JPH0213354Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention provides a new type of assembled water tank made by connecting a number of panels with outer periphery flanges exclusively for use in assembled water tanks.

(Prior art) A conventional panel-type assembled aquarium uses a rectangular panel made of fiber-reinforced resin (FRP) or steel plate with an outer periphery flange perpendicular to the plate surface for the aquarium ceiling, peripheral wall, and bottom plate, as shown in Figures 10 to 12. They are mass-produced in shapes like this, and assembled on-site by bolts as shown in Figures 8 and 9. All the plate materials that make up the water tank were limited to the above-mentioned FRP or steel plate panels.

(Problem that the invention aims to solve) Many old concrete underground water tanks also serve as part of the building framework, and there are many cases where sewage and sewage seep in due to cracks due to aging etc. Summer. It is said that most concrete underground water tanks in small and medium-sized apartment complexes and buildings have the possibility of cracking. If a water quality test reveals this, we replace it with a tank that is safe and allows us to fully inspect the exterior, but since removing a concrete tank is a hassle, we have to place the tank inside, under another staircase, in a hallway, or other narrow space. Furthermore, even in the case of new construction, the installation space for the aquarium is often limited.

The inventor of this invention went beyond the common sense that assembled aquariums can only be made to standard dimensions, and aimed to liberalize dimensions.

(Means for solving the problem) This invention consists of a front wall that is assembled into a flat wall surface by watertightly connecting multiple rectangular panels for assembled aquariums with connecting flanges on all four sides, and a front wall that is symmetrical to the front wall. It consists of a rear wall, an aquarium bottom plate, left and right side walls, and a ceiling that watertightly close the gap between the front and rear walls that are erected facing each other. The flanges facing outward on the periphery of the front and rear walls are fastened with stacked bolts via gaskets, and the side walls standing on the left and right are watertightly fixed to the outer edges of the upper and lower ends of the monopod surfaces of the intermediary angle members. The side leg surfaces are erected on the outer edges like the flanges mentioned above, and the left and right edges of the ceiling and bottom plate are stacked and bolted to the other side leg surfaces via packings, and the front and rear walls,
This is an assembled aquarium characterized by the bottom plate, side walls, and ceiling being integrated in a watertight manner.

(Function) This idea departs from the fixed concept of assembled water tanks, in which all sides of the tank are made up of FRP or steel plate panels that are press-formed in large numbers at a factory. This is a new type of assembled aquarium that is watertightly surrounded by ordinary flat plates.

Generally, the two widest walls of the intended aquarium are made of molded panels, so the width of the flat plate that closes the other sides is relatively narrow, and even the flat plate can easily withstand water pressure. On the wide side, the outer periphery flange of the panel acts as a reinforcing bone, so there is no risk of bending due to water pressure, as before. However, if you add reinforcing bones to the flat plate, it can be used even if it is wide.

If the wall surfaces made by assembling panels are called the front wall and back wall, the other surfaces are the ceiling, left and right side walls, and the bottom plate. The front and rear walls that determine the height and length of the water tank are limited to multiples of the standard dimensions of the panel, but the width of the water tank is determined regardless of the panel dimensions. The flat plates that serve as the ceiling, side walls, and bottom plate have a width equal to the width of the water tank plus the flange joints on both sides. The same width can be cut to the required lengths of the ceiling, side walls, and bottom plate, taking into account the planar plate interconnections.

Since the panel flanges protrude around the entire outer periphery of the front and rear walls that stand opposite each other, the flange joints of the ceiling, side walls, and bottom plate are overlapped with the panel flange surfaces on both sides via gaskets and tightened with bolts. Needless to say, holes must be drilled in the flange joint portion to match the bolt holes of the panel flange.

The ceiling and side walls, which are flat plates, and the side walls and the bottom plate are connected using bolts using packing and intermediary angle members.

The bottom plate, side walls, and ceiling above are mainly made of flat plates, and the space between the panel flanges on both sides is flatly closed.
The flange connection parts on both edges are always on the same plane, but there is no problem with attachments, unevenness, or bends in the middle.

(Example) FIG. 1 shows a basic example of this invention. The tank height of 1.5m and length of 2.0m are standard dimensions, and width of 0.8m is non-standard dimensions.

