ES2616788T3 - Containment, archiving and storage set - Google Patents

Abstract

A containment, archiving and storage set of the type comprising at least one container (2) that defines within it a compartment (3) for housing products of various types and can slide between a configuration to rest on a surface facing the access opening to its inner compartment (3) and a configuration of separation of said surface, the at least one container (2) comprises, together with its walls, at least one respective panel (4) made of fire-resistant material and which it comprises at least one sensor to detect the configuration of said at least one container (2) with respect to said opposite surface, controlled by an apparatus chosen between a movement system, to automatically restore said rest configuration, and a signaling system, to indicate the configuration assumed by the at least one container (2) to the users, said containers (2) feel multiple, being mutually available As the cabinets of a shelf that can slide on guides (20), the edges (5) of said containers (2) that delimit said compartment (3) comprise a gasket band (6) that is held, during said configuration at rest, upon compression between the edge (5) of the containers (2) and the respective surface coupled thereto, said joint bands (6) being manufactured with intumescent material so that when they are stimulated by heat, they generate a reaction which creates a tight and fire-resistant seal in the regions of contact points between two adjacent (2) mutually compacted containers.

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DESCRIPTION Set of containment, archiving and storage.

The present invention relates to a set of containment, archiving and storage.

Cabinet systems and / or batteries and / or sliding units are known; said systems can be compacted with a manual movement, pushing or driving handwheels, and with an electromechanical movement. Such articles are used as archiving systems for documents, for example in archives and libraries and / or for containing various materials, for example in company stores or departments.

Fixed and static fire-resistant cabinets are known; Said cabinets are provided with intermediate spaces inserted inside the structure in order to protect the contents of fire.

Panels or plates with characteristics of protection against and / or fire resistance are known; These are manufactured with various materials (for example, plasterboard) and have different dimensions.

They are used, especially, in the construction sector as a wall covering or to create partitioned and fire-resistant compartments; by themselves, they cannot compose a load bearing structure.

Coatings with fire resistance characteristics are known; These, in the background of the technique, have the only function of guaranteeing a minimum degree of effective protection against fire on large surfaces. In the case of units for the intensive containment of materials, the coatings should be applied with substantial thicknesses that are difficult to fix.

Document US 5 160 190 A describes a mobile storage system that has multiple storage carts, where at least one of them can be moved on mounting glands to open and close at least one access aisle adjacent to a storage cart. A detection system is provided to prevent a movement of a storage cart when a person is detected in a corridor between the storage carts. Said detection system comprises a motion detector that provides a radiation pattern confined between the metal racks of the storage carts that act as a glutton.

GB 1 079 471 A describes a storage device comprising a series of trolleys with shelves that are selectively driven on a guideway to provide access to a car on one side of that transverse to the guided path. The cars have an initial position and return means are provided by which the movement of the car at a fixed distance from its initial position is followed by a movement back of each car to its initial position.

US 4 547 026 A describes a multi-unit storage system composed of reciprocally movable individual storage units on underlying vles that extend in a linear direction. A sealing arrangement is provided between adjacent storage units to carry out a sealing between adjacent units in a closed position; The sealing arrangement comprises first and second cooperative elements that extend around the outer periphery of the respective opposite adjacent end sides to be sealed.

The purpose of the present invention, as defined in the claims, is to solve the problems mentioned above, by proposing a set of appropriate content, archiving and storage to contain and archive multiple documents, products and the like.

Within the scope of said purpose, an object of the invention is to propose a set of appropriate content, file and storage to preserve its contents from the effects of a possible fire.

Another object of the invention is to propose a set of content, file and storage that makes it unnecessary to install a fire extinguishing system designed to protect said set and its contents.

Another object of the invention is to propose a set of containment, archiving and storage that has a much greater capacity than that of static fire-proof fixed cabinets.

Another object of the invention is to provide a set of containment, archiving and storage with modest costs, relatively easy to provide and safe to use.

According to the invention, a set of content, file and storage is provided, as defined in the appended claims.

