Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
  • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
  • A62C3/00—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
  • A62C3/07—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles

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• the present invention relates to a device at a motor vehicle, comprising an engine compartment having an engine received therein that is driven by flammable fuel, such as, e.g., petrol, gas or diesel, and that said engine compartment is surrounded by a protecting casing, an opening being arranged that leads into said engine compartment of the vehicle and that is adapted to receive the nozzle of a fire-extinguisher, upon desired temporary passage through the opening into said engine compartment with extinguishants .
• flammable fuel such as, e.g., petrol, gas or diesel
• 3,972,373 A intends to solve is to be able to connect an extinguisher to a sprinkler system via a quick-coupling from within a vehicle that has the engine positioned in front, and thereby be able to extinguish a possible engine fire safely.
• this requires an advanced piping in the engine compartment and that the connection between the pipes and an extinguisher protrudes from said engine compartment through a case with risk of catching persons thereon upon passage.
• the problem that the present invention intends to solve is to be able to provide a device that upon fire in the engine of buses and other larger vehicles, where the engine normally is situated at the rear of the vehicle and is accessible from outside via openable doors, etc., or the risk of fire therein, allows quick injection of intended extinguishants in the form of, e.g., dry powder, foam or water in the engine compartment in order to suffocate the fire. In that connection, it is important that the opening is safe.
• the opening is constructed in such a way that no projecting parts from the same are present that may hurt people by getting caught on or impact when the vehicle, such as, e.g., a bus, is driven in areas of high population density.
• the main object of the present invention is primarily to solve, among others, said problems by simple and safely working means.
• a device which substantially is characterized in that, easily accessible from the outside of the vehicle, the opening is arranged to be closed externally of said vehicle by a temporary seal, which is formed by a flexible part, having a plurality of turnable tongues of rubber or plas- tic distributed along the circumference of said opening and arranged to be possible to break through or open, said opening being situated substantially right opposite the fire-hazardous parts of the engine such as, e.g., turbo, exhaust pipe, fuel pipe, etc.
• Fig. 1 shows an example of the arrangement of an emergency-extinguishing opening according to the invention
• Figs. 2-3 show an opening on a lateral door to the engine compartment of a bus
• Fig. 4 shows an opening on a rear positioned door to the engine compartment of a bus
• Fig. 5 shows the interior of the engine com- partment with the engine and fire-hazardous parts connected thereto, and
• FIG. 6 shows an extinguisher according to the function of the invention.
• flammable fuel such as, e.g., petrol, gas or die- sel
• Said opening 6 is arranged to be able to be closed by a temporary seal 10 during normal use of the vehicle 2, which seal is arranged to be possible to break through easily or in another way be possible to open upon desired temporary passage through the opening 6 into said engine compartment 3 with intended suitable extinguishants 11, e.g., dry powder or foam, in order to suffocate the fire.
• said opening 6 is positioned substantially right opposite the fire-hazardous parts 12, 13, 14, of the engine, such as, e.g., the turbo 12, exhaust pipe 13, fuel pipe 14, etc.
• Said opening 6 is preferably arranged in a fixedly mounted cover plate 15 and is covered by a cap or another temporary seal 10 that seals said opening 6 but simultaneously makes it easy to be able to insert the extinguisher nozzle 7 through the opening 6 at the extinguishing occasion without having to manually open the engine door/bonnet or dismount other chassis portions with time delay caused thereby and supply of oxygen that increases the intensity at the seat of fire and the spread thereof with danger to those involved, particu- larly to those trying to spray by an extinguisher thereon.
• Said seal 10 is formed by a flexible part, such as a number of turnable tongues 1OA, 1OB, 1OC, 10D.
• a plurality of turnable tongues 10A-10D are distributed along the circum- ference of said opening 6 and such an arranged cap is composed of rubber or plastic and is provided with a number of slots 15 extending through at least one portion of said cap 10.
• a cross-shaped slot 16 extends through the cap, which is formed by a membrane 10.
• a colour 17 differing from the ordinary colour 18 of the vehicle is marked by a colour 17 differing from the ordinary colour 18 of the vehicle.
• Said differ- ing colour is suitably fluorescent or luminous in another manner, e.g., orange, red or white, and that a text 19 is present at said opening 6 that informs about where the position of said emergency extinguishing opening 6 is arranged.
• said opening 6, or the openings if several of such openings are concerned, is/are arranged in an openable door 20, bonnet or another similar turnably mounted part of the vehicle 2.
• the opening 6 is uncovered from the closing cap 10 by means of the nozzle 8 of the fire extinguisher 9, so that the nozzle 8 can be inserted into the interior of the engine compartment 3 in order to be able to spray dry powder 11, etc., on the seat of fire 21 and suffocate the same without supplying additional oxygen to the fire and for the protection of the staff who holds the fire extinguisher 9.

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