The front wall and the back wall are exactly the same shape, so to explain just the front wall 1, there are two 1m square ready-made panels P and a 1m x
The two 0.5m panels P' are connected by bolts as usual. Of course, panels P and P' are made of FRP.
This is a well-known type having an outer circumferential flange 10 in which connection bolt holes 11 are bored. The assembled front wall 1 has a height of 1.5 m and a length of 2 m, and the flanges 10 of each panel are aligned on its four sides.

A pedestal 5 is placed on a foundation concrete (not shown), a water tank bottom plate 2 of approximately the same size as the pedestal 5 is placed on top of the pedestal 5, and the front and rear walls 1, 1 are erected facing each other on both sides of the bottom plate 2, and the lower panel flange thereof is placed on the base concrete. 10, the front and rear edges of the bottom plate 2, and the bolt holes 11 of the upper flange of the frame 5 are aligned, and the three are bolted together.

The aquarium bottom plate 2 and front and rear walls 1, 1 are now fixed on the pedestal 5. The bottom plate 2, which is a flat plate, has extension edges 2a extended on both sides in the left-right direction as well, just as the flange axis extends in the front-rear direction, compared to the length of the water tank, which is 2 m. The left and right side walls 3, 3 with their lower ends placed on the extended edges 2a are connected to the flanges 10 of the front and rear walls 1, 1,
After placing it between 10 parts and tightening the bolts, all four sides of the peripheral wall are fixed. All of the above-mentioned bolted parts are fitted with gaskets (not shown).

In FIG. 2, the bottom plate 2 and the front wall 1 fixed on the frame 5 are drawn in solid lines, and the side walls 3 are partially shown in chain lines.

Since the lower edge of the side wall 3 only rests on the bottom plate extension edge 2a, in order to make a watertight connection, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at the corner formed by the bottom plate extension edge 2a, 12 chevrons with a packing (not shown) in between.
and bolt each side to the lower edge of the side wall 3 and the bottom plate extension edge 2a, respectively. The bolts between the chevron member 12 and the bottom plate extension edge 2a are tightened together with the frame 5.

The tank bottom plate 2, front and rear walls 1, 1, left and right side walls 3, 3 are now watertightly fixed, and also fixed to the frame 5. The watertight connection between the remaining ceiling 4 and the upper edges of the four peripheral walls is as follows:
This is the same as the watertight connection between the bottom plate 2 and the lower edges of all four sides of the peripheral wall described above, only that the pedestal 5 is not added, so the explanation will be omitted.

To enter the inside of the aquarium, open the manhole cover 6 on the ceiling 4.
Open it and enter.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, one chevron member 13 is installed horizontally on the outside of the left and right side walls 3, 3 by tightening bolts at both ends to prevent it from bulging outward due to water pressure. In this way, the thickness of the flat plate for the side wall 3 can be reduced.

Fig. 3 shows an example in which the reinforcing material of the side wall 3 is passed vertically, and the chevron members 14 on both edges are provided with an extra chevron shape above where the flanges of panels P and P' and the edge of the side wall 3 meet. It is made of stacked pieces of wood and bolted together. The central chevron 15 is the same as the chevron 13 in FIG.
The process of overlapping the end portion on top of 12 is a little troublesome.
When drilling holes in the wall to attach such reinforcements, be careful of the seals to prevent water leakage.

The aquarium of this invention is not limited to a simple cube. The embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an example of a modified water tank, in which the ceiling 4 is two-tiered with an uneven ceiling 4', and the side wall 3 is also two-tiered with an uneven side wall 3'. In such cases,
The fact that the panel flanges 10 are protruding from the entire outer periphery of the front and rear walls 1, 1 is the same as in the case of FIG. 1, and the outer periphery can be completely sealed watertight with a flat plate.

The plane plates can be connected to each other by bolting using the packing and the intermediary angle member 12.

Figure 5 shows an example of application of this invention.
The difference is that the front and rear walls 1, 1 include, in addition to the ready-made resin panels P, P', a specially made triangular panel _P0 . This specially made triangular panel is also a unit panel with an outer flange 10 attached.To simplify production, the outer flange 10 is assembled with chevron timbers, and a triangular flat plate that becomes a panel plate is attached to this. be.

