Of Preventing Fire Patents (Class 169/45)
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Publication number: 20130180738Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention are drawn to formulations and methods of making a liquid gel concentrate composition. Such liquid gel concentrates are formed by admixing an alkali-swellable polymer with an alkaline swelling agent in an oil-based suspending agent. The invention also provides for gelled water fire suppressants produced by mixing a liquid gel concentrate composition with water and methods of using such fire suppressants for combating fires.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: ICL PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS LPInventors: Melissa R.B. Kim, Howard L. Vandersall, Dave P. Horton
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Publication number: 20130175057Abstract: A method for providing a fire-resistant component is disclosed that includes the steps of obtaining a component, obtaining a fire-resistant sock comprising an enclosure with an open end, placing the component within the fire-resistant sock through the open end, and sealing the open end of the fire-resistant sock to form a seal by affixing a portion of the open end to the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventor: Steve Klancnik
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Patent number: 8475675Abstract: The present invention relates to water-in-oil polymer dispersions comprising of a continuous organic phase and therein finely dispersed and cross-linked, water-swellable polymerizates, where these have a residual monomer content of less than 1,000 ppm. The present invention relates further to a process for the production of polymer dispersions according to the invention. In addition, the present invention relates to devices for fire prevention and firefighting and to the use of the polymer dispersions according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Bernd Diener, Veronika Gehler, Erich Kuester, Daniel Roulands, Dieter Wehrhahn
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Publication number: 20130126193Abstract: A system for reducing flammability has a heat exchanger that cools ullage from a tank, condenses vapors within the ullage, and returns the cooled ullage and vapors to the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventor: Alankar Gupta
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Publication number: 20130087347Abstract: A method for fire prevention and/or fire fighting on board an aircraft comprises the steps detecting a fire event, leading an extinguishant to a fire source through a cooling-system piping system (12) which serves, in the normal operation of the aircraft, to supply a refrigerant to a cooling station (14a, 14b) and/or discharge a refrigerant from a cooling station (14a, 14b), and flooding the fire source with the extinguishant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Martin SIEME, Markus Piesker
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Patent number: 8413735Abstract: Fire-extinguishing agent supplying equipment pressurizes a water-based fire-extinguishing agent and supplies the agent via a pipe; and the water-based fire-extinguishing agent is pressurized and supplied via the pipe to an electrification spray head installed in a protection area A, and the jetted particles of the fire-extinguishing agent are electrified and sprayed from the electrification spray head. A pulsed or alternating electrification voltage is applied to the electrification spray head from a voltage application unit 15, and an external electric field generated by applying the voltage between a water-side electrode unit and an induction electrode unit is applied to the fire-extinguishing agent in a jetting process to electrify the jetted particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Hochiki CorporationInventors: Toshihide Tsuji, Tatsuya Hayashi
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Patent number: 8408323Abstract: A fire suppression composition includes starch, a pseudo-plastic, high yield, suspending agent, paraffin or olefin, and a neutralizer.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: EarthClean CorporationInventors: James Alroy E. Hagquist, Robert M. Hume, III, Terrance L. Lund, Roderick I. Lund
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Publication number: 20130068487Abstract: A fire protection element for a smoke-gas-proof and fire-resistant bulkheading of line lead-throughs is disclosed. The fire protection element has at least one flat molded body made of an elastically deformable material, which is made at least partially of an ash-forming and, if applicable, intumescent mixture, where at least one surface of the molded body is structured. The structured surface is formed by projecting elements that are arranged regularly or irregularly, which may be configured to be punctiform or linear. Such a fire protection element makes it possible to seal a component through-hole so that it is smoke-gas-proof and fire-resistant in the case of subsequent occupation by a line such as a cable or a pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent number: 8393121Abstract: A thermally expandable fire-stop system for placement in a thermally stable conduit having an inner wall defining an inner space through which a single pipe, being a, relatively, thermally weakenable pipe having an outer wall, extends, or will extend, the system comprising at least a device which includes at least one component having a non-linear thermal expansion characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Beele Engineering B.V.Inventor: Johannes Alfred Beele
