GB2368873A - Flood easement or prevention - Google Patents
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- GB2368873A GB2368873A GB0027468A GB0027468A GB2368873A GB 2368873 A GB2368873 A GB 2368873A GB 0027468 A GB0027468 A GB 0027468A GB 0027468 A GB0027468 A GB 0027468A GB 2368873 A GB2368873 A GB 2368873A
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
- E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
- E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
- E02B3/10—Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like
- E02B3/106—Temporary dykes
- E02B3/108—Temporary dykes with a filling, e.g. filled by water or sand
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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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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
- E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
- E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
- E06B2009/007—Flood panels
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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
- E06B7/00—Special arrangements or measures in connection with doors or windows
- E06B7/16—Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings
- E06B7/22—Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient edgings, e.g. felt or plush strips, resilient metal strips
- E06B7/23—Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes
- E06B7/2318—Plastic, sponge rubber, or like strips or tubes by applying over- or under-pressure, e.g. inflatable
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Abstract
Flood easement or prevention means that comprises at least one flexible container adapted to be filled with a liquid medium. The containers may be refillable and provided with a sealable or resealable port for the admission and exhaust of the liquid and the inlet port may include a valve means. The containers may be collapsible in their non-use condition and may be in the form of a bag or bladder. A protective cover may be provided for each container or for a plurality of containers. The liquid medium used may be water. A further aspect of the invention is a method of flood easement including the filling of the containers in the first aspect of the invention and placing a plurality of the containers in the form of a barrier across a threshold of a property for preventing or assisting in the prevention of the ingress of flood water into the property.
Description
FLOOD EASEMENT OR PREVENTION
This invention concerns a means and a method for easing or preventing the flooding of domestic, commercial and industrial properties by flow diversion.
With the recent advent of heavy and persistent rainfall within Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, has come very serious flooding of homes and businesses with concomitant losses on personal and corporate levels bringing substantial insurance claims for the wholesale damage incurred.
Clearly one of the principal means of flood prevention is to ensure, insofar as is possible, that rivers and streams are provided with sufficient barriers to prevent them bursting their banks and to avoid the consequences in terms of invasive water flow into peoples'homes and places of work.
However, the problem of flooding can arise generally when the land has become waterlogged and is thus unable to absorb any further rainfall resulting in a runoff effect that causes intrusive water inflow to dwellings and commercial premises alike.
Conventionally, sandbags have been employed as barriers to flood waters and are generally deployed on the thresholds of properties in an attempt to prevent the ingress of water. However, the physical handling of the sand bags is onerous and tiring, and in any event the bags are only effective in stemming water flow for a relatively short time span until the sand becomes saturated. The consequence of saturation is that water flow then commences with seepage, albeit that the sand affords a measure
of filtering thereby reducing, but not eliminating, the inflow of waterborne debris and dirt. In many instances of flooding, there is little time in which to place the sandbags that may be difficult to acquire and indeed to distribute, especially when widespread flooding has occurred.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved means of flood easement or prevention or of reducing water ingress into properties following general flooding.
According to a first aspect of the invention flood easement or prevention means comprises at least one flexible container adapted to be filled with a liquid medium whereby in use a plurality of said containers is adapted to form a barrier for preventing the passage of water across or through the barrier.
The container is advantageously refillable and is provided with a salable or resealable port for the admission and exhaust of a liquid medium. A valve means may be provided for this purpose. The container is in its non-use condition collapsible and thus easy to store.
The container may be in the form of a bag or bladder made of a plastics material of sufficient strength for the task to be performed in practice.
In the alternative the container may be made of another suitable material capable of containing the liquid medium preferably without leakage.
Each container may advantageously be provided with means for linking one to the other in order to promote continuity and stability.
A protective cover may be provided for each container or suitable sheeting to place over a plurality of containers, when in use, may
alternatively be provided. The protective cover may be of any suitable material of a hard-wearing character. The material may be of a woven nature affording a filtering function by dint of its interstitial composition.
The liquid medium is preferably water which in the advent of heavy rain leading to potential or actual flooding is in super abundance.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a method of flood easement or prevention includes the steps of filling containers in accordance with the first aspect of the invention with a liquid medium, and placing a plurality of the containers in the form of a barrier across a threshold or other boundary of a property thereby to prevent or assist in preventing the ingress of flood water into or onto the property.
Conveniently the containers form a barrier by being placed in close adjacency on top of one another and in juxtaposition relative one to the other to provide a close structure with pressing contact between containers. The barrier may be formed as a wall and may be single skinned or double skinned dependent upon the prevailing circumstances.
It has been found that with the containers charged with the liquid medium, for example water, they maintain flexibility which enables the containers to assume an appropriate shape to conform to the surrounding contours of each other and of the relevant threshold or boundary of the property, thereby affording an effective seal against the ingress of flood water. The degree to which the containers are in use infused with the liquid medium will dictate the flexibility of the container in use and will be determined by the particular circumstances in which the containers are to be used in practice.
Once the danger of flooding has subsided and the water level has receded to a level at which ingress into the property is no longer a danger, the barrier may be removed and the contents of the containers discharged in a suitable manner and at an appropriate time. The containers may then be stored away for re-use.
The advantages of the present invention are that the containers can easily be filled in situ and can easily be stored for any flooding eventuality, the liquid fill medium. i. e. water, being easily available. This is in sharp contrast to the traditional usage of sandbags which are heavy and unwieldy, are not easy to handle and transport, and are difficult to store.
