Wrenchless manifold
First Claim
1. A sprinkler apparatus comprising:
- a manifold having a pipe section and at least one port, the port having a first fitting;
a nipple having a second fitting at a distal end and one or more radially extending projections,a union comprising one or more indentations corresponding to the projections, wherein, when the indentations correspond to the projections, the second fitting on the distal end of the nipple may engage with a third fitting on a sprinkler component and form a water-tight seal without tightening with a wrench, the union further comprising a fourth fitting, wherein the union may fully slide over the nipple so that the fourth fitting may engage the first fitting on the port.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A sprinkler apparatus including a manifold is used with a nipple and a union. The manifold includes a pipe section and at least one port. There is a fitting on the port. The nipple has a proximal and distal end. A fitting is located at the distal end of the nipple. One or more radially extending projections may be positioned around the circumference of the nipple. The fitting on the distal end of the nipple may form a water-tight seal with a fitting on a valve without tightening with a wrench by mating projections and indentations and applying a torque to the union. The union includes one or more indentations that may align with and mate with the projections to allow the union to slide over the nipple. The union has a fitting. The fitting on the union corresponds to and engages the fitting on the port.
34 Citations
15 Claims
-
1. A sprinkler apparatus comprising:
-
a manifold having a pipe section and at least one port, the port having a first fitting; a nipple having a second fitting at a distal end and one or more radially extending projections, a union comprising one or more indentations corresponding to the projections, wherein, when the indentations correspond to the projections, the second fitting on the distal end of the nipple may engage with a third fitting on a sprinkler component and form a water-tight seal without tightening with a wrench, the union further comprising a fourth fitting, wherein the union may fully slide over the nipple so that the fourth fitting may engage the first fitting on the port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. An adapter for connecting a first sprinkler component and a second sprinkler component, the first and second sprinkler components each having a fitting that may not be directly connected, the adapter comprising:
-
a union comprising one or more indentations and a fitting; and a nipple comprising one or more radially extending projections and a fitting at a distal end, the one or more indentations of the union corresponding to the one or more radially extending projections of the nipple, wherein when the indentations engage the projections, a user may tighten the fitting on the nipple to the fitting on the first component without use of a wrench, and wherein, the union may then be fully slid over the nipple by disengaging the indentations from the projections so that the fitting on the union may engage the fitting on the second component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
-
Specification