Patent ID: 8561712
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A62C

Abstract:
1. A method of dispersing a fire suppression agent to extinguish a fire, comprising: providing a housing including therein a dry fire suppression agent between overlapping folded layers of a flexible sheet, said layers formed by folding the flexible sheet into an accordion-like shape having a plurality of pleats which are alternately folded back and forth, and said fire suppression agent disposed between the overlapping layers formed by the alternately folded plurality of pleats so that the folded flexible sheet separates the fire suppression agent into a plurality of discrete portions; and unlatching a latch to open the housing and release the dry fire suppression agent, at least a part of the flexible sheet moving out of housing, the flexible sheet dispersing the fire suppression agent alternatively in different lateral directions as the flexible sheet unfolds to distribute the plurality of discrete portions of fire suppression agent as alternating pulses.