Patent ID: 9169594
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A62C,D06F

Abstract:
1. An indoor retractable fire extinguishing apparatus for putting out fires inside a building structure, said indoor retractable fire extinguishing apparatus comprising: a portable fireproof casing adapted to be positioned inside the building structure; a spool rotatably situated inside said fireproof casing; a fire hose adapted to be connected to an existing water supply source located inside the building structure, said fire hose being rolled up about said spool; a plurality of stabilizing plates mounted to said fireproof casing; wherein said plurality of stabilizing plates include a left stabilizing plate and a right stabilizing plate; and a handle attached to said spool in such a manner that said handle and said spool rotating in sync and thereby cause said fire hose to wind and unwind from said spool respectively while said stabilizing plates remain exterior of said fireproof casing; wherein said stabilizing plates are attached to an outer surface of said fireproof casing such that operating forces acting on said handle and said spool are absorbed and distributed along said stabilizing plates thereby maintaining said fireproof casing at a substantially stable position during winding and unwinding operations; wherein said fireproof casing comprises at least four planar walls configured in such a manner to provide a hollow cavity therebetween; a lid pivotally coupled to a rear one of said planar walls and thereby selectively covering an open top end of said fireproof casing; and a plurality of hinges directly coupled to a bottom longitudinal edge of said rear planar wall and a top longitudinal edge of said lid; wherein a front one of said planar walls is provided with a notch extending downwardly from a top edge thereof, said notch defining a travel path through which said fire hose passes during winding and unwinding operations; wherein said hinges remain entirely spaced from each of said stabilizing plates as well as left and right ones of said planar walls; wherein each of said stabilizing plates has a linear rear edge; wherein said rear planar wall has opposed linear side edges; wherein said stabilizing plates do not extend rearward of said rear planar wall such that said linear rear edge is coplanar with said linear side edge.