WO2012105911A1 - Device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water - Google Patents
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- 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
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- 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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Abstract
In order to create an universal device, by means of which a door opening (3) comprising at least approximately flat bottom horizontal surface (30) as well as at least approximately flat outer vertical surfaces (31 ', 31 ") could be efficiently sealed against the intrusion of water, upon which at least emergency passing through the door opening (3) should still be possible, and wherein the door opening (3) as such needs not to be furnished with any additional elements, such device comprises at least an outer barrier (1) consisting of a sealing frame (11) as well as of a mounting mechanism (12), which is adapted for mounting said frame (11) into the area of said door opening (3), so that vertical sealing members (117', 117") are rest on the outer vertical surfaces (31 ', 31 ") of the door opening (3), wherein said sealing frame (11) is furnished with a sealing ledge (118), which is faced towards the ground and is movable relatively to other parts of said sealing frame (11) and also relatively to each door opening (3) in order to be tightly pressed towards the bottom horizontal surface (30) of the door opening (3).
Description
Device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water
The present invention refers to a device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water, for example during thunderstorms or flood.
Pursuant to the International Patent Classification, such invention belongs to fixed constructions, namely to closures for openings in buildings and more exactly to screening or protective devices for doors, in particular for protecting against intrusion of water.
The purpose of the invention is to create an universal device, by means of which a door opening, which comprises at least approximately flat bottom horizontal surface as well as at least approximately flat outer vertical surfaces, could be when needed efficiently sealed against the intrusion of water up to a pre-determined level thereof, upon which at least emergency passing through the door opening should still be possible, wherein the door opening as such should not need to be furnished with any additional elements.
A device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water is described in FR 2 853 685. Such device comprises a rectangular sealing panel, which is on the inner side, which is faced towards the doors, on the one longer edge and on both shorter edges furnished with sealing members. The sealing member on the longer edge is
adapted for resting on the outer surface of the door-step, and sealing members on both shorter edges are adapted for resting on both outer sides of corresponding vertical walls of the door opening. Moreover, two pairs of arresting means are foreseen on said outer surfaces, or in the area of plaster, and are arranged at different distances apart from the ground level. Each pair of said arresting means is adapted to cooperate with a single ledge, which is inserted into each pair of arresting means, which are located at approximately the same distance apart from the ground level. Thanks to said ledges, the panel with corresponding sealing members is then pressed towards the door-step and also towards the outer walls adjacent to the door opening, by which the last should be prevented from intrusion of water. In order to assure functioning of such device, said arresting means need to be integrated into each building, and in addition to that, the door-step area in both planes of the door opening and the plaster must be quite precisely made. Besides, the sealing may still be pretty questionable, since the arresting means is capable to press the panel towards the outer surface of the building only in a limited extent, by which said outer surfaces are usually not absolutely even.
A still further device is described in FR 2 823 525, where a door opening or a window opening is furnished with an inner frame together with a wing, which is furnished with an inflatable sealing member, which extends along the circumference thereof. Whenever there is a danger of intrusion of the water, the air is blown into said sealing member, the pressure of which is upon that maintained at each reliable level. Such a device is specially designed for each particular door or window wing. Whenever the flood occurs, the pressure must be established and maintained within the sealing member, which is feasible by means of the air compressor. However, during the flood the electricity supply is usually problematic, so that establishing and maintaining the pressure within the sealing members may then lead to serious problems.
