US20030082007A1

US20030082007A1 - Assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking

Info

Publication number: US20030082007A1
Application number: US10/184,997
Authority: US
Inventors: Ping-Chih Liou
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-10-29
Filing date: 2002-07-01
Publication date: 2003-05-01
Also published as: TW489919U; JP3091240U

Abstract

An assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking includes two wall posts, a plurality of sluice gates and a connection plate, wherein the two wall posts respectively and fitly mount with a left and a right grooved boards on a doorframe and with the connected sluice gates; the connection plate is fixed between two sluice gates to form the entire body into a piece of vertical door wall which is covered by a top cover at the upper aspect thereof. A plurality of tight retaining belts fasten the top cover and a fixed groove at the lower portion of the doorframe thereby enabling the door wall to block the water and resist a huge water pressure so as to prevent the water from flowing into the houses or the basements.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the recent years, the frequently occurred flood related problems in the nationally metropolitan areas have indicated that the applied sluicing standards are unable to process the huge water volume caused by heavy rainfalls. Flood has even become inevitable in the low-lying regions, especially in the ground-lever stores, the residences and the basements. It usually causes severe life and property damage as well as makes people extremely panic. Without any efficient method, most people use the sand bags as the means to prevent the flood. However, the sand bags can only block the water up to about 30 to 60 centimeters but they functions poorly for flooded water exceeding one meter height because the higher the flood is, the greater the water pressure will be; failing to resist the water pressure, the embankment built by the sand bags might burst. In addition, to handle the used sand bags after the flood is another troublesome issue. Therefore, to use sang bags is not the preferred method for preventing the flood. The best way to solve the problem is to research and develop efficient equipment for replacement.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking comprises two wall posts, a plurality of sluice gates and a connection plate disposed in an entrance area of a doorframe, wherein the two wall posts respectively and fitly mount with a left and a right grooved boards on a doorframe and with the connected sluice gates; the connection plate is fixed between two sluice gates to form a piece of vertical door wall which is covered by a top cover at the upper aspect thereon. A plurality of tight retaining belts fasten the top cover and a fixed groove at the lower portion of the doorframe thereby enabling the door wall to block the water and resist a huge water pressure so as to prevent the water from flowing into the houses or basements. Furthermore, when not in use, the sluice gates are superposed for storage at a proper and hidden position without occupying the space but allowing the automobiles and motorcycles to freely enter and exit unaffectedly.

