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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7823650 | Methods and apparatus for hazard control A hazard control system according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to deliver a control material in response to detection of a hazard. In one embodiment, the hazard control system comprises a pressure tube having an internal pressure and con... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7395868 | Apparatus for blocking a medium flow passage in a spray head, and spray head An apparatus for blocking a medium flow passage in a spray head has a blocking element in the passage that, when unbroken, blocks the passage of medium from a first side having a first pressure to a second side having a second pressure. A supporting element is on th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7363987 | Sprinkler system for converting non-sprinklered buildings In the system or method for sprinklering a building, the building has a water delivery pipe for delivery of water to at least two different floors of the building. On at least two floors, a respective sprinkler pipe with a plurality of sprinklers is installed. Also ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353881 | Ganged fire extinguisher system A non-electrically actuated ganged fire extinguisher system for use in an enclosure of a size larger than the capacity of a single pre-engineered fire extinguisher comprises at least two pre-engineered fire extinguishers positioned at spaced locations in the enclosu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322423 | Dry pipe valve for fire protection sprinkler system A fire protection system comprises a supply pipe having a first fluid pressurized to a first pressure and a network of pipes having a plurality of sprinklers. The network of pipes have a second fluid being pressurized to a second pressure at approximately 5.5 times ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7240740 | Diaphragm valve with pivoting closure member A valve is disclosed having an inlet duct aligned with an outlet duct and an angularly oriented elliptical seat positioned between them. A pressure chamber faces the seat. A pivoting valve closure member is positioned between the pressure chamber and the seat. An as... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237619 | Automatic fire sprinkler having a variable orifice An automatic fire sprinkler having a variable orifice, the sprinkler having a variable orifice associated with the automatic fire sprinkler, and wherein the orifice is responsive to the water inlet pressure of the sprinkler. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7182143 | Automatic appliance fire extinguisher system Embodiments of the invention provide fire extinguishers for appliances and methods. A fire extinguisher includes a container containing a pressurized fire retardant. A delivery tube is connected to the container and is in fluid communication with the pressurized fir... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7104333 | Dry pipe valve for fire protection sprinkler system A differential-type dry pipe valve for a fire protection sprinkler system has a ratio of effective air sealing area to service water sealing area that is smaller than a ratio of service water pressure to system air pressure at which the fire protection sprinkler sys... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7021166 | Booster actuator A booster actuator 10 may be positioned between the solenoid 12 and a valve 14, and increases the energy output from the solenoid to activate the valve. The booster actuator 10 may include a force input member 28 and a force output... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017673 | Sprinkling head for fire fighting systems A sprinkling or spraying head, for fire fighting systems, comprises a nozzle holder cap which is removably coupled to the body of the sprinkling head and comprises a plurality of nozzles designed for ejecting a fighting liquid in a nebulized form. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6955226 | Ganged fire extinguisher system A non-electrically actuated ganged fire extinguisher system for use in an enclosure of a size larger than the capacity of a single pre-engineered fire extinguisher comprises at least two pre-engineered fire extinguishers positioned at spaced locations in the enclosu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6889912 | Method and apparatus for removing trapped water An apparatus and method for clean, efficient removal of water and odor from a sprinkler systems including a vessel, a pump which creates a reduced pressure in the vessel, and a connector for attaching the device to the sprinkler system to remove trapped water. The v... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6860331 | Single-piece manifold A single-piece manifold for use with a residential or other building sprinkler system is disclosed which comprises a body having an inlet in communication with a water supply and an outlet that communicates with a sprinkler system having a conduit adapted for fluid ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6848513 | Fire protection valve trim assembly system A trim assembly for a fire protection system valve includes a mounting member and a piping assembly supported by the mounting member. The piping assembly includes a priming line with an inlet for receiving priming fluid from a fire suppressant fluid supply line and ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6810963 | Dry pipe valve for fire protection sprinkler system A differential-type dry pipe valve for a fire protection sprinkler system has a ratio of effective air sealing area to service water sealing area that is smaller than a ratio of service water pressure to system air pressure at which the fire protection sprinkler sys... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6708772 | Container valve with tripping device for stationary fire extinguishing plants A container valve for fixed fire extinguishing systems comprises a valve body (12), a closure piston (26), one sealed end of which is introduced into the release chamber (24) and the opposite end of which has a sealing surface which can be press... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6637519 | System and method for extinguishing a fire A system and method for extinguishing or controlling a fire. The system has a source of a substance which is usable to extinguish a fire in a prescribed area, a control system, and an activation system. The control system has (a) a first state in which th... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6581694 | Method and system for controlling the supply of nitrogen to electrical power handling equipment A system that controls nitrogen pressure in the ullage of a power transformer that has its windings submerged in oil. The pressure is controlled in a narrow range of approximately 0.5 psi to approximately 2.0 psi. A nitrogen generator supplies the nitroge... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6564877 | Automatic valve with manual override for fire engine high pressure water system An apparatus and method for releasing pressure and draining a high pressure water system includes a valve comprising a valve body having an inner cavity for water to flow therethrough, an inlet opening and an outlet opening in fluid connection with the in... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6557645 | Dry pipe valve for fire protection sprinkler system A differential-type dry pipe valve for a fire protection sprinkler system has a ratio of effective air sealing area to service water sealing area that is smaller than a ratio of service water pressure to system air pressure at which the fire protection sp... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6415870 | Wet type sprinkler system The invention provides a wet-type sprinkler system by which the water damage caused when a sprinkler heads function in a wrong way with ensuring a quick extinguishing operation at the time of fire. A suction pipe is provided for the system so as to commun... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6357531 | Virtual accelerator for detecting an alarm condition within a pressurized gas sprinkler system and method thereof The virtual accelerator is for detecting an alarm condition within a pressurized gas sprinkler system. It has a pressure monitor for monitoring pressure within the pressurized gas sprinkler system, and generating a pressure signal representative of the pr... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6279663 | Nozzle and fire fighting installation The invention relates to a nozzle, preferably for use in sprinklers and spray heads, for spraying extinguishing medium, the nozzle comprising a housing (7), an inlet end (1) and a first conduit (2) leading from the inlet end to a nozzle opening (3) to ena... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6068057 | Dry pipe valve system In the dry pipe sprinkler valve arrangement disclosed in the specification, a dry pipe sprinkler line is normally supplied with air at a pressure in a range from about 5 psi to about 20 psi and is connected through a check valve, a dry pipe valve and a ma... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6068205 | On-off control for sprinklers and the like employing a sealing membrane In an automatic on-off sprinkler, water enters an inlet and passes through a hollow interior region to the outlet. A reciprocating member in the hollow region normally blocks the outlet when water entering a narrow passageway fills a central chamber above... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5967239 | Fire-extinguishing device with a fire-extinguishing fluid A fire extinguishing device activates fire extinguishing nozzle-heads in multiple locations in response to fire-induced activation of one of the fire extinguishing nozzle-heads. The fire extinguishing nozzle-heads are connected to a supply pipe which cond... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5954138 | Fire extinguisher valve and fire-extinguishing equipment The fire-extinguishing device proposed includes a container, holding a gas under pressure, and a fusible hollow element designed to actuate the device. The fusible hollow element is connected to the extinguishant container in such a way that it is acted o... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5927406 | Fire protection installation involving a normally dry network of sprinklers A fire protection installation of the type comprising a normally dry network of sprinklers is, whenever the dry network of sprinklers is put to atmospheric pressure due to said network of sprinklers being opened, fed with water via a control station conne... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5899275 | Inert gas fire fighting system and pressure control valve for inert gas fire fighting system An inert gas fire fighting system is designed to extinguish fire by discharging inert gas fire extinguisher stored in a gaseous state in a fire extinguisher storage vessel into an object fire fighting section while maintaining the concentration of the ine... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5673755 | Installation for fighting fire in a plurality of fire sections An installation for fighting fire has a drive unit for extinguishing liquid. A main feed line (5) of the drive unit (1) is connected to a pilot valve having outgoing lines to a plurality of fire sections (A, B, C, D) for opening connection between one of ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5655608 | Fire fighting equipment The present invention relates to a fire fighting equipment, comprising at least one spray head (1) with a number of nozzles (3) directed obliquely sideways. The nozzles (3) are arranged so close to each other that the fog formation areas of the individual... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5653291 | Pressure activated valve for fire fighting installation A valve for a fire fighting installation has a housing, an inlet into the housing and connectable to a source of extinguishing liquid at a high pressure, an outlet from the housing and connectable to an outgoing line having at least one automatically rele... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5458202 | Pressurized extinguishant release device with rolling diaphragm A pressurized extinguishant release device with a rolling diaphragm includes a closed elongated sensor tube filled for example with 50% water and 50% ethylene glycol which terminates in an enclosure sealed by a circular head portion of the rolling diaphra... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5236049 | Fire emergency, sprinkling control system and method thereof There is described an electronic fire reporting and sprinkling control module to be connected to a control bus of a fire alarm system, and to a flow control valve which controls flow of extinguishing fluid into a sprinkler system. The sprinkler system can... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5188184 | Fire suppression systems A fire suppression system in which fire suppressant material is contained in a reservoir, the reservoir having an outlet and a system containing one or more nozzles from which the suppressant is delivered for fire suppresant purposes. The system incorpora... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5125458 | Fire fighting apparatus Fire fighting apparatus has a fire retardant or fire quenching system mounted on a structure operative in response to detection of fire to take water from a reserve supply in the absence of main water line or supply flow or pressure. The reserve supply ma... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5099925 | Dry sprinkler system A dry sprinkler system includes a compressed gas pilot operated water valve between a water supply main and a dry sprinkler pipe, the valve being normally open and held closed upon activation of the pilot by water pressure.... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5069291 | Method and apparatus for suppressing explosions and fires and preventing reignition thereof Apparatus for suppressing explosions comprises a reservoir containing hot pressurized water which is heated by a heater. On explosion conditions occurring in an enclosure a high speed differential pressure diaphragm is fractured to release a charge of hot... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4986366 | Method and apparatus for suppressing explosions and fires Apparatus for suppressing explosions comprises a reservoir means containing hot pressurized water which is heated by a heating means. On explosion conditions occurring in an enclosure a high speed differential pressure diaphragm is fractured to release a ... | 01/22/1991 |
