Patent ID: 9067090
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A62C,B05B

Abstract:
1. A portable foaming apparatus for a handheld fire suppression system comprising: a container having a container opening and containing a foaming agent and a pressurized gas disposed above said foaming agent; a foam generating assembly having a housing removable attached to said container opening and having a proximal end and a distal end; a mixing chamber defined by said housing and disposed in the interior of said housing; a snorkel attached to said proximal end of said housing and received in said container having a lower end submerged in said foaming agent; a snorkel opening defined in said housing allowing foaming agent to be inserted into said mixing chamber at said proximal end of said housing; a gas re-directional opening defined in said housing allowing gas to enter said re-directional opening from said container; a nozzle in fluid communications with said gas re-directional assembly and disposed in the interior of said mixing chamber downstream of said snorkel opening so that gas entering said re-directional opening is inserted in said mixing chamber under pressure and downstream said snorkel opening wherein said gas is inserted in said mixing chamber at an angle less than 45° relative to said fluid flow; and, an outlet defined in said housing for ejecting foam produced in said mixing chamber from said foaming agent and said inserted pressurized when a foam nozzle is actuated.