Battery collection and transport system with automated fire suppression
AssigneeRedwood Materials, Inc.
InventorJacob Daniel Goodman
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for collecting batteries and other devices for disposal or recycling and suppressing fires during storage and/or transportation. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide a battery collection and fire suppression system comprising a battery collection bin with side vents in one or more sides of the battery collection bin. Also, in some embodiments, disclosed systems may include modular inserts configured to be inserted into the battery collection bin. Further, in some implementations, the disclosed systems may include fire suppressant configured to be inserted into the battery collection bin about the modular inserts that automatically is deployed during a thermal event.
Claims20
A battery collection and fire suppression system comprising:
- a battery collection bin comprising an inner cavity and a lid configured to selectively provide access to the inner cavity;
- at least one modular insert configured to be inserted and held in place within the inner cavity of the battery collection bin, the at least one modular insert being sized and configured to hold one or more batteries;
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- one or more fire suppressant pillows positioned above the inner cavity of the battery collection bin, the one or more fire suppressant pillows being configured to automatically deploy fire suppressant into the inner cavity during a thermal event.
A battery collection and fire suppression system comprising:
- a battery collection bin comprising an outer wall, an inner wall defining an inner cavity, and an inter-wall void between the outer wall and the inner wall;
- at least one modular insert configured to be inserted and held in place within the inner cavity of the battery collection bin, the at least one modular insert being sized and configured to hold one or more batteries;
- one or more outer wall vents in the outer wall;
- one or more inner wall vents in the inner wall;
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- a filtering material within the inter-wall void;
- wherein the one or more outer wall vents are offset from the one or more inner wall vents such that gases passing from the one or more inner wall vents to the one or more outer wall vents must pass through the filtering material within the inter-wall void.
A battery collection and fire suppression system comprising:
- a battery collection bin comprising an inner cavity and a lid configured to selectively provide access to the inner cavity;
- at least one modular insert configured to be inserted and held in place within the inner cavity of the battery collection bin, wherein the at least one modular insert comprises a plurality of sleeves, wherein each sleeve of the plurality of sleeves:
- is sized and configured to hold one or more batteries;
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- is configured to prevent heat and flames of a battery therein undergoing a thermal event from spreading to adjacent sleeves of the plurality of sleeves;
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- fire suppressant within the inner cavity of the battery collection bin positioned about the plurality of sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.