Patent ID: 6216793
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
An installation for extinguishing fire in a railway carriage, the installation comprising at least two spray heads (1, 2), whereof the first spray head (1) is placed in the railway carriage close to a first longitudinal side wall (3) of the railway carriage and obliquely directed downwards at an angle (.alpha.1) of 40 to 70.degree. in relation to a vertical plane, and the second spray head (2) is placed in the railway carriage close to a second longitudinal side wall (4) of the railway carriage opposite the first side wall and obliquely directed downwards at an angle (.alpha.2) of 40 to 70.degree. in relation to the vertical plane, the spray heads being placed at a height of 3.2 to 4 m above the railway carriage floor (11) and arranged to spray water-based extinguishing medium at a spread angle (.beta.1, .beta.2) of 45 to 120.degree..