Compact affordable inert gas fire extinguishing system
First Claim
1. A compact, affordable inert gas fire extinguishing system, said stem comprising:
- (a) a dischargeable container having self-contained therein a first inert gas composition, herein said dischargeabe container includes a discharge tube; and
(b) means operably connected to said dischargeable container for generating a second inert gas composition from a solid propellent enclosed within said dischargeable container, wherein said second inert gas blend flows into said dischargeable container causing release of said first inert gas blend and second inert gas blend from said dischargeable container.
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Abstract
A compact, affordable fire extinguishing system utilizes a combination of compressed inert gas tanks and solid propellent gas generator s to provide a blend of inert gasses to extinguish fires in an enclosure. The compressed inert gas tanks may contain gasses such as argon or carbon dioxide or a combination thereof The solid propellent gas generators may generate upon initiation either nitrogen or carbon dioxide or a combination thereof. The inert gasses from both sources are blended into a composition that will extinguish fires at concentrations that will allow human occupancy during discharge. Such a system can be constructed at a substantially smaller size than conventional compressed gas systems, due to the greater density of the inert gasses in the propellent foii in storage, which allows greater utility and affordability where installation space is limited or retrofit is desired into prior fire protection systems.
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29 Claims
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1. A compact, affordable inert gas fire extinguishing system, said stem comprising:
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(a) a dischargeable container having self-contained therein a first inert gas composition, herein said dischargeabe container includes a discharge tube; and
(b) means operably connected to said dischargeable container for generating a second inert gas composition from a solid propellent enclosed within said dischargeable container, wherein said second inert gas blend flows into said dischargeable container causing release of said first inert gas blend and second inert gas blend from said dischargeable container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. The device according to claitn 1, wherein said dischargeable container is the distribution plumbing to the discharge nozzle.
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15. A compact, affordable inert gas fire extinguishing system for an enclosure, said system comprsing:
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(a) a dischargeable container having self-contained therein a composition of inert gas, wherein said dischargeable container includes a discharge tube;
(b) a solid propellent nitrogen gas generating means;
(c) initiation means operably connected to said nitrogen gas generating means;
(d) means of enclosing said nitrogen gas generating means within said container;
(e) means operably interconnecting said container and said nitrogen1 gas generating means;
(f) means operably connected to said container for discharging said inert gas composition self-contained thereiin said container and nitrogen generated in said generating means;
(g) means operably connected to said discharging means for releasing said inert gas composition self-contained therein said container aud nitrogen generated in said gas generating means simultaneously in blended form suitable for fire extinguishment in said enclosure while allowing for safe human occupancy during discharge. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A compact, affordable inert gas fire extinguishing system for an enclosure, said system comprising:
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(a) dischargeable container having self-contained therein argon, wherein said dischargeable container includes a discharge tube;
(b) a solid propellent nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas generating means;
(c) initiation means operably connected to said nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas generating means within said container;
(d) means emclosing said nitrogen gas generating, means and said carbon d saod carbpm dioxide gas gemerating, means within said container;
(e) means operably interconnecting said container and said nitrogen gas generating means and said carbon dioxide gas generating means;
(f) means operably connected to said container for discharging said argon self-contained therein said container and nitrogen and carbon dioxide generated in said generating means; and
(g) means operably connected to said discharging means for releasing said argon self-contained therin said container nitrogen and carbon dioxide generated in said gas generating means simultaneously in blended form suitable for fire extinguishment in said enclosure while allowing for safe human occupancy during discharge. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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