US 12,246,204 B2
Sprinkler and sprinkler system including same
Nazar Krutskevych, Pomorske (PL); and Wojciech Zimny, Gdansk (PL)
Assigned to MARIOFF CORPORATION OY, Vantaa (FI)
Appl. No. 17/058,790
Filed by Marioff Corporation Oy, Vantaa (FI)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/040057
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/018261, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18183762 (EP), filed on Jul. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197003 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 37/14 (2006.01); A62C 37/50 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 37/14 (2013.01) [A62C 37/50 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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, the identification device encoded with an identification code.