US20110197975A1 - Well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses - Google Patents

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US20110197975A1
US20110197975A1 US12/931,712 US93171211A US2011197975A1 US 20110197975 A1 US20110197975 A1 US 20110197975A1 US 93171211 A US93171211 A US 93171211A US 2011197975 A1 US2011197975 A1 US 2011197975A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B9/00—Methods or installations for drawing-off water
    • E03B9/02—Hydrants; Arrangements of valves therein; Keys for hydrants
    • E03B9/08—Underground hydrants
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/12—Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/12—Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor
    • E02D29/124—Shaft entirely made of synthetic material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02D—FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00—Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/12—Manhole shafts; Other inspection or access chambers; Accessories therefor
    • E02D29/14—Covers for manholes or the like; Frames for covers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B11/00—Arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply
    • E03B11/10—Arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply for public or like main water supply
    • E03B11/14—Arrangements or adaptations of tanks for water supply for public or like main water supply of underground tanks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B7/00—Water main or service pipe systems
    • E03B7/09—Component parts or accessories
    • E03B7/095—Component holders or housings, e.g. boundary boxes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B9/00—Methods or installations for drawing-off water
    • E03B9/02—Hydrants; Arrangements of valves therein; Keys for hydrants
    • E03B9/08—Underground hydrants
    • E03B9/10—Protective plates or covers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G9/00—Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water
    • H02G9/10—Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water in cable chambers, e.g. in manhole or in handhole
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/6851—With casing, support, protector or static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6966—Static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6991—Ground supporting enclosure
    • Y10T137/6995—Valve and meter wells
    • Y10T137/7021—Covers

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  • the present invention refers to a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses, in particular for electric and hydraulic apparatuses of irrigation systems.
  • Such wells In order to house solenoid valves, taps, hydrants and other apparatuses of an irrigation system that need to be buried, it is known to use wells having the purpose of allowing access to such apparatuses and of protecting them from the ground and from debris.
  • Such wells normally comprise a main body for housing the apparatuses, which has one or more lower openings, to allow the electric and hydraulic supply ducts of the apparatuses themselves to pass, and an upper opening, closed by a cover that can be walked upon and opened for inspection and maintenance operations.
  • the general purpose of the present invention is therefore to solve the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art in a simple, cost-effective and particularly functional manner.
  • a purpose of the present invention is to make a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses, in particular for electric and hydraulic apparatuses of irrigation systems, which is simple to open whenever it is necessary to inspect its content.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to make a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses in which it is not possible, or in any case it is made particularly difficult, to open the relative cover without wanting to.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to make a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses in which it is possible to house such apparatuses in a rational and ordered manner.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first example embodiment of a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses according to the present invention, shown in closed configuration;
  • FIG. 2 is a section view of some components of the well of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is another section view of further components of the well of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the components of the well of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second example embodiment of a well that can be buried for housing and protecting electro-hydraulic apparatuses according to the present invention, shown in closed configuration;
  • FIG. 6 is a bottom enlarged view of one of the components of the well of FIG. 5 .
  • the well 10 comprises a main body 12 for housing the apparatuses and a cover 14 , applied onto an upper opening of such a main body 12 .
  • the main body 12 can also be provided with one or more further openings 16 , foreseen on the base 18 and/or on one or more of the side walls 20 of the main body 12 itself, to allow the electric and/or hydraulic supply ducts of the apparatuses contained inside the well 10 to pass.
  • Both the main body 12 and the cover 14 are preferably made through forming of thermoplastic materials in a mould, although it is not ruled out the use of other suitable materials according to the intended use of the well 10 .
  • the base 18 of the main body 12 preferably have a larger surface than that of the cover 14 so that, when buried, the well 10 is particularly stable, effectively opposing any possible attempt of extraction from the ground.
  • the main body 12 of the well 10 can thus be shaped, based on the preferred example embodiments shown in the figures, as a truncated pyramid ( FIG. 1 ) or truncated cone ( FIG. 5 ).
  • the lifting handle 22 is of the type provided with side hinging pins 24 , so as to be rotatably connected to the cover 14 and pass from an operative position, in which such a lifting handle 22 is raised with respect to the cover 14 so as to be able to be gripped by a worker, to an inoperative position, in which such a lifting handle 22 is folded onto the cover 14 inside a suitably shaped cavity 26 .
  • the lifting handle 22 is completely “embedded” in the cover 14 , thus not constituting an obstacle in any way to the passage of people or vehicle above the well 10 and not foreseeing the presence of any through hole on the cover 14 itself, which could cause undesired material to enter inside the well 10 .
  • the lifting handle 22 can thus be provided with a through hole 28 in which a tamper-proof bolt 30 is inserted that engages on the main body 12 , inside a corresponding blind hole 32 foreseen on one of the side walls 20 of the main body 12 itself, when the lifting handle 22 is in an inoperative position. In this way, the lifting handle 22 is prevented from passing from the inoperative position to the operative position, stably fixing the cover 14 to the main body 12 unless one possesses the tool suitable for unlocking the tamper-proof bolt 30 .
  • the lifting handle 22 , as well as the main body 12 and the cover 14 of the well 10 is also preferably made through forming of thermoplastic materials in a mould.
  • each solenoid valve is connected by cable to a suitable control unit, of course located outside of the well 10 .
  • the solenoid of each solenoid valve is equipped with two cables, in general 50 cm long, which must therefore be joined with other cables that are connected to the control unit.
  • the housings 34 and the relative supports 36 can also be used to “hang” the battery powered controller of the irrigation system, which is normally housed inside the well 10 , thus avoiding such a battery powered controller lying on the base 18 of the main body 12 of the well 10 itself and, therefore, remaining in contact with the ground that can often be flooded.

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