Patent ID: 8128888

Claim:
A self-contained transportable decontamination unit, comprising: a housing containing a decontamination chamber and a decontaminant processing section; and a military master pallet on which the housing is positioned; the decontamination chamber comprising a first entrance with a first door, the first entrance being adapted for placing articles to be decontaminated in the decontamination chamber, and an opposite second entrance with a second door, the second entrance being adapted for removing decontaminated articles from the decontamination chamber, the decontamination chamber including at least one gas inlet for admitting a decontaminant air stream into the decontamination chamber from the decontaminant processing section and at least one gas outlet for permitting a gaseous air stream to flow out of the decontamination chamber into the decontaminant processing section; the decontaminant processing section comprising a power generator and a decontaminant generator, the power generator being adapted for providing electrical operating power for the decontaminant generator, the decontaminant generator being adapted for destroying residual amounts of decontaminant in the gaseous air stream, dehumidifying the gaseous air stream, and adding decontaminant to the gaseous air stream to form the decontaminant air stream; wherein the housing and the decontamination chamber are (1) hardened to ensure that five exposures to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contaminants, decontaminants and decontaminating procedures over a thirty-day period do not cause the housing or decontamination chamber to require corrective maintenance during that thirty-day period; (2) constructed to withstand temperatures ranging from about −32° C. to about 49° C.; (3) constructed to withstand relative humidities ranging from about 5% to about 100%; and (4) constructed to operate when exposed to conventional hazards of solar radiation, rain, fungus, salt fog, sand, dust, vibration and shock; and wherein the power generator and decontaminant generator are ruggedized.