Fire extinguishers – Portable vessels – Piston discharge
Patent
1997-09-02
1999-11-30
Weldon, Kevin
Fire extinguishers
Portable vessels
Piston discharge
239329, 239375, A62C 1100
Patent
active
059925310
ABSTRACT:
A fire extinguisher including a spring biased plunger controlled by a trigger mechanism wherein the plunger is mounted in a flame retardant compound container and the spring and plunger cooperate, when the trigger mechanism is activated, to discharge flame retardant compound from the container toward a fire. The extinguisher has a handle end and an outlet end at opposite ends of its length such that a user can hold the outlet end in a remote location away from the user when compound is discharged. The extinguisher can also be mounted and provided with a heat sensor for automatic activation.
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