EP2113615A1 - Two-way barrier for preventing rats or other vermin from entering a sewage pipe system - Google Patents
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- the feature of the first shutter being capable of being locked in any position, or at least in a multitude of positions of the first shutter incurs great advantages. If the sewage pipe system is being flooded, the first shutter will open at least partly, possibly open fully.
- a rat or other vermin may however still be able to withstand any minor or major flooding of sewage, and during such flooding try to force open the first shutter for entering the sewage pipe system on the other side of the first shutter. Such occurrence is prevented when the first shutter, when being in another angular position, where said other angular position is substantially different from the one angular position, also will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter.
- the second shutter being the shutter controlling the locking of pivoting of the first shutter
- the second shutter being the upstream shutter
- the second shutter thus being the shutter which the rat of the vermin will try to open first
- the second shutter will be the safest shutter to control any locking of the first shutter, possibly together with the second shutter.
- Applying a downwards force is easily done by any person, possibly by just using the weight of the person for exerting the lateral force or the downwards/upwards force to the first contact surface and/or the second contact surface. There is as such no need for an especially strong person for installing the barrier according to the invention into a sewage pipe system. Many private users as well as professional users will be capable of installing the barrier.
- a pipe section of the barrier has one end intended for facing a pipe section of the sewage system, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, and where an opposite end of the pipe section having an inclination leading from a top surface of the pipe section to a bottom surface of the pipe section 34, said inclination resulting in a top generatrix along the top surface is extending farther forwards in relation to a sewage flow direction, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, than an extension of a bottom generatrix along the bottom surface.
- This embodiment is in the case, where the blunt end of the pipe section of the barrier is directed upstream of the sewage flow.
- a barrier as mentioned has the great advantage that the barrier may easily and quickly be installed by a non-professional person, without any specific skills within sewage systems. Also, a barrier as mentioned has the great advantage that the barrier may easily and quickly be installed by a person without any specific technical or physical skills. Thus, the barrier may be installed by almost any gown-up person living in a private household or working in an industrial site, and wanting to install a barrier for vermin such as rats in an already established sewage pipe system of the private household or the industrial site.
- the advantage of non-technical skills needed is due to the fact that the pipe section of the barrier has an initial configuration having a smaller cross-section in which initial configuration the only skill needed is to insert a pipe section of the barrier and having a relatively smaller cross-section into a pipe section of the sewage system and having a relatively larger cross-section.
- Such a skill i.e. inserting a pipe having a relatively smaller cross-section into a pipe of relatively larger cross-section, is ordinary skills of any person.
- At least the downwards orientated contact surface will be designed for flush abutment with the bottom of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- any flow of sewage water through the pipe section of the sewage system may take place practically un-obstructed by any parts of the barrier, except by the intended obstruction of the at least one shutter.
- the at least one shutter is only obstructing the flow of sewage water, and of any vermin such as rats trying to enter the pipe section, in an upstream direction, not in a downstream direction.
- the first contact surface being an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier and the second contact surface being an individual part of the barrier has the advantage that it is only the second contact surface that need being forced towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- the increase of the mutual distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by repulsive forcing only the second contact surface towards the sidewall.
- the first contact surface will be forced towards the sidewall as well, but not directly, but indirectly, by means of repulsive force.
- the mechanical complexity of the barrier is even more limited because not any of the first contact surface and the second contact surface has to be displaceable in relation to the pipe section of the barrier.
- the repulsive force needed for forcing the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the sewage system may be higher due to the need for actually altering the shape of the circumference of the pipe section of the barrier.
- the repulsive force needed depends on the choice of material, on the dimensions and on the construction of the pipe section of the barrier.
- the first contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section of the barrier
- the second contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section
- said first contact surface and said second contact surface being displaceable in relation to each other in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- the mechanical complexity of the barrier may be increased because both the first contact surface and the second contact surface have to be displaceable in relation to the pipe section of the barrier.
- the repulsive force needed for forcing the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the sewage system may be lesser compared to repulsive forcing an integrate first contact surface and an integrate second contact surface at the same time towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- a vertically orientated force is easy to establish from a top of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system and down into the manhole or inspection hole. None muscular strength as such is needed by the person applying the vertically orientated force, possibly only the weight of the person him- or her-self is needed for applying the vertically orientated force.
- the vertically orientated force is diverted laterally towards the first contact surface and/or the second contact surface, substantially without any loss of force occurring.
- a vertically orientated force is easy to establish from a top of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system and down into the manhole or inspection hole. None muscular strength as such is needed by the person applying the vertically orientated force, possibly only the weight of the person him- or her-self is needed for applying the vertically orientated force. By directing the vertically orientated force directly downwards, possibly without any lever arm of the barrier, the vertically orientated force is directed directly towards the contact surface without any loss of force occurring.
- the suspension of the first shutter 30 is arranged about an axis 32 such that the first shutter is having a centre of gravity lying under the axis 32.
- the first shutter 30 is pivotal between a first angular position in which the at least one shutter 30 is forming a first relatively larger angle v (see fig. 3 ) with the direction of flow of waste material and at least substantially barring the aperture of the barrier, and a second angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle w (see fig. 4 ) with the direction of flow of waste material and at least partly keeping open the aperture of the barrier.
- the suspension of the second shutter 31 from the first shutter 30 is also arranged about an axis 35 such that the second shutter 31 is having a centre of gravity lying under the axis 35.
- the second shutter 31 will, during normal use, pivot together with first shutter 30 because the second shutter 31 is suspended from the first shutter 30.
- the second shutter 31 may additionally or alternatively pivot independently of any pivoting of the first shutter 31 about the axis 35 from which the second shutter 31 is suspended, said axis 35 being supported in bearings (not shown) of the first shutter 31.
- the second shutter 31 may furthermore pivot independently between a first position in relation to the first shutter, in which first position a lower part 36 of the second shutter 31 is resting on a lower part 37 the first shutter 30 (see fig. 5 ), and a second position in relation to the first shutter 30, in which second position the lower part 36 of the second shutter 31 is raised from the lower part 37 of the first shutter 30 (see fig. 6 ).
- the barrier is furthermore provided with a first contact surface 4 and a second contact surface 5.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 are provided at downwards oriented and upwards orientated sidewalls, respectively, of the pipe section 34 of the barrier.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 are intended for being forced outwards towards sidewalls of a full-circumference pipe of the sewage pipe system.
- the outwards orientated contact surface 4,5 are integrate parts of the pipe section 34 of the barrier and has the shape of part of the circumference of a circular pipe.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier.
- the one contact surface 4 constitutes one part of the outside the wall boundary of the pipe section 34 of the barrier and the other contact surface 5 constitutes another part of the outside the wall boundary of the pipe section 34 of the barrier.
- the contact surfaces may be pivoted between a collapsed configuration (see fig. 1 ) and an expanded configuration (see fig. 2 ), as will be explained later.
