Tube construction for conveying water to fire nozzles and facilitating escape from buildings

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EP 0 993 844 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/38

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/16

(21)	Application number: 99116595.2

(22)	Date of filing: 25.08.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A62B 3/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

16.10.1998 IT MI980681

(71)	Applicant: I.V.G. COLBACHINI S.p.A.
	I-35030 Cervarese Santa Croce (Padova) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Aldinio Colbachini, Giuseppe 35143 Padova (IT)

(74)	Representative: Cicogna, Franco
	Ufficio Internazionale Brevetti Dott.Prof. Franco Cicogna Via Visconti di Modrone, 14/A 20122 Milano 20122 Milano (IT)

(54)	Tube construction for conveying water to fire nozzles and facilitating escape from buildings

(57) The present invention relates to a tube construction for conveying high pressure water to fire nozzles, comprising a tubular element which can be coupled to a pressurized water supplying source and a nozzle for ejecting a water jet therefrom.
The main feature of the invention is that on the tubular element are provided a plurality of coloured, phosphorescent or light emitting graphic elements indicating the direction toward the water supplying source.

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