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US 6,029,750 AGranted
All terrain fire-fighting vehicle
OwnerBrian E. Carrierinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle for fighting fires in remote areas comprises an all terrain vehicle carrying a water-fillable tank, a water pump in fluid communication with the inside of the tank, an engine to operate the pump, and at least one hose for directing the pumped water, preferably foamed with a foaming agent at the fire.
Claims15
An apparatus for fighting fires, said apparatus comprising:
- an all-terrain vehicle;
- a tank carried by said all-terrain vehicle and having an interior, said tank being adapted to hold a quantity of water in said interior of said tank;
- a pump carried on said tank and being in fluid communication with said interior of said tank so that said pump can pump the water into and out of said tank;
- an engine carried on said tank for operating said pump;
- a fire hose carried by said vehicle and being in fluid communication with said pump;
- a water cannon carried by said vehicle and being influid communication with said pump;
- a suction hose carried by said vehicle and in fluid communication with said pump so that said pump can pump the water into said tank and through said fire hose and said water cannon;
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- valve means for directing the water from said pump and into and out of said tank and through said fire hose and said water cannon, said valve means being adapted to direct the water through said fire hose and said water cannon simultaneously and individually.
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An apparatus for fighting fires, said apparatus comprising:
- an all-terrain vehicle having a passenger area dimensioned for holding two passengers;
- a tank carried by said all-terrain vehicle and having an interior, said tank being adapted for holding a quantity of water in said interior;
- a pump carried by said vehicle and in fluid communication with said interior of said tank so that said pump can pump the water into and out of said tank;
- an engine carried by said vehicle solely for operating said pump;
- a fire hose carried by said vehicle and in fluid communication with said pump;
- a water cannon carried by said vehicle, controlled from said passenger area, and being in fluid communication with said plump;
- a suction hose carried by said vehicle and adapted to be placed in fluid communication with said pump so that said pump can pump the water into said tank and through said fire hose and said water cannon;
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- valve means controllable from said passenger area for directing the water from said pump as well as into and out of said tank and through said fire hose and said water cannon, said valve means being adapted to pump the water through said fire hose and said water cannon simultaneously and individually.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.