KR20160099350A

KR20160099350A - Safety cone

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Publication number: KR20160099350A
Application number: KR1020150021713A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 한세민; 박현규; 노소영; 엄별이
Original assignee: 군산대학교산학협력단
Priority date: 2015-02-12
Filing date: 2015-02-12
Publication date: 2016-08-22

Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety cone. The safety cone includes a pillar, a guide unit, and a support unit. The guide unit slides between an upper end and a lower end of the pillar by being inserted into the outer circumference of the pillar. One end and the other end of the support unit are individually connected to an upper end of the guide unit and the lower end of the pillar, and a folding unit is formed between the one end and the other end of the support unit. The support unit has: a lower surface support unit installed on the bottom when the guide unit slides from the upper end of the pillar to the lower end; and a side support unit supporting the pillar and the lower surface support unit. According to the present invention, the safety cone is conveniently and rapidly installed and dismantled by reducing inconvenience when the safety cone is installed and collected. The safety cone reduces time in which workers installing the safety cone are exposed to an accident, thereby reducing the accident. Also, the safety cone is strongly supported without falling down due to wind even if there is no fixing tool such as a sandbag after the safety cone is installed on the bottom surface. Therefore, the safety cone can prevent the accident by consistently providing a safety warning mark for a vehicle or a pedestrian passing through a construction site in a situation in which a weather condition is bad such as inclement weather.

Description

Safety cone

The present invention relates to a safety cone, and more particularly, to a safety cone that can be easily and quickly installed and disassembled by reducing the installation and recovery time, and can be firmly supported on a floor surface.

A safety cone is a cone-shaped body made of a flat bottom plate and a cone-shaped body integrally formed with the bottom plate so as not to collapse on the ground, which is used for inducing the progress of a vehicle or a person during construction of a road or other facilities, And a safety marker or the like is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the conical body to facilitate identification.

The safety cone is installed so as to form a straight line or a curved line at a certain distance from the construction site on the road or the roadside when installing the safety cone. When the operator puts the safety cone on the road, It is important for the safety of the operator to install the safety cone one by one while running slowly, so that it is easy and quick to install.

The conical safety cone tends to fall easily by the wind, so additional work is required to secure the conical safety cone so that it does not fall over by using sand bags or heavy objects, and it is necessary to remove these objects when collecting safety cones. There is a problem that labor and time are required.

The cone-shaped safety cone must be stacked and stored. The weight of the stacked safety cone increases due to its own weight toward the bottom. The safety cone located at the lower end tends to be tightly caught by the load of the other safety cone located at the upper level, and it is not easy to remove the safety cone at the bottom. To prevent the safety cone from being caught, only four or five safety cones can be stacked and transported, which may reduce transportation efficiency.

To solve the problem of stacking safety cones, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2009-0067826 discloses a folding safety cone. The folding type safety cone disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2009-0067826 has a rotatable pin and can be folded so that the safety cone can be stacked on the vehicle, but the bottom surface of the folding type safety cone is formed flat It can be easily conducted by the wind like a cone type safety cone, and the direction in which the wind can pass is formed only in one direction, and if the direction of the wind is changed, there is a fear that it can be easily conducted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a safety cone which is easy to install and recover.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a safety cone which can be firmly supported without being torn down in the wind without a fixing tool such as a sand bag after installation on a floor surface.

In order to achieve the above object, a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a column, a guide portion, and a support portion. The guide portion is inserted into the outer peripheral surface of the column and slides between the upper end and the lower end of the column. The supporting portion has one end and the other end coupled to the upper end of the guide portion and the lower end of the column, respectively, and a folding portion is formed between one end and the other end. Here, when the guide portion slides from the upper end to the lower end of the column, the support portion forms a lower support portion and a lower surface support portion which are deployed on the bottom surface, and a side support portion that supports the column.

The support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention can be hinged to the lower support portion and the side support portion.

The lower surface support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a weight center plate. The weight center plate may be attached to at least one surface of the lower surface of the lower surface supporting portion.

The weight center plate of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed of a rubber plate or metal.

The guide portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed with a fitting groove. The fitting groove may be formed in the upper inner circumferential surface so that one end of the support portion is inserted and fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the guide portion.

The pole of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a protrusion. The protrusions may be formed on the lower outer circumferential surface of the column to limit the movement of the guide portion between the upper and lower ends of the column.

The side supporting portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed with a first folding groove. The first folding grooves may be formed such that the ends of the side supporting portions are fixed to the upper ends of the upper guide portions and the side supporting portions are folded or unfolded in accordance with the movement of the guide portions.

