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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Rusmar Incorporated, West Chester, PA (US);
Inventor:
Ricky VanBuren, LaPlata, NM (US);
Assignee:
Rusmar Incorporated, West Chester, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C 3/02 (2006.01); A62C 5/02 (2006.01); E21F 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C 3/02 (2013.01); A62C 3/0221 (2013.01); E21F 5/10 (2013.01); A62C 5/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Rock dust is applied to a mine wall for mine fire suppression in combination with a chemical foam, by generating the foam from air and a foamable liquid in a mixing chamber, and delivering the foam through one flexible conduit and air-entrained rock dust through another flexible conduit to a portable assembly composed of a Y-joint and a delivery nozzle for combining the foam and rock dust and applying the combination directly to a mine wall.