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Title:
MEANS OF PROVIDING SAFE HAVEN WITHIN BUILDINGS DURING CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL ATTACK
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001007114
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A room in a building serving as a safe haven for human inhabitants against harmful agent attack such as chemical or biological weapon attack. The room provides an environment sealed from air-carried harmful agents wherein the sealing can be accomplished by blocking air ducts and air leakage around doors. The room can be specially built, retrofitted, or rapidly adapted to serve as a safe haven. The room can include an oxygen source such as an oxygen generator. One oxygen generator utilizes a chemical process to generate gaseous oxygen. The room preferably includes a carbon dioxide scrubber. The invention includes kits and methods for rapidly converting a room to a safe haven.

Inventors:
KREICHAUF RUTH D
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/019512
Publication Date:
May 03, 2001
Filing Date:
July 18, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HONEYWELL INC (US)
International Classes:
A62B11/00; A62B13/00; A62B15/00; C01B3/00; C01B13/02; (IPC1-7): A62B13/00; A62B11/00; A62B15/00
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