A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
An enclosure 1 suitable for covering a surface, the enclosure comprises a water impermeable canopy 5 mounted at its edges onto a plurality of anchors 10a, 10b joined end to end to form a continuous support for the canopy. In use the areas of the canopy between its edges are supported away from the surface by a framework 5, each anchor comprises a reduced pressure chamber (11, Fig 2) and a resiliently deformable member (15, Fig 2). The chamber of each anchor includes an opening along one face of the chamber, the face of the chamber with the opening is mounted upon the resiliently deformable member which is in contact with the surface in use. The resiliently deformable member has at least one aperture therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber via the face of the chamber with the opening, wherein the chamber of each of the plurality of anchors is in fluid communication with an extraction pump. The canopy may be fully or partially inflatable.
An enclosure 1 suitable for covering a surface, the enclosure comprises a water impermeable canopy 5 mounted at its edges onto a plurality of anchors 10a, 10b joined end to end to form a continuous support for the canopy. In use the areas of the canopy between its edges are supported away from the surface by a framework 5, each anchor comprises a reduced pressure chamber (11, Fig 2) and a resiliently deformable member (15, Fig 2). The chamber of each anchor includes an opening along one face of the chamber, the face of the chamber with the opening is mounted upon the resiliently deformable member which is in contact with the surface in use. The resiliently deformable member has at least one aperture therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber via the face of the chamber with the opening, wherein the chamber of each of the plurality of anchors is in fluid communication with an extraction pump. The canopy may be fully or partially inflatable.
Enclosure
IAN GORDON CROSBIE (author)
2023-10-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English