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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2006
Roger S. Wilkins, Warwick, RI (US);
James E. Golinveaux, N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Mark E. Fessenden, Warwick, RI (US);
Roger S. Wilkins, Warwick, RI (US);
James E. Golinveaux, N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Mark E. Fessenden, Warwick, RI (US);
Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US);
Abstract
A releasing control panel (RCP) for use with residential fire protection systems and methods. The RCP provides a primary communication between a liquid supply source and a network of pipes and sprinklers using a series of three control valves. The RCP also encloses a pressure source providing pressurized gas to an auxiliary line that is isolated from the pipe network and sprinklers, with pressurized gas being provided in response to a pressure in the isolated auxiliary line. The RCP also encloses a secondary communication between the series of the control valves and a drain without the use of a bypass system for the primary communication. The RCP further encloses a power supply and a controller that communications with a fire detector disposed in a dwelling at a defined spacing to a sprinkler.