Patents by Inventor Masanove Kubo

Masanove Kubo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4651832
    Abstract: A flash type sprinkler head which includes a main body including an upper portion for connection to a water pipe and a lower portion having an outlet, a valve member which includes a valve cap and a gasket for releasably closing the outlet, a heat sensitive member which disassembles in response to the heat of a fire, a guide pin mounted on the heat sensitive member received in a lower end of the valve member, a frame screwably fixed to the main body, surrounding the outlet and the valve member, the frame supporting the heat sensitive member on a step portion formed on a lower inner surface thereof, a spring between the guide pin and the heat sensitive member which presses the valve member upward to seal the outlet in response to upward pressure applied by the frame through the heat sensitive member, and a heat conductive plate which protectively surrounds the heat sensitive member. The plate is separated from the frame by only a slight gap so as to abut the lower end of the frame if impacted from below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Inventor: Masanove Kubo