Sprinkler assembly
AssigneeThe Viking Corporation
InventorsScott Franson, Thomas Winebrenner, Shawn Orr
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Abstract
A sprinkler assembly includes a body, a support, which extends from the body, and a closure device that releasably closes the discharge opening of the body. The sprinkler assembly further includes a trigger that releasably holds the closure device at the discharge opening. The support is adapted to allow the fluid flowing from the discharge opening, when the closure device is released, to pass through the support substantially unimpeded by the support and, further, is adapted to reshape the flow of fluid as it flows through the support.
Claims53
A sprinkler assembly comprising:
- a body including a passageway, an inlet opening, a discharge opening, and an axis extending through said discharge opening;
- a support extending from said body;
- a flow-shaper member supported by said support;
- a closure device releasably positioned at said discharge opening to close said passageway;
- a heat responsive trigger mounted to releasably retain said closure device at said discharge opening of said body;
- said flow-shaper member having at least one contact surface for shaping the flow of fluid from said discharge opening when said closure device is released from said discharge opening.
A sprinkler assembly comprising:
- a body, said body having an inlet opening, a discharge opening, and a passageway extending from said inlet opening to said discharge opening, said body being adapted to connect said passageway to a fluid supply, said passageway aligned along an axis extending through said body;
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- a support extending from said body, said support having a transverse member with an opening at least generally aligned along said axis, said opening of said transverse member having a diameter equal to or greater than the diameter of said discharge opening wherein the fluid flowing from said discharge opening flows through said opening of said transverse member and is substantially unimpeded by said support.
A sprinkler assembly comprising:
- a body, said body having an inlet opening, a discharge opening, and an axis extending through said discharge opening;
- a frame extending from said body, said frame having an opening having a diameter at least 0.4 inches and being generally aligned with said discharge opening wherein at least some of the fluid flowing from said discharge opening flows through said opening of said frame substantially unimpeded by said frame;
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- a flow-shaper member mounted to said frame for shaping the flow of fluid as it flows from said opening of said frame.
A sprinkler assembly comprising:
- a sprinkler body including a passageway, an inlet opening, a discharge opening, and an axis extending through said discharge opening, said body being adapted to connect to a fluid supply;
- a support extending from said sprinkler body and defining an opening aligned with said discharge opening;
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- a flow-shaper supported by said support and spaced from said discharge opening, said flow-shaper comprising a tab extending from said support towards said axis of said sprinkler body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.