Removable flood control cover system for underground facility vents and openings

摘要

A cover system for covering an opening, e.g., to an underground facility, watertight, includes one or more waterproof panels and a seal gasket for each panel, or a seal gasket common to a plurality of panels, configured to extend peripherally relative to the panel(s) and the opening, and adapted to be positioned between the panel(s) and the periphery of the opening, and one or more clamping devices for each panel which engage the respective panel and the periphery of the opening and/or structure extending over and attached to the opening to clamp the respective panel over the opening and compress the respective seal gasket.

主权项

1. A cover system for covering a facilities opening watertight, comprising:
a waterproof panel and a seal gasket configured to extend peripherally relative to the panel and the facilities opening, and adapted to be positioned between the panel and the periphery of the opening; the panel comprising a top plate defining an enclosure with an open end and a bottom plate closing the enclosure watertight in which are at least partially disposed one or more clamping devices; and the one or more clamping devices being adapted to engage the panel and the periphery of the facilities opening and/or structure extending over and attached to the facilities opening to clamp the panel over the facilities opening and compress the seal gasket, wherein the panel comprises a clamping device opening in the top thereof for each clamping device and a lid that attaches to the respective clamping device opening watertight, a respective clamping device being accessible through the respective clamping device opening without the respective lid.