Temporary Strip Door Mounting for Climate-Controlled Enclosures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing strip door systems are not adaptable for temporary installation and are costly, making it difficult to provide climate control in non-permanent structures like residential garages or tents without the need for additional HVAC units, which can be expensive and reduce vehicle carrying capacity.
Innovation Solution
A temporarily mountable strip door system with a door strip mounting frame that can be easily affixed to building openings, using flexible door strips and a method to reroute conditioned air from a permanent HVAC unit through ducts into the enclosed space, allowing for climate control without additional HVAC equipment or electrical wiring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional strip door systems are used, then climate control is provided, but installation is permanent and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The strip door system is divided into separate modular components: a mounting frame that attaches to the opening and flexible strips that hang from the frame. This segmentation allows the mounting frame to be temporarily installed and removed, while the strips can be easily attached or detached, enabling temporary installation without permanent structural modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
A mounting frame serves as an intermediary component between the building structure and the flexible strips. The frame provides attachment points for the strips while being independently installable and removable from the building opening, facilitating temporary installation without direct permanent attachment of strips to the building structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional HVAC units are used for temporary structures, then climate control is provided, but vehicle carrying capacity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables a single existing HVAC unit to serve multiple functions by routing conditioned air through flexible ducts to temporarily enclosed spaces. Instead of requiring separate HVAC units for each space, the same HVAC system can condition both permanent and temporary areas, reducing the total number of HVAC units needed and the weight they add to vehicles transporting temporary structures.
Solution Approach 2:
Flexible plastic strips and flexible ducts are used to create temporary enclosures and air routing paths. These flexible components can be easily transported, installed, and removed without the weight and complexity of rigid HVAC equipment, allowing climate control while minimizing impact on vehicle carrying capacity.
3Reliability
If robust strip door installation means are used, then climate control is provided, but installation and removal flexibility is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting frame and strip door system is designed to transition between installed and removed states. The mounting frame can be quickly attached to and detached from building openings, and the flexible strips can be easily hung or removed from the frame, providing both reliable climate control when installed and flexibility for temporary use when removed.
Solution Approach 2:
Flexible plastic strips are used instead of rigid door components. These strips can be easily attached to the mounting frame and removed when needed, providing reliable climate control during operation while maintaining ease of installation and removal. The flexibility of the strips allows them to conform to the opening while being simple to install and detach.
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AI summary
A temporarily mountable strip door system includes a strip mounting frame. The frame has mounting features to enable releasable coupling to an exterior of an opening in a building. A plurality of flexible door strips are affixed to the mounting frame. The system includes means for releasably affixing the mounting frame to the exterior of the opening. A method for controlling climate in a temporarily enclosed space include moving conditioned air from inside a device having a permanent heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit associated therewith through a duct into the temporarily enclosed space. Air is returned air from the temporarily enclosed space to the inside of the device.