Cleanroom pass-thru chamber and method of construction
AssigneeLaminar Flow Inc.
InventorEric Diccianni
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Abstract
A method of constructing a cleanroom pass-thru chamber includes bending a single sheet of material into a monolithic frame having a first side, an opposing second side, a third side extending between the first and second sides, an open front end and an open rear end. The first side defines a first lip at a free end thereof and the second side defines a second lip at a free end thereof. The monolithic frame is bent to form four coved internal corners. The first lip and the second lip define an open portion therebetween. A first plate is attached to the two opposing lips and extends therebetween, closing the open portion of the monolithic frame, thereby forming an inner shell. The inner shell is positioned within, and attached to, an outer frame.
Claims20
A method of constructing a cleanroom pass-thru chamber comprising the steps of:
- bending a single sheet of material into a monolithic frame having a first side, an opposing second side, a third side extending between the first and second sides, an open front end and an open rear end, the first side defining a first lip at a free end thereof and the second side defining a second lip at a free end thereof, the first lip and the first side being bent to have a first coved corner therebetween, the first side and the third side being bent to have a second coved corner therebetween, the third side and the second side being bent to have a third coved corner therebetween, the second side and the second lip being bent to have a fourth coved corner therebetween, and the first lip and the second lip defining an open portion therebetween;
- attaching a first plate to the first lip and to the second lip, the plate extending, and closing the open portion of the monolithic frame, therebetween, and, in turn, forming an inner shell having a continuous periphery;
- positioning the inner shell within an outer frame, the outer frame having an open front end and an open rear end;
- attaching the inner shell to the outer frame;
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- attaching at least one of a front door to the open front end of the outer frame and a rear door to the open rear end of the outer frame.
A cleanroom pass-thru chamber comprising:
- an inner shell comprising:
- a single sheet of material bent into a monolithic frame having a first side, an opposing second side, a third side extending between the first and second sides, an open front end and an open rear end, the first side defining a first lip at a free end thereof and the second side defining a second lip at a free end thereof, the first lip and the first side being bent to have a first coved corner therebetween, the first side and the third side being bent to have a second coved corner therebetween, the third side and the second side being bent to have a third coved corner therebetween, the second side and the second lip being bent to have a fourth coved corner therebetween, and the first lip and the second lip defining an open portion therebetween;
- a first plate attached to the first lip and to the second lip, the plate extending, and closing the open portion of the monolithic frame, therebetween, such that the inner shell defines a continuous periphery;
- an outer wrapper comprising:
- an outer frame having an open front end and an open rear end;
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- the inner shell being positioned within, and attached to, the outer wrapper;
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- at least one of a front door attached to the open front end of the outer wrapper and a rear door attached to the open rear end of the outer wrapper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.