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The additional features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of the set of content, file and storage according to the invention, illustrated by a non-restrictive example in the attached drawings, where:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention in the open configuration to access the interior compartment of the cabinets;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention in the closed configuration;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the exploded view of a cabinet of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention;

Figure 4 is a front view of the cabinet of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a side view of the cabinet of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view, taken along a vertical plane that is parallel to its sliding direction, of the cabinet of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention in the open configuration for accessing the interior compartment of the cabinets;

Figure 8 is a schematic top view of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention in the open configuration for accessing the interior compartment of the cabinets;

Figure 9 is a top view of a set of containment, archiving and storage according to the invention in the open configuration to access the interior compartment of the cabinets.

With particular reference to the figures, a set of containment, archiving and storage is designated, in general, with reference numeral 1.

The assembly 1 comprises at least one container 2, of the type of a cabinet, which internally defines a compartment 3 for housing products of various types.

The container 2 is of the type that can slide between a configuration to rest on a surface facing the opening to access its interior compartment 3 and a configuration of separation of said surface, in full compliance with what happens on the sliding shelves and stackable of the known type.

The at least one container 2 comprises, together with its walls, at least one respective panel 4 made of fire-resistant material.

The assembly 1 according to the invention, furthermore, comprises at least one sensor for detecting the configuration of the at least one container 2 with respect to the surface opposite it.

Said sensor is controlled by an apparatus chosen between a movement system, to automatically restore the rest configuration, and a signaling system, to indicate the configuration assumed by the at least one container 2 to the users.

In practice, the first case described, namely, the one provided with a movement apparatus to automatically restore the rest configuration, guarantees that the assembly 1 is incorrectly in the separation configuration, defining a corridor between the container 2 and the surface, after a pre-established period, the rest configuration that guarantees the protection of the products stored inside the compartment 3 of the container 2 is automatically restored.

With reference to the second case described, namely, the one provided with a signaling system to indicate the configuration assumed by the at least one container 2 to the users, it is specified that this guarantees that the set 1, if properly handled, Restore to the correct configuration of rest by the users (when it is not necessary to access compartment 3) following the report of an incorrect presence of the aisle (arrangement according to the open configuration).

It is specified that, according to a constructive solution of indisputable practice and application interest, the containers 2 (cabinets) are multiple and mutually arranged like the cabinets of a shelf that can slide on glues 20.

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The end containers 2, in the present case, have an opening to access the respective inner compartment 3 only on one side (the side facing the other intermediate containers 2), while the intermediate containers 2 have an opening to access at least one respective inner compartment 3 on both sides. The walls of each container 2 comprise panels 4 made of fire resistant material. Said panels are made of a material chosen, preferably, among fire-resistant polymers, polymers with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, wood derivatives with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants , metals, ceramic materials, glass wool, rock wool, wood wool with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, natural materials with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, materials that are covered, painted, coated with fire-resistant paints and / or combustion retardants.

According to a preferred constructive solution, the containers 2 are multiple and mutually aligned and can slide along the same direction, on the respective glues 20. The sliding occurs from a compacted configuration (corresponding to the rest configuration previously defined), in which the containers 2 rest against each other, and an open configuration, in which between the two consecutive containers 2 there is an empty space to carry out archiving, control, sampling and similar activities by the users.

It is convenient to specify that the at least one sensor associated with the assembly 1 is controlled by a control and operating unit to drive at least one actuator, preferably of the type of an electric motor associated with appropriate transmission mechanisms.

According to an additional possible constructive solution, the sensor is controlled by a control and handling unit to conduct at least one signaling apparatus, preferably of the type comprising at least one component of the type of a light source (an intermittent light, a light sign and the like), a siren, a buzzer and / or a screen for displaying alarm messages (in particular, it is not excluded that the alarm signaling can be carried out on the screens of the PCs associated with a computer network of the building of set installation 1).

The edges 5 of the at least one container 2 delimiting the compartment 3 preferably comprise a seal band 6 which is subject, during the rest configuration, to the compression between the edge 5 of the container 2 and the respective surface coupled thereto (for example, the edge 5 of the adjacent container 2).

Again with reference to the present constructive solution, it is specified that the edges 5 of an additional container 2 (which also delimits the respective compartment 3) comprise a perimeter seat for the partial accommodation, during the rest configuration, of the joint band 6 present in the attached container 2.

