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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Hayes, Valley Cottage, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
169 46 ; 169 57 ; 169 65 ;
Abstract
An automatic chimney fire extinguisher and method includes a housing for insertion in a chimney at the outlet thereof and a flare in the housing connected thereto by a cord to suspend the flare below the housing at a predetermined distance. The flare is releasably retained in the housing and the extinguisher is responsive to a preselected temperature level in the chimney for releasing the flare to permit same to drop below the housing and to be suspended by the cord. The flare is ignited in response to the release thereof.