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Method and apparatus for extinguishing fires

US5090482A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 1990
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62C35/00
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of extinguishing a fire by generating an intense electric field and/or a gaseous plasma constituted of a body of electrically-charged particles, and directing the electric field and/or plasma to the base of the fire until the fire is extinguished.

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