Patent ID: 6050343
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
A fire fighting system for use in a container for a liquid flammable product for extinguishing a fire on the surface of the flammable product in the container, wherein the system comprises:an extinguisher device comprising a receptacle containing a product which extinguishes a fire when spread over the flammable product in the container, the extinguisher device being submersible in the flammable product in the container;an explosive charge in the receptacle;an ignition fuse communicating with the explosive charge in the receptacle, the fuse extending out of the receptacle; anda flotation device connected with the receptacle and placed and shaped to maintain the stability of the receptacle while floating on the surface of the flammable product in the container, whereby upon ignition of the fuse, the explosive charge may be exploded by the fuse to dispense the extinguisher product over the flammable product within the container;a holding device in the container for holding the receptacle below the surface of the flammable product; anda separable mooring element mooring the receptacle to the holding device below the surface of the flammable product, the mooring element extending above the surface of the flammable product in the container and being alterable by fire on the surface of the flammable product for releasing the moored receptacle from below the surface of the flammable product, such that the flotation device causes the receptacle to float above the surface of the flammable product where the fuse may be ignited to ignite the explosive charge.