Patent ID: 8973670
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
1. A unit load device used in air freight including a removable fire suppression system, said fire suppression system comprising: an exterior case including a removable top lid, a bottom, a first side, a second side, a front and a back, said top lid, said bottom, said first side, said second side, said front and said back defining an interior volume; a first component container mounted within said interior volume of said exterior case, said first component container containing a first liquid foam component of a two-part foam; a second component container mounted within said interior volume of said exterior case, said second container containing a second liquid foam component of said two-part foam; at least one component release device mounted within said interior volume, said at least one component release device in fluid communication with said first component container and said second component container, said at least one component release device being configured to be selectively capable of releasing said first and second components from said first and second component containers; a fire detector operably connected to said top lid of said exterior case, said fire detector in electric communication with said at least one component release device, wherein said fire detector electronically signals for the release of said first and said second liquid foam components upon detection of smoke and/or heat; a propellant in fluid communication with said first and said second foam component wherein the activation of said at least one component release device results in a unrestrained positive pressure applied upon said first foam component and said second foam component by said propellant thereby causing the exit of said first foam component from said first component container and the exit of said second foam component from said second component container; a mixing conduit within said interior volume, said mixing conduit in fluid communication with said first component container and said second component container and configured to receive said first and said second foam components and cause mixing thereof; and at least one nozzle operably connected to said exterior case, said at least one nozzle in fluid communication with said mixing conduit and configured to spray said mixed first and second foam components into said unit load device.