Personal safety system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9243417-B2
Application number	US-201213421140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2012
Priority date	Mar 16, 2011
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

A personal safety system with a security entrance ( 4 ), a holding room ( 5 ) connected to security entrance ( 4 ), an air curtain device ( 2 ) at an entrance door ( 3 ) of the security entrance ( 4 ), allows a persons to reach the holding room in a short time. To accomplish the object a circulating air system ( 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26 ) is provided for the interior space enclosed by the security entrance ( 4 ) and for the holding room ( 5 ). The circulating air system ( 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26 ) includes at least one air delivery unit ( 18 ) and a toxic gas filter ( 19 ), an air flushing device ( 28, 30, 31 ) with air storage units ( 29 ) for the holding room ( 5 ) and a gas supply duct ( 27 ) in the holding room ( 5 ) for respirator products.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A personal safety system comprising:
a security entrance with an entrance door, said security entrance enclosing a security entrance interior space;
a holding room connected to said security entrance, said holding room enclosing a holding room interior space;
an air curtain device at said entrance door of said security entrance;
an circulating air system for said security entrance interior space enclosed by said security entrance and for said holding room interior space, said circulating air system comprising at least one air delivery unit, a holding room feed duct, a holding room air return duct, a security entrance air feed duct, a security entrance air return duct and a toxic gas filter, said holding room feed duct and said holding room air return duct being arranged in said holding room, said security entrance air feed duct and said security entrance air return duct being arranged in said security entrance, said toxic gas filter being arranged in said security entrance, said toxic gas filter being connected to one or more of said holding room feed duct, said holding room air return duct, said security entrance air feed duct and said security entrance air return duct;
an air flushing device comprising air storage units for said holding room; and
a gas supply duct for respirator products.

2. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said air curtain device comprises an air curtain device air feed duct, an air curtain device air return duct and an air curtain device blower.

3. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 2 , wherein said security entrance air feed duct is arranged adjacent to said air curtain device air feed duct, said security entrance air return duct being arranged adjacent to said air curtain device air return duct.

4. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said circulating air system is a common circulating air system for said security entrance and said holding room, said common circulating air system having said security entrance air feed duct and said security entrance air return duct in said security entrance space, a blower with said toxic gas filter between said security entrance air return duct and said security entrance air feed duct and a reversing valve on a discharge side of said blower, wherein said reversing valve establishes a security entrance gas path in a first switching position, said security entrance gas path comprising said blower, said security entrance air feed duct, said security entrance air return duct and said toxic gas filter, wherein air is delivered to said security entrance via said security entrance air feed duct and said security entrance air return duct receives fluid from said security entrance interior space such that said fluid is filtered via said toxic gas filter to provide filtered air with said reversing valve in said first switching position, wherein said filtered air is delivered to said security entrance via said blower with said reversing valve in said first switching position, said reversing valve establishing a holding room gas path in a second switching position, said holding room gas path comprising said blower, said holding room air feed duct, said holding room air return duct and said toxic gas filter, wherein air is delivered to said holding room interior space via at least said security entrance return duct and said holding room air feed duct with said reversing valve in said second switching position, said holding room air return duct receiving holding room fluid from said holding room interior space such that said holding room fluid is filtered by said toxic gas filter to provide filtered holding room fluid with said reversing valve in said second switching position, wherein said holding room air feed duct receives said filtered holding room fluid via said blower with said reversing valve in said second switching position.

5. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 4 , wherein said air storage units of said air flushing device are connected to said another air feed duct in said holding room.

6. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said air flushing device and/or said circulating air system are designed for a flushing flow rate of at least 600 m 3 /hr.

7. A personal safety system comprising:
an enclosed space with a holding room, an entrance door, a security entrance space between said holding room and said entrance door, a holding room wall to delimit said holding room and a passage door providing a passage through said holding room wall to provide access between said holding room and said security entrance space;
an air curtain device at said entrance door;
an circulating air system for said enclosed space, said circulating air system comprising at least one air delivery unit and a toxic gas filter, wherein said circulating air system is a common circulating air system for said security entrance space and said holding room, said common circulating air system having an air feed duct and an air return duct in said security entrance space, a blower with said toxic gas filter between said air return duct and said air feed duct and a reversing valve on a discharge side of said blower, wherein said reversing valve establishes a gas path to said air feed duct in a first switching position and establishes a gas path to another air feed duct in said holding room in a second switching position;
an air flushing device comprising air storage units for supplying air in said holding room; and
a gas supply duct with a plurality of respirator products provided in said holding room.

8. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said air curtain device comprises an air curtain device air feed duct, an air curtain air return duct and an air curtain blower, wherein said security entrance air feed duct is arranged adjacent to said air curtain device air feed duct, said security entrance air return duct being arranged adjacent to said air curtain device air return duct.

9. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 8 , wherein said reversing valve establishes a security entrance gas path in a first switching position, said security entrance gas path comprising said blower, said security entrance air feed duct, said security entrance air return duct and said toxic gas filter, wherein air is delivered to said security entrance via said security entrance air feed duct and said security entrance air return duct receives fluid from said security entrance interior space such that said fluid is filtered via said toxic gas filter to provide filtered air with said reversing valve in said first switching position, wherein said filtered air is delivered to said security entrance via said blower with said reversing valve in said first switching position, said reversing valve establishing a holding room gas path in a second switching position, said holding room gas path comprising said blower, said holding room air feed duct, said holding room air return duct and said toxic gas filter, wherein air is delivered to said holding room interior space via said holding room air feed duct and said holding room air return duct receives holding room fluid from said holding room interior space such that said holding room fluid is filtered by said toxic gas filter to provide filtered holding room fluid with said reversing valve in said second switching position, wherein said holding room air feed duct receives said filtered holding room fluid via said blower with said reversing valve in said second switching position.

10. The personal safety system in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said air storage units of said air flushing device are connected to sa

Assignees

• Diercks Dietmar
• Draeger Safety Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Diercks Dietmar

Classifications

• F24F2221/44

  Protection from terrorism or theft · CPC title

• F24F2009/005

  combined with a door · CPC title

• F24F9/00

  Use of air currents for screening, e.g. air curtains · CPC title

• F24F7/06

  with forced air circulation, e.g. by fan {positioning of a ventilator in or against a conduit} · CPC title

• F24F13/24

  Means for preventing or suppressing noise · CPC title