Patent ID: 9511248
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A62C,F16L

Claim Text:
1. In combination, a sprinkler assembly and a substrate, said sprinkler assembly connectable in fluid communication with a piping network carrying a fire suppressing liquid, said sprinkler assembly being extendable through an opening in said substrate, said sprinkler assembly and said substrate comprising: a conduit having a first end connectable to said piping network on one side of said substrate and a second end positionable adjacent to an opposite side of said substrate; a valve movable between a closed position preventing said liquid from entering said conduit, and an open position allowing said liquid to flow through said conduit; a sprinkler mounted on said second end of said conduit; a first and a second sleeve positioned within said opening and surrounding said conduit, said first and second sleeves each having an outwardly facing tapered surface in contact with an inwardly facing surface of said substrate within said opening and each said sleeve having an inwardly facing surface in contact with an outwardly facing surface of said conduit, said first sleeve positioned proximate to said first end of said conduit, said second sleeve positioned proximate to said second end of said conduit; a compression nut positioned proximate to said first end of said conduit, said compression nut threadedly engaging said conduit and drawing said second sleeve toward said first sleeve thereby drawing said outwardly facing surfaces of said first and second sleeves into engagement with said inwardly facing surface of said substrate upon tightening of said compression nut against said substrate.