To enable a further understanding of the structural features and the technical contents of the present invention, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a pictorial and exploded drawing of a water-blocking sluice gate of the present invention. [0004]
FIG. 2 is a pictorial and assembled drawing of a front view of the water-blocking sluice gate of the present invention. [0005]
FIG. 2A is a drawing of a fastened state of an upper end of a tight retaining belt of the present invention. [0006]
FIG. 2B is a drawing of a fastened state of a lower end of a tight retaining belt of the present invention. [0007]
FIG. 3 is a pictorial and assembled drawing of a rear view of the water-blocking sluice gate of the present invention. [0008]
FIG. 3A is a drawing of the present invention fastened by a transverse latch. [0009]
FIG. 4 is a pictorial and exploded drawing of the sluice gate of the present invention. [0010]
FIG. 5 is a pictorial and assembled drawing of the sluice gate of the present invention. [0011]
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional drawing of section [0012] 6-6 of the sluice gate in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional drawing of a top cover of the present invention. [0013]
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional drawing of a fixed groove of a doorframe of the present invention. [0014]
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional drawing of the assembled fixed groove, sluice gate and top cover of the present invention. [0015]
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional drawing of a grooved board of the doorframe of the present invention. [0016]
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional drawing of a wall post of the present invention. [0017]
FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional drawing of section [0018] 12-12 of the sluice gate in FIG. 5.
FIG. 13 a cross-sectional drawing of the assembled grooved board, wall post and sluice gate of the present invention. [0019]
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional drawing of a connection plate of the present invention. [0020]
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional drawing of the sluice gate mounted with a connection plate of the present invention. [0021]
FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional drawing of the assembled sluice gate and connection plate of the present invention. [0022]
FIG. 17 is a pictorial drawing of the doorframe connected with the top cover of the present invention. [0023]
FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional drawing of section [0024] 18-18 in FIG. 17.
FIG. 19 is a drawing of an exemplary embodiment of the water-blocking sluice gate of the present invention.[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIGS. 1 and 2 show the pictorial, exploded and assembled drawings of a water-blocking sluice gate; as indicated, a doorframe ([0026] 1) with a height up to 2.5 meters is assembled by a left and a right grooved boards (10) and a fixed groove (20) on the lower portion thereof; wherein the grooved boards (10) fitly mount with two wall posts (40) and the fixed groove (20) fitly mounts a door wall assembled by a plurality of sluice gates (50) and a connection plate (60); a top cover (30) covers the top of the door wall; a plurality of tight retaining belts (80) fasten the front and the back sides of the door wall; the tight retaining belt (80) is made of a resilient rubber belt or a metal strap (81) as shown in FIG. 2A; the top end of the tight retaining belt (80) connects with a lock handle (82) and the lower end has a through hole (83) as shown in FIG. 2B. The lateral wall of the top cover (30) is disposed with a plurality of u-shaped hooks (30) for hooking the lock handle (82); the lateral wall of the fixed groove (20) is disposed with a plurality of n-shaped hooks (21) for hooking the through holes (83).
FIG. 3 shows the pictorial and assembled drawing of a rear view of the water-blocking sluice gate ([0027] 50); as indicated in FIG. 3A, a transverse latch (66) connects and fastens the connection plate (60) and the sluice gate (50); as indicated in FIG. 2, a transverse latch (65) also connects and fastens the connection plate (60) and the sluice gate (50). However, the two transverse latches (65, 66) are not symmetrically disposed; they must be preferably disposed diagonally. To assemble the door wall by the wall posts (40), all of the sluice gates (50), the connection plate (60) and the doorframe (1) finishes the disposition of a flood-preventing and water-blocking sluice gate (50) structure.
FIG. 4 shows the pictorial and exploded drawing of the sluice gate ([0028] 50) that is assembled by a plurality of crisscrossed frames (51) made of squeezed aluminum; in the exemplary embodiment, the sluice gate (50) is assembled by a bottom frame (511), a top frame (513), a left frame (515), a right frame (517) and a plurality of transverse frames (510); two metal facial boards (52) are respectively and fitly disposed on the front and rear sides of the aluminum frame (51); furthermore, a waterproof pad (53) is inserted between the aluminum frame (51) and the facial board (52) as well as fastened by a plurality of draw nails (54), as shown in FIG. 5, to prevent the water from permeating between the frames and the boards.
FIG. 6 shows the cross-sectional drawing of section [0029] 6-6 in FIG. 5; it is also a longitudinally sectional drawing of the sluice gage (50); as indicated, the bottom frame (511) of the aluminum frame (51) is a protruding frame having a waterproof pad (55) disposed on the bottom side thereof; neck portions (512) are disposed on two lateral walls of the protruding portion; the top frame (513) of the aluminum frame (51) is a concave frame and the top surface thereof is disposed with a waterproof pad (56) to from a horizontal side; the two outer lateral walls thereof have protruding tenons (514).
FIG. 7 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the top cover ([0030] 30); as indicated, the top cover (30) is a concave frame made of squeezed aluminum; concave necks (321) are respectively disposed on the two inner lateral walls of a concave opening (32); a waterproof pad (33) is disposed inside the concave opening (32); two u-shaped hooks (31) are fixed on two outer lateral walls of the concave frame made of squeezed aluminum. Referring to FIG. 9, when the top cover (30) covers on the sluice gate (50), the tenons (514) insert into the concave neck (321) for fixedly retaining; the upper and lower waterproof pad (33, 56) are tightly affixed to each other.
FIG. 8 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the fixed groove ([0031] 20) of the doorframe (1); as indicated, the fixed groove (20) is unitarily molded by a concave frame and a bottom board made of squeezed aluminum disposed with a layer of waterproof pad (25) on the bottom side for preventing the water permeation. Two lateral sides of the bottom board are fastened on the ground through gecko nails (22); the two inner lateral walls of the concave opening (23) of the concave frame are disposed with protruding tenons (24); a waterproof pads (26) is disposed on the inner bottom side of the concave frame; two outer lateral walls of the concave frame made of squeezed aluminum are disposed with protruding tenons (27) and fixed with n-shaped hooks (21). Referring to FIG. 9, when the bottom frame (511) of the sluice gate (50) inserts into the fixed groove (20), the tenons (24) insert into the neck portions (512) for fastening thereby tightly affixing the upper and the lower waterproof pads (55, 26) so as to prevent the water permeation.
