Shrink-wrap fire extinguishing method and container
AssigneeSouthwest Research Institute
InventorKent R. Farmer
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Abstract
A container comprises a shrink wrap material having a thickness and a height sufficient that, upon exposure to a potential fire source inside of the container, at least a portion of the container shrinks in an amount sufficient to reduce the oxygen supply to the potential fire source inside of said container.
Claims19
A method for reducing a risk of fire or heat damage inside of a container having a height and defining a substantially enclosed area, said method comprising
- forming at least a section along said height of said container from shrink wrap material, wherein said section comprises a first diameter and said shrink wrap material comprises a thickness;
- and
- shrinking said section of said container comprising said shrink wrap material to a second diameter upon exposure to a potential fire source inside of said substantially enclosed area to reduce oxygen supply to said potential fire source.
A first container having a height and defining a substantially enclosed area, and at least a section along said height comprising shrink wrap material,
- wherein said section comprises a first diameter and said shrink wrap material comprises a thickness;
- and wherein,
- upon exposure to a potential fire source inside of said substantially enclosed area, said shrink wrap material shrinks to a second diameter, reducing oxygen supply to said potential fire source.
A waste container having a height and defining a substantially enclosed area, and at least a section along said height comprising shrink wrap material,
- wherein said section comprises a first diameter and said shrink wrap material comprises a thickness;
- and wherein,
- upon exposure to a potential fire source inside of said substantially enclosed area, said shrink wrap material shrinks to a second diameter, reducing oxygen supply to said potential fire source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.