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Title:
ICE BREAKER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3950090
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To break ice in a water channel by a simple configuration.
SOLUTION: An ice breaker body 16 fixing an expansible membrane body 18 on a wall face 14 of a canal 10 by a fitting is provided in the vicinity of a gate. When an ice 36 is formed in the vicinity of a surface of water 34 in the canal 10, air from a compressor 32 is supplied to the expansible membrane body 18 to swell the expansible membrane body 18. The ice 36 is pressed by the swelling expansible membrane body 18 and is broken to make the gate open and close smoothly.


Inventors:
Katsutoshi Kaneko
Application Number:
JP2003288426A
Publication Date:
July 25, 2007
Filing Date:
August 07, 2003
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation
International Classes:
E02B7/20; E02B7/40; E02B1/00; (IPC1-7): E02B7/40; E02B7/20
Domestic Patent References:
JP62143727U
JP58072232U
JP1120522U
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori
Katsuichi Nishimoto
Hiroshi Fukuda