Fire extinguishers – Sprinkler heads
Patent
1998-12-08
2000-02-22
Weldon, Kevin
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler heads
239498, 239524, A62C 3708, B05B 126
Patent
active
060269073
ABSTRACT:
In a particular embodiment disclosed in the specification a sprinkler has a sprinkler body with a passage having an orifice which is normally closed by a cap retained in position by a glass bulb thermally responsive element and a deflector spaced from the orifice and supported from the sprinkler body by a pair of arms. The deflector has a circumferential array of tines separated by openings and the openings located in the plane in the frame arms have a substantially teardrop shape with the larger end closer to the sprinkler axis having a width which is 120% to 160% of the width of the adjacent portions of the frame arms.
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The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc.
Weldon Kevin
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