US20200011081A1 - Anti-seismic protection device - Google Patents

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US20200011081A1
US20200011081A1 US16/468,025 US201716468025A US2020011081A1 US 20200011081 A1 US20200011081 A1 US 20200011081A1 US 201716468025 A US201716468025 A US 201716468025A US 2020011081 A1 US2020011081 A1 US 2020011081A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H9/00—Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate
    • E04H9/02—Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground
    • E04H9/028—Earthquake withstanding shelters
    • E04H9/029—Earthquake withstanding shelters arranged inside of buildings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/283—Fixed showers
    • A47K3/286—Emergency showers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C2201/00—Details, devices or methods not otherwise provided for
    • E03C2201/90—Basins movable between several positions

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  • the present invention relates to the field of anti-seismic protection devices, in particular to those devices that allow at least one user to be protected from the consequences of an earthquake.
  • reinforced protective capsules such as wardrobes
  • this solution has an important limit, related to the footprint of the capsule; in fact, in order to perform its function, this latter must always be maintained empty, so as to be immediately accessible when the first signs of the earthquake occur.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the problems of the prior art.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an anti-seismic protection device that can be installed in a home, which, owing to its nature, is always maintained empty and accessible and does not occupy unnecessary space in the home.
  • the idea underlying the invention is that of producing an anti-seismic protection device that can be installed in a home that incorporates the functions of a shower cabin; in fact, the Applicant has brilliantly discovered that, despite any possible lack of space in a home, typically the shower cabin is automatically kept free by the occupants, who make use of it.
  • a subject matter of the invention is an anti-seismic protection device that can be installed in a home, comprising
  • each tubular cap element in operating condition is placed on the vertical of a corresponding base tubular element, spaced therefrom
  • the anti-seismic protection device can be used as a shower cabin.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the device of the invention
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate two views, respectively plan and sectional, of a base frame portion of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate two views, respectively plan and sectional, of a cap frame portion of the device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a sectional view of a portion of an upright coupled to peripheral walls of the device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 7-9 illustrate a front view of a peripheral wall and uprights of the device of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate the deformation of the device of the invention in two different load conditions, respectively from above and lateral.
  • the figures illustrate a non-limiting example of an anti-seismic protection device 1 of the invention that can be installed in a home.
  • the device 1 comprises a base frame portion 2 A shown in the detail of FIGS. 2 and 3 .
  • the base frame portion 2 A comprises at least four base tubular elements 21 A made of carbon fibre, shaped, for example, in the fashion of a cup.
  • the elements 21 A are arranged, in plan, so as to constitute the vertices of a base rectangle, visible in FIG. 2 .
  • tubular elements 21 A are connected to each other by means of tubular base frame beams 23 A made of carbon fibre.
  • the base frame beams 23 A are arranged to form the diagonals of the base rectangle and are preferably joined at the crossing point of the two diagonals.
  • the base frame portion 2 A further comprises a shower tray 3 coupled to the base frame portion 2 A provided with at least a water drainage hole 31 .
  • the shower tray 3 is preferably made of plastic material or plastic resin and is coupled to the tubular elements 21 A and/or to the base frame beams 23 A; in other embodiments, the shower tray 3 integrates the tubular elements 21 A and/or the base frame beams 23 A.
  • the device 1 further comprises a cap frame portion 2 B, shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
  • the cap frame portion 2 B In mounted condition, the cap frame portion 2 B is positioned above and spaced from the base frame portion 2 A.
  • the cap frame portion 2 B comprises at least four cap tubular elements 21 B, for example cup shaped, made of carbon fibre arranged in plan to form the vertices of a cap rectangle.
  • the tubular elements 21 B are connected to each other by means of cap frame beams 23 B, said cap frame beams 23 B being arranged to form diagonals of the cap rectangle.
  • Each tubular cap element 21 B in operating condition is placed on the vertical of a corresponding base tubular element 21 A, spaced therefrom; similarly, the base frame beams 23 A are arranged on the vertical of the cap frame beams 23 B.
