CN208380597U - Middle buried water stop connector - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a kind of middle buried water stop connector, lap joint including orthogonal circumferential buried water strip clinch and longitudinal buried water strip lap joint and between circumferential buried water strip clinch and longitudinal buried water strip clinch, the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch has the circumferential sealing fin in front, the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch has back side longitudinal direction sealing fin, and the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch are oppositely arranged.Lap joint includes joint body, the front of joint body has longitudinal occlusion fin, the front of joint body is mutually engaged with the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch, the back side of joint body has circumferential occlusion fin, and the back side of joint body is mutually engaged with the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch.Buried water stop connector can guarantee to overlap quality in this, improve integral waterproofing effect at lining construction seam.
Description
Technical field
The utility model relates to constructing tunnel guarded drainage technical fields, specifically, being to be related to a kind of middle buried water stop
Connector.
Background technique
In the construction of railway tunnel, with cognition universal in the industry, lining cutting is divided into inverted arch and arch due to necessity of construction
Wall lining builds two parts, and short abutment wall is unit in charge of construction in the construction process to the part structure between inverted arch and secondary lining
Address, thus also just produces longitudinal construction joint, in the guarded drainage technical measures in tunnel, the waterproof system of construction joint is all made of
The double-deck Water stop structure, i.e. back-adhering waterstop and middle buried water stop, wherein in buried water stop include intersect vertically it is vertical
To buried water strip and circumferential buried water strip.Construction joint is the weak link of tunnel water proofing, and waterstop must be installed due to it
Lining thickness centre and must assure that installation quality, mounting height, straight degree and verticality are required to very stringent, installation
The quality of quality directly affects tunnel water proofing quality, and in terms of the railway tunnel traffic-operating period that the current country has been completed, there are still infiltrations
Drainage, influences the normal use of equipment in the traffic safety and hole in tunnel, thus at present the mounting process of waterstop not at
It is ripe.
The rubber fastening band generallyd use in lining construction is main raw material(s) with natural rubber and various rubber.
However at short abutment wall position, since waterproof/drainage structure designs, there is longitudinal buried water strip and circumferential buried water strip intersection
Form.
As shown in Fig. 2, longitudinal buried water strip 101 at " cruciform joint " is identical with circumferential 102 structure of buried water strip,
There are six fins in the front of longitudinal buried water strip 101, and also there are six fins at the back side.Overlap joint at existing " cruciform joint "
There are two types of processing methods: one is using heat cure mold to carry out heat to connect, one is carry out cold joint using bonding agent.
To the method that heat connects vulcanization connector on site, using live with the matched heat cure mold of waterstop and raw stock
Heat of vulcanization connects, and difficulty of construction is big, but connector effect is ideal, is suitble to require construction quality stringent project, is not suitable for pushing away extensively
It is wide to use.
For the method for use bonding agent cold junction, stop using the dedicated cold joint glue of rubber fastening band, using splicing processes handle
Water band needs the section of connector to polish 5 to 10 centimetres, cementing compacting with sanding machine, with intensity height, solidifies fastly excellent
Point can reach common engineering quality requirement.
But bonding agent is used to carry out the method for cold joint at the construction field (site) in use process, due to convex at " cruciform joint "
Rib needs to carry out neat cutting and whole polishing, and the cumbersome and quality that operates control is not easy, and then leaves in joint more
Percolating water hidden danger.The weak spot of percolating water is finally formed at construction joint, and then is caused greatly for the operation security in tunnel later period
Security risk.