A still further device is described in WO 2006/061520. In fact, it is a sealing frame, which is furnished with appropriate sealing members and can be inserted into each door opening, where it is then maintained in position by means of a post and also supported by means of appropriate supporting elements. Said frame is essentially formed in the shape of the letter U, and consists of a horizontal arm and two vertical arms, which extend essentially parallel to each other and rectangular with respect to the firstly mentioned arm. A sealing panel is inserted within said arms, by means of which the majority of the door opening is filled. A vertically extending telescopic post is placed adjacent to said frame and panel, wherein said post consists of sections, which are inserted into each other and interconnected by means of a thread, and can be inserted between the door-step i.e. the bottom horizontal surface of the door opening and the door lintel i.e. the top horizontal surface of the door opening. Appropriate supporting members are laterally linked to said post, and each supporting member is on the opposite end portion linked to each corresponding area of the sealing frame. Each supporting member consists of two coaxially extending stick-shaped compressing elements, which are each per se furnished with an internal thread, the first one with a left thread and the second one with a right thread. Said elements are interconnected by means of a connecting member, which is also furnished with right and left threaded coaxially apart from each other protruding end portions. Such device is mounted into a door opening in such a way that in the first step said frame together with the sealing members, which are then rest onto the door-step and both vertical surfaces of the door opening. Upon that, said post is placed into the central region of the door opening, and is fixed between the door-step and the lintel by means of rotating the coaxial sections relatively with regard to each other. Upon that, the supporting members are connected on the one hand to the post and on the other hand to the sealing frame. Due to rotation of relevant connecting members, each supporting member is then pressed towards the post and simultaneously also towards the sealing frame,
which is then pressed towards the door opening, by which the sealing member is tightly rest onto each corresponding surface of the door opening for the purposes of sealing thereof. Introducing more supporting members leads to more uniform resting of the frame and the sealing members onto surfaces of the door opening. It is clear for those skilled in the art that such device is applicable in a door opening of pre-determined dimensions and is generally not the universal one. Moreover, the device consists of numerous generally separate components, the assembling of which requires some practice and is not very simple for an average user, in particular not in extraordinary circumstances and under the time pressure. It is also obvious that the sealing frame and the panel are maintained in position by means of the pressure which is generated by the supporting members, which are linked on the one hand to the post and on the other hand to said frame, wherein said pressure is acting in the plane which is perpendicular with respect to the direction, in which the hydrostatic pressure is acting during the sealing in the case of flood. In order to ensure a required functionality in such inappropriate loading conditions, the supporting members are extremely compressed, which might lead even to damages in the area of the door opening as such. Quite analogous problem occurs in the post, which is compressed between the door-step and the lintel. Stability of the lintel depends on building construction as such, and using such sealing device e.g. in buildings which are made of bricks can easily result in cracks and/or displacements of the lintel. Moreover, the presence of the post and the supporting members in the area within the door opening makes each logistic throughout the door opening practically impossible. This means that also in a relatively low water level around the building, which may e.g. not exceed 30 cm and above the bottom level of the door opening in the area of the door-step, when walking around is still possible, the door opening is practically completely closed, which makes entering the building or leaving it through the door opening quite impossible. When considering all practical aspects, even by establishing reliable sealing of the door
opening the building must be completely evacuated, since each further residing within the building without any possibility to exit may lead to serious risk in the sense of arising problems, in particularly when the water lever is still increasing and the situation might get worse.
The present invention refers to a device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water, namely of an usual door opening in a building used either for accommodation or for business purposes, wherein such door opening comprising at least
- two outer vertical surfaces, which are arranged at least approximately in the same plane and are spaced apart from each other;
- two inner vertical surfaces, which are arranged at least approximately in the same plane parallel to previously mentioned outer vertical surfaces and which are also spaced apart from each other;
- two essentially parallel vertical lateral surfaces, which are faced to each other and are approximately rectangular with respect to previously mentioned inner vertical surfaces and outer vertical surface;
- a bottom horizontal surface, which is optionally arranged in the same plane as the door-step or is uniform with said door-step and extends at least approximately in the horizontal plane in the region in front of the outer vertical surfaces and at least approximately rectangular with respect to these lastly mentioned surfaces;
and moreover a top horizontal surface which is available on the top in the area of a door lintel;
and wherein said device, which is intended for occasionally and temporarily mounting into the area of said door opening for the purposes of sealing thereof against intrusion of water, comprises
- at least two vertical seals, which are each per se adapted for tightly resting onto each disposable outer vertical surface of the door opening, and
- at least one sealing ledge together with the belonging sealing member, which is adapted for tightly resting on the bottom horizontal surface of the door opening.
