Patent ID: 9302133
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A62C,F16K

Claim Text:
1. A fire extinguishing system comprising: a canister for containing a fire suppression material, the canister having an opening; a valve assembly having a valve movable from a first position in which the valve seals the opening of the canister to a second position in which the valve exposes the opening to allow expulsion of the fire suppression material from the canister, wherein a release arm restrains the valve from moving to the second position, the release arm being rotatable about an axis to allow the valve to move to the second position, the valve assembly including a release mechanism that, in an unactuated state, prevents rotation of the release arm, and, in an actuated state, allows rotation of the release arm about the axis to move the valve to the second position; and one or more sensors, wherein the release mechanism is an automatic release mechanism that transitions from the unactuated state to the actuated state in response to a signal transmitted by the one or more sensors, the one or more sensors being configured to generate the signal after the one or more sensors sense a fire.