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Method of containing and extinguishing a fire

  • US 5,161,621 A
  • Filed: 02/07/1991
  • Issued: 11/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for combatting fire and an accumulation of noxious gases in a region comprising the steps ofapplying and maintaining compressed air at a pneumatic pressure of a magnitude not less than a predetermined minimum to a quantity of liquid located in a chamber, to force said liquid only without any air mixed therewith out of one or more outlet nozzles of said chamber in the form of liquid droplets minimal size, and to form a fog of said droplet of high droplets concentration and minimal air content and to displace said fog under high pressure into said region so as to generate an effective dense fog blanket in the region so as to cool the region and isolate, filter, entrain and displace combustible or contaminant particles.

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