Sprinkler with brake assembly

A sprinkler comprising:

• a frame having an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one support member connecting the upper and lower portions;
• a through opening of the upper portion of the frame, the through opening including a circular central portion flanked by two polygonal portions;
• a wall of the frame upper portion extending about the through opening and having a radially inner surface defining at least a portion of the through opening and a radially outer surface opposite the inner surface, the radially outer surface of the wall of the frame upper portion being outside of the through opening;
• a deflector for deflecting fluid outwardly from the sprinkler;
• a brake assembly rotatably supporting the deflector, the brake assembly permitting uninterrupted, continuous rotational movement of the deflector throughout 360 degrees of movement;
• at least one first detent and at least one first recess of the brake assembly and the radially outer surface of the wall of the frame upper portion configured to be engaged on an opposite side of the wall from the through opening of the frame upper portion and releasably couple the brake assembly to the radially outer surface of the wall of the frame upper portion, the at least one first detent and the at least one recess of the brake assembly and the radially outer surface of the wall of the frame upper portion engaged radially outward of the through opening of the frame upper portion with the brake assembly releasably coupled to the frame upper portion;
• a lower body portion of the brake assembly in the through opening of the frame upper portion and the radially inner surface of the wall of the frame upper portion facing the lower body portion of the brake assembly with the brake assembly coupled to the frame upper portion;
• the brake assembly being removable from the frame upper portion when the deflector is aligned with one of the flanking polygonal portions of the through opening of the frame upper portion;
• a nozzle configured to direct fluid upwardly toward the deflector;
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• at least one second detent and at least one second recess of the nozzle and the frame lower portion adapted to releasably couple the nozzle to the frame lower portion.

A sprinkler comprising:

• a frame having an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one support member connecting the upper and lower portions;
• a through opening of the frame upper portion;
• an inner surface of the frame upper portion defining at least a portion of the through opening;
• an outer surface of the frame upper portion opposite the inner surface;
• a deflector for deflecting fluid outwardly from the sprinkler;
• a brake assembly rotatably supporting the deflector, the brake assembly having an upper body portion and a lower body portion depending from the upper body portion, the lower body portion being sized to be advanced downwardly into the through opening of the frame upper portion and be positioned adjacent the inner surface of the frame upper portion;
• at least one tab extending downward from the brake assembly upper body portion and spaced from the brake assembly lower body portion, the at least one tab configured to extend along the outer surface of the frame upper portion;
• a first bayonet connection formed by the outer surface of the frame upper portion and the at least one tab of the brake assembly that releasably couples the brake assembly to the frame upper portion;
• a nozzle configured to direct fluid upwardly toward the deflector;
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• a second bayonet connection formed by the frame lower portion and the nozzle that releasably couples the nozzle to the frame lower portion.