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Publication number: 20130037279Abstract: Disclosed herein are flame suppression compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds include unsaturated fluorocarbons appropriate for use in fire protection applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
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Publication number: 20130020098Abstract: The present invention describes systems and methods which provide a moisture barrier that douses or diffuses buoyant burning debris, particularly hot embers, from a bush and/or brush fire (e.g., wildfires). By strategic placement of the devices and/or apparatus as disclosed, a method of preventing the destruction of dwellings and roof-containing structures by exploiting heat convection is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventor: My BUI
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Publication number: 20120292058Abstract: A fire protection system for reducing the danger of fire, which has a fuel cell for producing a nitrogen-enriched cathode exhaust air. The fuel cell is supplied with air and a fuel. Within the fuel cell, the air is then reduced to a determined oxygen content. The exhaust air is supplied to the room to be protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Julika Bleil, Lars Frahm, Andreas Westenberger, Claus Hoffjann
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Publication number: 20120273239Abstract: The invention provides a flame trap cartridge 154 for use in a flame arrestor 50, the flame trap cartridge comprising a casing 160, and a foam component 170 having two opposite ends and at least one side edge, wherein the foam component is at least partially encased around at least one side edge by the casing. The invention also provides a flame arrestor, a method of preventing flame propagation into a fuel tanks and a method of operating an aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventor: Susan BRENNAN
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Patent number: 8298436Abstract: Fire extinguishing compositions and methods of extinguishing a fire comprising compounds of formula (I) where Rf is a fluorocarbon group. The compounds and compositions described herein are useful as intermediates in the preparation of or as additives to AFFF (aqueous film forming foam) formulations used for the extinguishment of fuel and solvent fires.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Ansul, IncorporatedInventor: Jeffrey D. Michael
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Patent number: 8287752Abstract: Disclosed herein are flame suppression compounds and methods of use thereof. The compounds include unsaturated fluorocarbons appropriate for use in fire protection applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mario Joseph Nappa, Ekaterina N. Swearingen, Allen Capron Sievert
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Patent number: 8276679Abstract: The present invention describes systems and methods which provide a moisture barrier that douses or diffuses buoyant burning debris, particularly hot embers, from a bush and/or brush fire (e.g., wildfires). By strategic placement of the devices and/or apparatus as disclosed, a method of preventing the destruction of dwellings and roof-containing structures by exploiting heat convection is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Inventor: My Bui
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Publication number: 20120227370Abstract: A local fire shield is provided for protecting an attachment point of a fireproof system in an engine during a fire event. The local fire shield includes a mounting plate mounted on the attachment point; and a cover coupled to the mounting plate for covering the attachment point during the fire event.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Justin C. Mickelsen, Martin C. Baker
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Publication number: 20120222873Abstract: An aircraft fire prevention system provides oxygen depleted (hypoxic) air for the fuel tank and/or cargo compartment protection; the system does not employ compressed air for the production of hypoxic air, which allows to save energy and fuel and to reduce negative impact on the earth atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventor: IGOR K. KOTLIAR
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Patent number: 8256524Abstract: A fire protection system for reducing the danger of fire, which has a fuel cell for producing a nitrogen-enriched cathode exhaust air. The fuel cell is supplied with air and a fuel. Within the fuel cell, the air is then reduced to a determined oxygen content. The exhaust air is supplied to the room to be protected.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Julika Bleil, Lars Frahm, Andreas Westenberger, Claus Hoffjann
