leading end of the balcony. The crossbar is horizontally disposed at the leading end of the balcony, spanning upper parts of the plurality of supporting bars. The height-adjustable safe railing further comprises a driving part(140) and a control part. The driving part moves the plurality of supporting bars upward and downward. The control part controls the operation of the driving part. The supporting bar is formed as a hollow body moved upward and downward stepwise. A plate is formed at an upper end of each hollow body, parallel with the leading end of the balcony.

Description

Height-variable safe parapet for balcony}

1 is a view showing a conventional crime prevention grate;

2 is a front view showing an example of a height-variable safety railing according to the present invention;

3 is a front view illustrating an example of a state where the safety railing of FIG. 2 is lowered to the shortest height;

4A is an exploded perspective view showing a crosspiece of FIG. 2;

4B is a perspective view of the combination of FIG. 4A;

5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the support drive means according to the invention;

Figure 6 is a block diagram showing another example of the support drive means according to the present invention;

7 is a configuration diagram showing another example of the support drive means according to the invention;

8 is a flowchart sequentially showing an example in which the height-variable safety railing is operated according to the present invention; And

9 is a block diagram showing an example of a panel in the control means of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

110: balcony window 112: floor

120: support 122: first stage support

124: two-stage support 126: three-stage support

130: crossbar 132: 1-stage crossbar

134: two-stage rung 136: three-stage rung

140, 160, 170: driving means 142: motor

144: gear train 152: rotation axis

154: rotary gear 156: drive shaft

158: power transmission shaft 162: hydraulic pump

164: hydraulic pipe 166: hydraulic piston

172: wire 174: fixed pulley

176: ring 180: panel

182a, 182b, 182c: switch 184: keypad

186a, 186b, 186c: display unit

The present invention relates to a height-variable safety railing for a balcony of a multi-family house, and more particularly, by adjusting the height of the railing manually or automatically to prevent the intrusion from the outside and aesthetic means for viewing the surrounding landscape. It is about a height adjustable safety rail that can be provided together.

In general, safety railings are installed and used on balconies of apartment houses, and users are prevented from falling accidents caused by using balconies.

These guardrails form a boundary between the balcony and the exterior, where additional gratings can be installed to have a security function to prevent intrusion from the outside, if the floor height of the balcony is low.

1 is a view showing an example of a conventional safety railing, with reference to this with respect to the safety railing for the balcony equipped with a conventional security function as follows.

The conventional safety railing 20 comprises a crosspiece 24 formed at a predetermined height along the lower wall 12 of the balcony window 10 and a plurality of supports 22 supporting the crosspiece vertically. In addition, over the conventional safety railing, ie above the crosspiece 24 is provided with a folding security screen 30 configured to open and close again. The crime prevention grate 30 is formed to open and close along the upper wall surface of the crosspiece 24 and the balcony window 10, through which the user can utilize the crime prevention function by moving the crime prevention grate from side to side.

However, such a conventional security grate has the inconvenience that the user has to open the security grate manually by hand, and even when minimizing the security grate, the folded part of the security grate remains on one side of the safety railing, which is not an aesthetic problem. Will have

In addition, in order to enable the security screen to open and close, there was a problem that additional structures such as a security screen rail (not shown) should be formed on the upper wall of the crossbar and the balcony window, respectively.

An object of the present invention is to provide a variable height safety handrail that is driven automatically or manually.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a height-variable safety railing whose height is automatically adjusted by the amount of light.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a plurality of supports arranged vertically parallel along the leading edge of the balcony; And a crossbar connected over an upper portion of the plurality of supporting rods and formed in parallel to a front end of the balcony, comprising: driving means for elevating and driving the plurality of supports; And a control means for controlling the drive means; provides a height adjustable safety railing for the balcony further comprising.

In the present invention, the support is composed of a plurality of hollow body to be stepped up and down, each upper end of the hollow body is characterized in that each plate is formed to connect the hollow body in parallel to the front end of the balcony step by step .

In addition, in the present invention, when a plurality of hollows overlap and the support is maintained at the shortest height, the plates overlap to form a single crossbar, and when the plurality of hollows are extended to maintain the maximum height, the plates are stepwise. Characterized in that constitute a plurality of rungs composed of.

