Patent · US Expired

Device for extinguishing fires from the air

US4195693A · kind A · utility

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2References

2Claims

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Assignee

Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz-Peter Busch · Weyhe, DE
Peter Schröder · Heßheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 1977
Grant date	Apr 1, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA62C3/0228
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fire-extinguishing device for use in aircraft. The fire-extinguishing device is comprised of a tank which is received in the cargo compartment of the aircraft and the longitudinal axis of the tank is inclined to the horizontal. The aircraft has a rearwardly opening door and the front end of the tank is elevated at a higher level than is the rear end of the tank located adjacent the rear door to the cargo compartment of the aircraft. A valve is provided at the lower end to control the discharge of the fire-extinguishing media contained within the tank. The valve is adapted to become opened only when the door to the cargo compartment is in the opened position.

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