It is important to note that the seal bands 6 are manufactured with a material preferably selected from intumescent material, fire resistant material and delayed combustion material.

The assembly 1 also includes movement units for the containers 2 of the type chosen among manually operated devices, which comprise a movement handwheel associated with the respective transmission elements that are functionally associated with at least one container 2 and with the respective glues 20, and automatic movement apparatus, which comprise a movement device, of the type preferably chosen among the electric, pneumatic and hydraulic, associated with the respective transmission units that are functionally coupled to at least one container 2 and the respective glues 20.

The sensors used are preferably chosen from sensors of the optical, laser, mechanical, electronic type, equipped with photocell and the like and are arranged on a surface of each container 2, or on the respective glues 20, or on a wall of the installation environment that look to the set of containment 1.

Each container 2 may preferably comprise a back wall, at least two side walls, a bottom and a cover element.

The rear wall, the side walls, the lower part and the cover element comprise, in turn, the at least one respective panel 4 made of fire-resistant material, with an arrangement chosen among the provisions of an external coating, a stratification interior and a coupling by impregnation.

The set 1 according to the invention can, therefore, be compacted and acts as a fire protection for its content thanks to the specificity of its materials and the interconnection of its components, which makes it possible to carry out, with a single set 1 , the functions of:

- High density file or container of materials with a capacity much greater than that of static fixed fire-resistant cabinets, because it is composed of sliding cabinets and, therefore, uses a wider width and requires a single aisle to access the series of cabinets / containers 2 (while fixed fixed cabinets

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the fire can only be arranged side by side and not mutually compacted, requiring a fixed clearance to access each cabinet). Each static fire-resistant fixed cabinet has, in general, limited dimensions, which do not exceed 2 meters wide and 2 meters high for a maximum depth of approximately 1.2 meters. Each cabinet / container 2 that constitutes the assembly 1 according to the invention can have much larger dimensions that can reach several meters in height and width, and depths that are even greater than those of static fixed fire-resistant cabinets;

- fire protection for a substantial mass of material stored in a single containment structure.

The assembly 1 comprises a series of sliding cabinets / containers 2 with appropriate structural characteristics to easily move them manually or by means of an easy push movement even when they are fully loaded, or movable by a mechanical drive system with a decrease in the speed of stress or an electromechanical drive. The cabinets / containers 2 are arranged at right angles to their direction of sliding and joined together by compaction. They intensively use the entire available area and offer a large volume to contain the materials that will be stored. In order to access the series of cabinets / containers 2, since the cabinets / containers 2 are movable, it is necessary to create a single space, called "aisle", to carry out the collection or loading of materials within them.

The aisle is created, by moving the movable cabinet / container 2 or movable cabinets / containers 2, in the position required in each instance. The series of sliding movable cabinets / containers 2 can be completed at one end (head) by a fixed cabinet (end container 2) with a single front part to collect or introduce materials. The series of sliding movable cabinets / containers 2 may comprise one or more two-sided fixed cabinets / containers 2 against which, in the two front parts, movable cabinets / containers 2 are compacted.

In order to efficiently carry out not only the intensive containment function but also the fire protection function, the assembly 1 according to the invention specifically comprises:

- side sealing panels 4, provided for said purpose with specific plates on which the coatings and / or intermediate spaces and / or resin coatings and / or sheets made of fire resistant materials and / or materials with high fire resistance such as , for example, wool, fabrics, sheets, plates, fibers and / or sealed chambers of non-flammable gases or liquids (fire resistant and / or intumescent) are inserted and / or applied and / or incorporated and / or mounted, to carry It carries out the function of protecting the contents against fires, guaranteeing a fire resistance whose degree can be verified by laboratory tests. The assembly 1 can be provided, if necessary, with a rear panel 4 of total sealing that makes it possible to completely separate two adjacent environments, making it possible to cover the entire front part that is parallel to the sliding glues 20 and opposite to that of access to the movable cabinets / containers 2, which is also provided with the features described for the side sealing panels 4.

