A road sign
By hot-pressing the thermoformed honeycomb inner core layer with the continuous fiber prepreg tape panel layer and welding the pre-embedded adhesive layer, the problems of heavy weight and insufficient hardness of highway signboards were solved, achieving lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and impact-resistant effects, reducing costs and improving installation efficiency.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- JIANGSU QIYI TECH
- Filing Date
- 2025-08-04
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-26
AI Technical Summary
Existing highway signboards are heavy, lack hardness, are easily deformed, are prone to deformation in high-temperature environments, have unreliable welds, are difficult to grind flat, and have low melting points, making weld spots difficult to treat.
The signboard body is integrally formed by hot-pressing a thermoformed honeycomb inner core layer and a continuous fiber prepreg tape panel layer. Combined with the overall hot-pressing welding technology of embedded parts and adhesive layers, it forms a highway signboard with high structural strength and good corrosion resistance.
It achieves lightweight, corrosion resistance, and impact resistance, with high installation efficiency, reduced usage costs, and recyclability, while improving structural strength and ease of installation.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of highway sign technology, and specifically to a highway sign. Background Technology
[0002] Highway signboards are traffic information transmission devices installed along roads. They typically use eye-catching colors, simple graphic symbols and text to provide drivers and pedestrians with key information such as road names, directional guidance, distance information, speed limits, warnings and service facility locations. They are important infrastructure for ensuring road traffic safety, regulating traffic order and improving traffic efficiency, and are widely used in various traffic scenarios such as highways, urban roads and rural roads.
[0003] Most road signs on the market are made of aluminum plates welded together with an aluminum frame, which makes them heavy and inconvenient to install. At the same time, their insufficient hardness makes them prone to deformation. When subjected to strong external forces, the signs are easily deformed, and the greater the deformation, the more serious the tendency to peel and corrode. In addition, due to the low melting point and soft texture of the material, it will deform in high-temperature environments. Welding not only results in low reliability but also produces large weld spots that are difficult to grind smooth. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a highway signboard in order to solve the above problems.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model specifically adopts the following technical solution, including:
[0006] The indicator panel body has an embedded part installed on it, and an adhesive layer is welded onto the embedded part;
[0007] The indicator panel body includes an inner core layer, and the inner core layer is covered with a panel layer. The indicator panel body is used to print prompt information.
[0008] The embedded part includes a metal sheet, and a connector is installed in the middle of the metal sheet. The embedded part is used to connect the indicator plate body and the mounting frame.
[0009] As a further description of the above technical solution, the indicator plate body is integrally formed by hot pressing and bonding the inner core layer with an outer panel layer.
[0010] As a further description of the above technical solution, the edge of the indicator plate body is a smooth arc surface.
[0011] As a further description of the above technical solution, the end face of the indicator plate body is provided with a positioning groove, and the embedded part is inserted into the positioning groove.
[0012] As a further description of the above technical solution, the metal sheet includes a main body portion, and multiple sets of the main body portion are symmetrically arranged.
[0013] As a further description of the above technical solution, the main body is provided with an annular groove in the middle, and multiple sets of the annular groove are symmetrically arranged.
[0014] As a further description of the above technical solution, the connector passes through the middle of the main body and is rotatably connected to the main body.
[0015] As a further description of the above technical solution, the adhesive layer is provided with a mounting hole in the middle, and the adhesive layer is sleeved on the connector through the mounting hole.
[0016] As a further description of the above technical solution, the thickness of the adhesive layer is 5-15% of the indicator plate body.
[0017] As a further description of the above technical solution, the adhesive layer is hot-pressed and welded to the indicator plate body.
[0018] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows:
[0019] 1. The highway sign body of this utility model is integrally formed by hot pressing and bonding a vacuum-formed honeycomb inner core layer with an outer continuous fiber prepreg tape panel layer. This ensures structural strength while effectively reducing overall weight, and also provides high corrosion resistance and weather resistance. Furthermore, it is recyclable, effectively reducing usage costs.
[0020] 2. In this utility model, the highway signboard body is equipped with embedded parts through positioning grooves. Then, an adhesive layer of the same material as the signboard body is applied and the whole is hot-pressed and welded. The whole is formed by pressing and holding the welding with heating equipment. This can effectively improve the installation efficiency, improve the mechanical properties without damaging the continuity of the material.
[0021] To more clearly illustrate the structural features and functions of this utility model, the following detailed description of this utility model is provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. Attached Figure Description
[0022] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the highway signboard of this utility model. Figure 1 ;
[0023] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the highway signboard of this utility model. Figure 2 ;
[0024] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the embedded parts;
[0025] Figure 4yes Figure 1 Top view of the embedded parts;
[0026] Figure 5 yes Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the middle adhesive layer;
[0027] Figure 6 This is an exploded view of the structure of a highway sign.
