Title:
FIRE RETARDANT DELIVERY SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001087421
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A fire extinguishing and fire retarding method is provided comprising the step of confining a fire extinguishing and fire retarding agent in slurry, liquid or gaseous form (11) within a shell (10) wherein the shell (10) comprises such an agent in solid form. An agent such as ice water, or liquid dioxide is useful when employing the shell (10) as "non-lethal" device. The solid shell (10) is sublimable and will burst upon impact or upon exposure to the environmental conditions at the target site to release the contents of the shell (10) as well as the fragments of the shell onto the target site.
Inventors:
RUEBUSCH GREGORY P (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/040750
Publication Date:
February 21, 2002
Filing Date:
May 18, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EDWARDS PAUL C (US)
RUEBUSCH GREGORY P (US)
RUEBUSCH GREGORY P (US)
International Classes:
A62C3/02; A62C13/76; A62C19/00; A62C35/10; A62C99/00; A62D1/06; A62D1/08; (IPC1-7): A62C3/02
Foreign References:
| US5507350A | 1996-04-16 | |||
| US5919393A | 1999-07-06 | |||
| US4100970A | 1978-07-18 | |||
| US2003300A | 1935-06-04 | |||
| US0297075A | 1884-04-15 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1286725A4
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