EP2878343B1 - Apparatus and method for suppressing and extinguishing a fire - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for suppressing and extinguishing a fire

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Publication number
EP2878343B1
EP2878343B1 EP14178092.4A EP14178092A EP2878343B1 EP 2878343 B1 EP2878343 B1 EP 2878343B1 EP 14178092 A EP14178092 A EP 14178092A EP 2878343 B1 EP2878343 B1 EP 2878343B1
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Prior art keywords
extinguishing
suppressing
fire
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2878343A1 (en
Inventor
Timothy Wigfall
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Linde GmbH
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Linde GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A62C99/0009—Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames
    • A62C99/0018—Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames using gases or vapours that do not support combustion, e.g. steam, carbon dioxide
    • 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
    • A62C3/02—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires
    • 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
    • A62C3/04—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places for dust or loosely-baled or loosely-piled materials, e.g. in silos, in chimneys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A62C99/0009—Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Ecology (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Fire-Extinguishing By Fire Departments, And Fire-Extinguishing Equipment And Control Thereof (AREA)
EP14178092.4A 2013-12-02 2014-07-22 Apparatus and method for suppressing and extinguishing a fire Withdrawn - After Issue EP2878343B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US201361910525P 2013-12-02 2013-12-02

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EP2878343A1 EP2878343A1 (en) 2015-06-03
EP2878343B1 true EP2878343B1 (en) 2020-06-03

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Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6840331B2 (en) * 2002-01-29 2005-01-11 Sant'angelo Joseph G. Portable breathable fire extinguishing liquefied gas delivery system

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US20060283977A1 (en) * 2005-06-20 2006-12-21 Macdonald Leo S Novel cryogenic firefighting and hazardous materials suppression apparatus

Patent Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6840331B2 (en) * 2002-01-29 2005-01-11 Sant'angelo Joseph G. Portable breathable fire extinguishing liquefied gas delivery system

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