Patent ID: 8733461

Claim:
A fire sprinkler system for a building, the building including a plurality of parallel, adjacent beams, each pair of adjacent beams defining a space, the space having a width of at least 6 m and a length of at least 6 m, the fire sprinkler system consisting essentially of: for each pair of adjacent beams: a single supply line extending in parallel with and positioned equidistant between the beams of the respective pair, such that each space only includes one supply line; and a series of sprinklers connected to the supply line, wherein each sprinkler includes a deflector that deflects and disperses a fire suppressing or extinguishing substance in a coverage area having a length, a width, a first axis of symmetry extending along the length of the space, and a second axis of symmetry extending along the width of the space, wherein the width of each coverage area is less than 33% of the length of each coverage area, and wherein each sprinkler is directed such that the length of each coverage area extends in opposite directions toward the beams.