Fire sprinkler mount
AssigneeAutomatic Fire Control, Incorporated
InventorKraig A. Kirschner
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Abstract
A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.
Claims3
A mount for a fire sprinkler comprising
- a base including a support, a first arm extending from the support and a second arm extending from the support parallel and displaced from the first arm, the first arm having a first support hole through the first arm and the second arm having a second support hole through the second arm and aligned with the first hole;
- a bracket including a first plate with a first end and a second end, a retaining hole through the first plate adjacent the first end to receive a fire sprinkler, a first mounting hole through the first plate adjacent the second end;
- the bracket positioned entirely on a first side of the support and extending from the second end to the first end in a direction away from the support;
- a threaded rod extending through the first support hole, the second support hole and the first mounting hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.