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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc., Liberty, SC (US);
Thomas Multer, Liberty, SC (US);
Oliver Pahila, Liberty, SC (US);
The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc., Liberty, SC (US);
Abstract
A fire protection sprinkler system includes one or more solid horizontal barriers that cover a rack, of a plurality of adjoining racks, and a vertical flue space between adjacent racks. Each barrier is provided at a predetermined height, and has a width that is at least equal to a width of the rack and a depth that is at least equal to a sum of a depth of the rack and a depth of the vertical flue space. In addition, one or more rack-level fire protection sprinklers are connected to a fluid supply conduit, and are disposed in the vertical flue space above or below a solid horizontal barrier. Each of the one or more rack-level sprinklers is vertically spaced from the commodities stored on a rack, of the plurality of adjoining racks, that is covered by the solid horizontal barrier.