GB2599419A

GB2599419A - ASAFEAS- A Self-Activating Fire Extinguisher and Alarm System for appliances

Info

Publication number: GB2599419A
Application number: GB2015552.9A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Stephen Wade Oliver
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-09-30
Filing date: 2020-09-30
Publication date: 2022-04-06
Also published as: WO2022069558A1; GB202015552D0; GB202306344D0; GB2615461A

Abstract

An apparatus which automatically responds upon detection of a fire within an electrical apparatus comprising a main reinforced body 1.4 which attaches to an appliance via slider or other fixing 2.2 and further comprises a frangible cover 2.1. Wired around the frangible cover are a primary fuse(s) 1.3 and a further secondary fuse(s) 2.4 deploy at a different rate to ignite the detonator that creates an alarm noise within the capsule and rupture the frangible cover and expel the fire suppression agent in the direction of the appliance’s electronics, without spreading shrapnel. The capsules reinforcement(s) absorb the shockwave and sound wave, to prevent damage to the appliance from the detonator and reduce the noise of the alarm to not cause any concussive damage. The fuses from each capsule can be wired together and connected allowing a circuit of capsules to be installed in/on an appliance to minimise spillage of fire suppression agents, such as sodium carbonate.

Description

ASAFEAS -A Self-Activating Fire Extinguisher and Alarm System for appliances

DESCRIPTION

Introduction and background of invention

In many countries a lot of fires are caused by (electrical) appliances (A) such as kitchen appliances like fridges and washing machines which are switched on throughout its whole lifetime of the appliance, approximately about 10-15 years. The building up of dust or other residue can help to fuel a fire within any A. Anything could cause a fire in an electrical appliance and it can happen to anyone and anywhere, even with up to date electrical checks and safety checks, fires can still occur. Fires can be fatal to humans and can cause damages such as deaths, trauma and economic/financial loss to people and to the government.

The current fire fighting devices have many limitations such as the cost of acquisition, storage al-ea/space, placement of the extinguisher, complexity of use, human cost of use, and other limiting factors.

Most people in the UK or around the world are rare to have fire extinguishers within their own homes or in their fire prone areas. However, if homeowners do have and use a fire extinguisher at home to put out a fire caused by an electrical appliance (A) in a conventional way them can be problems; first of all, a fire extinguisher has the potential to cause harm and a possible human injury to the user due to the close proximity that the user has to be within the vicinity to use the fire extinguisher effectively. Secondly, fire extinguishers can also lead to a number of different dangerous situations such as someone fighting a fire with a defective fire extinguisher by not carrying out safety checks before use. It also depends on how well the user is being trained to use conventional fire extinguishers especially in a time of smoke inhalation, panic, heat, and extreme stress.

The most commonly used fire extinguishers are hand held fire extinguishers which requires a person to be within a short distance from the naked flames, this will cause issues in personal safety for the person using the handheld fire extinguisher.

On the contrary, the handheld fire extinguisher that can expel fire suppression agents at a greater distance will get heavier. In order to provide a safe distance, there is a need to be further away from the fire. However the increased distance causes the increase of the weight of the fire extinguisher, therefore it would be hard to carry continuously for some people especially if the fire extinguisher has to be used in a long period of time to put a fire out. Some fire extinguishers have to be wheeled in and are not easy to be manoeuvred and lifted with only one hand, especially as the other hand is using the nozzle.

Nonetheless even the smaller handheld fire extinguisher (a small pressurised can) can be too big, and too heavy to be placed within an electrical appliance without drastically increasing the size of the electrical appliance. For disabled homeowners who may not be able to use hand held or wheeled fire extinguishers to put the fire out and this can be a challenge.

Other common fire extinguishers are sprinkler systems. However, these are used for large buildings and not in small appliances, sprinklers require lots of infrastructure to be effective, sprinklers also need to be installed and piped. It is very hard for a sprinkler system to put a fire out at an early stage of the fire which is caused by an appliance within the building. It is also impossible to cover every area of the building especially to reach inside any sealed electrical appliance It is costly and time consuming to check for the ability of the sprinkler system to be effective and check for corrosion which can damage the pipes or cause any leaks.

Throwable fire extinguishers could be thrown past the electrical appliance and cannot always be thrown inside an electrical appliance as the casing is very sealed. It is not effective to throw a single fire ball in a large room. It will also be extremely difficult to detect the fire at the early stage within an electrical appliance which the ball is not encased in.

