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A rapidly actuating fire extinguishing system incorporates a shock tube construction. The system includes first and second shock-tube sections joined by flanges and sealed from one another by a diaphragm. The first shock tube section contains either fluid under high pressure, or a gas generator or a

A rapidly actuating fire extinguishing system incorporates a shock tube construction. The system includes first and second shock-tube sections joined by flanges and sealed from one another by a diaphragm. The first shock tube section contains either fluid under high pressure, or a gas generator or an arc vaporization mechanism. The second shock tube section contains a volatile fluid extinguishant. When the system actuates, the diaphragm is ruptured, so that pressure in the first shock tube section initiates a shock wave that propagates through the extinguishant in the second shock tube section. The shock wave energizes the extinguishant so that it becomes highly pressurized and ruptures a second diaphragm, which is disposed between the second shock tube section and a conduit. The extinguishant then travels along the conduit to a spray head from which the extinguishant is dispersed.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A fire extinguishing system incorporating a shock tube construction, comprising:a first shock tube section;a second shock tube section immediately connected to the first shock tube section;a first diaphragm separating and sealed with the first section and the second sec

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A fire extinguishing system incorporating a shock tube construction, comprising:a first shock tube section;a second shock tube section immediately connected to the first shock tube section;a first diaphragm separating and sealed with the first section and the second section;an extinguishant in the second shock tube section;means for spraying the extinguishant communicated to the second shock tube section;a second diaphragm separating the second section and the spraying means, the second diaphragm sealed with the second section; andmeans for propagating a supersonic shock wave through the extinguishant along the second section such that the shock wave sufficiently energizes the extinguishant to rupture the second diaphragm.