The central or lower sealing panels 4 (rear wall of the container 2) are also properly provided with specific plates on which the coatings and / or intermediate spaces and / or resin coatings and / or sheets made of fire-resistant materials and / or materials with high fire resistance such as wool, fabrics, sheets, plates, fibers and / or sealed chambers of non-flammable gases or liquids (fire resistant and / or intumescent) are inserted and / or applied and / or they incorporate and / or mount, to carry out the function of protecting the contents against fires, guaranteeing a fire resistance whose degree can be verified by laboratory tests.

The panels 4 have the function of separating the two front parts of a cabinet / container 2 from two fronts and acting as a back closure in the cabinets / containers 2 of a single front. The dimensions of the central sealing panels 4 have a height equal to that of each cabinet / container 2 with which they are associated and a width equal to that of a front part of each cabinet / container 2.

The sealing panels 4 on the base are suitably provided with specific plates on which the coatings and / or intermediate spaces and / or resin coatings and / or sheets made of fire resistant materials and / or fire resistant substances such as, by For example, wool, fabrics, sheets, plates, fibers and / or sealed chambers of non-flammable gases or liquids (fire resistant and / or intumescent) are inserted and / or applied and / or incorporated and / or mounted.

In this way, they will carry out the function of protecting the contents against fires, guaranteeing a fire resistance whose degree can be verified by laboratory tests.

The panels 4 have the function of creating the optimum level of fire protection near the ground, namely in the region closest to where the flames may be present in case of fire, therefore near the glues 20 on which the cabinets slide.

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The panels 4 are also arranged on the base, also constituting the first level of loading starting at the ground; it is not excluded that they can be arranged under the base in order to protect it, leaving only the sliding wheels exposed.

Similarly, two lower sealing parts can also be inserted, one above the base and the other below it.

The upper seal and the closing ceilings are adequately provided with specific plates on which the coatings and / or intermediate spaces and / or resin coatings and / or sheets made of fire-resistant materials and / or substances resistant to Fire such as wool, fabrics, sheets, plates, fibers and / or sealed chambers for non-flammable gases or liquids (fire resistant and / or intumescent) are inserted and / or applied and / or incorporated and / or mounted.

In this way, they carry out the function of protecting the contents against fires and guaranteeing a fire resistance whose degree can be verified by laboratory tests.

The ceilings (which also constitute panels 4) act as a protective covering for the top of each cabinet in assembly 1.

The sealing gasket bands 6 have the function of constituting a gasket and / or a connection on the side of its thickness between the panels 4 (lateral, posterior, inferior and superior) with those of the adjacent front part of the cabinet / container 2 adjacent in order to create a single sealed roof in case of fire.

The bands are manufactured with an appropriate material of the intumescent or other type, so that when stimulated by heat a reaction is generated that creates a tight and fire-resistant seal in the regions or points of contact between two mutually compacted adjacent cabinets.

The system with seal bands 6 can have the seal strip 6 in a front part of the cabinet / container 2 and the opposite front part can have an adapted system or a surface to house the opposite seal strip 6 with which it will make contact with in order to carry out the function of hermetic sealing and fire protection, creating a single partition compartment 3.

The movement device based on handle or based on steering wheel or electromechanical, in order to operate and facilitate the movement of movable cabinets / containers 2, is provided with an apparatus to block the sliding that facilitates the function of partition for protection against fires keeping the mutual contact configuration between adjacent cabinets / containers 2 blocked.

In order to complete the movement device, an optional device for the forced closure of the assembly 1 (forced global compaction of the cabinets / containers 2 of the assembly 1) can be included with electromagnetic lock / release with electromechanical actuation or other similar system that when activated, if it is stimulated and / or initiated after a light and / or acoustic warning, it allows, automatically, that the cabinets / containers 2 that, by accident, have been left in a non-adjacent position, move and arrive, all, to a compacted position with respect to the adjacent cabinet / container 2.

The assembly 1 according to the invention comprises, for each movable cabinet / container 2, a base to which the sliding wheels 7 are fixed and / or connected.

The base comprises the support bars 8 to which the posts or sides (the side walls and the back wall of each cabinet / container 2) are fixed or overlapped. The base comprises, for each movable cabinet / container 2, the central solid posts or sides that support, in adjustable positions, other components such as, for example, the shelves or accessories for the content of the materials to be stored.