- the collapsed configuration is the configuration during which the barrier is intended for being installed in the sewage pipe system.
- the expanded configuration is the configuration after which the barrier has been installed in the sewage pipe system.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 is in the expanded state and constitute relatively larger exterior dimensions of a pipe section 34 of the barrier.
- the configuration where the contact surface constitutes the larger exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier is the configuration, as mentioned above, where the barrier has been installed in the sewage pipe system and is the configuration, where the barrier during use as a barrier.
- Pivoting of the contact surfaces 4,5 from the configuration, where the contact surfaces constitute relatively smaller exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier, to the configuration, where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively larger exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier, is obtained by applying a repulsive force between the one contact surface 4 and the other contact surface 5.
- the repulsive force is applied by means of a vertically displaceable bushing 43 acting on lever arms 44,45 of each of the contacts surfaces 4,5.
- the vertically displaceable bushing 43 is positioned in a raised position in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively smaller exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier, and the vertically displaceable bushing 43 is positioned in a lowered position in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively larger exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier.
- the bushing 43 is attached to a vertically extending post 46.
- the post 46 is intended for being operated by a manually or automatically operated rod (not shown) extending all the way from the pipe section 34 of the barrier to the top of the inspection-hole in the bottom of which the barrier is to be installed.
- the post 46 is provided with an interior screw thread and is furthermore capable of rotating around an exterior screw thread of a guide pin 47 extending from the mantle 8 of the barrier. Thus, rotating the post 46 around the guide pin 47 will result in also the bushing 43 sliding along the guide pin 47.
- a lower part 36 of the second shutter 31 is resting at a lower part 37 of the first shutter 30.
- the first shutter 30 and the second shutter 31 act as one shutter only, the second shutter 31 pivoting along with any pivoting of the first shutter 30 whenever the first shutter 30 is pivoting.
- the second shutter 31 is not pivoted in relation to the first shutter 31, and apart from the mass of the second shutter 31, the second shutter 31 is not in any way limiting or blocking the pivoting of the first shutter 30.
- the first shutter 30 is also partly open leaving a small space beneath the first shutter 30 for allowing waste water and other sewage material to pass.
- the first shutter 30 could also be fully closed as shown in fig. 3 or fully open as shown in fig. 4 , depending on the amount of sewage material and the size of the sewage material passing the first shutter 30.
- the first shutter 30 and the second shutter 31 act both combined and independently, the second shutter 31 pivoting along with any pivoting of the first shutter 30 whenever the first shutter is pivoting, but the second shutter 31 also being pivoted in relation to first shutter 30. Pivoting of the second shutter 31 in relation to the first shutter 30 takes place when a force is applied upstream at the lower part 36 of the second shutter 31.
- the first shutter and the second shutter together with the support element are attached to a mantle 8 by means of a bolt 41 extending through a hole (not shown) in the mantle 8 and being screwed into a screw thread (not shown) provided in the support element 33.
- the first shutter and the second shutter are capable of being positioned either in a first orientation in the barrier or in the other orientation in the barrier, depending on the possible entering of the vermin.
- the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned in the first orientation (see fig. 1-6 ), preventing rats and other vermin to enter the man-hole or the inspection-hole, as seen from left to right in the plane of the drawing.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 is in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively smaller exterior dimensions of the pipe section 34 of the barrier. Thus, the contact surfaces 4,5 is not in the way during insertion of the pipe section 34 of the barrier into the outlet pipe section 50 of the sewage system.
- the contact surfaces 4,5 are activated by applying a repulsive force between the contact surfaces 4,5.
- the repulsive force is applied as described, i.e. by sliding the post 46 downwards, thereby pushing downwards the bushing 43, and via the lever arms 44,45 forcing the contact surfaces 4,5 outwards towards an inner circumference of the pipe section 50 of the sewage system.
- a mutual distance between the contact surfaces 4,5 is increased when the contact surfaces 4,5 are forced outwards.
- the cut-away is shown having a substantially rectangular shap from the top surface 53 of the contact surfaces 4,5, downwards to the bottom surface 54 of the contact surfaces 4,5.
- the cut-away may be triangular, i.e. extending so that a hypotenuse of the triangle constitute a border between the contact surfaces 4,5 and the cut-away, thereby increasing the structural strength of the contact surfaces 4,5.
- the pipe section 34 of the barrier extends along at least part of a circular circumference.
- Other circumferences such as oval, triangular, square of other polygonal of non-polygonal shapes could also be envisaged.
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- The present invention relates to a barrier for preventing rats or other vermin from entering a sewage pipe system, said barrier comprising at least one shutter pivotally suspended in the barrier about a first axis and having a centre of gravity lying under the axis, and said shutter being pivotal between a first angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a first relatively larger angle with the direction of flow and at least substantially barring the aperture of the barrier, and a second angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle with the direction of flow keeping the aperture of the barrier at least partly open.
- Numerous solutions exist for preventing vermin such as rats from entering specific sections of a sewage pipe system. Among others, the following prior art patent publications exist:
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WO 03/069082 - Common to all the prior art solutions is the fact that the barrier is either an integrate part of the sewage pipe system and/or the barrier is absolutely dependent on at least one of the parameters of the sewage pipe system: the type, i.e. a circular inlet or outlet pipe or just a half-pipe in the bottom of a man-hole or an inspection-hole; or the size, i.e. the exact diameter or the circular pipe or of the exact width and length of the half-pipe; or the orientation, i.e. whether the inlet pipe leads to the outlet pipe directly across the bottom of the inspection-hole, or leads to the outlet pipe along an oblique orientation across the bottom of the inspection-hole.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a barrier for preventing vermin such as rats from entering a sewage pipe system, especially the section of the sewage pipe system leading to and from private households, but also for industrial sewage pipe systems such as at hospitals, and where the barrier is capable of being fitted easily and reliably to the sewage pipe system, without the need for professional skills and knowledge within sewer systems and by applying the same barrier both for inlets and outlets of the sewage pipe system.
- This object is obtained by a barrier according to a first aspect of the invention, said barrier comprising
- at least a first shutter pivotally suspended about a first axis and having a centre of gravity lying under the axis and being pivotal between
- one angular position in which the first shutter is forming an acute angle with the direction of flow and is at least substantially barring the aperture of the sewage pipe, and
- another angular position in which the first shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle with the direction of flow keeping the aperture of the barrier at lest partly open,
- said at least first shutter intended for pivoting along a first angular extension between a first one and another angular position, when positioned in a first orientation in the barrier, and
- said at least first shutter intended for pivoting along another angular extension between a second one and other angular position, when positioned in another orientation in the barrier,
- said at least first shutter capable of being positioned either in the first orientation in the barrier or in another orientation in the shutter, depending on the possible entering of the vermin.
