CN103635645A - Adjustable safety barrier system - Google Patents

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CN103635645A
CN103635645A CN201280017919.0A CN201280017919A CN103635645A CN 103635645 A CN103635645 A CN 103635645A CN 201280017919 A CN201280017919 A CN 201280017919A CN 103635645 A CN103635645 A CN 103635645A
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04GSCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
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    • E04G21/3223Means supported by building floors or flat roofs, e.g. safety railings
    • E04G21/3228Folding railings for flat roof edge, e.g. to hide the railings from view when not in use
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    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
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    • E04GSCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
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    • E04G21/32Safety or protective measures for persons during the construction of buildings
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Abstract

The present invention provides a safety barrier for open-air floors, rooftops and openings from which an individual is at risk of falling from a height, such as windows and balconies. More specifically, the present invention relates to a safety barrier that can be pivotally adjusted between an open and closed position.

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Adjustable safety barrier system
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to for roof, such as the opening (people have the danger from high falling by this opening) of window and balcony with at the safety curtain of the open terrace of structure under construction.More specifically, the present invention relates to open and close the safety curtain of adjusting pivotly between position.
Background technology
In the construction of multilayer commercialization and house building, craftsman and other people in building site face sizable danger in each stage of construction.Particularly, exist workman and to suffer severe injury or even dead sizable risk from open terrace accidental falling.Installing around before the exterior wall of high-rise platform and/or before in the periphery that permanent guardrail or safety curtain is arranged on to open terrace, balcony, stair etc., these worries are especially high.
Be appreciated that, there is important occupational health and safety (the OH & S that waits place to meet at the construction field (site), Occupational Health and Safety) requirement, is included in and exists the place of personnel's falling risk to use safety device.In order to meet such OH & S requirement, the safety device that is temporary safety barrier form must exceed some minimum lateral load requirement and not occur permanent deformation or component failure.Design many interim security guardrails and solved these safety problems.Pass in time, the design of security guardrail structurally improves.
Conventional safety curtain is generally and is applicable to interim modular system of installing.Usually, safety curtain consists of each section conventionally, and each section comprises the isolated railing of longitudinal extension, and these railings are fastened in pass by the pillar (column) of locating at certain intervals along each section and are connected.Safety barrier system can be also length-adjustable, to protect the platform periphery of all lengths, does not need adjacent rail portion section or constant cross-section parts to be registered to together carefully.Various fixed structures also may affect the configuration of safety barrier system.For example, for rooftop applications, one or more limits on roof may have the breastwork that needs equally security guardrail.
Although safety barrier system must be for interim and need assembly and disassembly, existing design normally bothers, because they must mount and dismount on the spot; That is to say, after structure has been erect in the open.Existing design also needs two or more individual concerted efforts, and this is still not labour-intensive, and brings safety problem for participating in the personnel of installation, dismounting and/or the repairing of security guardrail system.For example, mount and dismount conventional safety barrier system and usually need the some place that people on the neighboring of platform in the open arrives the safety curtain that is temporarily connected, and the another person on the inner rim of platform assists to install and/or unloading process in the open.
Permanent barrier system is also used to business and the domestic use on the neighboring of window and other path, is mainly used for security purpose; That is to say, for preventing, enter without permission room or building.Yet such system in case of emergency causes real danger.For example, when there is uncontrollable fire, the unique escape way that leads to the building that catches fire may be by being fixed with the window of permanent barrier, making to arrive the catch fire sole mode of building will be mandatory dismantling barrier, this often needs the plenty of time, thereby makes to be trapped in people in building in real danger.
In view of the problems referred to above of prior art, in the urgent need to a kind of safety barrier system, this system is relatively easy to be mounted and dismounted and will allow to arrive easily outside safety curtain, particularly in needs.The present invention can easily adjust between open position and fastening position to provide when needed the safety barrier system of the path outside arrival safety curtain to solve or partly alleviated these problems of the prior art by providing.
Summary of the invention
In one aspect of the invention, provide a kind of safety curtain for open platform or window, this safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at open platform or window;
(ii) protector;
(iii) connector, it is pivotally mounted to substrate and protector around pivot, wherein protector can move around pivot with respect to substrate between open position and fastening position, and open position allows above open platform, pass through or through window, described in fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(iv) locking device, it is for being connected in fastening position by protector.
In one embodiment, protector comprises at least one column.
In one embodiment, protector comprises the column with the first end that is pivotally mounted to substrate.
In one embodiment, protector comprises guardrail.
