EP1226392B1 - Working environment room - Google Patents

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EP1226392B1
EP1226392B1 EP00975112A EP00975112A EP1226392B1 EP 1226392 B1 EP1226392 B1 EP 1226392B1 EP 00975112 A EP00975112 A EP 00975112A EP 00975112 A EP00975112 A EP 00975112A EP 1226392 B1 EP1226392 B1 EP 1226392B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F3/00—Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatment; Apparatus specially designed for such systems
    • F24F3/12—Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatment; Apparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling
    • F24F3/16—Air-conditioning systems in which conditioned primary air is supplied from one or more central stations to distributing units in the rooms or spaces where it may receive secondary treatment; Apparatus specially designed for such systems characterised by the treatment of the air otherwise than by heating and cooling by purification, e.g. by filtering; by sterilisation; by ozonisation
    • F24F3/163—Clean air work stations, i.e. selected areas within a space which filtered air is passed

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  • the present invention relates to a working environment room comprising at least four substantially elongate, vertical legs which have a lower end and an upper end, and a ceiling which is joined to the legs at the upper end of the respective legs and which interconnects the legs.
  • Air-borne residual products are often generated or emanate in welding, grinding, painting, washing or similar work. For instance, when welding flue gases commonly emanate, when grinding particles of ground-off material usually emanate, when painting solvents and splashes of paint often emanate, and when washing solvents or relatively strong detergents often emanate. In many cases, these residual products are injurious to people or to the environment. Many of the substances are injurious because they are used in high concentrations in the above-mentioned connections.
  • the local extractor consists of a fan which builds up a negative pressure in a tube or a pipe, whose end is adapted to be located in the vicinity of the area in which the residual product emanates.
  • the end of the tube can, for instance, be positioned immediately above the place where the welding is performed, thereby extracting the flue gas.
  • the fan conducts the air mixed with flue gas to a filter or directly to the outside where the flue gas can be released. If the residual products cannot be let out directly, the air is forced to pass a filter or some other type of cleaning means.
  • cleanrooms One way to provide a clean environment for operations that are sensitive to pollutants is to use so-called cleanrooms.
  • these cleanrooms are constructed such that a room is made tight and the overall ventilation of the room is controlled so as to obtain a pressure slightly above atmospheric in the room in relation to the ambient air. This positive pressure prevents pollutants in the form of air-borne particles from entering the room and destroying the work result. It is often necessary to build relatively large rooms, since all the work, storage of equipment, etc, must be effected in the room. Furthermore, it is often expensive to build and maintain such a room. In many industries, such rooms are not needed to a sufficiently large extent to justify the investments required.
  • One of the solutions can deal with the removal of residual products from a working area and the other solution can prevent undesired particles from entering the working area.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a solution to the above-mentioned problems.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a working environment room which is flexible so that it can be used in many different applications without necessitating any modification.
  • a working environment room which is of the kind stated by way of introduction and which is characterised in that the legs support fan means which are adapted to be driven in at least two operating modes, i.e. supply of air to the room and exhaustion of air from the room, respectively, and that each fans means is individually controllable between said two operating modes for adjustment of the air change of the working environment room.
  • the legs each support a fan means which is individually controllable, it is possible to obtain air flows which are directed in a desired manner through the room.
  • the air can, for instance, be driven in a certain direction by one or more adjacent fan means supplying air and one or more opposed fan means exhausting air. This provides a distinct transport of air from the supply to the exhaustion. Owing to this transport of air, residual products in the form of flue gas or the like can be removed.
  • the fan means can be individually controlled, it is also possible to provide a positive pressure, or negative pressure if desired, which can block the inflow of dust or other air-borne polluting particles into the working environment room.
  • the inventive working environment room solves all the problems stated above. Residual products can be exhausted, pollutants can be kept out and the room can be used for various fields of application without necessitating any modification.
  • each leg supports an air duct which is connected to said fan means and which extends along substantially the entire length of the leg.
  • the air can be supplied or exhausted in different positions along the extension of the leg, at the same time as the positioning of the fan means does not limit the operation.
  • each air duct has at least one main opening provided with a blade damper and facing the interior of the room for air supply or air exhaustion.
  • Each duct advantageously, has at least two main openings facing the interior of the room, the two openings being located in different positions along the extension of the leg.
  • control of the air flow can be further increased by providing each main opening with an individually operable damper.
  • the working environment room advantageously comprises a number of wall elements which are individually movable between a closed position, in which each wall element almost covers the substantially vertical, geometrical plane which is made up by two adjacent legs, and an open position, in which the wall elements are removed from said plane.
  • the walls cause the air change to be controlled even more by the fan means, instead of an air change taking place via the side surfaces of the room.
  • the air duct in each leg advantageously has two side openings, each of which is directed towards a respective leg of the two adjacent legs.
