FR3029425A1 - DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING A CLIMBING WALL - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for optimizing an artificial climbing wall (2) comprising at least one transmission loop (3) at the rear of the wall (2) capable of emitting an electromagnetic field, said device ( 1) remarkable in that it comprises at least: - a management element (7) translucent or transparent, comprising at least one electronic card (8) provided with at least one light source (9) and a loop of receiving (10) able to feed said light source (9), and - a plug (4) arranged to be fixed to the front of said translucent or transparent wall (2) and comprising a recess (5) arranged on its rear face ( 41) of complementary shape to said management element (7) to allow insertion and securing by wedging of the latter in said recess (5), said management element (7) comprising polarizing means (75) to guarantee its positioning angular position in the socket (4).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to artificial climbing walls and more particularly to a device 5 for optimizing an artificial climbing wall, in particular for illuminating the outlets. PRIOR ART Historically, climbers have sought to rate in 10 degrees of difficulty the climbing routes on natural sites or on artificial climbing walls. On the latter, which generally consist of an assembly of modular panels, such as slabs or slopes, arranged between them so as to make a climbing wall in relief and able to receive recesses climbing recessed or embossed mounted recessed or projecting on said wall with a screw or a bolt or a wood screw, each channel with its own degree of difficulty, is located by placing catches of a same color or with the same labeling labels. However, multiple channel overlaps and sockets of different colors or labels make the readability of the layouts difficult to say the least. To alleviate some of these disadvantages, plugs with lights are already known. The latter consist of a body comprising an outer portion for supporting a climber and a substantially planar mounting face adapted to cooperate with said climbing wall. The body advantageously comprises an internal compartment made from a transparent or translucent construction material capable of allowing the light to pass. Said light climbing jacks also comprise one or more XSIN01-FR-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 - 2 - internal light sources or they are arranged near said outlets or they are flush with the surface thereof, said light sources being connected to an energy source by means of power cables arranged behind the climbing wall and passing through said wall. However, this type of light is not really compatible with a change in their geographical position on the wall. Indeed, if the position of the light sockets changes, it may be necessary to extend the power supply wiring and new through holes in said climbing wall. These operations are tedious and expensive because it is not always easy to access the back of the climbing wall, once it is set up. Similarly, it is necessary to mount / disassemble the plugs frequently for cleaning. These operations are then delicate because it is necessary each time to connect / disconnect the plugs to the power supply cables. Finally, the multiplication of orifices may ultimately weaken the climbing wall. To partially overcome these disadvantages, there are known autonomous light sockets incorporating an electronic circuit provided with a light source and powered by rechargeable batteries or accumulators. However, this type of light catches still has several disadvantages. Indeed, on the one hand, these rechargeable batteries or accumulators have a limited lifetime requiring a relatively frequent replacement or reloading and require to realize in the socket itself an important housing for their implementation thus limiting their use in significant dimensions and, on the other hand, the recycling of batteries is still a delicate environmental problem. XSIN01-EN-5_TEXTE REMOVAL_RG / GE 3029425 - 3 In addition, with this type of light socket, if the electrical circuit for the illumination is faulty, it is then obligatory, in most cases, to completely replace the socket by a new, 5 this operation is then much more expensive. In addition, according to the angular positioning of the socket, the illumination of said socket can be more or less effective making it difficult to see from the bottom of the wall. Finally, these known outlets 10 only allow the illumination of the tracks and, in any case, an optimization of the practice of climbing. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above and to propose a device for optimizing an artificial climbing wall which is easy to set up, autonomous and which makes it possible to illuminate said wall. in order to make it easy to evolve its various tracks, inexpensively and without complex and expensive operations, said device also making it possible to optimize the practice of climbing on said wall and which can also be installed on most climbing walls existing. According to the invention, it is therefore proposed to optimize an artificial climbing wall comprising at least one transmission loop arranged to be fixed to the rear of the wall, connected to a power supply network. electrical and able to emit an electromagnetic field through said wall, said device 30 being remarkable in that it comprises at least: a translucent or transparent management element comprising at least one electronic card provided with at least one light source and a reception loop provided for sensing said electromagnetic field and converting it with electric current to power said light source, and - a socket arranged to be fixed at the front of said wall and comprising at least one translucent or transparent portion to the right of each light source and a recess arranged on its rear face of exactly complementary internal shape to the external shape of said management element to allow the insertion and securing by wedging of the latter in said recess, 10 said management element comprising polarizing means to ensure its positioning in a determined angular position in the grip around a axis substantially perpendicular to the rear face of said socket, when inserted into the socket.

