Floating flap gate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9903081-B2
Application number	US-201615219945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	Aug 10, 2015
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

To provide a floating flap gate that requires an auxiliary force of a counterweight or the like, and in which bending does not occur in a forward end portion of a door body, even in cases in which an installation site has a wide span. A floating flap gate 1 having a forward end portion 2 c of a door body 2 that is configured to rotate around a base end portion serving as a fulcrum at a time of a rising water, so as to float upwards, and provided with an upper beam 2 d attached to the forward end portion 2 c of the door body 2 and a door body suspension member 3 contained within the upper beam 2 d , and having two ends each being connected to one end of a wire rope 4 . A counterweight 5 is connected to the other end side of the wire rope 4 as a pulling device. Bolts 6 b are used as adjusting members interposed between the upper beam 2 d and the door suspension member 3 , and are inserted into bolt holes 6 a provided on an upper surface of the upper beam 2 d , so as to exert an opposing force to the tension of the wire rope 4 resulting from the weight of the counterweight 5 acting on the door body suspension member 3 , the opposing force being applied uniformly to the upper beam 2 d during ordinary use.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A floating flap gate comprising:
a door body having a forward end portion and a base end portion, wherein the forward end portion is configured to rotate around the base end portion to float upwards in a direction of influx of a seawater during a tsunami or a high tide and within a plane in a height direction;
an upper beam attached to the forward end portion of the door body;
a door body suspension member contained within the upper beam and having two ends each being connected to one end of a rope;
a pulling device connected to the other end of the rope; and
an adjusting member configured to apply an opposing force to a tension force of the rope due to the pulling device operating on the door body suspension member during ordinary use, the opposing force being applied uniformly to the upper beam.

2. The floating flap gate according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting member comprises bolts interposed between the upper beam and the door body suspension member and inserted into bolt holes provided at a specified interval in a longitudinal direction of the upper beam.

Assignees

• Hitachi Shipbuilding Eng Co

Inventors

• Yoshiki Ryouta
• Itagaki Toru
• Sayama Shinichi

Classifications

• E02B7/40 Primary

  Swinging or turning gates · CPC title

• E02B7/205

  Barrages controlled by the variations of the water level; automatically functioning barrages (level regulators G05D9/00; the documents are filed in this subdivision and the relevant subdivision E02B7/26 - E02B7/50) · CPC title

• E02B7/44 Primary

  Hinged-leaf gates · CPC title

• E02B7/50

  Floating gates · CPC title

• E02B3/104 Primary

  with self-activating means · CPC title