CA1189550A - Pipe-coupling for the lateral connection of a pipe such as a drain-pipe or header to a header - Google Patents

Pipe-coupling for the lateral connection of a pipe such as a drain-pipe or header to a header

Info

Publication number
CA1189550A
CA1189550A CA000424081A CA424081A CA1189550A CA 1189550 A CA1189550 A CA 1189550A CA 000424081 A CA000424081 A CA 000424081A CA 424081 A CA424081 A CA 424081A CA 1189550 A CA1189550 A CA 1189550A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
pipe
header
clip
coupling
cross
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA000424081A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Richard Scialom
Christian Fournier
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
PLASTIQUES DE FRANCE (LES)
SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ENTREPRISES DE DRAINAGE
Original Assignee
PLASTIQUES DE FRANCE (LES)
SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ENTREPRISES DE DRAINAGE
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by PLASTIQUES DE FRANCE (LES), SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ENTREPRISES DE DRAINAGE filed Critical PLASTIQUES DE FRANCE (LES)
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1189550A publication Critical patent/CA1189550A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L41/00Branching pipes; Joining pipes to walls
    • F16L41/08Joining pipes to walls or pipes, the joined pipe axis being perpendicular to the plane of the wall or to the axis of another pipe
    • F16L41/12Joining pipes to walls or pipes, the joined pipe axis being perpendicular to the plane of the wall or to the axis of another pipe using attaching means embracing the pipe
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L37/00Couplings of the quick-acting type
    • F16L37/008Couplings of the quick-acting type for branching pipes; for joining pipes to walls

Abstract

A PIPE-COUPLING FOR THE LATERAL
CONNECTION OF A PIPE SUCH AS A DRAIN-PIPE
OR HEADER To A HEADER

Abstract of the Disclosure A coupling between a drain-pipe and a header for drainage systems comprises a member for connecting the pipe to the header and a clip adapted to fit over the header and to receive the connecting-member. The clip is laterally inclined with respect to the header and the connecting-member has a truncated elbowed coupling end-piece so arranged that the cross-section planes of the two ends of the connecting-member form a dihedral angle which is smaller than 90°. The height of fall of the streams of water into the header can be varied by suitable angular positioning of the clip on the header and of the connecting-member in the clip.

Description

This invention relates to a pipe-coupling for connecting a pipe such as a drain-pipe to a header or for connecting one header to another.
~ 'rench patent Application No 79 11979 (now patent ~o 2,456,280) describes a pipe-coupling for connecting a drain-pipe to a header, in which provision is made for an elbowed connecting-pipe and for a clip which is adapted to fit tightly around the header in order to receive the connecting-pipe, said connecting-pipe being provided with an orifice which is intended to be positioned opposite to a corresponding orifice of the header.
The bottom generator-line of the connecting-pipe is tangent to the top generator-line of the header, with the result that the difference in height between the bottom portion of the connecting-pipe and the top portion of the header is practically zero.
This type of pipe-coupling ofEers the advantages mentioned in the patent cited above. However, it is found that this arrangement cannot prove satisfactory in the particular case in which the fall of water or head available between the streams of water of the pipe and of the header is too small to permit the possibility of connecting said pipe to the upper portion of the header.
It is consequently impossible in such a case to obtain a suita~le connection with the top portion of the header.
The object of the invention is to solve this
-2-proble~ by providing a pipe-coupling which can be utilized sati.sfactorily in the case under consideration, that is to say with a head of wa~er or height of fall which is smaller than the diameter of the header while remaining ~3reater than the difference between the radii of the two plpes.
The pipe-coupling contemplated by the invention comprises a member for connecting the pipe to the header, and a clip adapted to fit over the header and to receive the connecting-member.
In accordance with the invention, the clip is inclined laterally with respect to the header and the connecting-member is provided with a truncated end-piece in order to ensure that the cross~section planes of the two ends of said connecting-member form a dihedral angle of less than 90 degrees. This accordingly makes it possible to vary the angle of incidence of the pipe with respect to.the header as a function of the angular position of the clip and of the angular orientation of the connect-ing-member on the clip.
Thus a connection can be established with a low height of fall between the streams of water of the two pipes, this being achieved by increasing the depth of overlap of the incident pipe to a corresponding extent.
This result is obtained by reducing the dihedral angle formed by the cross-section planes of the two ends of the lateral connecting-member to a value which is smaller than 90 degrees.
Under these conditions, the value of the height of fall between the water streams of the pipes to be coupled may vary as a function of the angle of slope given to the clip at the moment of positioning of said clip on the header.
Other features of the invention will be more apparent upon consideration of the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein :
- Fig. l is an exploded view in perspective showing a first embodiment of the pipe-coupling in accordance with the invention ;
- Fig. 2 is a side view in half-section and half-elevation showing the pipe-coupling after the clip has been placed in position on the header and after the connecting-member has been inserted in the clip ;
- Fig. 3 is a view in half-section and half-elevation showing the pipe-coupling and the header, the clip being in the top position on the header ;
Fig. ~ is a view which is similar to Fig. 5 and shows the clip and the connecting-member in the bottom position on the header ;
- Fig. 5 is an axial horizontal sectional view of a second embodiment of the pipe-coupling in accordance with the invention ;

