FR2997971A1 - Tip for apex of cone or signpost in building site, has assembly unit for assembling tip by insertion into opening of apex of cone or signpost, and hanging unit for authorizing fixing of chain or band on tip after assembled to apex - Google Patents

Abstract

The tip (1) has an assembly unit for assembling the tip by insertion into an opening of an apex of a cone (100) or a signpost. A hanging unit authorizes fixing of a chain (102) or a signaling band on the tip after assembled to the apex of the cone or the signpost. A longitudinal element extends from an external face of the tip and comprises a proximal end and a free distal end, where the proximal end of the longitudinal element is attached to the external face of the tip. The assembly unit comprises an assembly portion that comprises a base.

Description

The present invention relates to a tip for cone top or signaling post, and a cone or signaling post comprising this tip. On a construction site, it is known to delimit an area by means of cones of signaling, also called pads. These cones or signaling poles, together, materialize an area that can be a zone of danger, obstacle, or intervention. They produce a visual effect intended to warn a person approaching the delimited area of the presence of an obstacle or danger. The cones or signaling posts 10 must for this purpose be as visible as possible to capture the eyes and attention of users nearby. The colors, dimensions, or the number of cones or signaling posts can increase this visibility. However, these solutions have limitations. Indeed, the available number of cones or signaling posts is not unlimited. It follows that in certain particular cases this number may be insufficient to effectively delimit a relatively large area. In other words, the visibility of the defined area can be significantly reduced. The risk that a user involuntarily enters the delimited area is increased, 20 the fictitious perimeter traced between the cones or signaling posts being hardly perceptible by the approaching persons, taking into account the distance separating the cones or posts in insufficient number. In addition, cones or signposts are often at risk of collision because they are frequently placed in areas of high traffic of people or vehicles. As a result, they are frequently damaged, which requires replacement. But the absence of cone or replacement poles available implies a reduction in the number of cones or poles to delimit an area, so a decrease in the visibility of this area, without the possibility of remedying it. Furthermore, it will be noted that the capacity to use a large number of cones or signal poles necessarily implies a large capacity for storing these cones or signaling posts when they are not used, therefore costs of important storage. The present invention aims at overcoming all or part of these disadvantages by proposing a tip for a cone or signaling post offering the possibility of increasing the visibility of the cones or signaling posts which are equipped with them, in order to better signal a danger zone. , including with a limited number of cones or signposts given the extent of the area to be covered or damage to some of the cones or signaling posts.

For this purpose, the subject of the present invention is a tip for a cone top or signaling post comprising an opening, characterized in that the endpiece comprises assembly means shaped to allow assembly of the endpiece by insertion into the opening of the top of the cone or signaling post, and in that the endpiece comprises attachment means for allowing the attachment of a chain or a signaling strip on the endpiece once the assembled at the top of the cone or signpost. Thus, the tip according to the invention, assembled on a traffic cone, makes it possible to increase the visibility of the zone delimited by this traffic cone, by making it possible to suspend from the traffic cone a chain or a signaling strip, that is to say by materializing the fictitious perimeter between the cones or signaling posts, so that the delimited area becomes more visible. Therefore, the tip according to the invention also allows to use a number of cones or small signaling posts, without affecting the visibility of the defined area, so that it is possible to reduce the number of cones or signaling poles stored, thus reducing the cost of storage. In addition, the tips having a small volume of space (smaller than the cones or signaling posts they are intended to equip), it is easily possible to store a large number without incurring significant additional cost. According to one embodiment, the attachment means comprise at least one longitudinal member, extending from an outer face of the tip, said at least one longitudinal member having a proximal end attached to said outer face and one end. distal free. Note that the outer face of the nozzle means any face of the tip which is accessible to a user when the tip is assembled at the top of the cone or the signal pole. Advantageously, the distal end comprises a hook return, in order to limit the risk of detachment of the chain or the signaling strip.

