001]The present disclosure relates to extinguishing fire efficiently. In particular,
the present disclosure relates to fire extinguishing apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus.
BACKGROUND
[002]The background description includes information that may be useful in
understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] Fire hazards have always been a great threat to our society. Every year, many
people die or are seriously injured by fires occurring in buildings. Besides loss of lives, fires cause huge economic losses, through damage to property, loss of businesses and insurance premiums, etc. Fire hazards also leads to destruction of wildlife and forest and contribute a great amount in air pollution. Fire brigade is the only ray of hope during fire hazards but as it takes just few seconds for a spark to spread into fire, even for fire brigade it becomes difficult to control the fire. One of the reasons of delay in controlling the fire by the normal fire brigade is that it only uses water.
[004] Also, while extinguishing fire huge quantity of water is wasted. The real
reason that water works so well on fire is that the water has a great ability to absorb heat without turning to water vapours. This means that when water is spread over fire, the water absorbs the heat and therefore help extinguish the fire. In order for fire to burn, it needs three components: heat, fuel, and oxidizer. In a typical campfire, your heat comes from the match you lit and stuck into the fire at the beginning, then subsequently comes from the fire itself. The fuel is the logs and twigs on the fire. And the oxidizer is the open air in which the fire is burning. When you pour a bucket of water on the fire, the water sucks up the heat in the fire and removes one of the three sides of the triangle. Without heat, you've just got a couple logs and some air floating around, and thus no fire.
[005] There is therefore a need in the art to provide an efficient fire extinguishing
apparatus that that overcome the above-mentioned and other limitations of the existing solutions and utilize techniques, which are, robust, accurate, efficient, cost effective, water efficient and easy to implement.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[006] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment
herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[007] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus.
[008] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus that helps reduce usage of water for extinguishing fire.
[009] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus that helps minimizing the destruction caused by the fire.
[0010] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus that enables extinguishing fire in less time period.
[0011] It is yet another aspect of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus that allows altering of the predetermined ratio of the water and the
sediment to form the homogeneous mixture.
SUMMARY
[0012] The present disclosure relates to extinguishing fire efficiently. In particular,
the present disclosure relates to fire extinguishing apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus.
[0013] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a fire extinguishing apparatus.
The apparatus comprising: at least two storage tanks for storage of water and sediment such that the water and the sediment is stored in respective storage tank of the at least two storage tanks; a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive the stored water and the stored sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received water and sediment to form a homogeneous mixture; and an output storage tank having an inlet to receive and store the formed homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a second rotary device configured with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced draught of the stored homogeneous mixture, wherein the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture enables efficient extinguishing of fire, and wherein the homogeneous mixture facilitates efficient extinguish of the fire.
[0014] In an embodiment, the mixer tank having a second rotary device to mix the
water and the sediment for a first predefined time period to form the homogeneous mixture.
[0015] In an embodiment, the second rotary device is selected from a group consisting
of any of a servo motor, a stepper motor, an AC motor, a DC motor, and an actuator.

[0016] In an embodiment, the first rotary device is selected from a group consisting of
any of axial flow pump, a radial flow pump and a mixed flow pump.
[0017] In an embodiment, the at least two inlets are fixed with valves to control flow
of the stored water and the stored sediment to the mixer tank.
[0018] In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a filter configured between the
mixer tank and the output storage tank to receive the homogeneous mixture and filter
contaminants of a predefined diameter and allow passage of the remaining received
homogeneous mixture after filtration to the storage tank.
[0019] In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a control unit operatively coupled
to the valves, the control unit configured to control opening and closing of the at least two
inlets by controlling the valves to maintain a predefined ratio of volume of the water and the
sediment in the mixer tank.
[0020] In an embodiment, the outlet of the output storage tank is configured with a
pipe to direct the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture to facilitate
extinguishing of the fire efficiently.
[0021] It is another aspect of the present disclosure to provide a vehicle incorporated
with a fire extinguishing apparatus, the apparatus includes: at least two storage tanks for
storage of water and sediment such that the water and the sediment is stored in respective
storage tank of the at least two storage tanks; a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive
the stored water and the stored sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received
water and sediment to form a homogeneous mixture; and an output storage tank having an
inlet to receive and store the formed homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a
second rotary device configured with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced
draught of the stored homogeneous mixture, wherein the generated forced draft of the stored
homogeneous mixture enables efficient extinguishing of fire, and wherein the homogeneous
mixture facilitates efficient extinguishing of the fire.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] In the figures, similar components and/or features may have the same
reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.

