Method and apparatus for collecting and discharging radon gas and fluids
AssigneeSafe Aire, Inc.
InventorsJerry D. Jarnagin, Dennis W. Dawson
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for collecting radon gas and fluids primarily from the periphery of a subterranean enclosure and for discharging the collected fluids and radon gas to the exterior of the enclosure. The apparatus and method create a sealed system around the inside perimeter of the subterranean enclosure. A lower than ambient air pressure created in the system collects the radon gas and fluids therein. The radon gas and fluids separate and the system disposes of them separately.
Claims20
Apparatus for collecting gas and fluids from the periphery of a subterranean enclosure having walls and a floor defining a junction region therebetween and for discharging the collected gas and fluids outside the enclosure, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) collecting means disposed within the enclosure for collecting gas and fluids from predetermined zones outside the enclosure, said means being impervious to gas and fluids and defining a plurality of conduits in communication with said predetermined zones outside the enclosure, said means being generally disposed at the junction region;
- (b) means for creating a lower than ambient air pressure in said collecting means so that gas and fluids have a tendency to flow from the predetermined zones outside the enclosure through the conduits and into the collecting means, and for venting the gas outside the enclosure;
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- (c) means for draining the collected fluid from the collecting means and for disposing of the fluid.
A method for collecting radon gas and fluids from the periphery of a subterranean enclosure having walls and a floor defining a junction region therebetween and for discharging the collected gas and fluids outside the enclosure, the method comprising the steps of
- (a) forming a plurality of conduits proximate the junction permitting the flow of gas and fluids from predetermined zones outside the enclosure through the conduits and into the enclosure;
- (b) creating a lower than ambient air pressure within a collecting means disposed inside the enclosure that is in communication with the formed conduits so that gas and fluids have a tendency to flow into the collecting means from the predetermined zones outside the enclosure;
- (c) draining the fluid that has flowed into the collecting means;
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- (d) exhausting the gas that has flowed into the collecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.