Summary of the invention
It can guarantee to overlap quality the purpose of the utility model is to provide one kind, improve and integrally prevent at lining construction seam
The middle buried water stop connector of water effect.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides a kind of middle buried water stop connector, including the circumferential direction to intersect vertically
Buried water strip clinch and longitudinal buried water strip clinch, the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch have a plurality of front
Circumferential sealing fin, the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch have a plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin, bury sealing in circumferential direction
Front with clinch and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch are oppositely arranged;Middle buried water stop connector further includes overlap joint
Connector, lap joint are located between circumferential buried water strip clinch and longitudinal buried water strip clinch, and lap joint includes
Joint body, the front of joint body have longitudinal occlusion fin, the front of joint body and longitudinal buried water strip clinch
The back side be mutually engaged, the back side of joint body has circumferential occlusion fin, and the back side and the circumferential direction buried water strip of joint body are taken
The front of socket part is mutually engaged.
One Preferable scheme is that, lap joint further includes the reserved end of longitudinal lap joint and the reserved end of circumferential overlap joint, is longitudinally taken
It connects reserved end to extend outwardly along the extending direction of longitudinal buried water strip clinch from joint body, the reserved end edge of circumferential direction overlap joint
The extending direction of circumferential buried water strip clinch extend outwardly from joint body.
Further embodiment is that the quantity at the reserved end of longitudinal lap joint and the reserved end of circumferential overlap joint is two, two longitudinal directions
The reserved end of overlap joint is located at the first side and second side of joint body, and two circumferential reserved ends of overlap joint are located at joint body
Third side and the 4th side.
One Preferable scheme is that, for circumferential direction occlusion fin through the reserved end of circumferential overlap joint and joint body, longitudinal occlusion is convex
Rib is through the reserved end of longitudinal lap joint and joint body.
One Preferable scheme is that, a plurality of circumferential sealing fin in front is arranged in parallel, and circumferential sealing fin is engaged with circumferential
Fin is adjacent;A plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin is arranged in parallel, and longitudinal sealing fin is engaged fin adjoining with longitudinal.
Further embodiment is, front circumferential direction sealing fin includes that at least three the first fins and at least three are second convex
Rib, a plurality of first fin disposed at equal distance, a plurality of second fin disposed at equal distance, circumferential direction occlusion fin include that at least three left sides are stung
Fin and at least three right occlusion fins are closed, first fin and a left fin that is engaged are adjacent, second fin and one
The right occlusion fin of item is adjacent.
Further embodiment is that back side longitudinal direction sealing fin includes that at least three articles of third fins and at least three article the 4th are convex
Rib, a plurality of third fin disposed at equal distance, a plurality of 4th fin disposed at equal distance, longitudinal fin that is engaged includes stinging at least three
It closes and is engaged fin under fin and at least three, a third fin is abutted with fin is engaged on one, one article of the 4th fin and one
It is adjacent that fin is engaged under item.
One Preferable scheme is that, the front of joint body and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch pass through binder
Bonding.
One Preferable scheme is that, the front of the back side of joint body and circumferential buried water strip clinch passes through binder
Bonding.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that the front and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch that pass through joint body
It is mutually engaged, the back side of joint body is mutually engaged with the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch, therefore is not had to deliberately for circumferential direction
Fin in buried water strip at " cruciform joint " carries out neat cutting and whole polishing, can guarantee to overlap quality.Simultaneously should
The connection of middle buried water stop connector is greatly improved the waterproof effect at construction joint of tunnel, and then reduces and apply at the short abutment wall in tunnel
The percolating water hidden danger of work seam, plays huge guarantee to the operation security in later period tunnel.In addition, can will be buried in circumferential direction by bonding agent
Waterstop clinch, longitudinal buried water strip clinch are quickly and effectively Nian Jie secured with lap joint.Joint body is positive vertical
To the setting of occlusion fin so that joint body and the back side longitudinal direction sealing fin at longitudinal buried water strip clinch back side match
It closes and realizes that the front of joint body and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch are mutually connected, the circumferential direction at the joint body back side
The setting of fin is engaged so that the back side of joint body and the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch are mutually connected, it can be ensured that
Effective combination of two-step pouring concrete at construction joint, greatly the waterproof in guarantee at " cruciform joint " of buried water stop is imitated
Fruit.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the transverse sectional view in tunnel.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of existing middle buried water stop connector.
