Shock isolated workspace
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1. A shock-isolation system for isolation of shocks comprising:
- a support structure;
a unitary platform, said unitary platform having an operator station thereon;
a graphics terminal positioned in an operator viewable condition;
a processing equipment for controlling said graphic terminal;
an operator station interpositioned between said processing equipment and said graphic terminal to minimize chances of an operator being thrown into said processing equipment; and
a shock mount for reducing shock and attenuating vibration, said shock mount located between said support structure and said unitary platform, said shock mount for supporting said unitary platform in a condition where the sole support for the unitary platform is the shock mount so that the unitary platform is free to remain spatially fixed to isolate the unitary platform from the effects of high “
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shocks with the operator station and the unitary platform further inhibiting opportunity for operator injury by simultaneously preventing the operator station and the unitary platform from moving relative to one another.
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Abstract
An improved shock isolation system having an operator platform wherein an operator chair is interposed as a physical barrier between the operator'"'"'s graphic terminal and the processing equipment that controls the graphic terminal so that the processing equipment is maintained in a normally non-operator contactable position by interpositioning an operator'"'"'s chair therebetween thereby minimizing the opportunity of the operator being injured by being accidentally thrown in to the processing equipment.
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17 Claims
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1. A shock-isolation system for isolation of shocks comprising:
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a support structure;
a unitary platform, said unitary platform having an operator station thereon;
a graphics terminal positioned in an operator viewable condition;
a processing equipment for controlling said graphic terminal;
an operator station interpositioned between said processing equipment and said graphic terminal to minimize chances of an operator being thrown into said processing equipment; and
a shock mount for reducing shock and attenuating vibration, said shock mount located between said support structure and said unitary platform, said shock mount for supporting said unitary platform in a condition where the sole support for the unitary platform is the shock mount so that the unitary platform is free to remain spatially fixed to isolate the unitary platform from the effects of high “
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shocks with the operator station and the unitary platform further inhibiting opportunity for operator injury by simultaneously preventing the operator station and the unitary platform from moving relative to one another.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of isolating an operator on a structure from injury by an operator'"'"'s console comprising the steps of:
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supporting a portion of the structure with shock mounts connected to the structure and the portion of the structure to provide shock isolation to the portion of the structure from the structure;
mounting the operator'"'"'s graphic terminal to a first portion of an operator station and mounting a processing equipment for the graphic terminal to a second portion of the operators station; and
interposing an operator chair between the graphic terminal and the processing equipment to minimize operator contact with the processing equipment so that when a shock is transmitted to the structure the portion of the structure and the operator'"'"'s station are shock isolated as a unit from the structure and the operator chair acts as a physical barrier to minimize injury to an operator by contact with the processing equipment. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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