- Being able to alter the orientation of the at least first shutter between a first orientation and a second orientation in the barrier, i.e positioning the shutter in the one direction or the other direction in the barrier, results in the one and same barrier being applicable for sewage systems, nondependent on whether the vermin may enter one way or the opposite way according to a longitudinal extension of the barrier. The at least first shutter may always be positioned so that the vermin is prevented from entering without the need for different barriers with differently positioned shutters, one barrier for each way of possible entering of the vermin.
- According to a preferred embodiment according to the invention, the barrier comprises
- a second shutter placed upstream of the first shutter and being pivotally suspended about a second axis and having a centre of gravity located under the second axis,
- a first part of a locking mechanism provided as part of the barrier when being positioned in the sewage pipe system, said first part of the locking mechanism being intended for engaging with a corresponding second part of the locking mechanism provided as part of the second shutter,
- where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis, and when the first shutter is in one angular position, will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter, and
- where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis, and when the first shutter is in another angular position, where said other angular position is substantially different from the one angular position, also will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter.
- The feature of the first shutter being capable of being locked in any position, or at least in a multitude of positions of the first shutter incurs great advantages. If the sewage pipe system is being flooded, the first shutter will open at least partly, possibly open fully.
- A rat or other vermin may however still be able to withstand any minor or major flooding of sewage, and during such flooding try to force open the first shutter for entering the sewage pipe system on the other side of the first shutter. Such occurrence is prevented when the first shutter, when being in another angular position, where said other angular position is substantially different from the one angular position, also will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter. In a preferred embodiment according to the second aspect of the invention, the second axis of the second shutter is being provided as part of the first shutter so that the second shutter is pivotally suspended from the first shutter, and where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the second shutter in relation to the first shutter,
- By the second shutter being the shutter controlling the locking of pivoting of the first shutter, the second shutter being the upstream shutter, and the second shutter thus being the shutter which the rat of the vermin will try to open first, the second shutter will be the safest shutter to control any locking of the first shutter, possibly together with the second shutter.
- In a possible embodiment according to the second aspect of the invention, said first part of the locking mechanism is a saw-tooth-like part of the locking mechanism, and where the second part of the locking mechanism is a pawl-like part of the locking mechanism, and where the pawl-like part is intended for engaging with the saw-tooth-like part for preventing the further pivoting of the second shutter in relation to the first shutter.
- A saw-tooth-like locking mechanism is advantageous when wanting to anable locking of the first shutter at different angular positions of the first shutter. The swa-tooth establishes at which angular positions the first shutter may be locked, each angular position being differentiated by the distance between each of the saw-teeth, and depending on the actual mechanical configuration of the locking mechanism in relation to the first shutter and the second shutter.
- According to an embodiment of any aspect of the invention, exerting a lateral force to either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by a manually downwards applied force, and where diverting of the manually applied force is obtained by a linkage mechanism with a first lever arm being operated by the manually applied force, and a second lever arm operating either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface in a lateral direction.
- According to another embodiment of any aspect of the invention, exerting a substantially vertical force to the contact surface, when the contact surface is intended for abutting a vertical part of the sewage pipe system, is obtained by a manually downwards applied force, and where diverting of the manually applied force is obtained by a linkage mechanism with a first lever arm being operated by the manually applied force, and second lever arm operating the contact surface in an upwards direction.
- Applying a downwards force is easily done by any person, possibly by just using the weight of the person for exerting the lateral force or the downwards/upwards force to the first contact surface and/or the second contact surface. There is as such no need for an especially strong person for installing the barrier according to the invention into a sewage pipe system. Many private users as well as professional users will be capable of installing the barrier.
- According to one embodiment of the invention, a pipe section of the barrier has one end intended for facing a pipe section of the sewage system, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, and where an opposite end of the pipe section having an inclination leading from a top surface of the pipe section to a bottom surface of the
pipe section 34, said inclination resulting in a top generatrix along the top surface is extending farther rearwards in relation to a sewage flow direction, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, than an extension of a bottom generatrix along the bottom surface. This embodiment is in the case, where the blunt end of the pipe section of the barrier is directed downstream of the sewage flow. - According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, a pipe section of the barrier has one end intended for facing a pipe section of the sewage system, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, and where an opposite end of the pipe section having an inclination leading from a top surface of the pipe section to a bottom surface of the
pipe section 34, said inclination resulting in a top generatrix along the top surface is extending farther forwards in relation to a sewage flow direction, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, than an extension of a bottom generatrix along the bottom surface. This embodiment is in the case, where the blunt end of the pipe section of the barrier is directed upstream of the sewage flow. - The formation of the inclination between the top surface and the bottom surface of the pipe section results in the major advantage, that any sewer which may enter form a side pipe section of the sewage pipe system, where the barrier is installed, easily and with no limitation can enter the sewage pipe system and flow freely past the barrier, the barrier thus constituting no or at least just a minor hindrance towards the flow of sewer from an side pipe section.
- According to second aspect of the invention, said barrier is comprising
- at least one shutter pivotally suspended in the barrier about a first axis and having a centre of gravity lying under the axis, and said shutter being pivotal between a first angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a first relatively larger angle with the direction of flow and at least substantially barring the aperture of the barrier, and a second angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle with the direction of flow keeping the aperture of the barrier at lest partly open, and where
- the section of the pipe is intended for entering at least one of an inlet or an outlet of the sewage pipe system and where said section of the pipe is being provided with a first contact surface for abutting a first circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe, and a second contact surface for abutting a second circumferential extension of the sidewall of the sewage pipe, and
- where a distance is relatively smaller between said first contact surface and said second contact surface in a first configuration, in which first configuration no manually applied force is present between the first contact surface and the second contact surface, and
- where a distance is relatively larger between said first contact surface and said second contact surface in a second configuration, in which second configuration a repulsive force is present between the first contact surface and the second contact surface, and
- where said repulsive force is intended for forcing the first contact surface towards the first circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe and for forcing the second contact surface towards the second circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe.
- A barrier as mentioned has the great advantage that the barrier may easily and quickly be installed by a non-professional person, without any specific skills within sewage systems. Also, a barrier as mentioned has the great advantage that the barrier may easily and quickly be installed by a person without any specific technical or physical skills. Thus, the barrier may be installed by almost any gown-up person living in a private household or working in an industrial site, and wanting to install a barrier for vermin such as rats in an already established sewage pipe system of the private household or the industrial site.
- The advantage of non-technical skills needed is due to the fact that the pipe section of the barrier has an initial configuration having a smaller cross-section in which initial configuration the only skill needed is to insert a pipe section of the barrier and having a relatively smaller cross-section into a pipe section of the sewage system and having a relatively larger cross-section. Such a skill, i.e. inserting a pipe having a relatively smaller cross-section into a pipe of relatively larger cross-section, is ordinary skills of any person.