Any use of a gas in fire extinguisher inside or outside of an appliance. such as carbon dioxide fire extinguishers (CO2) as a fire suppression agent can be dangerous as CO2 fumes can be inhaled in a confined and enclosed area of a room with limited ventilation, if there is a leakage of CO2 from the fire extinguisher canister this could cause death to homeowners because it is rare for homeowners to have a CO2 gauge installed in a flat (an apartment)/house or an office to warn people how much potential gas leaked in a room from a gas fire extinguisher. It could also be very difficult for homeowners to check their CO2 fire extinguisher canister for maintenance With many aspects that all appliances need to be checked regularly for safety issues. However, generally homeowners possibly are rare to check their own appliances regularly until something happens. It is very hard for anybody to detect a fire at an early stage within the appliance and/or to get to the source of the fire with a conventional fire extinguisher in time because the source of the fire usually starts within the casing of an A before the fire spreads out to other fuels around the building. The disadvantage of using external fire extinguishers that either expels powder, gas or liquids is causing damages to homeowner's documents, furniture and other electronic equipments within the house and also the house itself. The cost is not only a finance cost but a cost on psychological damage to people.

Thus, there is a need for an automatic explosive-type fire suppressing system within electrical appliances that is economic to install, easy to build, and safe. It does not require any human interference to operate and it is efficient and effective to direct the fire extinguishing agents into the fire at the early stage of the fire within an electrical appliance and to minimise potential damage.

Therefore the invention of ASAFEAS which is installed inside any of an electrical appliance's casing with these capsules connected in a circuit will offer an automatic protection system from fires as well as an automatic alarm system to warn the residences of any fire taking place so that to prevent a fire becoming deadly. Fatalities from both civilians and fire fighters will be reduced with implementation of this ASAFEAS device within any electrical appliance by reducing the amount of fires around the world. Reduced house fires will also save the cost of local fire fighters, local authority's resources as well as less big fire damage that can occur such as Grenfell towers in the UK.

Summary of the Invention

The ASAFEAS system consists of multiple capsules which are all connected together and installed inside the casing of an appliance (A). Each capsule is made of a partially non frangible and frangible casing which contains a fire suppression agent and a combustible powder. There are fuses wired around the capsule and connected with other capsules in a circuit which we shall call the primary fuses. The primary fuse is chain fused with another fuse that leads through open ended hollow tubing directly into a detonator of the capsule which we shall call the secondary fuse. The secondary fuse travels through protective tubing to the combustible powder within the capsule. If one primary fuse has been ignited by a fire then the other primary fuses of the capsules are also ignited allowing for all capsules to be activated.

There are two reinforcements: one designed as a strong material (non-frangible) such as aluminium or any membrane that forms a reinforcement of the capsule which reduces the explosive force backwards to prevent the case of the appliance from breaking by absorbing the shockwave, the design of its shape is to enable the fire suppression agent to be directed in a certain direction outwards towards the fire. There is another reinforcement (non-frangible) which is also a strong material that covers the top and the bottom layers of capsule to hold capsule together to increase structural integrity of the capsule.

There are two frangible parts: one is to hold explosive powder and the other is to hold fire suppression agent(s); the reinforcement (non-frangible) part is designed to direct the fire suppression agent to expel outwards, also absorbing the shockwave and sound wave.

The objective of this ASAFEAS invention is to create a device that is completely automatic and does not require human interference to be activated and suppress fires at the early stage of the fire within an electrical appliance It can eliminate the human error in the active use of ASAFEAS when there is a fire. The use of fuses like firework fuses in the capsule eradicates any malfunctions that can occur with any electronic sensors. Anyone partially impaired or disabled does not have to worry about employing professionals or themselves to activate ASAFEAS.

The design of ASAFEAS allows a capsule to be placed on the appliance casing. One capsule can fill an area with fire suppression agents; the multiple coordinated capsules will ensure to expel fire suppression agents to overwhelm any fire happened within any electrical appliance.

Each capsule shall be light and consist mainly of fire suppression agents. More capsules and larger capsules can be added to larger appliances, as well as fewer capsules and smaller capsules can be placed to smaller appliances. The dimensions or even a shape of any capsules can be adjusted as well as the method of installation so it can be easily incorporated into any design of appliances.

The detonator is a low explosive yield which is sufficient enough to expel the fire suppression agent. The alarm noise from the detonator will not cause any damage to humans at a close proximity due to the designed reinforcement dampening the sound.

The frangible casing allows the expulsion of fire suppression agents to be easily released from the capsule and expelled directly to suffocate the fire.

