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- the object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective device for extinguishing fires by means of a grenade containing a reextinguishing liquid.
- My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
- the bottle A is provided with a beaded neck, B, to which is fitted a stopper, C. From the stopper C is suspended a small bottle, D, containing gunpowder or other cxposive.
- the stopper O is centrally apertured to receive a fuse, E, which extends through the cork into the bottle D and into the body of the powder contained by the bottle.
- a wire, F To the stopper C is attached one end of a wire, F, the opposite end oi' which is secured to a nail, a, driven into a fixed support.
- a wire, G is connected at one end with the wire F, the opposite end being connected with a wire, H, attached to the hanged bottom ofthe bottle A and woven around the bottle.
- a combustible cord, I is fastened around the neck B, and is secured to a nail, driven into a xed support.
- a stronger cord, J To the cord I is secured a stronger cord, J, which serves to break the cord I when it is desirable to release the grenade by hand.
- the iuse E which is lighted by the fire, will quickly communicate the iire to the powder in the bottle D.
- the powder will explode and burst the said bottle D, and also the bottle A, liberating and scattering the contents of the said bottle A.
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S. H. VAN HOUTEN.
FIRE GRENADE. I N0. 366,901. Patented July 19, 1887.
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SILAS H. VAN HOUTEN, OF PATRIOT, INDIANA.
FIRE-GRENADE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,901, dated July 19, 1887.
Application tiled February 2li, 1887. Serial No. 928,546. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern;
Be it known that I, SiLAs I-I. VAN HOUTEN, of Patriot, in the county of Switzerland and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved FireGrenade, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is a side elevation, partly in section, of a fire-grenade constructed according to my improvement, showing thegrenade in two positions, one of the positions being represented in dotted lines.
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective device for extinguishing lires by means of a grenade containing a reextinguishing liquid.
My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
The bottle A is provided with a beaded neck, B, to which is fitted a stopper, C. From the stopper C is suspended a small bottle, D, containing gunpowder or other cxposive. The stopper O is centrally apertured to receive a fuse, E, which extends through the cork into the bottle D and into the body of the powder contained by the bottle.
To the stopper C is attached one end of a wire, F, the opposite end oi' which is secured to a nail, a, driven into a fixed support. A wire, G, is connected at one end with the wire F, the opposite end being connected with a wire, H, attached to the hanged bottom ofthe bottle A and woven around the bottle. A combustible cord, I, is fastened around the neck B, and is secured to a nail, driven into a xed support. To the cord I is secured a stronger cord, J, which serves to break the cord I when it is desirable to release the grenade by hand.
When a tire occurs in the rooni in which the grenade is suspended, the cord I is burned as soon as it is reached by the fire, thus releasing the bottle A, allowing it to fall into the position shown in dotted lines. As the bottlefalls it renders the wire F taut, and the shock produced in falling causes the wire F to withdraw the stopper O from the bottle, when the bottle is free to continue falling until the wire G is rendered taut; when the bottle will invert itself, and its contents will be discharged into the room.
Should the stopper O stick in the neck of the bottle, so that the wire F will not remove it, the iuse E, which is lighted by the lire, will quickly communicate the iire to the powder in the bottle D. The powder will explode and burst the said bottle D, and also the bottle A, liberating and scattering the contents of the said bottle A.
Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desi rc to secure by Letters Patentl. In a tire-grenade, the coinbination, with a bottle, A, having a stopper, of a combustiblc suspender, I, and a wire connected to the bottle-stopper and to a fixed support, whereby when the combustible suspender is severed the bottle will Iall'and its stopper be withdrawn, substantially as set forth.
2. In a tiregrenade, the combination, with the bottle A, containing tireextinguishing liquid, of the combustible suspender I, the stopper C, fitted to the neck ol." the bottle, the wire F, otl greater length than said suspender, connected with the stopper C and with a tixed support, and the wire G, connected with the bottom ot' the bottle A, and with the wire F, whereby when suspender I is severed the bot tte will fall, the cork be pulled out, and the bottle suspended by wires F G in a position to discharge its contents, substantially as def scribed.
3. In a. [irc-grenade, the combination, with the bottle A, provided with the stopper O, of the combustible snspeiider I, the bottle D,sus pended from the stopper C and containing an explosive, the fuse E, passing through the stopper G and into the explosive contained bythe bottle"D the wire F, attached to the stopper C and to a fixed support, and the wire G, connected with the bottoni of the bottle A, and willi the wire F, substantially as described. SILAS H. VAN HOUTEN. XVi tn csses:
BEN Amano, SiLAs MoHURoN.
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