The entire enclosure (namely, the cabinet / container assembly 2 that constitutes assembly 1) for fire protection is obtained by joining two protected compartment halves, namely fire-resistant (each defined within a respective cabinet / container 2).

The two compartment halves are adjacent, they look at each other and belong to two different cabinets / containers 2: the coupling of the two compartment halves is ensured by the continuity function carried out by the sealing gasket bands 6 arranged at the contact points between two adjacent front parts that have made contact due to compaction

The invention offers a much larger capacity and volume of content than conventional static fire protection cabinets.

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This is due to the fact that in conventional static fire-resistant cabinets access to the cabinets is parallel to the front of the cabinet itself and, therefore, the depth dimensions must be limited in order to be able to store or extract the materials easily or to avoid the creation of double or multiple rows of materials on the same shelf.

In the set 1 according to the invention, in which the access to the cabinets / containers 2 is at right angles to its front part, the depth does not constitute a limitation: the set 1 performs a partition function in compartments of the spaces , since it defines individual containment compartments, each with its own fire protection and fire resistance. The set 1 offers a passive fire protection and a high degree of fire resistance thanks to the specific components of the elements that constitute the hermetic sealing compartment. In assembly 1, although the cabinets / containers 2 are disconnected, they can be opened and explored in order to facilitate both the maximum capacity and the restriction of the space reserved for the access corridor, they manage to be a set of sealed and protected partitioned compartments namely, the cabinets / containers 2 can be moved and opened for the intensive containment function and the cabinets / containers 2 mutually seal each other when fire protection is activated.

The assembly 1 comprises a system of glues 20 that are fixed or rest on the existing floor or in the discharge installed on the existing floor, on which the sliding of the wheels 8 occurs, with which each movable cabinet / container 2 is provided on the bottom. For this reason, the assembly 1 comprises a platform, to compensate the height of the sliding glues 20 when they protrude from the existing floor, which has an area equal to the area occupied by the assembly 1.

The assembly 1 comprises external lateral covers with aesthetic functions that close and cover laterally the movable cabinets / containers 2 that, with their compaction, create a uniform front part on the access side or sides. The covers have a size according to the height of the rooms to be equated and the dimensions of the movable cabinets / containers 2.

The set 1 comprises movement systems based on handle or steering wheel located on the side walls of each cabinet / container 2, on which an action is applied in order to initiate movement for sliding of the cabinets / containers 2. Such systems they are connected to a reduction gear unit to reduce the effort of movement, which, by means of the drive through the transmission by belts or chains, transmits the movement by means of pulleys or gears to one or more axes to which fix sliding wheels of movable cabinets / containers 2. The movement of the cabinets / containers 2 can also occur electrically; therefore, there is a version with electric drive comprising, within the base, an electric movement system with an electric motor. The electrically operated version comprises the electronic components for handling, controlling, starting and stopping the movement of the cabinets / containers 2. This version includes the optical and mechanical safeguards to block the movement of the movable cabinets / containers 2, if necessary, ace! like numerical keyboards or buttons to control the drive.

The assembly 1 also comprises a system to prevent the rattling of the movable cabinets / containers 2 and the respective locks for the complete and partial closure of the series of cabinets / containers 2 arranged, for example, at one end of the assembly 1.

All components can be manufactured with metallic materials, wood materials, glass materials, mineral fibers, rock, plaster, plastic, ceramic, brick, masonry, concrete, resin, paper, cardboard, even combined with each other, they can be painted, do not finish, treat, engrave, mold, decorate, melt, weave, laminate, mix, extrude, draw, paint, cover, coat, stamp with stencil, plasticize, couple.

The set 1 is particularly effective for the preservation of the material contained against fires and, at the same time, allows to guarantee an intense capacity of containment or makes it possible, by increasing the availability of the containment capacity, to avoid looking for other separate content spaces of offices, archives, warehouses or departments or other type of environment. In addition, it does not require spaces where an automatic fire suppression system is present or must be installed.

Set 1 is effective when it is necessary to have available a specific region of contention that has a particularly high capacity for items that are valuable due to its historical artistic value or intrinsic value or legal value such as, for example, state archives, museums, libraries, judicial archives, industrial samples.

