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US 11,149,435 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for protecting structures against fires in high wind conditions
AssigneeEvac Fire Prevention, LLC
InventorMatt Sayeri
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Abstract
Certain aspects relate to an apparatus for fire protection to a peak of a roof of a structure including a fire-retardant conduit mounted to the peak of the roof. The fire-retardant conduit includes a channel having sidewalls, each sidewall including a top portion having a lip; a channel windbreak configured to cover the channel and the lip of the channel; and a fire-retardant source pipe coupling the fire-retardant conduit to a fire-retardant source to supply fire-retardant into the channel.
Claims12
An apparatus for fire protection to a peak of a roof of a structure comprising:
- a fire-retardant conduit mounted to the peak of the roof comprising:
- a channel having sidewalls, each sidewall including a top portion having a lip a planar lip extending outward from each said sidewall, wherein the planar lip forms an acute angle with respect to an outer surface of each said sidewall;
- a channel windbreak configured to cover the channel and the planar lip of the channel, the channel windbreak comprising a planar hanging portion extending downward from a top portion of the channel windbreak;
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- a fire-retardant source pipe coupling the fire-retardant conduit to a fire-retardant source to supply fire-retardant into the channel so that the fire retardant flows over the planar lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.