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US 12,616,860 B2Granted
Concealed horizontal sidewall sprinkler
AssigneeThe Viking Corporation
InventorMichael J. Oldham
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Abstract
A concealed sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having a flow passage therethrough with an inlet end and an outlet end. A closure device is secured at the outlet end of the flow passage by a heat responsive trigger. A deflector assembly includes a deflector plate and a button secured to an upstream side of the deflector plate. The deflector assembly is movably supported to the sprinkler body by at least one arm. The button defines an aperture that extends unobstructed all the way through the button from an upstream side to a downstream side.
Claims16
A concealed sprinkler, comprising:
- a sprinkler body having a flow passage therethrough with an inlet end and an outlet end disposed along a center axis;
- a closure device secured at the outlet end of the flow passage by a heat responsive trigger;
- a housing surrounding the closure device;
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- a deflector assembly disposed within the housing, the deflector assembly including a deflector plate, said deflector assembly being movably supported relative to the sprinkler body,
- wherein the heat responsive trigger includes a soldered element assembly and at least one lever that engages an inner shoulder of the housing and at least one aperture of the soldered element assembly, the inner shoulder defining a distal opening of the housing,
- wherein the soldered element assembly comprises a terminal wall transverse to the center axis and a peripheral wall contiguous the terminal wall, the peripheral wall being disposed along the center axis toward the deflector assembly,
- wherein the peripheral wall extends at least partially within at least a portion of the housing,
- wherein the peripheral wall comprises at least one slot, and
- wherein the at least one lever is disposed through the at least one slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.