Patent ID: 6776178
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A01M,A23L

Abstract:
A mechanized fumigation tent, which comprises:(a) an overhead structure; (b) a support frame having a top; (c) a tarp mounted atop said frame and hanging from said frame to define a top and side curtains, said side curtains having a lower periphery which defines a bottom perimeter; (d) a first plurality of cables, being curtain cables, and communicating with said overhead structure and being connected to said side curtains and adapted for raising and lowering said side curtains relative to said support frame; (e) a second plurality of cables, being frame cables, and communicating with said overhead structure and being connected to said frame and adapted to raise and lower said curtains by raising and lowering said first plurality of cables, and so as to raise and lower said frame and tarp by raising and lowering said second set of cables; (f) mechanized cable moving means for moving said first plurality of cables and said second plurality of cables so as to raise and lower said curtains by raising and lowering said first plurality of cables, and so as to raise and lower said frame and said tarp by raising and lowering said second plurality of cables; and (g) a composite closing structure being connected to said bottom perimeter of said side curtains for physically compressing against a floor, wherein said composite closing structure seals said bottom perimeter of said side curtains, said composite closing structure having at least a first component and a second component, said first component being a structural support component and having sufficient rigidity to flex no greater than 6 inches over a 10 foot length with a fulcrum weight of 100 pounds, and said second component being a sealing component and being formed of flexible material, such that when said structural component is located one of within and abutting said sealing component and is lowered to a floor, said composite closing structure will seal said tent to said floor.