ES1298333U - Fire systems (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Fire-fighting system characterized in that it comprises a cannon with a central launcher 1, two chargers 2 on the sides of a square cylindrical section or others placed in parallel for howitzers or rockets, a loading mechanism, three hollow cylinders in parallel inside a box in which the projectiles are introduced, which with alternative movement move inside a casing that allows loading and firing at the same time. The option of installing a third magazine or more with access from the rear is also contemplated to simultaneously launch different types of howitzers and fire-fighting rockets. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

fire system

Technical sector

The present invention refers to a set of actions and machines that can improve the effectiveness of the means that are currently used to put out forest fires and other types. Any machine or element that is presented to put out fires has other applications with adaptations apart from that function that, due to its versatility, further optimize investment in its research and development.

state of the art

The means used to put out forest fires are aerial: seaplanes and helicopters that drop water that is sprayed by the effect of the speed of the aircraft, producing a cloud of water that is intended to fall on the front of the fire, and ground means. : which are trucks with water tanks and hoses handled by firefighters as well as trowels and extinguishers, controlled fires, occasional felling of trees, firebreak strips, programmed scrub and grass cleaning, sporadic firebreaks plowing or grading the ground with tractors, etc.

Explanation of the invention

The problems that currently arise in the extinction of forest fires are briefly summarized, in many countries they will be similar. The terrestrial means have as problems that many areas that catch fire have a steep orography of difficult access, almost impossible, for the terrestrial means; due to policies imposed by inexperienced environmental politicians, these problems are enhanced (they do not want to intervene in nature) and new ones are not created, they maintain or take care of existing forest roads, which prevents land vehicles from accessing those areas of the forest and consequently you can only intervene from the air; They do not allow cleaning and collection of dry branches, nor controlled thinning, nor controlled passage of cattle, (in certain pastured areas sheep or pigs can enter to crush and eat the grass and cattle and goats cannot enter because they are very little selective, because they eat the lower parts of the trees and the sprouts). Ponds and "little swamps" of natural appearance that do not affect the landscape should be built in the valleys and gullies of the mountains and fields to store water where to recharge the tanks of fire-fighting means, the improvement and construction of new forest roads that also serve as firebreaks and try to keep them all operational, clean and remove the dry branches of the mount and after crushing use it in the manufacture of pellets for heating, pallets, plywood boards, etc. humify the litter with nitrogenous additions and generate compost to use it in crops, fields and greenhouses and in special warehouses for the cultivation of various mushrooms and also use it after chopping and preparing organic fertilizer (no further details are given, a patent application It is not the most appropriate forum to review forestry, ecological and environmental policies, and create employment with quality of life in rural areas).

The problem with air resources is that seaplanes are a very specific type of aircraft and that apart from being used to put out forest fires, they are not useful for any other activity and they need large surfaces of water to ditch and recharge the tanks, these are located at sometimes quite far from where the fire is taking place and need time for recharges. Helicopters to bring water to the front of a fire have the serious problem that they have to operate at a certain height to avoid risks to the pilots and both means share the problem. of the enormous costs of kerosene that they need to act. There are some other problems, but the above explains the technical problem that is extensive to other types of fires. Serious technical problems are also posed by the extinction of fires in high-rise buildings, which would be solved using drovions (a hybrid of a drone and an airplane) that "stick" to the wall of the building.

Apart from studying and correcting those environmental policies that can help to extinguish fires, the application of the invention has four elements that need explanation, further study and experimentation and which are:

1- The cannon and rocket launcher and fire-fighting bombs and missiles and their various uses. And undescribed robot fire extinguishers.

2- Fire-fighting drones and their versatile applications, which are explained in the <solar aircraft> patent.

3- Deployable firewall systems, very briefly explained in the <ribbed ounce sheets> patent.

4- In situ retention and water conservation (another application of corrugated ounce sheets) essential in the extinction of forest fires apart from its necessary uses.

Discussion of modes of carrying out the invention.

First element: Cannon and fire pumps

The rocket launcher cannon (Page 9) is used to remotely send various types of water and powder bombs to the source of the fire by means of different types of shots: direct shot, parabolic, howitzer type below 45° elevation or shot type above of mortar, each shot has its utility (the mortar shot allows reaching targets that are not accessible to direct or tense shot, the parabolic shot with the same charge has a greater range). The cannon can also launch water and dust rockets with various flight control, orientation and explosion systems that are not covered in detail.

Exploding a charge is so effective that it is used to put out oil wellheads when they catch fire, by removing the oxidizing oxygen from the petroleum fuel. On p. 9 sketches are drawn that allow for many variants and sizes from a sawed-off shotgun to a shore cannon.

It is a trigger barrel 1 and two rifle-type loading tubes 2 located in parallel; in its rear part inside a casing 4 to which the three tubes are solidly attached, a magazine b moves with tabs placed on its two edges that only allow the passage of a projectile, the magazine through various systems has a back and forth movement They see that it alternately loads the magazines while firing, the rate of fire would be very fast due to the simple loading system or it is possible to choose the option shot by shot, and graduate or time the rate of fire.

