EP0808967B1 - Clôture ou enceinte pouvant être produite et installée facilement - Google Patents

Clôture ou enceinte pouvant être produite et installée facilement Download PDF

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EP0808967B1
EP0808967B1 EP97108060A EP97108060A EP0808967B1 EP 0808967 B1 EP0808967 B1 EP 0808967B1 EP 97108060 A EP97108060 A EP 97108060A EP 97108060 A EP97108060 A EP 97108060A EP 0808967 B1 EP0808967 B1 EP 0808967B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1426—Picket fences
    • E04H17/1439—Picket fences with separate pickets going through the horizontal members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14—Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413—Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447—Details of connections between rails and posts

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  • the present invention relates to a rail fence or enclosure which can be easily made and installed.
  • prior rail fences conventionally comprise cross-members which are coupled, at their longitudinal end portions, to uprights and which support a plurality of rods having a lot of different shapes, depending on requirements.
  • a galvanizing process while providing a very good protection against corrosion, is affected by the drawback that it does not provide a satisfactory aesthetic finishing of the rail fence and, moreover, that said galvanizing method hinders a subsequent painting of the rail fence, if a painting finishing is required for aesthetic reasons.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome the above mentioned drawbacks, by providing a rail fence or enclosure in general which can be made by easily constructed and assembled elements.
  • a main object of the present invention is to provide such a rail fence or enclosure which is very competitive from a mere economic standpoint, even if it is made starting from comparatively highly expensive materials, such as, for example, stainless steel.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such a rail fence or enclosure which features a good mechanical strength.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a rail fence or enclosure which does not present any thermal expansion problems.
  • the rail fence or enclosure according to the embodiment of the present invention, and which has been generally indicated by the reference number 1, comprises cross-members 2, the longitudinal end portions of which are coupled to upright members 3.
  • cross-members 2 are made of a bent sheet metal material, so as to provide a substantial omega-shaped cross-section.
  • the cross-members 2 are provided with a middle portion 4, therethrough are formed throughgoing holes of passages 5 for receiving corresponding rod elements 16.
  • two legs 6a and 6b laterally extend, said legs or wings being laterally coupled to the rod elements 16, for example by screws, rivets 7, or other known coupling means.
  • the rod elements 16 are preferably constituted by extruded metal material tubular elements.
  • two adjoining rod elements 16 can comprise separated bodies or they can be constituted, in pairs, by a same tubular body, of U bent-shape, as clearly shown in figure 5.
  • the upright elements 3 are also formed, preferably, by extruded metal material tubular bodies, on the side surfaces of which are coupled blocks 8 defining connection regions for the longitudinal end portions of the cross members 2.
  • the mentioned coupling blocks 8 can be engaged in the longitudinal end portions of the cross-members 2 and are provided, at the top thereof, with a throughgoing seat 9 for receiving a coupling screw 10, to be used for connecting the cross-members 2.
  • the screw 10 passes through a slot 11, formed through the middle portion 4 of the cross-members 2, and having an elongated shape which extends longitudinally of the cross-members, so as to allow the cross-members 2 to longitudinal slide with respect to the upright members 3, upon thermal expansion.
  • easily deformable regions 12 are provided.
  • the mentioned easily deformable regions 12 are made by punching operations on the longitudinal end portions of the cross-members 2.
  • Such a punching operation is specifically designed for edging the material forming the cross-members 2, at the mentioned longitudinal end portions of said cross-members 2.
  • the rail fence according to the embodiment of the present invention is formed by elements, such as the cross-members 2, rod elements 16 and upright members 3, which have a very simple construction, which can be made at a very low cost, even if a comparatively expensive material such as, for example, stainless steel is used therefor.
  • the rail fence according to the embodiment of the invention can be quickly and easily assembled since it would be sufficient to engage the rod elements 16 through the holes or passages 5, and affix said rod elements 16 to the cross-members 2 by rivets 7 or any other known coupling means, as already stated.
  • the subject rail fence can be made at a very low cost, even if it comprises comparatively expensive materials, such as stainless steel, which materials do not require any further maintenance operations.
  • Yet another advantage of the rail fence according to the present invention is that it is not practically affected by possible thermal expansions.

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  1. Clôture ou enceinte (1) pouvant être installée et fabriquée facilement, comprenant :
    Des membres formant traverses (2), des éléments formant tiges (16) et des membres verticaux (3), chaque membre formant traverses (2) étant constitué de tôles coudées (« bent sheet métal »), comprenant une partie centrale (4) et deux bras (6a, 6b) s'étendant latéralement à partir de ladite partie centrale (4), la direction longitudinale de la partie centrale (4) et les bras (6a ,6b) étant parallèles à la direction longitudinale du membre formant traverse (2), ladite partie centrale (4) étant munie d'orifices (5) traversant ladite partie et recevant les éléments formant tiges (16) dans une direction perpendiculaire à la direction longitudinale du membre formant traverses (2), lesdits bras (6a, 6b) étant couplés aux éléments formant tiges (16), et les membres verticaux (3) présentant des régions de couplage pour soutenir lesdits membres formant traverses (2) aux extrémités longitudinales des membres formant traverses (2), caractérisées en ce que les extrémités longitudinales des membres formant traverses (2) sont munies de régions facilement déformables (12) pour être en contact avec les membres verticaux (3), telles que les lesdites extrémités absorberont, par déformation plastique par contact contre les membres verticaux (3), les expansions thermiques affectant les membres formant traverses (2).
  2. Clôture selon la revendication 1 caractérisée en ce que lesdits éléments formant tiges (16) comprennent des éléments tubulaires extrudés.
  3. Clôture selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdits membres verticaux (3) comprennent des corps tubulaires.
  4. Clôture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits bras (6a, 6b) desdits membres formant traverses sont couplés aux dits éléments formant tiges par des vis ou des rivets.
  5. Clôture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdites régions de couplage comprennent des blocs de couplage (8) («coupling blocks») qui sont couplés latéralement aux dits membres verticaux (3) et assurent une prise aux extrémités desdits membres formant traverses (2), lesdits membres formant traverses (2) étant adaptés pour être liés longitudinalement par glissement (« slidably ») aux dits blocs (8).
  6. Clôture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdites régions facilement déformables (12) sont obtenues par estampage (« punching ») des extrémités longitudinales desdits membres formant traverses (2).
  7. Clôture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits membres verticaux (3), lesdits membres formant traverses (2) et les éléments formant tiges (16) sont constitués d'un matériau de type acier inoxydable.
  8. Clôture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits membres formant traverses (2) ont une section efficace de forme oméga ("omega-shaped cross-section")
EP97108060A 1996-05-20 1997-05-16 Clôture ou enceinte pouvant être produite et installée facilement Expired - Lifetime EP0808967B1 (fr)

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ITMI961008 1996-05-20
IT96MI001008A ITMI961008A1 (it) 1996-05-20 1996-05-20 Struttura di cancellata o recinzione in genere ad elevata semplicita' di produzione ed installazione

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US4667935A (en) * 1986-06-17 1987-05-26 Moore Robert S Metal fencing, gratings and the like employing novel interconnecting means and method of assembly
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