Patent ID: 8893815

Claim:
A fire extinguisher comprising: vessel containing a wet chemical fire extinguishing agent; a discharge valve assembly capping said vessel; an actuator operatively associated with said discharge valve assembly; and a discharge nozzle in fluid communication with said discharge valve assembly, said discharge nozzle including: a nozzle housing defining a central flow passage having a discharge end and an inlet end, the inlet end in flow communication with said discharge valve assembly; a nozzle body disposed in the discharge end of the central passage, said nozzle body defining a plurality elongated flow passages extending longitudinally through said nozzle body, said flow passages extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of said nozzle body, a discharge orifice being formed in a discharge end of each of said flow passages, and a flow agitator being disposed adjacent said discharge orifice within each of said flow passages extending through said nozzle body.