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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Minimax Viking Research & Development Gmbh, Bad Oldesloe, DE;
Shawn J. Feenstra, Caledonia, MI (US);
Vinh Bao Hoa, Kentwood, MI (US);
Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, DE;
Abstract
A floor nozzle assembly and systems and methods thereof for delivering a fire suppressant foam to a protected area. The nozzle assembly has a body and deflector in contact with one another to form a plurality of passageways through which a fire suppressant flows. The deflector has a deflector flange and a plurality of projecting members in contact with the body to form the passageways. The nozzle assembly has one or more of the following: i) a radial outer portion at each projecting member having a plurality of curved edges with at least two different curvatures; ii) each passageway is formed by parallel planar sidewalls; iii) the projecting members extend radially over a majority radial length of the deflector flange; and/or iv) the deflector flange has, with respect to a horizontal, a surface at an angle that is less than a support surface of the nozzle body.