[0001] This application for Utility Model refers to a new device for signalling devices,
of the type most known as traffic light, which consists of the combination of a traffic
light, whether conventional or not, with elements capable of offering drivers of vehicles
and general and pedestrians or passers-by, information of great importance for the
security of everybody, such as, for example, the duration of the colour of the traffic
light, the speed limit in a certain street, at what speed the observer should travel
to make use of the so called "green wave" of the traffic, or the final letters or
numbers of the licence plates which are permitted to circulate on a certain day or
the situation of the street (normal or congested) allowing the user to take an alternative
route and not get caught up in a "bottleneck", and other information considered useful
to contribute to perfect traffic flow.-
[0002] As regards the materials, they must be of sufficient luminescence for human vision
to recognise when they are activated (on) and what is the colour at any time, it would
be possible to use incandescent lamps, leds, liquid crystal, neon and others which
may be considered appropriate, visible by day and by night, and in which it would
be possible to control the times at which they should be luminous or transparent,
or not, the colour to be issued, the degree of intensity or transparency, and could
also be controlled by fractions, making it possible to show circles, arrows, squares,
blocks or rectangular bands, in short, a signal which makes possible the best way
of showing the time of the traffic light or which could form letters to show messages,
the contents of which would be established by the competent traffic bodies.-
[0003] As regards how to inform of the duration time of the colours which make up the traffic
light cycle, the information should be shown by (3) such as on/off or activation of
the symbols (circle, arrow, square, block or rectangle of liquid crystal, led, neon,
lamp or number) one by one, going from one end of the apparatus to another, either
from top to bottom or from left to right, or vice versa, or by means of a regression
of numbers in accordance with the time remaining to go from green to red, or activating
the whole apparatus and gradually deactivating the elements, thus giving the idea
of time.-
[0004] The attached drawings show some of the possible arrangements and combinations in
accordance with the objectives sought. In FIGS. 1 and 2 - we have an arrangement in
which the colours green (1) and red (2) each have their own space to move, the same
happens in the arrangements of FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 21 and 22. In FIGS. 7, 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12, we have the colours green, amber and red in the same space, each activated
in their own time, in accordance with the position of these traffic lights in the
cycle. The variable messages (3) may be situated between the red and green colour
strips, in accordance with FIGS. 1 to 6, or have variable messages (4), together with
a column which includes all the colours, in accordance with FIGS 7 and 8, have variable
messages (5) situated between the colours or numbers of the traffic light, while these
are still at the ends, as the same space contains all the colours or numbers, as shown
by FIGS. 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 22. Another arrangement would have conventional
traffic light modules, as shown by FIGS 13, 14 and 15, which, linked to each other,
the sum of more than two of them (FIGS. 16, 17, 18 and 19) would inform the parties
of a period of colour green, also used for red and amber. In FIGS. 16, 17, 18 and
19, as regards how to inform of the time of the colours which make up a cycle of the
traffic light, the information (6) is given by the on/off of the lamps, or the activation
of circles, leds, one by one, always moving from one end of the traffic light to the
other, which may be from top to bottom, from left to right, or vice versa, like the
others. FIGS 16 and 17 show the variations of the configurations of the arrangements
and the green, amber and red colours, each with its own space to move in, while FIGS
18 and 19 show in the same group the colours green, amber and red, which are activated,
each in its own time, according o the position of the cycle that the traffic light
is in. As regards FIGS 20, 21 and 22, the messages (7) of interest for the driver
are activated in the same space where the numerical displays (8) are shown, working
above or below that which is informing of the time, or alternatively, first giving
a message (7) and then a numerical display (8).-
