Patent ID: 7819362
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: B64D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system to be transported on an aircraft, the aircraft having an interior, an exterior, and a bottom, the system comprising: an agent tank configured to hold material; an outlet end providing passage from the interior to the exterior of the aircraft through the bottom of the aircraft; and a member movably coupled to the outlet end, the member having a closed position and an open position, the member configured to be moved from the closed position to the open position through buoyant contact with a portion of the material released from the agent tank into the interior of the aircraft, in the closed position the member being oriented to block access to the outlet end from within the aircraft, and in the open position the member being oriented to allow access to the outlet end from within the aircraft, whereby the material located substantially adjacent the bottom of the aircraft may exit the aircraft through the outlet end.