It is important for the consumers to be taught or read from the instruction of the manufacturers about the alarm system before purchasing any appliance so that the consumers understand when to call the fire brigade in an event where the ASAFEAS system is activated.

FIGURES AND REFERENCE NUMERALS

The followings indicate any illustrated technical features of the invention described by none limiting examples.

Figure 0 -Capsule showing a 3D drawing.

A 3D version of a capsule: Top view, Front view, Part of Back view, and Side view. Figure 1 -Side view 1.1 It shows the container holding the explosive material which can be an explosive of any nature of combustible properties. The combustible material is placed and attached to the reinforcement 1.4 of the capsule.

1.2 This area is filled with a fire suppression agent. Each capsule can contain a different fire suppression agent(s) on the circuit of capsules to combat different classes of fires.

1.3 One or more Primary fuses are wired around the capsule and grouped together with tape in the primary fuse circuit connected to other capsules.

1.4 This is one piece of strong material such as aluminium that forms a reinforcement of the capsule and the shape of 1.4 which is not only to absorb the shockwave to reduces the explosive force backwards and also to ensure the explosive force to expel the fire suppression agent outwards directly towards the fire. There are ribs on the surface of the reinforcement material to strength the structural integrity of the capsule. The rib can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal or curved. For illustrative purposes the ribs shall be presented only in figure 1 and not in other figures inside of capsules although they may be present within the capsule.

Figure 2 -Side view 2.1 The frangible cover of the fire suppression agent can be made of Styrofoam or any type of weak low mass plastic which is fire resistant to the protect contents of the powder from escaping.

2.2 The material at the back of the capsule can be an adhesive, double sided sticky tape, rivets, clips, bolts, slider, or nails which enable the capsule to attach onto the side of the appliance or any method to attach the capsule onto the casing of the A for an easy installation such as in Figure 2,2.2 is seen as a sliding object which allows the capsule to slide onto the side of the A. In Figure 3, 2.2 is seen as the strong adhesive that sticks onto the side of the A. 2.3 Rivets/Bolts used to keep 2.6, 1.4, and 2.1 fixed together on the capsule.

2.4 One or more secondary fuses travel through protective tubing that is taped and wired together with primary fuses 1.3. The secondary fuses travel a slower speed than the primary fuses.

2.5 The small hollow double open ended tube made by plastic material acts as a secure passage which enables the secondary fuse 2.4 to travel directly into 1.1.

2.6 A strong metal material reinforcement which covers the top and the bottom layers of the capsule where 2.3 is placed in 3.2 on the 2.6 to hold 2.1 and 1.4 together to strengthen the capsule.

Figure 3 -3D cutaway view of the capsule 3.1 Striation lines (lines with indents) will be made onto 2.1 to enable the plastic material breaking easily in order to expel the fire suppression agents outwards towards the fire.

3.2 Holes on 2.6 which allow 2.3 going through to hold 2.6, 1.4, and 2.1 of the capsule together. Figure 4 -The number of primary and secondary fuses is not limited to this figures depiction.

4.1 It is the tape used that the primary fuses 1.3 and secondary fuses 2.4 are taped together and the tape that is used to (ape the fuses onto the capsule with to make sure once the primary fuse ignited by a fire then the secondary fuse will be ignited.

Figure 5 -An illustration of a side view of 1.1 inside the capsule with secondary fuses inside the protective hollow tubing.

5.1 A point /the location where the secondary fuse shall be first in contact with 1.1 5.2 The area contains the combustible powder that provides an explosive force outwards.

5.3 A thin layer of material (fire resistant material can be used) contains the combustible powder.

5.4 A pathway/the location where secondary fuses from the top and the bottom are chain joined together to reach the detonator 1.1.

Figure 6 -An example of 4 capsules in a parallel circuit.

6.1 An example of a circuit of 4 capsules wired up with 1.3 primary fuses. ASAFEAS system is not limited to 4 capsules. For illustrative purposes the capsules shall be depicted as cuboids in Figure 6.

Figure 7 -A diagram of a washing machine based on an example of a parallel primary fuse circuit wired (connected) up with 4 capsules in a ground position of the washing machine (showing 6.1 in a washing machine).

Figure 8 -Back view of a washing machine near the motor powering, the drum depicting where 4 capsules will be placed in a circuit along the back of the washing machine.

Figure 9 -Side view of the washing machine or tumble dryer showing an installed version of the full ASAFEAS inside the washing machine and also showing how the fuses will be connected together to Form a circuit. In total it is recommended that there am 12 capsules all wired together for a ASAFEAS inside of an A so there am 4 capsules on each side of the appliance.

