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1. A refuge chamber for miners in a mine, comprising:
a) a rigid container; b) a tent having an inflatable support structure, wherein the tent is disposed within the container in an undeployed state and is expandable to a deployed state in which the tent extends from the container, wherein the tent is sealed to the container and is configured to form an integral unit with the container which is capable, in the deployed state, of providing a protected atmosphere for the miners therewithin; c) supplies, wherein the supplies are disposed within the container, and wherein the supplies are accessible from inside the tent in its deployed state; and d) compressed air bottles, wherein the tent is configured to expand from the undeployed state to the deployed state upon inflation of the tent support structure by compressed air from said bottles; and wherein the tent has an airlock that is configured to allow access, in the tent's deployed state, from the mine into the protected atmosphere within the deployed tent. |