- The advantage of non-physical skills needed is due to the fact that the pipe section of the barrier exhibits the relatively smaller cross-section in a configuration being stable, i.e. a configuration needing no manually applied force to establish. Thus, when having to insert the pipe section of the barrier into the pipe section of the sewage system, only positional skills are needed.
- There is no need for manually applying repulsive or attractive force during insertion of the pipe section of the barrier into the pipe section of the sewage system for thereby positioning the pipe section of the barrier in the pipe section of the sewage system.
- Also, there is no need for manually applying repulsive or attractive force during insertion of the pipe section of the barrier into the pipe section of the sewage system for thereby maintaining a relatively smaller the cross-section of the pipe section of the barrier.
- In a possible embodiment of the invention, said first contact surface is a contact surface provided at one lateral side of the barrier, and where said second contact surface is a contact surface provided at another lateral side of the barrier, and where a repulsive force applied between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is intended for providing abutment of the first contact surface and the second contact surface with diagonally opposite laterally orientated sections, respectively, of sidewalls of the sewage pipe system.
- Manually or automatically applying a repulsive force between the first contact surface and the second contact surface results in the contact surfaces, from exhibiting a relative smaller mutual distance, now exhibit a relative larger mutual distance. The relatively larger mutual distance results in the contact surfaces coming into abutment with laterally orientated sidewalls of the pipe section of the sewage system, thereby fastening the barrier to the pipe section of the sewage system. The automatic appliance of a repulsive force may simply be one or more spring members provided as part of the barrier and the spring force of which is capable of being released, after the barrier has been installed.
- The embodiment where the contact surfaces are positioned laterally and where the contact surfaces is in abutment with lateral sidewalls of the pipe section of the sewage system has the advantage that a bottom of the pipe section of the sewage system may be maintained free of any possibly obstructing parts of the barrier, when the barrier is installed in the pipe section of the sewage system.
- Thereby, any flow of sewage water through the pipe section of the sewage system may take place totally un-obstructed by any parts of the barrier, except by the intended obstruction of the at least one shutter. However, the at least one shutter is only obstructing the flow of sewage water, and of any vermin such as rats trying to enter the pipe section, in an upstream direction, not in a downstream direction.
- In a possible other embodiment of the invention, said first contact surface is a contact surface provided at a substantially vertical downwards side of the barrier, and where said second contact surface is a contact surface provided at a substantially vertical upwards side of the barrier, and where a repulsive force applied between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is intended for providing abutment of the first contact surface and the second contact surface with diagonally opposite substantially vertically downwards and upwards orientated sections, respectively, of sidewalls of the sewage pipe system.
- Manually or automatically applying a repulsive force between the first contact surface and the second contact surface results in the contact surfaces, from exhibiting a relative smaller mutual distance, now exhibit a relative larger mutual distance. The relatively larger mutual distance results in the contact surfaces coming into abutment with upwards and downwards orientated sidewalls of the pipe section of the sewage system, thereby fastening the barrier to the pipe section of the sewage system. The automatic appliance of a repulsive force may simply be one or more spring members provided as part of the barrier and the spring force of which is capable of being released, after the barrier has been installed.
- The embodiment where the contact surfaces are positioned downwards and upwards and where the contact surfaces is in abutment with downwards orientated and upwards orientated sidewalls of the pipe section of the sewage system may results in a bottom of the pipe section of the sewage system possibly being obstructed by parts of the barrier, when the barrier is installed in the pipe section of the sewage system.
- However, preferably at least the downwards orientated contact surface will be designed for flush abutment with the bottom of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- Thus, any flow of sewage water through the pipe section of the sewage system may take place practically un-obstructed by any parts of the barrier, except by the intended obstruction of the at least one shutter. However, the at least one shutter is only obstructing the flow of sewage water, and of any vermin such as rats trying to enter the pipe section, in an upstream direction, not in a downstream direction.
- According to a possible embodiment of the barrier, the first contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section, and said individual second contact surface being displaceable in relation to the first contact surface in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- The first contact surface being an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier and the second contact surface being an individual part of the barrier has the advantage that it is only the second contact surface that need being forced towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system. The increase of the mutual distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by repulsive forcing only the second contact surface towards the sidewall. However, due to the fact that the mutual distance is increased, the first contact surface will be forced towards the sidewall as well, but not directly, but indirectly, by means of repulsive force.
- Thus, the mechanical complexity of the barrier is limited because only the second contact surface has to be displaceable in relation to the pipe section of the barrier. Also, the repulsive force needed for forcing the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the sewage system may be lesser compared to repulsive forcing both the first contact surface and the second contact surface at the same time towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- According to a possible other embodiment of the barrier, the first contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section, and said first contact surface and said second contact surface being displaceable in relation to each other in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- Both the first contact surface being an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier and the second contact surface being an integrate part of the barrier has the advantage that it is possible to freely select which sections of the circumference of the pipe section of the barrier, which are to constitute the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The increase of the mutual distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by repulsive forcing, and thereby altering, the shape of the circumference of the pipe section of the barrier. The altering of the circumference must result in that the mutual distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is increased such that both the first contact surface and the second contact surface will be directly forced towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- The mechanical complexity of the barrier is even more limited because not any of the first contact surface and the second contact surface has to be displaceable in relation to the pipe section of the barrier. However, the repulsive force needed for forcing the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the sewage system may be higher due to the need for actually altering the shape of the circumference of the pipe section of the barrier. However, the repulsive force needed depends on the choice of material, on the dimensions and on the construction of the pipe section of the barrier.
- According to even a possible other embodiment of the barrier, the first contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section, and said first contact surface and said second contact surface being displaceable in relation to each other in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- Both the first contact surface being an individual part of the pipe section of the barrier and the second contact surface being an individual part of the barrier has the advantage that no altering is needed of the shape of the circumference of the pipe section of the barrier for repulsive forcing the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system. The increase of the mutual distance between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by repulsive forcing both the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall. When the mutual distance is increased, both the first contact surface and the second contact surface will be forced directly towards the sidewall by means of repulsive force.
- However, the mechanical complexity of the barrier may be increased because both the first contact surface and the second contact surface have to be displaceable in relation to the pipe section of the barrier. Possibly, the repulsive force needed for forcing the first contact surface and the second contact surface towards the sidewall of the sewage system may be lesser compared to repulsive forcing an integrate first contact surface and an integrate second contact surface at the same time towards the sidewall of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- A possible barrier having the first contact surface and the second contact surface orientated laterally, either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being diverted laterally, when the contact surface is being provided at a lateral side of the barrier.
- A vertically orientated force is easy to establish from a top of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system and down into the manhole or inspection hole. None muscular strength as such is needed by the person applying the vertically orientated force, possibly only the weight of the person him- or her-self is needed for applying the vertically orientated force. By diverting the vertically orientated force laterally, preferably by a lever arm of the barrier, the vertically orientated force is diverted laterally towards the first contact surface and/or the second contact surface, substantially without any loss of force occurring.