Figure 10 -The time scale of how fast the reaction of the fire is carried out. The back view of a washing machine showing there are only 4 out of 12 recommended capsules in a circuit if there is a flame on the motor of the washing machine.

10.1 A Primary fuse is ignited by a fire, and then ignites its secondary fuse inside the capsule where the fire is.

10.1.1 Drawing representing a fire 10.1.2 Drawing representing the primary fuses being ignited and travelling quickly around AS AFEAS to other capsules along the circuit to ignite their secondary fuses.

10.2 The secondary fuse reaches the detonator 1.1 to expel the fire suppression agent around the appliance. instantaneously suppressing the fire in seconds whilst the primary fuse is still continuing to travel to ignite other secondary fuses and their detonators of capsules. As the first capsule activates, a bang noise is made from its detonator as an alarm which will notify the relevant humans when the capsule has been activated.

10.2.1 An expulsion action of the fire suppression agent that is expelled outwards from the capsules towards the fire.

10.3 Secondary fuses will be ignited causing the other capsules to expel fire suppression powder to cover the whole area of the appliance to suppress the fire.

10.4 Powder fills the whole container of the appliance suffocating the fire. There is no risk of harm to occupants in the vicinity as the powder is not harmful if there is a possible little amount of powder residue to be seen.

10.5 Powder settles and capsules have been opened. Both the faulty appliance and the ASAFEAS cannot be used again.

Figure Ii -Back view of a refrigerator with the layout of the base level which a AS AFEAS system is placed or installed in (showing 6.1 in a refrigerator).

11.1 Drip tray. 11.2 Compressor.

Figure 12 -Back view of a refrigerator with recommended 12 capsules attached to a refrigerator. White lines are showing capsules that are beyond the view.

Figure 13-Side view diagram shows the primary fuses wired in a circuit connecting to every capsule within the appliance and the compressor with drip tray.

Figure 14 -Side view diagram shows the wired capsules with the compressor and drip tray.

14.1 A fire igniting in a refrigerator spreading rapidly through the parts of a fridge. Igniting many primary fuses to spread around the ASAFEAS.

14.2 Fire increasing exponentially, primary fuses quickly spread out igniting all the secondary fuses around the whole of the refrigerator.

14.3 Secondary fuses ignite the capsules which expels fire suppression agents across the whole area of the refrigerator as well as the automatic alarm system activating as well.

14.4 Powder fills the whole container of the appliance suffocating the fire and it is being contained within the casing of the fridge proximity.

14.5 Fire suppression powder has been settled and the fire is put out and the capsules are opened.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Here is the detailed description of the invention. The figure 0 shows a singular capsule in different views which present top, front, side, and hack views. The system is designed with connecting capsules to release the fire suppressive agents over the whole area of the appliance to put out an early stage fire within the appliance before the fire becomes bigger.

Figures 1 and 2 present to us a side view of how the capsule is designed. 1.1 is the device which holds and contains the combustible material and attaches onto the reinforcement 1.4. The fire suppressive agent contained in 1.2 will be expelled to break the protective casing 2.1 due to the explosive force produced by 1.1. In figure 3, the striations (3.1) designed on the surface of 2.1 allow an easier exit for the fire suppression agent to expel out of 2.1.

The purpose of the designed two reinforcements of a capsule is as follows: one reinforcement 1.4 shall he one piece of non-frangible strong material such as aluminium or any membrane that offers protection as reinforcement of the capsule which reduces the explosive force backwards in order to prevent the case of the appliance from breaking and also reduce the noise of the alarm by absorbing the shockwave and sound wave. The design of 1.4 also allows the fire suppression agent to be directed in a certain direction outwards towards the fire. This reinforcement 1.4 is also designed to have ribs on the surface of the material to strength the structural integrity of the capsule. The second reinforcement 2.6 which is also a non-frangible strong material which are two layers located over the top and the bottom of the capsule, this is to help to hold the capsule together.

There will be in essence three compartments (casings) within one capsule: one part is 2.1 frangible casing which will hold fire suppression agents. The material of 2.1 is fire resistant and shall have striations as seen as 3.1 providing an easier break of 2.1 so the fire suppression agents can be dispersed easier when activated. The second part of compartment (casing) is the detonator device 1.1 which produces an explosive force breaking 5.3 to expel 1.2 outwards to put out the fire. The third part of compartment (casing) is the reinforcement. 1.4 designed with the shape as seen in figure 2 that directs 1.2 outwards. 2.3 shall be bolls, rivets, nails, or screws that enter through the holes (3.2) on the surface of 2.6 to fix 2.6, 2.1, and 1.4 all together, so the three compartments of the capsule remains attached together.

