System for extinguishing wild fires and method therefor
OwnerJohn R. McConnell, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A system for dispensing a liquid from an aircraft to extinguish a fire has a container located in a body of the aircraft for storing the liquid to extinguish the fire. A boom is coupled to an exterior section of the body of the aircraft and to the container. The boom has a hollow interior section and a plurality of openings formed on a bottom section of the boom. The openings are used for dispensing the liquid from the container. A pump is coupled to the container and the boom for dispensing the liquid from the container and out through the boom. A rotating mechanism is coupled to the boom for rotating the boom.
Claims8
A system for dispensing a liquid from an aircraft to extinguish a fire comprising, in combination:
- a container for storing the liquid to extinguish the fire;
- a weighted float located within the container for keeping the liquid in the container level;
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- a boom coupled to the container wherein the boom has a hollow interior section and a plurality of openings formed on a bottom section of the boom for dispensing the liquid from the container.
A system for dispensing a liquid from an aircraft to extinguish a fire comprising, in combination:
- a container located in a body of the aircraft for storing the liquid to extinguish the fire;
- a weighted float located within the container for keeping the liquid in the container level;
- a boom coupled to an exterior section of the body of the aircraft and to the container wherein the boom has a hollow interior section and a plurality of openings formed on a bottom section of the boom for dispensing the liquid from the container;
- a pump coupled to the container and the boom for dispensing the liquid from the container and out through the boom;
- a rotating mechanism coupled to the boom for rotating the boom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.