Firefighting apparatus and method of fluid dispersion
View Patent ↗Embodiments presented provide for a firefighting apparatus and method of fluid dispersion for use during firefighting. In embodiments, a firefighting fluid is proportionally added to a working stream in an instantaneous manner to prevent fire spread and effectively quell fire propagation.
1 . An apparatus, comprising:
a body having a first end, a second end, and a third end, wherein the first end has external mating threads and the second end has internal mating threads;
a nut connected to the body; and
a collar connected to the nut at the third end, wherein the body has a fluid pathway extending from the first end to the second end and an internal bore is established from the third end through the collar and the nut to intersect the fluid pathway wherein the internal bore has an exit channel that intersects the fluid pathway, and the exit channel has at least one curve.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the body is made of a metallic material.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the third end has an internally defined mechanical connection.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the internally defined mechanical connection has a first ridge ring and a second ridge ring.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the body is configured with a mating surface that interacts with an interior surface of the nut to form a mechanical connection.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the body mating surface is an exterior threaded surface that interacts with an interior threaded surface of the nut to establish the mechanical connection.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein within the nut at least one internal structure is situated along the internal bore.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one internal structure is two internal structures and the two internal structures together form a nozzle along the pathway of the internal bore.
9 . An apparatus, comprising:
a body having a first end, a second end and a third end, wherein the first end has external mating threads and the second end has internal mating threads;
a nut connected to the body at the third end; and
a collar connected to the nut, wherein the body has a fluid pathway extending from the first end to the second end and an internal bore is established from the third end through the collar and the nut to intersect the fluid pathway, and wherein the collar is configured with a mechanical connection that will transport a fluid through the collar, the nut and into the fluid pathway thereby mixing a first fluid stream traveling along the fluid pathway and a second fluid stream flowing along an internal bore and further comprising an exit channel that establishes a connection between the fluid pathway and the internal bore, wherein the exit channel that has a curvilinear shape.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first end and the second end have a threaded surface to establish another mechanical connection to firefighting equipment.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an interior of the collar is configured to establish the mechanical connection to a fluid cannister.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the mechanical connection is configured, at least in part, through at least one ridge ring located within the collar.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the apparatus is configured from at least one of metallic materials, alloy materials, and composite materials.