A firefighting apparatus and system for operating firefighting monitors and devices includes a base or hub that can be installed on the monitors and devices. Additionally, one of a plurality of external modules may be added to the hub. This apparatus and system allows for a simple and streamlined manufacturing and assembly process. Further, additional or different functionality may be easily added or removed from the system later in time.
A62C 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
A62C 37/40 - Control of fire-fighting equipment an actuating signal being generated by a sensor separate from an outlet device by both sensor and actuator, e.g. valve, being in the danger zone with electric connection between sensor and actuator
G08B 3/10 - Audible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electric transmissionAudible signalling systemsAudible personal calling systems using electromagnetic transmission
G08B 25/10 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using wireless transmission systems
A firefighting apparatus and system for operating firefighting monitors and devices includes a base or hub that can be installed on the monitors and devices. Additionally, one of a plurality of external modules may be added to the hub. This apparatus and system allows for a simple and streamlined manufacturing and assembly process. Further, additional or different functionality may be easily added or removed from the system later in time.
A clamp that is used for clamping a flexible tube or hose has two primary pieces that are hinged together at one end and have handle sections on the other end. Two linking pieces that are hinged together at one end have opposite ends that are hinged to intermediate hinge points on the primary pieces. Clamping surfaces on one of the primary pieces and on one of the linking pieces open in the direction of the handles. When rotating to the closed position, the intermediate hinge point on one of the primary arms moves from one side of a line that runs between the point where the primary pieces are hinged and the point where the linking pieces are hinged to the other side of that line, providing a locking action.
F16L 55/10 - Means for stopping flow in pipes or hoses
B25B 7/12 - PliersOther hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbsDetails applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools involving special transmission means between the handles and the jaws, e.g. toggle levers, gears
A clamp that is used for clamping a flexible tube or hose has two primary pieces that are hinged together at one end and have handle sections on the other end. Two linking pieces that are hinged together at one end have opposite ends that are hinged to intermediate hinge points on the primary pieces. Clamping surfaces on one of the primary pieces and on one of the linking pieces open in the direction of the handles. When rotating to the closed position, the intermediate hinge point on one of the primary arms moves from one side of a line that runs between the point where the primary pieces are hinged and the point where the linking pieces are hinged to the other side of that line, providing a locking action.
B25B 7/12 - PliersOther hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbsDetails applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools involving special transmission means between the handles and the jaws, e.g. toggle levers, gears
B25B 7/18 - Adjusting means for the operating arms
A telescoping waterway component for use in firefighting equipment has a multi-piece outer tube and a telescoping inner tube through which fluid flows. An inlet component is selectively positionable at different inlet heights along the outer tube and can be positioned to provide different inlet angles. A rotating shutoff element is mounted within a manifold of the inlet component. The inner tube can be retracted to nest within a hollow cross-section of the shutoff element when that element is closed. A valve interlock disables an operator from rotating the shutoff element while the inner tube is retracted, or from retracting the inner tube while the shutoff element is open.
The disclosed portable self-powered flow measuring device has a non-metallic housing through which a fluid flows. An annular turbine spins within the housing, and has a set of inwardly-extending vanes set to reduce the pressure of the flowing fluid by more than 10%. A set of magnets that are spaced circumferentially about the turbine. Coils are mounted to the housing with axes that are radial to the axis of the central waterway. A set of circumferentially spaced reinforcing arms, one for each coil, are positioned outside the coils, the circumferential width of each reinforcing arm near the axial position of the turbine being no more than the radius of the coil.
G01F 1/115 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects using rotating vanes with axial admission with magnetic or electromagnetic coupling to the indicating device
The disclosed portable self-powered flow measuring device has a non-metallic housing through which a fluid flows. An annular turbine spins within the housing, and has a set of inwardly-extending vanes set to reduce the pressure of the flowing fluid by more than 10%. A set of magnets that are spaced circumferentially about the turbine. Coils are mounted to the housing with axes that are radial to the axis of the central waterway. A set of circumferentially spaced reinforcing arms, one for each coil, are positioned outside the coils, the circumferential width of each reinforcing arm near the axial position of the turbine being no more than the radius of the coil.