Advantageously, the attachment means comprise an abutment member, arranged relative to the return to form with said return a baffle passage intended to limit the risk of recess of the chain or the signaling strip.

The attachment means may comprise a second longitudinal member. This is substantially similar to the at least one longitudinal member. According to one possibility, the attachment means comprise a second longitudinal member and a friction surface against which is intended to bear the signaling strip, the friction surface being arranged with respect to said at least one longitudinal member and the second member longitudinal to constrain the signaling band to snake between the longitudinal members. The friction surface corresponds to a side wall of a third longitudinal member. The third longitudinal member may be arranged between the two other longitudinal members. The stop member may be arranged at the end of the third longitudinal member. It may take the form of a disc capping the third longitudinal member. According to one embodiment, the assembly means comprise an assembly portion, intended to be inserted into the opening opening at the top of the cone or signaling post, the assembly portion comprising a lateral bearing surface and friction intended to abut against a lateral inner wall of the cone or signaling post to maintain the endpiece in a stable position on the top of the cone or signaling post when one or more signaling chains or bands are connected to the means traction. Thus, the tip forms a cone plug or signaling post. According to one embodiment, the assembly portion is removable, the nozzle comprising a support member shaped to receive the assembly portion, the support member comprising reversible locking means allowing the assembly of the assembly portion on the support member and preventing their disassembly unless intervention of a user, 35 to allow a user to adapt the tip to another cone or signaling pole.

Thus, the tip is adaptable to several shapes and dimensions of cones or signaling poles. It suffices for a user to replace the initial assembly portion, adapted to a cone or post of predetermined shape and dimensions, by an assembly portion adapted to another cone or post, of a shape and dimensions different from those of the previous one. cone or post, in order to equip this other cone or post tip according to the invention. This is particularly useful when the cone or post that received the tip has been damaged and the available cones or poles have different shapes and / or dimensions than the damaged cone or pole. The end of the tongue may have a rounded shape to facilitate assembly of the assembly portion and the support member. According to one embodiment, the endpiece comprises a support member on which the assembly portion is rotatably mounted, so that the endpiece can pivot relative to the cone or signaling post as a function of the pulls exerted by the channel (s) or signaling strip (s) connected to the attachment means. The support member is advantageously shaped to receive the assembly portion, the support member comprising reversible locking means allowing assembly of the assembly portion on the support member and preventing their disassembly unless intervention. of a user, to allow a user to adapt the tip to another cone or signaling pole. The reversible locking means may comprise at least one flexible tongue, arranged at the end of the support member 25, the tongue comprising a return arranged to prevent the unwanted disassembly of the assembly portion and the support member. . The end of the tongue may have a rounded shape to facilitate assembly of the assembly portion and the support member. According to one possibility, the assembly portion comprises a base 30 and a plurality of blades extending from the base, the edge of each blade forming said lateral bearing and friction surface. Advantageously, the vanes are flexible and extend in arc-of-circle from the base. Thus, the vanes make it possible to create a stress on the inner surface of the cone or signaling post in which they are inserted, which limits the risks of tearing off. In addition, their flexibility allows a radial deformation and a longitudinal deformation (in the direction in which the base extends) progressive when the section of the opening in which they are inserted varies (case of a truncated cone). The base may be substantially tubular, for example cylindrical, so that assembly of the assembly portion and the support member is achieved by inserting the support member into the base. The lateral bearing surface includes the one or more frictional side surfaces. The blades include a rounded leading edge. This makes it possible to pre-position the assembly portion with respect to the opening, and to facilitate the insertion of the assembly portion by progressively increasing the thrust force necessary for this insertion. The blades are advantageously dimensioned to constrain a force insertion of the assembly portion in the corresponding opening of the cone or the signaling post. The vanes can extend from the base substantially curvilinearly. The tip may include a pedestal below which the assembly portion extends. The base comprises a lower surface that can form the vertical bearing surface. The support member is for example integral with the base. It extends particularly from the underside of the base, for example substantially perpendicular to the underside of the base. The base comprises an upper surface that can correspond to the outer surface of the endpiece from which the attachment means extend. Thus, the tip comprises, below the base, the assembly means 30, in particular the assembly portion, and above the base, the attachment means. The attachment means may extend substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the base. The base closes if necessary the opening opening at the top 35 of the cone or the signal post. The invention also relates to a cone or signaling post comprising a tip having the above characteristics. Other features and advantages of the present invention will emerge clearly from the following detailed description of an embodiment, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the appended drawings in which: FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a mouthpiece according to an embodiment of the invention; FIG. 3 is a view of a mouthpiece according to an embodiment of the invention; A perspective view of a portion of a mouthpiece according to an embodiment of the invention, - Figure 4 is a side view and in section of a portion of a mouthpiece according to an embodiment of the invention. FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective views of end pieces according to one embodiment of the invention, positioned on signaling cones. FIG. 1 shows a tip 1, for a cone top 100 or a signaling post, in particular a construction cone or a signaling post, according to one embodiment of the invention. The tip 1 comprises catching means intended to allow the attachment of a chain 102 or a band 104 signaling, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. As shown in Figures 1 at 4, the attachment means here comprise three longitudinal members 2. The longitudinal members 2 each extend from an outer face 4 of the tip 1, corresponding here to the upper face of a base 6. The longitudinal members 2 have a proximal end 8 attached to the outer face 4 and one end. 10 distal free. Two of the three longitudinal members 2 have, according to the example of Figures 1 to 4, a distal end with a return 12 forming a hook. The third longitudinal member 2 may be arranged between the two other longitudinal members 2 having the return 12. The three longitudinal members 2 may extend substantially perpendicularly to the upper surface of the base 6.