In accordance with the invention, such device comprises at least an outer barrier, consisting of at least a sealing frame as well as of a mounting mechanism which is adapted form mounting said sealing frame into the area of each door opening in the position of enabling vertical seals to rest on the outer vertical surfaces of said door opening, wherein said sealing frame is furnished with a sealing ledge, which is faced towards the ground i.e. towards the bottom horizontal surface of the door opening and is moreover displaceable in the vertical direction relatively with regard to other parts of said sealing frame and also with regard to the door opening as such, and wherein said device optionally comprises at least one inner barrier, which is adapted for resting simultaneously on the bottom horizontal surface and inner vertical surfaces of the door opening, and is further adapted for being tensioned in a direction towards the outer barrier upon mounting the last into the area of said door opening.
Said sealing frame in accordance with the invention consists of
- a front sealing panel, which is adapted to be located at a pre-determined distance apart from the door opening, and
- two lateral sealing arms, which are each per se furnished with vertical seals which are adapted to be rest on the outer vertical surfaces of the door opening, wherein said front sealing panel and said sealing arms are firmly and water-tightly interconnected and are each per se furnished with U-profiles, which are located at least approximately in the same plane and are faced towards the ground i.e. towards the bottom horizontal plane of the door opening and in which a sealing ledge is inserted together with a sealing member, which extends along the complete length thereof.
Said sealing ledge is displaceable in the vertical direction preferably by means of at least two spindles, which are each per se adapted to cooperate with a corresponding nut or a threaded bush, wherein each sealing arm, but optionally also the front panel, is furnished with at least one such nut or a threaded bush.
Said mounting mechanism comprises
- two supporting beams, which are sufficiently rigid to withstand compression and bending loadings and which are pivotally connectable to the central area of the front sealing panel of the sealing frame and are moreover at their free ends furnished with a resting edge which is adapted to be rest onto the lateral vertical surfaces of the door opening;
- sufficiently strong tensioning assemblies which are capable to withstand compression loadings and are each per se longitudinally adjustable to each corresponding supporting beam, each of them is on the one hand pivotally connected thereof to the corresponding beam in the area adjacent to the resting edge, and on the other hand also pivotally with the sealing frame in the area of junction between the front sealing panel and each corresponding arm, or in its neighborhood.
Moreover, the front sealing panel of the sealing frame of the outer barrier is furnished with a beam, which is located in the central region on that side, which is faced towards the door opening, said beam is moreover furnished with a plurality of equidistantly spaced passages, which are adapted for establishing interconnection between the supporting beams and the front sealing panel.
Each of said tensioning assemblies is pivotally connected on the one hand with the corresponding supporting beam and on the other hand with the sealing frame, and comprises a tensioning member, which is provided with two at least approximately
coaxially extending bores furnished with left and right thread respectively, as well as two appropriately rigid arms, which are on their free ends furnished with left and right thread respectively, wherein the first arm is adapted to cooperate with each corresponding supporting beam, and the second one to cooperate with each corresponding connecting member on the sealing frame.
The inner barrier, which is optionally a part of the device according to the invention, generally consists of
- an appropriately rigid panel which is at least in the area of resting on the bottom horizontal surface of the door opening and the inner vertical surfaces of the door opening furnished with a sealing edge, which is adapted for tightly resting on said surfaces of the door opening, as well as of
- at least one tensioning assembly, which is capable to withstand tension stresses and by means of which said panel can be tensioned towards the outer barrier, in particular towards the front sealing panel thereof, in order to press said panel towards the inner vertical surfaces of the door opening.
The invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is an isometric presentation of a device for sealing a door opening against intrusion of water in isometric view, namely of the first embodiment comprising only an outer barrier;
Fig. 2 is a top view of a further embodiment of a device according to Fig. 1, which is however furnished both with an outer barrier as well as with an inner barrier, and which is mounted within a door opening;
Fig. 3 is a front view of a device according to Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 4 is a side view of a device according to Figs. 1 and 3;
Fig. 5 is a device according to Figs. 1 and 3 in a cross-section along the line A -A; Fig. 6 is an isometric presentation of the inner barrier according to Fig. 1;
Fig. 7 is a front view of the inner barrier according to Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is the inner barrier pursuant to Fig. 6 in a cross-section along the line B -B;
Fig. 9 is a detail C according to Fig. 8.
A device for sealing a door opening 3 against intrusion of water, namely a basic embodiment thereof (Figs. 1 and 2 - 5) comprises at least an outer barrier 1, and in optionally in addition to said outer barrier 1 also an inner barrier 2 (Figs. 2 and 6 - 9), which is adapted for interconnection with said outer barrier 1. In general, the door opening 3 should be successfully sealed just by means of solely the outer barrier 1. The invention however optionally provides also the inner barrier 2, which is (Fig. 2) arranged at certain distance apart from the outer barrier 1 , so that a gap is available between both aforementioned barriers 1 , 2, into which a pump (not shown) can be placed, which is preferably a submersible pump.
The device in mounted state is shown in Fig. 2. The door opening 3, into which a desired embodiment of the device according to the invention can be mounted, comprises a bottom horizontal surface 30, at least two vertical outer surfaces 3 , 31 ", which are spaced apart from each other and extend at least approximately in the same plane, two vertical inner surfaces 32', 32" which are also spaced apart from each other and extend at least approximately parallel with respect to previously mentioned vertical outer surfaces 3 , 31 ", and two vertical lateral surfaces 33', 33", which are faced to each other and usually extend parallel to each other and at least approximately perpendicularly with respect to previously mentioned inner surfaces 32', 32" and outer surfaces 31 ', 31 ".
Said bottom horizontal surface 30 extends essentially in the horizontal plane in front of the outer vertical surfaces 3 , 31 " and at least approximately perpendicularly with respect to the lastly mentioned ones. Moreover, the door
opening 3 comprises a top horizontal surface, which however generally has no impact to functioning of the invention and is therefore neither shown nor marked on the drawing.
The outer barrier 1 of the device according to the invention comprises a sealing frame 1 1 and a mounting mechanism 12. In this particular embodiment, the sealing frame 1 is formed by a front sealing panel 11 1, which is adapted for resting on the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3, and two lateral sealing arms 110', 110", which each per se protrude apart from said front sealing panel 110 towards each mounting location in the area of the door opening 3 and which are also adapted for resting on the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3 and moreover also on outer vertical surfaces 3 , 31 ". Thanks to said sealing arms 110', 110", the front sealing panel 111, when mounted, is maintained at appropriate distance apart from the door opening 3. Said sealing arms 110', 110" are mutually interconnected either in a detachable or in a non-detachable manner, in each case tightly and capable of preventing intrusion of water in the area of each junction between the panel 1 1 1 and each corresponding arm 1 10', 110".
Said front sealing panel 111 is furnished with a beam 11 11 which is arranged in approximately central region thereof and comprises a plurality of preferably equidistantly spaced passages 1112, as well as with two connecting members 113', 113" which are located adjacent to said sealing arms 1 10', 110" and similarly like said beam 1 1 1 1 serve for the purposes of establishing each required interconnection between the sealing panel 1 11 and the mounting mechanism 2. Besides, said front sealing panel 1 1 1 is furnished with a U-profile 11 15, which is located at the bottom region thereof and is in profile deflected away from the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3.
Each sealing arm 110', 110" of the outer barrier 1 1 comprises at least one at least approximately horizontally extending U-profile 1105', 1105", as well as at least one at least approximately horizontally extending U-profile 1106', 1106".
Vertical U-profiles 1 106', 1 106" are adapted to receive appropriate seals 117', 1 17" which are adapted for resting on outer vertical surfaces 3 Γ, 31" of the door opening 3.
