Modular controlled atmosphere enclosure

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A MODULATOR ENCLOSURE COMPRISING A SUPPORTING SURFACE AND A PLURALITY OF PREFABRICATED INTERCONNECTION WALL PANEL UNITS DISPOSED ON SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE; EACH OF SAID UNITS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND VERTICALLY EXTENDING OPPOSED SPACED PART STRUCTURAL MEMBERS DEFINING ENDWALLS FOR SAID PANEL UNITS, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS PROVIDING A PAIR OF SPACED APART VERTICALLY EXTENDING FLANGE PORTIONS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY INA DIRECTION TOWARD EACH OTHER, RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS BEING ALIGNED IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP; SAID WALL PANEL UNITS ALSO INCLUDING THIRD AND FOURTH STRUCTURAL MEMBERS EACH PROVIDING FLANGE PORTIONS ALIGNED IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH STRUCTURAL MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY DEFINING TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS FOR SAID WALL PANEL UNITS, A PAIR OF SPACED APART OPPOSING SHEET-LIKE SIDEWALL MEMBERS EACH RESPECTIVELY ADHESIVELY SECURED IN SEALED AIRTIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO RESPECTIVE ALIGNED COPLANAR FLANGE PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; THE VOID SPACE ENCLOSED BY SAID SIDEWALLS AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS BEING INFILLED WITH A RELATIVELY INCOMPRESSIBLE THERMALLY INSULATING MATERIAL BONDED TO SAID SIDEWALLS AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS ADDING STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY TO THE WALL PANEL UNITS; EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS INCLUDING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING SLOPING PORTION ADJACENT ONE SIDE THEREOF DEFINING A PAIR OF WEDGING SURFACES DIVERGING IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID WALL PANEL UNIT; THE SIDEWALLS OF ONE PANEL UNIT BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SIDEWALLS OF ADJACENT ALIGNED WALL UNITS, THE JUXTAPOSED SLOPING WEDGE PORTIONS OF EACH ALIGNED PAIR OF ADJACENT WALL PANEL UNITS CONVERGING IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID WALL UNITS, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING PREFABRICATED LOCKING PANEL OVERLAPPING THE JUXTAPOSED SLOPING WEDGE PORTIONS OF EACH ALIGNED PAIR OF ADJACENT WALL PANEL UNITS, SAID LOCKING UNIT INCLUDING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY EXTENDING SLOPING WEDGE SURFACES IN RESPECTIVE MATING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OVERLAPPED JUXTAPOSED PAIR OF SLOPING WEDGE PORTIONS OF SAID ALIGNED PAIR OF ADJACENT WALL PANEL UNITS; THREADED FASTENER MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING SAID LOCKING PANEL TO ITS RESPECTIVE PAIR OF ALIGNED ADJACENT WALL PANEL UNITS WEDGINGLY SECURING SAID WALL PANEL UNITS INTO ALIGNED AND SEALED RELATION; AND SELECTED ONES OF SAID WALL PANEL UNITS INCLUDING UTILITY MEANS THEREIN DISPOSED IN SAID VOID SPACE ENCLOSED BY SAID SIDEWALLS AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, AND SAID THERMALLY INSULATING MATERIAL ALSO BEING BONDED TO SAID UTILITY MEANS AND BEING THE SOLE MEANS MAINTAINING THE LATTER IN ALIGNED POSITION WITHIN THE WALL PANEL.