MANUALLY OR REMOTELY CONTROLLED, TELESCOPIC, FIRE-FIGHTING ROBOT,AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED TO THE WATER PIPE SYSTEM AND HUNG ON MONORAIL IN TUNNELS

摘要

The fire-fighting robot of the present patent application serves to the extinction of fire in tunnels. It is overhung (Figs. 1 and 2) from a carriage running on a monorail secured to the tunnel vault. An oleodynamic, telescopic piston allows the carriage to be lowered up to the road surface. Such a feature permits the robot to overcome any obstacle, to rescue people and transport wounded men without the hindrance of the traffic and to fight the fire also from below. In order to have a continuous fire extinction the robot is connected to the antifire piping installed above the monorail by a flexible pipe with a lenght of 30 metres through an automatic arm. A device under the cabin changes, upon opening, into two stretchers for transporting people and wounded men and is provided with oxygen masks. The cabin is fire-resisting and cooled.