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Apparatus for automatically extinguishing fire

US4609048A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 1984
Grant dateSep 2, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62C37/00
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An automatic fire extinguishing apparatus including a fire sensor, a swivel chamber and an expansible hollow rod secured to the chamber. When a fire is detected by the fire sensor, the swivel chamber is rotated about a vertical axis in accordance with the output of the fire sensor until the rod is directed to the fire source. Then a pressurized fire extinguishing agent contained in a bomb is introduced into the rod through the chamber to expand the rod toward the fire source. The expansion of the rod is stopped when the end of the rod is adjacent the fire source and the free end of the rod is opened, so that the fire extinguishing agent is discharged toward the fire source.

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