Auto-Sensing Flood Roller Shutter with Reinforced Column
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flood protection systems lack automatic sensing and waterproofing capabilities, requiring manual operation and failing to provide safe and effective flood protection.
Innovation Solution
An automatic auto-sensing flood protection roller shutter with an auto-locating reinforced column, featuring a door plate with multiple panels, hydraulic cylinders, a water level detector, and an infrared detector, which automatically activates to seal and reinforce the door during flooding, ensuring airtight and waterproof closure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual operation is used for flood protection systems, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The roller shutter system automatically detects water levels through detectors and activates the driving device to close the door panels without human intervention. The system serves itself by using sensors to monitor conditions and trigger the appropriate protective actions, eliminating the need for manual operation while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operation with an automated driving device that uses electrical motors and control systems. The driving device electronically controls the movement of door panels through gears and drive mechanisms, substituting human mechanical action with an automated electromechanical system.
2Strength
If standard door panels are used without reinforcement, then device complexity is reduced, but strength deteriorates under flood pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The reinforced column is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to automatically position itself behind the door panel when needed. The column can move horizontally along tracks and vertically to adjust its position, providing dynamic reinforcement only when flood conditions require it, rather than being a permanent static structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The reinforced column is pre-positioned in a storage location where it can quickly deploy to support the door panel before flood pressure becomes excessive. The system prepares the reinforcement structure in advance at a ready position, allowing rapid deployment when water level detectors trigger the closing sequence.
3Reliability
If automatic sensing and reinforcement systems are added, then flood protection capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The reinforced column is nested within the door assembly structure, with the column able to move into position behind the door panel when needed. The driving device, detectors, and control systems are integrated into the existing door frame and panel structure, nesting multiple functional components within a unified system rather than adding separate external systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The driving device serves multiple functions: it closes the door panels horizontally, positions the reinforced column, and can reverse to open the door. The detectors serve both to trigger door closure and to activate the reinforced column positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides safe and automatic flood protection, enhancing door panel strength, preventing equipment damage, and ensuring easy operation with automatic closure, extending door panel life and maintaining a waterproof and dustproof environment.
Implementation Method 1
a hydraulic pump (22), an automatic controller (23), an uninterruptible power system (24), a downward-pressing hydraulic cylinder (5) and a driving device (9)
Implementation Method 2
a water level detector (7), which is provided in underground space as a waterproof system to be turned on automatically once a certain water level is detected
Implementation Method 3
an infrared detector
Data Source
AI summary
An automatic auto-sensing flood protection roller shutter with auto-locating reinforced column includes a door plate composed of a plurality of door panels, at least one reinforced column automatically movable by a motor to a reinforcing position behind the door plate when the door plate is lowered upon sensing a flood, and a bolt and bolt driving device for securing the at least one reinforced column in the reinforcing position.