Nuclear blast and fall-out shelter
OwnerNader D. Darogainventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a nuclear blast and fall-out shelter to contain a number of persons completely enclosed for several weeks and is provided with oxygen supply means, air conditioning means, and hand operated pump for introducing external air if required, the oxygen, CO.sub.2 and CO contents all being controlled to maintain life for the occupants.
Claims12
A nuclear blast and fall-out shelter having a chamber, oxygen supply means disposed within the chambers, a flowmeter and an automatic controller connected to the oxygen supply means for controlling the supply of oxygen, oxygen delivery ducting connected to the flowmeter for introducing the oxygen into the chamber, an intake ducting in the chamber for intake of air from the chamber, an air purifying means connected to the intake ducting for removing CO and CO.sub.2 from the chamber air, air delivery ducting connected to the purifying means for delivering purified air to the chamber, means connected to the intake ducting to draw air through said air intake ducting and send the air through the purifying means and into said delivery ducting, means in the chamber for automatically measuring the proportion of CO and CO.sub.2 in the air in the chamber and giving an alarm signal in case of danger, an air intake duct connected to the chamber for drawing external air into the chamber through said air intake duct, hand operated means connected to the intake duct for drawing external air into the chamber through said air intake duct, and over-pressure valve means connected to the chamber for controlling air pressure in said chamber.
A nuclear blast and fall-out shelter comprising,
- a chamber having spaced apart double steel sheet walls separated by steel I-beams,
- a plurality of oxygen supply tanks disposed within a portion of the chamber,
- a flowmeter and automatic control means, connected to the plurality of oxygen supply tanks, for automatically releasing oxygen into the chamber through first ducting disposed along a lower portion of the chamber,
- exhausting means, connected to ducting disposed along an upper portion of the chamber, for withdrawing air from within the chamber, and for delivering the air through a soda-lime filter back to the chamber through second ducting disposed along the lower portion of the chamber, and
- means, disposed within the chamber, for measuring the proportion of CO and CO.sub.2 in the chamber air, and for alarming occupants of dangerous levels of CO and CO.sub.2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.