Flood evacuation system for subterranean telecommunications vault
AssigneePowerwave Technologies, Inc.
InventorMichael Patrick Flynn
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Abstract
An improved vault that facilitates the underground storage of electronic equipment, such as instrumentation for wireless telecommunications antenna systems. The vault preferably includes an flood evacuation system that prevents the electronic equipment from being submerged under water when the vault floods, a break-away lid to reduce or minimize injury, and a grated lid to prevent water from entering the main equipment chamber.
Claims44
A cabinet for underground storage of electronic equipment, comprising:
- an enclosure having a separate main compartment;
- a plurality of vertically oriented guide rails positioned within the cabinet;
- an equipment rack positioned within the enclosure having rack posts positioned adjacent to respective guide rails, wherein said guide rails guide the vertical ascent and descent of the rack into and out of the cabinet;
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- a flotation device coupled to the rack wherein said flotation device raises the equipment rack as the water level within the main compartment rises.
A cabinet for underground storage of electronic equipment, comprising an enclosure, a separate radio equipment compartment within the enclosure, and a flood evacuation system mounted within the enclosure to lift electronic radio equipment within the radio equipment compartment out of the enclosure, wherein said flood evacuation system raises the equipment rack as the water level within the radio equipment compartment rises and wherein the flood evacuation system includes means to stabilize the equipment rack as the equipment rack is raised.
A transceiver station comprising a vertical structure, an antenna mounted atop of the vertical structure, a cabinet having an enclosure including a separate main compartment housing transceiver circuitry in electrical communication with the antenna, and a flood evacuation system mounted within the enclosure to lift electronic equipment out of the enclosure as the level within the main compartment rises.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.