Fire-fighting equipment

• US 5,501,282 A
• Filed: 06/01/1994
• Issued: 03/26/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Marioff Corporation Oy (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Go/ Ran Sundholm
• Inventors: Sundholm, Go/ ran
• Primary Examiner(s): Avila, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US08/175,392
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 169/37, 169/90, 169/38, 169/39, 169/40, 169/41, 169/5, 169/16, 169/54, 169/56
• US Class Current: 169/37
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 31/02 Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 37/09 telescopic or adjustable

Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide a new fire-fighting equipment which in a simple manner eliminates the risk for premature blocking and which enables numerous applications. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a spray head (5) intended for a high driving pressure is mounted in a holder (3) fastened in a floor (1), with a shield (8) above the spray head, on floor level, when the equipment is in a state of rest. Upon activation of the equipment the spray head rises up under the influence of the extinguishing liquid and removes the shield (8).

Claims

1. Fire-fighting equipment having a number of spray heads for spraying extinguishing liquid, at least a part of said spray heads being, in inactive state, covered by a shield, whereby said spray heads are of the type capable of operating with a high drive pressure, preferably producing concentrated fog sprays with strong penetration power, the respective shield being arranged, upon activation of the respective spray head, to be removed by the action of the extinguishing liquid, and at least one of said spray heads provided with a shield being movably mounted in a holder fastened in a floor in such a manner that said at least one spray head upon activation is lifed up by the extinguishing liquid thus removing the shield provided in front of said at least one spray head.

2. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 1, whereby said at least one spray head is arranged to be lifted up to such an extent that the nozzles of said at least one spray head rise a little higher than the surface of the floor.

3. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 1, wherein the respective spray head and the respective holder are arranged to cooperate like a hydraulic cylinder.

4. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 1, wherein the holder has at least one nozzle for spraying liquid into a cable channel or the like located under the floor.

5. Fire-fighting equipment comprising:

a spray head (5) having a number of nozzles (6) for spraying extinguishing liquid in an active state;

a holder (3) for recessing the spray head below a top of the holder in an inactive state when the nozzles are not spraying the extinguishing liquid, whereby the holder can be recessed in a floor with the top at the floor;

shield means (8) on the top of the holder for covering at least a part of the spray head in the inactive state and removal by action of the extinguishing liquid in the active state; and

moving means (13,

     14) movably mounting the spray head for lifting up the spray head relative to the holder with the extinguishing liquid in the active state.

6. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 5, wherein the lifting up lifts the spray head to such an extent that at least some of the nozzles rise higher than the top of the housing and, thereby, the floor when the top of the holder is thereat.

7. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 5, wherein the moving means comprises arrangement of the spray head and the holder for cooperation like a hydraulic piston and cylinder.

8. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 6, wherein the moving means comprises arrangement of the spray head and the holder for cooperation like a hydraulic piston and cylinder.

9. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 5, and further comprising at least one nozzle in the holder for spraying the extinguishing liquid into a cable channel or the like located under the floor when the holder is recessed in the floor.

10. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 6, and further comprising at least one nozzle in the holder for spraying the extinguishing liquid into a cable channel or the like located under the floor when the holder is recessed in the floor.

11. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 7, and further comprising at least one nozzle in the holder for spraying the extinguishing liquid into a cable channel or the like located under the floor when the holder is recessed in the floor.

12. Fire-fighting equipment according to claim 8, and further comprising at least one nozzle in the holder for spraying the extinguishing liquid into a cable channel or the like located under the floor when the holder is recessed in the floor.