EP1369188A1 - Outil à main en forme de pince pour l' élargissement des corps creux - Google Patents

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EP1369188A1
EP1369188A1 EP02012383A EP02012383A EP1369188A1 EP 1369188 A1 EP1369188 A1 EP 1369188A1 EP 02012383 A EP02012383 A EP 02012383A EP 02012383 A EP02012383 A EP 02012383A EP 1369188 A1 EP1369188 A1 EP 1369188A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D41/00—Application of procedures in order to alter the diameter of tube ends
    • B21D41/02—Enlarging
    • B21D41/026—Enlarging by means of mandrels

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  • the invention relates to a hand tool in the form of pliers for expanding of hollow bodies according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the principle of pliers Realize and must therefore also be called expander pliers be proceeded so that the movable hand lever against the Hand-held, approximately radially protruding hand lever on a circular path is pivoted through an angle of approximately 90 degrees so that the Retract the jaws of the expansion head completely and with them Bake in the hollow body to be expanded, usually a pipe end, can be inserted.
  • the movable hand lever almost parallel to the axis of the expanding or expanding mandrel that the jaws drives in the radial direction, and aligned the tube.
  • the actuation forces increase when expanding or expanding metal pipes to the parallel position, starting from almost zero, progressive on.
  • a higher power requirement i.e. in an ergonomic way unfavorable area.
  • a must for plastic pipes more widening takes place since most plastics are inclined have to shrink.
  • the expander pliers should be universal for everyone Materials and material pairings and - by changing the expansion head against other standardized expansion heads - also for different pipe diameters can be used.
  • Expander pliers are also known, in which the movable hand lever is stored directly in the housing and via a cam or a Curve acts on the expanding mandrel, possibly with the interposition of a Role.
  • Such devices are known from EP 0 417 674 B1 but not enough stroke of the expanding mandrel for expansion of plastic pipes.
  • the movable hand lever has therefore already broken at the transition point of the pinion sector and hand lever when the operator after poor maintenance through regular lubrication the largest applicable expansion head for expanding non-softer Has used pipe materials. It is a predominantly Device used on construction sites and for repair purposes, in which maintenance is often neglected and operating errors occur can.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of a hand tool Specify the type described above, the same function as the device according to DE 42 00 020 C1 and the corresponding EP 0 619 153 B1 requires significantly lower actuation forces noticeably lower weight and greater security against overload of the drive system and against a risk of breakage.
  • the task is fully solved, in particular requires the device with the same function as the device after the DE 42 00 020 C1 and the corresponding EP 0 619 153 B1 clearly lower actuation forces due to the friction pairing steel / light metal only around 12% of the original value.
  • the energy saving makes is particularly noticeable when an expansion step or step by step by adding the expander jaws in the pipe end, for example through expander jaws, the work surfaces of which are cone sector surfaces or as step surfaces with decreasing diameters are trained. It will also have a noticeably lower weight of just reached about 50% of the original value, and due to the essential reduced operating forces also significantly less fatigue the operator and greater security against overload of the drive system and against the risk of breakage. The efficiency is over 80%.
  • the expansion head is light replaceable.
  • the expanding mandrel is on the opposite of the tooth mesh Large side supported and not stressed on bending. There is no edge pressure at the end of the guide, there is no pressure Tear off the lubricating film and wear is reduced.
  • the gear ratio does not change. Expanding mandrels with larger sizes can be used Pitch angles are used relative to the system axis, so that a greater expansion is possible per working stroke. This will make it Device more universal, also for expanding plastic pipes larger Diameter, greater wall thickness and greater resistance to deformation used.
  • the guidance of the movable hand lever on one Circular path becomes much better without excessive storage precision, and only one pivot axis or one hinge pin is required. Standard expansion heads on the market can be used, if necessary with the interposition of an adapter.
  • light metals is e.g. in "R ⁇ MPP CHEMIE LEXIKON", 9. Edition, 1995, volume H-L, defined on page 2479. As technically important Al, Mg, and Ti are given; also alloys of light metals are considered “light metals”.
  • an expander 1 is shown, the one Housing 2 with an integral, housing-fixed first Hand lever 3 has.
  • the housing 2 are also two bearing holes 4 arranged, of which only the front is visible and that of a shaft 5 of a pinion sector 6 consisting of steel is penetrated, which is integrally formed on a second, movable hand lever 7 ( Figure 3).
  • the hand levers 3 and 7 are in their end position, i.e. in the greatest possible approximation.
  • the movable hand lever 7 is made together with the molded pinion sector 6 made of forged steel.
  • the free ends of the hand levers 3 and 7 are identical when pushed on Handle sleeves 8 and 9 made of an impact-resistant plastic.
