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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2023
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Wieslaw Wieczerzak, Czermin, PL;
KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION, LLC, Bradenton, FL (US);
Abstract
A valve body () for a cartridge-operated fire extinguisher includes a first socket () configured to have an end of a cartridge () filled with propellant installed therein; and a latch () movable relative to the first socket () between a first position and a second position; in the first position the latch () is configured to permit an end of a cartridge () filled with propellant to be installed within and removed from the first socket (); and in the second position the latch () is configured to engage with an end of a cartridge () installed within the first socket () to thereby lock and retain the end of the cartridge () within the first socket ().