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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Dwight P. Williams, Vidor, TX (US);
Casey R. Spears, Nederland, TX (US);
Dwight P. Williams, Vidor, TX (US);
Casey R. Spears, Nederland, TX (US);
Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention includes components and methodology for fixed and semi-fixed systems for extinguishing fire in large industrial flammable liquid storage tanks, including aerated foam projecting nozzles discharging substantially focused streams together with aeration chambers and risers and the formation of wand heads and wands. Specifically, the invention includes a nozzle having a tip portion, the tip portion having a stream shaper, and the stream shaper having at least four fins with a longitudinal dimension in the tip portion greater than a radial dimension in the tip portion.