The material at the back of the capsule 2.2 which can be an adhesive (glue), double sided sticky tape, rivets, clips, bolts, slider, or nails that enables the whole capsule to attach onto the side of the appliance (A) or any method used to attach the capsule onto the casing of the A for an easy installation. There are two examples which are shown in the mosaics as seen in the figures where: one can be a sliding object as seen 2.2 in figure 2 which allows the capsule to slide onto the side of the A where caps can he added on each end to keep the A in place or 2.2 as seen in figure 3 can he a strong high temperature withstanding adhesive that attaches the capsule onto the casing wall of the A. There are two types of fuse networks in each capsule: one is a fast fuse that is attached around the capsule with small pieces of tape or glue and this fast fuse connects other capsules together to detect the fire within the A, and ignites another fuse(s) network(s), this is the primary fuse network (1.3); The other is a slow fuse network that connects to the primary fuse network on both top and bottom of the capsule, and travels to the detonator, this fuse network is called the secondary fuse network (2.4).

The primary fuse(s) and the secondary fuse(s) are tapped together as seen in 4.1 and interconnected with each other. The primary fuses are also connected to other capsules to create a circuit. Each fuse network can contain multiple fuses as a failsafe method just in case one fuse randomly does not work then the other fuses will still allow the network to be ignited. The primary fuses 1.3 (as fu-ework fuses) will be able to travel a lot faster than the secondary fuses 2.4 (firework fuses). So no capsule activates pre-emptively to put out the primary fuse whilst the primary fuse is travelling to activate the other capsules to be activated.

The protective tubing (2.5) is a double open ended hollow tube which allows the secondary fuses 2.4 to travel from the top and the bottom of the capsule directly to the pathway 5.4 in figures and is first in contact with 1.1 at 5.1 which activates the detonator.

hi figure 5, the secondary fuses from the top and the bottom converge to 5.4 which lead into the specific point (5.1) to ignite the combustible explosive powder (5.2) to produce an explosive force to break the cover of the explosive powder 5.3 so that 1.2 can be dispersed outwards to suffocate the fire. The reason to design the secondary fuses mach this specific point at 5.1 is to prevent any premature ignition of the combustible powder from any other different directions to enable a directional explosion force to expel the fire suppressive agent outwards to spread over the largest area possible within the appliance and put out the fire.

As 1.1 is detonated there is a bang noise as alarm to warn the occupants/residents that the ASAFEAS system has been activated. The alarm shall not be too loud to cause any concussive damage as there is adequate insulation from 1.4 and 2.6 to absorb shockwaves and sound waves.

In Figure 6 we can see a circuit of 4 capsules wired up with 1.3 primary fuses which can be placed in a washing machine as seen in Figure 7. This shows how one section of the circuit may look like inside an appliance (A) with the given free space. Any A may adjust their internal size to accommodate for this new ASAFEAS safety feature. The capsules can be designed in different shapes or sizes such as curved or capsules with 90 or 45 degrees bends that can be placed in the corners of an A. The height, width, depth, and number of capsules can be altered to obtain maximum coverage of the A internal area.

Figure 8 shows a circuit of 4 capsules on the back view of a washing machine with 1.3 showing where the primary fuses are. Figure 9 shows the side view of an installed ASAFEAS system in a washing machine or tumble dryer with 8 out of 12 recommended.

Figure 10(10.1, 10.2. 10.3) shows an example of the washing machine. Only one capsule should be enough to tackle the fire however the other capsules activate to make sure that the fire does not reignite.

Another example of ASAFEAS in Figure 11 which shows the back view of a conventional refrigerator with a drip tray (11.1) and a compressor (11.2). Figure 11 also shows a ground layout only of how a circuit can be placed and installed with fuses wired together with 4 capsules. Figure 12 shows us how many capsules can he placed within and around a fridge approximately (12 recommended capsules) where the white lines showing the capsules that are beyond our view that are attached to the A casing will be placed. Figure 13 illustrates a side view where there are 8 out of 12 recommended capsules encompassing units 11.1, 11.2.

The construction of ASAFEAS system shall be inexpensive, a single use and easy to be manufactured. It is a vital part of safety component for ASAFEAS to be installed inside any appliance. It is not designed to be reusable. Once it is used, all capsules, primary, and secondary fuses will be destroyed.

