Coat-in-place assemblies and methods to provide an aesthetically pleasing sprinkler assembly and methods

Abstract A sprinkler assembly comprises an internal passageway having an inlet and an outlet spaced apart along a longitudinal sprinkler axis; a thermally responsive trigger disposed adjacent the outlet along the longitudinal axis; an outer wall around the internal passageway and the thermally responsive trigger; an escutcheon having a first end and a second end spaced apart along an escutcheon axis, the escutcheon having a first surface circumscribed about the escutcheon axis to define a central escutcheon opening for receiving the outer wall, the escutcheon having a second surface extending radially with respect to the first surface and circumscribed about the central escutcheon opening; and a removable cap for engaging with, via at least one of a friction fit and an interference fit, at least one of the outer wall, the thermally responsive trigger, and the escutcheon to enclose and protect the thermally responsive trigger, the cap including a handle portion for manipulation of the cap, the cap radially spaced inward relative to the first surface of the escutcheon so as expose the first surface of the escutcheon. -16 12408175_1 (GHMatters) P104903.AU.1 co ~~~ --- I->--- - -- CI -- - - -- co CK> -C) C) CNo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cnC: --- - - - - - - - - . . . .