Patent ID: 9700904
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B05B

Claim:
1. A sprinkler comprising: a frame having a lower end portion and an upper end portion opposite the lower end portion; a deflector rotatably connected to the upper end portion of the frame; a socket of the lower end portion of the frame, the socket having an upper opening; a nozzle configured to be releasably connected to the socket, the nozzle having an outlet configured to direct fluid toward the deflector and a fluid passageway in communication with the nozzle outlet, the nozzle having a lower end portion sized to permit the lower end portion of the nozzle to be advanced downwardly through the upper opening of the socket to seat the nozzle in the socket; a protrusion of the socket and a wall of the nozzle that engage and form a seal between the socket and the nozzle when the nozzle is connected to the socket; and the wall of the nozzle having an inner surface defining at least a portion of the fluid passageway.