DETAILED EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION IN ACTION

Although this invention of ASAFEAS can be installed within any appliance with the correct dimensions on the casing of any appliance, the number of capsules ignited for maximum coverage of the fire varies upon each size of any appliance. Here below are two examples of electrical appliance such as a washing machine/tumble dryer and a refrigerator will be described in details.

Figure 10 shows an example of how ASAFEAS device will work within a washing machine with 4 capsules. First in 10.1, a fire 10.1.1 ignites to light any of the primary fuses as seen 10.1.2. In 10.2, the ignited primary fuse ignites its secondary fuse to travel to the combustible powder within the capsule (1.1) to produce an explosive force in order to expel fire suppressive agents by breaking its capsule after the primary fuse travels rapidly to activate the other capsules in a safe manner by igniting their secondary fuses to reach (1.1) detonators of other capsules to release their fire suppressive agents.

Each capsule when expelling fire suppression agents creates a bang noise that acts as a fire alarm for people in the vicinity.10.2.1 shows the direction that 1.2 is expelled in. Spontaneously, in 10.3 all capsules have been activated at this point to where each capsule's own alarm system has been activated to warn the occupants of the fire risk. The alarm noise should not be dangerously loud and will not cause any damage to the hearing or cause a concussion to anyone in vicinity. In 10.4 the fire suppressive agent has been expelled from all capsules and engulfs the fire. 10.5 is the powder (as the fire suppressive agent) has been settled within the washing machine allowing for an easy clean up.

Figure 14 is another example of ASAFEAS, how it works in a refrigerator. There are 8 out of 12 recommended capsules with 11.1 and 11.2 located within the refrigerator. 14.1 illustrates a fire that has caught on quickly after seconds because of dust and other fuel sources which ignites multiple fuses within the capsule circuit. In 14.2 within seconds the primary fuse networks ignite and spread rapidly throughout to ignite all secondary fuse networks which travel slower than primary fuses allowing all secondary fuses to be ignited and to activate an alarm system of each capsule's 1.1 to expel fire suppressant agents (sodium carbonate/1 7/M28) which is depicted in 14.3.

14.4, the fire will be quickly suppressed and extinguished safely within seconds of the primary fuse being ignited as the extinguishing agent will be contained and around the whole area of the refrigerator. 14.5, once the powder has been settled, the fire is extinguished.

ASAFEAS is able to prevent damage to the rest of the home and avoid causing fatalities. ASAFEAS allows extra time for the fire brigades to arrive via the alarm system so fire fighters can assess the damage without having to risk their lives to put out a fire. This will also increase their efficiency and allows them to be there for other emergencies.

There are many ways ASAFEAS can be added to any appliance as one of the components to improve fire safety rating and in turn will save lives, resources, and the economy.

ASAFEAS is A Self-Activating Fire Extinguisher and Alarm System installed inside any appliance which the purpose is to suppress the fire at the early stage of a fire.