The attachment means also comprise a stop member 14, arranged relative to the returns 12 to form with the returns 12 a baffle passage intended to limit the risk of recess of the chain 102 or the band 104 signaling. The abutment member 14 may be arranged at the distal end of the third longitudinal member 2. It may take the form of a disc capping the third longitudinal member 2. The attachment means here comprise a friction surface 16, which may correspond to a lateral wall of the third longitudinal member 2, against which is intended to bear the signaling strip 104, to force the signaling strip 104 to meander between the peripheral longitudinal members 2. The tip 1 also comprises assembly means shaped to allow the tip 1 to cap the top or to plug an opening opening at the top of the cone 100 or signaling post.

The assembly means may comprise an assembly portion, extending for example below the base 6, intended to be inserted into an opening opening at the top of the cone 100 or signaling post. The portion 20 thus forms a cap of the cone 100 or signaling pole, the base 6 can then close if necessary the opening opening at the top of the cone or the signaling pole. The assembly portion 20 comprises a lateral surface 22 bearing and friction intended to abut against a lateral inner wall of the cone 100 or signaling post. The tip 1 may comprise a support member 24 shaped to receive the assembly portion 20, the support member 24 may comprise reversible locking means, such as two flexible tongues 26, arranged at a free end of the body 24 support. The tongues 26 include a return 28 arranged to prevent inadvertent disassembly of the assembly portion 20 and the support member 24. The assembly portion 20 can thus be removable. The end of the tabs 26 may further have a rounded shape to facilitate assembly of the assembly portion 20 and the support member 24. The support member 24 is for example integral with the base 6. It extends in particular substantially perpendicularly to the lower face 35 of the base 6.

The assembly portion 20 can be rotatably mounted on the support member 24, so that the tip 1 can pivot relative to the cone 100 or signaling post according to the pulls exerted by the chain or chains 102 or 104 signaling strips attached to the longitudinal members 2. As can be seen in FIG. 3, the assembly portion 20 comprises a base 30 and a plurality of blades 32 projecting from the base 30, the edge of each blade 32 forming a bearing lateral surface 22 and friction.

