FIREFIGHTING DEVICE FEEDBACK CONTROL

• US 20120305273A1
• Filed: 08/14/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• 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 Brian
• Granted Patent: US 9,649,519 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 169/56
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/005 Special arrangements or adaptations of the spraying or distributing parts, e.g. adaptations or mounting of the spray booms, mounting of the nozzles, protection shields nozzles B05B1/00; spray pistols B05B9/01
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/0075 including folding means
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 27/00 Fire-fighting land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 3/00 Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00 ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 31/02 Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 31/22 specially adapted for piercing walls, heaped materials, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 31/28 Accessories for delivery devices, e.g. supports
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 99/009 Methods or equipment not provided for in groups A62C99/0009 - A62C99/0081
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/652 whereby the jet can be oriented

Abstract

A control system for a fire fighting component includes a detector for detecting a position of at least a portion of a fire fighting component relative to an axis, which generates an output position signal indicative of the position of the at least a portion of the fire fighting component, and a controller in communication with the detector and receiving the output position signal. The controller generates a display output signal based on the output position signal. The system further includes a display that is in communication with the controller and receives the display output signal. The display generates an icon that is a graphical representation of the fire fighting device, and configures the icon based on the output display signal wherein the configuration of the icon indicates the position of the at least a portion of the fire fighting device.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. Control system for a fire fighting device having a base and a first portion moveable relative to the base, said control system comprising:

a touch screen display;

a controller in communication with the touch screen display, said controller generating a manipulatable input icon to be displayed on the touch screen display, the manipulatable input icon being a graphical representation of the first portion of the fire fighting device, said controller generating a first input position signal in response to a manipulation of the manipulatable input icon;

said controller adjusting a position of the first portion of the fire fighting device relative to the base in response to said input position signal.

24. The control system of claim 23, further comprising:

a first detector in communication with said controller, said first detector generating an output position signal indicative of the position of the first portion of the fire fighting device relative to the base;

said controller generating a first output display signal based on said output position signal, wherein a position display displays a position icon based on said output display signal, the configuration of said position icon indicating the position of the first portion of the fire fighting device.

25. The control system of claim 24, wherein the touch screen display includes the position display.

26. The control system of claim 24, wherein said fire fighting device is a monitor.

27. The control system of claim 24, further comprising:

a second manipulatable input icon generated by the controller to be displayed on the touch screen display, the second manipulatable input icon being a graphical representation of a second portion of the fire fighting device, the second portion of the fire fighting device being moveable relative to the first portion of the fire fighting device, said controller generating a second input position signal in response to a manipulation of the second manipulatable input icon;

said controller adjusting a position of the second portion of the fire fighting device relative to the first portion of the fire fighting device in response to said second input position signal.

28. The control system of claim 27, wherein touch screen display includes a single graphical representation of the fire fighting device comprising the first manipulatable input icon and the second manipulatable input icon.

29. The control system of claim 27, wherein the said adjusting a position of the first portion of the fire fighting device relative to the base includes rotating the first portion about a first axis, adjusting a position of the second portion of the firefighting device relative to the first portion of the fire fighting device includes rotating the second portion about a second axis, first axis being orthogonal to the second axis.

30. The control system of claim 27, wherein the manipulation of the first manipulatable input icon includes touching the icon and dragging the icon.

31. The control system of claim 27, wherein the manipulation of the first manipulatable input icon includes touching the icon and dragging the icon in an arcuate path.

32. The control system of claim 27, further comprising:

a second detector in communication with said controller, said second detector generating an second output position signal indicative of the position of the second portion of the fire fighting device relative to the second axis;

said controller generating a second output display signal based on said second output position signal;

wherein a second position display displays a second position icon based on the second position output display signal, the configuration of said second position icon indicating the position of the second portion of the fire fighting device.

33. The control system of claim 32, wherein said first position icon and said second position icon are displayed on a single position display.

34. The control system of claim 33, wherein the touch screen display includes the single position display.

35. The control system of claim 32, wherein the fire fighting device is a monitor, the first portion of the monitor rotates about a fixed base, and the second portion of the monitor pivots about the first portion of the monitor.

36. The control system of claim 32, wherein the fire fighting device includes a continuous waterway between an inlet and an outlet.

37. The control system of claim 32, wherein the waterway follows a generally S-shaped path.

38. The control system of claim 33, wherein the adjustment of the first portion of the fire fighting device relative to the first axis includes rotating the first position about a base to adjust the orientation of the outlet through a horizontal plane relative to the base and the adjustment of the second portion of the fire fighting device relative to the second axis includes pivoting the second portion about the first portion to raise or lower the elevation of the outlet relative to the base.

39. The control system of claim 38, wherein the first portion can pan through the horizontal plane through an infinite number of angles between 0 degrees and 360 degrees.

40. The control system of claim 38, wherein the first portion of the fire fighting device includes a first generally U-shaped pipe section and the second portion of the fire fighting device includes a second generally U-shaped pipe section.

41. The control system of claim 38, wherein the first manipulatable icon is positioned adjacent a first angular scale displaying angular values associated with the angular scale, and manipulation of the first manipulatable icon relative to the first angular scale adjusts the orientation of the outlet through the horizontal plane at angles corresponding to the angular scale.

42. The control system of claim 41, wherein the second manipulatable icon is positioned adjacent a second angular scale displaying angular values associated with the second angular scale, and manipulation of the second manipulatable icon relative to the second angular scale adjusts the elevation of the outlet relative first portion of the fire fighting device at angles corresponding to the angular scale.