Escutcheon installation tool
AssigneeThe Viking Corporation
InventorShawn G. Orr
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Abstract
An installation tool for installing an escutcheon on a sprinkler assembly includes an extension member and a body portion. The body portion may be disposed on an end of the extension member. The body portion may include a sleeve adjustably engaging a base. The body portion may also include a recess adapted to releasably receive an escutcheon. The installation tool is adapted to remotely install the escutcheon to a sprinkler assembly.
Claims14
An installation tool for installing an escutcheon on a sprinkler assembly comprising:
- an extension member;
- and
- a body portion disposed on an end of said extension member, said body portion including a base adjustably engaging a sleeve,
- wherein said sleeve includes a radially extending surface and an axially extending flange extending from a periphery of said radially extending surface to define a recess adapted to releasably receive the escutcheon of the sprinkler assembly, wherein the escutcheon rests against the radially extending surface of said sleeve and within the axially extending flange.
An installation tool for installing an escutcheon on a sprinkler assembly comprising:
- an extension member;
- and
- a body portion disposed on an end of said extension member, said body portion including a base adjustably engaging a sleeve,
- wherein said sleeve includes a recess adapted to releasably receive the escutcheon of the sprinkler assembly;
- wherein said base is adapted to retractably protrude through an aperture disposed in said recess, and to protrude through an aperture of the escutcheon which is received in said recess in said sleeve.
A tool for installing an escutcheon onto a sprinkler assembly, the tool comprising:
- an elongated extension member;
- and
- a body portion engaging said extension member, said body portion including a base and a sleeve, said sleeve threadably receiving said base, said sleeve being adjustable relative to said base to selectively arrange said body portion in any one of a plurality of positions,
- wherein said sleeve includes a recess in a distal surface thereof adapted to removably receive said escutcheon, and said body portion is adapted to force said escutcheon into fixed engagement with said sprinkler assembly, wherein said base is adapted to retractably protrude through an aperture disposed in said recess and extends beyond said distal surface of said sleeve to selectively arrange said body portion in one of said plurality of positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.