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US 2026/0166570 A1Published application
Pendent Vertical Sidewall Window Sprinklers, Systems and Methods of Fire Protection
AssigneeMinimax Viking Patent Management GmbH
InventorJonathan D. DRAKE
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Abstract
Pendent vertical sidewall fire protection sprinklers, systems and methods for the protection of windows are provided. The sprinklers include a fluid deflection member with an impact surface and an adjacent retention surface having one or more arcuate surface profiles to define a fluid throw channel. The sprinklers and their system installation provide for a maximum sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing that ranges from over eight feet to fifteen feet (8+ft. to 15 ft.).
Claims12
1-20. (canceled)
A method of window fire protection comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of window sprinklers each having a fluid deflection member;
- and
- providing the window sprinklers for installation in a pendent orientation with each fluid deflection member being oriented to confront a glass pane that is non-operable and has a height of thirteen feet and discharge fluid toward the glass pane and laterally to define a sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing between the sprinkler ranging from over eight feet to fifteen feet (8-15 ft.).
31-43. (canceled).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.