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US4488603:
A compact and highly mobile fire-fighting vehicle
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Schmittmann, Hans-Bernd; Velbert, Germany
Muller, Samuel; Wetzikon, Switzerland
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| Assignee: |
Dr. H. Schmittmann GmbH Germany
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| Published / Filed: |
1984-12-18
/ 1978-03-27
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| Application Number: |
US1978000890807
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A62C 27/00;
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IPC-7:
A62C 27/16;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
169/024;
169/052;
169/054;
239/172;
Original:
169/024;
169/052;
169/054;
239/172;
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| Field of Search: |
169/024,25,52,47,64,54,69
239/172,175
180/65 F,68.5
280/269,280
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| Abstract: |
A compact and highly mobile fire-fighting vehicle is disclosed which is capable of entering buildings through doorways and being maneuvered through corridors to the location of the fire. The vehicle carries fire extinguishing materials thereon and a spray device for spraying such materials. The vehicle can be battery operated directly by an operator or by an electronic remote control device provided on the chassis. A plurality of vehicles of the present invention can be effectively utilized to surround and isolate a fire.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Wigman & Cohen ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Marmor, Charles A.;
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A fire-fighting vehicle having a small and compact construction which allows passage through a standard building door opening, hall corridors, or the like, comprising:
- a movable chassis which is relatively low and is supported by a plurality of wheels for transporting said vehicle; means carried by said chassis for independently fighting a variety of fires without attachment to an external source of water;
- means for self-propulsion supported by said chassis, said self-propulsion means including an electric motor operatively connected to at least one of said wheels, battery means electrically connected to said electric motor;
- a front and rear superstructure arranged on said chassis and a connecting platform therebetween for carrying an operator;
- said front superstructure including spray means for spraying fire extinguishing material;
- said rear superstructure carrying tank means for storing fire extinguishing materials;
- steering means operatively connected with said wheels for directing said vehicle to a fire-fighting location;
- connection means for indirectly or directly introducing an external supply of water to said vehicle; and
- front and rear wheels supporting said chassis;
- said front and rear superstructures supported over said front and rear wheels respectively;
- wherein said platform means terminates at an upstanding back support, said back support constituting one wall of a storage compartment for recovery equipment, a concentrate tank located below said storage compartment and in at least close proximity to said tank means which contains foam or powder extinguishing material.
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