- Another possible barrier having the first contact surface and the second contact surface orientated vertically, either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being directly applied to the contact surface, when the contact surface is provided at a substantially vertical downwards side of the barrier.
- A vertically orientated force is easy to establish from a top of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system and down into the manhole or inspection hole. None muscular strength as such is needed by the person applying the vertically orientated force, possibly only the weight of the person him- or her-self is needed for applying the vertically orientated force. By directing the vertically orientated force directly downwards, possibly without any lever arm of the barrier, the vertically orientated force is directed directly towards the contact surface without any loss of force occurring.
- Even another possible barrier having the first contact surface and the second contact surface orientated vertically, either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being diverted oppositely, when the contact surface is provided at a substantially vertical upwards side of the barrier. A vertically orientated force is easy to establish from a top of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system and down into the manhole or inspection hole. None muscular strength as such is needed by the person applying the vertically orientated force, possibly only the weight of the person him- or her-self is needed for applying the vertically orientated force. By diverting the vertically orientated force oppositely and upwards, possibly by means of a lever arm of the barrier, the vertically orientated force is diverted oppositely towards the contact surface, substantially without any loss of force occurring.
- The invention will hereafter be described with reference to the drawings, where
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a barrier according to the invention in a configuration before and during insertion of the barrier in a sewage pipe system, -
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of a barrier according to the invention in a configuration after insertion and when the barrier is in use in a sewage pipe system, -
Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the embodiment of the invention, with both shutters of the barrier in a fully closed position, barring the aperture of the barrier, -
Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the embodiment of the invention, with both shutters of the barrier in a fully open position, keeping the aperture of the barrier fully open, -
Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the embodiment of the invention, with both shutters of the barrier in a partly open position, keeping the aperture of the barrier partly open, -
Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the embodiment of the invention, with the second shutter being pivoted in relation to the first shutter and locking both shutters of the barrierFig. 7 is a plane view of the embodiment of the barrier with both shutters being in a second position of the barrier, and thus orientated another way, -
Fig. 8 is a plane view of the embodiment of the barrier with both shutters being in the second position of the barrier, and thus orientated the other way. -
Fig. 1-2 are perspective and plane views of an embodiment of a barrier intended for being positioned in the bottom of a man-hole or inspection-hole of a sewage pipe system. The barrier is provided with two shutters, afirst shutter 30 being pivotally suspended from apipe section 34 via asupport element 33 of the barrier, and asecond shutter 31 being pivotally suspended from thefirst shutter 30. - The suspension of the
first shutter 30 is arranged about anaxis 32 such that the first shutter is having a centre of gravity lying under theaxis 32. Thefirst shutter 30 is pivotal between a first angular position in which the at least oneshutter 30 is forming a first relatively larger angle v (seefig. 3 ) with the direction of flow of waste material and at least substantially barring the aperture of the barrier, and a second angular position in which the at least one shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle w (seefig. 4 ) with the direction of flow of waste material and at least partly keeping open the aperture of the barrier. - The direction of flow of waste material through the aperture of the barrier is shown by an arrow.
- The
first shutter 30 is pivotally attached to asupport element 33 being secured to apipe section 34 of the barrier. Thepipe section 34 of the barrier is pivotably connected to amantle 8 of the barrier along two pivotingaxes 9 extending in a longitudinal direction in relation to the pipe section and in relation to themantle 8 of the barrier. - The suspension of the
second shutter 31 from thefirst shutter 30 is also arranged about anaxis 35 such that thesecond shutter 31 is having a centre of gravity lying under theaxis 35. Thesecond shutter 31 will, during normal use, pivot together withfirst shutter 30 because thesecond shutter 31 is suspended from thefirst shutter 30. However, thesecond shutter 31 may additionally or alternatively pivot independently of any pivoting of thefirst shutter 31 about theaxis 35 from which thesecond shutter 31 is suspended, saidaxis 35 being supported in bearings (not shown) of thefirst shutter 31. - Thus, apart from the pivoting of the
second shutter 31 together with thefirst shutter 30, when thefirst shutter 30 is pivoting, thesecond shutter 31 may furthermore pivot independently between a first position in relation to the first shutter, in which first position alower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31 is resting on alower part 37 the first shutter 30 (seefig. 5 ), and a second position in relation to thefirst shutter 30, in which second position thelower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31 is raised from thelower part 37 of the first shutter 30 (seefig. 6 ). - The
second shutter 31 is having a cross-sectional area (seefig. 1 andfig. 2 ) blocking substantially the entire inside of thepipe section 34 of the barrier, when thefirst shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31 are in the fully closed configuration. Side edges 38 of thesecond shutter 31 is directed rearwards in the upstream direction allowing thesecond shutter 31 to pivot together with thefirst shutter 30 without thesecond shutter 31 getting stuck inside the pipe section, even if thesecond shutter 31 is pivoted to a fully open configuration as shown infig. 4 . - The individual pivoting of the
second shutter 31 takes place independently of any pivoting of thefirst shutter 30. Thesecond shutter 31 may pivot in relation to thesecond shutter 30 in any situation where thefirst shutter 30 is also pivoting and also in situations where thefirst shutter 30 is not pivoting. Referring tofig. 5 andfig. 6 , the technical effect of the second shutter will be explained. It is important to notice that the technical effect is present both in a situation where thefirst shutter 30 is also pivoting and also in a situation where thefirst shutter 30 is not pivoting. - The barrier is furthermore provided with a
first contact surface 4 and asecond contact surface 5. The contact surfaces 4,5 are provided at downwards oriented and upwards orientated sidewalls, respectively, of thepipe section 34 of the barrier. The contact surfaces 4,5 are intended for being forced outwards towards sidewalls of a full-circumference pipe of the sewage pipe system. In the embodiment shown, the outwards orientatedcontact surface pipe section 34 of the barrier and has the shape of part of the circumference of a circular pipe. - In the embodiment shown, the one
contact surface 4 is an individual part and is pivotally suspended around theaxis 9 of themantle 8 and theother contact surface 4 is an individual part and is pivotally suspended around the axis 7 of themantle 8.. The contact surfaces 4,5 may have other shapes such as concave, convex or even having the shape of a rod. - In the configuration shown in
fig. 1-8 , the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier. Thus, the onecontact surface 4 constitutes one part of the outside the wall boundary of thepipe section 34 of the barrier and theother contact surface 5 constitutes another part of the outside the wall boundary of thepipe section 34 of the barrier. The contact surfaces may be pivoted between a collapsed configuration (seefig. 1 ) and an expanded configuration (seefig. 2 ), as will be explained later. - The collapsed configuration is the configuration during which the barrier is intended for being installed in the sewage pipe system. The expanded configuration is the configuration after which the barrier has been installed in the sewage pipe system.