In one embodiment, guardrail has the first end that is fixed to the first column and the second end that is fixed to the second column.
In one embodiment, the first and second columns are adjacent upright posts.
In one embodiment, guardrail comprises that (i) is fixed at one end the first Armset member of the first column and (ii) is fixed at one end the second Armset member of the second column, and wherein the first Armset member is connected to the opposite end of the second Armset member and can moves to allow to adjust with respect to the second Armset member the length of guardrail between the first and second columns at its place, opposite end.
In one embodiment, guardrail comprises that (i) is fixed to the second Armset member that the first Armset member of the first column, (ii) are fixed to the second column at one end at one end, one end and the second Armset member that wherein the first Armset member is connected to interior Armset member at place, its opposite end are connected to interior Armset member at its place, opposite end, and wherein the first and second Armset members can move to allow to adjust between the first and second columns with respect to interior Armset member the length of guardrail.
In one embodiment, safety shield comprises for the first Armset member being locked onto to the locking device of the second Armset member.
In one embodiment, safety shield comprises for interior Armset member being locked onto to the locking device of the first and/or second Armset member.
In one embodiment, connector comprises the opening extending through in substrate and the slender member that passes the opening in column, and its central post can move around the pivot being limited by slender member.In one embodiment, slender member is pin.
In one embodiment, protector can be with respect to connector (or substrate) rotation through approximately 180 degree.
In one embodiment, for protector being connected in to the locking device of fastening position, be installed to substrate.In another embodiment, for protector being connected in to the locking device of fastening position, be installed to connector.
In one embodiment, protector comprises baseboard, and baseboard comprises the first end that is fixed to the first column and the second end that is fixed to the second column.
In one embodiment, protector comprises a plurality of baseboards, and described a plurality of baseboards comprise:
(i) the first baseboard, it comprises fixed end and open end, fixed end is connected to the first column;
(ii) the second baseboard, it comprises fixed end and open end, fixed end is connected to the second column; And
(iii) the 3rd baseboard, it has first end and the second end;
Wherein, the first end of the 3rd baseboard is releasably connected to the end of opening that end and the second end of the 3rd baseboard are releasably connected to the second baseboard of opening of the first baseboard, wherein the 3rd baseboard can move with respect to the first and second baseboards, to allow to adjust the pattern length of baseboard between the first and second columns.
In one embodiment, substrate comprise for by substrate the periphery of open platform or window and near position be fixed to the attachment arrangement of structure.
In one embodiment, substrate comprises that attachment arrangement can be through the opening wherein passing in and out.
In one embodiment, when safety shield is during in fastening position, to the path of attachment arrangement, be blocked.
In one embodiment, locking device comprises slender member, through the first opening of substrate with through the second opening that is pivotally mounted to the column of substrate, wherein when slender member passes the first opening and the second opening, locking device remains on latched position by column.In one embodiment, slender member is pin.
In one embodiment, substrate comprises that wherein said flange is suitable for receiving connector and locking device from the upwardly extending flange of described substrate.
On the other hand, provide a kind of safety curtain for open platform or window, this safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at open platform or window;
(ii) protector, it is connected at least one column;
(iii) connector, it is pivotally mounted to substrate and column around pivot, wherein protector can move around pivot with respect to substrate between open position and fastening position, and open position allows above open platform, pass through or through window, described in fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(iv) locking device, it is for protector is connected in to fastening position,
Wherein, substrate comprises from the outward extending flange of described substrate,
Wherein, described column is pivotally mounted to described flange,
Wherein, flange comprises the first opening, and at least one column comprises the second opening, wherein when protector during in fastening position the first and second openings aim at, thereby allow locking device through the first and second openings of aiming at so that protector is connected in to fastening position.
In one embodiment, pivot is arranged essentially parallel to the base portion of open platform or window, and protector can moved around pivot forward and in downward direction between fastening position and open position.
On the other hand, provide a kind of safety curtain for open platform or window, this safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at open platform or window;
(ii) protector;
(iii) at least one column, it comprises standing part and moveable part, wherein standing part is fixed to substrate, and moveable part is fixed to protector;
(iv) connector, it is pivotally mounted at least one column between standing part and moveable part, wherein moveable part and the protector that is fixed to moveable part can move around pivot with respect to standing part between open position and fastening position, open position allows above open platform, pass through or through window, described in fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(v) locking device, it is for being connected in fastening position by protector.
In one embodiment, safety curtain comprises for protector being connected in to the locking device of open position.