The management element has at least one front surface, a rear surface and an outer side surface, joining said front and rear surfaces, said outer side surface preferably being of generally frusto-conical shape.

The polarizing means advantageously comprise at least one finger protruding from the front surface. According to a preferred embodiment, the polarizing means comprise at least three fingers protruding from the front surface and having an angular offset of 120 ° between two consecutive fingers, at least one of the fingers having a cross section different from that of the fingers. other fingers. The management element is advantageously of generally annular shape to allow the passage of the gripping means 30 in the center. Advantageously, the portion of the socket is a generally annular rear portion located on the side of the wall, when the socket is fixed on the latter. The electronic card further comprises at least one sensor measuring the angular orientation of the grip about an axis substantially perpendicular to its rear face. Likewise, each light source of the electronic card is integrated in the (or one) finger (s). According to a preferred embodiment, the electronic card is integrated into the material of the management element. Advantageously, each light source is advantageously an LED capable of emitting light of several different colors depending on the needs and the channels to be marked. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Other advantages and features will become more apparent from the following description of an embodiment of a device for optimizing a climbing wall according to the invention with reference to the appended figures on FIG. which: - Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device for optimizing an artificial wall according to the invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an element of the optimization device of FIG. 1; Figure 3 is a top view of the element of Figure 2; FIG. 4 is a broken section of the element of FIG. 2 along the intersecting planes IV-IV 'of FIG.

BEST METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT THE TECHNICAL INVENTION Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the optimization device 1 of an artificial climbing wall 2 comprises at least one transmission loop 3 arranged to be fixed to the rear of the vehicle. wall 2, connected to an electrical network and XSIN01-FR-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 - 6 - able to emit an electromagnetic field through said wall 2, a socket 4 comprising a recess 5 arranged on its rear face 41 and arranged to be secured to the front of said wall 2 by means of fixing means 6, for example fastening screw type 61 passing through an orifice 42 of the socket 4, and a management element 7 able to be inserted and secured by wedging in the recess 5 of said socket 4. Here, the term "front" refers to the face or side of an element which faces the climber when the latter is about to climb said wall 2, and by " rear "opposite side or side (e). The management element 7 makes it possible in particular to respond to the illumination commands and to produce light.

To do this and with reference to FIG. 4, said management element 7 comprises at least one electronic card 8 provided with at least one light source 9 and a reception loop 10 designed to pick up said electromagnetic field emitted by the light loop. associated emission 3 and to convert it into an electric current for supplying said light source 9. Because of the frequent removal / repositioning of sockets 4 for their cleaning in particular, the use of a magnetic induction supply is particularly suitable to overcome the disadvantages of wired power supply systems. Those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in determining the characteristics of the magnetic induction power supply to be used depending in particular on the nature and thickness of the wall 2. For the same reasons, the electronic card 8 is preferably integrated in the resin of the management element 7 in order to make the assembly watertight and robust, said resin being transparent or translucent so as to allow the transmission of light from the light source (s) 9 towards the outside of said management element 7. It goes without saying that the management element 7 may be partially translucent or transparent and comprise only transparent portions or translucent arranged to the right of the (or) source (s) light (s) 9, without departing from the scope of the present invention. It will be understood that with this configuration, when the electronic card 8 is faulty, it is sufficient to loosen the management element 7 and replace it, without touching the socket itself. Likewise, when the plug 4 is worn or broken, the associated management element 7 can easily be retrieved to place it in the recess 15 of a new socket 4. In fact, the management element 7 has always been the same shape and dimensions so that it can be put into place in any socket 4. Those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in determining the number and type of the electronic components of the electronic card 8, so that these ensure the proper functioning of the optimization device 1 and are compatible with the chemical, thermal and mechanical constraints related to an integration in the management element 7.

