Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
  • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
  • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
  • E06B2009/007—Flood panels

Definitions

• the invention relates to a protective device for building openings such as windows, doors or gates, which consists of a plate and a window frame or a door frame with a door sill or gate post with threshold.
• a protective wall is usually built from sandbags stacked side by side and one above the other in front of the windows and doors in order to retain the water.
• this is only imperfect, since water can seep through the gaps between the sandbags as well as through the sandbags and windows and doors generally do not close watertight.
• the windows often do not hold up to the pressure exerted on them by the sandbags stood, so that water ingress can not be reliably prevented with this technology.
• the document DE-GM 91 04 106 specifies a protective device for building openings against flooding according to the type mentioned above, which consists of a plate adapted to the respective building opening, into which it is inserted with play and by means of an all-round inflatable tube on its end face is clamped and sealed, whereby a double-sided adhesive strip can be attached as an additional seal on the outside of the hose. Sealing the corners of the building openings is problematic with this technique, however, because the inflatable
• Hose does not reliably completely fill the angles located there and the hose can also fold in these areas, through which water can pass. It also holds the clamp connection with the inflatable
• Hose was only a limited water pressure, so that failure of this protection device at higher water levels can not be excluded.
• Another disadvantage is the fact that the installation requires the use of an aid in the form of an air pump to inflate the hose.
• the present invention addresses the problem of designing a protective device for building openings such as windows, doors or gates so that they are reliable even at high water levels and the associated high water pressure seals and no further aids are required for their assembly.
• the plate can be placed on the building opening from the outside, can be fixed by elements which engage behind the edge of the building opening and the bearing surface of the plate consists of sealing material.
• the basic idea of the invention is to seal building openings, such as windows, doors or gates, by plates attached to their outside, which are fixed on the inside by corresponding elements which engage behind the edge of the building opening, so that they are fixed even without external pressure .
• windows or doors must be opened if they are also open to the outside.
• the bearing surface of the panel which is formed, for example, by the window frame, the door frame with the door sill, the goal post and the associated threshold, or alternatively by the masonry surrounding the building opening, should consist of a waterproof material that prevents the passage of Water reliably prevented in the building.
• the advantage of the protective device according to the invention is, in particular, that assembly can be carried out without the use of further aids and that high water levels and the associated high water pressure only make the plate more resistant to the edges of the protected buildings. Opening presses, which increases the sealing effect of the sealing material of the bearing surface.
• the invention proposes in particular the use of eccentric rotary knobs which are fastened to the rear of the plate and can be rotated into a position in which a part of each reaches behind the edge of the building opening, as a result of which the plate at the building opening.
• the invention mentions, for example, tension springs provided with hooks, which are fastened to the back of the plate and whose hooks can be hooked under tension of the respective tension spring on the inside edge of the building opening.
• tension springs with sufficient restoring force, this also ensures a solid and reliable fixation of the plate to the building opening.
• Another fastener is formed from a spacer and a lever.
• the spacer is fastened in the normal orientation near the building opening on the inside of the plate, the lever being pivotably attached approximately in the center of the free end of the spacer.
• One end engages the back of the building opening and the opposite end is pressed away from the plate by suitable means.
• a spindle that passes through this end of the lever and is supported on the plate can be connected. find.
• the installation takes place in such a way that after the positioning of the plate, the lever is aligned and, by suitable means, is pressed away from the plate at its end pointing towards the plate and thereby lies against the building opening from the rear.
• the fastening is done from the inside of the building and it allows the production of a highly rigid connection.
• rubber is used as the sealing material for the bearing surface of the plate, which is available at low cost and reliably ensures a watertight seal between the plate and the edge of the building opening.
• An angle is proposed in particular as the sealing material, one leg of which describes the contact surface of the plate (3) and the other leg of which lies on the end face of the building opening. In this way, one obtains not only a seal of the outer front of the building, but also one leg of the angle on the front of the building opening. An improvement in the seal can be achieved in this way.