The base 30 may be substantially tubular, for example of cylindrical shape, so that the assembly of the assembly portion 20 and the support member 24 is made by insertion of the support member 24 into the base 30. The blades 32 may comprise a chamfered edge 34 to allow the insertion of the assembly portion into the aperture 100 of the cone top 100 or signaling post. The blades 32 are advantageously dimensioned to constrain a force insertion of the assembly portion 20 into the corresponding opening of the cone or the signaling post. The blades 32 may extend from the base 30 substantially curvilinearly, for example in an arc-circle. They are advantageously flexible, to allow a radial support stress against the inner surface of the cone top 100 or signaling post, and to allow radial deformation and progressive longitudinal deformation in the case of engagement in a truncated cone 100 (the blades flex and then redeploy after having crossed the narrowest part of the truncated cone, to bear against the inner surface of the truncated cone). The invention also relates to a cone 100 or signaling post comprising a tip 1 having the aforementioned characteristics.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, this embodiment having been given as an example. Modifications are possible, particularly from the point of view of the constitution of the various elements or by the substitution of technical equivalents, without departing from the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims (11)

REVENDICATIONS1. End piece (1) for a cone top (100) or signal post comprising an opening, characterized in that the end piece (1) comprises assembly means shaped to allow assembly of the end piece (1) by insertion into the aperture of the cone top (100) or signaling post, and in that the endpiece (1) comprises catching means intended to allow the attachment of a chain (102) or a signaling strip (104) on the tip (1) once it is assembled at the top of the cone (100) or signaling post. 2. End piece (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment means comprise at least one longitudinal member (2), extending from an outer face (4) of the end piece (1), said minus a longitudinal member (2) having a proximal end (8) attached to said outer face (4) and a free distal end (10). 3. Tip (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the end (10) distal comprises a return (12) forming a hook, to limit the risk of recess of the chain (102) or the strip ( 104). 4. End piece (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the attachment means comprise a stop member (14) arranged with respect to the return (12) to form a baffle passage with said return (12). intended to limit the risk of detachment of the chain (102) or the band (104) signaling. 5. End piece (1) according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the attachment means comprise a second (2) longitudinal member and a surface (16) friction against which is intended to come in support the signaling strip (104), the friction surface (16) being arranged with respect to said at least one longitudinal member (2) and the second longitudinal member (2) to constrain the signaling strip (104) between longitudinal members (2). 2 99 79 71 10 6. End piece (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the assembly means comprise a portion (20) assembly, intended to be inserted into the opening opening at the top of the cone (100). ) or signaling pole, the assembly portion (20) comprising a lateral surface (22) bearing and friction intended to abut against a lateral inner wall of the cone (100) or signaling post to maintain the endpiece (1) in a stable position on the top of the cone (100) or signaling post when one or more chains (102) or strips (104) signaling are connected to the attachment means. 7. End piece (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the portion (20) assembly is removable, the tip (1) comprising a member (24) shaped support for receiving the portion (20) of assembly, the support member (24) comprising reversible locking means allowing the assembly portion (20) to be assembled on the support member (24) and preventing their disassembly unless a user intervenes, for allow a user to adapt the tip (1) to another cone (100) or signaling post. 8. End piece (1) according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the endpiece comprises a support member (24) on which the portion (20) assembly is rotatably mounted, so that the endpiece (1) can pivot relative to the cone (100) or signaling post depending on the traction exerted by the chain or chains (102) or bands (104) of signaling connected (s) to the attachment means. 9. End piece (1) according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the assembly portion (20) comprises a base (30) and a plurality of blades (32) extending from the base ( 30), the wafer of each vane (32) forming said lateral bearing and friction surface (22). 10. Tip (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the blades (32) are flexible and extend arcuate from the base (30). 35 11. Cone (100) or signaling post comprising a tip (1) according to one of claims 1 to 10.