Roadway for decelerating a vehicle including an aircraft having a fire retardant material
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsJahangir S. Rastegar, Thomas Spinelli
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Abstract
A method of fire prevention/extinguishing for an aircraft runway is provided where the method includes: providing a supply of fire preventing/extinguishing chemical; disposing a piping system beneath a top surface of the runway and having an inlet in communication with the supply and an outlet in communication with the top surface; and delivering the fire preventing/extinguishing chemicals from the supply through the piping system and outlet to the top surface.
Claims6
A fire prevention/extinguishing system for use on an aircraft runway, the system comprising:
- a plurality of movable panels upon which an aircraft contacts;
- a supply of fire preventing/extinguishing chemical;
- a piping system disposed beneath at least one of the plurality of panels, the piping system having an inlet in communication with the supply and an outlet positioned to direct the fire preventing/extinguishing chemicals to a top surface of one or more of the plurality of movable panels;
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- a pump for delivering the fire preventing/extinguishing chemicals from the supply through the piping system and outlet to the top surface,
- wherein the outlet is disposed under one or more of the plurality of panels such that opening of the one or more of the plurality of panels exposes the outlet and the plurality of movable panels are hinged to rotate in a direction towards an incoming aircraft.
A method of fire prevention/extinguishing for an aircraft runway, the method comprising:
- covering a portion of the aircraft runway upon which an aircraft contacts with a plurality of movable panels;
- providing a supply of fire preventing/extinguishing chemical;
- disposing a piping system beneath at least one of the plurality of panels, the piping system having an inlet in communication with the supply and an outlet positioned to direct the fire preventing/extinguishing chemicals to a top surface of one or more of the plurality of movable panels;
- opening the at least one of the plurality of panels to expose the outlet;
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- delivering the fire preventing/extinguishing chemicals from the supply through the piping system and outlet to the top surface;
- wherein the opening comprises rotating the at least one of the plurality of panels in a direction towards an incoming aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.