EP3425153B1 - Barrière anti-inondation et son utilisation - Google Patents

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EP3425153B1
EP3425153B1 EP18020265.7A EP18020265A EP3425153B1 EP 3425153 B1 EP3425153 B1 EP 3425153B1 EP 18020265 A EP18020265 A EP 18020265A EP 3425153 B1 EP3425153 B1 EP 3425153B1
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Koen Van Den Heuvel
Dennis Dierckx
Kristof SORGELOOS
Bart Verlije
Wouter REMMERIE
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    • 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
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    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
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  • the present invention relates to a flood barrier and the use thereof.
  • Such a flood barrier is intended as a temporary provision which can be placed in openings in buildings, mostly in door openings, to prevent water from outside the building flowing in.
  • Such a flood barrier is applied in particular in buildings situated in areas where the water level is mostly low, but where such a water level can incidentally occur that water could flow into the buildings.
  • a known type of such a flood barrier consists mainly of a flood barrier panel provided with an inflatable chamber at the side edges and bottom edge which, in inflated state, both at the side edges and at the bottom edges, works as a seal, and possibly also provides a clamping force in horizontal direction to keep the flood barrier in its place.
  • Such flood barriers are, for example, disclosed in US2003102637 , FR2844826 , US2016047102 , DE20310095 , DE 29611945 and GB2252348 .
  • FR2831916 discloses a panel with inflatable chambers on its sides for closing an opening in a building, whereby the panel comes with two matching profiles intended to be installed against the sides of the opening and to receive the sides of the panels with the inflatable chambers.
  • the known flood barriers with an inflatable chamber have as a problem, however, that good sealing in the corners is difficult, because the inflatable chamber does not snugly abut to a right-angled corner, such as is common for an opening in a building, whereby leakage can occur there, or whereby complex modifications are needed to prevent leakage.
  • the present invention seeks to offer a solution for the aforementioned and other disadvantages and to this end provides a flood barrier for the temporary sealing of an opening in a building
  • the flood barrier comprises a flood barrier panel consisting of one panel or of a number of separate partial panels, wherein said flood barrier panel has a bottom edge, wherein said flood barrier panel has a top edge, wherein said flood barrier panel has two side edges at least one said side edge being provided with an inflatable flexible chamber to be able to increase the width of the flood barrier and thereby affix it in the opening, wherein said side edge is provided with an end cap disposed over the side edge and which is, slidably in the direction in which the bottom edge extends, attached to said flood barrier panel, wherein said inflatable flexible chamber is disposed between said side edge of said flood barrier panel and said end cap so that, upon inflation of said inflatable flexible chamber, said end cap is pushed outwards, that is, away from the centre of said flood barrier panel.
  • said flood barrier panel during use, is wedged with the side edges against the sides of the opening, normally speaking a door opening.
  • the bottom edge is the edge which, upon use, is directed downwards and which, while in use, rests against a floor, threshold or other horizontal bottom side of the opening.
  • said end cap is, normally speaking, implemented such that its flanking side and bottom side mutually form a right-angle so that they snugly abut the mostly rectangular form of the opening that is to be closed off.
  • said end cap encompasses the whole side edge.
  • At least one of said end cap and said flood barrier panel is provided with at least one guiding slot which runs at least substantially parallel to the bottom edge, wherein the other of said end cap and said flood barrier panel is provided with a protrusion which, with regard to position and size, is complementary to the guiding slot in order to guide, by means of the guiding slot and the protrusion, a sliding movement of said end cap with respect to said flood barrier panel.
  • both said side edges are provided with a said inflatable flexible chamber and a said slidable end cap, and said inflatable flexible chambers on both side edges of said flood barrier panel are the same.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber is also disposed at the bottom edge of said flood barrier panel to form an inflatable seal at the bottom side.
  • a groove is implemented running in the direction in which the related edge extends, said inflatable flexible chamber being disposed in said groove or grooves, so that said inflatable flexible chamber cannot easily slide away.
  • said groove or grooves is/are in this respect such that when said inflatable flexible chamber is not inflated or is inflated to atmospheric pressure, said inflatable flexible chamber, at the places where such a groove is implemented, can completely reside in the groove or grooves.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber in non-inflated state does not protrude outside the grooves and said inflatable flexible chamber is protected against damage that could undo the action of the flood barrier.
