Flap gate-type waterproof panel for wall installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9267322-B2
Application number	US-201214350694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2012
Priority date	Oct 19, 2011
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

The present invention utilizes a vertically upward force of a water when a tsunami smashes into a building to close openings that exist in an elevated location such as air supply and exhaust ducts, powerlessly and without a manual operation. The present invention serves as a disaster prevention panel which closes an opening 2 a disposed in a wall of a building 2 . A door bumper 3 is disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the opening 2 a , and side door bumpers 4 are disposed on both sides of the door bumper 3 . A door body 1 , which closes the opening 2 a and which has a specific gravity lower than a seawater, is attached between the side door bumpers 4 on both sides so as to freely swing upwards, with a lower portion of the door bumper 3 serving as a fulcrum.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flap gate water-resistant panel for wall installation, serving as a disaster prevention panel which closes an opening located in an elevated location of a wall of a building, the panel comprising:
a door bumper disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the opening, and side door bumpers located on opposite sides of the door bumper,
a door body which closes the opening and which is attached between the side door bumpers so as to freely swing upwards, wherein a lower portion of the door bumper serves as a fulcrum when the door body swings upward,
wherein the door body has first and second ends, wherein the first end is closer to the wall in a stand-by state before engagement with water than the second end,
wherein the door body is inclined relative to a horizontal plane in the stand-by state before engagement with water;
a receiving member that supports the second end of the door body in the stand-by state; and
a current rectifier installed at the lower portion of the door bumper, wherein when water flows in an initial direction towards the panel, and then vertically upward towards the panel, the current rectifier changes a direction of the water flow from the vertically upward direction to the initial direction.

2. The flap gate water-resistant panel for wall installation according to claim 1 , further comprising
a wire rope having one end attached to the door body and the other end wound on a wire drum,
a counterweight being attached coaxially to the wire drum and operating in a direction which swings the door body upward, and
a unidirectional clutch being attached coaxially to the wire drum to allow the door body only to swing upward.

3. The flap gate water-resistant panel for wall installation according to claim 1 , wherein the door body is inclined in an upward direction at 5-80° from the horizontal plane in the stand-by state.

4. The flap gate water-resistant panel for wall installation according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of door bodies are attached in a height direction.

5. The flap gate water-resistant panel for wall installation according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of door bodies are attached in a height direction.

Assignees

• Inui Masaki
• Kimura Yuuichirou
• Nakayasu Kyouichi
• Morii Toshiaki
• Yamakawa Yoshito
• Hitachi Shipbuilding Eng Co

Inventors

• Inui Masaki
• Kimura Yuuichirou
• Nakayasu Kyouichi
• Morii Toshiaki
• Yamakawa Yoshito

Classifications

• E05F1/00

  Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass · CPC title

• E05F11/04

  with cords, chains or cables · CPC title

• E06B9/00 Primary

  Screening or protective devices for {wall or similar} openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction (E06B5/10 takes precedence; wings for doors or windows, connected at their edges, E06B3/48; additional indoor equipment of doors or windows, not forming part of the proper finishing work of a building, e.g. curtains, A47H; gratings as building elements E04C2/24; fastening means E05; operating-mechanisms for wings in general E05F) · CPC title

• E05F1/006

  by emergency conditions, e.g. fire (operating or controlling mechanisms for physical fire-barriers A62C2/24) · CPC title

• E06B9/04 Primary

  of wing type, e.g. revolving or sliding {(trap doors; louvre doors or windows E06B7/08)} · CPC title