Patent ID: 9682258
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A62C

Claim:
1. An apparatus for delivering a fire suppressant fluid into a vehicle, the apparatus including first and second funnels in fluid communication with a delivery pipe extending between the first and second funnels, the delivery pipe including a delivery portion adapted to deliver the fire suppressant fluid into the vehicle, and first and second directional flow devices located between the respective first and second funnels and the delivery portion, wherein the first and second funnels are adapted to receive a stream of the fire suppressant fluid dispensed from respective first and second locations that are each remote to the respective first and second funnels and external to the vehicle, and direct the received stream of the fire suppressant fluid to respective ones of the first and second directional flow devices so as to move the respective ones of the first and second directional flow devices between a normally closed condition and an open condition so as to each allow one-way flow of the received stream of fire suppressant fluid from the respective first and second funnels into the delivery portion thereby delivering the fire suppressant fluid within the vehicle, and wherein the first funnel and the second funnel are each arranged to be outwardly angled relative to a lengthwise axis of the vehicle.