25 results about "Ember" patented technology

A wildfire defense spraying system installed on property with combustible property surfaces, and adapted for spraying the combustible property surfaces with an environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor for defending against wildfire by inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread caused by hot flying wildfire embers created during a wildfire storm. The wildfire defense spraying system includes: a storage tank containing a supply of environmentally-clean liquid fire inhibitor comprising an alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric carboxylic acid, and triethyl citrate (TEC) dissolved in water according to a prespecified formulation, wherein the environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor remains stable without the formation of solids at expected operating temperatures, and ready for immediate spraying on combustible surfaces. An electric-powered hydraulic pump system is connected to a remote power control switch employed to supply electrical power to the electric-powered hydraulic pump system. A plurality of spray heads are mounted about the property and any buildings thereon, and arranged in fluid communication with the storage tank and the hydraulic pump system. During operation, the hydraulic pump system automatically pumps environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor from the storage tank and through the spray heads to generate a spray pattern of environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor over all the combustible surfaces on the property. As water molecules in the sprayed environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment, thin fire-inhibiting alkali metal salt crystalline coatings form on the combustible property surfaces, inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wildfire embers.

A remotely-triggered wildfire defense spraying system installed on property with a building, and adapted for spraying the building and property with an environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor for defending against wildfire by inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread caused by hot flying wildfire embers created during a wildfire storm. The wildfire defense spraying system includes: a storage tank containing environmentally-clean liquid fire inhibitor comprising an alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric carboxylic acid, and triethyl citrate (TEC) dissolved in water according to a prespecified formulation, wherein the environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor remains stable without the formation of solids at expected operating temperatures, and for immediate spraying on property. A fluid pumping loop having a hydraulic pump system is connected to spray heads and the storage tank, and is operably controlled by a remote control switch. When the hydraulic pump system is remotely activated by a remotely generated trigger signal (e.g. from a mobile smartphone or remote wildfire detection system), the hydraulic pump system pumps environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor from the storage tank and through the spray heads to produce a spray pattern of environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor covering the combustible surfaces on the property. As water molecules in the sprayed environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment, fire-inhibiting alkali metal salt crystalline coatings form on the sprayed combustible surfaces, inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wildfire embers.

A wildfire defense spraying system installed on a property with combustible surfaces and adapted for spraying the property and combustible surfaces with an environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor for defending against wildfire by inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread caused by hot flying wildfire embers created during a wildfire storm. The wildfire defense system includes: a storage tank containing an environmentally-clean liquid fire inhibitor comprising a majority amount of tripotassium citrate (TPC) and minor amount of triethyl citrate (TEC) dissolved in a major amount of water according to a prespecified formulation, wherein the environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor remains stable without the formation of solids at expected operating temperatures, and ready for immediate spraying on combustible surfaces. A hydraulic pump system is connected to remote power control switch employed to supply electrical power to the hydraulic pump, and remotely activated. A plurality of spray heads is mounted about the property, in fluid communication with the storage tank, and supplied with environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor by the hydraulic pump system. During operation, the spray heads spray liquid fire inhibitor from the storage tank forming a spray pattern that covers the property and combustible surfaces to be defended against wildfire embers. When the hydraulic pump system completes pumping and spraying the environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor in the storage tank, the hydraulic pump system automatically shuts off, and as water molecules in the sprayed environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment, thin potassium salt crystalline coatings form on the sprayed combustible property surfaces, inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wildfire.

Ember Armor Wildfire Protection Sprinklers offer a versatile and comprehensive defense against wildfires, easily mountable on various structures like homes, roofs, and trees with just five screws. Upon installation, it establishes a hydration bubble around the protected area, extinguishing embers and creating a wet perimeter to deter ground fires. The innovative powder-coated stainless steel and brass bracket, with a high melting point, ensures year-round durability, shedding rain and sprinkler water to safeguard the structure. The customizable bracket supports different sprinkler heads, with a filter-free option to prevent clogging. Designed for homeowner convenience, it eliminates the need for seasonal setup and features color options for aesthetic appeal. Additionally, the kit includes a firefighter alert sign, mounted at the property entrance, ensuring heightened awareness of wildfire protection measures.

A pre-vented soffit panel with an integrated screen to exclude wind-blown embers from entering the attic space. Vent holes are created in the soffit, and a screen is integrated therewith, in the factory or on a production line. The screen material is fire-resistant. The pre-vented soffit panel with integrated screen can then be packaged and shipped to a job or construction site, and installed instead of, or in place of, a prior-art soffit panel. The integrated soffit screen also prevents the intrusion of wind-blown snow and several types of insects. This integrated solution provides for more rapid and cost-effective job site installation without the need to perform costly retrofitting of metal vents into prior-art soffit panels.

The aim of fighting Class A fires (in the form of embers) is to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding area, to control the rate of combustion, and to prevent damage to materials such as living beings, objects, buildings, etc., within the fire zone. An organic fire extinguishing system that prevents damage to materials is characterized by: - ​​at least one substance that prevents the fire from spreading to the surrounding area and reduces the rate of combustion by separating the flame from oxygen; - water, which renders the aforementioned substance non-combustible for an extended period through wetting and moisture transport; - at least one delivery device that allows the substance, which absorbs moisture through wetting with water, to be sprayed into the fire zone.