In addition, in the present invention, the plurality of supports include at least two drive supports that are engaged with the drive means to move up and down, wherein the drive means is characterized by using any one of a gear device, a hydraulic device and a cable device.

In addition, in the present invention, the control means includes a control unit for controlling the driving means and a panel provided for the user to manually operate the control unit.

In addition, in the present invention, the control means further comprises a light amount sensor for detecting the amount of light outside the balcony, it characterized in that the support is raised and lowered by controlling the driving means at a predetermined brightness based on the detection result of the light amount sensor.

In addition, in the present invention, the control means further comprises a fire detector sensor for detecting a fire around the balcony, characterized in that to lower the support by controlling the drive means when the fire occurs based on the detection result of the fire detector sensor.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, preferred embodiment of this invention is described with reference to an accompanying drawing.

2 and 3 is a front view showing an example of the height-variable safety railing according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 shows an example in which the safety railing of the present invention is driven up to implement the role of crime prevention grate, Figure 3 shows an example of a state in which the safety railing is maintained at the minimum height.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the safety railing according to the present invention drives a plurality of supports 120, the cross-section formed across the support 130 and these supports are adjustable in length at least three steps or more It comprises a drive means 140 for varying the height of the railing. Each support 120 is composed of three stages, for example, the first stage support 122, the second stage support 124, and the third stage support 126. Each of the supports 122, 124, and 126 is formed of a hollow body. do.

On the other hand, each of these supports is composed of a structure in which the length (height) can be adjusted by overlapping the adjacent hollow bodies such as, for example, a vehicle antenna for each other, at least two of these supports are driven means ( It is preferred that the drive support (120a) in engagement with 140. The driving support 120a is also composed of a first stage driving support 122a, a second stage driving support 124a, and a third stage driving support 126a, and these driving supports 122a, 124a, and 126a are respectively driven means ( Driven by 140), for example, has a maximum variable length (height) of P ₁ , P ₂ , P ₃ . The number of drive supports 120a may increase with the tip length of the balcony, preferably including two or three drive supports formed at equal points along the tip of the balcony.

The plurality of supports 120 are arranged at regular intervals vertically from the bottom surface 112 along the tip of the balcony window 110, the crosspiece 130 is driven by the support along the side of the balcony window 110 It can be driven up and down. To this end, guide means such as rails (not shown) may be formed on both side surfaces of the balcony window 110 so that both ends of the crossbar can slide.

In addition, the crossbar 130 according to the present invention is preferably configured to be assembled in a three-stage structure of the cross section corresponding to the support 120 of the three-stage structure. For example, each of the supporters 122, 124, and 126 may be composed of three stage plates of a first stage cross 132, a second stage cross 134, and a third stage cross 136, respectively. 132, 134, and 136 may be formed in a manner of horizontally connecting across the top of the corresponding plurality of supports 122, 124, and 126. In addition, a hole having a corresponding size is formed on the upper surfaces of the first stage 132 and the second stage 134 to allow the second stage 124 and the third stage 126 to pass, respectively. Should be allowed.

This crossbar 130, as shown in Figures 4a and 4b, is preferably formed to have a shape similar to a monolithic crosspiece in the assembled state (state that the safety railing maintains the minimum height). For example, when the safety railing is driven across the balcony window, each of the rungs 132, 134, 136 is positioned transversely by roughly dividing the balcony window into three sections, where each of the rungs 132, 134, 136 respectively. Can function as independent rungs. In addition, when the safety railing is maintained at the minimum height and maintained as a general railing, it is preferable that each of the cross bars 132, 134, and 136 overlap each other to be assembled to have a single cross bar shape as shown in FIG. 4B.

As such, the variable height safety rail according to the present invention is formed across a plurality of supports and a plurality of supports including at least two drive supports which are driven directly by the drive means and whose length (height) is adjusted and are to be separated / assembled. It is configured to include a crosspiece of the structure, through which it is possible to easily provide the role of the safety railing without adding a separate security grate by adjusting the height of the safety railing as needed.

Next, examples of the driving means that can be applied to the safety railing of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

5 is a configuration diagram showing an example (combination of the motor and the gear train) of the support drive means according to the present invention, with reference to this will be described an example of the structure for driving the support.

