US 11,752,373 B2
Wet fire protection systems and methods for storage
Zachary L. Magnone, Warwick, RI (US); Daniel G. Farley, Westminster, MA (US); John Desrosier, East Greenwich, RI (US); and Donald D. Brighenti, Westminster, MA (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US); and TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,041.
Application 17/713,041 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,273, filed on Oct. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,324,977.
Application 17/062,273 is a continuation of application No. 16/560,682, filed on Sep. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,117,003, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 16/560,682 is a continuation of application No. 15/319,190, granted, now 10,441,830, issued on Oct. 15, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/036517, filed on Jun. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/017,370, filed on Jun. 26, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/013,591, filed on Jun. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226681 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 3/00 (2006.01); A62C 31/02 (2006.01); A62C 35/58 (2006.01); A62C 35/60 (2006.01); A62C 37/36 (2006.01); A62C 37/40 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01)
CPC A62C 3/002 (2013.01) [A62C 3/00 (2013.01); A62C 31/02 (2013.01); A62C 35/58 (2013.01); A62C 35/60 (2013.01); A62C 37/36 (2013.01); A62C 37/40 (2013.01); A62C 99/0072 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire protection system, comprising:
a plurality of fluid distribution devices installed beneath a ceiling of a storage occupancy, the storage occupancy having a stored commodity having a storage height less than or equal to 60 feet, the ceiling and the plurality of fluid distribution devices above the stored commodity, the storage occupancy having a ceiling height less than or equal to 60 feet;
each fluid distribution device of the plurality of fluid distribution devices has a K-factor in GPM/PSI1/2 greater than or equal to 14.0 and less than or equal to 33.6, each fluid distribution device of the plurality of fluid distribution devices comprising:
a frame body having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet;
a seal in the outlet;
a thermal trigger coupled with the seal; and
a deflector coupled with the frame body; and
a network of pipes coupled with the plurality of distribution devices, the network of pipes provides a minimum operating pressure of fluid to the plurality of fluid distribution devices, the network of pipes comprises a hydraulic design area including less than 12 hydraulically remote devices of the plurality of fluid distribution devices, each hydraulically remote device of the plurality of the less than 12 hydraulically remote devices has a coverage area that is greater than or equal to 64 square feet and less than or equal to 100 square feet.