Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
  • E01F9/00—Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals; Arrangements for enforcing caution
  • E01F9/60—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs
  • E01F9/623—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection
  • E01F9/627—Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs characterised by form or by structural features, e.g. for enabling displacement or deflection self-righting after deflection or displacement
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
  • E01F13/00—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions
  • E01F13/04—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions movable to allow or prevent passage
  • E01F13/042—Arrangements for obstructing or restricting traffic, e.g. gates, barricades ; Preventing passage of vehicles of selected category or dimensions movable to allow or prevent passage for controlling access to an individual parking space

Definitions

• the invention relates to a barrier post, comprising a fastening element for attachment to a substrate and a locking part, wherein between the fastening element and locking part a joint is arranged, with which the locking part is attached to the fastening element.
• barrier posts are used today in a variety of forms and designs. In addition to the actual post shape, they are also found as a bow or in arched form.
• bollards are usually used to limit passable areas or to allow driving only for certain means of transport, such as bicycles. Common materials for the bollards are metals, but stone is also used. Especially in multi-storey car parks also barrier posts made of hard plastic or elastic plastics are used.
• the barrier posts are firmly and permanently connected to the ground, for example, cast in concrete or welded or screwed to a base.
• bollards are used again and again, which are attached to the ground, but can be folded, sunk or removed from their place.
• Such bollards have a fastener which is fixedly connected to the respective substrate, and a locking member which is held on the fastening element.
• This design allows temporarily unlocked areas for use or to protect the opposite case, unused areas from unauthorized use.
• Classic areas of application of the movable bollards are driveways that are only to be released to authorized users, or parking spaces that an owner wants to protect against unauthorized parking.
• a common disadvantage of these solutions is that a contact of a vehicle with the locked bollard on the one hand can easily lead to paint damage in the form of scratches or even damage to the body. At the same time, it may happen that the bollard remains damaged or, in the worst case, has been torn from its anchorage.
• barrier posts are also made entirely of elastic material, which yields to a contact and thus prevents damage as possible.
• a disadvantage of this solution is that such bollards their compliance can be considered and they are therefore often taken seriously. Their compliance leads to intentionally touch these bollards if necessary or even run over, since a damage to the vehicle is not to be feared. Thus, these barrier posts often do not fulfill their purpose. In addition, they are usually even damaged by the described procedure or destroyed in the worst case.
• the object of the present application is to propose a barrier post which is sufficiently robust in order to be able to develop a blocking effect but, if possible, prevents damage or at least minimizes it on contact.
• barrier post according to claim 1 This object is achieved with the barrier post according to claim 1. particularly advantageous embodiments are mentioned in the dependent claims.
• An essential basic idea of the barrier post according to the invention is that the joint used is designed as an elastomeric spring. By means of the elastomeric spring, the locking part of the locking post is attached to the fastening element and at the same time elastically connected thereto.
• the elastomer spring is thus on the one hand, the connecting element, by which the locking member is fixedly secured to the bottom element. Additional fixings are not needed and are not provided. Furthermore, the elastomer spring is the joint arranged between the fastening element and the blocking part. The joint has a rest position, in which the elastomer holds the locking part in a desired position without external force.
• the locking part With external force acting on the locking part, it can be pivoted by elastic deformation of the elastomers from the rest position.
• the elastomer spring forms a pivot point over which the locking part can pivot and avoid a touching vehicle. Larger damage to the vehicle can be avoided. If the blocking part is still coated with an elastic material, even damage to the paint can be ruled out or at least minimized.
• the shape and material of the elastomers can be used to determine the damping of the joint and thus determine the resistance that the blocking part has to the vehicle.
• the elastomer Upon completion of the contact with the vehicle, the elastomer can relax and pivot the locking member automatically back to the rest position, so that the locking post can unfold its blocking effect again.
• the barrier post according to the invention is thus self-erecting.
• a particular advantage of the elastomer spring is that it can also be used for barrier posts in the form of pegs or bows.
• the number of fasteners with which the barrier post is attached to the ground, can be chosen arbitrarily. So it is quite possible, the inventive Depending on the desired shape, connect the bollard to the substrate using several elastomer springs at different locations.
• the background in the sense of this invention is meant not only the floor on which the fastener is attached, but any surface which is suitable for the attachment of a barrier post. It is thus quite possible to provide the barrier post according to the invention with an example, horizontal rest position, the fastener or elements are attached to a wall.
• An elastomeric spring makes it possible to securely hold a metallic and / or solid blocking part in a rest position.
• the use of such materials ensures that the driver of a vehicle wishes to avoid contact with the barrier post according to the invention.
• the special advantage of the elastomer spring is that the shape and choice of the elastomer make it possible to easily adjust the properties of the spring to the weight and shape of the bollard.
• fastening element and elastomer spring can readily be sunk partially underground, so that the barrier post flies as flat as possible when completely distributed.
• the elastomer spring forms a pivot about which the locking member can be folded in any plane.
• This has the advantage that the direction from which a vehicle touches the bollard has no significance for the mobility of the locking part. It can be given away over a full circle and thus dodge in every direction. The vector of the contact thus plays no role for the desired damage minimization.
• the only limitations are the blockage of the blocking part by other objects or the contact with the ground on which the fastening element is fastened.
• the elastomer of the elastomeric spring is a butyl rubber.
• Such a rubber relaxed relatively slowly, so that a snap back of the locking member can be avoided in the rest position.
• the comparatively slow one Returning the blocking part has the advantage that oscillation beyond the rest position can be avoided. At the same time it minimizes the risk of injury to third parties or the damage of objects that happen to be in the pivot line of the locking part.
• that of the elastomer spring facing the end of the locking part runs inward, depending on the shape of the locking member, conical or pointed.

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