Claims

CLAIMSClaim. 1: An apparatus for suppressing a fire within an electrical appliance comprising: A container (capsule) that is partially frangible where part of the casing(s) breaks easily by being frangible when subjected to an explosive force; another part of the casing is non-frangible and does not break and absorbs the shockwave(s) and sound wave(s); The use of a low yield explosive force to expel fire suppression agents within an electrical appliance by breaking a part of the casing whilst the reinforcement(s) are used to increase structural integrity and absorb a shockwave, sound wave, protecting the electrical appliance casing from damage and preventing shrapnel whilst enabling the fire suppression agent(s) to expel in a certain direction towards the fire; Fuse(s) network(s) from each capsule can be joined together to create one big circuit of capsules that are connected together by fuse(s) network(s) Different fuse(s) network(s) can connect together on each capsule and are able to work together to ignite the explosive material within the capsule (container) by the fuse(s) being ignited Claim 2: Claim for the capsule comprising of fire suppressive agents, explosive powder, partially frangible casing, reinforcement, and fuses to be installed internally externally on the casing of any appliance or on struts on the appliance.Claim 3: Claim for the capsule as in claim 1 that each capsule can be adjusted to any length width or height from 0.01 millimetres to 100 metres to be installed onto any appliances' casing and each capsule can be designed in any degrees (90 degrees or 45 degrees) so the capsule can be incorporated to attach on the corners of appliances.Claim 4: Claim for the amount of capsules (as in claim 1) can be from one to an infinite number with fuses on the capsules connected to each other in a circuit inside an appliance or on the appliance casing.Claim 5: Claiming for the method how the primary fuse(s) network(s) is wired and connected with its capsule and also with other capsules on a circuit so that any fire from any direction within an electrical appliance the primary fuses can be ignited.Claim 6: Claim for the purpose of the designed the whole casing of a capsule that contains an explosive powder to create an explosive force to break its casing in order to expel fire suppression agent(s) outwards; the reinforcement is to reduce the strong shockwave from the explosive force to the appliance to prevent breaking the case of an appliance, and absorb the sound wave to reduce the noise of the explosive force to prevent harm to humans, and also to direct the fire suppressive agent(s) outwards directly to the fire.Claim?: Claim for the protective hollow tubing within the capsule which allows a secure passageway for the secondary fuse(s) network(s) travel directly to the explosive powder to be ignited in order to expel the fire suppressive agent(s) from the capsule to put the fire out in an electrical appliance Claim 8: Claim for the secondary fuse(s) network(s) to be ignited by primary fuse(s) network(s) and travel through the hollow tubing directly to the explosive powder to be ignited to produce an explosive force to expel the fire suppressive agent(s) from the capsule to put the fire out in an electrical appliance Claim 9: Claim for one or more primary fuse(s) in the primary fuse(s) network(s) and one or more secondary fuse(s) in the secondary fuse(s) network(s) can be added to each fuse(s) network(s) so if one fuse were to fail in any network then other fuses network(s) can be ignited to allow capsules to work in the event of a fire within an electrical appliance.Claim 10: Claim for the speed of fuse(s) where the primary fuse(s) network(s) travels at a faster rate than the fuse(s) within the secondary fuse(s) network(s) in metres per second so that no capsule activates preemptively to put out the ignited primary fuse(s) network( s) before travelling to activate the other capsules to expel all fire suppression agents towards the fire inside an electrical appliance.Claim. 11: Claim for the reinforcement(s) of the capsule which is the non-frangible part of the capsule case that is a membrane that can be made from different material(s) with layer(s) of any variable thickness that reinforces the capsule to absorb any shockwaves and soundwaves from the explosive force; the non-frangible part of reinforcement can be designed to have ribs added to increase strength of the capsule; the shape of the reinforcement is designed specifically to direct the fire suppressive agent(s) to expel outwards towards the fire in order to cover maximum area in an electrical appliance.Claim 12: Claim for the design of part frangible casing is to allow an easy exit half of the casing is fixed between reinforcement(s); the other half is unfixed between reinforcement(s) and also to have the striations on the surface of the material which allow the unfixed casing to be broken so there is an easier exit for the fire suppression agent.Claim 13: Claim for the designed non-frangible reinforcement(s) which is a strong metal material reinforcement to cover the top and the bottom layers of the capsule, the reinforcement holds the capsule together with bolts to increase structural integrity and also absorb the shockwave and sound wave from the explosive force within an electrical appliance.Claim 14: A claim for the fuse(s) network(s) to be glued or taped onto the capsules and other fuse(s) network(s) by chain fusing network(s) together to make sure when one of fuse(s) are ignited from any point in the electrical appliance then other fuse(s) network(s) will also be ignited along the circuit in an electrical appliance Claim 15: A claim for the back of the capsule to be fixed anywhere on the structure of the electrical appliance and the capsule to be held together by adhesive tape, adhesive glue, tied, riveted double sided sticky tape, pop riveted, nut, bolt, screwed, or a slider can be used to slide a capsule onto the appliance casing, or any method to securely attach any amount of capsules onto the electrical appliance.Claim 16: Claim for the design of automatic alarm that once the capsule is activated, a bang noise from the capsule which will alarm anyone in the vicinity that a capsule has been activated to suppress a fire within an electrical appliance.Claim 17: Claim for the use of explosive powder(s) to produce explosive force(s) which is activated by a fire or heat through igniting a network(s) of fuse(s) to expel any fire suppression agents from a capsule