Patent ID: 9717937
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A62C,B05B

Claim:
1. A sprinkler comprising: a frame having a body having an inlet, an outlet and an internal passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet to define a longitudinal sprinkler axis, the frame including two frame arms extending distally from the body about the outlet to define a plane bisecting the body such that the arms are equidistantly disposed about the plane; and a planar fluid deflecting structure supported by the frame arms, the fluid deflecting structure having a center aligned along the longitudinal sprinkler axis and a peripheral edge about the center, the deflecting structure including a plurality of spaced apart tines defining a plurality of slots including the first group of asymmetric slots being angularly disposed between a second group of asymmetric slots and a third group of asymmetric slots, each of the second and third group of asymmetric slots having first portion with a constant width and a second portion with a variable width radially inward of the first portion of the slot, each asymmetric slot in the three groups of asymmetric slots being asymmetric about an axis extending radially through the asymmetric slot and centered through the first portion of the asymmetric slot having a constant width.