Fire sprinkler was the president of Mathusek Piano Works, and invented his sprinkler system in response to exorbitantly high insurance rates.
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Fire sprinkler was the president of Mathusek Piano Works, and invented his sprinkler system in response to exorbitantly high insurance rates.
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Fire sprinkler then traveled to Europe to demonstrate his method to stop a building fire before total destruction.
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Fire sprinkler explained that the sprinkler system would reduce the loss ratio, and thus save money for the insurance companies.
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Fire sprinkler knew that he could never succeed in obtaining contracts from the business owners to install his system unless he could ensure for them a reasonable return in the form of reduced premiums.
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Fire sprinkler found this influence in James North Lane, the manager of the Mutual Fire Insurance Corporation of Manchester.
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Fire sprinkler increased sensitivity by removing the fusible joint from all contact with the water, and, by seating a valve in the center of a flexible diaphragm, he relieved the low-fusing soldered joint of the strain of water pressure.
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Fire sprinkler took his invention to Europe, where it was a much bigger success than the Parmalee version.
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Contrary to motion picture representation, the entire Fire sprinkler system does not activate at the same time, unless the system is a special deluge type.
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Each closed-head Fire sprinkler is held closed by either a heat-sensitive glass bulb or a two-part metal link held together with a fusible alloy such as Wood's metal and other alloys with similar compositions.
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The glass bulb or link applies pressure to a pipe cap which acts as a plug which prevents water from flowing until the ambient temperature around the Fire sprinkler reaches the design activation temperature of the individual Fire sprinkler.
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The sensitivity of a Fire sprinkler can be negatively affected if the thermal element has been painted.
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ESFR sprinkler heads were developed in the 1980s to take advantage of the latest fast-response fire sprinkler technology to provide fire suppression of specific high-challenge fire hazards.
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