In one embodiment, safety shield is substantially as described herein and such with reference to any in accompanying drawing.
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Now will the essence of operation of the present invention more fully be described in the following specific embodiment by reference to the accompanying drawings, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is opening (folding) position and is closing the phantom drawing that (uprightly) position is arranged on the safety curtain on peripheral wall.Safety curtain is fixed to balcony structure via substrate.
Fig. 2 is mounted in the phantom drawing of the safety curtain on the concrete slab that is conventionally found in job site, shows general locking hinge (substrate, connector and locking device), slip baseboard, two columns and two guardrails (handrail).
Fig. 3 is the phantom drawing that comprises the substrate of two outward extending flanges, and each flange comprises three openings that are suitable for receiving locking device (removable pin) and connector (nuts and bolt).
Fig. 4 is plan view and the elevation that comprises two outward extending flanges and attached mouthful substrate, and substrate is attached or be fixed to open platform (for example, balcony etc.) or the periphery of window and near structure through this attached mouthful.
Fig. 5 is the detail drawing of substrate, and column is pivotally mounted to this substrate by the nuts and bolt of the opening through in flange and column.Can find out, the column that is pivotally mounted to substrate can be adjusted between open position (dotted outline of column) and fastening position (solid outline of column).
Fig. 6 is that the perspective of slip baseboard system is overlooked and lateral view.
Fig. 7 is safety curtain and the new placement of panel and the sectional view in the gap between column and panel that is connected to the flat pouring concrete panel of wall that is conventionally found in job site.
Fig. 8 is the sectional view of apartment balcony, and this balcony becomes mirror image, so that the height of chair, desk and the safety curtain in upright (in fastening position) and folding (opening) position to be provided.
The phantom drawing of seeing in Tu9Shi Xiang apartment, one of them does not have safety curtain (left side), and another has at the safety curtain of closing (uprightly) position (right side), shows safety curtain privacy also can be provided.
Figure 10 is the phantom drawing that comprises the safety curtain of two adjacent columns and two guardrails, and each column is pivotally mounted to general locking hinge, and each guardrail comprises two Armset members.The axonometric drawing (bottom right) such as grade that the general locking hinge that has shown the placement of column between flange is also shown in figure, column is connected in flange by slender member (pin), to allow column to rotate around the pivot being limited by slender member.
Figure 11 illustrates some phantom drawings of safety curtain shown in Figure 10.
Figure 12 A illustrates the phantom drawing of the safety curtain as shown in figure 11 that also comprises that baseboard is arranged.Figure 12 B illustrates the baseboard of isolation and arranges.
Figure 13 is illustrated in length can be at minimum widith/length (A) and the safety curtain of substantially adjusting between maximum width/height (B).
Figure 14 illustrates a plurality of safety curtains that are arranged side by side of periphery that are placed in along having erect the open platform of structure.
Figure 15 is illustrated in the lateral view of closing (uprightly) position (left side) and opening the safety curtain of (decline) position (centre).(right side) general locking hinge is also shown in figure and is depicted as the lateral view of a part of the column of typical open position (according to middle graph) herein.
Figure 16 illustrates the various phantom drawings of general locking hinge.
Figure 17 illustrates the various phantom drawings of general locking hinge.
Figure 18 illustrates the various phantom drawings of locking device.
It will be understood by those of skill in the art that the present invention as herein described easily occurs except specifically described variants and modifications those.Should be appreciated that and the present invention includes all such variants and modifications falling in its spirit and scope.The present invention also comprises in this manual individually or all features of generally quoting or pointing out, and in described feature any two or more arbitrarily and all combinations.
The specific embodiment
Safety curtain of the present invention is relatively easy installation, and therefore conventionally will in Construction Industry, save time, money and manpower.This safety curtain is also relatively easy dismounting, to store compactly and transport.The ability of adjusting expediently safety curtain of the present invention between open position and fastening position means that this barrier will be desirable for the window barrier as individual layer and multistory building, because they will provide safety, also allow first-aid personnel, by remove (or removing) locking device temporarily, safety curtain is adjusted to open position simultaneously.
Safety curtain of the present invention also has in Construction Industry as to for example in the important application of the people's of open platform or roof operation protector.For the existing safety curtain on concrete slab etc., first those that particularly use in building or Construction Industry, once erect (conventionally by two or more operators), just need to install column, and handrail (guardrail) is then installed.This process is trouble and labour-intensive.During removing existing safety curtain, also there is same danger.
