Fire extinguishers – Sprinkler heads
Patent
1998-08-14
2000-05-09
Kashnikow, Andres
Fire extinguishers
Sprinkler heads
169 39, 239498, 239518, A62C 3708
Patent
active
060590440
ABSTRACT:
A pendent-type fire protection sprinkler for forming a superimposed combination of an inner, downwardly-directed spray pattern and an outer, umbrella-shaped spray pattern. The pendent-type sprinkler has a body defining an orifice and outlet for flow of fluid from a source and a pair of frame arms extending from the body. The deflector includes a generally plate-like body member defining reentrant slots, which may include a second type of reentrant slots in addition to a first type of reentrant slots, with slots of the second type positioned symmetrically between adjacent slots of the first type. The length of slots of the second type, measured along the slot centerlines extending inwardly from a peripheral edge of the deflector body member generally toward the central axis of the deflector body, being less than the length of slots of the first type. The second type of reentrant slots provides an additional intermediate componentized spray pattern positioned radially between the inner, downwardly-directed spray pattern and the outer, umbrella-shaped spray pattern.
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Grinnell Corporation
Kashnikow Andres
Nguyen Dinh Q.
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