Patent File 236 Firefighter Supporting Robot
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| 1 | US5440916A | Emergency response mobile robot for operations in combustible atmospheres | A mobile, self-powered, self-contained, and remote-controlled robot capable of safely operating in a surrounding combustible atmosphere and providing information about the atmosphere to the operator. The robot includes non-sparking and non-arcing electro-mechanical and electronic components designed to preclude igniting the combustible atmosphere, and positively pressurized enclosures that house the electro-mechanical and electronic components of the robot and prevent intrusion of the combustible atmosphere into the enclosures. The enclosures are interconnected such that a pressurized gas injected into any one of the enclosures is routed to all the other enclosures through the interconnections. It is preferred that one or more sealed internal channels through structures intervening between the enclosures be employed. Pressure transducers for detecting if the pressure within the enclosures falls below a pre-determined level are included. The robot also has a sensing device for determining the types of combustible substances in the surrounding atmosphere, as well as the concentrations of each type of substance relative to a pre-determined lower explosive limit (LEL). In addition, the sensing device can determine the percent level of oxygen present in the surrounding atmosphere. | |
| 2 | US7434601B2 | Cleaning and/or inspecting robot for hazardous environments including catalyst removal | A vacuum line connected to a robotic device is run into a reactor vessel. The robotic device has a rotating body, a cleaning arm, and stabilizing arms to stabilize the robotic device within the reactor vessel. The robotic device may be controlled/monitored from a remote control station in communication with the robotic device. | |
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KR100770655B1 | A Fire Fighting Robot | A fire extinguishing robot is provided to detect the spot of a fire accurately and to help an effective operation by protecting a device from hot flames. A fire extinguishing robot comprises a mobile platform(1), an endless track powering unit(3), a fire extinguishing gun(7), a sensor unit(9), an integral controller(11), a cooling system(13), and a free injection nozzle(15). The mobile platform is formed with a traveling unit supporting and moving a robot independently. The endless track powering unit is installed at both edge portions of the mobile platform for smooth traveling and easy-passing of obstacles. The fire extinguishing gun is mounted on a body(5) installed at an upper end of the mobile platform to inject water to a spot of a fire. The sensor unit guarantees a visual field and detects the spot of the fire. The integral controller controls all components of the robot. The cooling system includes an inert coolant tank and cools the components including the mobile platform, the powering unit, the sensor unit, and the integral controller, by supplying a compressed inert coolant when the temperature of the fire spot is increased over a predetermined value. The free injection nozzle injects water to form a water screen. | |
| 4 | CN101461986B | Robot, fire-extinguishing system and extinguishment method | The invention provides a robot, a fire-extinguishing system and a fire-extinguishing method. A body of the robot is provided with a mobile module, a first control module and a fire-extinguishing module, wherein the mobile module is connected with a rail and used for driving the body of the robot to move along the rail; the rail is arranged inside a preset place which comprises at least one fire-extinguishing subarea; the first control module is connected with the mobile module and used for driving the body of the robot to move to the fire occurrence subarea of the preset place by controlling the mobile module; and the fire-extinguishing module is used for executing fire-extinguishing operation after the body of the robot moves to the fire occurrence subarea. The invention can realize quick, long-distance, wide-range and automatically controlled fire-extinguishing. | |
| 5 | KR101566341B1 | A multi- purpose fire fighting drone | The present invention relates to a firefighting drone to extinguish a fire which can quickly be deployed during an early stage of a fire to extinguish the fire during the early stages when the fire occurs in a house, a building, etc., and connected to a central control center to be operated in an unmanned manner from a remote location. The firefighting drone to extinguish the fire is flown in an unmanned means comprising: a body unit (102) comprising an upper body (10) formed in a ″┌┐″ shape and a side body (12); a flying unit (104) installed in an upper portion of the body unit (102), and provided with a propeller unit (105) for flying; a disaster prevention turret unit (106) installed in an upper portion of the flying unit (104) to ascertain a fire situation and spray a fire extinguishing medium; a plurality of moving units (108) installed in a lower portion of the body unit (102) to move the body unit (102); and a disaster prevention means unit (110) having articles to spray the fire extinguishing medium, launching a fire extinguishing grenade, or rescuing a person depending on a situation of the fire. The body unit (102) comprises: a battery storage unit (16) to supply power to a lower portion of the upper body (10); a CPU storage unit (20) consecutively formed below the battery storage unit (16); a bracket (14) installed in an outside portion of both sides of the side body (12); and a lower body (30) disposed below the CPU storage unit (20) provided with a mounting part (32). The CPU storage unit (20) comprises a flying control unit (112). | |
