Hand-operated fire extinguishing equipment

Abstract

As a first response measure for oil fires such as tempura, a fire extinguishing tool is provided that enables safe fire extinguishing activities with simple operations. 【Solution means】A fire extinguishing tool A in which an enclosure containing a fire extinguishing agent is housed in a protective case 1, and a hand-held gripping part 2 that can be inserted into and removed from the protective case is provided. The protective case houses the enclosure on a sturdy bottom plate 11, and the hand-held gripping part is housed below the enclosure within the protective case.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a manually operated fire extinguishing tool with a novel structure.

Background Art

[0002] Recently, throwing-type fire extinguishing tools that throw a bottle filled with a fire extinguishing agent towards the fire source have come to be widely used because they are effective at the initial stage of a fire. However, for oil fryer fires that commonly occur in households, such throwing-type fire extinguishing tools are unsuitable, so a manually operated fire extinguishing tool that inserts a fire extinguishing agent into the fire source to extinguish the fire has been invented.

[0003] FIG. 5 shows an example of this type of manually operated fire extinguishing tool. It has a simple structure in which an enclosure (not shown) filled with a fire extinguishing agent mainly composed of potassium carbonate is placed in a protective case 101 serving as an outer box. However, by pinching the grip portion 102 provided at the upper end of the protective case 101 with a finger, the protective case 101 itself is directly inserted into and dropped into the fire source F.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, conventional manually operated fire extinguishing tools need to be brought close to the fire source, then the protective case is dropped into the fire source, and immediately after dropping, one needs to move away from the fire source. Therefore, women and children are frightened first, and in terms of safety, they are also inconvenient to use.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] The present invention is proposed to solve the above problems and is an improvement of the structure of a conventional manually operated fire extinguishing tool so that it can be used safely. Therefore, to achieve this object, the present invention is characterized in that, in a fire extinguishing tool in which a container filled with a fire extinguishing agent is housed in a protective case, a manually operated grip portion that can be inserted into and removed from the protective case is integrally provided. Here, the hand-insertion gripping portion can be realized, for example, by adopting a structure in which a plate-shaped main body or a rod can be inserted into and withdrawn from a protective case.

Advantages of the Invention

[0006] According to the present invention, the insertion gripping portion stored in the protective case can be pulled out, the tip of the pulled-out gripping portion can be gripped with a finger, and then inserted into the fire source. Therefore, compared with inserting the end of the protective case into the fire source by hand, the operation can be performed from a place farther away from the fire source, so that even women and children can safely drop the fire extinguisher without fear. In addition, when not in use, by accommodating the insertion gripping portion in the protective case, it does not get in the way and can be dealt with in a compact manner.

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0008] FIGS. 43 and 43a show a first embodiment of the insertion operation type fire extinguisher A of the present invention. In these figures, 1 represents a protective case, and 2 represents a storage and pull-out gripper part. The protective case 1 houses an enclosure (shown as 5 in Fig. 3) containing a fire extinguishing agent on a sturdy bottom plate 11, and the storage and pull-out hand-holding gripper part 2 is stored below the enclosure 5 inside the protective case 1. The fire extinguishing agent is preferably, but not limited to, a liquid agent effective for oil fires with potassium carbonate as the main component. In the illustrated example, the gripper part 2 is provided with a grip operation part 2a at the tip of a plate-shaped main body. The plate-shaped main body 2 is stored below an enclosure (shown as 5 in Fig. 3) containing the fire extinguishing agent inside the protective case 1 and can be inserted and removed through a horizontally long hole part (not shown) formed at the front end of the protective case 1. The plate-shaped main body 2 has stopper pieces 13, 13 protruding from its rear end, so that it does not fall out of the protective case 1 even when pulled out from the horizontally long hole part formed at the front end of the protective case 1. Since the plate-shaped main body constituting the gripper part 2 is held sandwiched from above and below by the bottom plate 11 of the protective case 1 and the enclosure 5, it can be smoothly pulled out in a fixed state without rattling even when pulled out from the protective case 1.

[0009] Figs. 2, 2a, and 3 show another example of the plug-in operation type fire extinguishing tool B of the present invention. The gripper part 2 has a structure different from that of the first embodiment. The gripper part 2 is formed by two rod bodies 21, 21 provided with stopper parts 22 at the other ends of one rod body. The tips 23, 23 of those rod bodies 21, 21 protrude through hole parts 12, 12 provided in the protective cover 1, and the tips 23, 23 are further connected by a connector 3. Here, the hole parts 12, 12 formed for protruding the two rod bodies 21, 21 are formed in an inverted U shape with the bottom plate 11 side open as shown in Fig. 3, and the two rod bodies 21, 21 are stored with the enclosure 5 containing the fire extinguishing agent stored inside the protective case 1 placed thereon. With such a structure, the rod bodies 21, 21 that constitute the gripping part 2 are held in a state where the lower part is sandwiched by the bottom plate 11 and the upper part is sandwiched by the enclosure 5. Therefore, even when the two rod bodies 21, 21 are pulled out from the protective case 1, they can be smoothly pulled out while being fixed. Also, in this figure, since the connector 3 serves as the picking operation part 2a, the gripping part 2 can be inserted and removed by pinching the connector 3 with a finger.

[0010] Figure 4 shows an operation example during use. As shown in this figure, pinch the picking operation part 2a with a finger and pull out the hand-held gripping part 2 from the protective case 1, and in that state, insert the protective case 1 into the fire source F and drop it. Figure 4 shows a state where the tempura pot 6 becomes the fire source and flames are generated. In the present invention, as shown in this figure, the position to be grasped with a finger is set at a position farther from the fire source F than the end of the protective case 1 so that it can be thrown into the fire source F.

Explanation of reference numerals

[0011] AB Insertion operation type fire extinguishing tool of the present invention 1 Protective case 23 Hole part 2 Hand-held gripping part 2a Picking operation part 21 Rod-shaped main body 23 Its tip part 5 Enclosure filled with fire extinguishing agent F Fire source

Claims

1. A fire extinguishing tool in which a container filled with a fire extinguishing agent is housed in a protective case, and a storage protection box provided with a hand-held gripping portion that can be inserted into and removed from the protective case.

2. In Claim 1, the hand-held gripping portion is a fire extinguishing tool composed of a plate-shaped main body.

3. In Claim 1, the hand-held gripping portion is a fire extinguishing tool composed of a rod-shaped main body.

4. In Claim 1 or 2, the container is a fire extinguishing tool filled with a fire extinguishing agent for oil fires.

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