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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Task Force Tips, Incorporated, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Inventors:
Robert W. Steingass, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Stewart McMillan, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Gene Spencer, Valparaiso, IN (US);
David J. Kolacz, Plymouth, IN (US);
Assignee:
TASK FORCE TIPS, INCORPORATED, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 1/12 (2006.01); A62C 31/03 (2006.01); B05B 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 1/12 (2013.01); A62C 31/03 (2013.01); B05B 15/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A new firefighting nozzle has a base nozzle with one size or type of orifice and one or more auxiliary nozzles with a different size or type of orifice that a firefighter can easily see. A firefighter can swing the auxiliary nozzle into series with the base nozzle to change the flow. A springy element biases a locking element on the auxiliary nozzle from a retracted position toward an extended position in which it locks the auxiliary nozzle in place.