Patent ID: 8555991

Claim:
A fire extinguishing system comprising: a source of water; a piping system constructed and arranged to deliver said water to a fire; a reservoir fluidly connected to said piping system, said reservoir containing a polymeric material, said polymeric material is a super absorbent polymer; a device fluidly connected to said reservoir and said piping to allow water flowing through said piping to withdraw said polymeric material from said reservoir and introduce said polymeric material into said water, thereby forming a gel; said piping system including a water inlet pipe in fluid communication with said water source, said water inlet pipe including a first valve and a water outlet pipe fluidly connected downstream of said first valve, a bypass loop having an inlet conduit fluidly connected upstream of said first valve, and a water outlet conduit fluidly connected downstream of said first valve; a second valve located in said inlet conduit and a third valve located in said outlet conduit; said reservoir fluidly connected to said bypass loop between said second and said third valve; said water outlet conduit further including at lest one sprinkler head.