Each light source 9 is advantageously an LED (Light Emitting Diode) capable of emitting light of several different colors depending on the needs and the channels to be marked. The use of LEDs also makes it possible to adjust the intensity of the luminous flux easily so as to adapt the optimization device 1 to the ambient lighting conditions and to the dimensions of the sockets 4. With reference to FIG. 4 using the light sources 9, the plug 4 comprises XSIN01-FR-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 - 8 - minus a portion 43 translucent or transparent to the right of each light source 9 to allow the transmission of light from the 7 This portion 43 is preferably a generally annular rear portion located on the side of the wall 2, when the socket 4 is fixed on the latter, and to the right of the light sources 9 According to FIGS. 2 and 3, the management element 7 is advantageously of generally annular shape in order to allow the fastening means 6 to pass through its center. The management element 7 has at least one front surface 71, a rear surface 72, an inner side surface 73 and an outer side surface 74, said inner side 73 and outer side surfaces 74 joining said front 71 and rear 72 surfaces. in addition, the management element 7 comprises polarizing means 75 to ensure, when inserted and secured in the socket 4, its positioning in a given angular position in the socket 4 about an axis substantially perpendicular to the face rear 41 of said socket 4, corresponding conventionally to the longitudinal axis of the screw 61 for fixing said socket 4. This determined angular position is essential 25 because it ensures the positioning of the (or) source (s) light (s) 9 relative to the external geometry of the socket 4 in order to obtain uniform illumination over the entire periphery of said socket 4, the electronic card 8 and its diffs ent components integrated in the 30 7 management element is always positioned in the same way. Furthermore, this determined angular position also defines a reference angular position of the socket 4. Thus, if when placed on the wall 2 to XSIN01-EN-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 - 9 - using the fixing screw 61, the plug 4 is fixed in an angular position different from the angular position of reference, the optimization device 1 according to the invention will then make it possible to obtain in real time information on the true angular positioning of the 4. To do this, the electronic card 8 preferably comprises at least one sensor, not shown, for measuring the angular orientation of the socket 4 about an axis 10 substantially perpendicular to said wall 2, said sensor being a sensor angular for measuring the angular orientation of the associated socket 4 relative to said reference angular position. According to a preferred embodiment, the polarizing means 75 comprise at least three fingers 76,77 projecting from the front surface 71 and having an angular offset of 120 ° between two consecutive fingers 76,77, at least one of the 76 Fingers 76, 77 having a cross-section different from that of the other fingers 77. In this configuration, the electronic card 8 has three light sources 9, each of which is integrated in one of the three fingers 76, 77. Furthermore, to facilitate insertion and securing by wedging, the management element 7 25 has an outer lateral surface 74 advantageously frustoconical. It will be understood that in order to allow insertion and securing by wedging of the management element 7 in the recess 5 of said socket 4, the latter has an internal shape exactly complementary to the external shape of said management element 7. The configuration of the polarizing means 75 with fingers 76,77 ensures the correct angular positioning of the management element 7 in the socket 4, while allowing XSIN01-FR-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 - 10 - to have enough material between the management element 7 and the head of the screw 61 to prevent breakage of the socket 4 when it is placed on the wall 2 and the tightening of said fixing screw 61.

