Relocatable concrete armory vault
View Patent ↗A relocatable concrete armory includes an outer vestibule and an inner vault separated by a dividing wall. A vestibule door provides entry to the concrete vestibule. A steel vault door and a security daygate are mounted to the dividing wall and provide entry to the concrete vault. The interior surface of the armory includes insulation panels embedded in concrete. The armory can be integrally lifted via removable lifting cams attached to concrete side walls. The concrete has a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi.
1. Apparatus comprising:
a relocatable armory enclosure, including:
a plurality of concrete walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
wherein the walls are operatively connected to each other forming an integral unit,
wherein each side wall includes a plurality of lifting earn mounting fixtures,
wherein each mounting fixture comprises a metal lifting cam mounting plate,
wherein each lifting cam mounting plate is configured to have a lifting cam removably mechanically mounted thereto via a plurality of fasteners,
wherein each lifting cam mounting plate includes a plurality of threaded portions,
wherein each respective threaded portion is configured to receive a threaded portion of a respective fastener of the plurality of fasteners,
wherein each side wall comprises metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
wherein at least a portion of each lifting cam mounting plate of a respective side wall is embedded in concrete of the respective side wall,
wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete,
at least one security door,
wherein the at least one security door is movable to permit passage of personnel between an area outside the enclosure and an area inside the enclosure.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the armory enclosure includes an outer room adjacent an interior vault, wherein each side wall forms a portion of both the outer room and the interior vault.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the armory enclosure includes a vault and insulation panels,
wherein each side wall forms a respective side wall of the vault,
wherein the insulation panels are adhered to interior side walls of the vault,
wherein at least a portion of each insulation panel is embedded in side wall concrete,
wherein each insulation panel includes an interior panel surface,
wherein each interior panel surface forms an interior surface of the vault.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3
wherein the insulation panels are spaced from each other,
wherein the vault includes an interior concrete surface between each interior panel surface,
wherein each interior panel surface is substantially flush with at least one adjacent interior concrete surface.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of concrete walls include a floor slab.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1
wherein each side wall includes spaced recessed concrete portions,
wherein each recessed concrete portion forms a cavity at an interior surface of a side wall,
wherein each recessed concrete portion has a first thickness,
wherein each side wall includes projecting concrete portions,
wherein each projecting concrete portion has a second thickness,
wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6
interior insulation, panels adhered to an interior of each side wall,
wherein each panel is mated with a respective recessed concrete portion,
wherein the combined thickness of a panel mated with a recessed concrete portion substantially equals the second thickness,
wherein each interior surface of a panel is substantially flush with an interior surface of a projecting concrete portion.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7
wherein each panel comprises a styrofoam portion affixed to a plastic film portion,
wherein the plastic film portion is substantially flush with an interior surface of a projecting concrete portion,
wherein the styrofoam portion includes spaced panel grooves and panel projections,
wherein the panel grooves and panel projections are embedded in side wall concrete.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1
wherein each metal lifting cam mounting plate of a respective side wall includes a plate exterior surface,
wherein each respective plate exterior surface is substantially flush with a respective concrete exterior surface of the respective side wall,
wherein each respective plate exterior surface is exposed to ambient,
wherein each respective concrete exterior surface is exposed to the ambient.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein each side wall includes two lifting cam mounting plates horizontally aligned along the side wall.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the roof slab wall includes a roof exterior surface, wherein the roof exterior surface is exposed to ambient, and wherein at least a portion of the roof exterior surface has a predetermined slope.
12. The apparatus according to claim 1
wherein the armory enclosure includes a first door, a vestibule area, a dividing wall, a second door, and a vault area,
wherein the first door is movable to permit passage of a person between an area outside the armory enclosure and the vestibule area,
wherein the dividing wall separates the vestibule area from the vault area,
wherein the second door is mounted to the dividing wall,
wherein the second door is movable to permit passage of a person between the vestibule area and the vault area.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12
wherein the second door is mounted to the dividing wall at a first mounting area,
wherein the armory enclosure includes a daygate,
wherein the daygate is mounted to the dividing wall at a second mounting area,
wherein the second mounting area is positioned between the vestibule area and the first mounting area.