Fig. 3 is the partial cutaway of tunnel longitudinal direction construction joint waterproof system in buried water stop plug embodiments in the utility model
View.
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of buried water stop plug embodiments in the utility model.
Fig. 5 is the cross-sectional view in Fig. 4 at A-A.
Fig. 6 is the cross-sectional view in Fig. 4 at B-B.
Fig. 7 is the structural schematic diagram at the lap joint back side in buried water stop plug embodiments in the utility model.
Fig. 8 is the cross-sectional view in Fig. 7 at C-C.
Fig. 9 is the cross-sectional view in Fig. 7 at D-D.
Figure 10 is the positive structural schematic diagram of lap joint in buried water stop plug embodiments in the utility model.
The following is a further explanation of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
Specific embodiment
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, tunnel radially successively includes the preliminary bracing 11 for being located at outer layer, non-woven fabrics 12, splash guard
13, the inverted arch 16 positioned at the secondary lining of internal layer 14 and positioned at 14 lower section of secondary lining, shape between secondary lining 14 and inverted arch 16
At longitudinal construction joint 15, secondary lining 14 is formed with circular construction joint per between construction twice.The anti-water system of tunnel longitudinal direction construction joint
System includes back-adhering waterstop 5 and middle buried water stop, and middle buried water stop includes 3 He of longitudinal buried water strip to intersect vertically
Circumferential buried water strip 2.Middle buried water stop is arranged at longitudinal construction joint 15.It is buried in longitudinal buried water strip 3 and circumferential direction
2 intersection of waterstop has middle buried water stop connector.
Referring to fig. 4 to Fig. 6, middle buried water stop connector includes burying sealing in lap joint 4 and the circumferential direction to intersect vertically
Band clinch 20 and longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30, circumferential direction back patch waterstop clinch 20 are located at the ring at " cruciform joint "
It supports or opposes and pastes on waterstop 2, longitudinal back patch waterstop clinch 30 is located on longitudinal back patch waterstop 2 at " cruciform joint ", ring
There is the circumferential sealing fin in a plurality of front, the back of circumferential buried water strip clinch 20 to the front of buried water strip clinch 20
Face has back side circumferential direction sealing fin 23, and the front of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30 has the longitudinal sealing fin 31 in front,
The back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30 has a plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin, circumferential buried water strip clinch 20
Front and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30 are oppositely arranged.
Referring to Fig. 7 to Figure 10, lap joint 4 is cross-lap joint connector, and lap joint 4 is located at circumferential buried water strip overlap joint
Between portion 20 and longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30.Lap joint 4 includes joint body 41, the reserved end 42 of longitudinal lap joint, indulges
To the reserved end 43 of overlap joint, the reserved end 44 of circumferential overlap joint and the reserved end 45 of circumferential overlap joint.The reserved end 42 of longitudinal lap joint and longitudinal lap joint
Reserved end 43 is located at the first side and second side that joint body 41 is oppositely arranged, the reserved end 44 of circumferential direction overlap joint and circumferential overlap joint
Reserved end 45 is located at the third side and the 4th side that joint body 41 is oppositely arranged.
The reserved end 42 of longitudinal lap joint and longitudinal lap joint reserve end 43 along the extension side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30
Extend outwardly to from joint body 41, the reserved end 44 of circumferential direction overlap joint and the reserved end 45 of circumferential overlap joint are taken along circumferential buried water strip
The extending direction of socket part 20 extends outwardly from joint body 41.The front of joint body 41 has longitudinal occlusion fin, longitudinally stings
Fin is closed through the reserved end 42 of longitudinal lap joint, joint body 41 and the reserved end 43 of longitudinal lap joint.The back side of joint body 41 has
Circumferential direction occlusion fin, circumferential direction occlusion fin is through the reserved end 44 of circumferential overlap joint, joint body 41 and the reserved end 45 of circumferential overlap joint.
