Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Flow control
Patent
1998-05-11
1999-11-16
Bagnell, David
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Flow control
405100, E02B 0740
Patent
active
059845759
ABSTRACT:
A flood flow modulator system including a dam positioned across a watercourse so as to restrict water flow therein and thereby create a retained water body; the dam having an upstream surface facing the water body, an oppositely directed downstream surface, and a top surface joining the upstream and downstream surfaces. Defined by the dam is a slot having substantially vertical side surfaces and a substantially horizontal bottom surface. A gate is pivotally mounted in the slot for movement between a substantially vertical closed position and a substantially horizontal open position; the gate being U-shaped in section and having a front wall with edges disposed adjacent to the side and bottom surfaces so as to substantially close the slot when in the closed position, and sidewalls projecting transversely from the front wall toward the water body and each closely adjacent to a different one of the side surfaces. The sidewalls prevent an accumulation of proximate debris which could adversely affect desired operation of the gate.
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Bagnell David
Jarcho Harold G.
Mihalik George M.
Toupal John E.
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