- In the configuration shown in
fig. 2 , the contact surfaces 4,5 is in the expanded state and constitute relatively larger exterior dimensions of apipe section 34 of the barrier. The configuration where the contact surface constitutes the larger exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier is the configuration, as mentioned above, where the barrier has been installed in the sewage pipe system and is the configuration, where the barrier during use as a barrier. - Pivoting of the contact surfaces 4,5 from the configuration, where the contact surfaces constitute relatively smaller exterior dimensions of the
pipe section 34 of the barrier, to the configuration, where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively larger exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier, is obtained by applying a repulsive force between the onecontact surface 4 and theother contact surface 5. The repulsive force is applied by means of a verticallydisplaceable bushing 43 acting onlever arms - The vertically
displaceable bushing 43 is positioned in a raised position in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively smaller exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier, and the verticallydisplaceable bushing 43 is positioned in a lowered position in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively larger exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier. Thus, pivoting of the contact surfaces 4,5, around theaxes 9, from the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively smaller exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier to the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively larger exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier may take place by lowering thebushing 43. - The
bushing 43 is attached to a vertically extendingpost 46. Thepost 46 is intended for being operated by a manually or automatically operated rod (not shown) extending all the way from thepipe section 34 of the barrier to the top of the inspection-hole in the bottom of which the barrier is to be installed. Thepost 46 is provided with an interior screw thread and is furthermore capable of rotating around an exterior screw thread of aguide pin 47 extending from themantle 8 of the barrier. Thus, rotating thepost 46 around theguide pin 47 will result in also thebushing 43 sliding along theguide pin 47. - Therefore, if the
post 46 is rotated, possibly and preferably clock-wise, from the top of the inspection-hole, thepost 46 will slide downwards and also thebushing 43 will slide downward, i.e. will be lowered in relation to a raised position. And when thepost 46 is sliding downwards, thelever arms - The
mantle 8 is provided with astop 40 intended for ensuring a sufficient but still not a too extensive insertion of the pipe section into a pipe section of the sewage pipe system. Too extensive insertion is disadvantageous if a bending of the sewage pipe system is present nearby or perhaps in immediate vicinity the position of insertion if the barrier. Alternatively, or possibly additionally, to astop 40 the pipe section may be frusto-conically shaped (not shown) with the smallest diameter directed towards the pipe section of the sewage system. Depending on the conicity of the pipe section the barrier may thus be capable of being inserted into different pipe sections of the sewage system having different inner diameters. Accordingly, one barrier may be used in connection with different inner diameter pipe sections of the sewage system. The way of securing the barrier to the sewage pipe system mat still be the same as the one described. -
Fig. 5 andfig. 6 are cross-sections of the barrier in two different configurations of thesecond shutter 31. In both figures, the configuration of thefirst shutter 30 is the same. The technical effect of the second shutter will be explained with reference tofig. 5 andfig. 6 . - It is important to notice that the technical effect of the
second shutter 31 is present both in a situation where thefirst shutter 30 is also pivoting and also in a situation where thefirst shutter 30 is not pivoting, the latter being the situation shown infig. 5 andfig. 6 . - In
fig. 5 thefirst shutter 30 is partly open leaving a small space beneath thefirst shutter 30 for allowing waste water and other sewage material to pass. However, thefirst shutter 30 could also be fully closed as shown infig. 3 or fully open as shown infig. 4 , depending on the amount of sewage material and the size of the sewage material passing thefirst shutter 30. - A
lower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31 is resting at alower part 37 of thefirst shutter 30. In the configuration shown infig. 5 , thefirst shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31 act as one shutter only, thesecond shutter 31 pivoting along with any pivoting of thefirst shutter 30 whenever thefirst shutter 30 is pivoting. Thesecond shutter 31 is not pivoted in relation to thefirst shutter 31, and apart from the mass of thesecond shutter 31, thesecond shutter 31 is not in any way limiting or blocking the pivoting of thefirst shutter 30. - In
fig. 6 thefirst shutter 30 is also partly open leaving a small space beneath thefirst shutter 30 for allowing waste water and other sewage material to pass. However, thefirst shutter 30 could also be fully closed as shown infig. 3 or fully open as shown infig. 4 , depending on the amount of sewage material and the size of the sewage material passing thefirst shutter 30. - Contrary to the configuration shown in
fig. 5 , thelower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31 is raised from thelower part 37 of thefirst shutter 30, i.e. thelower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31 is not resting on thelower part 37 of thefirst shutter 30. - In the configuration shown in
fig. 6 , thefirst shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31 act both combined and independently, thesecond shutter 31 pivoting along with any pivoting of thefirst shutter 30 whenever the first shutter is pivoting, but thesecond shutter 31 also being pivoted in relation tofirst shutter 30. Pivoting of thesecond shutter 31 in relation to thefirst shutter 30 takes place when a force is applied upstream at thelower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31. - Pivoting of the
second shutter 31 in relation to thefirst shutter 30 will not take place just because of any sewage material passing along thepipe section 34 of the barrier in the direction of the arrow. Pivoting of thesecond shutter 31 in relation to thefirst shutter 30 may however take place because of a rat or other vermin trying to open theshutters shutters shutters shutters second shutter 31, which is the shutter being positioned upstream. - Because of the
second shutter 31 being pivoted in relation to thefirst shutter 30, when a force is applied upstream at thelower part 36 of thesecond shutter 31, abrace 48 being an integrate part of thesecond shutter 31 is brought into engagement with aratchet mechanism 49 being an integrate part of thesupport element 33. - Therefore, when the
second shutter 31 is pivoted as shown infig. 6 , thebrace 48 together with theratchet mechanism 49 will lock not only the pivoting of thesecond shutter 31 in relation to thesupport element 33, but will also lock the pivoting of thefirst shutter 30 in relation to thesupport element 33. Thus, locking thesecond shutter 31 towards pivoting, incurred by a rat or other vermin upstream of the shutters and trying to pass theshutters first shutter 30 towards pivoting. The rat or other vermin is thus prevented from entering the sewage pipe system from upstream of the system. - The limitation towards pivoting of the
first shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31 is provided in a technical reliable and an absolutely mutual relationship between thefirst shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31. Thus, the limitation toward pivoting is not dependent on any parts of the barrier, which do not constitute part of theshutters support element 33 from which thefirst shutter 30 is suspended. Any malfunction of other parts of the barrier will thus not impede the locking function of thefirst shutter 30 and thesecond shutter 31. -
Fig. 1-6 show the embodiment with the first shutter and the second shutter being positioned so that the shutters allow flow of sewage from right to left in the plane of the drawing. As mentioned, such position of the shutters are established when the pipe section and thus the barrier are intended for being installed into apipe section 50 constituting an outlet to the bottom of the man-hole or inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system. -
