# US 2018/0021609 A1 · Fire-fighting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0021609 A1 - Document ID: US20180021609A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/547,732 - Filed: 2016-01-07 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-05 - Assignees: Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH; thyssenkrupp AG - Applicants: Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH; thyssenkrupp AG - Inventors: Rolf JÜRGENS; Benjamin VOIGTLÄNDER; Stephan BRINK - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180021609A1 ## CPC - A62C 2/08: Water curtains (nozzles A62C31/02) - F15D 1/10: around bodies of solid material - A62C 3/10: in ships {(A62C3/0207 takes precedence)} - B63B 3/14: Hull parts (hull armour B63B3/10) - A62C: FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B17/10) - F15D: FLUID DYNAMICS, i.e. METHODS OR MEANS FOR INFLUENCING THE FLOW OF GASES OR LIQUIDS - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## Abstract A fire-fighting device can cool a vertical wall where a horizontally-extending profiled element is disposed on the vertical wall. The fire-fighting device may comprise a guide plate that includes a first region arranged above the horizontally-extending profiled element, a second region arranged below the horizontally-extending profiled element, a third region arranged in a plane of the horizontally-extending profiled element and on a side of the horizontally-extending profiled element facing away from the vertical wall, and a fourth region in the second region. The guide plate may have a distance to the wall of 1 mm to 20 mm in the fourth region. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-8. (canceled) ### Claim 9 A fire-fighting device for cooling a vertical wall wherein a horizontally-extending profiled element is disposed on the vertical wall, the fire-fighting device comprising a guide plate that includes a first region disposed above the horizontally-extending profiled element, a second region disposed below the horizontally-extending profiled element, a third region disposed in a plane of the horizontally-extending profiled element and on a side of the horizontally-extending profiled element facing away from the vertical wall, and a fourth region disposed in the second region, wherein in the fourth region the guide plate has a distance to the vertical wall of 1 mm to 20 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein in the fourth region the guide plate has a distance to the vertical wall of 2 mm to 10 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein in the fourth region the guide plate has a distance to the vertical wall of 2.5 mm to 5 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein the guide plate forms a closed area between the first region and the second region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein the guide plate comprises steel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein the vertical wall is a bulkhead. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein the horizontally-extending profiled element is at least one of a bead profile or a flat steel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The fire-fighting device of claim 9 wherein the guide plate is fastened to the horizontally-extending profiled element by screws. ### Claim 17 A fire-fighting device for a vertical wall having a profiled element that extends generally horizontally from the vertical wall and that directs water that flows down the vertical wall away from the vertical wall, the fire-fighting device including a guide plate that comprises: a first region disposed above the profiled element and extending generally horizontally; a second region disposed below the profiled element and extending generally horizontally; a third region connecting the first and second regions, wherein the third region is disposed outward of the profiled element relative to the vertical wall; a fourth region that extends from the second region and is spaced apart from the vertical wall, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth regions form a channel that redirects water that has been directed away from the vertical wall by the profiled element toward the vertical wall. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 further comprising the profiled element that extends generally horizontally from the vertical wall. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 wherein the fourth region of the guide plate is spaced apart 1 mm to 20 mm from the vertical wall. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 wherein the fourth region of the guide plate is spaced apart 2 mm to 10 mm from the vertical wall. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 wherein the fourth region of the guide plate is spaced apart 2.5 mm to 5 mm from the vertical wall. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 wherein the guide plate is fastened to the profiled element by screws. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The fire-fighting device of claim 17 wherein a distance between the profiled element and the third region of the guide plate is greater than a distance from the fourth region of the guide plate to the vertical wall.