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US 2023/0405378 A1Published application
Pressurised container
AssigneeArdent LLC
InventorsMatthew MALEWSKI, Jackie CHAN
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AssigneeArdent LLC
InventorsMatthew MALEWSKI, Jackie CHAN
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A fire suppression apparatus (1000) comprises an enclosed hollow cylinder (1100) for containing a firefighting agent (not shown). The cylinder (1100) has a cylindrical side wall (1110) and upper and lower dome-ends (1120) and (1130), respectively. The lower end (1130) features supporting feet (1132). At the upper end (1120), an outlet valve (1122) is mounted on a neck-ring (1123) of the cylinder. The valve (1122) comprises an inlet connected to a dip-tube 1200 having a venturi device (1300). The valve itself comprises an outlet (1124). A nozzle, or distribution network to nozzle(s), (not shown) may be attached to threaded stub (1126) to direct firefighting agent during discharge.
A container for containing a dischargeable agent under pressure, the container comprising a discharge conduit through which agent is arranged to pass during discharge under the influence of a pressurised gas, wherein part of the dip-tube comprises a venturi device.
A method of discharging an agent from a container containing the agent under the action of a pressurised expellant gas, the method comprising directing the agent through a discharge conduit comprising a venturi device within the container.
A method of discharging an agent from a container according to claim wherein the agent is a firefighting agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.