  • air curtains form in the planes which are made up by two adjacent legs.
  • the working environment room has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped which is defined by four substantially vertical, elongate legs 10, 20, 30, 40. Between them, the legs 10, 20, 30, 40 make up two long sides and two short sides. Both the long sides and the short sides can be covered or be left completely open by means of four individually movable wall elements 50, 60, 70, 80.
  • the wall elements 50, 60, 70, 80 can, for instance, be some kind of folding walls, louver walls or some other type of wall element that requires little space in its folded position or position open relative to the room, compared with the surface that it covers in its unfolded position or position closed relative to the room.
  • the four legs 10, 20, 30, 40 are connected at their upper ends by a rectangular frame construction 90 which supports a ceiling 91.
  • the ceiling 91 can be formed in one piece, but it can also be formed of a number of separate elements 91a-c.
  • leg 20 The construction of a leg 20 will be described below.
  • the other legs 10, 30, 40 are constructed in a corresponding manner. In the description, reference will be made to parts of said leg 20 and in the drawings corresponding reference numerals will be used for corresponding parts of the other legs 10, 30, 40.
  • the leg 20 is hollow and thus supports or defines a duct 21 which extends substantially in the entire longitudinal direction of the leg 20. At its upper end, the leg 20 supports a fan 22, which is adapted to supply or exhaust air from the interior of the room.
  • the fan 22 is frequency controlled and can be controlled so as to conduct air in both directions and in a number of different air transport capacity levels.
  • the duct 21 has three main openings 23a-c which are spaced-apart and aligned on top of each other along the longitudinal extension of the leg 20.
  • the three main openings 23a-c have equal dimensions and cover almost the entire length of the leg.
  • Each of the main openings 23a-c is provided with a blade damper, which is individually operable in such a manner that it can be adjusted so as to direct an air flow emanating from the respective openings in an optional direction, both as concerns the vertical and the horizontal direction. In case of an inflow of air, the air can be drawn from an optional direction in a corresponding manner.
  • Each of the dampers can also be closed so that the air change through the respective openings is blocked.
  • side openings 24a-c and 25a-c are provided with dampers corresponding to those of the main openings 23a-c.
  • the leg 20 has the shape of a quarter of a uniform hexagon.
  • the lines that separate the cross-section of the leg 20 from a hexagon are directed away from the room and the only remaining unbroken edge extends diagonally in the room.
  • the main openings 23a-c are located on said unbroken edge, whereas the side openings 24a-c and 25a-c are situated on the edge faces which are divided in halves and directed towards the adjacent legs 10 and 40, respectively.
  • the main openings 23a-c and the side openings 24a-c and 25a-c cover substantially the entire side faces in the cross-section of the duct 21, which means that the faces of almost the entire leg 20 which are facing the room consist of openings 23a-c, 24a-c, 25a-c provided with dampers.
  • the other legs 10, 30, 40 are constructed in a corresponding manner and features corresponding to those described above are shown in the drawings.
  • the air flow can, for instance, be controlled so as to create a draught from the floor on one side of the room to the ceiling on the other, opposite side of the room. It would also be possible to make the draught form a number of diagonals extending parallel to each other horizontally from one corner to the other corner of the room.
  • the air flows can be controlled in an endless number of ways depending on current needs.
  • a kind of air barrier is provided which further blocks the passage of particles between the interior of the room and the ambient air.
  • the respective legs 10, 20, 30, 40 support a wheel 16, 26, 36, 46 which is adapted to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the leg 10, 20, 30, 40.
  • the wheels 16, 26, 36, 46 When the wheels 16, 26, 36, 46 are in an extended position the entire room can be moved, and when they are in a retracted position the room rests firmly on the base since the respective legs 10, 20, 30, 40 abut directly against the base.
  • the fan systems 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42 in the legs 10, 20, 30, 40 can also be supplemented with air ducts 92 in the frame construction 90 that interconnects the legs 10, 20, 30, 40 and supports the ceiling 91.
  • These air ducts 92 can communicate with the other parts of the ventilation system 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42 of the room.
  • the ducts 92 are provided with a number of openings 93 which can be provided with dampers.
  • the room is intended to be used in a connection where a number of working stations are successively arranged.
  • a number of working stations may, for instance, be sufficient that the two long sides have removable walls.
  • use can be made of one or both of the short side walls to hang up tools and the like. If the working stations are located along an existing wall, it is also conceivable to replace one of the walls with a sealing or the like abutting against the fixed wall.
  • the room can also have a shape other than rectangular, and for instance be square, but it can also have more corners and other more complicated shapes.
  • the arrangement of fans in the legs ensures good ventilation also when other shapes are used.
  • the treatment of the air entering or leaving the room depends on in what connection and for what purpose the room is used. In some cases, the air change is sufficient, while in other cases some kind of filtration may be necessary.
  • the room can be used indoors as well as outdoors.
  • the ventilation means can, for instance, also serve as a hot-air source to supply heat but also to create a draught in the room.

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SE9903904A SE515063C2 (sv) 1999-10-29 1999-10-29 Arbetsmiljörum omfattande ett tak anslutet till åtminstone fyra ben uppbärande fläktorgan, vilka kan tillföra resp. bortföra luft från rummet
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NL2000530C2 (nl) * 2007-03-08 2008-09-09 Martin Van Schaik Gebouw voorzien van een werkplek, alsmede systeem en werkwijze voor het stofarm houden van de werkplek.
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