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Patent number: 8256525Abstract: The present invention relates to an inerting method for reducing a risk of fire outbreak in an enclosed space as well as a device therefor. A continuous inerting of the enclosed space to spatially-separated zones of the enclosed space is performed as necessary without needing structural separations. At least one inert gas having a gas density (?Gas) which differs from the mean gas density (?Gas) of the ambient atmosphere of the space is introduced into the enclosed space such that a gas stratification including a first gas layer (A) and a second gas layer (B) forms in the enclosed space, wherein the oxygen content in the first gas layer (A) corresponds substantially to the oxygen content of the ambient atmosphere, and wherein the oxygen content in the second gas layer (B) corresponds to a specific, definable oxygen content which is lower than the oxygen content of the ambient atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Amrona AGInventor: Ernst-Werner Wagner
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Publication number: 20120186833Abstract: Provided are fiberglass insulations which have a softening point of less than, or no more than, 699° C., and an elevated glass viscosity at the UL 181 test temperature of 774° C. Also provided are insulated products, such as ducts, which have the fiberglass insulations thereon, as well as methods of improving the flame penetration resistance of an insulated product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: KNAUF INSULATION GMBHInventors: Paul D. Wlodarczyk, Ronald A Houpt, Curtis Davies, Steven Lee Collings
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Publication number: 20120186834Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a concentrated steeping liquor from the starch industry, referred to as corn steep, as a means for controlling the risks of fire caused by self-heating and the risks of explosion of dust caused by the particles and microparticles contained in the inflammable organic materials from the extractive industry, as well as by explosive gases released during the self-heating process during the storage, transport, and/or handling thereof. The concentrated steeping liquor of the invention is diluted with water and mixed with the material to be treated in respective proportions so as to obtain, for an index P up to 315 ?m, a percentage of fines at most equal to 6%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventor: Denis Terraz
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Publication number: 20120145418Abstract: A Misting Blanket Fire Protection system is a solution for preventing buildings from being destroyed by wildfires. The system is easy to install and is an independent system that is able to operate independently from electricity and water supply from the city. This invention is a movable system which composes of a misting blanket, a water source and an engine water pump. The misting blanket releases water sprinkles to wet any building needing protection to prevent from catching fire when a wildfire approaches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Kuojui Su, Ling Ju Su
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Publication number: 20120145417Abstract: The invention relates to an inerting method as well as an inerting system (1) to set and/or maintain a reduced oxygen content in an enclosed room (2), wherein a gas separation system (3.1, 4.1; 3.2, 4.2; 3.3, 4.3) is provided which separates off at least a portion of the oxygen from an initial gas mixture provided in a mixing chamber (6) and by so doing, provides a nitrogen-enriched gas mixture. In order to optimize the operation of the inerting system (1), the invention provides for a portion of the air to be withdrawn from the enclosed room (2) and admixed with fresh air in the mixing chamber (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Amrona AGInventors: Eberlein Anselm, Peter Uwe Kersten
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Patent number: 8192653Abstract: A fire suppression composition includes starch, a pseudo-plastic, high yield, suspending agent, paraffin or olefin, and a neutralizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: EarthCleanCorporationInventors: James Alroy E. Hagquist, Robert M. Hume, III, Terrance L. Lund, Roderick I. Lund
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Patent number: 8182711Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrotechnic aerosol fire suppression compositions that burn rapidly, but coolly. The rapid burning of the compositions of the present invention produces a voluminous flame-suppressive aerosol that is useful in suppressing and/or extinguishing both small and large fires. The compositions of the invention contain at least one oxidizer and a fuel component comprising at least one organic acid salt, which combination produces a rapid burning composition that burns at low temperatures with little or no flame and have a low heat of combustion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventors: Philip L. Posson, Mark L. Clark
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Publication number: 20120111583Abstract: The invention relates to a method of dusting coal mine surfaces, the method comprising applying stone dust particles treated with a cationic and/or zwitterionic surfactant to surfaces in the coal mine. The invention also relates to liquid formulations, coal mine dusting agents and apparatus for use in such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicants: Mining Attachments (QLD) Pty Ltd., Applied Australia Pty Ltd.Inventors: Alan Graham Brown, Carlos Alberto Mari, Rodney James Connell, Matthew Charles Ryan
