Fire suppressing apparatus

Buttrey, Kenneth E

Title: Fire suppressing apparatus

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Apparatus for smothering a liquid sodium fire comprises a pan, a perforated cover on the pan, and tubes depending from the cover and providing communication between the interior of the pan and the ambient atmosphere through the perforations in the cover. Liquid caught in the pan rises above the lower ends of the tubes and thus serves as a barrier which limits the amount of air entering the pan.

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Buttrey, Kenneth E ^[1]

Northridge, CA

Issue Date:: 1982-11-02

OSTI Identifier:: 864374

Patent Number(s):: 4356869

Application Number:: 06/218,248

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C9/04 - Means for suppressing fires {Earthquake protection}

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A62 - LIFE-SAVING A62C - FIRE-FIGHTING
A62C3/06 - of highly inflammable material, e.g. light metals, petroleum products
A62C99/0045 - {using solid substances, e.g. sand, ashes

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Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: fire; suppressing; apparatus; smothering; liquid; sodium; comprises; pan; perforated; cover; tubes; depending; providing; communication; interior; ambient; atmosphere; perforations; caught; rises; serves; barrier; limits; amount; air; entering; ambient atmosphere; liquid sodium; perforated cover; air entering; providing communication; /169/220/376/976/

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  abstractNote = {Apparatus for smothering a liquid sodium fire comprises a pan, a perforated cover on the pan, and tubes depending from the cover and providing communication between the interior of the pan and the ambient atmosphere through the perforations in the cover. Liquid caught in the pan rises above the lower ends of the tubes and thus serves as a barrier which limits the amount of air entering the pan.},

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