Patent ID: 7784555

Claim:
A fire protection sprinkler comprising: a body, including an output orifice sealed with a seal cap and a base portion including an input orifice; a thermally-responsive element positioned to releasably retain the seal cap; a deflector positioned a distance from the output orifice in a direction of fluid flow; and a support including an outer support cup and an inner mounting cup connected to the support cup, wherein the support cup has a front edge in the fluid flow direction and has a rear edge and has an outer base at the rear edge, and wherein the mounting cup has an inner base in the fluid flow direction and a rear edge connected to the outer base, the inner base being configured as a mounting platform that receives the base portion of the body through a through opening in the mounting platform such that the body extends through the opening so that the output orifice and the input orifice are disposed on opposite sides of the mounting platform, and wherein the mounting platform is closer to the front edge of the support cup in an axial direction thereof than to the rear edge of the support cup.