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Title:
AERIAL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/113144
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
An aerial fire suppression system mountable to a helicopter fuselage is provided. The system having a tank divided into at least two compartments by a barrier. The base of each compartment having an outwardly opening door. The system also having a retractable snorkel unit attached to the tank for transferring liquid from a liquid source into the compartments. An inflatable seal minimizes the leakage of the liquid from the compartments at the junction where the outwardly opening door engages the tank. A modified cyclic controls the operation of the tank and the components thereof. Also described is a method of suppressing a fire using the aerial fire suppression system.

Inventors:
LEMKE TRENT (CA)
WILCOX A WARREN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/CA2011/000278
Publication Date:
November 17, 2011
Filing Date:
March 17, 2011
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Assignee:
ASCENT HELICOPTERS LTD (CA)
LEMKE TRENT (CA)
WILCOX A WARREN (US)
International Classes:
B64D1/16; A62C3/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BOWN, Christopher et al. (160 Elgin Street Suite 260, Ottawa Ontario K1P 1C3, CA)
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