By contrast, safety curtain of the present invention can for example, be installed (fixing) to this structure before structure (, concrete wall) is erect.In one embodiment, safety curtain will be arranged on open position conventionally, make it substantially not from limit open platform (as example as shown in Figure 1) the edge of structure (as wall) of periphery outstanding.Once this structure is straightened, safety curtain just can be around pivot rotation to its fastening position, as for example described in Fig. 1 herein and illustrating.Compare common two or more operators' of needs existing safety curtain, adjustment can be undertaken by single operation person.
In one embodiment, the length of safety curtain is adjustable to the length requirement of Adaptive change.For example, safety curtain can comprise the guardrail (as handrail) that can be adjusted to different length, thereby allows to adjust safety curtain with the length requirement (for example,, for different open platform girth or window size) of Adaptive change.In one embodiment, guardrail comprises that (i) is fixed at one end the first Armset member of the first column and (ii) is fixed at one end the second Armset member of the second column, and wherein the first Armset member is connected to the opposite end of the second Armset member and can moves to allow to adjust with respect to the second Armset member the length of guardrail between the first and second columns at its place, opposite end.In one embodiment, the opposite end of the first Armset member is connected to the opposite end (referring to for example Figure 10) of the first Armset member with sliding relation.
In another embodiment, guardrail comprises that (i) is fixed to the second Armset member that the first Armset member of the first column, (ii) are fixed to the second column at one end at one end, one end and the second Armset member that wherein the first Armset member is connected to interior Armset member at place, its opposite end are connected to interior Armset member at its place, opposite end, and wherein the first and second Armset members can move to allow to adjust between the first and second columns with respect to interior Armset member the length of guardrail.In one embodiment, the opposite end of the opposite end of the first Armset member and the second Armset member is all connected to interior Armset member with sliding relation.
Substrate can use any suitable means known to those skilled in the art to be fixed to structure.For example, set bolt can be used or the sleeve pipe (ferrells) of pre-determined bit in the concrete structure such as wall in.Substrate can be pivotably connected to the column having to the connection of protector, then can be when placing push-and-pull member (push-and-pulls), protector is in place.Safety curtain can be placed on panel in place, then can place the first hold-down screw, now protector can be adjusted pivotly and is locked in typically open position, then fixes last hold-down screw.Now structure is carried out and erect to be prepared, and this becomes easier, because safety curtain will can be significantly not outstanding above structural edge, otherwise will make bar structure erect or handle the difficulty that becomes in place.
Safety curtain also can find purposes aspect the height of rising balcony periphery, and this will make this type of open area become safer by preventing from falling, particularly for child.Such device also can increase privacy by blocking balcony.
Suitable locking device will be known to those skilled in the art.In one embodiment, locking device is general locking hinge, and it allows protector to be fixed on closes (as upright) position, and is not subject to invader or compared with child's interference.Then, for example not compared with child or in the fire condition of needs turnover, can be by safety curtain for example, for example, from its fastening position release and for example turn (, about 180 degree) and be fixed on and open (, downward) position.
First referring to Fig. 1, the figure shows the safety curtain (1) forming according to one embodiment of present invention, it is upwards or fastening position (2) and operating at downward or open position (3).In this example, have two substrates (4), each substrate is pivotably connected to column (5).Column is all connected to protector (6), and when safety curtain is fixed or be connected in fastening position, protector (6) provides fall arrest protection.Substrate (4) is depicted as the structure (7) being fixed to such as concrete wall.
Fig. 2 illustrates in greater detail safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention.Safety curtain comprises substrate (7), and substrate (7) comprises the general locking hinge (21) that is fixed to concrete structure (22).Show baseboard (kicker) (23), baseboard comprises 3 independent unit (baseboard) (24,25,26).Outer baseboard (24,26) is fixed to column (5).Interior (central authorities) baseboard (25) is arranged and is releasably connected to outer baseboard (24 by rail plate formula, 26) each in, wherein baseboard (24) comprises the projection (not shown in this perspective) in the guide rail (27) that is coupled to outer baseboard (24,26).Safety curtain comprises capable of regulating in length and is fixed to two guardrails (handrail) (28) of each column (5).Because concrete slab presents with different width, guardrail (28) and slip baseboard (23) allow safety curtain to stretch and shrink, thereby allow to be adjusted to suitable length, as described herein.
