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US 7,963,073 B1Granted
Relocatable concrete armory vault
AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated
InventorsJames Pellegrene, Gregg Zuckett, Jeffery Augustine
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Abstract
A relocatable concrete armory includes an outer vestibule and an inner vault separated by a dividing wall. A vestibule door provides entry to the concrete vestibule. A steel vault door and a security daygate are mounted to the dividing wall and provide entry to the concrete vault. The interior surface of the armory includes insulation panels embedded in concrete. The armory can be integrally lifted via removable lifting cams attached to concrete side walls. The concrete has a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi.
Claims20
Apparatus comprising:
- a relocatable armory enclosure, including:
- a plurality of concrete walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
- wherein the walls are operatively connected to each other forming an integral unit,
- wherein each side wall includes a plurality of lifting earn mounting fixtures,
- wherein each mounting fixture comprises a metal lifting cam mounting plate,
- wherein each lifting cam mounting plate is configured to have a lifting cam removably mechanically mounted thereto via a plurality of fasteners,
- wherein each lifting cam mounting plate includes a plurality of threaded portions,
- wherein each respective threaded portion is configured to receive a threaded portion of a respective fastener of the plurality of fasteners,
- wherein each side wall comprises metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
- wherein at least a portion of each lifting cam mounting plate of a respective side wall is embedded in concrete of the respective side wall,
- wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete,
- at least one security door,
- wherein the at least one security door is movable to permit passage of personnel between an area outside the enclosure and an area inside the enclosure.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a relocatable armory enclosure, including:
- a plurality of walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
- wherein the walls are operatively connected to each other,
- wherein each wall includes an outer surface exposed to ambient,
- wherein each wall includes an inner surface,
- wherein each side wall comprises metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
- a vestibule,
- wherein the vestibule includes a vestibule door,
- a vault,
- wherein the rear wall and each side wall forms a respective wall of the vault,
- a dividing wall,
- wherein the dividing wall separates the vestibule from the vault,
- wherein the dividing wall includes a vault door,
- wherein the vault door is interior of the vestibule door,
- wherein the dividing wall includes a daygate,
- wherein the daygate is positioned between the vestibule door and the vault door,
- lifting cam mounting fixtures,
- wherein the mounting fixtures are attached to at least one of the walls.
- wherein each mounting fixture is configured to have a lifting cam removably mounted thereto,
- wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete.
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A method comprising:
- (a) lifting a relocatable armory enclosure via lifting cams removably mounted to side walls of the enclosure,
- wherein the enclosure includes
- a plurality of concrete walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
- wherein the plurality of walls are operatively connected to each other forming an integral unit,
- wherein each side wall includes a plurality of lifting cam mounting fixtures,
- wherein each lifting cam is removably mechanically mounted to a respective lifting cam mounting fixture via a plurality of fasteners,
- wherein each mounting fixture comprises a metal lifting cam mounting plate,
- wherein each lifting cam mounting plate includes a plurality of threaded portions,
- wherein each respective threaded portion is configured to receive a threaded portion of a respective fastener of the plurality of fasteners,
- wherein the side walls each comprise metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
- wherein at least a portion of each lifting cam mounting plate of a respective side wall is embedded in concrete of the respective side wall,
- wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete,
- at least one security door,
- wherein the at least one security door is movable to permit passage of personnel between an area outside the enclosure and an area inside the enclosure,
- wherein the lifting applies a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete;
- and
- (b) dismounting the lifting cams from the armory enclosure,
- wherein the dismounting includes removing respective fasteners from respective threaded portions of at least one lifting cam mounting plate,
- wherein the dismounted lifting cams are reusable for remounting to the armory enclosure at the lifting cam mounting fixtures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.