EP3133228A2 - Eine modulare zaunanordnung - Google Patents

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EP3133228A2
EP3133228A2 EP16180830.8A EP16180830A EP3133228A2 EP 3133228 A2 EP3133228 A2 EP 3133228A2 EP 16180830 A EP16180830 A EP 16180830A EP 3133228 A2 EP3133228 A2 EP 3133228A2
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Manuel CRACCO
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/20Posts therefor
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1417Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members with vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1426Picket fences
    • E04H17/143Picket fences with separate pickets attached to the side of the horizontal members
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447Details of connections between rails and posts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/1452Details of connections between rails and posts the ends of the rails are fixed on the lateral sides of the posts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/146Details of connections between rails and posts the rails being attached to the front faces of the posts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/14Fences constructed of rigid elements, e.g. with additional wire fillings or with posts
    • E04H17/1413Post-and-rail fences, e.g. without vertical cross-members
    • E04H17/1447Details of connections between rails and posts
    • E04H17/1465Details of connections between rails and posts the rails being supported within blind or through holes of the posts

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  • the present finding refers to a modular fence structure with high mounting simplicity and reduced maintenance.
  • Such fencing is generally constituted by wooden prefabricated structural elements that are assembled together by using various connection systems.
  • the fences of known type also have criticalities tied, for example, to the mounting, and in particular to the connection of the crosspieces with the uprights.
  • the task of the present finding is therefore that of attaining a modular fence structure which overcomes the drawbacks of the abovementioned prior art, and which in particular is simple to make and assemble.
  • one particular object of the finding is to provide a modular fence structure that is obtained with materials capable of combining high resistance to wear and signs of time with limited environmental and landscape impact.
  • Another object of the finding is to provide a modular fence structure which allows considerably reducing the costs of labor during the achievement step.
  • Still another object of the finding is to provide a modular fence structure which allows increasing the array of the achievable models, starting from the same structural components.
  • Not least object of the finding is to provide a modular fence structure which is capable of ensuring the widest assurances of reliability and safety during use.
  • a modular fence structure comprising a plurality of uprights adapted to support a plurality of transverse containment elements; said uprights being constituted by metal tubular bodies; said structure is characterized in that said uprights comprise a plurality of shaped notches, made along the extension thereof, adapted to allow the quick and safe connection of said containment elements.
  • a modular fence structure is indicated in its entirety with the reference number 1.
  • the structure 1 is essentially composed of a series of uprights 2 suitable for a vertical fixing to the ground and conceived for supporting transverse containment elements 3.
  • the uprights 2 are constituted by metal tubular bodies preferably made of COR-TEN steel, or of other materials with substantially analogous characteristics, which can have substantially circular or polygonal cross section, in accordance with the requirements.
  • COR-TEN steel among the various available materials, is determined by the desire to intervene on the territory with minimum environmental and landscape impact, without however compromising the strength of the structure 1 as well as its ease of assembly.
  • the containment elements 3 are constituted by stringers 4, preferably made of wood or round, semi-round or square steel, jointed to the uprights 2 and arranged on one or more superimposed horizontal rows.
  • the stringers 4 are combined with oblique crosspieces 5, preferably made of half-round or square wood, associated with the uprights 2 and arranged as St. Andrew's Cross.
  • the containment elements 3 can be constituted by metal rods 6, preferably made of COR-TEN steel, joined to the uprights 2 and equipped with vertically arranged boards 7.
  • the containment elements 3 can instead consist of gridlike modular panels, as illustrated as an example in figures 5 and 6 in which they are respectively indicated with the reference numbers 8 and 9, or of cover panels 10, transparent or not transparent, as illustrated in figure 7 .
  • containment elements 3 could also be constituted by nets, ropes, windbreak panels, and still other items, without departing from the scope of the employed solution idea.
  • shaped notches 11 are defined which allow quickly and safely connecting the containment elements 3.
  • shaped notches 11 illustrated in figures 1 to 7 have a shape substantially complementary to that of the cross section of suitable fixing elements 12, which are made integral with the containment elements 3 and associable with the uprights 2.
  • diametrically-opposed pairs of shaped notches 11 define through seats for the fixing elements 12 on the uprights 2, which are inserted therein, with possibility of sliding in a manner such to traverse the same uprights 2 from side to side, projecting from opposite sides.
  • the shaped notches 11 have size corresponding to the cross section of the fixing elements 12, such that one or each fixing elements 12 is insertable to size, hence substantially without clearance, in the respective shaped notch 11.
  • the complementarity between a shaped notch 11 and a respective fixing element means that only a respective fixing element 12 is insertable in the shaped notch 11 or in each of the shaped notches 11 and therefore not a containment element to be supported, whose ends are thus not inserted in the axial opening of respective uprights.
  • this ensures stronger uprights as well as a quick and effective insertion of the fixing element 12 in the shaped notch 11, as well as the maintenance in correct work position of the fixing element 12, in particular as long as the same is not connected or fixed to one or more containment elements.
  • pairs of shaped notches 11 are defined on the side of the uprights 2, at the top part and bottom part, i.e. substantially at the two opposite ends of the portions of the uprights 2 that project from the ground.
