1-20. (canceled)
21. A mine road maintenance management system, comprising:
a control system configured to receive data related to the mine road, the data including one of performance data associated with a vehicle traveling on the mine road, and road condition data associated with quality of the mine road, the control system including;
a storage device configured to store the data; and
a display device configured to display a graphical user interface with a first window, the first window configured to include;
a graph of the data;
a map of the mine road including a selected road, the graph displaying a variation of the data along the selected road; and
a cursor configured to move over the graph and a pointer configured to identify an area of the selected road corresponding to a current location of the cursor on the graph.
22. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the first window includes one or more links configured to facilitate access of a second window and a third window, the second window being configured to input the data, and the third window being configured to input the map.
23. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 22, wherein the map is input by selecting a map from a plurality of maps stored in memory.
24. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 22, wherein data is input by selecting a data file from a display of a list of multiple data files.
25. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the first window is configured to graph the data as a function of time and as a function of distance.
26. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display an image of a road defect at a selected location on the map.
27. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the selected road is selected by a user choosing multiple waypoints on the map.
28. The mine road maintenance management system of claim 21, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable analysis of payload weight of vehicles traveling on the selected road.
29. A maintenance management system for a mine road network, comprising:
a communication device configured to receive data related to a surface condition of one or more roads of the mine road network;
a storage device configured to store one or more data files including at least the received data; and
a display device adapted to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being configured to display a map of the mine road network, facilitate selection a data file of the one or more data files, and enable planning of a repair of one or more roads of the mine road network.
30. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to enable the selection of a selected road of the one or more roads of the mine road network.
31. The maintenance management system of claim 30, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to enable the selection of the selected road by clicking on an image of the selected road on the map of the mine road network.
32. The maintenance management system of claim 30, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display an image of a road surface condition associated with a selected point on the selected road.
33. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display a recommended list of road repairs based on at least a current surface condition of the one or more roads of the mine road network and information related to a usage of the one or more roads.
34. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to schedule the repair of at least one road of the one or more roads.
35. The maintenance management system of claim 29, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to calculate performance metrics associated with the maintenance management system, the performance metrics being indicative of an effectiveness of the maintenance management system.
36. A maintenance management system for a mine road network, comprising:
a storage device configured to store data related to a surface condition of one or more roads of the mine road network; and
a display device adapted to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being configured to:
enable the selection of a map of the mine road network from a plurality of available maps;
display the selected map;
select a selected road from the displayed map;
analyze the data associated with the selected road; and
enable planning of a repair of one or more roads of the selected mine road network.
37. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display a recommended list of road repairs based on at least a current surface condition of the one or more roads of the mine road network and information related to a usage of the one or more roads.
38. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to enable analysis of payload weights of vehicles traveling on the one or more roads of the mine road network.
39. The maintenance management system of claim 38, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to configured to display a graph indicating the number of times the payload weight exceeded a target payload weight.
40. The maintenance management system of claim 36, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to display an image of a road defect at a selected location of the selected road.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A dry sprinkler comprising:
an outer structural assembly having a proximal inlet, a distal outlet, and an internal passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet defining a longitudinal axis of the sprinkler, the outer structural assembly including:
an inlet fitting including a proximal head portion and a distal body portion, the head portion having an external thread defining a nominal external thread diameter, the body portion including an external groove defining a nominal groove diameter being greater than the nominal external thread diameter, the external thread and groove providing the sprinkler with alternate threaded and grooved coupling arrangements for connection to a fluid supply pipe, the inlet fitting having an internal surface defining a sealing surface of the dry sprinkler;
an outlet frame including a deflector axially spaced at a fixed distance from the outlet; and
a casing tube disposed between the inlet fitting and an outlet frame;
a seal assembly disposed along the passageway for contacting the sealing surface; and
a thermal trigger for supporting the seal assembly against the sealing surface in an unactuated state of the dry sprinkler.
2. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the inlet fitting has an outer surface portion that forms a transition between the proximal head portion and the distal body portion so as to define a transition portion between the external thread and the external groove.
3. The dry sprinkler of claim 2, wherein the transition defines a step transition between the external thread and the external groove, the step transition defining a surface that extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the axis.
4. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the external groove defines a nominal two inch diameter and the casing tube defines a nominal 1\xbd inch.
5. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the external groove defines a nominal two inch diameter and the external thread defines a nominal thread of any one of a nominal \xbe inch, 1 inch, and 1\xbc inch NPT.
6. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the seal assembly is supported by an internal assembly having a fluid tube, a guide tube and trigger seat supported by the thermal trigger in the unactuated state of the sprinkler, the fluid tube including a plurality of apertures and a plurality of projections.
7. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein sprinkler defines a sprinkler axial length ranging from about 9 inches to about 48 inches.
8. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the distal body portion defines an external diameter of about two inches, and the sealing surface defines an internal opening diameter of about 1\xbc inch.
9. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the external thread extends proximally of the sealing surface.
10. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the external thread extends distally of the sealing surface.
11. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the distal body portion of the inlet fitting includes an outer surface distal of the external groove that tapers toward the casing tube.
12. The dry sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the casing tube defines a nominal 1\xbd inch.
13. A system for connecting a dry sprinkler to a fluid supply pipe, the system comprising:
a fluid supply pipe fitting; and
a dry sprinkler having an inlet fitting, an outlet frame and a casing tube between the inlet fitting, and the outlet frame to define a passageway of the sprinkler, the inlet fitting including a proximal head portion and a distal body portion with a transition portion between the proximal head and distal body portions, the head portion having an external thread, the body portion including an external groove, the sprinkler including an internal assembly to seal the passageway at the inlet fitting, and
one of a threaded-type coupling connection and a grooved-type coupling connection between the inlet fitting and the fluid supply pipe fitting,
wherein in the threaded-type coupling connection, the fluid supply pipe fitting is an internally threaded fitting, the external threads being threaded into the threaded pipe fitting; and
wherein in the grooved-type coupling connection, the fluid supply pipe fitting is a grooved fitting coupled to the external groove of the inlet fitting with the external thread being substantially disposed within the grooved fitting.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the external thread defines a nominal external thread diameter and the external groove defines a nominal groove diameter being greater than the external thread diameter.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein the distal body portion of the inlet fitting includes an outer surface distal of the external groove that tapers toward the casing tube.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the casing tube defines a nominal diameter of 1\xbd inch.
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the transition portion defines an external diameter of about two inches, and the sealing surface defines an internal opening diameter of about 1\xbc inch.
18.-20. (canceled)
21. A method of coupling a dry sprinkler to a fluid supply pipe, the dry sprinkler having an inlet fitting, an outlet frame and a casing tube between the inlet fitting, and an internal assembly to seal the passageway at the inlet fitting, the method comprising:
disposing the inlet fitting of the dry sprinkler along the fluid supply pipe, the inlet fitting having a proximal head portion and a distal body portion, the body portion including a transition portion between the proximal head and distal body portions, the head portion having an external thread, the body portion including an external groove;
forming one of a threaded-type coupling connection and a grooved-type coupling connection between the inlet fitting and a fluid supply pipe fitting,
wherein forming the threaded-type coupling connection includes threading the external threads to an internally threaded pipe fitting; and
wherein forming the grooved-type coupling connection includes coupling the external groove of the inlet fitting to a grooved fluid supply pipe fitting and disposing the external thread within the grooved fluid supply pipe fitting.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein forming the threaded connection includes engaging the transition portion with the threaded pipe fitting.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein forming the grooved-type connection includes engaging the transition portion with the grooved pipe fitting.