As shown in FIG. 5, the driving means 140 is driven by the motor 142, the gear train 144 connected to the motor, and the gear train, and the inner surface of the hollow body of each of the driving supports 122a, 124a, and 126a. It may be configured to include a rotating shaft 152, the rotating gear 154 and the drive shaft 156 on the upper rotary gear. In addition, it is possible to drive a plurality of drive support (120a) using only one motor without installing a motor for each drive support, the only rotation gear 154 is composed of a bevel gear, the power transmission shaft engaged with the bevel gear The driving force of the motor may be transmitted to the adjacent driving support through 158.

The operation of the drive means using a motor and a gear is as follows. First, the driving of the motor 142 is transmitted in the order of the gear train 144-the rotating shaft 152-the rotating gear 154-the driving shaft 156, and the male screw 156a and 3 formed on the surface of the driving shaft 156. The third stage support is raised while the female screw 156b formed on the inner surface of the end support 126a is engaged with and rotated. In addition, the driving supports 122a, 124a, and 126a are fastened to each other through protrusions, and the like, for example, as the lower protrusions of the upper support 126a are raised, the upper protrusions of the corresponding lower supporters 124a are engaged with each other and are raised together. In this manner, the third stage support 126a and the second stage support 124a may be driven in this order.

Next, Figure 6 is a configuration diagram showing another example (hydraulic pump) of the support drive means according to the present invention, it will be described an example of the structure for driving the support through this.

As shown in FIG. 6, the driving means 160 includes a hydraulic piston 166 inserted into each of the driving supports 122a, 124a, and 126a and a hydraulic pump 162 connected through the hydraulic pipe 164. It is configured to include.

The length of the hydraulic piston 166 may be stretched and contracted according to the driving of the hydraulic pump 162, and as the length of the hydraulic piston 166 is increased, the driving support 120a is raised upward, thereby increasing the height of the safety railing. As the length of the hydraulic piston 166 is reduced, the driving support 120a is lowered so that the height of the safety railing is lowered.

Next, Figure 7 is a configuration diagram showing another example (wire) of the support drive means according to the present invention, it will be described an example for driving the support of the present invention through this.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ring 176 is formed at two points of the crosspiece, respectively, and then a drive motor and a rotating reel (not shown) are connected to the wire 172 connected along the wall of the balcony window 110. By pulling or releasing the means 170, the crossbar can be driven directly up and down.

The wire 172 is connected to the cross ring 176 through a fixed pulley 174 formed on the upper portion of the balcony window 110, and the wire can be lifted or lowered by pulling or releasing the wire in the direction of the arrow of FIG. .

In the above, the driving method for adjusting the height of the safety railing of the present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7, which is merely presented as an embodiment for driving the safety railing up and down according to the present invention, and in addition to the safety railing. Note that any other kind of driving means that can drive the height of the up and down can be applied.

Next, an example in which the safety railing of the present invention having the above configuration is used by the user will be described. 8 is a flow chart sequentially showing an example of the operation of the height-variable safety railing according to the present invention, and Figure 9 is a block diagram showing an example of the panel in the control means of the present invention. 8 and 9 will be described a preferred embodiment in which the safety railing of the present invention is used.

Safety rail according to the present invention includes a control means for controlling the drive means (e.g. gear train, hydraulic pump and wire, etc.), in the present specification, such control means refer to the panel 180 shown in FIG. This will be described.

The panel 180 of the present invention includes a plurality of switches 182a, 182b, and 182c, a keypad 184, and a plurality of display units 186a, 186b, and 186c for displaying an input value. For example, the plurality of switches are used as a reference for the switch 182a for selecting the manual / automatic mode of the safety railing, the switch 182b for selecting the rising / falling operation of the safety rail for the manual mode selection, and the automatic mode for the automatic mode selection. And a switch 182c to select a time / brightness criterion. When the switch is selected, the indicator light formed next to it turns on so that the selected mode or the like can be confirmed.

In addition, when time or brightness is selected as a criterion for driving the safety railing in the automatic mode, the criterion may be input by the user through the keypad 184. For example, when a time is selected, a time for raising the safety rail (for example, 09:00 AM) is set on one display unit 186a and a time for lowering the safety rail (for example, 18:00 PM) is displayed on the other display unit ( 186b) to display. In addition, when brightness is selected, the brightness (eg, a lux value) at which the safety rail is driven may be set and displayed on another display unit 186c.

