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US 2014/0196918 A1Published application
Water/foam fire extinguisher with adjustable foam consistency
AssigneeHNE Technologie AG
InventorsReinhard Effenberger, Claus Casimir
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Abstract
A portable or wheeled fire extinguishing apparatus which is operable by water or foam, comprising a pressure resistant extinguishing medium container, a pressurized gas bottle for pressurizing the extinguishing medium container for expelling the extinguishing medium, and an extinguishing medium gun which is connected to the extinguishing medium container by a pressure resistant hose, wherein additional pressurized gas can be introduced into the extinguishing medium supplied to the extinguishing medium gun.
Claims10
A portable or wheeled fire extinguisher which is operable with water or foam, comprising:
- a pressure resistant extinguishing medium container (1), a pressurized gas bottle (2) for pressurizing the extinguishing medium container (1) for expelling the extinguishing medium, and an extinguishing medium gun (3) which is in communication with the extinguishing medium container (1) via a pressure resistant extinguishing medium hose (4),
- the extinguishing medium line extending between the extinguishing medium container (1) and the extinguishing gun (3) including a mixing armature (6) to which a pressurized gas line is connected via which, during expulsion of the extinguishing medium from the extinguishing medium container (1), additional pressurized gas can be admitted to the extinguishing medium supplied to the extinguishing gun (3),
- and the mixing armature (6) including a switchable admixture valve (6a) which, by means of an operating organ (61) is manually adjustable selectively between a closed and an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.