Patent ID: 8992121
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
1. A leaf for a mitre gate, the leaf comprising: a skin plate for withstanding a pressure exerted by a liquid; and at least two uprights respectively located on either side of the skin plate, the uprights being secured to the skin plate, the skin plate having an overall shape of a cylinder portion, a longitudinal axis of the cylinder being essentially parallel to the uprights, each upright extending overall according to a generatrix of the cylinder, each upright including at least one bearing element, arranged to project relative to the skin plate, and each bearing element including a bearing surface, for supporting the bearing element against a lock wall or against another leaf of the mitre gate, wherein the bearing surface of each bearing element intersects with a plane that is tangential to an upstream surface of the skin plate, at the side of the skin plate corresponding to said bearing element.