[0028] Figure label:
[0029] 1. Indicator panel body; 11. Inner core layer; 12. Panel layer; 13. Positioning groove; 2. Embedded part; 21. Metal sheet; 211. Main body; 212. Ring groove; 22. Connector; 3. Adhesive layer; 31. Mounting hole. Detailed Implementation
[0030] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this utility model clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0031] like Figures 1-6 As shown, in one embodiment, a road signboard includes: a signboard body 1;
[0032] The signboard body 1 includes an inner core layer 11, which is covered by a panel layer 12. Its main function is to allow staff to print various traffic information (such as road names, directional guidance, speed limits, etc.) so that passing drivers and pedestrians can clearly obtain relevant traffic guidance information.
[0033] For example, the inner core layer 11 is a thermoformed honeycomb core layer with polypropylene (PP) as the main material. Polypropylene itself has the characteristics of being lightweight, chemically stable, and impact-resistant. The thermoformed honeycomb core layer can reduce its own weight to the greatest extent while ensuring excellent support performance, so that the inner core layer 11 can distribute stress more evenly when subjected to external impact, thereby improving the overall impact resistance. The panel layer 12 is a continuous fiber prepreg tape layer with glass fiber (glass fiber) and polypropylene (PP) as the main raw materials. Glass fiber has extremely high strength and stiffness, which can significantly improve the structural strength and hardness of the panel layer 12 and effectively resist external friction, collision and other damage. Polypropylene, as the matrix material, is consistent with the main material of the inner core layer 11. This not only ensures good compatibility between the panel layer 12 and the inner core layer 11, which is convenient for subsequent composite molding, but also allows the panel layer 12 to maintain stable performance in various complex environments by taking advantage of the good weather resistance and processing performance of polypropylene. At the same time, it provides a flat and suitable surface substrate for printing prompt information. Specifically, the indicator panel body 1 is formed by hot pressing and composite molding of an inner core layer 11 and an outer panel layer 12.
[0034] It is understood that the highway sign body 1 of this application is made by hot-pressing a composite integral molding process using a vacuum-formed honeycomb inner core layer 11 covered with a continuous fiber prepreg tape panel layer 12. This process can effectively reduce the overall weight while ensuring structural strength, and also has high corrosion resistance and weather resistance. Furthermore, it can be recycled and reused, effectively reducing the cost of use.
[0035] It should be explained in detail that, due to the unavoidable presence of numerous burrs around the edges of the signboard made from thermoplastic honeycomb panels after molding. These burrs not only affect the overall quality of the product, resulting in uneven edges that may scratch people or other objects during transportation or installation, but also detract from the product's aesthetics. Therefore, it is necessary to use grinding equipment to smooth the edges of the signboard body 1 into a curved surface (e.g., ...). Figure 2 As shown, the top and bottom edges of the indicator panel body 1 are smooth, arc-shaped surfaces with symmetrical curvature.
[0036] Please continue reading. Figures 1-6 An embedded part 2 is installed on the indicator plate body 1 to connect the indicator plate body 1 and the mounting frame; and an adhesive layer 3 is welded on the embedded part 2 to make the embedded part 2 and the indicator plate body 1 form an integral structure by hot pressing.
[0037] For example, the embedded part 2 includes a metal sheet 21, and a connector 22 is installed in the middle of the metal sheet 21;
[0038] Specifically, the indicator plate body 1 has a positioning groove 13 on its end face, and the embedded part 2 is inserted into the positioning groove 13; wherein, the metal sheet 21 includes a main body 211, and multiple sets of the main body 211 are symmetrically arranged; correspondingly, an annular groove 212 is provided in the middle of the main body 211, and multiple sets of the annular groove 212 are symmetrically arranged, which can enhance the uniformity of force on the metal sheet 21 and the overall stability.
[0039] Furthermore, the connector 22 passes through the middle of the main body 211 and is rotatably connected to the main body 211, which improves the flexibility of installation. Correspondingly, the adhesive layer 3 is provided with a mounting hole 31 in the middle, and the adhesive layer 3 is fitted onto the connector 22 through the mounting hole 31, thereby achieving precise fit and connection between the adhesive layer 3 and the embedded part 2.
[0040] Specifically, the thickness of the adhesive layer 3 is 5-15% of the thickness of the indicator plate body 1. The adhesive layer 3 is hot-pressed and welded to the indicator plate body 1 to ensure a tight bond between the two and guarantee the strength of the connection.