The a plurality of circumferential sealing fin in front is arranged in parallel, and front circumferential direction sealing fin and the circumferential fin that is engaged are adjacent, specifically
Ground, front circumferential direction sealing fin includes three the first fins 21 and three the second fins 22, three equidistant cloth of first fin 21
It sets, three 22 disposed at equal distance of the second fin, circumferential direction occlusion fin includes three left occlusion fins 411 and three right occlusion fins
412, first fin 21 is abutted with a left fin 411 that is engaged, and left occlusion fin 411 is located at the right side of the first fin 21
Side, second fin 22 is abutted with a right fin 412 that is engaged, and right occlusion fin 412 is located at a left side for the second fin 22
Side.
A plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin is arranged in parallel, and back side longitudinal direction sealing fin and longitudinal fin that is engaged are adjacent, specifically
Ground, back side longitudinal direction sealing fin include three articles of third fins 32 and three article of the 4th fin 33, three equidistant cloth of third fin 32
It sets, three articles of 33 disposed at equal distance of the 4th fin, longitudinal fin that is engaged includes being engaged fin under three upper occlusion fins 413 and three
414, a third fin 32 is abutted with fin 413 is engaged on one, and upper occlusion fin 413 is located under third fin 32
Side, one article of the 4th fin 33 is abutted with fin 414 is engaged under one article, and lower occlusion fin 414 is located at the upper of the 4th fin 33
Side.
It is Nian Jie that merga pass binder is mutually stung at the front of lap joint 4 and the back side of longitudinal direction buried water strip clinch 30,
The back side of lap joint 4 is Nian Jie with the positive merga pass binder of mutually stinging of circumferential buried water strip clinch 20, lap joint 4
The back side there is shiny surface 45, it is Nian Jie that shiny surface 45 and the smooth surface side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30 pass through binder, can
It fast and effeciently realizes between lap joint 4 and circumferential buried water strip clinch 20 and is buried only in lap joint 4 and longitudinal direction
Water is with being bonded between clinch 30.
The installation method of the middle buried water stop connector of the utility model is described as follows below.
Firstly, the back side of circumferential buried water strip 2 to be adhesively fixed on to the centre of the end head formwork of the short sidewall template of inverted arch
Position.
Then, through surveying and locating, after the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch 20 draws the position of lap joint 4,
Dedicated waterstop binder is brushed at this location, and also brushes dedicated waterstop binder at the back side of lap joint 4, makes to take
The back side of connector 4 is mutually engaged and is adhesively fixed with the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch 20.
Then, then surveying and locating, lap position is drawn in the front of lap joint 4, then brushes dedicated waterstop bonding
Dedicated waterstop binder is also brushed in the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch 30 by agent, overlaps longitudinal buried water strip
The back side in portion 30 is mutually engaged and is adhesively fixed with the front of lap joint 4.
Therefore it is mutually engaged by the front of joint body with the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch, connector sheet
The back side of body is mutually engaged with the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch, therefore is not had to deliberately for " cruciform joint " on waterstop
The fin at place carries out neat cutting and whole polishing, can guarantee to overlap quality.Simultaneously in this buried water stop connector connection
The waterproof effect being greatly improved at construction joint of tunnel, and then the percolating water hidden danger of construction joint at the short abutment wall in tunnel is reduced, to rear
The operation security in phase tunnel plays huge guarantee.In addition, can will be buried in circumferential buried water strip clinch, longitudinal direction by bonding agent
Waterstop clinch is quickly and effectively Nian Jie secured with lap joint.The setting of the positive longitudinal occlusion fin of joint body is so that connect
Head ontology matched with the back side longitudinal direction sealing fin at longitudinal buried water strip clinch back side the front for realizing joint body and
The back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch is mutually connected, and the setting of the circumferential occlusion fin at the joint body back side is so that connector
The back side of ontology and the front of circumferential buried water strip clinch are mutually connected, it can be ensured that two-step pouring concrete at construction joint
Effective combination, greatly guarantee in buried water stop " cruciform joint " at waterproof effect.
