Fire extinguishers – Portable vessels – Gas pressure
Patent
1995-06-28
1997-08-26
Hoge, Gary C.
Fire extinguishers
Portable vessels
Gas pressure
169 84, 169 33, 169 73, 169 85, A62C 1322
Patent
active
056602367
ABSTRACT:
A nozzle unit for discharging and atomizing a fire or explosion suppressant comprises a rigid-walled cylindrical container having a nozzle portion at one end with radially directed discharge orifices. A rupturable barrier normally blocks the nozzle portion from the interior of the container. At the other end of the container, a piston is positioned so as to be sealingly slidable along the container in response to pressure generated by a gas pressure generator. The moving piston pressurizes the suppressant agent within the hollow interior until the rupturable barrier bursts. The suppresessant agent is accelerated substantially instantaneously and discharged in atomised form through the discharge orifices. The gas pressure generator may be a pyrotechnic gas generator. The arrangement is such that the pressurizing gas does not come into contact with the suppressant agent. However, if desired, some of the gas may be diverted into direct contact with the suppressant immediately before it is discharged, so as to heat and vaporize it. A plurality of the nozzle units may be connected together in a system to protect a specific area. The nozzle units may be connected individually by respective pipes to a common source of gas pressure instead of having their own individual gas generators.
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Sears Richard F.
Simpson Terence
Hoge Gary C.
Kidde Technologies, Inc.
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