It is to be understood that the containers of the present invention may be manufactured from any suitable material which is water-resistant and possesses the requisite degree of flexibility and strength for the purpose.
Further it will be understood that the containers of the present invention may be of any suitable size.
Claims (17)
1. Flood easement or prevention means comprises at least one flexible container adapted to be filled with a liquid medium whereby in use a plurality of said containers is adapted to form a barrier for preventing the passage of water across or through the barrier.
2. Means according to Claim 1 in which the container is refillable and is provided with a salable or resealable port for the admission and exhaust of a liquid medium.
3. Means according to Claim 2 in which valve means is provided in association with the inlet port.
4. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which the container is in its non-use condition collapsible.
5. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which the container is in the form of a bag or bladder.
6. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which the container is made of a water-resistant material.
7. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which the container is made of a plastics material.
8. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which a protective cover is provided for each container.
9. Means according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 7 in which a protective cover is provided for a plurality of containers.
10. Means according to Claim 9 in which the protective cover is in sheet form.
11. Means according to any one of the preceding claims in which the liquid medium is water.
12. Flood easement or prevention means substantially as hereinbefore described.
13. A method of flood easement or prevention including the steps of filling containers in accordance with the first aspect of the invention with a liquid medium, and placing a plurality of the containers in the form of a barrier across a threshold or other boundary of a property thereby to prevent or assist in preventing the ingress of flood water into or onto the property.
14. A method according to Claim 13 in which the liquid medium is water.
15. A method according to Claim 13 or 14 in which the containers form a barrier by being placed in close adjacency on top of one another and in juxtaposition relative one to the other to provide a close structure with pressing contact between containers.
16. A method according to Claims 13,14 or 15 in which the barrier is formed as a wall and is single skinned or double skinned.
17. A method of flood easement or prevention substantially as hereinbefore described.
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WO2004035943A1 (en) * | 2002-10-10 | 2004-04-29 | Oskar Hauke | Building material for the erection or renovation of a construction, in particular dykes and use and method for production thereof |
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US3834167A (en) * | 1972-12-06 | 1974-09-10 | Imbertson N & Ass Inc | Collapsible dam and damming method |
US4279540A (en) * | 1979-02-09 | 1981-07-21 | Kazuto Nakazawa, General Director Public Works Research Institute Ministry Of Construction | Collapsable dam |
EP0496519A2 (en) * | 1991-01-25 | 1992-07-29 | David Doolaege | Apparatus for joining water structure sections or the like |
GB2260156A (en) * | 1990-01-13 | 1993-04-07 | Harry Roger Hill | Liquid containment barrier |
EP0586356A1 (en) * | 1992-08-31 | 1994-03-09 | Cartonex S.A. | Security barrier for building openings |
GB2283524A (en) * | 1993-11-03 | 1995-05-10 | Elizabeth Mcpherson Dunlop | Inflatable flood barrier |
US5460462A (en) * | 1993-09-09 | 1995-10-24 | Regan; Patrick | Liquid and flood water barrier wall forming-apparatus |
EP0736663A1 (en) * | 1995-03-11 | 1996-10-09 | Johann-Peter Fischer | Sealing process against flooding |
JPH0931939A (en) * | 1995-07-21 | 1997-02-04 | Nippon Steel Corp | Expansion type waterproof fence device |
EP0898041A2 (en) * | 1997-08-18 | 1999-02-24 | Karl Luthner | Device for watertight obturation of openings |
US6022172A (en) * | 1997-07-08 | 2000-02-08 | Siyaj; Jamal Mustafa | Reusable portable flexible fillable barrier and method of application thereof |
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US3834167A (en) * | 1972-12-06 | 1974-09-10 | Imbertson N & Ass Inc | Collapsible dam and damming method |
US4279540A (en) * | 1979-02-09 | 1981-07-21 | Kazuto Nakazawa, General Director Public Works Research Institute Ministry Of Construction | Collapsable dam |
GB2260156A (en) * | 1990-01-13 | 1993-04-07 | Harry Roger Hill | Liquid containment barrier |
EP0496519A2 (en) * | 1991-01-25 | 1992-07-29 | David Doolaege | Apparatus for joining water structure sections or the like |
EP0586356A1 (en) * | 1992-08-31 | 1994-03-09 | Cartonex S.A. | Security barrier for building openings |
US5460462A (en) * | 1993-09-09 | 1995-10-24 | Regan; Patrick | Liquid and flood water barrier wall forming-apparatus |
GB2283524A (en) * | 1993-11-03 | 1995-05-10 | Elizabeth Mcpherson Dunlop | Inflatable flood barrier |
EP0736663A1 (en) * | 1995-03-11 | 1996-10-09 | Johann-Peter Fischer | Sealing process against flooding |
JPH0931939A (en) * | 1995-07-21 | 1997-02-04 | Nippon Steel Corp | Expansion type waterproof fence device |
US6022172A (en) * | 1997-07-08 | 2000-02-08 | Siyaj; Jamal Mustafa | Reusable portable flexible fillable barrier and method of application thereof |
EP0898041A2 (en) * | 1997-08-18 | 1999-02-24 | Karl Luthner | Device for watertight obturation of openings |
Cited By (2)
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WO2004035943A1 (en) * | 2002-10-10 | 2004-04-29 | Oskar Hauke | Building material for the erection or renovation of a construction, in particular dykes and use and method for production thereof |
CN100447348C (en) * | 2002-10-10 | 2008-12-31 | 奥斯卡·豪克 | Building material for the erection or renovation of a construction, in particular dykes and use and method for production thereof |
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