ARMORED FIRE ENGINE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: fire-extinguishing equipment. SUBSTANCE: armored fire engine has armored casing mounted on caterpillar and provided with control section and power unit which are positioned in front part of casing and connected one with the other through control drives. Fire engine is further provided with section for accommodating team, fire extinguishing equipment and manual fire extinguishers, as well as fire-suppressing liquid tank with filling and discharge branch pipes, pumping plant with switching mechanism positioned on common base and connected through cardan shaft with power unit, fire pump with intaking and delivery branch pipes and power unit switching mechanism, oil pump and dispensing reducer. Input of dispensing reducer is connected to pumping plant switching mechanism, first output is connected to oil pump and second output to fire pump switching mechanism. Fire gun is mounted on casing cover in the vicinity of its front part and connected via pipeline to delivery branch pipe of fire pump. Hydraulic system has oil tank, oil pump, hydraulic distributing valve, oil filter and attachment converted to hydraulic operation. All parts of hydraulic system are connected in succession via oil pipelines. Attachment converted to hydraulic operation is hitched to casing front part by means of brackets. Tank filling and discharge branch pipes are connected through valves to delivery and intaking branch pipes of fire pump. Armored fire engine of such construction provides safety for team, equipment, military districts and parks, inhabited localities and territories. EFFECT: increased efficiency and enhanced reliability in operation. 3 cl, 4 dwg