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United States Patent: (12) (10) Patent N0.: US 6,560,991 B1
United States Patent: (12) (10) Patent N0.: US 6,560,991 B1
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K0tliar
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5,063,753 A
5,388,413 A * 2/1995
5,472,480 A * 12/1995
5,649,995 A * 7/1997
ENVIRONMENTS
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Notice:
5,779,495 A
5,799,652 A
9/1998
5,921,091 A *
6,012,533 A
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* cited by examiner
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ABSTRACT
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System (HHFESS).
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buildings HHFESS.
FIG. 3 presents a typical ?oor plan of a multilevel
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sterility.
The recommended barometric pressure is about 1 atmo
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smoke from a ?oor cannot get in due to a constant
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pressure difference
biological and chemical agents are ?ltered out by a the
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plished by inserting springs into the doorframe that Will push
supply.
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tunnel 103 (if any provided) and all traf?c must be stopped
simultaneously. Even if the volume of the service tunnel 104
Were only a half of the tunnel 103, the amount of the released
atmosphere.
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get into safety of the tunnel 104 just by Walking against the
103 and a service tunnel 104. Main tubes 102 and 103 are
open at their ends for traf?c. Tube 104 is build as a hermetic
?re.
3. Providing a totally safe ?re escape area With the
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contaminants;
said compartment having multiple entries, each With an
airlock or a door, and selectively communicating
trough said entries With an adjacent normobaric envi
ronment and providing an access in both directions;
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building.
9. The system according to claim 1 Wherein
said compartment being an external staircase shaft of a
ment.
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?res.
6. The system according to claim 1 Wherein
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atmosphere inside by mixing With and replacing said
ambient air; a hypoxic air generation device supplying
said hyperbaric compartment With the hypoxic air and
constantly maintaining a hyperbaric pressure inside;
said hypoxic air generation device producing the hypoxic
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detection system;
said ?re detection system comprising multiple ?re and
side atmosphere;
system.
staircase shaft;
erty;
an oxygen-extraction device communicating With said
side;
tion chamber;
said hyperbaric hypoxic atmosphere being an oxygen