Each of horizontal U-profiles 1 105', 1105" is similarly like the U-profile 11 15 of the front sealing panel 1 11 adapted to receive a vertically movable sealing ledge 118 together with a corresponding sealing member which is not separately shown in the drawing (Fig. 5) but is simultaneously with each corresponding sealing ledge 1 18 adapted for resting on the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3. Said sealing ledge 1 18 is an uniform piece which is tightly inserted within said profiles 11 15, 1 105', 1 105" of the front sealing panel 11 1 and both sealing arms 1 10', 1 10". Moreover, said ledge 118 is displaceable in the vertical direction relatively with to said sealing arms 110', 110" and the front sealing panel 111 by means of spindles 1 19' which are adapted to cooperate with corresponding nuts 119" or threaded bushes which are firmly connected at least with U-profiles 1 105', 1 105" of the sealing arms 110', 110" and optionally also with the U- profile 1 115 of the front sealing panel 1 11.
The mounting mechanism 12 essentially consists of at least two supporting beams 120', 120", which are each per se pivotally connected to outer barrier 1 in the area of the beam 1 11 1 on the front sealing panel 1 11 and each of them is furnished with a vertical resting edge 12Γ, 121", preferably in the form of U-profile with a sufficiently hard rubber inserted therein, as well as of tensioning assemblies 130,
by means of which said beams 120', 120" are each per se connected with each corresponding connecting member 1113', 1 1 13" on the front sealing panel 111.
Each of said tensioning assemblies 130 comprises a usual tensioning member 131 which is furnished with coaxially extending left and right threaded bores and is adapted to cooperate with appropriately rigid arms 132, 133 of which the one is furnished with the left thread and the other with the right thread, and one of them is pivotally connected to said connecting member 1 113', 1 1 13", and the other with the free end of each corresponding supporting beam 120', 120".
As soon ad the sealing frame 1 1 is placed into the area of each corresponding door opening 3, the sealing ledge 1 18 is rest on the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3 and the vertical U-profiles 1 106', 1 106" of the arms 1 10', 110" are located adjacent to the outer vertical surfaces 3 , 31 " of the door opening 3. Both supporting beams 120', 120" are connected with the sealing frame 11 by means of a pin 14 or any other similar elements in the area of passages 1 112 on the beam 11 11, so that the resting edges 121 ', 121 " are placed adjacent to the lateral surfaces 33', 33" of the door opening 3. The supporting beams 120', 120" are moreover by means of tensioning assemblies 130 connected to the connecting members 1 1 13', 1 113" on the sealing frame 1 1. By turning and tensioning the tensioning members 131, the supporting beams 120', 120" are pivoted apart from each other, by which the sealing frame 1 1 approaches to the door opening 3 and by which the sealing edges 121 ', 121 " of the beams 120', 120" become tightly rest on vertical lateral surfaces 33', 33" of the door opening 3. By this, the sealing frame 1 1 is already fixed in the area of the door opening 3, and vertical sealing members 1 17', 1 17 of the U-profiles 1 106', 1 106" of the arms 1 10', 1 10" of the sealing frame 1 1 are tightly rest on outer vertical surfaces 3 , 31 " of the door opening 3. By subsequently displacing the sealing ledge 1 18 due to rotating
spindles 119', said sealing ledge 118 is tightly rest on the bottom horizontal surface 30 of the door opening 3, by which said door opening 3 is sealed both in the area of the bottom horizontal surface 30 and also in the area of the outer vertical surfaces 31 ', 31 " along the complete height of the sealing frame 1 1.
When desired, the sealing reliability may be further improved by introducing the inner barrier 2, which is adapted for resting on the bottom horizontal surface 30 and the inner vertical surfaces 32', 32" of the door opening 3, and which is then assisting to seal in addition to the outer barrier 1 which is formed by the sealing frame 11 and the belonging mounting mechanism 12.
