Roof-top fire prevention sprinkler system with storage rack

Abstract

A roof-top fire prevention sprinkler system, with or without an optional, separate storage rack, is comprised of a rotating sprinkler head mounted on a support frame of conduit having fluid communication between a water source and the sprinkler head. The frame, having a more or less rectangular shape bent in the middle of the long sides, saddles the peak of a roof to be protected. At the bend in the frame, at the roof peak, a cross piece of conduit bisects the long sides of the rectangle, and is in fluid communication therewith. The sprinkler head is connected to the middle of the cross piece. Water can be supplied through a garden hose connected to a pipe extension of stiff conduit which is in turn connected to one of the short sides of the rectangle. The pipe extension can act as a pole to place or retrieve the support frame at or from the roof peak without the user having to climb onto the roof. Cylindrical pliant rollers surrounding the short sides of the rectangle allow the frame to glide easily up a sloping side of a pitched roof. The optional storage rack can hold the sprinkler and frame, disconnected from the pipe extension, on end against a wall, taking up little space when not in use.

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