Underground Shelter with Air-Intake System
AssigneeAtlas Survival Shelters LLC
InventorRonal Hubbard
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Abstract
A sheltering system comprised of a housing unit made of at least one panel connected to a base with one or more entrances into the housing unit and a structural framework with at least one beam that extends the length or width of a panel or base on the housing unit. The beam has at least one notch near the joining of two panels or a panel and the base. The housing unit may be connected to an air intake system that allows for air to move into the interior of the housing unit and then egress out.
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An air intake system for an underground shelter, the system comprising:
- an at least one surface intake pipe connected to a corresponding sloped intake pipe which is connected to a corresponding vertical intake pipe, wherein the vertical intake pipe is attached to an exterior of the underground shelter, and wherein the sloped intake pipe is angled downward away from the point at which the corresponding vertical intake pipe is connected to the corresponding sloped intake pipe, wherein condensation that forms in the sloped intake pipe is allowed to drain away from the corresponding vertical intake pipe and into the corresponding surface intake pipe, and wherein air located above ground, outside of the underground shelter, traverses through the at least one surface intake pipe, through the corresponding sloped intake pipe, and through the corresponding vertical intake pipe to enter the interior of the underground shelter;
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- an at least one vertical exhaust pipe which is connected to a corresponding surface exhaust pipe, wherein the at least one vertical exhaust pipe is attached to an exterior of the underground shelter, and wherein air located in the interior of the underground shelter traverses through the at least one vertical exhaust pipe and through the corresponding surface exhaust pipe to egress out of the interior of the underground shelter.
An air intake system for an underground shelter, the system comprising:
- a vertical intake pipe connected to an exterior of the underground shelter and extending substantially vertically from the underground shelter;
- a sloped intake pipe connected to the vertical intake pipe;
- a surface intake pipe connected to the sloped intake pipe;
- wherein the sloped intake pipe is angled downward away from the point at which it is connected to the vertical intake pipe such that condensation within the sloped intake pipe drains away from the vertical intake pipe and into the surface intake pipe;
- wherein the vertical intake pipe, sloped intake pipe, and surface intake pipe are arranged such that air from above ground traverses into and through the surface intake pipe, through the sloped intake pipe, and through the vertical intake pipe to enter an interior of the underground shelter;
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- a vertical exhaust pipe connected to a corresponding surface exhaust pipe, wherein the vertical exhaust pipe is attached to an exterior of the underground shelter, and wherein the vertical exhaust pipe and the surface exhaust pipe are arranged such that air from the interior of the underground shelter traverses into and through the vertical exhaust pipe and through the surface exhaust pipe to egress out of the interior of the underground shelter.
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