Fig. 7 andfig. 8 show the embodiment, where the first shutter and the second shutter is positioned in an orientation, i.e. a position of the shutters in the one direction, so that the shutters allow flow of sewage from left to right in the plane of the drawing. Such orientation of the shutters are established when the pipe section and thus the barrier are intended for being installed into apipe section 50 constituting an inlet to the bottom of the man-hole or the inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system. - The first shutter and the second shutter together with the support element are attached to a
mantle 8 by means of abolt 41 extending through a hole (not shown) in themantle 8 and being screwed into a screw thread (not shown) provided in thesupport element 33. Thereby, the first shutter and the second shutter are capable of being positioned either in a first orientation in the barrier or in the other orientation in the barrier, depending on the possible entering of the vermin. - A first orientation of the shutters and the support element is the position shown in
Fig. 1-6 and a second orientation of the shutters and the support element is the position shown inFig. 7 andFig. 8 . Alternatively to securing the shutters and the support element in the first orientation or in the second orientation by means of a bolt, other means of securing may be used, such as a click-on mechanism, a bayonet mechanism, or any other mechanism suited for the purpose. - Thus, when the pipe section and thus the barrier are intended for being installed into a
pipe section 50 constituting an outlet from the bottom of the inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system, the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned in the first orientation (seefig. 1-6 ), preventing rats and other vermin to enter the man-hole or the inspection-hole, as seen from left to right in the plane of the drawing. - And, when the pipe section and thus the barrier are intended for being installed into a
pipe section 50 constituting an inlet to the bottom of the inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system, the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned in the second orientation, i.e. a position of the shutters in the other direction in the barrier, preventing rats and other vermin to enter the man-hole or the inspection hole, as seen from left to left to right in the plane of the drawing. - Changing the orientation of the first shutter and the second shutter as well as the
support element 33 is accomplished before the barrier is installed in the man-hole by screwing out thebolt 41 from thesupport element 33 and extracting the blot form the hole intha mantle 8, reversing half a full rotation the orientation of the first shutter and the second shutter around an axis through the screw thread of the support element, inserting the blot through another hole (not shown) in themantle 8 and screwing the bolt into the screw thread of thesupport element 33. The same steps apply vice versa. - The other hole in the
mantle 8 is preferably provided so that the position of the first shutter and the second shutter is within the contact surfaces 4,5. The position of the first shutter and the second shutter is furthermore preferably provided so that the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned in the inlet to or in the outlet from the man-hole or the inspection-hole, when the barrier is positioned in the man-hole or inspection-hole. - If not, i.e. if the position of the first shutter and the second shutter is not provided so that the first shutter and the second shutter are positioned in the inlet to or in the outlet from the man-hole or the inspection-hole, the position of the first shutter and the second shutter must be positioned within the contact surfaces 4,5 in order to thereby prevent rats and other vermin from entering the man-hole or inspection-hole.
- Installation of the barrier in a man-hole or inspection hole is preferably performed by a method of installation and by a subsequent use of the barrier as described in the flowing:
- The barrier is firstly lowered into the inspection-hole and down to the bottom of the hole as shown with the arrow. When having reached the bottom of the hole, the
pipe section 34 of the barrier is displaced laterally towards the pipe section of the sewage pipe system, as shown by the arrow, into which the barrier is to be installed. - In the embodiment shown, where the
pipe section 34 of the barrier is directed upstream, the pipe section and thus the barrier are intended for being installed into apipe section 50 constituting an outlet to the bottom of the inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system. - During insertion of the
pipe section 34 of the barrier, the contact surfaces 4,5 is in the configuration where the contact surfaces 4,5 constitute the relatively smaller exterior dimensions of thepipe section 34 of the barrier. Thus, the contact surfaces 4,5 is not in the way during insertion of thepipe section 34 of the barrier into theoutlet pipe section 50 of the sewage system. - When the
pipe section 34 of the barrier has been inserted into theoutlet pipe section 50 of the sewage system, the contact surfaces 4,5 are activated by applying a repulsive force between the contact surfaces 4,5. The repulsive force is applied as described, i.e. by sliding thepost 46 downwards, thereby pushing downwards thebushing 43, and via thelever arms pipe section 50 of the sewage system. When the contact surfaces 4,5 are forced outwards, a mutual distance between the contact surfaces 4,5 is increased when the contact surfaces 4,5 are forced outwards. - As mentioned, the
mantle 8 is provided with astop 41 intended for ensuring a sufficient, but still not a too extensive insertion of the pipe section into a pipe section of the sewage pipe system. When thepipe section 34 of barrier is inserted into thepipe section 50 of the sewage pipe system during the lateral displacement of the barrier, after having been lowered to the bottom of the inspection-hole, thestop 41 will limit the depth of insertion of thepipe section 34 into thepipe section 50. - The
stop 40 is provided so that the insertion of thepipe section 34 into thepipe section 50 is sufficient for the upper contact surface to obtain a sufficient abutment with the inner surface of thepipe section 50. Thestop 40 is not mandatory to the function and the advantages of the barrier, but thestop 40 is advantageous to any non-professional person installing the barrier. - The contact surfaces 4,5 constituting the
pipe section 34 of the barrier has a blunt end facing thepipe section 50 of the sewage system. Theopposite end 52 ofcontact surfaces pipe section 34 of the barrier is shaped having a cut-away leading from atopsurface 53 of the contact surfaces 4,5, downwards to abottom surface 54 of the contact surfaces 4,5. The cut-away of the contact surfaces 4,5 results in the barrier limiting the flow of sewage as little as possible, when the sewage passes the barrier. As example, if the sewage enters from a sidebranch pipe section 55 of the sewage system (seefig. 11 ) the sewage may pass completely freely from the sidebranch pipe section 55 to theoutlet pipe section 50 of the sewage system. Decreasing the limitation towards flow of sewage would not be the case if the contact surfaces 4,5 of the barrier had the same extension from the top surface along to the bottom surface. - In the embodiment shown, the cut-away is shown having a substantially rectangular shap from the
top surface 53 of the contact surfaces 4,5, downwards to thebottom surface 54 of the contact surfaces 4,5. In alternative embodiments, the cut-away may be triangular, i.e. extending so that a hypotenuse of the triangle constitute a border between the contact surfaces 4,5 and the cut-away, thereby increasing the structural strength of the contact surfaces 4,5. - In the embodiments shown in
fig. 1-8 , the contacts surfaces constituting the exterior walls of thepipe section 34 of the barrier only extend along part of a full circumference and not extending along a bottom part of the circumference. This has the advantage that when the barrier is installed in the bottom of the inspection-hole of the sewage pipe system, the lower part of the pipe section of the sewage system is not in any way blocked by the pipe section of the barrier.. - The extension of the pipe section of the barrier, i.e. whether the pipe section extends along perhaps the upper half the full circumference as shown, along perhaps the upper three quarters of a full circumference, or along more or less of a full circumference, depends on the actual application of use, i.e. the type and size of the pipe section of the sewage system, and also depends on the necessity of obtaining a satisfactory securing of the pipe section of the barrier along the inner circumference of the pipe section of the sewage system.
