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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2019
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 at least two horizontal barriers, each covering two adjacent racks and a vertical flue space between the racks. The horizontal barriers are provided at a predetermined height, and have 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 two racks and a depth of the vertical flue space. The horizontal barrier is spaced from an adjacent horizontal barrier. The system also includes at least two rack level fire protection sprinklers disposed in the vertical flue space below a horizontal barrier, of the at least two horizontal barriers. The sprinkler have a K-factor of 11.2 gpm/(psi)or greater, and are vertically spaced from commodities stored on the racks. Each horizontal barrier covers one rack level sprinkler, of the at least two rack level sprinklers.