The lower support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed with a second folding groove. The end of the lower supporting part is fixed to the lower end of the pillar and the second supporting groove can be formed adjacent to the end of the supporting part so that the lower supporting part can be folded or unfolded according to the movement of the guide part.

The column of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed with a storage portion. The housing part is recessed inward at a plurality of upper ends of the column, and a safety indicator plate may be provided.

The storage unit of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may include an LED lamp.

The column according to an embodiment of the present invention may be formed as a triangular or quadrangular column.

The column or guide portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed of high density polyethylene (HDPE).

The support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention may be formed of soft rubber.

The safety cone according to the present invention can be installed and disassembled easily and quickly by reducing the inconvenience during installation and collection, and it is possible to prevent safety accidents by reducing the time for workers installing the safety cone to safety accidents.

In addition, since the safety cone according to the present invention is firmly supported without being trapped in the wind without a fixing tool such as a sand bag after being installed on the floor surface, it is possible to provide a safety warning to a vehicle or a pedestrian passing through the construction site even in a bad weather condition, It is possible to prevent safety accidents by continuously providing the indication.

1 is a perspective view of a safety cone prior to deployment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of a safety cone after deployment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of II-II in Fig.
4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a support portion of a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a rotating state view showing the operation of the support part in the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing a modification of the support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a rotating state view showing an operation of a modification of the support portion of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view showing wind passing along a space formed in a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
9 is a state in which the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention is loaded in a folded state.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible. Further, the detailed description of known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted. For the same reason, some of the components in the drawings are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a safety cone after unfolded according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cross- to be.

1 to 3, the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a column 100, a guide portion 200, and a support portion 300.

The column 100 may be formed as a triangular, square, circular, or polygonal column. In the present embodiment, the column 100 is a triangular prism, but may be formed in a columnar shape such as a rectangular prism.

The column 100 may be formed as an empty hollow column, as shown in the present invention. When the column 100 is formed as a hollow column, the weight of the column 100 is reduced and the weight can be reduced. Thus, the efficiency of the operator during installation and collection of the safety cone 10 can be improved, Since the amount of loading can be increased, transportation efficiency can be increased. In the present embodiment, the column 100 is formed as a hollow column, but it is also possible to form the inside of the column to be filled.

The column 100 may have a receiving portion 110 formed on a plurality of sides of the upper end thereof and the receiving portion 110 is formed by being embedded in the column 100. A safety indicator plate 111 is installed in the storage unit 110. The safety sign 111 may include an image or text that prevents the vehicle driver and pedestrians from entering the construction site and may be displayed as a reflective sheet so that the vehicle operator and pedestrians can easily recognize the warning sign.

The column 100 may have a guide groove 112 formed through the upper end of the storage part 110 on the upper side of the column 100. The safety display panel 111 can be inserted into the storage part 110 along the guide groove 112 and the fixing groove 113 is formed at the end of the storage part 110 which the safety display panel 111 touches, 111 can be securely fixed. The guide groove 112 may serve to fix the upper end portion of the safety indicator plate 111 and prevent the safety indicator plate 111 from being removed during use.

Since the safety sign 111 can be inserted or withdrawn so as to be replaceable through the guide groove 112, various types of safety sign can be changed according to the process of the construction site, The safety indicator plate 111 can be quickly replaced and inserted.

A light-emitting diode (LED) is provided in the storage unit 110 to project light onto the safety display panel 111. In this case, the safety display panel 111 can be expressed clearly by the light projected from the LED, so that the discrimination power of the driver and the pedestrian of the vehicle can be increased. The LED 130 may be attached along the outer circumferential surface of the receiving portion 110, and the receiving method thereof is not limited thereto.

The guide portion 200 slides between the upper end and the lower end of the column 100. [ The column 100 may have a protrusion 120 protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the lower end of the column 100 in order to restrict the guide portion 200 from coming out. The protrusion 120 may be formed in a direction crossing the direction in which the guide portion 200 slides on the outer circumferential surface.

The column 100 may be formed of high density polyethylene (HDPE). The high-density polyethylene is easy to extrude the shape of the column 100 into a triangle, a square, or other various shapes, and is advantageous in that it is light in weight and convenient to move.

The inner circumferential surface of the guide portion 200 is formed to have the same shape as the outer circumferential surface of the column 100. The guide portion 200 is inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the column 100 and slides between the upper end and the lower end of the column 100 to cause an operation of the support portion 300 described later. The upper inner circumferential surface of the guide portion 300 may have a fitting groove 210 along the downward direction so that the one end 311 of the supporting portion 300 is inserted and fixed so that the supporting portion 300 can be firmly fixed.

