Pressurized fluid delivery system and method of use
AssigneeVanair Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsRalph Kokot, Jr., Mark Alan Firnhaber, Daniel Matthew Ramirez, Terry Wayne Vittatoe
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Abstract
A pressurized fluid delivery system and method that can be used to interrogate objects, such as the interrogation and detonation of IEDs. The system and method entail pressurizing a liquid within a vessel with a compressed gas source so that the liquid within the vessel is at a pressure above atmospheric pressure. The pressurized liquid, the compressed gas, or a mixture thereof is then selectively delivered to an outlet, and then discharged from the outlet to physically interrogate the object.
Claims12
A pressurized fluid delivery system adapted to use pressurized fluid to physically interrogate an object, the system comprising:
- a vessel configured to contain a fluid under pressure;
- a liquid source fluidically connected to the vessel for supplying a liquid to the vessel;
- a compressed gas source fluidically connected to the vessel and adapted to supply a compressed gas to the vessel and pressurize the liquid within the vessel to a pressure above atmospheric pressure;
- an outlet fluidically connected to the vessel and separately fluidically connected to the compressed gas source;
- a first valve means for controlling flow of the liquid from the vessel to the outlet;
- a second valve means for controlling flow of the compressed gas from the compressed gas source to the outlet;
- a third valve means for controlling flow of the compressed gas from the compressed gas source to the vessel;
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- means for operating the first and second valve means to selectively deliver the liquid, the compressed gas, or a mixture thereof to the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.