US 11,701,534 B2
Direct coupling compatible sprinkler
Philip W. Bancroft, Belvidere, NJ (US); Daniel Wake, Bethlehem, PA (US); Ahmed Saleh, Nazareth, PA (US); Matthew A. Bowman, Palmer, PA (US); and Craig Haney, Nazareth, PA (US)
Assigned to Victaulic Company, Easton, PA (US)
Filed by Victaulic Company, Easton, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/663,439.
Application 16/663,439 is a division of application No. 15/671,575, filed on Aug. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,471,288.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,668, filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/448,105, filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0054908 A1, Feb. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A62C 35/68 (2006.01); A62C 37/12 (2006.01); A62C 37/14 (2006.01); B05B 15/65 (2018.01)
CPC A62C 35/68 (2013.01) [A62C 37/12 (2013.01); A62C 37/14 (2013.01); B05B 15/65 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sprinkler adapted to receive arcuate surfaces of a grooved coupling, said sprinkler being retainable to said coupling in a pre-assembled state for joining said sprinkler in facing axial end-to-end relation directly to a grooved pipe, said sprinkler comprising:
a monolithic body defining a bore having an inlet and an outlet oppositely disposed, said bore being open at said inlet;
a first arm extending from said body adjacent to said outlet, said first arm having an end positioned in spaced relation to said outlet;
a groove extending around said body, said groove being positioned in said body between said inlet and said outlet, said groove being adapted to receive said arcuate surfaces;
a single closing member located distal of said groove and sealingly engaging said outlet;
a trigger positioned between said end of said first arm and said closing member, said trigger permitting opening of said closing member;
a projection projecting outwardly from said body, said projection being positioned between said groove and said outlet for maintaining a gap between said inlet and said grooved pipe thereby providing an axial separation between said inlet and said grooved pipe ensuring that said sprinkler and said pipe are joined by said coupling spaced apart in facing end to end relationship.