Global Patent Index - EP 0651669 B1

EP 0651669 B1 19970108 - IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FIRE BARRIERS

Title (en)

IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FIRE BARRIERS

Title (de)

FEUERSCHUTZVORHANG

Title (fr)

AMELIORATIONS RELATIVES A DES DISPOSITIFS COUPE-FEU

Publication

EP 0651669 B1 19970108 (EN)

Application

EP 93917894 A 19930722

Priority

  • GB 9301550 W 19930722
  • GB 9215686 A 19920723

Abstract (en)

[origin: GB2269097A] A fire barrier device for installation in an opening in a wall to resist the passage therethrough of fire, comprises a flexible curtain 2 formed from or comprising intumescent material; support means 7 for supporting the curtain at the upper end of said opening; and latch means ( 3, 4 fig. 5) for holding the curtain in a stowed configuration at the upper end of the opening; the latch means ( 3, 4 fig. 5) being connectable to, and actuable by, an associated fire or smoke detector, to release the latch means ( 3, 4 fig. 5), to allow the curtain 2 to unravel to close the opening; the curtain material being sufficiently intumescent to intumesce in the present of heat to seal the opening against the passage of fire therethrough.

IPC 1-7

A62C 2/10

IPC 8 full level

A62C 2/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A62C 2/10 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

GB 2269097 A 19940202; GB 2269097 B 19960501; GB 9215686 D0 19920909; AT E147279 T1 19970115; AU 4714993 A 19940214; DE 69307318 D1 19970220; DE 69307318 T2 19970717; EP 0651669 A1 19950510; EP 0651669 B1 19970108; WO 9402208 A1 19940203

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9215686 A 19920723; AT 93917894 T 19930722; AU 4714993 A 19930722; DE 69307318 T 19930722; EP 93917894 A 19930722; GB 9301550 W 19930722