A wearable clothing protector comprising a bib portion, neck straps, and a removable ash catcher. The bib portion is made of a flexible composite sheet that may be multilayered, heat-resistant, fire-resistant, and odor-resistant, and is configured to cover the front torso of a wearer to protect clothing from hot ash, embers, and smoke. The neck straps secure the protector around the user's neck. A U-shaped ash catcher is removably mounted on the front surface of the bib portion to collect falling ash, embers, food crumbs, and other debris, and may also serve as a storage compartment for small items such as cigarette lighters or packets. The ash catcher is detachable for easy cleaning and may be made from fire-resistant rigid materials. The clothing protector is washable, reusable, and available in various designs and colors

Ash removal container (1) for barbecues and fireplaces, comprising: - a base tray (2) with sloping or straight side walls; - a grating (3) attached to the base pan (2) with several grating struts (3a, 3b); and - a removable handle (4) with a handle base body (5) and a handle hand part (6), wherein the handle base body (5) is removably attached to one or more grid struts (3b) of the grid (3).

A system for improving fire safety in an agricultural machine is configured to detect, at least partially control, and / or suppress an adverse fire-related condition. The adverse fire-related condition can include a spark, ember, and / or flame in the agricultural machine.

Metrological detection of a fire-like phenomenon, in particular a spark, flame or embers or hot particles using a first and a second measuring unit for the detection of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the fire-like phenomenon in a first or second wavelength range, respectively, optionally comprising a third measuring unit for detecting ambient light as well as optionally comprising a sensor unit for the measurement of media-specific or environment-specific measurement data. A checking means is adapted to check at a current time point (tA) on the basis of measurement data recorded by the measurement arrangement and / or stored medium- or environment-specific characteristic data, whether an adjustment criterion (A) is satisfied, and if the adjustment criterion (A) is satisfied, adjust a measurement sensitivity (M1, M2, M3) or an operating parameter (P1, P2, P3) of at least one of the measuring units.

The devices and methods described below provide for flame, ember and rain resistant vent inserts for existing installed roof vents that do not require breaking the weather resistant membrane of the roof or create damage to the surrounding building materials to install.

A controller responds to an alert from a remote alert system and responds to an AI unit that detects a fire signature, and, in response, sends signals to fire suppression equipment to defend a structure against fire. A delivery device system may include delivery devices that are capable of spraying water and / or retardant at a structure or area to defend against fire. The system may act autonomously to defend against wildfires. The system includes a base station accessible by a user device to take control of the system. Alternatively, a central monitoring system may access the base station to control the system in addition to or instead of the user. In an embodiment, the system automatically sprays water or retardant prior to the outbreak of a fire. The system may optically detect embers landing on a structure or area being defended and sprays the embers with retard and / or water.

A stove having a top portion comprising a spark arrestor comprising a base assembly comprising a base ring, a base crown, a mesh side screen connecting the base ring and the base crown, and at least one handle, and a top assembly comprising a top crown, a mesh top screen extending from the top crown, and at least one handle, wherein the base assembly is dimensioned to be detachably fitted onto the top of the stove such that the base assembly is configured to block sparks or embers generated by the stove, and wherein the top assembly is removably fitted onto the base crown such that the top assembly is configured to block sparks or embers generated by the stove.

Apparatuses and methods useful for keeping embers and other sources of heat away from building and utility structures, such as elevated decks and propane tanks, are described. An enclosure is formed from a plurality of perforated patterned panels positioned around the building or utility structure. The perforated patterned panels may include a plurality of openings disposed in variety of configurations, including in perforated block segments along a set of surfaces on the panel. The openings also may form continuous perforated strip sections along the panel. The panels may be joined using trim and other component to provide protection against wildfire events, while allowing for ventilation during everyday use.

Systems for improving fire safety in agricultural machinery are configured for detecting, at least partially controlling, and / or suppressing adverse fire-related conditions. The adverse fire-related conditions can include sparks, embers, and / or flames in the agricultural machinery.

The present invention is for modular contained combustion cartridge and integrated ignition system for smoking. The invention makes possible cartridges capable of combustion of plant based and / or smokable materials. The invention completely contains the combustion within a noncombustible or combustion resistant cartridge and preserves the unsmoked smoking material. The invention is also capable of self-extinguishing quickly after the combustion is completed and preventing unintended fires from errant sparks and embers. The invention further incorporates an integrated plunger mechanism that presses smokeable material towards the heating elements and ensure the material is always in contact with the heating element. The invention contemplates several forms of advancing the plunger mechanism. The system may incorporate a heating element that is capable of both vaporization and combustion of plant material.

The devices and methods described below provide for flame, ember and rain resistant vent inserts for existing installed roof vents that do not require breaking the weather resistant membrane of the roof or create damage to the surrounding building materials to install.