G01F 1/115 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects using rotating vanes with axial admission with magnetic or electromagnetic coupling to the indicating device
A firefighting nozzle (10) has a series of moveable vanes (70) that extend inwardly from a peripheral wall (54) of a base (12). The inner side (72) of the vanes (70) extends between 1/8 and 3/8 of the diameter of the central channel (52). The vanes (70) rotate between a linear position (Fig. 7), in which the vanes (70) are generally parallel to the direction of the channel (52), and a vortex position (Fig. 10), in which the vanes (70) are significantly angled with respect to the direction of the channel (52). In the linear position, smooth bore linear flow is produced. In the vortex position, any of a range of fog patterns are produced. An externally mounted controller (16) connects to the vanes (70) and enables a firefighter to change the shape of the nozzle's spray without interrupting the flow. The controller (16) and base (14) have a series of pins (100) that slide in a spiral groove (102) and cause the shaper (16) to move axially with respect to the base (14) when the shaper (16) is rotated about the base (14). Radial stems (116) that ride in a circumferential slot (120) translate that axial movement into rotation of the vanes (70).
A62C 31/03 - Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing adjustable, e.g. from spray to jet or vice-versa
B05B 1/34 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
B05B 1/12 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means capable of producing different kinds of discharge, e.g. either jet or spray
A new firefighting nozzle has a series of moveable vanes that extend inwardly from a peripheral wall of a base. The inner side of the vanes extends between ⅛ and ⅜ of the diameter of the central channel. The vanes rotate between a linear position, in which the vanes are generally parallel to the direction of the channel, and a vortex position, in which the vanes are significantly angled with respect to the direction of the channel. In the linear position, smooth bore linear flow is produced. In the vortex position, any of a range of fog patterns are produced. An externally mounted controller connects to the vanes and enables a firefighter to change the shape of the nozzle's spray without interrupting the flow. The controller and base have a series of pins that slide in a spiral groove and cause the shaper to move axially with respect to the base when the shaper is rotated about the base. Radial stems that ride in a circumferential slot translate that axial movement into rotation of the vanes.
A62C 31/03 - Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing adjustable, e.g. from spray to jet or vice-versa
B05B 1/34 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
B05B 1/12 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means capable of producing different kinds of discharge, e.g. either jet or spray
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Handheld and hand-operated portable equipment sold to and used by firefighters, namely, firefighting nozzles, firefighting monitors that spray liquid or foam on fires, mounts used by firefighters for holding firefighting equipment, and replacement parts for those goods
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, construction, repair and maintenance; fire tending implements; hydrant and spanner wrenches; spanners; rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools consisting of a window punch and a seatbelt cutter; crow bars; sledgehammers; non-electric drills; axes; lifting jacks. Safety, security, protection and signaling devices; protective and safety equipment; fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; adapters.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, construction, repair and maintenance; fire tending implements; hydrant and spanner wrenches; spanners; rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools consisting of a window punch and a seatbelt cutter; crow bars; sledgehammers; non-electric drills; axes; lifting jacks. Safety, security, protection and signaling devices; protective and safety equipment; fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; adapters.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, construction, repair and maintenance; fire tending implements; hydrant and spanner wrenches; spanners; rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools consisting of a window punch and a seatbelt cutter; crow bars; sledgehammers; non-electric drills; axes; lifting jacks. Safety, security, protection and signaling devices; protective and safety equipment; fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; adapters.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Fire tending implements. Signalling devices for firefighting; fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; adapters for firefighting.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, construction, repair and maintenance; fire tending implements; hydrant and spanner wrenches; spanners; rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools consisting of a window punch and a seatbelt cutter; crow bars; sledgehammers; non-electric drills; axes; lifting jacks. Fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; adapters; none of the above being masks or respirators, or parts or fittings therefor.
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pipes, tubes and hoses, and fittings therefor, including metal valves for fire fighting equipment; metal wrench brackets; metal couplings for fire hoses; connectors; elbows; blind caps; non-mechanical reels for flexible hoses (metallic). Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, construction, repair and maintenance; fire tending implements; hydrant and spanner wrenches; spanners; rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools consisting of a window punch and a seatbelt cutter; crow bars; sledgehammers; non-electric drills; axes; lifting jacks. Safety, security, protection and signaling devices; protective and safety equipment; fire fighting apparatus and equipment; fire fighting nozzles, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, water cannons, fire fighting monitors and mounts and replacement parts therefor; alarms and warning equipment; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; adapters.
A new haptic flow indicator has a spinner that is mounted for rotation and provides a discernable haptic feedback to a firefighter when liquid flow through the indicator falls in a selected range.
