Patent ID: 7427051
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A snap clamp assembly for mounting a sprinkler on a stock bar, said snap clamp assembly comprising: a coupling member of the sprinkler, said coupling member terminating in a head member, a diameter of said head member being greater than a diameter of said coupling member, a snap clamp including a main body being of a U-shape having one wall and two flat sidewalls extending from opposite side edges of the one wall, and a width of the main body being greater than the diameter of the head member; a screw hole formed in the one wall of the main body; a fastening member fastened to the screw hole, with a holding part provided on the fastening member and protruding outwards; a space defined between the one wall and the two flat sidewalls, the space accommodating the head member vertically fitted into the space; a through fitting part formed beyond said space in each of the two flat sidewalls of the main body, a height of the through fitting part corresponding to a height of the stock bar and a width thereof being larger than a width of the stock bar, the main body being movable leftwards and rightwards while the stock bar is fitted into the through fitting part; an inlet provided at a lower position of the through fitting part and corresponding to the width of the stock bar; and a support step extending perpendicular toward said one wall and protruding at the lower position of the through fitting part defining a side of the inlet, thus allowing the stock bar to be fitted into the through fitting part through the inlet, said fastening having an extension extending through said screw hole and engaging said coupling member to maintain a position of said coupling member, an the extension of said fastening member extends only to said coupling member thereby avoiding extension of said fastening member to said through fitting part and beyond said space.