[0023] FIG. 1A illustrates an exemplary block diagram representation of fire
extinguishing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0024] FIG. IB illustrates an exemplary representation of perspective view of fire
extinguishing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to
provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0026] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be
described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, firmware and/or by human operators.
[0027] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more
machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with
appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus
for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more
computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems
containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with
various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be
accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product.
[0028] If the specification states a component or feature "may", "can", "could", or
"might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not
required to be included or have the characteristic. As used in the description herein and
throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural
reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein,
the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0029] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this

invention will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to
those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the
invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and
functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both
currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements
developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).
[0030] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and
described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only.
Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent
to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as
described in the claim.
[0031] The present disclosure relates to extinguishing fire efficiently. In particular,
the present disclosure relates to fire extinguishing apparatus. More particularly, the present
disclosure relates to an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus.
[0032] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a fire extinguishing apparatus.
The apparatus comprising: at least two storage tanks for storage of water and sediment such
that the water and the sediment is stored in respective storage tank of the at least two storage
tanks; a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive the stored water and the stored
sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received water and sediment to form a
homogeneous mixture; and an output storage tank having an inlet to receive and store the
formed homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a second rotary device
configured with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced draught of the stored
homogeneous mixture, wherein the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture
enables efficient extinguishing of fire, and wherein the homogeneous mixture facilitates
efficient extinguish of the fire.
[0033] In an embodiment, the mixer tank having a second rotary device to mix the
water and the sediment for a first predefined time period to form the homogeneous mixture.
[0034] In an embodiment, the second rotary device is selected from a group consisting
of any of a servo motor, a stepper motor, an AC motor, a DC motor, and an actuator.
[0035] In an embodiment, the first rotary device is selected from a group consisting of
any of axial flow pump, a radial flow pump and a mixed flow pump.
[0036] In an embodiment, the at least two inlets are fixed with valves to control flow
of the stored water and the stored sediment to the mixer tank.
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[0037] In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a filter configured between the
mixer tank and the output storage tank to receive the homogeneous mixture and filter
contaminants of a predefined diameter and allow passage of the remaining received
homogeneous mixture after filtration to the storage tank.
[0038] In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a control unit operatively coupled
to the valves, the control unit configured to control opening and closing of the at least two
inlets by controlling the valves to maintain a predefined ratio of volume of the water and the
sediment in the mixer tank.
[0039] In an embodiment, the outlet of the output storage tank is configured with a
pipe to direct the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture to facilitate
extinguishing of the fire efficiently.
[0040] It is another aspect of the present disclosure to provide a vehicle incorporated
with a fire extinguishing apparatus, the apparatus includes: at least two storage tanks for
storage of water and sediment such that the water and the sediment is stored in respective
storage tank of the at least two storage tanks; a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive
the stored water and the stored sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received
water and sediment to form a homogeneous mixture; and an output storage tank having an
inlet to receive and store the formed homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a
second rotary device configured with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced
draught of the stored homogeneous mixture, wherein the generated forced draft of the stored
homogeneous mixture enables efficient extinguishing of fire, and wherein the homogeneous
mixture facilitates efficient extinguishing of the fire.
[0041] FIGs. 1A and 1B illustrates exemplary representations of block diagram and
perspective view of fire extinguishing apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the
present disclosure.
[0042] In an embodiment, a fire extinguishing apparatus 100. The apparatus 100 can
include at least two storage tanks 102-1 and 102-2 (collectively referred to as storage tanks
102 and individually referred to storage tank 102 hereinafter). First tank 102-1 of the storage
tanks 102 can be used for storing water and second tank 102-2 of the storage tanks 102 for
storing sediment. The sediment can include mud, sand and the like.
[0043] In an embodiment, the apparatus 100 includes a mixer tank 104. The mixer
tank 104 can include at least two inlets for receiving the water and the sediment. The at least
two inlets can be configured with valves (not shown). The valves can be used for controlling
the flow of the water and the sediments. Further, by controlling the valves opening and
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closing of the inlets can be controlled such that ratio (by volume) of the sediment and the water in the mixer tank 104 can be maintained. The mixer tank 104 can include a second rotary device 110 for mixing the water and the sediment to form a homogeneous mixture. The second rotary device 110 can include a motor for mixing the water and the sediments to form the homogeneous mixture.
[0044] In an embodiment, the apparatus 100 can include a filter 106. The filter 106
can be configured such that to receive the formed homogeneous mixture and filter contaminants of a predefined diameter and allow passage of the remaining received homogeneous mixture after filtration to the storage tank. The filter 106 can be used for filtering the received homogeneous mixture such that contaminants more than a predetermined size are filtered and further allow passage of rest of the received homogeneous mixture.
[0045] In an embodiment, the filtered homogeneous mixture can be transmitted to the
output storage tank 108. In an embodiment, the output storage tank 108 can include a first rotary device 112. The first rotary device 112 can be configured with an outlet of the output storage tank 108. The first rotary device 112 can include a pump to induce a forced draft to the stored homogeneous mixture. Further, the apparatus 100 can include a pipe 114 configured with the outlet of the output storage tank 108. The pipe 114 can be used for directing the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture towards the fire to facilitate extinguishing of the fire.
[0046] In an embodiment, the apparatus can include a control unit (not shown). the
control unit can be operatively coupled to the valves. The control unit can be used for controlling/maintaining of a ratio (by volume) of the water and the sediment in the mixer tank by controlling opening and closing of the valves. In an embodiment, the ratio of the water and the sediment inside the mixer tank 104 can be changed. Now, the control unit enables altering the ratio of the water and the sediments in the mixer tank 104.
[0047] In an embodiment, the control unit can include one or more processors or
controllers. Examples of controllers include, but are not limited to PIC® 16F877A microcontroller, AVR ® ATmega8 & ATmega16, Renesas® microcontroller and the like. Examples of processor can include, but are not limited to, an Intel® Itanium® or Itanium 2 processor(s), or AMD® Opteron® or Athlon MP® processor(s), Motorola® lines of processors, FortiSOC™ system on a chip processors or other future processors.
[0048] Thus, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the
diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes
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illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named.
[0049] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and
described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
[0050] In the foregoing description, numerous details are set forth. It will be apparent,
however, to one of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure, that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, to avoid obscuring the present invention.
[0051] As used herein, and unless the context dictates otherwise, the term "coupled
to" is intended to include both direct coupling (in which two elements that are coupled to each other contact each other) and indirect coupling (in which at least one additional element is located between the two elements). Therefore, the terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are used synonymously. Within the context of this document terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are also used euphemistically to mean “communicatively coupled with” over a network, where two or more devices are able to exchange data with each other over the network, possibly via one or more intermediary device.
[0052] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications
besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms “comprises” and “comprising” should be interpreted as referring to
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elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C .... and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc.
[0053] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and
further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0054] The present disclosure provides an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus.
[0055] The present disclosure provides an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus that
helps reduce usage of water for extinguishing fire.
[0056] The present disclosure provides an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus that
helps minimizing the destruction caused by the fire.
[0057] The present disclosure provides an efficient fire extinguishing apparatus that
enables extinguishing fire in less time period.
[0058] It is yet another aspect of the present disclosure to provide an efficient fire
extinguishing apparatus that allows altering of the predetermined ratio of the water and the
sediment to form the homogeneous mixture.

