IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0656645
(1991-02-19)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Cooper Clinton T. (105 Overhill Rd. Youngstown OH 44512)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
19 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A safety storage enclosure for housing containers of hazardous material is formed using wall components that have complementary edge formations that extend vertically and connect with elongate framing members to provide post-like supports. The wall components connect at their lower end regions with
A safety storage enclosure for housing containers of hazardous material is formed using wall components that have complementary edge formations that extend vertically and connect with elongate framing members to provide post-like supports. The wall components connect at their lower end regions with a welded, generally rectangular base assembly, and at their upper end regions with a correspondingly configured roof assembly, with the post-like supports strengthening the enclosure by providing rigid, columnar structures that extend from the base to the roof assembly. Front, back and opposed end walls of a variety of lengths can be formed using selected sets of “standard”wall panels and wall-corner panels, and “door panels”can be substituted for selected wall panels. Framing members of a variety of types are removably and replaceably mounted in inwardly-facing recesses that are defined at junctures of abutting edge formations of adjacent wall and/or wall-corner panels, including framing members that are configured to cooperate with fasteners to adjustably position shelf brackets and the like. A removable grate-like floor fully spans the interior of the enclosure. One or more sumps underlies substantially the entire area of the floor to catch spillage and leakage, with the sumps being elevated so their integrity can be visually checked.
대표청구항
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A safety storage enclosure for housing containers of hazardous material and providing sump-type secondary containment for receiving spillage and leakage of materials from containers that are housed within the enclosure, comprising: a) base assembly means including a welded assembly of steel componen
A safety storage enclosure for housing containers of hazardous material and providing sump-type secondary containment for receiving spillage and leakage of materials from containers that are housed within the enclosure, comprising: a) base assembly means including a welded assembly of steel components for defining a generally rectangular structure that has a lower stilt portion, a central containment portion, and an upper wall support portion, wherein: i) the lower least a pair of structural steel members having first downwardly facing surface means for engaging a generally horizontal surface atop which the safety enclosure is to be installed, having first upwardly facing surface means for engaging and supporting the central containment portion, and having first web means for connecting the first downwardly facing surface means and the first upwardly facing surface means so as to position the first upwardly facing surface means in a first generally horizontal plane that is spaced above the generally horizontal surface; ii) the central containment portion includes generally rectangular frame means that includes a pair of front and rear members, and a pair of end members that are arranged end-to-end to define a generally rectangular structure that has one end of each of the end members welded to a separate one of the opposed ends of the front member, and that has the other end of each of the end members welded to a separate one of the opposed ends of the rear member, and with the front, rear and end members of the rectangular frame means cooperating to define: A) second downwardly facing surface means for being positioned atop and for being securely connected to the first upwardly facing means to support the generally rectangular frame means in a generally horizontally extending attitude; B) second upwardly facing means extending in a second generally horizontal plane located in spaced relationship to and above the first generally horizontal plane; C) second web means for connecting the second downwardly facing surface means and the second upwardly facing surface means, with the second web means having an outer surface that extends substantially continuously about and defining the outer perimeter of the generally rectangular frame means; iii) the central containment portion also includes generally rectangular sump means including one or more generally rectangular sumps arranged to effectively define an upwardly opening catch basin that extends in an end-to-end direction substantially the entire distance between the front and rear members, and in a front-to-rear direction substantially the entire distance between the end members so as to substantially fill the space that is surrounded by the generally rectangular frame means; iv) the upper wall support portion includes first wall support means rigidly connected to the generally rectangular frame means and extending upwardly from near the intersection of the outer surface and the second upwardly facing surface of the generally rectangular frame means for being connected to lower end regions of the wall means, and second wall support means rigidly connected to the generally rectangular frame means and extending outwardly from near said intersection for defining an upwardly facing support surface that extends substantially continuously about the perimeter of the generally rectangular frame means; b) wall