Fast response residential sprinkler arrangement

摘要

In a particular embodiment disclosed in the specification a sprinkler has a sprinkler body with a passage having an orifice which is normally closed by a cap retained in position by a glass bulb thermally responsive element and a deflector spaced from the orifice and supported from the sprinkler body by a pair of arms. The deflector has a circumferential array of tines separated by openings and the openings located in the plane in the frame arms have a substantially teardrop shape with the larger end closer to the sprinkler axis having a width which is 120% to 160% of the width of the adjacent portions of the frame arms.