We Claim:

A fire extinguishing apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
at least two storage tanks for storage of water and sediment such that the water
and the sediment is stored in respective storage tank of the at least two storage tanks; a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive the stored water and the stored
sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received water and sediment to
form a homogeneous mixture; and
an output storage tank having an inlet to receive and store the formed
homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a first rotary device configured
with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced draught of the stored
homogeneous mixture,
wherein the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture enables
efficient extinguishing of fire, and
wherein the homogeneous mixture facilitates efficient extinguish of the fire. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mixer tank having a second rotary device to mix the water and the sediment for a first predefined time period to form the homogeneous mixture.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second rotary device is selected from a group consisting of any of a servo motor, a stepper motor, an AC motor, a DC motor, and an actuator.
The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first rotary device is selected from a group consisting of any of axial flow pump, a radial flow pump and a mixed flow pump. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two inlets are fixed with valves to control flow of the stored water and the stored sediment to the mixer tank. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a filter configured between the mixer tank and the output storage tank to receive the homogeneous mixture and filter contaminants of a predefined diameter and allow passage of the remaining received homogeneous mixture after filtration to the output storage tank. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a control unit operatively coupled to the valves, the control unit configured to control opening and closing of the at least two inlets by controlling the valves to maintain a predefined ratio of volume of the water and the sediment in the mixer tank.

The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outlet of the output storage tank is configured with a pipe to direct the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture to facilitate extinguishing of the fire efficiently. A vehicle incorporated with a fire extinguishing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
at least two storage tanks for storage of water and sediment such that the water and the sediment is stored in respective storage tank of the at least two storage tanks;
a mixer tank having at least two inlets to receive the stored water and the stored sediment from, the mixer tank is adapted to mix the received water and sediment to form a homogeneous mixture; and
an output storage tank having an inlet to receive and store the formed homogeneous mixture, the output storage tank having a second rotary device configured with an outlet of the output storage tank to generate a forced draught of the stored homogeneous mixture,
wherein the generated forced draft of the stored homogeneous mixture enables efficient extinguishing of fire, and
wherein the homogeneous mixture facilitates efficient extinguishing of the fire.