  • the shaped notches 11 are advantageously elongated slots defined longitudinally or transversely with respect to the uprights 2.
  • the aforesaid elongated slots can be defined in a manner such to be operatively vertical or operatively horizontal in accordance with the requirements.
  • the fixing elements 12 instead consist of a series of metal plates, preferably made of COR-TEN steel, which suitably have slotted holes 13 made on the opposite ends thereof.
  • the slotted holes 13 allow fixing the containment elements 3 to the aforesaid plates by means of screws 14, bolts, rivets, or other equivalent connection members.
  • such plates can also comprise mechanical blocks, constituted for example by projections that project from their profile, which fix the length of the plate sections insertable in the shaped notches 11 and block the sliding thereof relative to the uprights 2.
  • the uprights 2 can also comprise holes 15, or grooves 16, conceived in a manner such to receive the ends of the stringers 4.
  • the shaped notches can assume a different shape.
  • some or all the shaped notches 111 can be substantially H-shaped, in a manner so as to define wings 17 on the front of the uprights 2, such wings 17 being susceptible of being bent towards each other, in a manner such to substantially form flat connection zones where it is possible to easily set and fix the containment elements 3.
  • bending raisers 18 can be provided that are essentially constituted by perforated slits.
  • the containment elements 3 can be constituted by bars 19, preferably made of round, semi-round or square wood, joined to the wings 17 by means of self-drilling screws.
  • the use of the laser in cutting the uprights 2 allows executing complex cutting lines with high precision, reducing both the times for making the fence according to the finding, and the working discards.
  • the assembly of the modular fence structure is particularly simple and quick.
  • the structure is initially disassembled and its assembly starts with the installation of the uprights 2 which represent the essential elements for supporting the entire structure.
  • the uprights 2 can be laid in various ways, for example by means of obtaining suitable concrete foundations, clamped with screws or screw anchors or by means of the pin system as represented in figures 11, 12, 13 .
  • a modular fence structure 1a which comprises at least one upright 2 adapted to support at least one transverse containment element (as indicated above with reference to figures 1 to 10 ) and/or at least one stringer 4, for example as described above; such upright 2 is constituted by a tubular body, if desired metallic.
  • connection and support element 20 e.g. a bar or round bar or pin, if desired made of iron, for the connection, e.g. removable, to the ground or to a curb or low wall constrained or fixed to the ground S of the upright 2 and the support thereof;
  • connection and support element 20 is, on one side, connectable or fixable or fitted in the ground S or in a curb or low wall and on the other side it is insertable or inserted in the through hole 2a delimited by a respective upright 2 or in any case it can be arranged side-by-side or outside a respective upright 2.
  • connection and support element 20 is arranged adjacent to and, if desired, in contact for the entire longitudinal extension thereof with the upright 2, in particular a lower, in use, internal surface section 2c of the upright 2.
  • connection and support element 20 is preferably parallel to the longitudinal extension axis of the respective upright 2.
  • the structure also comprises means 21, 22 for constraining or engaging the connection and support element 20 with the upright or with the respective upright 2.
  • the means for constraining 21, 22 can comprise at least one U-shaped or C-shaped clamp or bracket 21 enclosing or at least partially placed around the connection and support element 20 and with at least one free end 21 a inserted in and constrained to the upright 2 or to the lateral wall thereof.
  • one or both free ends 21a of the clamp 21 is/are threaded and in such case the structure comprises at least one nut or a pair of nuts 22, each in screwing engagement with a threaded free end 21 a; each nut 22 preferably abuts against the external surface 2b of the upright 2, in particular if the connection and support element 20 is inserted in the upright 2 or against the internal surface 2c of the upright, in particular if the connection and support element 20 flanks, from the outside, the upright 2, but in both cases such to constrain the upright 2 to the clamp 21 and to the connection and support element 20.
  • the clamp or bracket encloses the connection and support element 20 and due to the nut 22 tightens - preferably removably - the connection and support element 20 against the external surface 2b or internal surface 2c of the upright 2.
  • connection and support elements 20 With one such structure it is possible to removably fix the uprights 2 in the ground. To do this, one first installs the connection and support elements 20 in the ground, if desired by means of the use of pile-driver devices, for example in a layer of fresh concrete previously deposited on the ground, or one covers the connection and support elements 20 with resin and then the same are inserted or fixed in cement curbs or low walls.
  • tubular uprights are fixed, previously provided with holes by means of suitable clamps.
  • a structure or system like that illustrated in figures 11 to 13 allows a removable mounting of one or more uprights and can for example be used for cleaning embankments and slopes.
  • the pin or round bar 20 can also be made of a traditional steel lined for reinforced concrete, which can have anti-rotation characteristics and be knurled, in which case it ensures an increased adherence both to the ground and with regard to the surface of the respective upright 2.
  • the uprights 2 and the stringers 3 are obtained by means of laser technology and do not require subsequent working, in particular manual workshop working, e.g. welding, perforating, smoothing etcetera.
  • the pin or round bar 20 can have length equal to about 20-120 cm, for example about 80-120 cm, if desired 100 cm for fixing on the ground, or for example 20-60 cm, if desired 40 cm for fixing on concrete.
  • the pin 20 can be fitted or inserted for about 70-90% of its length, e.g. 80%, in the ground or about 40-60% of its length, e.g. 50%, in concrete.
  • Part of the structure according to the finding is in fact made of COR-TEN steel and therefore is capable both of self-protection from electrochemical corrosion, with undoubted advantages in terms of fence duration and safety, and of maintaining low environmental and landscape impact.
  • Another advantage of the modular fence structure according to the finding lies in the reduced bulk of the disassembled components; such property facilitates both the storage and the transport.

