Patent ID: 8668172

Claim:
Holding device ( 1 ) for a sprinkler nozzle ( 17 ) of a sprinkler system, the holding device comprises a first bracket ( 2 ) and a second bracket ( 3 ) that are connected to each other at respective first ends and that extend parallel to each other at least in an assembled state of the holding device ( 1 ), each of the brackets has a receiving structure ( 10 , 11 ) for receiving a sprinkler nozzle ( 17 ), the receiving structures ( 10 , 11 ) are constructed for receiving a sprinkler nozzle ( 17 ) oriented perpendicular to an extension direction of the two brackets ( 2 , 3 ), which defines a sprinkler nozzle mounting axis, and the two brackets ( 2 , 3 ) have, at respective free ends thereof opposite the first ends, complementary catch structures ( 5 , 6 ) adapted for movement in a direction generally parallel to an axis of the sprinkler nozzle mounting axis between an open position and a closed position by which the two brackets ( 2 , 3 ) can be locked with each other in the assembled state, wherein the complementary catch structures are formed, on one side, from a bend ( 7 ) of the first bracket ( 2 ) inward in a direction of the second bracket ( 3 ) and, on the other side, from an angle ( 8 ) of the second bracket ( 3 ) in a direction of the first bracket ( 2 ) with a terminal backwards bend ( 9 ) of the second bracket ( 3 ) outward in a direction of the angle ( 8 ), and in an assembled state, the backwards bend ( 9 ) of the second bracket ( 3 ) engages with the bend ( 7 ) of the first bracket ( 2 ), and in a portion of the angle ( 8 ), there is at least one threaded structure ( 14 ) for screwing in a screw ( 15 ) that is adapted to contact a carrier structure, and the threaded structure ( 14 ) is arranged such that the screw ( 15 ) is guided essentially parallel to the two brackets ( 2 , 3 ) in the assembled state.