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INVERTING-TYPE FIRE EXTINGUISHER [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
OBS

American manufacturers stopped making inverting-type fire extinguishers in 1969. These included soda-acid, foam, internal cartridge-operated water and loaded stream, and internal cartridge dry-chemical extinguishers ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
OBS

Les fabricants américains ont cessé de produire les extincteurs d'incendie fonctionnant par renversement en 1969. Ces extincteurs comprenaient les extincteurs de type bicarbonate-acide ainsi que les extincteurs à mousse, à eau à pression auxiliaire interne, à solution de métal alcalin et à poudre à bouteille auxiliaire interne [...]

Spanish

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