Firefighting fluid delivery system

• US 20070164127A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company Incorporated (Safe Fleet Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company Incorporated (Safe Fleet Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Lozier, Todd, Jones, Lee
• Application Number:
  US11/636,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20070164127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/71
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 31/00 Delivery of fire-extinguishing material pumps F04; suction or pressure hoses, joints or couplings therefor F16L
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 37/08 comprising an outlet device containing a sensor, or itself being the sensor, i.e. self-contained sprinklers
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 37/36 an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6881 Automotive
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8175 Plural
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8326 Fluid pressure responsive indicator, recorder or alarm

Abstract

A fire fighting fluid delivery system includes a fire fighting fluid delivery device, a pressure sensor, which senses fluid pressure at the fluid delivery device and generates a pressure signal indicative of the fluid pressure, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting the pressure signal. The fluid delivery system further includes a fire fighting fluid input device which is in fluid communication with the fluid delivery device and a wireless receiver that receives the pressure signal. In addition, the system includes a pressure gauge in communication with the receiver, which displays a pressure reading based on the pressure signal received by the receiver wherein a pump operator may selectively adjust the delivery of fluid to the fluid delivery device from the fluid input device based on the pressure reading displayed at the pressure gauge.

Claims

1. A fire fighting fluid delivery system comprising:

a fire fighting fluid delivery device;

a pressure sensor, said pressure sensor sensing fluid pressure at said fluid delivery device and generating a pressure signal indicative of said fluid pressure;

a wireless transmitter transmitting said pressure signal;

a fire fighting fluid input device in fluid communication with said fluid delivery device;

a wireless receiver receiving said pressure signal; and

a pressure gauge in communication with said receiver, said pressure gauge displaying a pressure reading based on said pressure signal received by said receiver wherein a pump operator may selectively adjust the delivery of fluid to said fluid delivery device from said fluid input device based on said pressure reading displayed at said pressure gauge.

2. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a nozzle, a monitor, a truck outlet, a pipe, or a valve.

3. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said fluid input device comprises a pump.

4. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said sensor comprises a pressure transducer.

5. The fluid delivery system according to claim 4, wherein said transducer comprises an electronic pressure transducer.

6. The fluid delivery system according to claim 5, further comprising a voltage supply at said fluid delivery device, said voltage supply powering said electronic pressure transducer.

7. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless transmitter comprises an RF transmitter, and said receiver comprises an RF receiver.

8. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a first fluid delivery device, said fluid delivery system further comprising a second fluid delivery device, said second fluid delivery device including a second pressure sensor sensing a parameter at said second fluid delivery device and in communication with said transmitter.

9. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said pressure sensor senses fluid pressure at an input of said fluid delivery device.

10. The fluid delivery system according to claim 1, further comprising a second gauge and a second sensor measuring a parameter of the fire fighting fluid at said fire fighting fluid delivery device and generating a parameter signal, said second sensor being selected from a flow sensor, an RPM sensor, and a temperature sensor and in communication with said second gauge, and said second gauge displaying a reading of said parameter based on said parameter signal.

11. A fluid delivery system comprising:

a fire fighting fluid delivery device;

a pressure sensor, said pressure sensor sensing fluid at said fluid delivery device and generating a pressure signal;

a wireless transmitter transmitting said pressure signal;

a fire fighting fluid input device for delivering fire fighting fluid to and in fluid communication with said fluid delivery device; and

a controller in communication with said wireless transmitter and said fluid input device, said controller selectively actuating said fluid input device to deliver fluid to said fluid delivery device and adjusting the delivery of fluid from said fluid input device to said fluid delivery device in response to said pressure signal from said transmitter.

12. The fluid delivery system according to claim 11, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a nozzle, a monitor, a truck outlet, a pipe, or a valve.

13. The fluid delivery system according to claim 11, wherein said fluid input device comprises a pump.

14. The fluid delivery system according to claim 11, wherein said sensor comprises a pressure transducer.

15. The fluid delivery system according to claim 14, wherein said transducer comprises an electronic pressure transducer.

16. The fluid delivery system according to claim 15, further comprising a voltage supply at said fluid delivery device, said voltage supply powering said electronic pressure transducer.

17. The fluid delivery system according to claim 16, wherein said sensor includes said voltage supply.

18. The fluid delivery system according to claim 15, wherein said transmitter comprises an RF transmitter, said controller including an RF receiver for receiving said signal from said RF transmitter.

19. The fluid delivery system according to claim 11, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a first fluid delivery device, further comprising a second fluid delivery device and a second pressure sensor sensing fluid pressure at said second fluid delivery device, said second pressure sensor generating a second pressure signal and being in communication with said controller, and said controller adjusting the delivery of fire fighting fluid to said second fluid delivery device based on said second pressure signal.

20. The fluid delivery system according to claim 19, wherein said second pressure sensor senses fluid pressure at an input of said second fluid delivery device.

28. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 20, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a first fluid delivery device, further comprising a second fluid delivery device and a second sensor, said second sensor sensing a parameter of the fluid at said second fluid delivery device and generating a parameter signal, and said control panel having a second gauge, said second gauge displaying said parameter of the fluid at said second fluid delivery device in response to said parameter signal.

29. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 28, wherein said second sensor senses fluid pressure at said second fluid delivery device.

21. A fire truck fluid delivery system comprising:

a fluid delivery device for delivering fluid;

a sensor, said sensor sensing a parameter of the fluid at said fluid delivery device and generating a parameter signal;

a wireless transmitter in communication with said sensor, and said transmitter transmitting said parameter signal; and

a control panel, said control panel including a gauge and a receiver, said receiver receiving said parameter signal from said transmitter and being in communication with said gauge, and said gauge displaying a parameter reading based on said parameter signal.

22. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 21, wherein said fluid delivery device comprises a nozzle, a monitor, or a truck outlet.

23. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 21, wherein said sensor comprises a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, an RPM sensor, or a temperature sensor.

24. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 23, wherein said sensor comprises a pressure sensor.

25. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 24, wherein said sensor comprises an electronic pressure transducer.

26. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 25, further comprising a voltage supply, said voltage supply powering said electronic pressure transducer.

27. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 21, wherein said transmitter comprises an RF transmitter.

30. The fire truck fluid delivery system according to claim 22, wherein said sensor comprises a pressure sensor, said system further including a second sensor at said fluid delivery device, said second sensor selected from a flow sensor, an RPM sensor, and a temperature sensor, said second sensor in communication with said control panel, said control panel displaying information relating to one of flow rate, RPM, and temperature of the fluid at said fluid delivery device based in said second sensor.