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Adjustable Flood Barrier Assembly
An adjustable flood barrier assembly is removable, temporary and D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) flood barrier. It consists of panels, and structural framing members, that can be customized for varying sizes of doorway openings, which will cover most residential doors. Once installed at doorway openings, it will prevent flood damage to buildings due to water ingress through door openings during storms or floods. The proposed barrier can resist water pressure and prevent water ingress into buildings up to a few feet of water. The assembly is narrow enough to fit within the gap between outer face of door and outer edge of jamb of usual doors in buildings, and can be installed just outside the door so that door can be closed or opened as desired. It consists of impervious panels, and sliding type so that they can be adjusted to suite to various widths. These panels will connect to horizontal members which bear on jambs. A flexible rubber seal with hydrophilic layer is provided between jambs and sill, and the panel edge returns. The rubber seal is pressed hard against sill and jambs by advancing screws. The screws are supported by legs attached to horizontal members mentioned above, and to vertical members. A vertical member is provided between head of door frame and sill. Panels in flood barrier can be further described as lower panels and upper panels. The height of lower panel is designed such that the occupants can easily walk over the panels for low height of flood waters. In the event that high flood is expected, an extra extendable facility is included. An additional panel and an extendable flexible water proof cloth is included in the system so that one can easily extend the extra height requirement if water height is going to exceed the height of lower panels. Once the flood threat is over, the assembly can be disassembled and stowed. It is an easily assembled system needs no drilling to door frame, or to the floor, instead it takes advantage of bearing strength of door frame to gain stability.
Adjustable Flood Barrier Assembly
An adjustable flood barrier assembly is removable, temporary and D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) flood barrier. It consists of panels, and structural framing members, that can be customized for varying sizes of doorway openings, which will cover most residential doors. Once installed at doorway openings, it will prevent flood damage to buildings due to water ingress through door openings during storms or floods. The proposed barrier can resist water pressure and prevent water ingress into buildings up to a few feet of water. The assembly is narrow enough to fit within the gap between outer face of door and outer edge of jamb of usual doors in buildings, and can be installed just outside the door so that door can be closed or opened as desired. It consists of impervious panels, and sliding type so that they can be adjusted to suite to various widths. These panels will connect to horizontal members which bear on jambs. A flexible rubber seal with hydrophilic layer is provided between jambs and sill, and the panel edge returns. The rubber seal is pressed hard against sill and jambs by advancing screws. The screws are supported by legs attached to horizontal members mentioned above, and to vertical members. A vertical member is provided between head of door frame and sill. Panels in flood barrier can be further described as lower panels and upper panels. The height of lower panel is designed such that the occupants can easily walk over the panels for low height of flood waters. In the event that high flood is expected, an extra extendable facility is included. An additional panel and an extendable flexible water proof cloth is included in the system so that one can easily extend the extra height requirement if water height is going to exceed the height of lower panels. Once the flood threat is over, the assembly can be disassembled and stowed. It is an easily assembled system needs no drilling to door frame, or to the floor, instead it takes advantage of bearing strength of door frame to gain stability.
Adjustable Flood Barrier Assembly
TANGUDU CHANDRA S (author)
2019-06-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E06B
Feste oder bewegliche Abschlüsse für Öffnungen in Bauwerken, Fahrzeugen, Zäunen oder ähnlichen Einfriedungen allgemein, z.B. Türen, Fenster, Läden, Tore
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FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES, OR LIKE ENCLOSURES, IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
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