  • the cap frame portion 2 B further comprises a perforated cap wall which, in its mounted condition, is horizontal; preferably the perforated cap wall is provided with holes having a diameter less than or equal to one centimetre and is made of carbon fibre; in this way it is possible to protect the occupants from falling debris of a small size, and also at the same time strengthen the overall structure of the device 1 .
  • the device 1 further comprises an intermediate frame portion 2 C comprising four tubular uprights 21 C each coupled or that can each be coupled at an opposite free end to one of the four base tubular elements 21 A and to the corresponding tubular cap element 21 B placed on the vertical of the respective base tubular element 21 A.
  • the intermediate frame portion 2 C further comprises at least three peripheral walls 22 C; each peripheral wall 22 C extends between two neighbouring uprights 21 C, so as to close the cavity inside the device 1 , which contains the occupant, on three sides.
  • the peripheral walls 22 C are made of carbon fibre sheets, so as to provide adequate protection in the event of an earthquake combined with optimal lightness; alternatively, the walls could be made of materials suitable for the purpose.
  • the device 1 further comprises a water dispenser coupled to the cap frame portion 2 B or to the intermediate frame portion 2 C, according to needs; similarly, pipes for conveying hot and cold water to the dispenser can be included.
  • the anti-seismic protection device 1 can advantageously be used as a shower cabin, with the consequence that it usually remains empty and available for prompt use.
  • a fourth wall divided in two half-walls each of which is oscillating with respect to a respective upright, so as to form a wing of an access door with two wings.
  • each half-wall comprises a sheet made of plastic material, preferably plexiglass, around which a frame made of carbon fibre extends peripherally.
  • each tubular upright 21 C is preferably coupled to the corresponding base 21 A and cap 21 B tubular elements by force fitting; in this sense the length of the tubular uprights 21 C is greater than that of the lateral walls, so that at least the portion of upright to be fitted into the base 21 A and cap 21 B tubular elements projects upwards and downwards with respect to the wall, as is visible in FIG. 7 .
  • the four tubular uprights 21 C are made of carbon fibre, while in other embodiments they are made of metal, for example aluminium or steel.
  • each of the three peripheral walls 22 C made of carbon fibre preferably comprises at least vertical edges, in mounting condition, shaped as an L.
  • each upright 21 C houses therein at least one metal bar 25 C that extends for at least part, or preferably the whole, of the length of the upright and is connected to a vertical edge of an adjacent peripheral wall 22 C by means of screw connection means 26 C, as is visible, for example, in the section of FIG. 6 .
  • three sides of the device are completely blind to any passage except for the holes for the taps and for the water dispenser; with their particular strength they totally prevent the access of unwanted elements and at the same time provide amplification of the rigidity of the uprights preventing the “peak load” phenomenon with their coupling by means of continuous fasteners along the whole of the length of the upright which in fact increases the moment of inertia of the panel-tube-panel section, especially due to the particular L-shaped connection.
  • welded studs for example TIG welded, will be provided to close the angle bar of the wall.
  • the wall thickness of the tube of the uprights 21 C preferably ranges between 0.3 cm and 0.5 cm, more preferably approximately equal to 0.4 cm and the fibre is preferably of a turbostratic type.
  • the tube thickness of the frame and/or cap beams 23 A, 23 B preferably ranges between 0.1 cm and 0.3 cm, more preferably approximately equal to 0.2 cm preferably with fibre of a turbostratic type.
  • the thickness of the lateral wall preferably ranges between 0.2 cm and 0.4 cm, more preferably approximately equal to 0.3 cm with fibre either of a turbostratic or graphitic type.
  • the measurements can have an oscillation preferably of the order of 15% to be verified by calculation with the exact data of the material during execution.
  • the vertical force is estimated as equal to three times the load coefficient of the slabs of the floor of the homes, thereby estimating the breaking load of the floor: it is deemed that 2,400 kg provide sufficient assurance for the purpose indicated; laterally, a thrust of no more than 1,000 kg, distributed on the surface, is estimated.
  • the device of the invention can be provided with a wireless (i.e. using radio waves) transmission or transceiver system to be found after an earthquake.
  • the transmission or transceiver system provided on the device is able to transmit a signal that can be received by a receiver (even a simple smartphone) to help to locate the position of the device under the rubble. Determining the location can take place by means of a measurement of the intensity of the electromagnetic waves of the transmission or transceiver system and/or by means of their triangulation.
  • the device can also be provided with presence and/or movement sensors communicating with the transmission or transceiver system to send signals indicative of the present of an occupant and/or of movement in the device, so as to improve targeted search and rescue operations.

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