Fire suppression system with regulator
AssigneeTyco Fire Products LP
InventorsAlexander Louis Starzynski, Joel Allen Clishe
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Abstract
A fire suppression system includes a first suppressant container and a second suppressant container each containing fire suppressant, a conduit fluidly coupled to the first suppressant container and the second suppressant container, a pressure regulator fluidly coupled to the conduit and configured to receive the fire suppressant from the conduit at a first pressure and supply the fire suppressant at a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a valve fluidly coupled to the pressure regulator and configured to selectively supply the fire suppressant to a hazard.
Claims20
A fire suppression system, comprising:
- a first suppressant container and a second suppressant container each containing fire suppressant;
- a conduit fluidly coupled to the first suppressant container and the second suppressant container;
- a pressure regulator fluidly coupled to the conduit and configured to receive the fire suppressant from the conduit at a first pressure and supply the fire suppressant at a second pressure lower than the first pressure;
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- a valve fluidly coupled to the pressure regulator and configured to selectively supply the fire suppressant to a hazard.
A fire suppression system, comprising:
- a manifold defining a distribution volume;
- a first cylinder subassembly including:
- a first cylinder and a second cylinder each containing fire suppressant;
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- a first pressure regulator fluidly coupled to the first cylinder and the second cylinder;
- a second cylinder subassembly including:
- a third cylinder and a fourth cylinder each containing fire suppressant;
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- a second pressure regulator fluidly coupled to the third cylinder and the fourth cylinder;
- a valve fluidly coupled to the manifold and configured to selectively supply the fire suppressant from the distribution volume to a hazard;
- a controller operatively coupled to the valve and configured to activate the valve to supply the fire suppressant to the hazard in response to an indication that a fire is present;
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- a check valve positioned to prevent fluid flow from the manifold to the first cylinder through the first pressure regulator.
A method of suppressing a fire, the method comprising:
- supplying a first volume of a fire suppressant from a first suppressant container to a pressure regulator;
- supplying a second volume of the fire suppressant from a second suppressant container to the pressure regulator;
- reducing, by the pressure regulator, a pressure of the first volume of the fire suppressant and a pressure of the second volume of the fire suppressant to a reduced pressure;
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- directing the first volume of the fire suppressant and the second volume of the fire suppressant toward a hazard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.