Patents by Inventor Kirk A. Barnes

Kirk A. Barnes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Selectable fixed flow large scale fire fighting nozzle with selectable additive proportioning and light weight cost effective construction
    Patent number: 7207391
    Abstract: An industrial scale fire fighting nozzle and method, the nozzle having a selectively adjustable discharge gap and providing for gap coordinated, independently selectable additive proportioning ratio selection, the method including discharging fire fighting fluid at a selectively adjustable flow rate with an independently selectable, gap coordinated adjustable additive proportioning ratio, and use of reinforced high temperature polymer for at least a barrel element or a bafflehead element component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Williams Fire & Hazard Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Crabtree, Thomas E. Mason, Kirk A. Barnes
  • Selectable fixed flow large scale fire fighting nozzle with selectable additive proportioning and light weight cost effective construction
    Publication number: 20060090907
    Abstract: An industrial scale fire fighting nozzle and method, the nozzle having a selectively adjustable discharge gap and providing for gap coordinated, independently selectable additive proportioning ratio selection, the method including discharging fire fighting fluid at a selectively adjustable flow rate with an independently selectable, gap coordinated adjustable additive proportioning ratio, and use of reinforced high temperature polymer for at least a barrel element or a bafflehead element component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Dennis Crabtree, Thomas Mason, Kirk Barnes