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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:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Casey C Grant, Belmont, MA (US);
Parker Peterson, Westboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Kidde, Inc., Saddle Brook, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C / ; A62C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
169 46 ; 169 66 ; 169 68 ;
Abstract
A method of extinguishing a fire burning above and fueled by a flammable liquid stored in a storage vessel and including the steps of providing a supply of a halogenated fire extinguishing agent, detecting the presence of combustion products above the surface of the flammable liquid, and discharging the extinguishing agent into the storage vessel and below the surface of the flammable liquid.