_~ _ - Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pipe-coupling of Fig. 5 in third-angle projection and showing the interior of the end-piece of said pipe-coupling.
The pipe-coupling illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 is intended to e~uip drain-pipe systems, especially for agricultural drainage.
Said pipe-coupling comprises a member 1 for connecting a pipe (not illustrated but consisting of a drain-pipe, for example) to a header 4. The coupling further comprises a clip 3 which is adapted to fit tightly around the header 4 and to receive the connecting-member 1.
The clip 3 (of the type described in the French patent cited earlier) has a circular cross-section and is provided with two curved wings 3a having the intended unction of elastically gripping the header 4.
Finally, the clip 3 is provided with an orifice 5 having an outer collar which is adapted to receive the end-piece of the connecting-~ember 1 and with an inner collar 6, the header 4 being provided with an orifice having the same diameter as that of the orifice 5.
In accordance with the invention, the clip 3 is inclined laterally with respect to the header 4 and the connecting-member 1 is provided with a truncated elbowed end-piece 2 which is adapted to fit by latch engagement within the outer collar 10 of the clip 3.
To this end, the collar 10 is provided with internal latch enga(3ement claws (not shown in order not to complicate the drawing unduly) which are similar to tne latch engagement.claws described in the patent c.ited earlier and which are capable of engagement wi~hin a corresponding annular groove 20 of the truncated end-piece 2.
Said end-piece is truncated immediately after the start of the elbow as shown in particular in Fig. 2, with the result that the cross-section planes o~ the two ends of the member 1 form a dihedral angle of less than 90 degrees.
Correlatively, the end-piece 2 is so designed as to obtain a variation in the inlet slope by rotating the lateral connecting~member 1 in the clip 3.
Moreover, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, it is possible to vary the angular position of the clip 3 on the header 4 between a top position (shown in Fig. 3) and a bottom position (shown in Fig. 4). In each possible angular position of the clip 3 or in other words in respect of the different available values of head or height of fall, the connecting-member 1 can be oriented angularly in such a manner as to be inclined at an angle of slope which is compatible with a correct flow.
For example, in Fig. 3, the angular position of the clip 3 is adapted to a height of fall H equal to the difference in diameters of the pipes 1 and 4.

On the other hand, in Fig. 4, the angular position of the clip 3 is suited only to a height of fall h equal to the difference in radii of the pipes 1 and 4, these two values of height of fall being limiting values.
The reduction in height of fall between the streams of water in the two pipes (drain-pipe and header-pipe 4) increases the depth of overlap of the incident pipe to a corresponding extent.
In a second embodiment of the pipe-coupling which is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the drain-pipe (not shown) has a cross-sectional area which is smaller than that of the orifices of tAe clip 3 and of the header-pipe.
The end-piece 11 of the lateral connecting-member 9 is flared-out and has an annular zone 12 which is inclined at an angle ~ with respect to the axis X-X of the member 9.
In consequence, the cross-sectional area of the outlet orifice of the truncated end-piece 11 is sub-stantially larger than the cross-sectional area of the front cylindrical portion 9a of the connecting-member 9.
By way of indication without any limitation being implied, the angle ~ can have a value of the order of 20 to 30 degrees as a function of the difference between these cross-sectional areas.
Thus the truncated end-piece 11 has an internal sloping surface 13 over which the thin incident streams of water flow prior to entry into the header-pipe.

The above-mentioned inclined sloping surface 13 corresponds to an angle of bend of the connecting-pipe which is suf~icientl~ small to prevent any interference with the flow of water streams in the event of slantwise admission. This result is due to optimum utilization of the flared-out portion oDtained by increasing the cross-sectional diameters provided for flow of water between the incident connecting-pipe and the orifice of the clip 3.
In consequence, the use of the pipe-coupling thus provided at the mid-section of the header or in other words in the lowermost position illustrated in Fig. 4 calls for orientation of the connecting-pipe 9 in the direction of flow of the header and ensures that the direction of flow of the incident streams of fluid is closer to the direction of flow of the fluid streams within the header than in the case of an admission of fluid at right angles to the header.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described in the foregoing and can accordingly extend to alternative forms of construction. Thus the bend angles of the truncated end-pieces 2 and 11 can ~ary within fairly broad limits. Furthermore, it i5 possible to ..
construct a pipe-coupling of this type for the purpose of connecting one header to another, in which case the first header constitutes the incident connecting-pipe.

