Title:
AIRBORNE WATER DIFFUSER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002028708
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An apparatus is for use with a container of liquid that is suspended from an aircraft flying over a ground target area. The container has an outlet through which the liquid is dropped from the container. The apparatus includes a diffuser configured to diffude the liquid exiting the container outlet horizontally outward beyond the container into the air above the groud target area, whereby the liquid is diffused over a correspondingly wide area. The liquid can be fire extinguishing liquid, and the ground target area can be a forest fire.
Inventors:
CHEUNG KWOK PUN
Application Number:
PCT/IB2001/002788
Publication Date:
January 03, 2003
Filing Date:
August 07, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV HONG KONG (CN)
International Classes:
B64D1/16; B64D1/18; (IPC1-7): B64D1/16
Foreign References:
| US4671472A | 1987-06-09 | |||
| FR2665874A1 | 1992-02-21 | |||
| US4437630A | 1984-03-20 | |||
| GB2094668A | 1982-09-22 | |||
| US4180224A | 1979-12-25 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1307383A4
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