- In the embodiments shown in
fig. 6-8 , thepipe section 34 of the barrier extends along at least part of a circular circumference. Other circumferences such as oval, triangular, square of other polygonal of non-polygonal shapes could also be envisaged. However, in any of the possible configurations of the pipe section of the sewage system and the barrier, it is advantageous to let thepipe section 34 only extend along part of a circumference, either circular, non-circular or polygonal. - The invention is described with reference to different embodiments. The description of the embodiments is however not to be construed as a limitation of the invention. Other embodiments as the ones described may be envisaged within the scope of protection.
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- A barrier for preventing a rat or other vermin from entering a sewage pipe system for a flow of sewage through the pipe system, said barrier comprising- at least a first shutter pivotally suspended about a first axis and having a centre of gravity lying under the axis and being pivotal between- one angular position in which the at least first shutter is forming an acute angle with a direction of flow and is at least substantially barring the aperture of the sewage pipe, and- another angular position in which the at least first shutter is forming a second relatively smaller angle with the direction of flow keeping the aperture of the barrier at least partly open,- said at least first shutter intended for pivoting along a first angular extension between a first and another angular position, when positioned in a first orientation in the barrier, and- said at least first shutter intended for pivoting along another angular extension between a second and another angular position, when positioned in another orientation in the barrier,- said at least first shutter capable of being positioned either in the first orientation in the barrier or in the other orientation in the barrier, depending on the possible entering of the vermin.
- A barrier according to claim 1, said barrier also comprising- a second shutter placed upstream of the first shutter and being pivotally suspended about a second axis and having a centre of gravity located under the second axis,- a first part of a locking mechanism provided as part of the barrier when being positioned in the sewage pipe system, said first part of the locking mechanism being intended for engaging with a corresponding second part of the locking mechanism provided as part of the second shutter,- where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis, and when the first shutter is in one angular position, will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter, and- where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis, and when the first shutter is in another angular position, where said other angular position is substantially different from the one angular position, also will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the first shutter.
- A barrier according to claim 1 or claim 2, where said second axis of the second shutter is being provided as part of the first shutter so that the second shutter is pivotally suspended from the first shutter, and where the second part of the locking mechanism, when the second shutter is pivoting in relation to the first shutter around the second axis will engage with the first part of the locking mechanism thereby preventing further pivoting of the second shutter in relation to the first shutter,
- A barrier according to any one of the preceding claims, where said first part of the locking mechanism is a saw-tooth-like part of the locking mechanism, and where the second part of the locking mechanism is a pawl-like part of the locking mechanism, and where the pawl-like part is intended for engaging with the saw-tooth-like part for preventing the further pivoting of the second shutter in relation to the first shutter.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where exerting a lateral force to either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface is obtained by a manually downwards applied force, and where diverting of the manually applied force is obtained by a linkage mechanism with a first lever arm being operated by the manually applied force, and a second lever arm operating either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface in a lateral direction.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where exerting a substantially vertical force to the contact surface, when the contact surface is intended for abutting a vertical part of the sewage pipe system, is obtained by a manually downwards applied force, and where diverting of the manually applied force is obtained by a linkage mechanism with a first lever arm being operated by the manually applied force, and second lever arm operating the contact surface in an upwards direction.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where a pipe section of the barrier has one end intended for facing a pipe section of the sewage system, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, and where an opposite end of the pipe section having an inclination leading from a top surface of the pipe section to a bottom surface of the pipe section 34, said inclination resulting in a top generatrix along the top surface is extending farther rearwards in relation to a sewage flow direction, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, than an extension of a bottom generatrix along the bottom surface.
- A barrier according to any of claims 1-6, where a pipe section of the barrier has one end intended for facing a pipe section of the sewage system, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, and where an opposite end of the pipe section having an inclination leading from a top surface of the pipe section to a bottom surface of the pipe section 34, said inclination resulting in a top generatrix along the top surface is extending farther forwards in relation to a sewage flow direction, when the barrier is installed in the sewage system, than an extension of a bottom generatrix along the bottom surface.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, said barrier comprising- said barrier intended for being installed in the sewage pipe system, and where said barrier is being provided with a first contact surface (4) for abutting a first circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe, and a second contact surface (5) for abutting a second circumferential extension of the sidewall of the sewage pipe, and- where a distance is relatively smaller between said first contact surface (4) and said second contact surface (5) in a first configuration, in which first configuration no manually applied force is present between the first contact surface (4) and the second contact surface (5), and- where a distance is relatively larger between said first contact surface (4) and said second contact surface (5) in a second configuration, in which second configuration a repulsive force is present between the first contact surface (4) and the second contact surface (5), and- where a manually or automatically applied repulsive force is intended for forcing the first contact surface towards the first circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe and for forcing the second contact surface towards the second circumferential extension of a sidewall of a sewage pipe.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where said first contact surface is a contact surface provided at one lateral side of the barrier, and where said second contact surface is a contact surface provided at another lateral side of the barrier, and where a repulsive force applied between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is intended for providing abutment of the first contact surface and the second contact surface with diagonally opposite laterally orientated sections, respectively, of sidewalls of the sewage pipe system.
- A barrier according to any of claims 1-9, where said first contact surface is a contact surface provided at a substantially vertical downwards side of the barrier, and where said second contact surface is a contact surface provided at a substantially vertical upwards side of the barrier, and where a repulsive force applied between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is intended for providing abutment of the first contact surface and the second contact surface with diagonally opposite substantially vertically downwards and upwards orientated sections, respectively, of sidewalls of the sewage pipe system.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where the first contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section, and said individual second contact surface being displaceable in relation to the first contact surface in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where the first contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an integrate part of the pipe section, and said first contact surface and said second contact surface being displaceable in relation to each other in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where the first contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section of the barrier, and where the second contact surface constitutes an individual part of the pipe section, and said first contact surface and said second contact surface being displaceable in relation to each other in a lateral direction in relation to a longitudinal extension of the pipe section.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being diverted laterally, when the contact surface is being provided at a lateral side of the barrier.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being directly applied to the contact surface, when the contact surface is provided at a substantially vertical downwards side of the barrier.
- A barrier according to any of the preceding claims, where either one of or both of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, when being an individual of the pipe section, is displaceable by means of manually applied force exerted on the first contact surface, and where the manually applied force is intended for being applied vertically downwards and being diverted oppositely, when the contact surface is provided at a substantially vertical upwards side of the barrier.
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