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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:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight P Williams, Vidor, TX (US);
Eric Lavergne, Groves, TX (US);
Assignee:
Williams Fire & Hazard Control, Inc., Vidor, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
169 46 ; 169 66 ; 169 68 ;
Abstract
Improved methods for extinguishing tank fires, in particular of low boiling point and/or low auto ignition point fluids, the improved methods including cooling inner and outer tank wall portions and improving a foam attack from staged nozzles through creating side foot prints at the site and correcting footprint range, footprint length, footprint width or foam run for variations in factors such as wind conditions, nozzle stream width, head pressure, percent of foam concentrate, the burning fluid, the type of foam and the temperature of the burning fluid.