Fire fighting system for a railway vehicle

• US 10,265,557 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH & Co., KG
• Original Assignee: FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH & Co., KG
• Inventors: Volk, Andreas, Dirksmeier, Roger
• Primary Examiner(s): Valvis, Alexander M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dandridge, Christopher R
• Application Number:
  US13/510,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20120267126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,106 Days
• Field of Search: 169 56, 169 60, 169 62, 169 55, 169 47, 169 46
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 3/07 in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles

Abstract

The invention relates to a fire fighting system, in particular for a railway vehicle, with a supply line for supplying at least one extinguishing nozzle with extinguishing fluid, wherein at least one section valve is arranged between the extinguishing nozzle and the supply line, wherein the section valve includes a signal processing means for controlling an adjustment means of the section valve, wherein the signal processing means can be electrically connected via a data communication network to a central control unit.

Claims

1. A fire fighting system installed in a railway vehicle, the fire fighting system comprising:

a supply line for supplying at least one extinguishing nozzle with extinguishing fluid;

at least one section valve arranged between the at least one extinguishing nozzle and the supply line, wherein each of the at least one section valve includes a signal processing unit integrated in the section valve and having a processor for controlling an adjustment unit of the section valve, wherein the signal processing unit is electrically connected via a data communication network to a central control unit, the signal processing unit being configured to transmit and receive data via the data communication network.

2. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the section valve is an electrically operated section valve.

3. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the signal processing unit is connected via a data interface to the data communication network.

4. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the signal processing unit comprises an IP address.

5. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the data communication network is formed as a token ring.

6. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the section valve is designed to operate at least one extinguishing nozzle in a predeterminable first section of a railway train vehicle independently of at least one further extinguishing nozzle in at least one second predeterminable section of the railway train vehicle.

7. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the section valve comprises at least one inlet opening, a first outlet opening and at least one second outlet opening.

8. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the signal processing unit comprises data collecting unit for recording the state of the section valve.

9. The fire fighting system of claim 8, wherein the data collecting unit is provided for determining the operating mode of the section valve and/or the section valve position and/or a section valve malfunction.

10. The fire fighting system of claim 1, wherein the fire fighting system comprises a pressure generation device, wherein the pressure generation device is coupled to a compressed air supply of the railway train vehicle.

11. A railway train vehicle comprising the fire fighting system of claim 1.

12. A method for operating a fire fighting system installed in a railway vehicle, wherein a section valve is arranged between a supply line and at least one extinguishing nozzle and comprises a signal processing unit having a processor, for controlling an adjustment unit of the section valve, that is controlled via a data communication network from a central control unit, wherein the signal processing unit is integrated in the at least one section valve and further including recording the state of the section valve in a data collecting unit in the signal processing unit.

13. A fire fighting system installed in a railway vehicle, the fire fighting system comprising:

a supply line for supplying at least one extinguishing nozzle with extinguishing fluid;

at least one section valve arranged between the at least one extinguishing nozzle and the supply line, wherein each of the at least one section valve includes a signal processing unit integrated in the section valve and having a processor for controlling an adjustment unit of the section valve, wherein the signal processing unit is electrically connected via a data communication network to a central control unit and the signal processing unit further comprises a data collecting unit for recording the state of the section valve.

14. The fire fighting system of claim 13, wherein the data collecting unit is provided for determining the operating mode of the section valve and/or the section valve position and/or a section valve malfunction.