Claims (3)

What is claimed is :
1. A pipe-coupling for connecting a pipe such as a drain-pipe to a header or for connecting one header to another, comprising a member for connecting the pipe to the header and a clip adapted to fit over the header and to receive the connecting-member, said clip being provided with an orifice which is intended to be positioned opposite to a corresponding orifice of the header, wherein the clip is inclined laterally with respect to the header and the connecting-member is provided with a truncated elbowed end-piece in order to ensure that the cross-section planes of the two ends of said connecting-member form a dihedral angle of less than 90 degrees so that it is consequently possible to vary the angle of incidence of the pipe with respect to the header as a function of the angular position of the clip and of the angular orientation of said connecting-member in said clip.
2. A pipe-coupling according to claim 1 in which the cross-sectional area of the pipe is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the orifices of the clip and of the header, wherein the connecting-member is flared-out and has an annular zone which is inclined with respect to the axis of said connecting-member so as to determine a cross-sectional area at the header inlet which is larger than the cross-sectional area of the pipe.
3. A pipe-coupling according to claim 2, wherein the annular zone aforesaid is inclined at an angle of approximately 20 to 30 degrees with respect to the axis of the connecting-member.
CA000424081A 1982-03-24 1983-03-21 Pipe-coupling for the lateral connection of a pipe such as a drain-pipe or header to a header Expired CA1189550A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR8204968A FR2524115A1 (en) 1982-03-24 1982-03-24 SIDE CONNECTION CONNECTION OF A PIPE, SUCH AS A DRAIN OR COLLECTOR ON A COLLECTOR
FR8204968 1982-03-24

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1189550A true CA1189550A (en) 1985-06-25

Family

ID=9272319

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA000424081A Expired CA1189550A (en) 1982-03-24 1983-03-21 Pipe-coupling for the lateral connection of a pipe such as a drain-pipe or header to a header

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0089867A1 (en)
CA (1) CA1189550A (en)
FR (1) FR2524115A1 (en)

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5676404A (en) * 1996-02-12 1997-10-14 Sisk; David E. Low profile flanged tee
AU2010100709B4 (en) * 2010-07-02 2014-06-19 Simon Marriott Plumbing fitting
EP3221516A4 (en) * 2014-11-21 2018-08-15 Bunker Dry Pty Ltd. Drainage system

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB8628718D0 (en) * 1986-12-02 1987-01-07 British Gas Plc Sealing joint within gas main
DE3721501C1 (en) * 1987-06-30 1988-09-08 Daimler Benz Ag Connection element for connecting a line to a component
FR2628127B1 (en) * 1988-03-07 1991-07-05 Wavin Bv CONNECTION FOR CONNECTING A DRAIN TO A MANIFOLD
US5211695A (en) * 1992-05-18 1993-05-18 Navistar International Transportation Corp. Feedthrough sleeve and integral support fitting
GB0710797D0 (en) * 2007-06-06 2007-07-18 Mahoney Rodney Connector

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR646131A (en) * 1927-12-23 1928-11-07 Advanced Pipe Fittings
US3011755A (en) * 1958-07-11 1961-12-05 Babson Bros Co Milk pipeline valve
US3272471A (en) * 1964-04-14 1966-09-13 Mccullah Floyd Quick coupling valve
DE1811610A1 (en) * 1968-11-29 1970-06-11 Duerr O Fa Device for attaching nozzles or similar parts to a pipeline

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5676404A (en) * 1996-02-12 1997-10-14 Sisk; David E. Low profile flanged tee
AU2010100709B4 (en) * 2010-07-02 2014-06-19 Simon Marriott Plumbing fitting
EP3221516A4 (en) * 2014-11-21 2018-08-15 Bunker Dry Pty Ltd. Drainage system
US10077536B2 (en) 2014-11-21 2018-09-18 Bunker Dry Pty Ltd Drainage system

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP0089867A1 (en) 1983-09-28
FR2524115B1 (en) 1984-05-04
FR2524115A1 (en) 1983-09-30

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US4722556A (en) Recreational vehicle sewerline adapter
CA1189550A (en) Pipe-coupling for the lateral connection of a pipe such as a drain-pipe or header to a header
KR930006017B1 (en) Liquid tight connector for flexible non-metallic conduit and flexible non-metallic tubing
US6092844A (en) Pipe coupler
US5456499A (en) Hull fitting
JPH0411993U (en)
JPS599390A (en) Fluid conduit
US6145893A (en) Connector for pipeline
US20220042632A1 (en) Fluid Connection Apparatus
CA2336989A1 (en) Pipe coupling
US5088666A (en) Hose anchors
EP0823597A1 (en) Steam outlet assembly
WO2004092630A3 (en) Non-damming coupler
EP0217321A3 (en) Shut-off valve
JPH0724714Y2 (en) Corrugated tube with locking structure
JPH01169697U (en)
RU98119354A (en) PIPE SEALING THREADED CONNECTION
JPS6224158Y2 (en)
JPS6317917Y2 (en)
KR940008636Y1 (en) Hose coupling
CA2043833A1 (en) Connector
JP4061423B2 (en) L-shaped joint of vaporizer
AU659583B2 (en) Barbed water fitting
JPH0113904Y2 (en)
JPH0332653Y2 (en)

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
MKEC Expiry (correction)
MKEX Expiry