Fike Corporation

John K Schaefer

Bon F Shaw

Bradford T Stilwell

Michael D Krebill

Paul H Kohne

Mark McLelland

DeVang Patel

Mark Mclelland

Devang Patel

A valve for controlling flow of pressurized fluid from a confined area that is operable to relieve an overpressure condition as well as to allow flow of fluid in response to a pressure relief command. The valve including a valve body with a fluid passage therethrough, a reverse buckling rupture disc in the valve body in normally blocking relationship to the flow of fluid through the passage, and a selectively actuatable device carried by the valve body adjacent the convex surface. The actuatable device is operable to disrupt, without puncturing, the disc so as to initiate reversal and rupture of the disc and to permit flow of the pressurized fluid through the passage.

Impulse actuated valve

This invention relates to a method of converting Halon-based fire suppression systems by substituting HFC 125 for the Halon without the need for changing the in place existing distribution piping. An amount of HFC 125 greater than the amount of Halon utilized in the fire suppression system is provided, which is under a pressure to effect exhaustion of the HFC 125 of the system within a time range exceeding about 10 seconds and up to about 25 seconds and which meets the standard fire extinguishing requirements for Class A and Class B fires. An existing fire suppression system is analyzed for flow characteristics to find Tof that system. The greater quantity Cof HFC 125 required for the retrofitted system is determined by the formula=((&#x2212;10)/(2&#xd7;)&#x2212;&#xd7;100) wherein=0.&#xd7;(&#x2212;10)/(/100))+. The method may also be utilized to determine the amount of HFC 125 required for the retrofitted fire suppression system.

Retrofitted non-Halon fire suppression system and method of retrofitting existing Halon based systems

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

John K Schaefer