Its design admits the placement of a third magazine that enters the launcher barrel through an independent mechanized bolt that allows the simultaneous use of different bombs and water-powder rockets. The simplicity of the set of elements that compose it makes its manufacture much cheaper.

We have the option that the magazines and the soul of the rocket launcher cannon have a square section instead of a circular one, which allows launching rockets that, once in flight, can deploy various types of ailerons, which improve the precision of the steering systems. of flight and reach the objective with more precision, no sketches are presented for not extending the wording, the design is simple and easy to understand. The gun can be towed or self-propelled.

With the appropriate adaptations, it can be used in the fight against hail by making explosions of silver iodide and other compounds in storm clouds to break it up or reduce its size or turn it into rain and minimize damage, which is increasingly frequent due to climate change. they can also be used to make fireworks shows of various designs and sizes, impossible to achieve with usual rocket launch systems, nothing is explained about warlike uses, the inventor loves peace.

On Page 10 Sketches of bombs and rockets f,g,h,i, which are compartmentalized concentrically in which layers of fire-fighting powder (pink color) alternate with layers of water (blue color), which can fill the different compartments with varied forms, the result of the necessary experimentation depending on the type of fire to be put out, dust would predominate if highly flammable substances burn (in factories, industrial buildings, etc.) and water where they are less so, such as in forest fires; It also depends on the price of the product used and its effectiveness. The longitudinal central part of the rocket, which is the driver, is divided into two sectors: the rear area dedicated to propulsion and the front area that contains the explosive detonator that also serves as a fuze for the rocket. remaining fuel left over from the drive. It must be studied (telemetry, infrared, photography and GPS or the calculation of parabolic shot) the position of the target and the exact moment in which the fuze begins the explosion.

When the cannon is reloading, the rocket or bomb can be accessed from behind with a bolt similar to that of traditional cannons in order to add or remove "packages" of propellant charge so as not to use more fuel than is necessary to reach the rocket. objective or to change the direction and / or propulsion system . Each rocket or bomb that it launches can be "specialized". the mortar-type shot explodes by contact, which is a very cheap system. The proximity to the fire of the cannon reduces the costs of propulsion and increases the precision of the shot and the amount of extinguishing charge. Hence, the advantage that improving and caring for forest roads gives us.

Fig 5. q and q' is a model of a spherical fire extinguishing cylinder that is not explosive, it is filled with powder like a traditional fire extinguisher with taps located at the 4 vertices of a tetrahedron inscribed in it or more or less taps and that, being Thrown into a closed space, they open up and turn it into the vortex of a whirlpool that throws fire-extinguishing powder or foam at dosed pressure in all directions and is reusable if it does not burn. It would be useful to launch it inside buildings or houses on fire, having both the cylinder and the launching cannon the appropriate sizes. 10 to 20 or more kilos of weight could be adequate, as in all the bombs and rockets explained, it is necessary to experiment as with the "cartridge bomb" Fig 7: p is a cylinder formed by two shotgun cartridges with a strong reinforced wall, joined by the cargo area, on the opposite side, the cover m will have a minimum resistance; in the center contains an explosive charge that when exploded n . It launches its load of water and/or extinguishing powder under pressure and sprayed in opposite directions, the effects of recoil when exploding (law of action and reaction) are compensated, forcing it to remain fixed where it explodes, these cartridge bombs are They can be launched or dropped with drones and placed parallel to and over the front of the fire. They can be built with a variety of capacities, after testing which is most convenient and loading them according to the type of fire to be extinguished.

Second element. Drones and drovions.

Flying machines that are used to put out fires, their characteristics are explained in the solar aircraft patent.

Third element: Deployable firestop systems.

Of the third fire-fighting element, which are the deployable firewalls, in the patent application sheets of ounces the operation is explained, which is based on unrolling long refractory mats with water sprinklers on the edge. These explanations can be extended to any company that is interested. Fig. 9 is an informative copy of the drawing of that explanation which is made in the patent.

Fourth element: retention and storage of water.

The procedure is based on building ponds and small swamps in the mountains and fields in general, which in addition to serving as a water store to put out the fires, serve as a trough for livestock, wildlife and game, raising fish, crabs, frogs, algae, etc. and recreational activities: picnic, bathing, fishing, without losing its beauty, making the mountains profitable, irrigating the fields and providing employment.

It is not political Manichaeism, but simple reasoning, to analyze the unreasonableness and the lack of the necessary solidarity to review those unsolidarity policies that are against the transfer of water from some hydrographic basins to others in defense of tortious and selfish interests of disastrous and evil politicians. intentional, who only pretend and it seems that keeping the armchair is what interests them the most even though they know that they create differences and inequality in the economy and well-being of the population instead of the equitable distribution of a resource as essential as water in the different regions of a country, whatever it is. When there is excess water in a hydrographic basin, sometimes to the point of causing serious flooding and human losses, field crops and movable and immovable property, the country as a whole must have a network of canals to carry out occasional transfers between the swamps of all hydrographic basins directed by technicians with criteria and environmental knowledge.