A62C 37/50 - Testing or indicating devices for determining the state of readiness of the equipment
A62C 37/08 - Control of fire-fighting equipment comprising an outlet device containing a sensor, or itself being the sensor, i.e. self-contained sprinklers
G01F 1/05 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects
G01P 13/00 - Indicating or recording presence or absence of movementIndicating or recording of direction of movement
A new firefighting monitor has multiple pivoting conduit segments and a synchronization mechanism with engaging faces that automatically restrain pivoting of an intermediate conduit segment with respect to an upstream conduit segment when the downstream conduit segment is pivotable with respect to the intermediate conduit segment, and automatically restrain pivoting of the downstream conduit segment with respect to the intermediate conduit segment when the intermediate conduit segment is pivotable with respect to the upstream conduit segment. In a variation, an intermeshed gear train causes a downstream conduit segment to pivot proportionately with respect to an intermediate conduit segment as the intermediate conduit segment pivots with respect to the upstream conduit segment.
B05B 15/08 - Means for adjusting position of spray heads
A62C 31/28 - Accessories for delivery devices, e.g. supports
F16L 27/04 - Universal joints, i.e. with mechanical connection allowing angular movement or adjustment of the axes of the parts in any direction with partly-spherical engaging surfaces
F16L 27/06 - Universal joints, i.e. with mechanical connection allowing angular movement or adjustment of the axes of the parts in any direction with partly-spherical engaging surfaces with special sealing means between the engaging surfaces
A new firefighting nozzle has a base nozzle with one size or type of orifice and one or more auxiliary nozzles with a different size or type of orifice that a firefighter can easily see. A firefighter can swing the auxiliary nozzle into series with the base nozzle to change the flow. A springy element biases a locking element on the auxiliary nozzle from a retracted position toward an extended position in which it locks the auxiliary nozzle in place.
B05B 1/12 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means capable of producing different kinds of discharge, e.g. either jet or spray
A62C 31/03 - Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing adjustable, e.g. from spray to jet or vice-versa
B05B 15/06 - Mountings, supporting or holding means, or rests for spray heads or other outlets when in use or out of use (B05B 15/10 takes precedence)
A portable remote controlled fire-fighting valve has a central chamber in a main valve body, an inlet that connects to a hydrant, an outlet that connects to a fire hose, a valve mechanism that has a seating surface that seats against part of the device to open and close a flow channel through the central chamber, and a remote controller that enables an operator to selectively open and close the flow channel. The valve mechanism uses a piston that is mounted for axial movement within the central chamber. The piston has an annular wall that slides against an outer edge of a lateral chamber surface that is fixed in position within the main valve body. A spring biases the piston to the closed position. In the open position, water from the inlet flows around the piston, over its peripheral surface, to the outlet. A pressure chamber is formed between a lateral surface that is fixed in position within the valve body and a movable interior surface on the piston. A pilot channel extends from an upstream side of the flow channel to the pressure chamber. The remote controller selectively controls a pilot valve on the pilot channel, allowing liquid in the upstream side of the flow channel to flow to the pressure chamber and force the piston open.
F16K 1/12 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with streamlined valve member around which the fluid flows when the valve is opened
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
manually-operated metal valves for fire fighting equipment, metal wrench brackets, and metal couplings for fire hoses, namely connectors, adapters, elbows, and blind caps hand tools, namely hydrant and spanner wrenches, spanners, and rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools that combine a window punch and a seatbelt cutter fire fighting nozzles and monitors, and mounts and replacement parts therefor; fire fighting foam equipment, namely foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, and replacement parts therefor; pressure relief valves for fire fighting equipment; and portable packs for firefighters that include one or more nozzles, an air eductor, and a foam reservoir; and replacement parts therefor
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
08 - Hand tools and implements
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
manually-operated metal valves for firefighting equipment, metal wrench brackets, and metal couplings for fire hoses, namely, connectors, adapters, elbows, and blind caps hand tools sold through specialty channels to the fighting/emergency/rescue trades, namely, hydrant and spanner wrenches, spanners, and rollers for removing air or water from fire hoses; personal emergency rescue tools that combine a window punch and a seatbelt cutter firefighting nozzles and monitors, and mounts and replacement parts therefor; firefighting foam equipment, namely, foam nozzles, foam eductors, self-educting nozzles, and replacement parts therefor; pressure relief valves for firefighting equipment; and portable packs for firefighters that include one or more nozzles, an air eductor, and a foam reservoir; and replacement parts therefore
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Fire extinguishing equipment, namely monitors, portable monitors, water cannons, and firefighting monitors with built-in shut off valves used for firefighting
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Fire extinguishing apparatus, namely monitors, portable monitors, water cannons, and firefighting monitors with built-in shut off valves used for firefighting