FIG. 9 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the assembled fixed groove ([0032] 20), sluice gate (50) and top cover (30); as indicated, the tight retaining belt (80) fastens the n-shaped hooks (21) on two lateral walls of the fixed groove (20) and the u-shaped hooks (31) on two lateral walls of the top cover (30), wherein, the lock handle (82) at the upper end of the tight retaining belt (80) hooks the hook (31) by a hook ring (821); the through hole (83) at the lower end of the tight retaining belt (80) is hooked by the hook (21). The tight retaining belt (80) firmly fastens the sluice gate (50) and the connection plate (60) inserted between the fixed groove (20) and the top cover (30) thereby increasing the strength of pressure resistance of the entire door wall so as to sufficiently resist the stronger water flow.
FIG. 10 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the left and the right grooved boards ([0033] 10) of the doorframe (1); as indicated, the grooved board (10) is made of squeezed aluminum and the left and the right lateral sides thereof are fastened onto the wall side through a plurality of gecko nails (11) as shown in FIG. 13. The bottom side thereof is disposed with a waterproof pad (12) to prevent the water permeation; the inner wall is disposed with a dovetail groove (13) for guiding and fitly mounting the wall post (40).
FIG. 11 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the wall post ([0034] 40); as indicate, the wall post (40) is also made of squeezed aluminum and divided into an upper groove (41) and a bottom board (42); wherein, the cross-section of the upper groove (41) is almost concave and the bottom board (42) is of a dovetail shape; a waterproof pad (43) is disposed on the bottom side of the bottom board (42) for preventing the water permeation. In addition, a waterproof pad (44) is disposed also in the upper groove (41); both of the two inner walls of the upper groove (41) are disposed respectively with protruding tenons (45).
FIG. 12, shows the transversely cross-sectional drawing of the sluice gate ([0035] 50) and it is also the cross-sectional drawing of section 12-12 in FIG. 5; as indicated, the left frame (515) of the sluice gate (50) is a convex frame and the bottom side thereof is disposed with a waterproof pad (57); the two lateral walls of the bottom portion are disposed with concaved neck portions (516); the right frame (517) of the aluminum frame (51) is a concave frame and has a waterproof pad (58) disposed inside the concave opening of the concave frame; protruding tenons (518) are disposed on two inner walls of the concave opening.
FIG. 13 shows the cross-sectional drawing of the assembled grooved board ([0036] 10), wall post (40) and sluice gate (50); as indicated, the bottom board (42) of the wall post (40) is guided into the dovetail groove (13) of the grooved board (10); the convex left frame (515) of the sluice gat (50) inserts into the upper groove (41) of the wall post (40) for fastening; the protruding tenons (45) insert into the neck portion (516); two waterproof pads (44, 57) connect each other in a sealed contact; the convex left frame of one sluice gate (50) inserts into the concave right frame (517) of another sluice gate (50); the protruding tenons (518) insert into the neck portion (516); two waterproof pads (57, 58) tightly contact each other. The water permeation is prevented through the disposition of the waterproof pad (12) inserted between the grooved board (10) and the wall sides, the waterproof pad (43) between the grooved board (10) and the wall post (40), the waterproof pads (44, 57) between the wall post (40) and the sluice gate (50) as well as the waterproof pads (57, 58) between the sluice gates (50).
In order to make the sluice gates ([0037] 50) cooperate tightly to increase the function of pressure resistance, it is necessary to dispose a connection plate (60) between two sluice gates (50). Since the connection plate (60) is installed after all of the sluice gates (50) and the fixed groove (20) are fitly mounted, it is the last plate to fit with the fixed groove (20). For an easy installation, the connection plate (60) is not of a concave-convex structure; therefore, as indicated in FIG. 14, it is made of squeezed aluminum and the left frame (61) thereof is in an L-shape; a waterproof pad (62) is fixed at the protruding end thereof; the right frame (63) is a convex frame with a concave opening disposed with a waterproof pad (64). In addition, two manual-type transverse latches (65, 66) are diagonally disposed on the front and the rear sides of the connection plate (60).
For cooperating with the left frame ([0038] 61) of the connection plate (60), the structure of the right frame (517) of one sluice gate (50) is changed accordingly. In the structure of a sluice gate (50′) as indicated in FIG. 15, the structure of a right frame (519) is of the same L-shape as that of the left frame (61) of the connection plate (60); a waterproof pad (59) is also disposed at the protruding end; latch slots (67) are disposed diagonally on the front and the rear sides thereof.
After the connection plate ([0039] 60) and the sluice gate (50′) connect, as indicated in FIG. 16, the left frame (61) of the connection plate (60) joins with the right frame (519) of the sluice gate (50′) to make two waterproof pads (62, 59) tightly contact each other. The front and rear transverse latches (65, 66) are manually latched into the latch slots (67) to firmly connect and fasten the connection plate (60) and the sluice gate (50′). The convex right frame (63) of the connection plate (60) fitly mounts with the concave left frame (515) of a reversely disposed sluice gate (50″), as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The convex right frame (517) of the reversely disposed sluice gate (50″) fitly mounts with the wall post (40).
FIG. 17 shows the pictorial drawing of the doorframe ([0040] 1) structure in a regular state; as indicated, the wall post (40) of the doorframe (1), the sluice gate (50) and the connection plate (60) are dismounted and only the top cover (30) covers on the fixed groove (20) as indicated in FIG. 18 also; the reason is that the covered opening of the fixed groove (20) prevents the foreign objects from falling in. It is hard to store the top cover (30) if the length thereof is too long; therefore, the most preferable method for storage is to cover the top cover (30) on the fixed groove (20). As shown, the top side of the top cover (30) is not flush with the ground surface; however, in a real situation, the top cover (30) has to be flush with the ground level to facilitate the entering and exiting automobiles and motorcycles. Another exemplary embodiment is to pave a slope respectively on the front and the rear sides of the fixed groove (20) to facilitate the entering and exiting automobiles and motorcycles.
The implementation of the present invention achieves the following functions: [0041]
1. Before the flood, the sluice gates are fast assembled to form a door wall to achieve the function of flood-prevention and water-blocking; when not in use, the sluice gate are divided into a plurality of pieces for convenient transportation; with smaller area size, the present invention is very easy for storage without occupying a considerable space. [0042]
2. During the regular time, the top cover covers on the fixed groove of the doorframe allowing the automobiles and motorcycles to enter and exit safely; for implementing a water-blocking sluice gate, the top cover covers on the door wall and fits with the tight retaining belt to make the door wall a pressure resistant and water-blocking sluice gate. [0043]
3. All of the seams between the doorframe, the wall post, the sluice gate and the connection plate are disposed with the waterproof rubber pad; therefore, they are connected tightly to prevent any water leakage. [0044]
4. All of the structures are molded by drawing alloy aluminum; the surfaces thereof has been treated specially to make it weight lightly, easy for processing, have a lower price and a useful life up to thirty years. [0045]
It is of course to be understood that the embodiment described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. [0046]