in a directional manner towards the fire within the electrical appliance.Claim 18: Claim for the automatic activation of the ASAFEAS system by the fire igniting fuse(s) network(s) that activates an explosive powder to create an explosive force to expel the fire suppressive agent(s) towards a fire within the electrical appliance.Claim 19: Claim for the feature of fixing the detonator onto specially designed reinforcement housing so that the shockwave and soundwave from the explosive force will be reduced and absorbed by the reinforcement housing and also enable the explosive force to break the frangible part of the casing to expel fire suppression agents outwards towards the fire within the electrical appliance.Claim 20: Claim for the connection of fuse(s) network(s) in a circuit: fuse(s) network(s) taped or glued onto each capsule; different fuse(s) network(s) are also wired, taped, and chain fused together so that if there is a fuse ignited in anywhere then other fuses and capsules will be ignited; fuse(s) network(s) connects to other capsules in a circuit to enable all capsules to be ignited in an electrical appliance.Claim 21: Claim for the noise suppression from the reinforcement added in the capsule so the noise from the explosive force which acts as an alarm within the electrical appliance will not be harmful for anybody near the vicinity of the appliance.Claim 22: Any of the proposed designs, drawings and figures within this document depicting or describing the device is to be claimed as the ASAFEAS system invention Claim 23: A claim for different capsules can have different types of fire suppression agents in a circuit of multiple capsules of ASAFEAS system; each capsule can also have different types of fire suppression agent within its capsule of AS FEAS system when all the capsules are installed in an appliance Claim 24: Claim for the designed the multiple detonator devices which is the frangible casing contained explosive powder can be attached onto reinforcements within one capsule.Claim 25: Claim for the designed reinforcement can be incorporated with multiple detonators attachment in different angles and different shapes within one capsule.Amendments to the claims have been filed as folows: Claims: 1. An apparatus for suppressing a fire within an electrical appliance comprising: a container that is partially frangible; and includes a non-frangible reinforced portion adapted to absorb shockwave(s) and sound wave(s) associated with an explosion; wherein the container includes a low yield explosive and contains one or more fire suppression agents, wherein detonation of the low yield explosive expels the firc suppression agent(s) from the container and the reinforced portion of the container absorbs a shockwave and/or a sound wave associated with the detonation of the explosive, thereby protecting the electrical appliance casing from damage and preventing shrapnel whilst enabling the fire suppression agent(s) to expel in a certain direction towards the fire; and wherein the apparatus includes a fuse operatively coupled to the low yield explosive, wherein the fuse is capable of detonating the explosive.
2. An apparatus according to Claim I, wherein the apparatus includes two or more containers; each container includes a respective fuse; and the fuses are connected to form a fuse network.
3. An apparatus according to Claim 2, wherein the fuse network comprises a combustible material.
4. An apparatus according to Claim 2 or Claim 3, wherein the fuse network is in the form of a fuse circuit comprising a primary fuse in the form of a continuous loop and secondary fuses which connect the primary fuse to the or each container.
5. An apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 4, wherein the low yield explosive is in the form of a powder and is located within the container.
6. An apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 5, wherein the or each container defines an elongate passageway; the fuse is located within the passageway; and the passageway includes an opening in communication with the low yield explosive.
7 An apparatus according to any of Claims 4 to 6, wherein the primary fuse has a combustion transmission speed which is greater than the combustion transmission speed of the or each secondary fuse.
8. An apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 7, wherein the non-frangible reinforced portion of the container includes a reinforcing membrane.
9. An apparatus according to Claim 8, wherein the non-frangible reinforced portion of the container includes one or more ribs.
10. An apparatus according to Claim 8 or Claim 9, wherein the non-frangible reinforced portion of the container is formed from a metal.
11. An apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 10, wherein the apparatus emits an audible alert when the low yield explosive is detonated.
12. An apparatus according to any of Claims I to 11, wherein the or each container includes two or more different fire suppression agents.
13. An apparatus according to any of Claims 2 to 11, wherein a first one of the containers includes a first fire suppression agent; a second one of the containers includes a second fire suppression agent; and the second fire suppression agent is different to the first fire suppression agent.
14. An apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 13, wherein the or each fuse comprises a combustible material having a pre-determined ignition temperature and the apparatus automatically detonates when the temperature of the fuse or a portion thereof exceeds its ignition temperature and the ignited fuse detonates the low yield explosive.
15. An appliance which includes an apparatus according to any of Claims 1 to 14.
16 An appliance according to Claim 15 herein the or each container is securely attached to a housing of the appliance.
17 An appliance according to Claim 16, wherein the or each container is securely attached to the housing of the appliance via an adhesive, a nut and bolt arrangement, one or more screws, or one or more rivets.
18. An appliance according to any of Claims 15 to 17, wherein the partially frangible portion of the container bees inwards into the housing of the appliance.
19. An appliance according to any of Claims 15 to 17, wherein the partially frangible portion of the container faces one or more external components of the appliance.
20. An appliance according to Claim 18 or Claim 19, wherein the non-frangible reinforced portion of the or each container faces the housing of the appliance.