Patent ID: 9016321
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F16K,F16L

Abstract:
1. A deployable culvert plug system, comprising: an elongated handle assembly having a hollow conduit, a distal end with a junction block in fluid communication with said conduit and a hinge assembly having a handle mounting plate, and a proximal end having a handle and a gas control valve for retaining a removable gas cylinder containing a pressurized gas, said gas control valve further including a valve trigger which selectively applies pressurized gas to said conduit; a bladder assembly having a bladder mounting plate removably connected to said handle mounting plate, a bladder attached to said bladder mounting plate, a check valve assembly for allowing pressurized gas to enter said bladder, and a hose that selectively connects said check valve assembly to said junction block; wherein said junction block is comprised of a block having a slot that extends along said block from a front opening, and wherein said handle assembly includes a gas aperture that passes from said conduit into said slot; wherein said hose connects to said junction block using a disc-shaped sealing ring which slides into said slot; wherein said handle assembly enables a user to deploy said bladder; and, wherein when said valve trigger selectively applies pressurized gas from a removable gas cylinder through said conduit, through said hose, through said check valve and into said bladder.