The inner barrier 2 generally consists of a rigid water-tight plate 20 which is furnished with a circumferential sealing edge 21 formed e.g. of an U-profile filled with rubber sealing member, as well as of tensioning members 22 which are adapted to connect said plate 20 with the sealing frame 1 1 of the outer barrier 1. In the shown embodiment (Figs. 6 - 9), said plate 20 is via the tensioning members 22 connected to the beam 1 1 11 on the front panel 1 11 of the sealing frame 11 of the outer barrier 1.
When the outer barrier 1 is mounted in the area of the door opening 3 in a previously described manner, then also the plate 20 of the inner barrier 2 can be mounted in the area of said door opening in such a manner that said plate 20 is rest on the bottom horizontal surface 30 and at the same time also on the inner vertical surfaces 32', 32" of the door opening 3. Appropriately tight contact between the inner vertical surfaces 32', 32" of the door opening 3 and the sealing edge 21 of the inner barrier 2 is achieved by means of tensioning members 22, wherein such obtained tensioning forces within the tensioning members 22 between the inner
barrier 2 and the outer barrier 1 may still further improve the sealing capability of the outer barrier 1 as such.
Besides, a pump for pumping leakage water can be placed into a gap between the outer barrier 1 and the inner barrier 2, which may be preferred in particular in situations, when sealing capability of the outer barrier 1 is questionable for example due to irregularities or damages on the outer surfaces 30, 31 ', 31 " of the door opening 3, which would normally have to be essentially flat, or also in such cases, when upon mounting the device according the invention there is still a probability that the water level could still raise above the height of the sealing frame 1 1 of the outer barrier 1.
Claims
1. Device for sealing a door opening (3) against intrusion of water, namely of an usual door opening (3) in a building used either for accommodation or for business purposes, wherein such door opening (3) comprises at least
- two outer vertical surfaces (3 , 31 "), which are arranged at least approximately in the same plane and are spaced apart from each other;
- two inner vertical surfaces (32', 32"), which are arranged at least approximately in the same plane parallel to previously mentioned outer vertical surfaces (3 , 31 ") and which are also spaced apart from each other;
- two essentially parallel vertical lateral surfaces (33', 33"), which are faced to each other and are approximately rectangular with respect to previously mentioned inner vertical surfaces (32', 32") and outer vertical surfaces (31 ', 31 ");
- a bottom horizontal surface (30), which is optionally arranged in the same plane as the door-step or is uniform with said door-step and extends at least approximately in the horizontal plane in the region in front of the outer vertical surfaces (3 Γ, 31 ") and at least approximately rectangular with respect to these lastly mentioned surfaces;
and moreover a top horizontal surface which is available on the top in the area of the door lintel;
and wherein said device, which is intended for occasionally and temporarily mounting into the area of said door opening (3) for the purposes of sealing thereof against intrusion of water, comprises
- at least two vertical seals (1 17', 117"), which are each per se adapted for tightly resting onto each disposable outer vertical surface (3 Γ, 31 ") of the door opening (3), and - at least one sealing ledge (118) together with the belonging sealing member, which is adapted for tightly resting on the bottom horizontal surface (30) of the door opening (3),
said device is characterized in that it comprises at least an outer barrier (1) consisting of at least a sealing frame (1 1) as well as of a mounting mechanism (12) which is adapted form mounting said sealing frame (11) into the area of each door opening (3) in the position of enabling vertical seals (117', 117") to rest on the outer vertical surfaces (31 ', 31 ") of said door opening (3),
wherein said sealing frame (11) is furnished with a sealing ledge (118), which is faced towards the ground i.e. towards the bottom horizontal surface (30) of the door opening (3) and is moreover displaceable in the vertical direction relatively with regard to other parts of said sealing frame (11) and also with regard to the door opening (30) as such;
and wherein said device optionally comprises at least one inner barrier (2), which is adapted for resting simultaneously on the bottom horizontal surface (30) and inner vertical surfaces (32', 32") of the door opening (3), and is further adapted for being tensioned in a direction towards the outer barrier (1) upon mounting the last into the area of said door opening (3).
2. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the sealing frame (11) consists of
- a front sealing panel (11 1), which is adapted to be located at a pre-determined distance apart from the door opening (3), and
- two lateral sealing arms (1 10', 110"), which are each per se furnished with vertical seals (1 17', 1 17") which are adapted to be rest on the outer vertical surfaces (31 ', 31 ") of the door opening (3),
wherein said front sealing panel (111) and said sealing arms (110', 1 10") are firmly and water-tightly interconnected and are each per se furnished with U- profiles (1 105', 1 105"; 1 115), which are located at least approximately in the same plane and are faced towards the ground i.e. towards the bottom horizontal plane of the door opening (3) and in which a sealing ledge (118) is inserted together with a sealing member, which extends along the complete length thereof.
3. Device according to Claim 2, characterized in that the sealing ledge (118) is displaceable in the vertical direction by means of at least two spindles (19Γ), which are each per se adapted to cooperate with a corresponding nut or a threaded bush (1 19"), wherein each sealing arm (110, 1 10"), but optionally also the front panel (1 11), is furnished with at least one such nut or a threaded bush (1 19").
4. Device according to one of Claims 1 - 3, characterized in that the mounting mechanism (12) comprises
- two supporting beams (120', 120"), which are sufficiently rigid to withstand compression and bending loadings and which are pivotally connectable to the central area of the front sealing panel (1 1 1) of the sealing frame (11) and are moreover at their free ends furnished with a resting edge (12 , 121 ") which is adapted to be rest onto the lateral vertical surfaces (33', 33") of the door opening (3);
- sufficiently strong tensioning assemblies (130) which are capable to withstand compression loadings and are each per se longitudinally adjustable to each corresponding supporting beam (120', 120"), each of them is on the one hand pivotally connected thereof to the corresponding beam (120', 120") in the area adjacent to the resting edge (121 ', 121 "), and on the other hand also pivotally with the sealing frame (1 1) in the area of junction between the front sealing panel (1 11) and each corresponding arm (110', 110"), or in its neighborhood.
5. Device according to one of Claims 1 - 4, characterized in that the front sealing panel (1 11) of the sealing frame (1 1) of the outer barrier (1) is furnished with a beam (111 1), which is located in the central region on that side, which is faced towards the door opening (3), and which is moreover furnished with a plurality of equidistantly spaced passages (1112), which are adapted for establishing interconnection between the supporting beams (120', 120") and the front sealing panel (11 1).
6. Device according to one of Claims 1 - 5, characterized in that each tensioning assembly (130), which is pivotally connected on the one hand with the corresponding supporting beam (120', 120") and on the other hand with the sealing frame (1 1), comprises a tensioning member (131) which is provided with two at least approximately coaxially extending bores furnished with left and right thread respectively, as well as two appropriately rigid arms (132, 133) which are on their free ends furnished with left and right thread respectively, wherein the first arm (132, 133) is adapted to cooperate with each corresponding supporting beam (120', 120"), and the second one to cooperate with each corresponding connecting member (1 1 13', 1 1 13") on the sealing frame (1 1).
7. Device according to anyone of the preceding Claims, characterized in that the inner barrier (2) is formed by
- an appropriately rigid panel (20) which is at least in the area of resting on the bottom horizontal surface (30) of the door opening (3) and the inner vertical surfaces (32', 32") of the door opening (3) furnished with a sealing edge (21) which is adapted for tightly resting on said surfaces (30; 3 , 31") of the door opening (3), as well as by
- at least one tensioning assembly (22), which is capable to withstand tension stresses and by means of which said panel (20) can be tensioned towards the outer barrier (1), in particular towards the front sealing panel (1 1 1) thereof, in order to press said panel (20) towards the inner vertical surfaces (32', 32") of the door opening (3).
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