  • said end cap extends to under said bottom edge of said flood barrier panel, so that there is room for a seal at said bottom edge of said flood barrier panel while said end caps can still abut well in the corner.
  • said end cap at parts thereof arranged to rest against a wall and/or against a floor upon use of the flood barrier, is provided with a seal made from elastic plastic or rubber.
  • the hardness of said seal can hereby be independently chosen of the hardness of said inflatable flexible chamber.
  • the two functions of said inflatable flexible chamber in traditional flood barriers to wit exerting a horizontal force and affording a minimal water permeability to the transition to the wall around the opening, can be optimised independently of each other by choosing optimal materials for said inflatable flexible chamber and the seal independently of each other, this as opposed to prior art flood barriers.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber is annular.
  • said flood barrier panel has a top edge and said inflatable flexible chamber is arranged via the top edge, bottom edge and side edges of said flood barrier panel around said flood barrier panel, and is preferably tensioned in that state.
  • said end cap or end caps is/are removable and can be placed back again, whereby said inflatable flexible chamber can be easily replaced.
  • Said flood barrier panel according to any of the aforementioned variants can consist of one panel or of a number of mutually coupled partial panels, but in a preferred embodiment said flood barrier panel consists of at least two partial panels, in which the partial panels are mutually detachable. This allows compact storage when the flood barrier is not being used.
  • the partial panels are pushed watertightly against each other by said inflatable flexible chamber when it is in an inflated state and when it is inflated to a minimal pressure above atmospheric pressure, in which said minimal pressure is 50 kPa, is preferably 100 kPa, with greater preference is 140 kPa, and with even greater preference is 150 kPa.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber as an annular inflatable flexible chamber and choosing the correct size for the same, so that it exerts a sufficient force on the partial panels in inflated state.
  • the invention further relates to the use of a flood barrier such as described above to protect a building against inflowing water, wherein the flood barrier, with said inflatable flexible chamber in non-inflated state, is placed in an opening in a building, and wherein said inflatable flexible chamber is subsequently inflated in order to thereby increase the width of the flood barrier and affix the flood barrier in the opening.
  • said end cap or end caps is/are not attached to the building.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber is first inflated to a first pressure whereby the width of the flood barrier is increased such that it is clamped in the opening and whereby said inflatable flexible chamber, at the bottom edge of said flood barrier, is not pushed against the bottom side of said opening, said inflatable flexible chamber subsequently being inflated to a higher second pressure, whereby said inflatable flexible chamber, at said bottom edge of said flood barrier panel, is pushed against the bottom side of the opening and works as a seal, and whereby said inflatable flexible chamber exerts a higher horizontal clamping force than for said first pressure.
  • the flood barrier 1 illustrated in the drawings consists substantially of the following parts: a flood barrier panel 2 with a top edge 3, a bottom edge 4 and two side edges 5; an annular inflatable flexible chamber 6, made of rubber, and provided with a valve 7; and two end caps 8 disposed over said side edges 5 and encompassing said side edges 5.
  • said flood barrier panel 2 consists of three partial panels, to wit two end panels 9 and a centre panel 10.
  • the centre panel 10 and the end panels 9 are provided with round holes 11, which in the case of the centre panel 10 pass entirely through the centre panel.
  • Two aluminium tubes 12 are slid in the holes of the centre panel 10 and the end panels 9, so that said centre panel 10 and said end panels 9 are mutually coupled.
  • said partial panels 9,10 can be made of standard plastics, such as HDPE.
  • the precise width B of said flood barrier panel 2 is dependent on the dimension of the opening of a building in which the flood barrier 1 is to be placed, and in this example is 110 cm.
  • the height H in this example is 50 cm and the thickness D in this example is 6 cm.
  • Said first groove 13 is open, and has, at its open flanking side, a first open width o1 of 10 mm.
  • Said flood barrier panel 2 at its side edges 5, over the whole length of the related side edges 5, is provided with a second groove 14, having a depth d2 of 3 cm and a maximal width b2 of 3 cm.
