Portable Building Containing Cabinets for Safely Storing Hazardous Production Materials
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew L. Prendergast, Randall B. Carey, Thomas W. Hanson
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Abstract
A storage system comprising a portable building having a climate-controlled interior space and a plurality of hazardous materials storage cabinets disposed in the interior space. The portable building contains no water sprinklers and no smoke detectors and has a floor that is sealed to prevent leakage of liquid. Each cabinet comprises metal double walls separated by an air space and a liquid-tight containment sump. Each cabinet is configured so that fire cannot spread from a space above a shelf to a space below the shelf. The storage system further comprises an electrical power connection and an HVAC unit mounted to an exterior of the portable building.
Claims20
A method for storing hazardous or flammable materials for use in a production facility, comprising:
- (a) placing a portable building at a first location within the production facility in accordance with a first facility configuration layout and without connecting the portable building to a water source using pipes;
- (b) storing hazardous or flammable materials inside the portable building in compliance with an applicable safety code governing storage of hazardous or flammable materials while the portable building is at the first location;
- (c) specifying a second facility configuration layout different than the first facility configuration layout;
- (d) moving the portable building to a second location within the production facility in accordance with the second facility configuration layout without connecting the portable building to a water source using pipes;
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- (e) storing hazardous or flammable materials inside the portable building in compliance with the applicable safety code while the portable building is at the second location.
A storage system for hazardous or flammable materials comprising:
- a portable building not equipped with an automatic fire suppression system and not connected to a water source by pipes;
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- a cabinet disposed in the interior space of the portable building, wherein the cabinet is constructed to contain fire and spills in compliance with an applicable safety code governing storage of hazardous or flammable materials without any connection to a water source.
A storage system comprising:
- a portable building that is not connected to a water source using pipes and has an interior space;
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- a plurality of cabinets disposed in the interior space of the portable building, wherein each cabinet of the plurality of cabinets comprises metal double walls separated by an air space and a liquid-tight containment sump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.