In addition, the panel 180 may include an indicator light indicating whether a fire and power are supplied.

As such, the height-variable safety handrail according to the present invention can be used by the user to select the manual / automatic mode using a control means including a panel 180, and additional sensors (for example, fire detector sensor, light amount sensor, timer) Etc.) can be set variously. 8 shows a sequence of operations taking a safety railing including a fire detector sensor (not shown) and a light quantity sensor (not shown) as an example.

The operation order of the safety railing according to the embodiment of the present invention is, for example, by first reading the fire detector sensor (210) in a state in which power is supplied to the control means and confirming whether or not a fire occurs (212) by lowering the support when a fire occurs. Enable escape to the outside (214). Next, when the operation mode is checked (220) and the manual mode is selected, the height of the safety railing can be manually adjusted by raising or lowering the supporter according to the user's manual operation.

Subsequently, when selecting the automatic mode, the light quantity sensor is read (230), and if it is determined that the brightness is sufficient, the position of the support is raised (242). The control is returned (244). If there is sufficient brightness and the support is not raised, control is returned to the beginning without lowering the support. On the other hand, if it is determined that the brightness is not enough to determine whether the position of the support is elevated (250), if the elevated state unlike before, the control returns to the first without raising the support, if not the support It can be raised to act as a crime prevention (252).

This operation sequence prevents the safety railing of the present invention from interfering with the escape to the outside by lowering the safety railing of the balcony in case of an emergency such as a fire, and lowers the height of the safety railing during the day when the brightness is sufficient. It can be secured, and at night when the brightness is insufficient, it has the advantage of performing the function of crime prevention by increasing the height of the safety railing.

The above operation procedure has been described as an example of the automatic operation based on the brightness around the balcony, in addition, it is noted that the case of the operation based on a predetermined time may proceed similarly to the flowchart of FIG.

As described above, the height-variable safety railing of the present invention normally controls the height of the railings installed on the balcony of the apartment house by using a driving means and a support extending in length by the driving means. If necessary, the height of the safety railings can be raised to serve as a security window.

On the other hand, what has been described above is illustrative of the features of the present invention, it is noted that the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. The invention is only limited by the appended claims.

Height-variable safety railing according to the present invention can adjust the height of the safety railing itself up and down, the height is automatically adjusted by the amount of light, fire, time, etc. in the automatic mode, or the height is adjusted by the user's selection in the manual mode It can thus provide the role of the usual safety railings and the opening to escape in an emergency and as a security window if necessary.

Claims (8)

A plurality of supports vertically arranged parallel along the tip of the balcony; And A crossbar connected over an upper portion of the plurality of support rods and formed in parallel to a tip of the balcony; In the balcony safety railings comprising: Driving means for elevating and driving the plurality of supports; And Control means for controlling the drive means; Height adjustable safety railings for balconies further comprising. According to claim 1, wherein the support is composed of a plurality of hollow body to be stepped up and down, each upper end of the hollow body is characterized in that the plate is connected to each other in parallel to the front end of the balcony step by step Adjustable safety railing for balcony. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plates overlap when the plurality of hollow bodies overlap to maintain the shortest height, thereby forming a single crossbar, and when the plurality of hollow bodies extend to maintain the highest height, Height adjustable safety railing for the balcony, characterized in that the plates constitute a plurality of rungs are configured step by step. According to claim 1, wherein said plurality of supports is a height adjustable safety rail for the balcony, characterized in that it comprises at least two drive support coupled to the lifting means. 5. The height adjustable safety rail for balcony according to claim 4, wherein the driving means lifts and lowers the driving support using any one of a gear device, a hydraulic device and a cable device. 2. The height adjustable safety rail for a balcony according to claim 1, wherein the control means includes a control unit for controlling the driving means and a panel provided for a user to manually operate the control unit. The method of claim 6, wherein the control means further comprises a light amount sensor for detecting the amount of light outside the balcony, and lifting the support by controlling the drive means at a predetermined brightness based on the detection result of the light amount sensor. Adjustable safety railing for balcony. The method of claim 6, wherein the control means further comprises a fire detector sensor for detecting a fire around the balcony, the support is lowered by controlling the drive means when the fire occurs based on the detection result of the sensor. Adjustable safety railing for balcony.

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