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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882897 | Device for limiting the ultimate consequences of a failure to bring under control a mass fire in a storage bin for hazardous materials The device of the present invention is located in a closed containment enclosure surrounding a storage bin and comprises a closed tank (28) positioned on the storage bin containing a liquid (26) and having a fireproof shield enclosing the tank and a li... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7841421 | Ballistic fire protection system A fire protection device has a panel having a plurality of channels formed there through. A plurality of containers is used for holding a fire suppression material. Each container is placed in one of the plurality of channels. An attachment device is used for remova... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7438239 | Fire fighting piercing nozzle device A fire-fighting piercing nozzle device having two chambers for extinguishing and monitoring fires within a storage unit. The fire-fighting piercing nozzle device includes a dispensing system for dispensing fire-fighting materials onto a fire, a temperature measuring... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7210536 | Flame arrester A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed from expanded... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7152690 | Flame arrester A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed from expanded... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7070003 | Canister fire extinguishing assembly A canister fire extinguishing assembly includes a device that is adapted for removably coupling to a fire extinguisher. The device includes a container that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The pe... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055613 | Self leveling boom system with rotatable working assembly A fire fighting vehicle having a boom system includes a working assembly attached to an end portion of the boom system. The working assembly comprises a frame pivotally mounted at a midpoint of the frame to the end portion of the boom. The frame carries a mechanical... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6954948 | Swimming pool cover having built-in drain pump An accessory for a swimming pool includes pool cover means having a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral edge wherein the pool cover means is dimensioned to completely span and extend beyond all edges of the swimming pool; motorized water pump means having... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948567 | Passive fire protection device A fire protection device for holding a fire extinguishing agent. The device is made from a dual-face enclosure coupled to one another through internal ribs, and is configured such that a single chamber defined by the faces and ribs is configured to contain all of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6915861 | Ballistic fire protection packaging system The present invention presents a system for packaging fire suppressing material. An outer membrane is configured to support and release a fire suppression material when impacted by a ballistic or incendiary round. An inner membrane is configured to support and relea... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6824076 | Pneumatic control system for a water cannon A method and apparatus are provided for pneumatically controlling the operation of a water cannon such that the need for electrically power in the immediate vicinity of the water cannon is substantially avoided. ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6732809 | Apparatus for distributing granular material An apparatus for explosion suppression. The apparatus includes a flange proximate a volume wherein explosions are to be suppressed, a burst seal affixed to the flange, and a spreader insert proximate the flange. The seal is made to burst when pressure is applied to ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6698522 | Hot water heater A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed fr... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699563 | Compositions of matter for stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges and method and apparatus for making same An expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and in the prevention of or protection against explosions. The product is a continuous sheet of magnesium alloy foil having discontinuous slits in spaced apart lines parallel to each other but tra... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6651751 | Device for attaching fire extinguisher to a welding tank A device for securing a fire extinguisher to a welding tank is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, an adjustable retaining strap is connected to a fire extinguisher hanger having opposing flanged members that define a receiving area for the neck of a ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6619404 | Fire fighting system for a passenger aircraft A fire fighting system is installed below deck in a passenger aircraft for protecting freight and baggage loading areas. The system has a fire extinguishing medium storage container connected through a pipe line to one or more medium discharge nozzles. A ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6578639 | Disabler and storage system for hazardous substances This invention is geared at attacking the scourge of explosive fires, burns, environmental pollution, or other such hazards associated with the use, transport, and storage of fuels and other hazardous substances, before they occur, including the explosion... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6425283 | Device for monitoring leakage for long durations, especially for use in flat tank structures The invention relates to a device for long-term leakage monitoring, in particular of flat tank structures, comprising a sensor cable arranged on the outer surface of the tank casing. A collection chamber which, with respect to its height, is arranged at l... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6412567 | Hot water heater A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed fr... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6237694 | Explosion-protecting and extinguishing safety device An explosion-protection and extinguishing safety device for inflammable liquid storage tanks. An aperture of a predetermined size located on the top of a tank is controlled by a switch device of an automatic switching system. The switch device of the aper... