Patent ID: 7717360
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus, said sprinkler serviceability enhancing apparatus comprising: a sprinkler head receiving cavity comprising a side wall, a base section, and a sprinkler head access port wherein said sprinkler head receiving cavity encompasses a side and base independent of a separate sprinkler head assembly; wherein said sprinkler head assembly comprises a sprinkler head having a sprinkler head bottom ridge along a lower portion of the sprinkler head, a sprinkler head base section, and a sprinkler head coupling section; a sprinkler head upper seal and a sprinkler head upper seal gasket providing a seat dam between a said sprinkler head bottom ridge and said sprinkler head receiving cavity, wherein the sprinkler head bottom ridge in contiguous communication with the gasket, the gasket is in contiguous communication with the sprinkler head upper seal, and the sprinkler head upper seal is in contiguous communication with the sprinkler head receiving cavity creating a dam between the sprinkler head bottom ridge and said sprinkler head receiving cavity to ensure against unwanted debris to collect within the sprinkler head receiving cavity, thus allowing a worker to remove the sprinkler head assembly from the sprinkler head receiving cavity and wherein the sprinkler head receiving cavity maintains a clearance for working therein; wherein at an upper seal coupling section, the sprinkler head upper seal mates with an upper flanged section which projects outwardly from said sprinkler head receiving cavity; and wherein said upper flanged section projects from a upper flange proxil region to an upper flange distal region, and said upper flanged section generally sloping downward from said upper flange proxil region towards said upper flange distal region, while the sprinkler head upper seal has a corresponding slope to that of the upper flanged section.