[0041] It is important to explain in detail that traditional connection methods, such as mechanical connections (bolt connections, riveting, etc.), will have through holes in the indicator plate, which will disrupt the continuity of the material, leading to stress concentration and reduced structural strength. While adhesive bonding does not damage the fibers, it has problems such as high environmental requirements, low interfacial bonding strength, and long-term reliability being greatly affected by factors such as temperature and humidity. In addition, the PP resin commonly used in thermoplastic composite boards has a non-polar surface and therefore has high crystallinity, resulting in poor adhesion at room temperature. Furthermore, when directly hot-pressing and welding metal parts, the difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the metal and the composite material causes delamination at the interface, and high load-bearing capacity cannot be achieved.
[0042] It is understandable that the highway signboard body 1 is equipped with embedded parts 2 through positioning groove 13, and then an adhesive layer 3 of the same material as the signboard body 1 is applied and then the whole is hot-pressed and welded. The whole is formed by pressing and holding the welding with heating equipment, which can effectively improve the installation efficiency, improve the mechanical properties without destroying the continuity of the material.
[0043] Table 1 Comparison of general physical and mechanical properties of existing aluminum alloy plates and the indicator plate of this application
[0044]
[0045] Table 2 Comparison of Product Parameters of Existing Aluminum Alloy Plates and Indicator Plates of This Application
[0046] Logo layout materials 3003 aluminum plate This application instruction board Logo dimensions (m) 3*2.4 3*2.4 Signboard thickness (mm) 3 15 Signboard weight (Kg) 85 41 <![CDATA[C25 base limit value (m 3 )]]> 4.17 4.05 Cost of a single signboard (in yuan) 860 720
[0047] In actual product verification, the structural column limit values (diameter * wall thickness mm) of the above-mentioned 3003 aluminum plate product are 235*10mm, and the structural beam limit values (diameter * wall thickness mm) are 113*8mm; correspondingly, the structural column limit values (diameter * wall thickness mm) of the signboard of this application are 230*10mm, and the structural beam limit values (diameter * wall thickness mm) are 110*8mm; therefore, the cost of the corresponding support structure of the signboard can be effectively reduced.
[0048] Through the above technical solution, this application achieves structural strength and hardness approximately twice that of traditional aluminum plates, effectively resisting external impacts and reducing deformation. Simultaneously, the overall weight is effectively reduced, facilitating transportation and installation. Furthermore, it possesses high corrosion resistance, resisting erosion from rainwater and airborne pollutants, maintaining stability under various climatic conditions. Moreover, it can be recycled and reused, reducing resource waste and significantly lowering usage costs, making it more affordable than aluminum plates.
[0049] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
Claims
1. A highway signboard, characterized in that, include: Indicator plate body (1), on which embedded part (2) is installed, and on which adhesive layer (3) is welded; The indicator panel body (1) includes an inner core layer (11), and the inner core layer (11) is covered with a panel layer (12). The indicator panel body (1) is used to print prompt information. The embedded part (2) includes a metal sheet (21), and a connector (22) is installed in the middle of the metal sheet (21). The embedded part (2) is used to connect the indicator plate body (1) and the mounting frame.
2. The highway signboard according to claim 1, characterized in that, The indicator panel body (1) is formed by hot pressing and composite molding of the inner core layer (11) and the outer panel layer (12).
3. The highway signboard according to claim 2, characterized in that, The edge of the indicator panel body (1) is a smooth arc surface.
4. The highway signboard according to claim 2, characterized in that, The indicator plate body (1) has a positioning groove (13) on its end face, and the embedded part (2) is inserted into the positioning groove (13).
5. The highway signboard according to claim 1, characterized in that, The metal sheet (21) includes a main body (211), and multiple sets of the main body (211) are symmetrically arranged.
6. The highway signboard according to claim 5, characterized in that, The main body (211) has an annular groove (212) in the middle, and multiple sets of the annular groove (212) are symmetrically arranged.
7. The highway signboard according to claim 1, characterized in that, The connector (22) passes through the middle of the main body (211) and is rotatably connected to the main body (211).
8. The highway signboard according to claim 1, characterized in that, The adhesive layer (3) has a mounting hole (31) in the middle, and the adhesive layer (3) is sleeved on the connector (22) through the mounting hole (31).
9. The highway signboard according to claim 8, characterized in that, The thickness of the adhesive layer (3) is 5-15% of the thickness of the indicator plate body (1).
10. The highway signboard according to claim 8, characterized in that, The adhesive layer (3) is hot-pressed and welded to the indicator plate body (1).