Global Patent Index - EP 1223294 A1

EP 1223294 A1 20020717 - Reversible flood barrier

Title (en)

Reversible flood barrier

Title (de)

Umkehrbare Flutsperre

Title (fr)

Dispositif réversible pour protection des habitations contre les inondation

Publication

EP 1223294 A1 20020717 (EN)

Application

EP 01310840 A 20011221

Priority

GB 0100210 A 20010105

Abstract (en)

An assembly (10) for protecting a house interior from floodwater. The assembly comprises an open-ended frame (20) for attachment to walling on either side of and beneath a house doorway (50), the open-ended frame having groove means (22) extending around its inner periphery; and a panel (20) configured to be a snug fit within the open-ended frame, the panel having a peripheral edge which in use is slidably received in the groove means forming a seal wherever the panel engages the open-ended frame, in which the panel has a non-planar profile with a central part of the panel projecting on one surface of the panel proud of the peripheral edge and in which the non-planar profile of the panel is reversible. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

E06B 9/00

IPC 8 full level

E06B 9/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E06B 9/02 (2013.01); E06B 2009/007 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1223294 A1 20020717; EP 1223294 B1 20040630; AT E270379 T1 20040715; DE 60104081 D1 20040805; GB 0100210 D0 20010214; GB 2370854 A 20020710

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01310840 A 20011221; AT 01310840 T 20011221; DE 60104081 T 20011221; GB 0100210 A 20010105