Patent ID: 7143833

Claim:
A portable aerosol fire-extinguisher, comprising: an elongate metal casing with a distal end, a proximal end fixed to a handle, and an internal chamber for housing a charge of a solid substance which can be transformed, at a predetermined temperature, into an aerosol with flame-extinguishing properties, a delivery opening in the region of the distal end for putting the chamber into communication with the exterior, and starting means disposed in the vicinity of the extinguishing charge for triggering the reaction thereof, wherein the starting means comprise an inflammable charge which is ignited by means of an activation element which is enclosed in an inactive condition and is moved manually in order to produce friction between the inflammable charge and the activation element to ignite the inflammable charge, wherein the delivery opening is formed in a transverse baffle in the distal end region of the casing, and wherein said inflammable charge is held in the delivery opening in the transverse baffle.