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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7182881 | Fire extinguishing agent and fire extinguisher A fire extinguishing agent contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an alkali hydrogencarbonate and an alkali carbonate, the alkali hydrogencarbonate being thermally decomposed to generate carbon dioxide and an alkali carbonate, a metal o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172709 | Use of fluorine-free fire fighting agents A foam concentrate provides a fire-fighting composition when mixed with water so that the fire-fighting composition does not form a stable seal on cyclohexane and meets UL 162, Class B performance criteria for at least one of AFFF agents and fluoroprotein (FP) agent... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7135125 | Method of extinguishing or retarding fires A foam concentrate or fire fighting composition for extinguishing and/or retarding fires is provided that meets UL162, Class B performance criteria for at least one of AFFF agents, AR-AFFF agents and fluoroprotein (FP) agents. The concentrate is used to form the fir... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7011763 | Fire extinguishing or retarding material A foam concentrate or fire fighting composition for extinguishing and/or retarding fires is provided that meets UL162, Class B performance criteria for at least one of AFFF agents, AR-AFFF agents and fluoroprotein (FP) agents. The concentrate is used to form the fir... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005082 | Fluorine-free fire fighting agents and methods A foam concentrate provides a fire-fighting composition when mixed with water so that the fire-fighting composition does not form a stable seal on cyclohexane and meets UL 162, Class B performance criteria for at least one of AFFF agents and fluoroprotein (FP) agent... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998508 | Tertiary alkanolamines containing surface active alkyl groups The present invention relates to novel tertiary alkanolamines useful as catalysts for preparing polyurethane foams and as additives to reduce the dynamic surface tension of aqueous solutions. The tertiary alkanolamines may be represented by formula (I): ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6726766 | Beads of a polycrystalline alkali-metal or alkaline-earth metal fluoride, their preparation, and their use for preparing optical single crystals The present invention is directed to polycrystalline alkali metal or alkaline earth metal beads, in particular CaF2 beads, having a diameter greater than or equal to 100 μm, advantageously between 100 μm and 2 cm, and an apparent density greater than 60... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6451106 | Beads of polycrystalline alkali-metal or alkaline-earth metal fluoride, their preparation, and their use for preparing optical single crystals A polycrystalline alkali-metal or alkaline-earth metal (more particularly CaF2) fluorides, produced in an original form, namely in the form of beads; said beads having a diameter or equivalent diameter greater than or equal to 100 um, advantageously betwe... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5958117 | Stabilized, corrosion-inhibited fire retardant compositions and methods A gum-thickened fire retardant composition with improved stability and/or corrosion resistance contains a fire retardant salt, a gum thickener, an aqueous liquid carrier and at least one non-toxic water-soluble additive which is at least one carboxylic ac... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5391721 | Aqueous film forming foam concentrates for hydrophilic combustible liquids and method for modifying viscosity of same Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) concentrates for fighting polar and non-polar fuel and solvent fires, comprising hydrocarbon solvents, hydrocarbon surfactants, fluorosurfactants, high molecular weight polysaccharides, alginates, salts of aryl or alkylary... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5302303 | Storage stable isocyanate-reactive compositions for use in flame-retardent systems This invention relates to stabilizing isocyanate-reactive compositions containing flame retardants by the use of certain tertiary amines or ammonium compounds, in which said stabilized compositions are prepared by mixing (a) at least one isocyanate-reacti... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5091097 | Fire extinguishing and inhibiting material In one embodiment of the present invention, a fire extinguishing and inhibiting material comprising potassium hydroxide, citric acid, diammonium phosphate, and urea in an aqueous solution is applied to an object to extinguish and inhibit fires. In accorda... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4849117 | Concentrated composition for forming an aqueous foam A concentrate composition for forming a stable aqueous foam. The concentrate composition comprises an anionic surfactant, a solvent and a stabilizer. The surfactant is preferably the sodium salt of an alpha olefin sulfonate such as sodium dodecyl sulfonat... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4770794 | Foam fire extinguishing compositions for aerial fire extinguishing Compositions and methods for retarding and extinguishing forest fires and ground fires by dropping air-activated foam compositions comprising 1% to 80% hydrocarbon surfactants, 0.1% to 6% by weight foam stabilizers, 0% to 30% by weight of solvents and 1% ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4350206 | Fire extinguishing foam concentrate and its application Film-forming fire extinguishing foam concentrates are described containing water, at least one hydrocarbon surfactant and at least one fluorosurfactant compatible with the latter one, which comprise a small amount of aliphatic carboxylic acids of the form... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4149599 | Fighting fire Fire-fighting foam effecting against burning hydrophilic or polar liquids like lower alcohols, ketones, etc. is made from concentrate containing thixotropic thickener dissolved in large amount, yet has a tolerable viscosity particularly when stirred. Hete... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4060132 | Fire fighting with thixotropic foam Aqueous foam formed with a solution containing a thixotropic polysaccharide in addition to foaming agent, will gel when projected onto a burning hydrophilic liquid, and such foam is not destroyed by the liquid, so that it is suitable to fight fires on hyd... | 11/29/1977 |
