Smart fire extinguisher
OwnerHector Rousseau, Randy Rousseauinventors
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Abstract
Improvements to a portable fire extinguisher where the improvements relate to a system where the owner of the extinguisher can monitor and maintain their fire protection. The improvements also include integration of technology into the fire extinguisher for real-time information of the status around the extinguisher, pre-recorded instructions in one or multiple languages. The technology can also include bi-directional communication whereby a user can communicate to a distant operator. With the inclusion of a speaker the fire extinguisher can provide safety and public service announcements using a wireless WiFi communication network without requiring separate speakers to be wired and connected throughout a building.
Claims19
A smart fire extinguisher comprising:
- a manually transportable fire extinguisher;
- said manually transportable fire extinguisher having a housing with an internal power supply that is charged with a separable wall mounting bracket;
- said separable wall mounting bracket being a wall mounted charger that allows said manually transportable fire extinguisher with said internal power supply to hang from said wall mounting bracket to charge said manually transportable fire extinguisher;
- said internal power supply powering a microcontroller within said housing of said manually transportable fire extinguisher;
- said housing of said manually transportable fire extinguisher includes said microcontroller, at least one sensor, a speaker, at least one transmitter/receiver and at least two messages;
- said at least one transmitter/receiver transmits with a wireless communication selected from a group consisting of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LAN, WAN, FM and cellular network;
- a signaling mechanism on said manually transportable fire extinguisher is activated when said manually transportable fire extinguisher is removed from said wall mounting bracket and a first message is played from said speaker in said housing of said manually transportable fire extinguisher for instructions how to override a tamper device on said said manually transportable fire extinguisher;
- when said at least one sensor in said manually transportable fire extinguisher detects that a user has overridden said tamper device on said manually transportable fire extinguisher, a second message is played from said speaker in said housing in said manually transportable fire extinguisher that provides further instructs for pressurizing said manually transportable fire extinguisher;
- a pressure sensor within said manually transportable fire extinguisher monitors a pressure within said manually transportable fire extinguisher and when said manually transportable fire extinguisher is pressurized, said manually transportable fire extinguisher plays a third message for depressing a powder release valve to use said manually transportable fire extinguisher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.