  • Said second groove 14 is open, and has, at its open flanking side, a second open width o2 of 30 mm. The transitions between said first grooves 13 and said second grooves 14 are rounded.
  • Said end panels 9 are provided with studs 15 on the surface, near said side edges 5.
  • One of said end panels 9 is provided with a recess 16 in the side wall of the first groove 13 at the top edge 3.
  • the annular inflatable flexible chamber 6 in this example is a standard bicycle inner tube for a wheel size of 29 inches. Said inflatable flexible chamber 6 is disposed in said first grooves 13 and second grooves 14 and encompasses said flood barrier panel 2. Said inflatable flexible chamber 6 has a valve 7 that protrudes outwards via the recess 16.
  • annular flexible chamber 6 can also be manufactured from rubber, specifically for use in the flood barrier 2.
  • Said inflatable flexible chamber 6 is slightly tensioned because it is stretched by approximately 30%. Because of this, said end panels 9 and said centre panel 10 are pushed against each other and said flood barrier panel 2 becomes a stable entity, also without said end panels 9 and said centre panel 10 being connected in another way, although such cannot be ruled out.
  • the end caps 8 are made of PVC. They are disposed around said side edges 5, together with the therein present inflatable flexible chamber 6. On the flanking side 17 and bottom side 18 of said end caps 8, strips of soft silicone rubber 19 are disposed. Said end caps 8 are slightly larger than said side edges 5 of said end panels 9, so that said side edges 5 can be slid into said end caps 8.
  • Said flanking side 17 and said bottom side 18 of said end caps 8 are perpendicular to each other.
  • the corner formed thereby is not, or not significantly, rounded.
  • Said end caps 8 should, after all, fit snugly in the usually right-angled corner formed by the flanking sides and the bottom side of a standard door opening.
  • Said end caps 8 are provided with guiding slots 20, which fit around the studs 15 at said end panels 9. Said end caps 8 are slightly flexible, and by manually bending them slightly they fit over said studs 15, so that they can be removed and placed back again to install a new inflatable flexible chamber 6, or to allow said flood barrier 1 to be uninstalled.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the flood barrier 1
  • Figure 4 illustrates the flood barrier with said end caps removed.
  • the flood barrier 1 is placed in an opening in a building 21, for example a door opening when high water is expected. This is illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • said inflatable flexible chamber 6 is not inflated.
  • the seal 19, at said bottom side 18 of said end caps 8, rests on the bottom side of the opening, for example a level floor 21.
  • said bottom edge 4 of said flood barrier panel 2 is situated at a small distance, approximately 1 cm, from the floor 21.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber 6 is inflated. This can be done with a standard bicycle pump.
  • said inflatable flexible chamber 6 is expanded to the extent that it is situated partly outside said second grooves 14. Said end caps 8 are thereby pushed away, until they press against said walls 22 of the opening. With this, said studs 15 glide into said slots 20 and provide a guidance of the movement of said end caps 8.
  • both a good clamping force in horizontal direction and a sufficiently high vertical force for obtaining a good seal at the bottom side is exerted, but not so high that the flood barrier 1 moves upward and thereby itself possibly creating chinks.
  • said seals 19 on the flanking side 18 of said end caps 8 are pushed firmly against said walls 22 of the opening, so that they seal well.
  • the flood barrier 1 now prevents water from outside flowing into the building via the lowest approximately 50 cm of the opening. If there is no longer such a high water level that said flood barrier 1 is needed, the pressure of said inflatable flexible chamber 6 can be reduced and said flood barrier 1 can be removed.
  • said flood barrier 1 can be uninstalled in is main parts, namely said two end caps 8, said two end panels 9, said centre panel 10, said inflatable flexible chamber 6 and said two aluminium tubes 12.
  • Said inflatable flexible chamber 6 in its inflated state pushes said two end panels 9 and said centre panel 10 against each other to such an extent that they form a watertight abutment, so that said flood barrier 1 will not leak.
  • said end panels 9 and said centre panel 10 are obviously implemented such that they mutually connect.