Claims

1. An assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking comprising a door wall assembled by a left and a right wall posts, a plurality of sluice gates and a connection plate disposed in a doorframe in the entrance areas is characterized that:

the doorframe is assembled by a left and a right grooved boards and a fixed groove on the lower portion; two wall posts respectively mount into the left and the right grooved bards; the wall post has a concave opening for the insertion of a convex frame of the sluice gate; between the sluice gates, a concave frame and the convex frame symmetrically connect for fastening; the connection plate fixes between two sluice gates; a top cover covers the upper aspect of the assembled door wall; a plurality of tight retaining belts retain and fasten the top cover and the fixed groove of the doorframe to enable the door wall to block the water and resist the pressure so as to prevent the water from flowing through the sluice gate into the houses or the basements.

2. The assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking according to claim 1, the sluice gate is assembled by a plurality of crisscrossed frames made of squeezed aluminum, wherein a bottom frame is a convex frame and disposed with a waterproof pad on the bottom side thereof; a top frame is a concave frame with a waterproof pad disposed inside a concave opening thereof; a left frame is a convex frame and the bottom side thereof is disposed with a waterproof pad; a right frame is a concave frame with a waterproof pad disposed inside the concave opening; two metal facial boards are disposed on the front and the rear sides of the aluminum frame; a waterproof pad is disposed between the aluminum frame and the facial boards and fastened by a plurality of draw nails.

3. The sluice gate according to claim 2, wherein the fixed groove is assembled by a concave frame and a bottom board made of squeezed aluminum; a waterproof pad is disposed inside the concave opening of the concave frame to fit with the bottom frame of the sluice gate; n-shaped hooks are disposed on two outer lateral walls of the concave frame to fit with the tight retaining belt; the bottom side of the bottom board is also disposed with a waterproof pad.

4. The sluice gate according to claim 2, wherein the top cover is a concave frame made of squeeze aluminum and the concave opening thereof is disposed with a waterproof pad; u-shaped hooks are disposed on two outer lateral walls of the concave frame to fit with the tight retaining belt.

5. The sluice gate according to claim 2, wherein the grooved board of the doorframe is made of squeezed aluminum with a waterproof pad disposed on the bottom side; a dovetail groove is disposed on the inner wall to fit with the bottom board of a wall post; the wall post is made of squeezed aluminum and assembled by an upper groove and a bottom board, wherein, the upper groove is a concave frame and the bottom board is of a dovetail shape; a waterproof pad is disposed on the bottom side of the bottom board and a waterproof is disposed inside the upper groove.

6. The assembled sluice gate for flood-prevention and water-blocking according to claim 1, wherein, the connection plate is made of squeezed aluminum; the left frame is of an L-shape and a waterproof pad is disposed at the protruding end; the right frame is a concave frame and a waterproof pad is disposed inside the concave opening; manual-type transverse latches are disposed diagonally on the front and the rear sides of the connection plate; in order to fit with the left frame of the connection plate, a right frame of one of the sluice gates has the same L-shaped structure as that of the left frame of the connection plate; a waterproof pad is disposed at the convex end thereof; latch slots are diagonally and symmetrically disposed on the front and the rear sides of the left frame for the fastening insertion of the transverse latches of the connection plate.