Patent ID: 9322190
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A23N,B66B,E04F,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A modular production plant comprising: a vertical stack of production modules for supporting production equipment; and a vertical stack of operator access modules adjacently connected to the vertically stacked production modules to allow operator access to the production modules, wherein the adjacently connected vertical stacks of production modules and operator access modules establish multiple stories of the modular production plant, wherein each of the production modules and operator access modules have a rectangular parallelepiped shape which is sized and configured to fit within a standard 20-foot shipping container, and wherein each of the operator access modules comprises a first portion having a stairwell comprised of a flight of stairs and a stair landing, and a second portion comprising an elevator well adjacently positioned relative to the first portion, wherein the vertical stack of operator access modules are positioned relative to one another so that the adjacent first and second portions of each operator access module are vertically stacked with the first and second portions of a vertically adjacent one of the operator access modules to thereby establish a vertically oriented stairwell and a vertically oriented elevator well from one access module to another, wherein the vertical stack of operator access modules includes an operator elevator positioned within the elevator well of the vertically stacked second portions of the operator access modules, the operator elevator being capable of ascending/descending movement within the elevator well from one of the multiple stories of the modular production plant to another.