A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible dry vegetation occurring in rural areas. Wildfires can be characterized in terms of the cause of ignition, their physical properties, the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire. Wildfires can cause damage to property and human life, although naturally occurring wildfires may have beneficial effects on native vegetation, animals, and ecosystems that have evolved with fire. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to prevent and address this problem.
Wildfire suppression depends on irrigation and technologies available in the area in which the wildfire occurs. Silver iodide can be used to encourage snow fall, while fire retardants and water can be dropped onto fires by unmanned aerial vehicles, planes, and helicopters. Complete fire suppression is no longer an expectation, but the majority of wildfires are often preventable or extinguished before they grow out of control. There have been no products available as original equipment or as an aftermarket to address this problem either.
There exists a need for an aircraft delivered irrigation and fire suppression that is not being met by any known or disclosed device or system of present.
The helicopter drizzle pipe allows for aerial wildfire suppression efforts by irrigation in otherwise inaccessible areas. The pipe is balanced between the bottom legs of the helicopter as to prevent an imbalance or obstruction to the helicopter rotor blades. Along the bottom of the pipe are strategically placed holes to allow the liquid in the pipe to drizzle out at a constant speed over the whole length of the pipe, simulating rainfall. Due to the pipe's positioning, it is also very easy to remove from the helicopter for refilling or cleaning. Furthermore, the method by which the liquid drizzles from the pipe does not necessitate aircraft movement, thus functioning even when the helicopter hovers to thoroughly cover a specific area.
Throughout the description, similar reference numbers may be used to identify similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.
Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
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Embodiments of the method include setting 130 low durometer grommets of various diameters in each orifice configured to generate a plurality of drizzle drops of various sizes. Embodiments of the method also include creating 140 a suction at each orifice based on an airflow across a pipette set in each orifice. Embodiments of the method further include directing 150 an airflow across each orifice via fins disposed between each orifice, the fins configured to induce the drizzle drop egress.
Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.
While the forgoing examples are illustrative of the principles of the present disclosure in one or more particular applications, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications in form, usage and details of implementation can be made without the exercise of inventive faculty, and without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the disclosure be limited, except as by the specification and claims set forth herein.
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