14. Apparatus comprising:
a relocatable armory enclosure, including:
a plurality of walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
wherein the walls are operatively connected to each other,
wherein each wall includes an outer surface exposed to ambient,
wherein each wall includes an inner surface,
wherein each side wall comprises metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
a vestibule,
wherein the vestibule includes a vestibule door,
a vault,
wherein the rear wall and each side wall forms a respective wall of the vault,
a dividing wall,
wherein the dividing wall separates the vestibule from the vault,
wherein the dividing wall includes a vault door,
wherein the vault door is interior of the vestibule door,
wherein the dividing wall includes a daygate,
wherein the daygate is positioned between the vestibule door and the vault door,
lifting cam mounting fixtures,
wherein the mounting fixtures are attached to at least one of the walls.
wherein each mounting fixture is configured to have a lifting cam removably mounted thereto,
wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete.
15. The apparatus according to claim 14
wherein the vestibule door in the open position provides access to an interior of the enclosure,
wherein the daygate includes openings allowing viewing therethrough,
wherein the daygate comprises independently movable upper and lower gates,
wherein the daygate in a fully closed position limits access to the vault.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the plurality of walls include a concrete floor slab wall,
wherein the armory enclosure includes metal securing anchors,
wherein each anchor comprises an open end and an opposite closed end,
wherein the open end of each anchor is cast in the concrete floor slab wall,
wherein the closed end of each anchor extends outward from the concrete floor slab wall.
17. A method comprising:
(a) lifting a relocatable armory enclosure via lifting cams removably mounted to side walls of the enclosure,
wherein the enclosure includes
a plurality of concrete walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, side walls, and a roof slab wall,
wherein the plurality of walls are operatively connected to each other forming an integral unit,
wherein each side wall includes a plurality of lifting cam mounting fixtures,
wherein each lifting cam is removably mechanically mounted to a respective lifting cam mounting fixture via a plurality of fasteners,
wherein each mounting fixture comprises a metal lifting cam mounting plate,
wherein each lifting cam mounting plate includes a plurality of threaded portions,
wherein each respective threaded portion is configured to receive a threaded portion of a respective fastener of the plurality of fasteners,
wherein the side walls each comprise metal fiber reinforced concrete having a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi,
wherein at least a portion of each lifting cam mounting plate of a respective side wall is embedded in concrete of the respective side wall,
wherein the concrete enables the armory enclosure to be lifted as a single unit via a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete,
at least one security door,
wherein the at least one security door is movable to permit passage of personnel between an area outside the enclosure and an area inside the enclosure,
wherein the lifting applies a lifting force that is transferred through the concrete; and
(b) dismounting the lifting cams from the armory enclosure,
wherein the dismounting includes removing respective fasteners from respective threaded portions of at least one lifting cam mounting plate,
wherein the dismounted lifting cams are reusable for remounting to the armory enclosure at the lifting cam mounting fixtures.
18. The method according to claim 17
wherein the armory enclosure includes a vault, wherein the armory enclosure includes a vestibule adjacent the vault, wherein each side wall forms a portion of both the vestibule and the vault,
and further comprising prior to step (a):
(c) casting the side walls of the enclosure;
(d) positioning a first casted side wall to form both a first vestibule portion and a first vault portion; and
(e) positioning a second casted side wall to form both a second vestibule portion and a second vault portion.
19. The method according to claim 17
wherein the armory enclosure includes a vault, wherein each side wall forms a portion of the vault,
and further comprising prior to step (a):
(c) casting the side walls of the enclosure, including embedding portions of insulation panels in concrete of each side wall during the casting; and
(d) positioning the casted side walls to form portions of the vault, including positioning the side walls so that each insulation panel forms an interior surface portion of the vault.
20. The method according to claim 19 wherein step (c) includes forming each side wall so that each side wall surface portion formed by an insulation panel is substantially flush with a side wall surface portion formed by side wall concrete.