Patent ID: 8246272
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. An actuated spill barrier, comprising: a chassis having a first pier and a second pier; a sump disposed within said chassis, said sump structure having a first angled wall at a first side and a second angled wall at an opposite second side; a door pivotally connected to said first pier and said second pier, said door having an angled first end surface and an angled second end surface; said first angled wall and said angled first end surface being supplementary angles and said second angled wall and said angled second end surface being supplementary angles inhibiting binding of said door; wherein thermal expansion of said door causes said first end surface to climb upwardly along said first angled wall and said second end surface to climb upwardly along said second angled wall inhibiting binding of said door in said sump; said door being biased to pivot from a first actuated position to a second position sealing against said first pier and said second pier.