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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2018
Tyco Fire Products Lp, Lansdale, PA (US);
Manuel R. Silva, Jr., Cranston, RI (US);
Steven Lee Shields, Lubbock, TX (US);
Gary J. Luiz, Warwick, RI (US);
Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US);
Abstract
A sprinkler assembly include a connection fitting and a fire protection sprinkler. The connection fitting includes a tubular member with a first insertion end and a second insertion end with an internal conduit extending along a longitudinal axis, the tubular member including an exterior surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a sealing surface between the first and second insertion ends circumscribed about the longitudinal axis, the inner surface including a gripping portion spaced from the sealing surface. The fire protection sprinkler has a body defining an inlet and an outlet with a passageway between the inlet and the outlet, a deflector spaced from the outlet, the body having an outer encasing surface surrounding the longitudinal axis and including a leading portion and a trailing portion engaged with the gripping portion, having a first retention section and a second retention section.