WATER INTAKE/WATER OUTLET Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC E02B9/04 

FIELD: power industry.

SUBSTANCE: water intake/water outlet includes water intake/water outlet chamber, slots of gate valve, pressure water conduit and flow separators arranged in water intake/water outlet chamber. Water intake/water outlet chamber is equipped with control element and water pipeline, and flow separators are hollow and provided with possibility of changing their thickness and include end and intermediate beams and elastic cover with fixing rods. End beams are of streamlined shape on their external sides, intermediate beams are hollow and provided with perforation throughout their length. Elastic cover is made in the form of closed cavity. Control element is made in the form of a tube the free end of which is arranged in water intake/water outlet chamber and faces pressure water conduit, and the other end by means of water pipeline is connected to inner cavity of intermediate beam of flow separator. End and intermediate beams are arranged inside the cavity of elastic cover and their end parts are rigidly connected to the walls of water intake/water outlet chamber; elastic cover is connected by means of rigid attachment to external streamlined sides of end beams of flow separator, and fixing rods are arranged inside elastic cover and attach opposite surfaces of elastic cover with possibility of limiting maximum distance between them.

EFFECT: simplifying the operation of construction, improving its operating reliability, reducing material consumption.

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