To build ponds and swamps with the invention of ounce sheets, one of its applications is to waterproof the base and side walls of the container by placing the sheets, cover its surface with epoxy resins or similar and fill the gaps with polyurethane, an application that is sometimes unnecessary. when the impermeable expansive clays, underwater vegetation, soil and the compaction of the aggregates used can serve to waterproof them; each place where it is intended to make a swamp must be the object of analysis and detailed study by geologists and edaphologists. Once the water is stored in places where the leaks have been resolved, the next step is to avoid increasingly intense evaporation due to the hot summers that climate change is causing. To resolve this, the solution is to apply another version or application of the sheets of ounces (Fig. 10) in this case the sheet used has two plastic layers d and e that are welded leaving holes that communicate with each other and that when inflated form a continuous network A, B, C of " inflated cushions" f (50 cros. or more or less on a side) that float on the surface of the water, one of the sheets is transparent e, and the other d is "painted" black on the inside of the air cushion f and its opposite face is "painted" in a silver or silver color that totally reflects the light. To avoid evaporation, the specular face is placed on top (position A ) so that it reflects the sun, the solar reflection and the air chambers g formed by the network of "cushions" isolates the surface of the water reducing its evaporation, since it becomes saturated the concentration of vapor within the zone between the lower part of the cushion and the surface of the water, to this is added the insulating effect of the air h that the cushion itself has inside. If we want to heat water or keep it hot for any activity, the position of the iron is reversed (position B ).

The four elements entail other very diverse and profitable uses apart from putting out forest fires, such as increasing the reserves of drinking water and the means to conserve it and spend it on irrigation and industries, controlling its use of generating electricity in hydroelectric jumps by using it instead wind solar and hydro machines and prevent evaporation by using types of corrugated ounce sheets . In order to avoid shortages when there are prolonged periods of drought, which with climate change will become more frequent.

The claims for the ounce sheets, the wind-solar machines and the drovion are made in their own patents. The explanations on the management and conservation of water, management of mountains and forest tracks, are opinions and ideas, they are not inventions and are not considered claimable.

Brief description of the drawings

The drawings are detailed sketches, the plans would be the fruit and result of the research and development of the key ideas that are explained in this patent.

Fig. 1: The loading mechanism 4 is shown in top view firing and loading the left magazine 2 .

Fig.2: Mechanism 4 fires and loads the right magazine. 1 cannon or launcher tube, 2 rifle-type magazine, I saw overhead and frontal views of the magazine mechanism 4 , a loading of the left magazine, b loading of the right magazine, in both views the projectile retention tabs are drawn, vl side views and isolated bomb or missile frontal section view. Fig 3: Side view of the charger. Fig. 4: shows two examples: c and d of the various sizes that the barrel can have.

Fig. 5: q and q' sketches of a spherical fire extinguisher that is not explosive and with erratic movement designed for closed spaces.

Fig. 6: are views of sections f , g , h , i , j , k of rockets to see the concentric compartments that can be filled with water or extinguishing powder and location in the center of drive systems, fuel, fuze and explosive charge. f shows a cross section of the various compartments.

Sketches of different options: explosion by contact k , with instantaneous impulsion: bullet type or continuous: rocket type hj .

Fig. 7: are sectional views of a "cartridge" bomb, which can be manufactured in various sizes, with n indicating how when the water charge explodes o o the fire-fighting product p or a mixture or combination of both is thrown in directions opposite parallel to the advance front of a forest fire or where necessary.

Fig. 8: example of arrow pump. B Sketch of explosive spherical bullet with depth charge type fuzes cross section. C arrow bomb sketch, l section of the steering stabilizer rudders, 1' side section view of the explosive charge. 1 'telescopic percussion dart that explodes when touching the ground.

Fig. 9: "copy" of the page of the patent application sheets of ounces to show one of its applications, which is to use it as a fireproof firewall with sheets a with sprinklers b on the edge and drop-down.

Fig. 10: A Lateral view of the position in which the cushion plate that reduces its evaporation is placed on the water. B Position in which it is placed when you want to insulate or heat the water, to lay it out day and/or night, in swimming pools. d is the sheet with the reflective side and the black one. and transparent sheet. f "cushions" connected to each other to inflate. h air chambers inside cushions and g those between the cushions and the surface of the water. C Aerial view of a network of cushions.

Claims (3)

1. Fire-fighting system characterized in that it comprises a cannon with a central launcher 1, two chargers 2 on the sides of a square cylindrical section or others placed in parallel for howitzers or rockets, a loading mechanism, three hollow cylinders in parallel inside a box in which introduce the projectiles that with alternative movement move inside a casing that allows loading and firing at the same time. The option of installing a third magazine or more with access from the rear is also contemplated to launch different types of howitzers and fire-fighting rockets at the same time. 2. Fire-fighting system according to claim 1, characterized in that the projectiles have sections or tanks that can be filled with fire-fighting substances and water, designed to be launched with said cannon. 3. Fire-fighting system according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises fire extinguishers with taps located at the vertices of a tetrahedron, or other figures, inscribed in a sphere that emit their extinguishing charge rolling in all directions autonomously.