According to an embodiment not shown, it is well understood that, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the polarizing means may comprise only one finger projecting from the front surface, the electronic card then having an integrated light source 10 in said finger. The transmission loop 3 may advantageously be associated with several reception loops 10 and thus with several sockets 4 for simultaneously supplying several light sources 9. This configuration allows a great modularity of the wall 2 thanks to the variability of the position of the sockets 4 The optimization device 1 also comprises a control box, not shown, able to activate the transmission loops 3 in order to turn on or off the light sources 9 of the sockets 4 and a software interface preferably operating from an interactive terminal for managing the illumination of one or more channels. However, the software interface may also be used on other hardware platforms with, for example, feature restrictions depending on the users. Similarly, a Smartphone / PC / interactive terminal version will make it possible to visualize and select lanes, and to save various parameters specific to climbers. A PC version (Personal Computer in English) will be mainly dedicated to the computer of the manager of the climbing room equipped with the management device 1 according to the invention. XSIN01-FR-5_TEXTE DEPOSE_RG / GE 3029425 Possibility of industrial application The device 1 for optimizing an artificial climbing wall 2 according to the invention is more particularly applicable to the marking of the tracks on said artificial wall 2 climbing, but it can also be used to ensure the decoration / animation of the climbing room by the use of illumination sequences made for this purpose. Finally, it goes without saying that the examples of optimization devices 1 10 according to the invention which have just been described are only particular illustrations, in no way limiting the invention. XSIN01-EN-5_TEXT DEPOSE_RG / GE

Claims (10)

REVENDICATIONS1. Device (1) for optimizing an artificial climbing wall (2) comprising at least one transmission loop (3) arranged to be fixed to the rear of the wall (2), connected to a power supply network electrical and able to emit an electromagnetic field through said wall (2), said device (1) characterized in that it comprises at least: a translucent or transparent management element (7), comprising at least one electronic card ( 8) provided with at least one light source (9) and a receiving loop (10) for sensing said electromagnetic field and converting it into electric current for supplying said light source (9), and (4) arranged to be fixed to the front 15 of said wall (2) and comprising at least one portion (43) translucent or transparent to the right of each light source (9) and a recess (5) arranged on its rear face ( 41) of internal shape exactly complementary to the external form of said element t management (7) to 20 allow the insertion and securing by wedging of the latter in said recess (5), said management element (7) having polarizing means (75) to ensure its positioning in a certain angular position in the socket (4) about an axis substantially perpendicular to the rear face (41) of said socket (4), when inserted into the socket (4). 2. Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the management element (7) comprises at least a front surface (71), a rear surface (72) and an outer lateral surface (74), joining said front (71) and rear (72) surfaces, said outer lateral surface (74) being generally frusto-conical in shape. 3. Device (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the polarizing means (75) 5 comprise at least one finger protruding from the front surface (71). 4. Device (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the polarizing means (75) comprise at least three fingers (76,77) projecting from the front surface (71) and having an angular offset of 120 ° between two fingers (76,77) consecutive, at least one (76) of the fingers having a cross section different from that of the other fingers (77). 5. Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the management element (7) is annular to allow the passage of the fixing means (6) of the plug (4) in the center. 6. Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the portion (43) of the plug (4) is an annular rear portion located on the side of the wall (2), when the socket (4) 4) is fixed on the latter. 7. Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the electronic card (8) comprises at least one sensor for measuring the angular orientation of the socket (4) about an axis perpendicular to its rear face (41). 8. Device (1) according to any one of claims XSIN01-FR-5_TEXT SUITE NOTIF_RG / GE 3029425 - 14 - characterized in that each light source (9) of the electronic card (8) is integrated in the one or one of the fingers (75,76). 5 9. Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the electronic card (8) is integrated in the material of the management element (7). 10 10. Device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that each light source (9) is advantageously an LED capable of emitting light of several different colors. XSIN01-EN-5_TEXT SUITE NOTIF_RG / GE