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US 2021/0197003 A1Published application
Sprinkler and sprinkler system including same
AssigneeMarioff Corporation Oy
InventorsNazar Krutskevych, Wojciech Zimny
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Abstract
A sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having a fluid inlet; a seal configured to prevent fluid flow through the sprinkler body when the seal is in a first position; a bulb configured to retain the seal in the first position, the bulb configured to break at a temperature and allow the seal to move to a second position allowing fluid flow through the sprinkler body; and an identification device located within the bulb.
Claims15
A sprinkler comprising:
- a sprinkler body having a fluid inlet;
- a seal configured to prevent fluid flow through the sprinkler body when the seal is in a first position;
- a bulb configured to retain the seal in the first position, the bulb configured to break at a temperature and allow the seal to move to a second position allowing fluid flow through the sprinkler body;
- and
- an identification device located within the bulb.
2 more elements
A sprinkler system comprising:
- a fluid source;
- a pipe coupled to the fluid source;
- a sprinkler coupled to the pipe, the sprinkler including a bulb having an identification device located therein;
- a reader configured to read a sprinkler identification code from the identification device;
- and
- a controller configured to receive the sprinkler identification code from the reader.
3 more elements
A sprinkler system component, the component comprising:
- a seal configured to prevent fluid flow through the component when the seal is in a first position;
- a bulb configured to retain the seal in the first position, the bulb configured to break at a temperature and allow the seal to move to a second position allowing fluid flow through the component;
- and
- an identification device located within the bulb.
1 more element
A thermally responsive frangible bulb comprising:
- a container having a liquid therein;
- an identification element embedded in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.