Automatic engine fire extinguishing system

An automatic fire extinguishing system for extinguishing an engine fire in a vehicle, the engine of the vehicle being mounted under a hood of the vehicle, said system comprising:

• a pair of canisters being mountable to the vehicle adjacent to the engine, each of said canisters having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends of each of said canisters defining an interior of each of said canisters;
• said pair of canisters comprising a substantially rigid material;
• a fire extinguishant being positioned in said interior of each of said canisters, said fire extinguishant being under pressure;
• wherein said fire extinguishant comprises carbon dioxide;
• a valve being mounted on each of said canisters for controlling a flow of said fire extinguishant from each of said canisters, each of said valves being mounted on one of said ends of said canister, each of said valves being in communication with said interior of each of said canisters;
• a conduit being coupled to and extending between each of said valves for carrying said fire extinguishant flowing through said valves away from each of said canisters;
• said conduit having a plurality of openings extending into said conduit for emitting said fire extinguishant from said conduit;
• said conduit having a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending between said first and second ends of said conduit;
• wherein said conduit comprises a generally flexible material;
• wherein said conduit comprises a generally fire resistant material;
• an intermediate wall being mounted in said conduit dividing said conduit into a first portion and a second portion, wherein said intermediate wall increases pressure of said fire extinguishant flowing through each of said portions of said conduit;
• a plurality of fire detectors being mounted on said peripheral wall of said conduit for detecting a fire and opening said valves mounted on each of said canisters permitting said fire extinguishant to flow through said conduit exiting each of said openings and extinguishing a fire;
• wherein each of said fire detectors is adapted for detecting a temperature above a predetermined temperature of a engine in a vehicle;
• wherein each of said fire detectors is adapted for detecting smoke;
• a plurality of nozzles being mounted to said conduit, each of said nozzles being positionable over each of said openings extending through said conduit, each of said nozzles having a first end, an open second end extending through said nozzle and into said conduit and a peripheral wall extending between said first and open second ends;
• wherein an outer diameter of each of said nozzles tapers generally from a portion of said nozzle between said first end and said open second end toward said open second end of each of said nozzles;
• and
• a fastening means for fastening each of said canisters and said conduit to the vehicle.