A vent as described herein provides for a fire and ember barrier border incorporated around the perimeter of vent flashing and / or sub-flashing. In the event that a portion of vent flashing separates from the underlayment to which it was originally attached, it creates a secondary air path between the deck and the flashing and the fire and ember barrier border will prevent fire and embers from entering the secondary air path and ultimately the building.

An ember and flame resistant resettable automatic soffit vent includes a tray with ventilation openings formed in its floor. A mesh screen resides on the floor of the tray spanning the ventilation openings. A flat slide resides atop the screen and also has ventilation openings that match those of the tray. The slide has an open position wherein its ventilation openings align with those of the tray to allow airflow through the vent and a closed position wherein its ventilation openings are misaligned with the ventilation openings of the tray to close off airflow through the vent. The vent can be manually moved between its open and closed positions and one or more tension springs and a thermal link assembly cooperate to move the slide to its closed position if the vent is exposed to a high temperature cause by a fire very near a home. The vent also can be manually closed by a homeowner when a fire is threatening and then manually reopened when the fire threat passes without destroying the automatic closing feature of the vent.

Systems for improving fire safety in agricultural machinery are configured for detecting, at least partially controlling, and / or suppressing adverse fire-related conditions. The adverse fire-related conditions can include sparks, embers, and / or flames in the agricultural machinery.

This invention discloses a vehicle-mounted integrated method and system for monitoring camping fire safety and providing early warning of fire risks, belonging to the field of vehicle-mounted safety monitoring technology. The system includes a multi-source sensing module, a fire source identification module, a risk assessment module, a dynamic safety module, and a fire-out monitoring module. It calculates flame confidence by simultaneously acquiring visible light and thermal imaging data through multispectral sensors, achieving accurate fire source identification. Combining real-time wind speed, vegetation dryness, flammable material distance, and flammability coefficient, a risk index model is constructed to assess fire risk. The minimum safe distance and ring-shaped warning zone are calculated and graphically displayed based on fire source size, wind speed, and dryness. After fire extinguishing, the ember temperature is continuously monitored, and a temperature-time dual-threshold judgment method is used to warn of smoldering and reignition. This invention overcomes the passivity of traditional monitoring, the rigidity of static alarms, and the blind spots in ember monitoring, achieving proactive, dynamic, and closed-loop safety protection throughout the entire lifecycle of camping fire use.

This invention discloses a method for extinguishing fires using air blasts, belonging to the field of fire protection technology. This method employs distributed air blast generation units as the core fire extinguishing means. Several paper-cased units containing gunpowder are deployed to the target area of ​​the fire scene via drone swarms, aircraft, or manual methods, forming a two-dimensional or three-dimensional air blast generation matrix. Each unit has a built-in composite fuse system, supporting multiple detonation methods such as radio remote control, time delay, thermal sensitivity, and shock wave linkage, enabling simultaneous detonation, cascaded detonation, or autonomous thermal triggering. The fire is extinguished through the superposition effect of dense air blasts. This invention also provides optional modular air cannons as auxiliary tools for clearing stubborn embers. This method is particularly suitable for large-scale firefighting of forest and grassland fires, offering advantages such as high safety, large-scale deployment, environmental friendliness, low cost, and the ability to handle three-dimensional fires.

A pre-vented soffit panel with an integrated screen to exclude wind-blown embers from entering the attic space. Vent holes are created in the soffit, and a screen is integrated therewith, in the factory or on a production line. The screen material is fire-resistant. The pre-vented soffit panel with integrated screen can then be packaged and shipped to a job or construction site, and installed instead of, or in place of, a prior-art soffit panel. The integrated soffit screen also prevents the intrusion of wind-blown snow and several types of insects. This integrated solution provides for more rapid and cost-effective job site installation without the need to perform costly retrofitting of metal vents into prior-art soffit panels.

The devices and methods described below provide for flame, ember and rain resistant vent inserts for existing installed roof vents that do not require breaking the weather resistant membrane of the roof or create damage to the surrounding building materials to install.

The invention relates to the technical field of steel structures, in particular to a building fireproof steel structure which comprises an upper cross beam, a lower cross beam and two stand columns, the two ends of each stand column are fixedly connected with the upper cross beam and the lower cross beam respectively, a sealing device is arranged in the upper cross beam and the two stand columns jointly, and a roller shutter is arranged in the sealing device. A trigger device is arranged in the stand column, a deflector rod is arranged in the trigger device and used for triggering the roller shutter to fall when a fire disaster happens, the sealing device comprises an installation groove formed in the upper cross beam, a driving shaft is movably installed in the installation groove, the roller shutter is arranged on the driving shaft, and the roller shutter is arranged on the driving shaft. The roller shutter is wound and wrapped on the outer side of the driving shaft, and one end of the roller shutter is fixedly mounted on the inner side wall surface of the mounting groove. The invention aims to prevent flames and high-temperature ember generated by a fire from moving to the upper layer along the elevator shaft, reduce the difficulty of fire fighting, and improve the life support capability of a building for people in the building under the fire condition at the same time.