US 12,168,152 B2
Remotely-triggered wildfire defense system for automatically spraying environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor to proactively form thin fire-inhibiting alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on sprayed combustible surfaces prior to wildfire
Stephen Conboy, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to MIGHTY FIRE BREAKER LLC, Lima, OH (US)
Filed by Mighty Fire Breaker LLC, Lima, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,018.
Application 18/432,018 is a continuation of application No. 18/329,979, filed on Jun. 6, 2023.
Application 18/329,979 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/497,948, filed on Oct. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,730,987.
Application 18/329,979 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/167,084, filed on Feb. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,865,390.
Prior Publication US 2024/0252859 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 3/02 (2006.01); A62C 37/40 (2006.01); A62D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 3/0292 (2013.01) [A62C 37/40 (2013.01); A62D 1/0035 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wildfire defense spraying system installed on property with a building and adapted for remote-triggering the spraying of the building and the 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, said wildfire defense spraying system comprises:
a storage tank containing a supply of an environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor comprising a major amount of an alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric carboxylic acid, and a minor amount of triethyl citrate (TEC) dissolved in a major amount of water according to a prespecified formulation, wherein said environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor remains stable without the formation of solids at expected operating temperatures, and ready for immediate spraying on the building and the property;
an electric-powered hydraulic pump system connected to a remote power control switch employed to supply electrical power from a power source to said electric-powered hydraulic pump system; and
one or more spray heads mounted about and/or the building and the property, and arranged in fluid communication with said storage tank, and fluid-driven by said electric-powered hydraulic pump system;
wherein in response to automated detection of wildfire embers in the region surrounding said property, said electric-powered hydraulic pump system is automatically activated and pumps environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor from said storage tank and through said spray heads to produce a spray pattern of environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor covering the building and property to be defended against wildfire; and
when said electric-powered hydraulic pump system completes pumping and spraying said environmentally-clean water-based liquid fire inhibitor in said storage tank, said electric-powered hydraulic pump system automatically shuts off, and 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 created during a wildfire storm.