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Granted Patent B2
US 8,448,714 · App. 12/774,237 · Granted May 28, 2013

Fuse type sprinkler

Inventors: Kwang Jin Park (Seoul, KR); Jae Kil Shim (Seoul, KR); Sung Ki An (Bucheon-si, KR)
Assignee: Asia Union Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,448,714
App. No.
12/774,237
Granted
May 28, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuse type sprinkler has a body which is fastened to a drain pipe for spraying water through a drain formed inside, a valve of which an upper end is inserted into the drain of the body and to which a sealing unit is mounted along an upper end circumference to press and seal an inner surface of the drain, a frame which is fastened to the body to surround the valve and is provided with a hook on a lower end inner peripheral surface, a heat sensing unit which supports a lower end of the valve to allow an upper end of the valve to be inserted into the drain while being hooked by the hook of the frame, and is provided with a fuse which is separated from the frame to fall off when the fuse is fused by heat, and a deflector which is positioned inside the frame and falls off and is hung on the hook when the heat sensing unit is separated to distribute water sprayed through the drain.

Claims (47)

1. A fuse type sprinkler comprising:

a body which is fastened to a drain pipe for spraying water through a drain formed inside;

a valve of which an upper end is inserted into the drain of the body and to which a sealing unit is mounted along an upper end circumference to press and seal an inner surface of the drain;

a frame which is fastened to the body to surround the valve and is provided with a hook on a lower end inner peripheral surface;

a heat sensing unit which supports a lower end of the valve to allow the upper end of the valve to be inserted into the drain while being hooked by the hook of the frame, and is provided with a fuse which is separated from the frame to fall off when the fuse is fused by heat; and

a deflector which is positioned inside the frame and falls off and is hung on the hook when the heat sensing unit is separated to distribute water sprayed through the drain,

wherein the heat sensing unit includes:

a pinching plate;

a ball balancer positioned under the pinching plate;

a heat plate positioned under the ball balancer;

balls positioned at a boundary of a space between the pinching plate and the ball balancer to be positioned on an upper portion of the hook;

a fixing bolt penetrating centers of the pinching plate, the ball balancer, and the heat plate;

a fuse piston fastened to a lower end of the fixing bolt; and

the fuse which is set on the fuse piston to support the heat plate.

2. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 1 ,

wherein a boundary of the pinching plate is provided with grooves formed toward the center to correspond to the balls, and

the groove is provided with a gradient so that the balls roll toward the center of the pinching plate.

3. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 2 ,

wherein the ball comes in contact with the hook, the pinching plate, and the ball balancer, and

a boundary of the ball balancer is provided with a gradient.

4. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ball comes in contact with the hook, the pinching plate, and the ball balancer, and

a boundary of a ball balancer is provided with a gradient.

5. A fuse type sprinkler comprising:

a body which is fastened to a drain pipe for spraying water through a drain formed inside;

a valve of which an upper end is inserted into the drain of the body and to which a sealing unit is mounted along an upper end circumference to press and seal an inner surface of the drain;

a frame which is fastened to the body to surround the valve and is provided with a hook on a lower end inner peripheral surface;

a heat sensing unit which supports a lower end of the valve to allow the upper end of the valve to be inserted into the drain while being hooked by the hook of the frame, and is provided with a fuse which is separated from the frame to fall off when the fuse is fused by heat; and

a deflector which is positioned inside the frame and falls off and is hung on the hook when the heat sensing unit is separated to distribute water sprayed through the drain,

wherein a spring fixing bolt is fastened to the lower end of the valve,

a coil spring is positioned between a head top surface of the spring fixing bolt and the deflector, and

the coil spring is pressed as the upper end of the valve is pushed by the heat sensing unit and inserted into the drain when the frame mounted with the heat sensing unit is fastened to the body.

6. A fuse type sprinkler comprising:

a body which is fastened to a drain pipe for spraying water through a drain formed inside;

a valve of which an upper end is inserted into the drain of the body and to which a sealing unit is mounted along an upper end circumference to press and seal an inner surface of the drain;

a frame which is fastened to the body to surround the valve and is provided with a hook on a lower end inner peripheral surface;

a heat sensing unit which supports a lower end of the valve to allow the upper end of the valve to be inserted into the drain while being hooked by the hook of the frame, and is provided with a fuse which is separated from the frame to fall off when the fuse is fused by heat; and

a deflector which is positioned inside the frame and falls off and is hung on the hook when the heat sensing unit is separated to distribute water sprayed through the drain,

wherein a pocket ring which is the sealing unit is provided with a hollow through which the upper end of the valve penetrates, and

an outer peripheral surface of the pocket ring is applied with a lubricant to seal between the outer peripheral surface of the pocket ring and an inner side surface of the drain.

7. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 6 , wherein an annular groove is formed along the outer peripheral surface of the pocket ring.

8. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 7 ,

wherein a gasket is mounted to the upper end of the valve below the pocket ring, and

the gasket comes in contact with a stepped portion formed on a lower end inner side of the drain to seal the drain.

9. The fuse type sprinkler according to claim 6 ,

wherein a gasket is mounted to the upper end of the valve below the pocket ring, and

the gasket comes in contact with a stepped portion formed on a lower end inner side of the drain to seal the drain.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2010
From: PARK, KWANG JIN; SHIM, JAE KIL; AN, SUNG KI
To: ASIA UNION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024339/0724 →
Continuity (1)
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