Fire extinguishers – Sprinkler heads
Patent
1998-12-30
2000-09-26
Kashnikow, Andres
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler heads
169 38, 169 39, 169 40, 169 41, 169 42, 169 56, A62C 3708
Patent
active
061231533
ABSTRACT:
A fire protection sprinkler has a body with an orifice and a coaxial outlet for delivery of fire protection fluid from a source; a cap that resists flow of fluid from the outlet in a sprinkler standby condition; and an actuator securing the cap in the standby condition and releasing the cap in an operating condition to permit flow of fluid from the outlet. The actuator includes a thermally sensitive release assembly with an elongated thermally sensitive element, e.g. a frangible bulb, that breaks apart upon exposure to a predetermined elevated temperature range; opposed arms releasably positioning the frangible bulb with its axis transverse to the orifice axis; and a spring release member disposed substantially between the body and the thermally sensitive release assembly, the spring release member bearing against and applying force to the thermally sensitive release assembly transversely to the bulb axis, the spring release member being restrained in sprinkler standby condition by a combination to transverse and axially-directed compressive forces applied to the thermally sensitive release assembly by the opposed arms. Upon reaching the predetermined elevated temperature range, the bulb breaks apart to release the thermally sensitive release assembly from its sprinkler standby condition disposed substantially between the opposed arms, thereby releasing the spring release member to allow fire retardant fluid to flow from the outlet.
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Evans Robin O.
Grinnell Corporation
Kashnikow Andres
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