means including an assembly of relatively flat wall panels, relatively L-shaped corner-wall panels, and at least one door frame panel, with said panels extending substantially vertically from lower portions thereof that are connected to said upper wall support portion of said base assembly to upper portions thereof that have top surfaces that extend in a third generally horizontal plane located a substantial distance above the second generally horizontal plane, and with the wall means defining a substantially continuous wall structure that wraps about the perimeter of said generally rectangular structure so as to define a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of opposed end walls, with the front wall including at least one door frame panel; c) roof means including a roof structure for connection to said upper portions for defining a roof that substantially continuously overlies the interior space that is defined between the front and rear walls, and between the opposed end walls; d) grate-type floor means supported by said base means and extending substantially horizontally atop the sump means and substantially continuously within the interior space that is defined between front and rear walls, and between the opposed end walls; e) door means connected to the door frame panel and being movable relatively thereto for selectively controlling access to said interior space through a door opening that is defined at least in part by the door frame panel; f) said relatively flat wall panels include at least one “standard”flat wall panel that is formed from a single, generally rectangular sheet of steel that has opposed side edge portions extending parallel to the length thereof, that has opposed bottom and top edge portions bordering the width thereof, and that has generally flat central portions that extend substantially continuously between the opposed side edge portions and between the opposed bottom and top edge portions; g) said relatively L-shaped corner-wall panels include at least one “standard”L-shaped corner wall panel that is formed from a single, generally rectangular sheet of steel that has opposed side edge portions extending parallel to the length thereof, that has opposed bottom and top edge portions bordering the width thereof, and that has central portions including a pair of generally flat central portions that each extend from a separate one of the side edge portions toward a central location where a substantially right angle bend is formed along a locus that substantially parallels the opposed side edge portions thereof; h) said wall means includes at least a pair of adjacently positioned flat and/or L-shaped panels of the aforedescribed “standard”types that are arranged to extend vertically edge-to-edge with side edge portions thereof in abutting engagement along substantially the full lengths thereof, with the abutting side edge portions including complementary substantially J-shaped formations, with each of the J-shaped formations being defined by a relatively long first leg and relatively shorter second and third legs, and wherein: i) each of the first, second and third legs is formed as an integral part of its associated wall panel, and each such leg is defined by a substantially flat band of vertically extending sheet metal that, when viewed in horizontal cross-section, has the appearance of an elongate element with parallel sides that extend between a pair of opposite end regions; ii) each relatively long first leg is connected at one end region thereof to adjacent central portions of its associated panel by a substantially right angle bend that causes the first leg to extend outwardly from the plane of said adjacent central portions; iii) each second leg is connected at one end region thereof to the other end region of its associated first leg by a substantially right angle bend that causes the second leg to extend in an outer plane that substantially parallels the plane of said adjacent central portions but at a location spaced outwardly therefrom; iv) each third leg is connected at one end region thereof to the other end region of its associated second leg by a substantially right angle bend that causes the third leg to extend inwardly from the outer plane in a direction that parallels the associated first leg but at a distance spaced therefrom; v) each third leg has its other end region of the third leg located between the outer plane and the plane of said adjacent central portions of its associated panel; vi) said abutting engagement along substantially the full lengths of said pair of adjacently positioned panels is provided by said third legs thereof being arranged to extend in abutting engagement along substantially their full lengths; and, vii) such central portions of each of said pair of adjacently positioned panels as are located near the abutting side edge regions are arranged to extend in a common plane, whereby the first legs of the J-shaped formations cooperate to define substantially parallel sides of a vertically extending “groove”located between adjacent central portions of said panels; i) groove insert means including at least one elongate member for insertion into said vertically extending “groove”is provided to bridge the juncture between the abutted third legs; j) aligned holes are formed through selected portions of the J-shaped formations and through the elongate member; and, k) fastener means for extending through the aligned holes and for clamping the abuttingly connected pair of adjacently positioned panels are provided to secure the connection between the adjacently positioned panels.
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