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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146675 | Portable fire extinguishing apparatus and method A fire suppression device including a fire suppression agent generator. The device further includes trigger mechanism adapted to begin generation of the fire suppression agent from the fire suppression agent generator. A container at least partially surrounds the fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7832493 | Portable fire extinguishing apparatus and method A fire suppression device including a fire suppression agent generator. The device further includes trigger mechanism adapted to begin generation of the fire suppression agent from the fire suppression agent generator. A container at least partially surrounds the fi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7389825 | Aerosol fire-retarding delivery device A fire extinguishing assembly includes an ignition unit and an aerosol generating unit. The ignition unit in one embodiment comprises a spring loaded piston that is held under spring tension by a formed eutectic, which deforms at a predetermined temperature. When su... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7360605 | Thermally protected reservoir for onboard fire suppression system An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in res... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7325350 | Firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire A firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire. A cartridge is disposed in, and is selectively discharged from, a pistol. The cartridge includes a head containing a pressurized fire extinguishant and a casing containing a propellent. The cas... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7261165 | Appartus for fighting forest fires A housing unit includes two parts that define a fire-smothering chemical storing interior volume. The housing unit is transported to a target area of a forest fire by an aircraft and dropped onto the target area. An explosive charge is located inside the housing uni... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256818 | Detecting fire using cameras Detecting a fire, such as a fire in an aircraft cargo bay, includes receiving a plurality of frames of video information, determining an energy indicator for each of a subset of the plurality of frames, and detecting the presence of fire in response to the energy in... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7143833 | Portable fire-extinguisher A portable aerosol fire-extinguisher has an elongate metal casing (3) with a handle (2) and an internal chamber (4) for housing a charge (5) of a solid substance which can be transformed, at a predetermined temperature, into an aerosol wi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7108074 | Device with a storage tank that is filled or can be filled with an active ingredient and atomizer unit The apparatus (1e, 1f) according to the invention has a storage tank (5) which is or can be filled with an active substance (3), a pyrotechnic charge (6; 39) in a first end region (9) of the storage tank (5 | 09/19/2006 |
| 6896204 | Water pressured destruct enhancer The present invention comprises an extension tube that attaches to the bore end of a water jet producing device that is used to render safe improvised explosive devices by disrupting the firing train of said devices. The present invention comprises an extension tube... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6851483 | Fire suppression system and solid propellant aerosol generator for use therein A fire suppression system for a substantially enclosed area comprises: a plurality of solid propellant aerosol generators disposed about the enclosed area for exhausting a fire suppressant aerosol that is substantially void of an ozone depleting material into the en... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6622801 | Portable aerosol-type fire-fighting protection device A portable aerosol-type-fire-fighting protection device comprises a hollow body (1) which includes in the interior (10) thereof, and communicating with the exterior by way of an opening (3), a chamber (11) for accommodating a solid substance (7) capable o... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6513602 | Gas generating device A method and a device for producing a sufficient quantity of a fire suppressing gaseous product to substantially suppress a fire. The device has a first stage gas source containing a pyrotechnic gas generating material and a second stage gas source in flu... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6371213 | Liquid or foam fire retardant delivery device with pyrotechnic actuation and aeration A device for discharging a fire retardant material comprising a housing capable of storing a fire retardant material. The housing has an initiator attached to a first end, while a discharging port is attached at a second end. Additionally, sealed within t... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6089326 | Method and apparatus for extinguishing fires A method for extinguishing fire, wherein a gas an aerosol mixture is fed into a space includes steps of igniting a pyrotechnic composition that ensures a predetermined temperature profile during burning and a predetermined composition of the gas and aeros... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5992528 | Inflator based fire suppression system A fire extinguisher comprises a pressure bottle containing the fire extinguishing material and having mounted therein a diffuser-actuation housing. A source of pressurized gas is in at least one of the pressure bottle or the housing or may be in both. The... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5884710 | Liquid pyrotechnic fire extinguishing composition producing a large amount of water vapor Fire extinguishing or suppression apparatus and method employing a liquid pyrotechnic composition of a ternary mixture of hydroxyl ammonium nitrate, an amine nitrate salt, and water, in a closed combustion chamber of a pressure container. The apparatus is... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5660236 | Discharging fire and explosion suppressants 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 portio... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5613562 | Apparatus for suppressing a fire There is disclosed an apparatus for suppressing a fire. The apparatus includes a gas generator containing as a propellant, a mixture of a fuel, strontium nitrate as an oxidizer, and magnesium carbonate. When the propellant is ignited, a nitrogen rich effl... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5609210 | Apparatus and method for suppressing a fire There is provided an apparatus for suppressing a fire. The apparatus includes a gas generator charged with a combustive propellant. Upon ignition, the combustive propellant generates a copious volume of gas. The gas is directed by a first conduit to a cha... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5449041 | Apparatus and method for suppressing a fire An apparatus for suppressing a fire comprises a gas generator in communication with a vaporizable liquid by means of a first conduit. When activated, the gas generator generates an elevated temperature burst of a first gas containing carbon dioxide, nitro... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423384 | Apparatus for suppressing a fire An apparatus for suppressing a fire comprises a gas generator containing a propellant and a fire suppressant as a mixture of compacted powders. The average diameter of a fire suppressant particle is larger than the average diameter of a propellant particl... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5291952 | Extinguishing agent container A container for a fire extinguishing or explosion suppressing agent is provided with a pressure responsive, frangible disc which normally closes the outflow orifice for the agent. The container is provided with at least one gas-injection port to which a c... | 03/08/1994 |