Front and rear walls 1, consisting of three types of panels P, P', P ₀ ,
1 also has a panel flange 10 protruding from its entire outer periphery, so it is easy to cover it with the ceiling 4, side walls 3, and flat plates of the bottom plate 2. The connection portion between the inclined side wall 3'', the side wall 3, and the ceiling 4 is made to overlap the intermediary chevron member 12 by folding the connecting edge of the side wall 3''. Yamagata lumber 1
You can also change the angle of 90° in step 2 to match the slope.

Figures 6 and 7 are not examples, but rather diagrams showing the simplicity that can be seen at a glance when the aquariums shown in Figures 8 and 9 constructed using conventional methods are replaced with the aquarium of this invention. While the conventional assembled aquarium shown in Figures 8 and 9 is entirely covered by the ceiling Pb, side plate P, and bottom panel Pa shown in Figures 10 to 12, the inventive one shown in Figures 6 and 7 is , Side panel P shown in Figure 11 on two sides of the front and rear walls.
, and all others are ordinary flat plates. Simplicity in appearance corresponds in this case to ease of processing and assembly. The material for the flat plate and angle-shaped material can be freely selected as long as it is corrosion resistant; hard resin, reinforced resin, and steel with corrosion resistant plating or coating can also be used.

(Effects) With this idea, the ceiling, side walls, and bottom plate of an assembled aquarium are assembled using unit panels with dedicated outer peripheral flanges.
Breaking away from the conventional fixed concept of a combination of objects, this new model uses a flat plate to seal the entire circumference between the opposing walls made of special panels, that is, the front and rear walls, in a watertight manner to form the ceiling, side walls, and bottom plate. We were able to provide an assembled aquarium.

The front and rear walls, which are made by assembling unit panels with outer peripheral flanges, have panel flanges aligned around the outer periphery, so packing, flat plates, and bolts and nuts are sufficient to seal the space between the flanges on both sides in a watertight manner.
This not only allows the dedicated panel to be replaced with a simple flat plate, but also allows the width of the flat plate, that is, the width of the aquarium, to be made to any non-standard dimension. This liberalization of water tank width also applies to modified water tanks as shown in Figures 4 and 5.

In addition, in conventional construction methods, it was necessary to add intermediary angle members to join the panel flanges of both sides at the corner connections between the front and rear walls and side walls, but with this invention, such intermediary materials are unnecessary. It is.

The simple connection process of attaching a flat plate to the panel flanges on both sides, which are almost on the same plane, eliminates the need for skill in assembly and dramatically reduces the risk of water leakage from the connection.

With this idea, the practical effect of being able to install an assembled aquarium with a size and shape depending on the installation location is enormous.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of this invention, Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of its main parts, Figure 3 is an illustration of an embodiment of the side wall reinforcing material, and Figures 4 and 5 are two other embodiments of this invention. Explanatory drawings, Figures 6 and 7 are general front views of the embodiment of this invention,
The side view, Figures 8 and 9, are of the conventional construction method; the general front view, side view, and Figures 10, 11, and 12 show the ceiling, side panels, and bottom panels, respectively. P, P'...unit panel, 1...front, rear wall, 2...
...Bottom plate, 3...Side wall, 4...Ceiling, 12...Chevron lumber.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A front wall assembled into a flat wall surface by watertightly connecting multiple rectangular panels for an assembled aquarium with connecting flanges on all four sides, a rear wall symmetrical to the front wall, and an opposing wall. The tank consists of a bottom plate, left and right side walls, and a ceiling, which watertightly close the space between the front and rear walls, which are erected as erected panels. Bolts are fastened to the above flanges that stand in the opposite direction through packing, and the side walls that stand on the left and right have one leg surface of the intermediary angle member fixed watertightly to the upper and lower outer edges of each side wall, and the other leg surface is attached to the above flange. Stand on the outer edge as shown in the figure, and stack the left and right edges of the ceiling and bottom plate on the other side leg surfaces through the gaskets and tighten the bolts, and then attach the front and rear walls,
An assembled aquarium characterized by a bottom plate, side walls, and ceiling integrated in a watertight manner.