Assembly for containment, filing and storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fireproof cabinets and shelving units are not suitable for storing materials of artistic, historic, or legal value, as they lack a spacious containment region and do not allow for ordered shelving or hanging, nor do they provide adequate protection against fire and forced entry.
Innovation Solution
A modular assembly with fire-resistant and insulating panels, movable frames with support elements like shelves and hooks, and a compactable design that includes gaskets for heat sealing, anti-seismic devices, and locking mechanisms to ensure secure and accessible storage while protecting against fire and forced entry.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fireproof cabinets and shelving units are used, then fire protection is provided, but they lack spacious containment regions and do not allow ordered shelving or hanging of valuable items
Solution Approach 1:
The assembly is divided into multiple modular containers that can be individually configured with different internal arrangements. Each container can be independently opened or closed, allowing flexible adaptation to different storage needs while maintaining fire protection. The modular nature enables the system to accommodate various materials including documents, pictures, and items of clothing in an orderly manner.
2Ease of operation
If conventional shelving units are used, then accessibility to stored items is improved, but fire protection and forced entry resistance are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The containers are designed to be slideable along guides, transitioning between a compacted configuration for maximum protection and an extended configuration for easy access to stored items. This dynamic capability allows the system to provide both high security/fire protection when closed and convenient accessibility when opened, resolving the contradiction between protection and ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If containers are made slideable for easy access, then ease of operation is improved, but stability and resistance to forced entry are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates locking mechanisms that preemptively secure the containers in their compacted configuration to prevent forced entry or accidental displacement. The locks engage automatically or can be manually secured, providing preliminary protection before any access attempt, thus maintaining stability while preserving the slideable access capability when properly authorized.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The assembly provides a high-capacity, secure, and fire-resistant storage solution that allows for orderly arrangement and easy access to valuable items, while maintaining protection against fire and unauthorized access, with a focus on cost-effectiveness and practical implementation.
Implementation Method 1
dichotomy of a first gasket, made of intumescent material, and a second gasket, made of fireproof material different from the first gasket, wherein the first gasket, which is arranged to be subjected to heat, ensures preservation of the hermetic seal joint in the event of fire, up to the dilation temperature of the intumescent material, and the second gasket ensures preservation of the hermetic seal joint for low temperatures
Implementation Method 2
a first gasket, made of intumescent material, and a second gasket, made of fireproof material different from the first gasket, wherein the first gasket, which is arranged to be subjected to heat, ensures preservation of the hermetic seal joint in the event of fire, up to the dilation temperature of the intumescent material
Implementation Method 3
The paneling 4 is made of an insulating and fire-resistant material, preferably chosen from among fireproof polymers, polymers mixed with fireproof and/or flame-retardant substances, derivatives of wood mixed with fireproof and/or flame-retardant substances, metals, gypsum, microporous materials, nanoporous materials, ceramic materials, glass wool, rock wool, wood wool mixed with fireproof and/or flame-retardant substances
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AI summary
An assembly for containment, filing and storage (1), comprising at least one container (2), of the type of a cabinet, defining inside it a compartment (3) for accommodating products of various nature. The container (2) is slideable between a configuration of resting on a facing surface upon being opened in order to gain access to its inner compartment (3) and a configuration of separation from such surface. The at least one container (2) comprises, along its walls, at least one respective paneling (4) made of thermally insulating and fire-resistant material; the inner compartment (3) of the container (2) comprises at least one frame (5) for the orderly arrangement of the products.