In a preferred type of embodiment, illustrated by way of example, the values and dimensions are, by way of indication, the following: the glues 20 have two profiles made of steel with a rectangular cross-section with a width of 3 centimeters and a height 2 centimeters and are as long as the extension of set 1; the compensation platform has the same height as the glues 20 and is manufactured with fire-resistant slatted wood covered in

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both sides with laminated plastic on which you can travel with high abrasion resistance; The base is provided by a metal sheet structure with a thickness of 2.5 millimeters, which is stamped and folded, in which the components that are 10 centimeters high join each other and form a rectangular structure that has a height of 10 centimeters, a length of 300 centimeters and a width of 60 centimeters, the bearings within which the drive shafts slide are fixed to the short sides of the base, the shafts are connected, in turn, to the wheels sliding, which have a diameter of 10 centimeters and a thickness of 3 centimeters and are made of steel (they enclose a ball bearing that allows the movement of the wheels); the base supports, and is the coupling seat for, the shelf supports, which can be central solid posts or sides. In the example of the embodiment, the central solid sides are identified, they are two for each movable cabinet front part and they consist of a steel plate with a thickness of 1 millimeter, which is stamped, folded and painted and has dimensions that they are similar to those of the short side of the previously defined base (therefore, a thickness of 3 centimeters and a height with an appropriate size; for example, the height of the side may be 250 centimeters). It is possible to provide on the sides a series of holes (known as grooves) in order to insert there, in the most appropriate position, the supports of the shelves or other types of accessories for the content of the material such as, for example, bars for jacket hangers or sliding structures. By way of indication, if posts are used (instead of solid sides), they will have the form of bars provided with a profile made of a U-shaped steel plate with approximate dimensions of 2.5 centimeters by 3.5 centimeters , of variable and appropriate height according to the space for the installation; the posts will also be provided with grooves (eight are provided for each base in a preferred solution).

The shelves will be manufactured with a painted sheet with a thickness of 0.8 millimeters, with dimensions to insert them by means of supports adapted in the grooves of the solid sides or of the posts and of the frontal sealing panels.

The front sealing panels 4, also inserted and resting on the base, will have the same width as the outer side of the movable cabinets and will have an outer covering made of sheet steel with a thickness of 1 millimeter stamped, folded and painted and With an adequate height. The front panels provide the function of fire protection and fire resistance containing and covering the fire protection plates made of materials adapted with fire resistance certification and are part of the half partition compartment that is present in each front part of the cabinets that constitute the set 1.

The system to prevent the rattle provided by means of profiles of steel plates in the form of mutually opposite letters C, with a thickness of 2.5 millimeters, is formed by a profile that is fixed to the ground or on a wall for the entire length of guides 20 and is opposite with respect to a C-shaped profile installed in each movable cabinet at the bottom of the base. The locking system in each cabinet has a button system to connect the sliding lock of the cabinets and a lock of the entire sliding of the cabinets. In order to form the fire protection enclosure there are, therefore:

- the sealing panels 4 arranged on the base;

- the upper closing sealing panels 4;

- the front sealing panels 4;

- the central and / or lower sealing panels 4, which carry out the function of fire protection and fire resistance, provided by means of an external enclosure made of sheet steel with a thickness of 0.8 millimeters, which It contains adapted panels, with a thickness of 20 millimeters, made of materials with fire resistance certification and that are part of the half partition compartment, which is present in each front part of the cabinets that constitute the invention.

The operation of set 1 is as follows. By assembling and installing all the components, a set 1 of cabinets is obtained for the intensive containment of materials which is also a system for fire protection.

The set 1 consists of a series of cabinets, each consisting of a half compartment for fire protection; it is formed by the mutual intersection and / or assembly and / or connection of the sealing panels 4 that constitute the lower part, of the sealing panels 4 that constitute the side walls, of the panels 4 that constitute the rear wall, and of the upper closing sealing panels 4.

