1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to reflective sign, and particular to a low-protruded roadstud having a simple and cheap manufacture with good reflective effect and long life time.
2. Related Art
Known reflective signs on road are usually formed by reflective sheet embedded into a body. Road surface could be covered by rain within 1 mm normally, the roadstud needs to be visible under this situation especially on highway. According to traffic standard of most of the countries, the height roadstud protruding from the road needs to be lower than 19 mm on highway and 25 mm on public road. The protruded roadstud could cause jump or vibration to vehicle crushing on it. Sometimes it will cause dangerous drift to bicycle. In snow area, such protruded roadstud might be shoveled by shoveling machine or cause damage to the shoveling machine. However, lower the roadstud from the road will damage the reflective performance. Not only the reflective sheet has good reflective effect, the body holding the reflective sheet also needs to be strong against impact, abrasion, pressure, and climate. Those purposes are also the objective of the present invention.
Conventional reflective roadstud body usually made of plastic by injection molding, while the reflective sheet is formed integrated from PC, PMMA of optical grade. The reflective sheet is put into the hollow roadstud body, and the hollow body is filled by filler (such as epoxy resin, quartz, or specific composite). Through gluing by epoxy or glue, the roadstud can be fixed on the road. Such reflective is extremely hard and lack of resilience, the body is easily broken when being crushed by wheel and the reflective sheet is easily loosed so that the roadstud won't be able to function correctly.
Accordingly, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a reflective roadstud and a manufacture thereof. Through the improved manufacture, the roadstud contains better strength and resistance against heat and climate to prevent breakage or coming off of the reflective sheets when being crushed. The life time thereof can be also prolonged.
In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
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5. 1 kg weight of ABS 12, or PC, or copolymer 13 of polycarbonate (PC) 10 and ABS 12 is mixed by 5˜50% weight of basalt fiber 11 or same weight of ABS 12. Glass fiber of 5˜50% weight is further added. The above three items are mixed as shown on step 2. A main body 15 consisting of the upper and lower cover is formed integrated by injection molding as shown on step 3. The reflective sheet 7 is arranged by ultrasonic welding to form a finish 8 as shown on step 6. The finish 8 is coated by the nanotech inorganic heat dissipating coating 9 (Sio2, Cao).
ABS is a known stable copolymer of good mechanical characteristic and even better resistance against impact, heat, and pollution. The melting point of ABS is between 210˜280 degree Celsius, and the shrinkage factor thereof is between 0.3%˜0.8%. ABS is a chemical combination of Acrylonitrile, Butadene, and Styrene of rigid, thermal stability, chemical stability, and impact resistance. It is also called “plastic alloy”. The melting point is about 210 to 280 degrees Celsius. The characteristic of the ABS can be modified by changing combination ratio, process, size (and quantity) of rubber grain, crosslinking density, and molecular weight of SAN. Extra additive to ABS could provide different characteristic. PC is an amorphous compound of good mechanical characteristic and even better resistance against impact, heat, and pollution. The melting point of PC is between 260˜340 degrees Celsius, and the shrinkage factor thereof is between 0.1%˜0.2%. Polycarbonate/ABS Alloy (PC/ABS) also has good mechanical characteristic and even better resistance against impact, heat, and pollution. PC/ABS is tenacious as PC and is suitable for extra working. With higher thermo deformation temperature, PC/ABS has good thermoplasticity and good low-temperature impact resistance. PC/ABS is easy to be colored with stable dimensions. Basalt fiber is stretched from young basalt, the raw material is common and cheap. However, basalt fiber has very good tensile strength (2˜2.5 times than metal), corrosion resistance, chemical stability, thermo resistance (600 degrees Celsius working temperature), fatigue resistance, and electric insulation. Glass fiber is extruded from melted glass with high tensile strength and elastic coefficient. Within the elastic limit thereof, the elongation and tensile strength are high so that it can absorb strong impact force. Glass fiber is also nonflammable with chemical resistance, thermo resistance, poor hygrocsopicity, good machinability, stable dimensions, and low cost.
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In summary, the present invention is strong by the integrated assembly having column supporting structure and geometry welding structure of circular, oval-shaped, hexagonal, or polygonal shapes.
The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/342,216, filed Jan. 3, 2012, pending.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 13342216 | Jan 2012 | US |
Child | 13935587 | US |