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Publication number: 20120097405Abstract: A method of firestopping a through-penetration is disclosed, which makes use of a fusible inorganic blended-fiber web. The fusible inorganic blended-fiber web can provide a fire-stopped through-penetration without the use of sealants, intumescent materials, and the like. The fusible inorganic blended-fiber web may comprise a blend of at least first, low melting inorganic fibers and second, high melting inorganic fibers. The fusible inorganic blended-fiber web comprises a bulk density of at least about 7 pounds per cubic foot (0.112 grams/cc).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Brandon L. Cordts, George W. Frost, Ernst L. Schmidt
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Patent number: 8151898Abstract: A wildfire suppressor made from a composite mixture bonded by a resin. The suppressor may be cylindrically shaped so that it wraps around a wooden utility pole or it may be a flat sheet adapted to be used under shingles or siding on a house or other suitable building. The fire suppressor comprises two layers. The first layer is adapted to reflect heat and is located on the outer portion of the sheet. The second layer is located closer to the object being protected. Above a certain predetermined temperature the second layer undergoes a chemical reaction to help protect the pole, building, or other object being protected.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Alphagen Materials Technology, Inc.Inventor: Matthew Merchant
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Patent number: 8141649Abstract: A fire suppression system and a method for providing fire suppression onboard of an aircraft by rapidly establishing a breathable hypoxic atmosphere onboard of an aircraft, which can be generated by an air separation device utilizing a positive pressure of the bleed air and a negative pressure of the outside atmosphere; breathable hypoxic fire-extinguishing agent, containing 12%-18% of oxygen, can flood protected compartments of an aircraft in case of a fire and/or can be used as propellant for generating water mist or foam.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: FirePass CorporationInventor: Igor K. Kotliar
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Publication number: 20120048576Abstract: A method is invented of sealing through penetrations in fire rated barriers (walls or floors/ceilings), caused by metallic pipes, metallic conduits, metallic cable trays with cable inside, cables, metallic ducts and electric busways, by placing an external firestop seal comprising of cemetitious liquid material, which upon curing becomes rigid and heat absorbing. In order to obtain the same fire rating with the same rigid, cementitious fire stop material for an external seal as compared with an internal seal, the total depth of the external seal, on both sides of the fire barrier, was determined to be at most the same as the depth of the internal seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Adolf R. Hochstim
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Patent number: 8096366Abstract: Compositions are described which are useful in many applications such as fire extinguishing or refrigeration. The compositions may include a hydrochlorofluorocarbon such as 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane, a dispersant such as CF3I, and an inert gas such as argon, and may in some embodiments be held under pressure. For example, some fire extinguishing compositions may be composed of 2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane, CF3I, and argon.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: American Pacific CorporationInventors: Jeff Gibson, Bradford Colton
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Patent number: 8088310Abstract: Each year wildfires, forest fires and out of control camp fires do untold damage to millions of acres of land, while causing billions of dollars in damages to property, wild life, and human life. The Orr Formula is designed to aid in, and assist the extinguishment of such fires. The Orr Formula is a composition that comprises: 1) 10% by weight Calcium Phosphate which acts as a binder; 2) 10% by weight Corn Starch which aids in flaking of the remaining composition off the site to which the composition was applied after the fire has been extinguished and cooled; and 3) 80% by weight of a mixture of Sodium Silicate with a base exchange Silicate of Sodium Aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: Charles L. Orr
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Patent number: 8083002Abstract: Methods and systems of fire protection of an attic space having a sloped roof above a ceiling deck so as to define a concealed space defining a protection area. The method includes disposing at least one upright sprinkler having a deflector disposed beneath the roof and coupled to either a wet or a dry pipe system and defining a hydraulic demand of the at least one sprinkler as being equivalent to a hydraulic demand for the protection area so as to eliminate any increase in the hydraulic design area for the sloped roof.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LPInventors: James E. Golinveaux, Mark E. Fessenden, Kevin D. Maughan