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6216791 | Flame arrester A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed fr... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6216790 | Above-ground fuel storage system An improved aboveground system for storing a combustible fluid such as gasoline includes a storage tank that is constructed and arranged to store a combustible fluid such as gasoline and an outer tank to provide secondary containment. An interstitial spac... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6145599 | Anti-combustion safeguard for confined combustibles Anti-combuation safeguarding of fuel and other combustible material confined in contact with a pre-existing overlying ambient atmosphere supportive of combustion. Such atmosphere is displaced by an underlying blanketing layer of heavier-than-air gaseous c... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6131667 | Manual and automatic fire extinguishing systems A fire extinguisher which maintains a constantly high pressure inside a shell of the fire extinguisher through out a shelf-life of the fire extinguisher comprising an ejection chamber having internal threads at its lower edge and a shell having external t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6105676 | Flame arrester A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested ellipsoids formed fr... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6062316 | Compositions of matter for stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges An expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and in the prevention of or protection against explosions. The product is a continuous sheet of material having discontinuous slits in spaced apart lines parallel to each other but transverse to t... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6039123 | Above-ground fuel storage system An improved aboveground system for storing a combustible fluid such as gasoline includes a storage tank that is constructed and arranged to store a combustible fluid such as gasoline and an outer tank to provide secondary containment. An interstitial spac... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5944091 | Tank container cooling system A new tank container cooling system for preventing tank containers, especially bulk fuel storage containers, from overheating. The inventive device includes a main conduit fluidly connected to a fluid reservoir. At least one delivery conduit is in fluid c... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5913366 | Methods for extinguishing tank fires, including low boiling point and/or low auto-ignition fluid fires Improved methods for extinguishing tank fires, in particular of low boiling point and/or low auto ignition point fluids, the improved methods including cooling inner and outer tank wall portions and improving a foam attack from staged nozzles through crea... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5904190 | Method to prevent explosions in fuel tanks A method for preventing explosions in closed tanks which hold flammable liquids and flammable vapors and air above these liquid fuels comprising filling the ullage with a pressurized gas which not only excludes oxygen from the ullage but also prevents tra... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5845715 | Inhibition of hydrocarbon vapors in fuel tanks An effective method for diminishing hydrocarbon vapors in fuel tanks and thereby avoiding expensive, complicated and risky procedures for capturing purged hydrocarbon vapors during refueling. The method involves filling the fuel tank with multiple pieces ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5829533 | Method for extinguishing tank fires, in particular for crude and high vapor pressure flammable liquid A method for extinguishing flammable and combustible liquid tank fires using foam comprising empirically determining a footprint for a plurality of nozzles and configuring and aiming nozzles with respect to a tank such that predicted footprint and foam ru... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826664 | Active fire and explosion suppression system employing a recloseable valve The fire and explosion suppression system is mounted external to a tank and injects a suppressant medium into the tank via a preformed opening in the tank wall. The fire and explosion suppressant system includes a container for housing a suppressant mediu... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5816332 | Compositions of matter stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges An expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and in the prevention of or protection against explosions. The product is a continuous sheet of material having discontinuous slits in spaced apart lines parallel to each other but transverse to t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5794707 | Flame arrestor A highly efficient flame arrester adapted for use in preventing an external flame from backflashing upstream in a pipe, or a conduit, or a stream carrying a flammable substance. The flame arrester comprises a contained layer of nested spheroids formed fro... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5575339 | Compositions of matter for stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges and method and apparatus for making same An expandable metal product for use in extinguishing fires and in the prevention of or protection against explosions. The product is a continuous sheet of magnesium alloy foil having discontinuous slits in spaced apart lines parallel to each other but tra... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573066 | Remote fuel station A remote fuel station designed for fuelling of equipment in potentially hazardous situations such as in mines comprises an enclosed container that is adapted to receive a fuel tank or bladder and which includes a containment volume capable of holding the ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5566766 | Method for extinguishing tank fires A method for extinguishing flammable and combustible liquid tank fires using foam comprising empirically determining a footprint for a plurality of nozzles and configuring and aiming nozzles with respect to a tank such that predicted footprint and foam ru... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5562162 | Portable fueling facility An improved portable fueling facility for aircraft or ground vehicles includes, in the disclosed embodiments, at least one storage tank, an outer tank for providing secondary containment about the storage tank, a number of saddle members for supporting th... | 10/08/1996 |
