Fire Extinguishing Test.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 791, 6 April 1905, Page 2

Fire Extinguishing Test.

for hav " 1 S an efficient lie extinguisher on the premises to l brel l> o/tr Uy a " out- °* <irt > 1S "'We or less recog--liJ, a 1 bu!i iness people and 'vears ' Z"" 1 du,in ß Went! Jtars many patents have found a a y sale and been in use with ; vaiying eHectivencss. One of the l a9° ! the rC '^r t Pat ™ tS iS that kn »«i Mipimax • lire extinguisher,. . Wicn consists o| a cone-shaped inelv hI , „ , S? r ? tUB . oasUy nml ex P<?ditious-. Ii l'rf.' . A P ul, 'ie demonstration ol thc Minimax" was given at New the'sh' 11 ! ° n Wudnes(la J afternoon, .V,sii ,i fe ', a vacßn t section oj)- ° ''? llWay sUU<m - Among i those present were members of the' lire insurance com-. {hn r■ n, " mM ' 0113 business men, 1 w hilo Captain Uellringer, of tho \<nv ymouth F m . Brigade, i.lso i tne proceedings. j Jhc demonstration was conducted '. lw, • A .- "rown, of Auckland,!' 1S '' ounU establishing i,n , V cssrs and ih, . ave l)C0n appointed the local agents for the patent. MrUrown first explained the working of the apparatus, which is verv n , p t '' n A n<l showed how it was chillged. At the larger end of the apparatus is a knoli i.,.

1 1 js a Knob, which on be- ' wLr CSSCt ! SOIS "" c'«c«iical action. . which pioduces carbonic acid gas, ' forces o Vl t „ iet ut a pressllr * of oOlb to the square inch. This ensures a strong stream, which spurts out a distance of up to 40lt. and en- , ables he operator to quickly subdue f ,f vcn ttt a considerable freight from the ground.' t . ost lo w '>ich the contrivance was put was certainly a severe one. A pile of deal oases, impregnated ,with tar and saturated with kerosene, was ignited, and when the flames were burning lieictMy the extinguisher was brought into play. j y driving in tho knob of the apparatus Mr Brown released the fluid, .and' in a few seconds when the con- | tents were used up had almost entirely extinguished the huge blam | A second instantly completed the . work, and with it the operator then gave a display of throwing jets 3(>ft into the air. The test was, without doubt, an excellent and successful one, as tiro conditions were far more difficult to combat than will I*. met with in ordinary circumstances. It is claimed that petroleum, oil, ! tar, benzine, varnish, and such in-' flammable material are always as readily subdued by llic extinguisher, i Largo numbers of the "Mlnimax,"-, which cost £'3 l()s complete, arc now I in use. Tho patent is certainly a i valuablo one, and one marked a<l-1 vantage it has over certain others is i that tho jet can be controlled and directed wherever required. J