Assist unit for large outdoor fires background of the invention
OwnerNathanial Henry Lewisinventor
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Abstract
The invention is designed to be used for the large outdoor fires such as fires on the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers, in forests and grasslands and at airports and chemical plants. The operators of an “assist unit” should always be behind the firefighters. At long range it can blow fire suppressors into a fire and smother it. The suppressors can be water or chemicals by the firefighters. Soot, ashes, dirt or sand around a fire itself are good suppressors. The “assist unit” will blow them into the fire and it blows away the smoke and fumes as well. There are two versions of the “assist unit”: the ALL MANUAL one and the VEHICLE MOUNTED one.
Claims8
A Firefighting assist unit of the all manual version and comprising:
- (a) a housing of substantial depth therein;
- (b) an electric motor attached to efficient vanes and mounted therein;
- (c) said housing is mounted on a rear wheel assembly and a front wheel assembly;
- (d) a control box that is mounted on said housing has one cable to said motor and another cable can be to a nearby power supply, and
- (e) said housing has a rear bar and said front wheel assembly has a tow bar.
A firefighting assist unit of the vehicle mounted version and comprising:
- (a) a housing of substantial depth therein;
- (b) an electric motor attached to efficient vanes and mounted therein;
- (c) said housing with its rear bar is mounted onto a vertical structure by its axle;
- (d) said vertical structure is mounted onto several rollers, said rollers are mounted in a hollow compartment, said compartment within a stationary base can be mounted to a vehicle, and
- (e) a control box mounted on said housing has two electric cables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.