Fabric equipment guard
AssigneeAtlantic Richfield Company
InventorChong S. Yun
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Abstract
A flexible fabric machinery guard is characterized by one or more lightweight panels of porous, plastic-coated, woven glass fibers which are reinforced by non-porous fabric borders. The panels each include elongated, tension-bearing cables extending through sleeves formed in the panel fabric. Opposed gudgeon and pintle connectors interconnect the panels with upstanding support members so that the panels may be removed to permit access to the machinery space. The machinery guard provides ventilation for the machinery space, visual inspection of the machine from outside the machinery space and easy access thereto by removing and folding the panels.
Claims9
A machinery guard comprising:
- at least one elongated generally planar panel member forming a barrier to a machinery space and spaced apart support members for said panel member;
- connectors between each of said support members and said panel member for supporting said panel member to prevent incursion into said machinery space;
- said panel member has opposed, substantially rigid end members for securing said panel member to said connectors and said panel member being formed of a sheet of reinforced flexible foraminous fabric and said fabric is sandwiched between reinforcing sheets having plural windows formed therein for exposure of said foraminous fabric and said panel member being removable from said support members and being foldable to provide access to said machinery space.
A machinery guard for enclosing a machine within a confined space comprising:
- spaced apart column members disposed to define a machinery space within an area bounded by said column members, collectively;
- opposed flexible panel members extending between respective pairs of said column members, said panel members each including connectors secured to opposite ends thereof for connection to cooperating connectors on said column members, respectively;
- each of said panel members comprising a sheet of foraminous fabric and flexible cable tension-bearing members extending between opposite ends of said panel members and operable to sustain tension forces exerted on said panel members when connected to said support members, respectively.
A machinery guard for enclosing a machine within a space comprising:
- spaced apart support members disposed to define a machinery space within an area bounded by said support members, collectively;
- opposed flexible panel members extending between said support members, each of said panel members including connectors secured to opposite ends thereof for connection to cooperating connectors on said support members, respectively;
- each of said panel members comprising a sheet of foraminous fabric of woven glass fibers coated with a fluorocarbon resin, opposed sheets of fluorocarbon resin coated fabric secured to said sheet of foraminous fabric such that said sheet of foraminous fabric is disposed between said sheets of resin coated fabric and at least one window in said sheets of resin coated fabric, respectively, for exposure of said sheet of foraminous fabric, and plural elongated sleeves formed in said panel members;
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- plural flexible cable tension-bearing members extending within said sleeves between opposite ends of each of said panel members and operable to sustain tension forces exerted on said panel members when connected to said support members, respectively.
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