WILL B JAMISON
Engineers in Washington
License number
Pennsylvania PE007989L
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
2
Washington
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Professional information
Fire Extinguishing Apparatus For Compressors
US Patent:
5099976, Mar 31, 1992
Filed:
Oct 19, 1990
Appl. No.:
7/600571
Inventors:
Will B. Jamison - McMurray PA
Assignee:
W. B. Jamison Limited Partnership - McMurray PA
International Classification:
A62C 300, A62C 306
US Classification:
169 54
Abstract:
A fire extinguishing apparatus is connected to the safety valve on an oil flooded rotary compressor to receive the contents expelled by the compressor due to internal combustion in the compressor. The contents are conducted to the fire extinguishing apparatus, which disperses them in a tank holding a quantity of non-combustible liquid sufficient to cool them. The fire extinguishing apparatus has a tank for holding non-combustible liquid, a perforated plate to disperse the burning oil and gases throughout the non-combustible liquid, an opening to allow the escape of excess pressure from the tank, and a spring loaded lid to prevent evaporation of the non-combustible liquid. A pipe connects the fire extinguishing apparatus to a safety valve and the pipe has temperature and pressure switches on its surface which shut down the compressor when the temperature and/or pressure in the pipe exceed preset limits.
Method And Apparatus For Stopping The Spread Of A Fire In An Underground Mine
US Patent:
5909777, Jun 8, 1999
Filed:
Oct 31, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/961686
Inventors:
Will B. Jamison - McMurray PA
Assignee:
Jamison Family Trust - McMurray PA
International Classification:
A62C 208
US Classification:
169 43
Abstract:
An assembled length of water pipe sections having a nozzle pipe section at an inby end is moved from a crosscut of a mine into a mine entry to stop the advance of a fire in the entry without requiring firefighters to be positioned in the fire entry. The nozzle pipe section is moved across the entry to a position adjacent to an opposite entry sidewall. The nozzle pipe section is connected at an outby end in the crosscut by assembled sections of extension water pipes to a water feedline. Water under pressure is supplied through the extension pipes to the nozzle pipe section and discharged from the nozzles to generate a series of intersecting sprays directed at selected angles in a range between about 0. degree. to 90. degree. in the entry, forming a water curtain the complete height and width of the entry. Deflected water sprays from the sidewalls and mine roof combine with the upward water sprays to form a curtain of water extending across the path of the advancing fire and into contact with roof bolts supporting the mine roof above the entry.