The material of the guide part 200 may be formed of the same polyethylene (HDPE) as that of the column 100 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The supporting part 300 has a folding part 330 between one end 311 and the other end 321 so that one end 311 is coupled to the fitting groove 210 of the guide part 200 and the other end 321 So as to enclose the projection 120 of the lower end of the column 100. It is preferable that the supporting portions 300 are coupled to the sides of the polygon formed on the column 100 in plural. In this embodiment, the pillars 100 are formed in a triangular shape, and the supporting portions 300 are coupled to the respective sides. However, when the pillars 100 are formed in a rectangular shape, the supporting portions 300 may be coupled to the respective sides of the quadrangle have.

The supporting part 300 forms a bottom supporting part 320 and a side supporting part 310 supported on the bottom surface when the guide part 200 slides from the top to the bottom of the column 100. That is, when the guide portion 200 slides downward, the side support portion 310 and the bottom support portion 320 rotate about the folding portion 330 of the support portion 300, 10 can be firmly erected. The side support 310 supports the column 100 in a side view so that the column 100 is not conducted and the lower support 320 connects the side support 310 and the column 100 so that the safety cone 10 is more firmly So that it can stand upright.

And the weight center plate 321 may be provided on the bottom surface of the lower surface supporting portion 320. The weight center plate 321 can be firmly attached by the receiving groove 323 formed on the surface of the lower surface supporting portion 320. The weight center plate 321 may be made of a rubber plate or metal and may be formed to be heavier than the weight of the lower surface of the lower surface support 320.

When the upper end of the column 100 is grasped to unfold the safety cone 10, the support 300 is automatically moved downward by the weight center plate 321 coupled to the lower support 320, 300 are unfolded. Since the support part 300 can be extended quickly without any additional operation to make the safety cone 10 stand upright, it is possible to reduce the time for the operator who installs the safety cone 10 to be exposed to the risk,

In addition, the weight center plate 321 allows the column 100 and the side support 320 to be more firmly supported so as not to shake. This eliminates the need for a separate sand bag for supporting the safety cone 10, so that the safety cone 10 can be installed or recovered quickly. The shape and driving characteristics of the side support portion 310 and the bottom support portion 320 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a support portion of a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a rotation state view illustrating operation of a support portion in a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5, the support part 300 of the safety cone according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a folding part 330.

The supporting part 300 includes a side supporting part 310 and a bottom supporting part 320. One end 311 of the side support portion 310 and the other end 321 of the bottom support portion 320 are respectively coupled to the upper end of the guide portion 200 and the lower end of the column 100, respectively. The side support portion 310 and the bottom support portion 320 are provided with hinge connection portions 331 and 332 on the surfaces contacting each other and the pin 333 is inserted into the hinge connection portions 331 and 332 to form the folding portion 330 do. The folding part 330 is hinged. Accordingly, when the guide part 200 slides along the column 100, the side supporting part 310 and the bottom supporting part 320 can be rotated on the surfaces contacting each other with respect to the hinge coupling.

The side support portion 310 has a first folding groove 312 adjacent to the one end 311 thereof. The first folding groove 312 is folded or unfolded according to the rotation of the side support 310 and the bottom support 320 around the fold 330. [ The first folding groove 312 may be formed by a V-cutting groove or a U-cutting groove. When the guide portion 200 descends along the column 100, the first folding grooves 312 are unfolded. When the guide portion 200 is stopped at the upper end of the column 100, the first folding groove 312 is maintained in a folded state.

The lower support 320 has a second folding groove 322 adjacent the terminating end 321. The second folding grooves 322 are folded or unfolded according to the rotation of the side supporting portions 310 and the bottom supporting portions 320 about the folding portions 330. [ The second folding groove 322 may be formed by a V-cutting groove or a U-cutting groove. When the guide portion 200 descends along the column 100, the second folding grooves 322 are unfolded. When the guide portion 200 is stopped at the upper end of the column 100, the second folding groove 322 is maintained in a folded state.

The lower support 320 may include a center weight plate 321 to allow the guide unit 200 to slide along the column 100 as described above. The support portion 300 forms a side support portion 310 and a bottom support portion 320 so that the safety cone 10 can be unfolded quickly without any additional operation.

