Flexible glass protective net with landscape function for falling objects and design method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12540478-B2
Application number	US-202117485542-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2021
Priority date	Apr 19, 2021
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

A flexible glass protective net with landscape function for falling objects and a design method thereof includes flexible support ropes, buckling clamps, articulated pieces, glass plates and seam rubber strips; the flexible support ropes are arranged crosswise in a grid shape, the buckling clamps are arranged at grid nodes, and the glass plates are arranged in the grids; the glass plate includes pieces of glass, and the pieces of glass are connected by the seam rubber strips at seams; the glass is clamped and fixed by the articulated piece, the tail end of the articulated piece is connected to the buckling clamp, and the glass plate is connected to the buckling clamp via the articulated piece; mutually crossing and separated slots are reserved in the buckling clamps, and the flexible support ropes at the grid nodes respectively pass through the slots.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A flexible glass protective net with landscape function for falling objects, comprising flexible support ropes, buckling clamps, articulated pieces, glass plates and seam rubber strips; wherein
the flexible support ropes are arranged crosswise in a grid shape, the buckling clamps are arranged at grid nodes, and the glass plates are arranged in grids; the glass plates comprise pieces of glass, and the pieces of glass are connected by the seam rubber strips at seams; the pieces of glass are clamped and fixed by the articulated pieces, a tail end of the articulated piece is connected to the buckling clamp, and the glass plates are connected to the buckling clamps via the articulated pieces; slots reserved in the buckling clamps are mutually crossing and separated, and the flexible support ropes at the grid nodes respectively pass through the slots.

2 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 1 , further comprising stiffening slats, wherein
the stiffening slats are arranged at the seams of the pieces of glass and located on the bottom surface of the glass plates, the stiffening slats are provided with a long circular bolt hole and connected to the glass plates by a first pre-tightening bolt, and the stiffening slats at opposite positions are connected by a steel wire or a spring.

3 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 2 , wherein
the stiffening slats are energy-consuming stiffening slats.

4 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 2 , wherein the glass plates are tempered glass, and the glass plates are rhombic and are spliced by four pieces of the laminated glass.

5 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 1 , wherein
the buckling clamps comprise a clamping plate and second pre-tightening bolts; the slots are reserved in the clamping plate, edges of the clamping plate are provided with reserved holes, and the articulated pieces are connected to the reserved holes by bolts.

6 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 5 , wherein further comprising stiffening slats,
the stiffening slats are arranged at the seams of the pieces of glass and located on the bottom surface of the glass plates, the stiffening slats are provided with a long circular bolt hole and connected to the glass plates by a first pre-tightening bolt, and the stiffening slats at opposite positions are connected by a steel wire or a spring.

7 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 1 , further comprising rubber pads, wherein
the rubber pads are arranged at joints between the articulated pieces and the glass plates.

8 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 7 , wherein the buckling clamps comprise a clamping plate and second pre-tightening bolts;
the slots are reserved in the clamping plate, edges of the clamping plate are provided with reserved holes, and the articulated pieces are connected to the reserved holes by bolts.

9 . The flexible glass protective net according to claim 1 , wherein
the glass plates comprise pieces of tempered glass, and the glass plates are rhombic and are spliced by four pieces of glass.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Jiaotong
• China Construction Fifth Engineering Bureau Southwest Construction & Invest Co Ltd
• Sichuan Provincial Architectural Design And Res Institute Co Ltd
• Sichuan Provincial Architectural Design And Res Insitute Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Zhixiang
• Zhang Lijun
• Zhao Shixing
• He Huan
• Xu Hu
• Zhao Shichun

Classifications

• E01F7/045

  Devices specially adapted for protecting against falling rocks, e.g. galleries, nets, rock traps (crash-barriers with nets E01F15/06; safety arrangements for blasting F42D5/00) · CPC title

• E04G21/3266 Primary

  Safety nets · CPC title

• G06F2119/14

  Force analysis or force optimisation, e.g. static or dynamic forces · CPC title

• G06F30/17

  Mechanical parametric or variational design · CPC title

• E04B1/92

  Protection against other undesired influences or dangers (buildings providing protection against external dangers E04H9/00; shielding against dangerous radiation G21F) · CPC title