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Portable sprinkler and process for fighting fires in oil refineries and the like

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5626172
This patent describes a process for fighting fires in oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and the like, comprising the steps of: attaching a hose to a sprinkler; coiling the hose about the sprinkler; attaching the other end of the hose to a water supply source; rolling the coiled hose toward a fire while concurrently filling the hose with water from the water supply source to uncoil the hose and remotely move the sprinkler attached to the hose near a fire; and spraying a mist of water from the sprinkler onto the fire.
Assignee:
Amoco Corp., Chicago, IL
Patent Number(s):
US 4836291
OSTI ID:
5626172
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English