Fabric panel clean change-out frame

Patent · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:869727

Brown, Ronald M ^[1]

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1. 1757 Dorset Ave., Pocatello, ID 83201

A fabric panel clean change-out frame, for use on a containment structure having rigid walls, is formed of a compression frame and a closure panel. The frame is formed of elongated spacers, each carrying a plurality of closely spaced flat springs, and each having a hooked lip extending on the side of the spring facing the spacer. The closure panel is includes a perimeter frame formed of flexible, wedge-shaped frame members that are receivable under the springs to deflect the hooked lips. A groove on the flexible frame members engages the hooked lips and locks the frame members in place under the springs. A flexible fabric panel is connected to the flexible frame members and closes its center.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-89PN38014
• Assignee: Brown; Ronald M. (1757 Dorset Ave., Pocatello, ID 83201)
• Patent Number(s): US 5385194
• Application Number: 08/033,473
• OSTI ID: 869727
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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