Fig. 3 and 4 illustrates substrate (7) in one embodiment of the invention, it is suitable for forming three openings (30 that have in each side that is positioned at outwards outstanding part (flange or bracket) (33), 31,32) general locking hinge arrangement.Central opening (31) by placement slender member (is for example generally, pin or nuts and bolt are arranged) place, this slender member keeps column (5) and allows (a plurality of) column and protector around pivot pivotable, as described herein.All the other two openings (30,32) are for (a plurality of) column is locked in and opens or closes position, no matter and by pin or other means known to those skilled in the art.There is rectangular tube (35) in the central authorities at substrate, rectangular tube (35) has little opening (36) on the bottom of substrate (37) and the larger opening (38) on top, little opening on bottom is used for receiving hold-down screw (substrate is affixed to the structure such as concrete wall), and larger opening (38) allows the head of hold-down screw and pod are fixed to wherein and finally flush with the top of rectangular tube, when safety curtain is during in closed or open position, the top of rectangular tube is covered by column.The downside of bracket has in each side of substrate (7) two smooth plates (39) substantially, is used to provide intensity and contributes to more firmly to coordinate when substrate is smooth by the air spots being attached to.
Fig. 5 shows sectional view and the operation when fixing (closing) position (40) and dropping to open position (41) thereof of general locking hinge arrangement (21).Gap and for example, the gap column and structure (concrete wall 43) between of column (5) in this moving process is also shown in figure.It also shows head and the seat how column (5) to cover hold-down screw (44) is set to the rectangular tube (35) for supporting and substantially flushes.Column has when protector is during in fastening position and two openings (45,46) of aiming at of the opening (30,31) of substrate or when the opening (31,32) of protector during at open position.One (46) in described opening aim at the central opening (31) of substrate (7) and be fixed (for example, with pin, maybe will limit other slender member of pivot) with allow column with respect to substrate (7) around pivot pivotable.Another opening (45) is aimed at the opening (30 and/or 32) of substrate, to allow locking mechanism to work and protector is connected in and opens or closes position.In addition,, when the panel of structure or surface are substantially uneven, in two gripper shoes (39) of substrate (7) below and the gap of wall, stability and intensity have further been increased.
Fig. 6 shows the embodiment of capable of regulating baseboard (23), and it is designed to stop the personnel below may falling from the object of open platform or the unexpected dislocation of pinnacled other opening and injure.Slip baseboard is shown in this example and arranges (23), it comprises 3 independent unit (baseboard) (24,25,26).Central authorities' baseboards (25) are arranged and are releasably connected to other baseboard (24 by rail plate formula, 26) each in, wherein baseboard (25) comprises the projection (29) in the guide rail (27) that is engaged in all the other baseboards (24,26).Slip baseboard is adjustable to adapt to the security guardrail/barrier of different length).In one embodiment, do not use central baseboard, and outer baseboard is at one end fixed to corresponding column and is slidably connected to each other in its opposite end, to allow to adjust according to the distance between the length of protector and two columns the total length of outer baseboard.
Fig. 7 shows such as conventionally putting down at visible the first that wall of construction site the sectional view that waters (tilt-up) panel (50), and the flat panel (51) that waters of the second wall is put down and watered the placement on panel at the first wall.The figure shows the relation of safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention (52) (locating to be fixed to the first panel in fastening position and at substrate (7)) and illustrate and will be placed in the gap (53) of second panel at top, during being placed in existing (erectting) panel (50) top, the second panel has again another safety curtain (not shown) thereon.The second panel (51) drops to the first panel (50) top of having erect, as shown here between spacing (58).In order easily to use and to avoid safety curtain impaired, be fixed to the flat safety shield that waters panel of the second wall in an open position, wherein protector preferably flatly presses panel substantially.Once the second panel is in place; just can (for example water safety curtain adjustment on panel by the first wall is flat; decline) to open position; for example by the safety curtain adjustment of the second panel (simultaneously; raise) to fastening position, thus prevent the protection of falling erectting permanent barrier or provided before erectting the 3rd panel above the second panel.
How Fig. 8 and 9 can operate safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention (59) on the existing opening such as balcony (60) if illustrating, to extending the height of existing barrier (61) when fastening position (62) from open position (63) locking (being connected).Safety curtain can be measured and assembling for example, to be applicable to different size (, width, length) requirement.Protector also can make to be applicable to different attractive in appearance and/or functional requirements by different materials.