Finally, it should be noted that the utility model is not limited to above-mentioned embodiment, if the ordinary skill of this field
Personnel are enlightened by it, without deviating from the purpose of the present invention, are not inventively designed and the technical side
The similar frame mode of case and embodiment, should all fall within the claims of the utility model.
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- Buried water stop connector in 1., including the circumferential buried water strip clinch and longitudinal buried water strip overlap joint to intersect vertically Portion, the front of the circumferential direction buried water strip clinch have the circumferential sealing fin in a plurality of front, the longitudinal direction buried water strip The back side of clinch has a plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin, the front and the longitudinal direction of the circumferential direction buried water strip clinch The back side of buried water strip clinch is oppositely arranged;It is characterized by:The middle buried water stop connector further includes lap joint, and the lap joint is located at the circumferential buried water strip overlap joint Between portion and longitudinal buried water strip clinch, the lap joint includes joint body, the front of the joint body It is engaged fin with longitudinal, the front of the joint body is mutually engaged with the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch, institute The back side for stating joint body has circumferential occlusion fin, the back side of the joint body and the circumferential buried water strip clinch Front mutually be engaged.
- 2. middle buried water stop connector according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The lap joint further includes the reserved end of longitudinal lap joint and the reserved end of circumferential overlap joint, and the reserved end of the longitudinal lap joint is along institute The extending direction for stating longitudinal buried water strip clinch extends outwardly from the joint body, the circumferential reserved end of overlap joint along The extending direction of the circumferential direction buried water strip clinch extends outwardly from the joint body.
- 3. middle buried water stop connector according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The quantity at the reserved end of the longitudinal lap joint and the reserved end of circumferential overlap joint is two, and two longitudinal lap joints are reserved End is located at the first side and second side of the joint body, and two circumferential reserved ends of overlap joint are located at the connector The third side and the 4th side of ontology.
- 4. middle buried water stop connector according to claim 2 or 3, it is characterised in that:The circumferential occlusion fin runs through through the circumferential reserved end of overlap joint and the joint body, longitudinal occlusion fin The reserved end of the longitudinal lap joint and the joint body.
- 5. middle buried water stop connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that:The a plurality of circumferential sealing fin in the front is arranged in parallel, and it is adjacent that the circumferential direction sealing fin is engaged fin with the circumferential direction;The a plurality of back side longitudinal direction sealing fin is arranged in parallel, and the longitudinal direction sealing fin is engaged fin adjoining with the longitudinal direction.
- 6. middle buried water stop connector according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:The circumferential sealing fin in front includes at least three the first fins and at least three the second fins, and a plurality of described first is convex Rib disposed at equal distance, a plurality of second fin disposed at equal distance, the circumferential occlusion fin include that at least three left occlusions are convex Rib and at least three right occlusion fins, first fin and a left fin that is engaged are adjacent, and one described second Fin is abutted with a right fin that is engaged.
- 7. middle buried water stop connector according to claim 5, it is characterised in that:The back side longitudinal direction sealing fin includes that at least three articles of third fins and at least three article of the 4th fin, a plurality of third are convex Rib disposed at equal distance, a plurality of 4th fin disposed at equal distance, longitudinal occlusion fin include that at least three upper occlusions are convex Be engaged fin under rib and at least three, a third fin with one it is described on to be engaged fin adjacent, one article the described 4th Fin with one it is described under to be engaged fin adjacent.
- 8. middle buried water stop connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that:The front of the joint body and the back side of longitudinal buried water strip clinch are Nian Jie by binder.
- 9. middle buried water stop connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that:The back side of the joint body and the front of the circumferential buried water strip clinch are Nian Jie by binder.
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