Half of the compartment has edges, namely the sealing strips 6 are fixed and / or applied and / or incorporated in their perimeter. While each half of the protection compartment, due to its own composition, is fire resistant, the assembly 1 has the following operation. By actuating the movement system of the movable cabinets / containers 2 by means of a handwheel or electromechanical drive, the movement of one or more movable cabinets / containers 2 is determined by sliding, on the guides 20, of the wheels 8 inserted in the base, in order to obtain in the desired position, namely, by definition

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between the chosen cabinets / containers 2, to be able to collect or deposit materials from when the aisle or aisles are open, cabinets / containers 2.

One can define that the adjacent front parts of the opposite cabinets / containers 2 determine the open state when they are not in contact with each other.

When there are no open aisles, the assembly 1 can be considered closed or compacted, namely, all the front parts of the cabinets / containers 2 are in contact with the adjacent parts of the opposite cabinet / container 2. Said compaction is generated by activating the movement system. Since each individual front part of each cabinet / container 2 can be in the closed, compacted position, namely, in contact with the adjacent front part of the opposite cabinet / container, all materials are contained in the closed and protected partitions. Optionally, even in the open position, most of the set 1 is, in any case, compacted, therefore closed, limiting the exposure of the materials to the outside (without protection) only to the two front parts that look the hall.

The fire protection is determined by the fact that since the cabinets / containers 2 are compacted and this function is also safeguarded by the movement block provided in each cabinet / container 2, a sealed and protected material content compartment is created which is formed by each half of the sealing compartment (inner compartment 3) of each cabinet / container 2, articulated with the adjacent compartment half of the opposite cabinet. The sealing strips 6 of each cabinet / container 2 are in contact or housed in the respective opposite seat of the corresponding edge 5 (for housing).

If a fire starts, the cases can be the following:

- starts outside set 1 and inside the room in which set 1 is installed or not,

- begins within the assembly 1 and within a partitioned divider (compartment 3) formed by the two sealing compartment halves of the opposite front parts of the two adjacent cabinets / containers 2 that join and compact each other;

- starts inside a front part of a cabinet / container 2 of the assembly 1 not in the contact position, namely, not compacted with the opposite front part of the adjacent cabinet.

In all cases, in the cabinets / containers 2 whose front parts are compacted with the opposite front parts of the adjacent cabinets / containers 2, when heat reaches the sealing gasket bands 6, they begin their sealing function as a result of its expansion and / or coupling to the seal band 6 or to the seat of accommodation of the edge 5 with which they are in contact, until a sealed perimeter barrier is created that seals the two compartment halves, for sealing and resistance to fire. The seal bands 6, which are present in each front part of each cabinet / container 2, therefore create a single partitioned protective compartment that can withstand fire during a period that can be determined by laboratory tests and which, in In general, it is not less than 30 minutes.

In order to prevent an aisle from being accidentally opened, it is provided with the system to detect and warn an unjustified opening, which emits an optical and / or acoustic signal, detecting that after a pre-established period, the length of the set 1 closed has not been maintained and, therefore, warns the personnel assigned to set 1 that it must restore the fully closed position of set 1.

If the fire has started in a corridor of the set 1 that has been left open, if the room is planned with a smoke detection system, the system can interact with and activate a system for the total automatic forced closure of the set 1 in order of containing fire in a partitioned compartment in which oxygen is limited. The activation of the forced closing system can also have a prevention function, since it can intervene automatically after a programmed time of inactivity of the device and if there is one or more corridors that have been accidentally opened.

The set 1 makes it possible to combine several advantages in one solution: it has intensive capacity; create partitions of the containment space; protects the contents of each individual compartment that has been created from fire; prevents the installation of automatic fire extinguishing systems in the rooms in which it is installed, since each individual compartment that is created, even if it is saturated, has a material content that has a lower fire load than the one established by the laws in force in order to be obligatorily protected by a smoke detection system and a corresponding automatic fire extinguishing system; recover space that would have been allocated to fire extinguishing systems; provides financial savings by avoiding the installation of an extinction system or, in a subordinate manner, by allowing the installation of an extinguishing apparatus or system less

a useful space (aisle) to access the cabinets / containers 2 and or on the shelves, the assembly 1 is in the open position namely when an access to the materials present in the

complex, less expensive, less invasive, simpler (for example, manual instead of automatic); protects valuable items more effectively; protects against any damage caused the materials contained by activating an extinguishing system; It allows an effective protection because the panels for fire protection are at reduced distances and, therefore, the ratio between the mass of combustible material and the mass of protective material is very high.

