US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire Products on Sept. 15 for "Riser manifold layout" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,384, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Riser manifold layout" was invented by Gijsbert van Rooijen (Enschede, Netherlands) and Joshua Motha (Tiverton, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riser manifold assembly includes a control valve, a first spool pipe, a flow control switch, a check valve, a second spool pipe, and a test and drain valve. An inlet of the first spool pipe being mechanically coupled and fluidly sealed with an outlet of the control valve. The flow control switch being mechanically mounted to the first spool pipe. An inlet of the check valve being mechanically coupled and ...