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US9963854B2 (en) * 2015-11-10 2018-05-08 Caterpillar Inc. Guardrail with tapered vertical channel post
CN111827778A (zh) * 2020-06-23 2020-10-27 北京住总第一开发建设有限公司 一种方便组装的装配式护栏
GB2595287A (en) * 2020-05-21 2021-11-24 Perforated & Stamped Products Ltd A partition assembly

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US666947A (en) 1899-12-21 1901-01-29 Joseph T Ward Fence-joint.
US4813651A (en) 1988-06-30 1989-03-21 Rutledge Terry G Fence post with saddle support construction and method therefore
DE4436345C1 (de) 1994-10-12 1996-02-08 V & S Sicherungssysteme Gmbh & Gitterzaun mit einrastenden Haltebügeln
US20030222257A1 (en) 2001-06-05 2003-12-04 Bebendorf Ronald William Fence post and rail assembly with concealed strengthening bars

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US666947A (en) 1899-12-21 1901-01-29 Joseph T Ward Fence-joint.
US4813651A (en) 1988-06-30 1989-03-21 Rutledge Terry G Fence post with saddle support construction and method therefore
DE4436345C1 (de) 1994-10-12 1996-02-08 V & S Sicherungssysteme Gmbh & Gitterzaun mit einrastenden Haltebügeln
US20030222257A1 (en) 2001-06-05 2003-12-04 Bebendorf Ronald William Fence post and rail assembly with concealed strengthening bars

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US9963854B2 (en) * 2015-11-10 2018-05-08 Caterpillar Inc. Guardrail with tapered vertical channel post
GB2595287A (en) * 2020-05-21 2021-11-24 Perforated & Stamped Products Ltd A partition assembly
GB2595287B (en) * 2020-05-21 2024-06-05 Perforated & Stamped Products Ltd A partition assembly
CN111827778A (zh) * 2020-06-23 2020-10-27 北京住总第一开发建设有限公司 一种方便组装的装配式护栏

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