The invention conceived is, therefore, susceptible to numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims; all the details can also be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

In the examples of the embodiment described below, the individual characteristics, given in relation to 10 specific examples, can actually be exchanged with other different characteristics that exist in other examples of the embodiment.

In practice, the materials used, as! Like its dimensions, they can be any according to the requirements and the state of the art.

Where the technical characteristics mentioned in any claim were followed by reference signs, said reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and, consequently, said reference signs have no restrictive effect on the interpretation of each element identified by way of example by said reference signs.

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A set of containment, archiving and storage of the type comprising at least one container (2) that defines within it a compartment (3) to accommodate products of various types and can slide between a configuration to rest on a viewing surface towards the access opening to its inner compartment (3) and a configuration of separation of said surface, the at least one container (2) comprises, together with its walls, at least one panel (4) respective manufactured with fire-resistant material and comprising at least one sensor to detect the configuration of said at least one container (2) with respect to said opposite surface, controlled by an apparatus chosen from a movement system, to restore automatically said rest configuration, and a signaling system, to indicate the configuration assumed by the at least one container (2) to the users, said containers (2) feel multiple, being mutually arranged as the cabinets of a shelf that can be sliding on glues (20), the edges (5) of said containers (2) that delimit said compartment (3) comprise a band of gasket (6) that is subject, during said rest configuration, to compression between the edge ( 5) of the containers (2) and the respective surface coupled thereto, said gasket bands (6) being manufactured with intumescent material so that when they are heat stimulated, they generate a re action that creates a hermetic and fire resistant seal in the regions of contact points between two adjacent containers (2) mutually compacted. 2. The content set according to claim 1, characterized in that the end containers (2) have an opening to access the respective inner compartment (3) only on one side, while the intermediate containers (2) have an access opening to at least one respective inner compartment (3) on both sides. 3. The content set according to claim 1, characterized in that said walls of each of said containers (2) comprise said panels (4) made of fire-resistant material preferably chosen among fire-resistant polymers, polymers with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, wood derivatives with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, metals comprising sheet containing panels made of materials with fire resistance certification, ceramic materials, wool of glass, rock wool, wood wool combined with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, natural materials with the addition of fire-resistant substances and / or combustion retardants, coated, painted materials, coated with fire resistant and / or combustion retardant paints. 4. The content set according to claim 1, characterized in that said containers (2) are multiple, mutually aligned and can slide along the same direction, on respective gulas (20) from a collected configuration, in which said containers (2) rest against each other, up to an open configuration, in which between two consecutive containers (2) there is an empty space in order to carry out activities for archiving, controlling, collecting and the like by the users. 5. The content set according to claim 4, characterized in that said sensor is controlled by a control and handling unit to drive at least one actuator associated with suitable transmission means. 6. The content set according to claim 4, characterized in that said sensor is controlled by a control and handling unit to conduct at least one signaling apparatus of the type comprising at least one component of the type of a light source, a siren , a buzzer and / or a screen to display alarm messages. 7. The content set according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the edges (5) of said container (2) that delimit said compartment (3) comprise a perimeter seat for partial accommodation, during said rest configuration, of said joint band (6) provided in the corresponding container (2) attached. The containment set according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises elements for moving said containers (2) of the type chosen between mutually actuated devices comprising a steering wheel associated with the respective transmission elements that are associated functionally at least one container (2) and the respective glues (20), and automatic movement devices, comprising a movement device, of a type chosen among the electric, pneumatic and hydraulic, which is associated with the respective elements of transmission functionally associated with at least one container (2) and the respective glues (20). 9. The content set according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said sensors are chosen among those of the optical, laser, mechanical, electronic type, with photocells and the like, and are arranged on a surface of said container (2 ), on the respective glues (20), in a wall of the installation environment that faces said set of containment (1). The containment assembly according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that each container (2) comprises a rear wall, at least two side walls, a bottom part and a covering element, said rear wall, said side walls , said lower part and said cover element comprise at least one respective panel (4) made of fire-resistant material with a disposition chosen between an external cover, an internal stratification and an impregnated coupling.