US 11,524,323 B2Granted

Decontamination device and method for military materiel

AssigneeUtilis

InventorsPhilippe Prevost, Thibaut Kieffer

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Abstract

A device for the decontamination of materiel, notably an aircraft such as a military helicopter, using a nuclear, biological and/or chemical decontaminant. The device includes a protective cover that can be adapted to the shape of the materiel, able to form a fluid tight decontamination tunnel around the materiel; at least one decontamination module able to eliminate the contamination from the materiel arranged inside the tunnel formed by the protective cover; an air-blowing module able to be arranged at the entrance to the tunnel formed by the protective cover in order to dispatch air into the said tunnel; and a filtration module able to be positioned at the exit from the tunnel formed by the protective cover in order to destroy contaminated air vapours and/or to recover the decontaminant at the exit from the said tunnel.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A device for the decontamination of materiel, comprising:

a protective cover adaptable to the shape of the materiel, able to form a sealed decontamination tunnel around said materiel, the protective cover having an inner surface forming an interior of the tunnel to house the materiel;
a ground carpet able to cooperate in a sealed manner with the protective cover to constitute a floor of the tunnel formed by said protective cover, the ground carpet made of flexible material;
a decontamination module, able to eliminate the contamination of the materiel placed inside the tunnel formed by the protective cover;
an air-blowing module sealed to the entrance of the tunnel formed by the protective cover in order to send air into the interior of the tunnel;
and
a filtration module sealed to the exit of the interior of the tunnel formed by the protective cover to destroy the vapours of contaminated air and/or to retrieve the decontaminant product at the exit of said tunnel,
wherein air enters and leaves the interior of the decontamination tunnel only through the entrance, the exit and the decontamination module.

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Facts

Application: 16/478,398Filed 26 Feb 2018
Priority: FR 17 51 49424 Feb 2017
Published: US 2019/0366399 A15 Dec 2019
Granted: 13 Dec 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B08B 15/02
Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area: using chambers or…
B08B 5/02
Cleaning by methods involving the use of air flow or gas flow: cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities
B64F 1/005
Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations: protective coverings for aircraft not in use
B64F 5/30
Designing, manufacturing, assembling, cleaning, maintaining or repairing aircraft, not otherwise provided for; Handling, transporting, testing…