The support portion 300 must be repetitively driven to unfold or fold the first and second folding grooves 312 and 322 in accordance with the movement of the guide portion 200. Therefore, It is preferable to use a soft rubber material.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a support part of a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a rotating state view showing an operation of a modification of the support part of the safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the side support 310 and the bottom support 320 are integrally formed to form the support 300. A folding part 340 is provided between the side supporting part 310 and the bottom supporting part 320. The folding portion 340 is formed as a V-cut groove at the abutting surface of the side supporting portion 310 and the bottom supporting portion 320. The formed V-cut grooves are driven so that the side supporting portions 310 and the bottom supporting portions 320 can be folded in a state where they abut each other. Therefore, the side support portion 310 and the bottom support portion 320 can rotate about the folding portion 340. Although the folding part 340 is exemplified as a V-cutting groove in the present embodiment, it can be realized in various shapes as well as a U-shaped groove.

When the folding part 300 is formed as a V-shaped groove, the same effect as that of the hinge coupling of the folding part 330 described above can be obtained. The operation state, the driving characteristic and the material of the driving part are the same as the above Therefore, the following will be omitted.

FIG. 8 is a view showing wind passing along a space formed in a safety cone according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

The supporting part 300 of the present invention is formed as a radial widening around the column 100 and supports the column 100. The supporting part 300 includes the flow paths A and B capable of passing wind in various directions around the column 100 ) Can be formed. For example, even if the direction of the wind changes from A to B at a construction site such as an onshore, since the support part 300 radially supports the column 100 as a center, it prevents the column 100 from being conducted can do. In this embodiment, the directions of the winds A to B will be exemplarily described. However, even in such an environment, the support portion 300 is radially supported around the column 100 It is possible to prevent the safety cone 10 from being conducted.

FIG. 9 is a state in which a safety cone is loaded in a folded state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The safety cone 10 having the shape of a triangular pillar can be loaded up, down, left, and right since the loading surface is flat, so that a large amount of safety cones can be loaded. Therefore, even if the safety cone 10 is raised to the upper side, the safety cone 10 and the safety cone 10 are not fitted to each other, so that a large amount of safety cone can be loaded without being interfered with each other.

In addition, since the upper surface of the loaded safety cone is flat, it has an advantage that other objects can be stacked on the upper surface of the loading surface, so that the transportation efficiency can be increased. Although the safety cone 10 having the shape of a triangular prism has been exemplarily described in the present embodiment, a safety cone having the shape of a quadrangular prism can be formed in the column 100.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of the present invention in order to facilitate description of the present invention and to facilitate understanding of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: column 110:
200: guide part 210: fitting groove
300: Support part 310: Side support part
320: lower surface supporting portion 330:

Claims

Pillar;
A guide portion inserted into an outer peripheral surface of the column and slidably moving between an upper end and a lower end of the column; And
And a plurality of supports each having one end and the other end coupled to the upper end of the guide portion and the lower end of the column, respectively, and a folded portion formed between the one end and the other end,
The support portion
Wherein when the guide slides from the upper end to the lower end of the column, the lower support member and the lower support member are supported by the bottom surface, and the side support member is supported by the lower support member and the column.

The method according to claim 1,
The support portion
And the support portion and the side support portion are hinged to each other.

The method according to claim 1,
[0034]
And a weight center plate attached to at least one surface of the lower surface of the lower portion.

The method of claim 3,
The center-
A rubber plate or a metal.

The method according to claim 1,
The guide portion
And a fitting groove is formed in the upper inner circumferential surface so that one end of the support portion is inserted and fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the guide portion.

The method according to claim 1,
The pillar
In order to limit the movement of the guide portion between the upper and lower ends of the column,
And a protrusion formed on a lower outer peripheral surface of the column.

The method according to claim 1,
The side-
An end of the side support portion is fixed to an upper end of the guide portion,
And a first folding groove formed adjacent to an end of the side support portion so that the side support portion folds or unfolds according to the movement of the guide portion.

The method according to claim 1,
[0034]
The end of the lower support is fixed to the lower end of the column,
And a second folding groove formed adjacent to the lower end of the lower supporting portion so that the lower supporting portion folds or unfolds according to the movement of the guide portion.

The method according to claim 1,
The pillar
Wherein a storage portion recessed inward is formed at a plurality of upper ends of the column, and a safety display panel is provided in the storage portion.

10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein,
A safety cone characterized by comprising an LED lamp.

The method according to claim 1,
The pillar
Wherein the safety cone is a triangular or square pillar.

The method according to claim 1,
The column or guide portion
And is formed of high density polyethylene (HDPE).

The method according to claim 1,
The support portion
Characterized in that the safety cone is formed of a soft rubber.