Figure 10 shows safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention, and it comprises two the adjacent columns (5) that are pivotally mounted to the general locking hinge (21) that forms substrate (4).In this embodiment, guardrail (28) is at one end fixed to column by bracket (66), and bracket comprises opening (67), and screw or other suitable locking device can be used to, by opening (67), guardrail is fixed to column.Guardrail comprises the first Armset member (281) and the second Armset member (282), each Armset member has by bracket (66) and is attached to the fixed end of column and slide to arrange the opposite end of the opposite end that is connected to another Armset member (64), thereby can easily adjust two distances between adjacent upright posts.The axonometric drawing such as grade of the general locking hinge (21) that has shown the placement of column (5) between flange (33) is also shown in Figure 10, column is connected in flange by the slender member (pin) (65) that passes the opening in two flanges and column, thereby column is affixed to general locking hinge and allows column around the pivot rotation being limited by pin (65).Column shows herein in conventionally when barrier visible stand up position during in fastening position.
Figure 11 illustrates some phantom drawings of safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention: top view (69), lateral view (70), front elevation drawing (72) and etc. axonometric drawing (73).It also shows the top view of general locking hinge (71).In the figure, nuts and bolt arrange that (65) are used for column (5) to be pivotally mounted to general locking hinge and to limit thus safety curtain can be around the pivot (91) of its rotation.In this example, column shows in closing (uprightly) position, by the spring catch (68) through general locking hinge and column, is connected in fastening position.
Figure 12 A illustrates the phantom drawing of safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention same as shown in Figure 11.In the figure, safety curtain also comprises baseboard layout, and it consists of the first baseboard (74) and the second baseboard (75), and the two is all fixed to column (5) in a place in its corresponding end.The opposite end of the first and second baseboards is connected to each other in slide arranging, wherein the second baseboard recessed or against the first baseboard to allow the second baseboard to slide along the first baseboard.Figure 12 B illustrates the axle that waits that baseboard arranges and arranges, wherein the second baseboard (75) slide recessed or against the first baseboard (74) in arranging.
How Figure 13 can adjust the length of safety curtain according to an embodiment of the invention or the distance between two adjacent upright posts with the length requirement of Adaptive change if illustrating.In this example, safety curtain is depicted as in minimum widith/length and arranges (A) and Breadth Maximum/length layout (B) substantially.
As shown in figure 14, a plurality of safety curtains according to the present invention can be placed in and be arranged side by side, to provide along the protective barrier of the periphery of the open platform of structure (7).The quantity of safety curtain will depend on the length of the periphery of the open platform needing protection.
Figure 15 shows safety curtain in one embodiment of the invention, and it is closing that (uprightly) position (76) is fixed to structure (7) and around pivot (78) rotation to opening (decline) position (77).In this embodiment, column also utilizes through the steady pin of the opening in substrate and column (68) and is connected in and opens (decline) position, to prevent that protector from swinging when erectting structure.
Figure 16 illustrates the various phantom drawings of general locking hinge according to an embodiment of the invention: top view (79), front elevation drawing (80), lateral view (81) and etc. axonometric drawing (82,83).It also shows the placement of the slender member (for example pin) (65) through the central opening from the outstanding flange (33) of substrate (4).Slender member through the central opening in flange limits pivot (91), and column (and so safety curtain) will rotate around pivot (91) between open position and fastening position.
Figure 17 shows substrate (4) and the flange (33) of general locking hinge according to an embodiment of the invention and arranges, is depicted as front elevation drawing (A) and rear elevation (B).The figure shows opening (84), substrate (4) can be affixed to structure (for example, the flat panel that waters of wall) by opening (84).
Figure 18 shows and can in general locking hinge, be used for safety curtain of the present invention to be connected in the example of the slender member (pin) (85,86) of closed or open position, as described herein.In the embodiment shown in Figure 18, pin (85) comprises keep-spring (87) and the U-shaped pin (88) that helps pin to be affixed to general locking hinge as previously mentioned.In this embodiment, pin also comprises shank (89) or chain (90), and it can be used for forcing to remove pin from latched position by operator, thereby release locking device permission are adjusted safety curtain between opening and closing position.
The connector that allows protector to rotate around pivot between open position and fastening position can be along (a plurality of) stud location.Therefore, on the other hand, provide a kind of safety curtain for open platform or window, this safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to and is positioned at the periphery of open platform or window and near structure;
(ii) protector;
(iii) at least one column, it comprises standing part and moveable part, wherein standing part is fixed to substrate, and moveable part is fixed to protector;
(iv) connector, it is pivotally mounted at least one column between standing part and moveable part, wherein moveable part and the protector that is fixed to moveable part can move around pivot with respect to standing part between open position and fastening position, open position allows above open platform, pass through or through window, described in fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(v) locking device, it is for being connected in fastening position by protector.
