Abstract: A stem securing assembly for conduits and a method for its use is provided herein. The conduit, e.g., of polyethylene tubing, is apertured through the wall thereof and a hollow stem to be secured thereto, e.g., for sprinkler heads and the like, is provided with a frusto-conical bulbous base. Preferably, it is provided with a double sloping shouldered base with the diameter of the frusto-conical bulbous base being slightly less than the diameter of the conduit aperture so that the lower end of the hollow stem is insertable through the aperture. A malleably deformable, e.g., resilient, sleeve is positioned to surround the stem and to rest on the frusto-conical bulbous base, or on the second shoulder if both are provided. The assembly so provided is inserted into the aperture. The sleeve has an outside diameter enabling snug insertion of the sleeve into the aperture. A clamping member, e.g., a screw-threaded nut or the like, engages the stem and is urged, e.g.

Abstract: Improvements are provided in a sprinkler head assembly including a hollow sprinkler head assembly tube, a sprinkler tip secured in the upper portion of that tube and a valve secured in the lower portion thereof. The sprinkler tip body is secured in the upper portion by cooperation between a securing structure which depends from the sprinkler tip, (e.g., a central tube having an internally threaded bore, the tube having a slit through the walls at its lower end forming bifurcated portions provided with a pair of wings, each having an upwardly facing abutting shoulder thereon), and retainers on the inner wall of the hollow sprinkler head assembly within the upper portion thereof, (e.g., a downwardly facing abutting shoulder spaced downwardly from the upper end of the tube) with an actuator for urging the securing structure into engagement with the retainers (e.g.