• a seal is introduced into the sealing material on the surface facing the building, ie on the inside.
• the plate of the protective device according to the invention must be waterproof and sufficiently stable to be able to withstand even greater water pressures in the long term. Therefore, the invention proposes the use of metal plates that meet these requirements and in particular recommends the use of aluminum, which is inexpensive and corrosion-resistant and, due to its comparatively low density, allows the formation of sufficiently light plates which can be easily handled during assembly and disassembly and do not place excessive demands on the fasteners.
• the invention proposes the use of wooden panels, which are also outstandingly suitable for the protective device according to the invention due to their stability and their low price as well as their ease of processing.
• the panel can be covered with a plastic or aluminum coating.
• the dimensions of the plate of the protective device according to the invention must correspond to the respective window or door, which is why it is quite unwieldy in many cases and also has a not inconsiderable weight.
• the plate on its front side and / or its rear side with a to equip ne or more handles that facilitate their handling during assembly, disassembly and transport.
• the handles For the storage of the plates, it is advantageous to design the handles as foldable handles.
• this design of the handles brings the additional advantage of avoiding floating objects such as branches on the handles and thereby exposing the fastening elements of the protective device to considerable additional loads.
• the plate of the protective device according to the invention must seal the respective building opening circumferentially below the flood line, which is why it requires a threshold as a support and sealing surface for doors and gates.
• a threshold as a support and sealing surface for doors and gates.
• the threshold by means of a depression running directly in front of the door opening, so that the threshold is lowered overall and is flush with the level of the surrounding floor in the region of its upper edge.
• a reduction in the risk of stumbling on the threshold is the advantageous consequence.
• the risk of tripping can even be completely eliminated by inserting a shape-matched bar into the recess, which can be removed for mounting the protective device.
• the contact surfaces of the building opening and plate are each beveled, whereby the spatial position of the plate can be fixed better and the requirements for the strength of the fasteners are reduced.
• the plate is chamfered towards the edges. This is particularly advantageous in the case of slabs lying on the outer wall of a building, where there is otherwise the risk that objects floating around in the flood will get caught on the edges and thereby put additional stress on the fastening elements, as a result of which the protective device could possibly be damaged and leak.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through a protective device according to the invention for a window in a schematic representation
• Figure 2 shows a vertical section through a protective device according to the invention, which seals a door opening.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through a window opening (1), the edges of which are delimited by masonry and a window frame (2).
• a plate is in the opening as flood protection (3) made of aluminum, the bearing surfaces on the window frame (2) are covered with rubber as a sealing material (4), which seal the joint between the plate (3) and window frame (2) watertight.
• Fastening elements (5) which consist of eccentric rotary knobs which are rotated into a position such that they engage behind the window frame (2), serve to fix the plate (3).
• a handle (6) is attached to its inside.
• FIG. 2 shows a vertical section through a door opening (1) the edges of which are bounded by masonry and a door frame (7) and on the underside by a lowered door sill (8) and is sealed against flooding with a protective device according to the invention.
• the building opening (1) is covered with a plate (3) made of wood in the example and provided with a cover (9) made of plastic, which, on the other hand, rests on the door sill (8) at the top and sides of the door frame (7), wherein the contact surfaces consist of rubber as a sealing material (4).
• tension springs serve as fastening elements (5), the ends of which are each provided with a hook which engages behind the door opening (1).
• the tension spring presses the plate (3) together with the sealing material (4) against the border of the building opening (1) consisting of the door frame (7) and door sill (8), as a result of which it is closed watertight.
• the plate (3) is chamfered on its front side towards the edges (10) in order to reduce the risk that objects floating around in the flood, such as branches, for example, become stuck on the edges and additionally burden the fastening elements (5).
• the result is a flood protection device for building openings such as windows, doors or gates, which can be installed easily and without tools and which reliably seals the building opening against the ingress of flooding even at high water pressure and thereby protects the interior from flood damage.

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