Fire extinguishers – Sprinkler heads
Patent
1991-03-25
1992-10-06
Focarino, Margaret A.
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler heads
169 38, A62C 3714, A62C 3711, A62C 3708
Patent
active
051523442
ABSTRACT:
A fire protection sprinkler including a frame having an outlet opening for fire extinguishing fluid and spaced apart frame arms extending from the outlet opening to provide a support at a location spaced from the outlet opening, a sealing member covering the opening, a thermally responsive member connected between the sealing member and the support to seal off the opening during normal temperature conditions and to release the sealing member during abnornally high temperature conditions, an adapter member attached to the frame, one or more pins that are supported by the adapter member, and a deflector that is slidably mounted with respect to the adapter member via the pin or pins. Also disclosed is a clip that retains the deflector in the retracted position in a releasable fashion.
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Fischer Michael A.
Mears James W.
Pounder Donald B.
Focarino Margaret A.
Grinnell Corporation
Kannofsky James M.
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