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US 12,629,706 B2Granted
Systems and methods of fire suppression in a corridor
AssigneeTyco Fire Products LP
InventorBonnie H. Dibble
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Abstract
Systems and apparatuses of a sprinkler frame having an upper section, a lower section, and a channel extending along a sprinkler axis are provided. The lower section can include apertures through the frame, a guide pin having a first end with a head, a second end, and a shaft extending therebetween. The shaft of the guide pin can translate in an axial direction of the sprinkler axis within the apertures of the sprinkler frame. The deflector can couple with the second end of the guide pin and can include a first side, second side, third side, and fourth side. The first side and the second side may be smaller than the third side and the fourth side and can include an end profile defining a first tine, second tine, third tine, and fourth tine separating a first slot, second slot, and third slot.
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A corridor sprinkler, comprising:
- a sprinkler frame having an upper section, a lower section, and a channel extending along a sprinkler axis, the lower section including apertures through the sprinkler frame;
- a pair of guide pins, each guide pin of the pair of guide pins having a first end with a head, a second end, and a shaft extending from the first end to the second end, the shaft of each guide pin to translate in an axial direction of the sprinkler axis within a respective aperture of the apertures of the sprinkler frame;
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- a deflector coupled with the second end of each guide pin, the deflector having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the deflector defining a deflector axis that is perpendicular to the sprinkler axis and intersects the first side and the second side, the deflector defining a centerline that is perpendicular to the deflector axis, the pair of guide pins are each coupled with the deflector on the centerline, the deflector defines a length along the deflector axis from the first side to the second side, the deflector defines a width along the centerline from the third side to the fourth side, the length is greater than the width such that the first side and the second side are each smaller than each of the third side and the fourth side, and
- each of the first side and the second side comprises:
- an end profile defining a first tine separated from a second tine by a first slot, a third tine separated from the second tine by a second slot, and a fourth tine separated from the third tine by a third slot;
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- a first depth of the first slot is greater than a second depth of the second slot.
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A deflector, comprising:
- a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, a deflector axis is defined that intersects the first side and the second side, a centerline is defined that is perpendicular to the deflector axis and intersects the third side and the fourth side, the deflector defines a length along the deflector axis from the first side to the second side, the deflector defines a width along the centerline from the third side to the fourth side, the length is greater than the width such that the first side and the second side are each smaller than each of the third side and the fourth side;
- a pair of apertures on the centerline, and
- each of the first side and the second side comprises:
- an end profile defining a first tine separated from a second tine by a first slot, a third tine separated from the second tine by a second slot, and a fourth tine separated from the third tine by a third slot;
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- a first depth of the first slot is greater than a second depth of the second slot.
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A fire suppression system, comprising:
- a fire suppression material source storing a fire suppression material, wherein a pressure of the fire suppression material ranges between a pressure of 10 PSI and a pressure of 250 PSI;
- a first corridor sprinkler, having a minimum flow rate of at least 0.1 GPM/ft2 and K-factor greater than or equal to 5.6 GPM/(PSI)1/2, creating a coverage area between 220 and 400 ft2 with a long axis length between 8 and 36 feet, the first corridor sprinkler comprising:
- a sprinkler frame defining an upper section, a lower section, and a channel extending along a sprinkler axis, the lower section including apertures through the sprinkler frame;
- a pair of guide pins, each guide pin of the pair of guide pins having a first end with a head, a second end, and a shaft extending from the first end to the second end, the shaft of each guide pin to translate in an axial direction of the sprinkler axis within a respective aperture of the apertures of the sprinkler frame;
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- a deflector coupled with the second end of each guide pin, the deflector having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the deflector defining a deflector axis that is perpendicular to the sprinkler axis and intersects the first side and the second side, the deflector defining a centerline that is perpendicular to the deflector axis, the pair of guide pins are each coupled with the deflector on the centerline, the deflector defines a length along the deflector axis from the first side to the second side, the deflector defines a width along the centerline from the third side to the fourth side, the length is greater than the width such that the first side and the second side are each smaller than each of the third side and the fourth side, and
- each of the first side and the second side comprises:
- an end profile defining a first tine separated from a second tine by a first slot, a third tine separated from the second tine by a second slot, and a fourth tine separated from the third tine by a third slot;
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- a first depth of the first slot is greater than a second depth of the second slot;
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- a piping system coupled with the first corridor sprinkler and the fire suppression material source, the piping system to transmit the fire suppression material from the fire suppression material source to the first corridor sprinkler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.