AIRBORNE WATER DIFFUSER
- Summary
- An apparatus is for use with a container of liquid that is suspended from an aircraft flying over a ground target area. The container has an outlet through which the liquid is dropped from the container. The apparatus includes a diffuser configured to diffude the liquid exiting the container outlet horizontally outward beyond the container into the air above the groud target area, whereby the liquid is diffused over a correspondingly wide area. The liquid can be fire extinguishing liquid, and the ground target area can be a forest fire.
- Supplementary Information
- Patent Number: US6889776B2
Application Number: US2001922871A
Inventor: Cheung, Kwok Pun
Priority Date: 8 Aug 2000
Priority Number: US6889776B2
Application Date: 6 Aug 2001
Publication Date: 10 May 2005
IPC Current: B64D000116 | B64D000118
US Class: 169053 | 169051 | 239171 | 244136 | 2940682
Assignee Applicant: The University of Hong Kong
Title: Airborne water diffuser
Usefulness: Airborne water diffuser
Summary: For airborne water based fire-fighting.
Novelty: Water sprinkling system has diffuser configured diffusing liquid exiting from a container
- Industry
- Robot/Machinery
- Application No.
- US2001922871A
- Country/Region
- Hong Kong
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