Patent attributes
An actuated spill barrier, comprises a chassis having a first pier and a second pier, a sump disposed within the chassis, the 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 the first pier and the second pier, the door having an angled first end surface and an angled second end surface, the first angled wall and the angled first end surface being supplementary angles and the second angled wall and the angled second end surface being supplementary angles inhibiting binding of the door, wherein thermal expansion of the door causes the 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, the door being biased to pivot from a first actuated position to a second position sealing against the first pier and the second pier.