| 6 | US6701772B2 | Chemical or biological attack detection and mitigation system | Systems and methods for monitoring buildings to detect harmful chemical or biological agents. Self-propelled harmful agent detectors are provided that can propel themselves using motors and self-contained power sources. On-board harmful agent sensors can detect the presence of harmful agents and transmit information for reception by a receiving unit. Some sensors can identify the type of agent and transmit the agent type. Some detectors can measure the intensity or concentration of the harmful agent presence and transmit that intensity. Some systems include locating devices for determining positions of the roaming detectors, as well as mapping software to map the location of the individual moving detectors. Systems may include software for plotting the relative concentrations of agents detected to locate the origination of the source within the building. The moving detectors can have motors coupled to wheels, tracks, capstans, pulleys and winches to move the devices along floors, air ducts, and suspended or hanging wires. | |
| 7 | WO2015152492A1 | Unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance of scene of fire and fire suppression | The present invention relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance of a scene of a fire and fire suppression, which is suitable to be dispatched to the scene of a fire which a firefighter cannot easily access. | |
| 8 | JP2007007380A | FIRE-EXTINGUISHING METHOD AND DEVICE | PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fire-extinguishing method for rapidly and effectively extinguishing a fire which occurs in a comparatively closed space such as an in-tunnel space and facilitating a maintenance work, and to provide a fire-extinguishing device. SOLUTION: A fire-extinguishing part 30 is allowed to travel and move to a fire area along the traveling rails 10 which are arranged at least one of both the side walls of the tunnel 50, obtains water for fire-extinguishing from a water supply port 21 of a water supply part 20, and emits water mist from an emission nozzle 38 to a vehicle 80 with the fire being the fire source so as to extinguish the fire. The fire-extinguishing part 30 obtains motive energy required for traveling, communication, and control from an electric rail 40 arranged along the traveling rails 10. | |
| 9 | JPH10127809A | ROBOT FOR FOAM EXTINGUISHING OF ZONE BAND | PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot for foam extinguishing of zone bands which enables efficient extinguishing activities by sectioning the area before and after a fire source with a pair of fire resistant fiber sheets developed from a robot body to cut air by a large amount of foam discharged and held from a foam ejector between both the fireproof fiber sheets. SOLUTION: In a robot body 1A having at least a foam ejector, a pair of fire resistant fiber sheets 11 for sectioning the area before and after a fire source F is folded to be developed and housed into the robot body 1A for fire. A wire or a rod-shaped linear support body 13 is delivered from the robot body 1A in the direction of crossing the longitudinal direction of a moving path 2 and a pair of fire resistant fiber sheets 11 is so arranged to be developed in a curtain along the linear support body 13. | |
| 10 | US8381826 | Fire fighting robot | A fire fighting robot including a frame assembly and a fire extinguishing mechanism disposed on or within the frame assembly for ejecting a fire suppressant onto a fire. The robot also includes a caterpillar type of drive including a left and a right endless metal belt or track with an independent drive unit on each side of the robot. The left and the right motor are provided for rotating the endless belts to move the robot in a forward or rearward direction. Retractable illumination and video means for displaying a remote image of the area around the robot are provided. The robot also includes a mechanism for connecting the fire extinguishing mechanism to a source of water or other fire suppressant and for positioning a stream of suppressant onto a fire. In addition, the robot includes a pair of cooling fans and sprinkler system for maintaining the robot at an acceptable temperature. | |
| 11 | US7182144 | Fire-fighting robot | Provided is a fire-fighting robot that can quickly start to fight a fire occurring at a hazardous location, which firefighters cannot access, and extinguish fires occurring at any location without receiving a supply of fire extinguishing water. The fire-fighting robot (1) of the present invention is self-propelled and remote-controlled via wireless or mobile communications to fight a fire. The robot includes one or more fire extinguisher storage portions (24a, 24b) for storing fire extinguishers (24c, 24d) which provide a jet of a fire-fighting agent from a jet outlet (26) by depressing a lever, a jet control portion disposed in the fire extinguisher storage portion (24a, 24b) for depressing the lever, and a jet outlet securing portion (26a) for detachably securing the jet outlet (26) of the fire extinguisher (24c, 24d). |