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Publication number: 20110308822Abstract: A fire suppression system includes a volume reduction system having a seal member. The seal member is selectively deployable between a first position and a second position to seal an opening in a confined space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Dharmendr Len Seebaluck, Terry Simpson, Robert Glaser
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Patent number: 8079421Abstract: A method and device for preventing fire and for extinguishing fire in an enclosed space in which a permanent negative pressure is set, includes fresh air being supplied in a regulated manner to the compartment atmosphere as supply air and exhaust air being discharged from the compartment atmosphere in a regulated manner, and wherein should a fire occur or to prevent a fire, an extinguishing agent which is gaseous under normal conditions is supplied to the compartment atmosphere as the supply air. In order to achieve a relieving of pressure without changing the set negative pressure, or upon a sudden flooding of the space with the gaseous extinguishing agent, the total volume flow of fresh air and/or extinguishing agent supplied to the compartment atmosphere as supply air is at all times less than or equal to the volume flow of the exhaust air discharged from the compartment atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Amrona AGInventor: Ernst-Werner Wagner
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Publication number: 20110247839Abstract: Gravity-laid inorganic fiber webs and methods of making and using are disclosed. The gravity-laying process comprises mechanically separating inorganic fibers and collecting the fibers as a web, and may comprise blending of multiple types of inorganic fibers and/or blending of inorganic particulate additives with the fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Lahoussaine Lalouch, John J. Rogers, George W. Frost
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Publication number: 20110247838Abstract: Monolithic gravity-laid inorganic fiber webs that are greater than about 5 cm in thickness are disclosed. Methods of making and using such webs are also disclosed. The gravity-laying process comprises mechanically separating inorganic fibers and collecting the fibers as a monolithic thick web, and may comprise blending of multiple types of inorganic fibers and/or blending of inorganic particulate additives with the fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: James P. Endle, George W. Frost, Lahoussaine Lalouch, Mario A. Perez, John J. Rogers
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Publication number: 20110238234Abstract: Systems and devices for and methods of energy management, property security and fire hazard prevention are provided. The systems, devices and methods are able to be centralized, computerized, and expandable. The devices and systems are capable of automatically reducing energy consumptions and minimizing losses of property caused by fire, theft, and vandalism using monitoring sensors (e.g., occupancy sensors) and computer software and equipments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventor: David H. C. Chen
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Publication number: 20110226497Abstract: A dynamic water shield fire protection system and method is provided for continuously wetting roof and both external and internal wall surfaces of a building with running thin water films for protecting against an impending fire. Unlike conventional sprinkler systems in which water is sprinkled, in the present invention, specially designed nozzles with flat outlets spread flattened water flows at close range directly on the surfaces to protect against fire. Protected from wind, water flowing from adjacent individual nozzles merges into a uniform water film acting as a water shield to protect the surfaces from an impending fire. A drain assembly is installed longitudinally along the bottom of each water protected surface to collect the water running down, enabling water evacuation or recycling. Thus, a fire protection system is provided to protect a building from both exterior and interior impending fire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventor: Innocent Hervé Yamodo
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Patent number: 8016911Abstract: A method of using a protective gas composition comprising a fluorine-containing organic compound and a carrier gas for preventing a rapid oxidation or combustion of a molten magnesium/magnesium alloy alloy in a magnesium or magnesium alloy production process.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yasuo Hibino, Ryoichi Tamai, Satoru Okamoto, Fuyuhiko Sakyu
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Publication number: 20110186311Abstract: Fire-extinguishing agent supplying equipment pressurizes a water-based fire-extinguishing agent and supplies the agent via a pipe; and the water-based fire-extinguishing agent is pressurized and supplied via the pipe to an electrification spray head installed in a protection area A, and the jetted particles of the fire-extinguishing agent are electrified and sprayed from the electrification spray head. A pulsed or alternating electrification voltage is applied to the electrification spray head from a voltage application unit 15, and an external electric field generated by applying the voltage between a water-side electrode unit and an induction electrode unit is applied to the fire-extinguishing agent in a jetting process to electrify the jetted particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Toshihide TSUJI, Tatsuya Hayashi
