Fire extinguishers – Sprinkler heads
Patent
1996-09-11
1998-07-07
Hoge, Gary C.
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler heads
169 38, A62C 3568
Patent
active
057754314
ABSTRACT:
In the particular embodiments described in the specification, a dry sprinkler has a tube-like section with a sprinkler head at one end and a threaded portion to be received in a water supply line at the opposite end and it includes an internal support structure extending between a sealing plug in the end to be received in the water supply line and a cap in the sprinkler head which is supported by a thermally responsive structure. In one embodiment, the support structure includes a rod on which the sealing plug is mounted at one end and having a cap-engaging tip at the opposite end which is shaped to facilitate the flow of water from the sprinkler head toward a deflector, the rod being spaced from the tube-like section by two guide members, one of which acts as a stop for motion of the structure toward the sprinkler head and the other which engages a spring urging the structure toward the sprinkler head. In other embodiments, a spacer is inserted between the end of the rod and the cap in the sprinkler head and a separate rod tip may be inserted between the rod and the spacer.
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Hoge Gary C.
The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc.
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