In one embodiment, for the locking device that protector is connected in to fastening position comprise pin, through the first opening of the standing part of at least one column with through the second opening of the moveable part of at least one column, wherein when pin passes the first opening and the second opening, locking device remains on latched position by standing part and moveable part.
Safety curtain of the present invention can be by providing any suitable material for enough protections of accidental falling to make.Suitable material will be known to those skilled in the art.Example comprises aluminium, timber, plastics, steel and tempered glass.Substrate and locking device can be made by mild steel, and column, handrail and baseboard can be made by low-carbon (LC) steel or stainless steel, particularly when safety curtain is intended to for apartment balcony or window.
From description herein, be appreciated that, safety curtain of the present invention provides installation convenience for various apratment buildings and hotel, and provide wall flat safety and the installation convenience that waters erecting of panel, thereby saved time and money, met the rule and the regulation that are applicable to Construction Industry simultaneously.In addition, safety curtain of the present invention can be compacter than other system of current use, because all parts can store together (that is, handrail, column and baseboard) pre-assembled by panel designer.Other advantage is, most of existing safety curtains are dismantled individually and are scattered in everywhere on platform, and this can cause and trip danger, and safety curtain of the present invention can integral body remove, and has avoided above-mentioned danger.
Safety curtain of the present invention can be used for being placed on the flat pouring concrete panel of wall in Construction Industry, to prevent that form fixer people and pinnacled all construction workmans from falling, and also can when construction period is lifted, remain on panel at panel.They also can keep original position and allow other panel be placed on top of each other on the panel of erectting, the safety curtain of while on the panel of having erect be (at open position) still in position, thereby avoids as the common needs of existing system, repeating to install and remove safety curtain.
Safety curtain of the present invention can be in various positions (level, vertically and on the top of (a plurality of) substrate at opening upside down) uses.For example, safety curtain can be arranged on balcony space top by substrate being affixed to ceiling or the roof of balcony top.
According to the protector of safety curtain of the present invention, can sling and be locked in and uprightly (close) position with stop pin, thereby making stop pin be difficult to be removed, but can be need to being in emergency circumstances removed through the path of opening.Protector fold-down is laminated to open position, and it is not taken up room, and can easily decline to flee from the scene of a fire under fire condition.
Run through this manual, word " comprise " (comprise) or its variant for example " comprises (comprising) " and " comprising (comprising) " should be understood to that hint comprises the group of stated element, integer or step or element, integer or step, but does not get rid of the group of any other element, integer or step or element, integer or step.
In this manual to any existing open the information of its derivation (or from) or to quoting of any known thing be not counted as and should be counted as to this existing open information of its derivation (or from) or known thing form the basic general knowledge the field that this manual is intended to relate to a part confirmation or admit or any type of hint.
The priority of the application requirement Australia temporary patent application No. 2011901317 that this manual is related, the content of this application is incorporated herein by reference in full.
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1. for a safety curtain for open platform or window, described safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at described open platform or window;
(ii) protector;
(iii) connector, it is pivotally mounted to described substrate and protector around pivot, wherein said protector can move around described pivot with respect to described substrate between open position and fastening position, described open position allows above described open platform, pass through or through described window, described in described fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(iv) locking device, it is for being connected in described fastening position by described protector.
2. safety curtain according to claim 1, wherein said protector comprises at least one column.
3. safety curtain according to claim 2, wherein said protector comprises the column with the first end that is pivotally mounted to described substrate.
4. for a safety curtain for open platform or window, described safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at described open platform or window;
(ii) protector;
(iii) at least one column, it comprises standing part and moveable part, wherein said standing part is fixed to described substrate, and moveable part is fixed to described protector;
(iv) connector, it is pivotally mounted to described at least one column between described standing part and described moveable part, wherein said moveable part and the described protector that is fixed to described moveable part can move around pivot with respect to described standing part between open position and fastening position, described open position allows above described open platform, pass through or through described window, described in described fastening position prevents, pass through; And
(v) locking device, it is for being connected in described fastening position by described protector.
5. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 4, wherein said protector comprises guardrail.
6. safety curtain according to claim 5, wherein said guardrail has the first end that is fixed to the first column and the second end that is fixed to the second column.
7. safety curtain according to claim 6, wherein said the first and second columns are adjacent upright posts.
8. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 5 to 7, wherein said guardrail comprises (i) first Armset member, and it is fixed to the first column at one end; And (ii) the second Armset member, it is fixed to the second column at one end, and wherein said the first Armset member is connected to the opposite end of described the second Armset member and can moves to allow to adjust with respect to described the second Armset member the length of described guardrail between described the first and second columns at its place, opposite end.
9. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 5 to 7, wherein said guardrail comprises (i) first Armset member, and it is fixed to the first column at one end; (ii) the second Armset member, it is fixed to the second column at one end, wherein said the first Armset member is connected to one end of interior Armset member at its place, opposite end, and described the second Armset member is connected to described interior Armset member at its place, opposite end, and wherein said the first and second Armset members can move to allow to adjust between described the first and second columns with respect to described interior Armset member the length of described guardrail.
10. safety curtain according to claim 8, comprises for described the first Armset member being locked onto to the locking device of described the second Armset member.
11. safety curtains according to claim 9, comprise for described interior Armset member being locked onto to described first and/or the locking device of the second Armset member.
12. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 11, wherein said connector comprises the opening extending through in described substrate and the slender member that passes the opening in described column, and wherein said column can move around the described pivot being limited by described slender member.
13. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 12, and wherein said protector can be with respect to described connector rotation through approximately 180 degree.
14. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 13, and wherein connector comprises for described protector being connected in to the described locking device of described fastening position.
15. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 14, and wherein said protector comprises baseboard, and described baseboard comprises the first end that is fixed to the first column and the second end that is fixed to the second column.
16. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 15, and wherein said protector comprises a plurality of baseboards, and described a plurality of baseboards comprise:
(i) the first baseboard, it comprises fixed end and open end, described fixed end is connected to the first column;
(ii) the second baseboard, it comprises fixed end and open end, described fixed end is connected to the second column; And
(iii) the 3rd baseboard, it has first end and the second end;
Wherein, the described first end of described the 3rd baseboard be releasably connected to described the first baseboard described in open end and the described the second end of described the 3rd baseboard be releasably connected to described the second baseboard described in open end, wherein said the 3rd baseboard can move with respect to described the first and second baseboards, to allow to adjust the length of described baseboard between described the first and second columns.
17. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 16, and wherein said substrate comprises for described substrate being fixed to the attachment arrangement in the described structure of described open platform or window periphery or vicinity.
18. safety curtains according to claim 17, wherein said substrate comprises can be by wherein passing in and out the opening of described attachment arrangement.
19. safety curtains according to claim 18, wherein when described protector is during in described fastening position, are blocked to the path of described attachment arrangement.
20. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 19, wherein for described protector being connected in to the described locking device of described fastening position, comprise pin, through the first opening of described substrate with through the second opening that is pivotally mounted to the column of described substrate, wherein when described pin passes described the first opening and described the second opening, locking device remains on latched position by described column.
21. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 4 to 20, wherein for described protector being connected in to the described locking device of described open position and/or fastening position, comprise pin, through the first opening of the described standing part of described at least one column with through the second opening of the described moveable part of described at least one column, wherein when described pin passes described the first opening and described the second opening, locking device remains on latched position by described standing part and described moveable part.
22. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 21, and wherein said substrate comprises that, from the upwardly extending flange of described substrate, wherein said flange is suitable for receiving described connector and described locking device.
23. 1 kinds of safety curtains for open platform or window, described safety curtain comprises:
(i) substrate, it is suitable for being fixed to periphery and the contiguous structure that is positioned at described open platform or window; (ii) protector, it is connected at least one column; (iii) connector, it is pivotally mounted to described substrate and column around pivot, wherein said protector can move around described pivot with respect to described substrate between open position and fastening position, described open position allows above described open platform, pass through or through described window, described in described fastening position prevents, pass through; And (iv) locking device, it is for described protector is connected in to described fastening position,
Wherein, described substrate comprises from the outward extending flange of described substrate, wherein said column is pivotally mounted to described flange, wherein said flange comprises the first opening, described at least one column comprises the second opening, wherein when the first and second openings described in described protector is during in described fastening position are aimed at, thus allow described locking device through the first and second openings of described aligning so that described protector is connected in to described fastening position.
24. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 23, wherein said pivot is arranged essentially parallel to the base portion of described open platform or window, and described protector can moved around described pivot forward and in downward direction between described fastening position and open position.
25. according to the safety curtain described in any one in claim 1 to 24, also comprises for described protector being connected in to the locking device of described open position.
26. substantially as described herein and with reference to any in accompanying drawing such according to the safety curtain described in claim 1 or 23.
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