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Publication number: 20110174509Abstract: The present invention relates to versatile multi-layer (A)(B) coating systems for anti-flame purposes especially for protection of expanded organic polymers (C) leading to improved fire retardant properties together with low smoke generation, the process for manufacturing of such systems, the application of such systems on substrates and the use of such systems and resulting composites.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBHInventors: Heribert QUANTE, Friedhelm VIELMEYER, Jürgen WEIDINGER
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Patent number: 7959825Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Barbara Haviland Minor, Velliyur Nott Mallikarjuna Rao, Donald Bernard Bivens, Deepak Perti, Mark Steven Baunchalk
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Publication number: 20110114342Abstract: A fire barrier system for use in aircraft, ship or offshore drilling platform comprises a flexible graphite sheet. Methods of providing fire barrier protection in an aircraft, ship or offshore drilling platform comprise installing the described fire barrier system in the aircraft, ship or offshore drilling platform. Additionally, the fire barrier system when installed in the aircraft, ship or offshore drilling platform is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Kazuhiro Ono, Yasushi Nishikawa, Takashi Inada
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Publication number: 20110088917Abstract: A flame-blocking system includes flame retardant foam having at least one through hole and at least one flame retardant tube passing through the through hole. Both the flame retardant foam and the flame retardant tube comprise graphite, aluminum hydroxide and ammonium phosphate in addition to a base resin. The flame-blocking system prevents flames and toxic gases generated during a fire or a similar accident from being spread through holes through which a wire, a cable or a pipe is installed across a wall of buildings or ships, which can reduce damage to life and property.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Won Rock Lee
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Patent number: 7914698Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Barbara Haviland Minor, Velliyur Nott Mallikarjuna Rao, Donald Bernard Bivens, Deepak Perti, Mark Steven Baunchalk
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Patent number: 7909111Abstract: An outdoor fire prevention system preferably includes an existing roof structure with a plurality of first and second groups of water discharging assemblies. The system may also include a mechanism for automatically distributing water to a target group of water discharging assemblies by selecting assemblies from each of the first and second groups when sensors, located in the roof, indicate that the roof surface temperature, of a target region of is elevated above a maximum threshold temperature. The outdoor fire prevention system may further include a controller that is connected to a primary water shutoff valve in fluid communication with the automatic water distributing mechanism which automatically controls the amount of water transmitted to the system. The outdoor fire prevention system may also include a primary conduit in fluid communication with the primary water shutoff valve and traveling downstream therefrom, directing water where needed.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventors: Andres Hinojosa, Chris Martinez
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Patent number: 7906034Abstract: The present invention is directed to pyrotechnic aerosol fire suppression compositions that burn rapidly, but coolly. The rapid burning of the compositions of the present invention produces a voluminous flame-suppressive aerosol that is useful in suppressing and/or extinguishing both small and large fires. The compositions of the invention contain at least one oxidizer and a fuel component comprising at least one organic acid salt, which combination produces a rapid burning composition that burns at low temperatures with little or no flame and have a low heat of combustion.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Goodrich CorporationInventors: Philip L. Posson, Mark L. Clark
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Patent number: 7900709Abstract: An aircraft fire-extinguishing system provides automatic fire prevention and/or suppression simultaneously in fuel tanks, cargo compartments and, when needed, in cabin using injection of hypoxic (oxygen-depleted) air produced onboard in an air-separation device utilizing the flow and pressure of the bleed air. The same air-separation device allows supplying passengers and crew with unlimited amounts of oxygen for as long as needed. New methods of a rapid fire suppression utilizing the propulsion of water mist or fire-extinguishing foam by hypoxic air are presented. The combination of water mist or foam with hypoxic air allows to present two innovative fire-extinguishing compositions.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Inventor: Igor K. Kotliar