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  1. Barrière anti-inondation (1) pour sceller temporairement une ouverture dans un bâtiment, ladite barrière anti-inondation (1) comprenant un panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2), où ledit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) a un bord inférieur (4), où ledit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) a un bord supérieur (3), où ledit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) a deux bords latéraux (5), où au moins un dit bord latéral (5) est pourvu d'une chambre souple gonflable (6), caractérisée en ce que ledit bord latéral (5) est pourvu d'un embout (8) disposé par-dessus ledit bord latéral (5) et qui est, de manière coulissante dans la direction dans laquelle s'étend ledit bord inférieur (4), attaché audit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2), où ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) est disposée entre ledit bord latéral (5) dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) et ledit embout (8) de sorte que, lors du gonflage de ladite chambre souple gonflable (6), ledit embout (8) est poussé vers l'extérieur.
  2. Barrière anti-inondation selon la revendication 1, où au moins l'un dudit embout (8) et dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) est pourvu d'au moins une fente de guidage (20) qui est au moins sensiblement parallèle audit bord inférieur (4), où l'autre dudit embout (8) et dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) est pourvu d'une saillie (15) qui est complémentaire à la fente de guidage (20), pour guider un mouvement de coulissement dudit embout (8) par rapport audit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) au moyen de la fente de guidage (20) et de la saillie (15).
  3. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ledit embout (8) s'étend jusqu'en dessous dudit bord inférieur (4) dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2).
  4. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ledit embout (8), sur des parties de celui-ci agencées pour reposer contre une paroi (22) et/ou contre un sol (21) lors de l'utilisation de la barrière anti-inondation (1), est pourvu d'un joint (19) en caoutchouc ou plastique élastique.
  5. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où lesdits bords latéraux (5) sont tous deux pourvus d'une dite chambre souple gonflable (6) et d'un dit embout apte à coulisser (8).
  6. Barrière anti-inondation selon la revendication 5, où lesdites chambres souples gonflables (6) sur les deux bords latéraux (5) dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) sont la même chambre souple gonflable (6).
  7. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) est également disposée au niveau dudit bord inférieur (4) dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2).
  8. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) est annulaire et de préférence montée par l'intermédiaire du bord supérieur (3), du bord inférieur (4) et des bords latéraux (5) dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) autour dudit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2).
  9. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ledit panneau de barrière anti-inondation (2) est constitué d'au moins deux panneaux partiels (9, 10), où lesdits panneaux partiels (9, 10) sont mutuellement détachables.
  10. Barrière anti-inondation selon les revendications 8 et 9, où lesdits panneaux partiels (9, 10) sont poussés l'un contre l'autre de manière étanche à l'eau par ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) lorsqu'elle se trouve dans l'état gonflé et est gonflée à une pression minimale au-dessus de la pression atmosphérique, où ladite pression minimale est de 50 kPa, et est de préférence de 100 kPa, et plus préférablement est de 140 kPa.
  11. Barrière anti-inondation selon les revendications 8 et 9, où lesdits panneaux partiels (9, 10) sont poussés l'un contre l'autre par ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) lorsque celle-ci se trouve dans l'état non gonflé.
  12. Barrière anti-inondation selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où chacun du bord supérieur (3), du bord inférieur (4) et des bords latéraux (5) au niveau desquels se trouve une dite chambre souple gonflable (6), est pourvu d'une rainure (13, 14), ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) étant disposée dans ladite rainure ou lesdites rainures (13, 14).
  13. Barrière anti-inondation selon la revendication 12, où ladite rainure ou lesdites rainures (13, 14) est/sont d'une taille telle que, lorsque ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) n'est pas gonflée, ladite chambre souple gonflable (6), aux emplacements où une telle rainure (13, 14) est disposée, peut se trouver complètement dans la rainure ou les rainures (13, 14).
  14. Utilisation d'une barrière anti-inondation (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes pour protéger un bâtiment contre des entrées d'eau, où la barrière anti-inondation (1), avec ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) dans l'état non gonflé, est placée dans une ouverture dans un bâtiment, et où ladite chambre souple gonflable (6) est ensuite gonflée pour ainsi augmenter la largeur de la barrière anti-inondation (1) et pour fixer la barrière anti-inondation (1) dans l'ouverture.
  15. Utilisation selon la revendication 14, où ledit embout ou lesdits embouts (8) n'est pas attaché/ne sont pas fixés au bâtiment.
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