  • the Outer sides 8a and 9a of the grip sleeves 8 and 9 run in the direction of them free ends converging, which increases the ergonomics of the expander pliers 1 is promoted when hand levers 3 and 7 are in the furthest open position after their movement around the shaft 5 in the direction of Arrows 8b and 9b are on a circular path, which in Figure 3, partially dashed, is shown.
  • the convergence of hand levers 3 and 7 in the closed end position is indicated by an arched or saber-shaped, Mirror-symmetrical course brought about, as shown in Figure 1.
  • the transition from the housing 2 to the hand lever 3 is made by a wedge-shaped Intermediate piece 10, the side flanks 10c of which also extend in the direction taper to the free end of the lever ( Figure 2) to gain weight save up.
  • the transition from pinion sector 6 to hand lever 7 takes place through a wedge-shaped intermediate piece 11.
  • the width of the intermediate piece 11 (in Direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) is at least 80% of the axial length of the pinion sector 6.
  • the intermediate piece 11 is laterally (parallel to the drawing plane) bounded by plane-parallel surfaces.
  • the hand lever 3 fixed to the housing has two flanges 3a and 3b which pass through a continuous web 3c are connected to each other. This will the weight is reduced without the moment of resistance of the hand lever 3 to affect.
  • the movable hand lever 7 made of steel has two flanges 7a and 7b, which are interconnected by two narrow webs 7c are connected. Both sides of these webs 7c are thereby Openings 7d, 7e and 7g are formed.
  • the width of the flanges 3a and 3b or 7a and 7b of the hand lever 3 and 7 is significantly smaller than the width of the Intermediate pieces 10 and 11, the width being perpendicular to the plane of the drawing is measured.
  • the end edges 10a and 11a are aligned with the free ends of the hand levers 3 and 7, is the decrease in the bending moments in the direction of the lever ends worn and the weight further reduced without increasing the strength reduce.
  • the end edges 10a and 11a run perpendicular to the plane of the drawing and to the system axis A-A.
  • the weight saving through lightweight construction is one of the decisive ones Criteria of the device. Instead of a light metal or one Light metal alloy can easily be an impact-resistant plastic kick, which may be reinforced by fiber inlays. Especially with that Steel existing second hand lever 7 is part of the for Flexural strength of unnecessary metal is avoided as far as possible.
  • FIG. 4 shows, the same reference numerals are used in and a plane of symmetry E-E is shown, in which the pivot plane of the movable hand lever 7, the outer sides of the flanges 3a and 7a and the outer sides 8a and 9a of the “pushed-on” grip sleeves 8 and 9 well rounded.
  • the width "B1" of the flanges 3a and 3b and 7a and 7b is less than the width of the intermediate pieces 10 and 11, and the width "B2" of the webs 3c and 7c is again significantly smaller than the width "B1".
  • the sections of the hand levers provided with the webs 3c and 7c 3 and 7 have inner sides 3f and 7f, which are in line with those above described end edges 10a and 11a of the intermediate pieces 10 and 11th cross at least essentially flush.
  • FIG. 3 shows, the basic device, consisting of the housing 2, with the expanding mandrel 17 and the hand levers 3 and 7, in a known manner Way, an expansion head 12 screwed out of a screw cap 13 and a set of expander jaws 14, which in the direction of two arrows through the axially movable, conical expanding mandrel 17 are radially displaceable, and by means of which a pipe end either in one or more operations can be expanded.
  • the Expander jaws in the most spread position. The reverse movement is done by swiveling the hand lever 7.
  • Such Expansion heads 12 are known, however, so that there is another No need to go into that.
  • FIG. 3 also shows the same reference numerals in some cases primarily the internal structure of the expander pliers 1 according to FIGS. 1 and 2 with an adapter 15 with an external thread 15a to which the Expansion head 12 is screwed on, which is only indicated very schematically here is.
  • the housing 2 has an internal thread 2a, into which the adapter 15 is screwed.
  • the housing 2 has inside a cylindrical bore 16 as a precise guide for a high-strength Steel existing rack 18, the only one at the top linear row of teeth, with the system axis A-A through the tooth flanks runs.
  • the pinion sector 6 already described engages in the rack 18 of the hand lever 7, which by the shaft 5 of the pinion sector 6 between the bearing bores 4 ( Figure 1) is stored and guided.
  • Figures 1 and 3 further show that the intermediate pieces 10 and 11th have convexly curved outer sides 10b and 11b that extend up to the End edges 10a and 11a run, which in turn are perpendicular to the system axis A-A run and at least essentially flush with the Cross the inner sides 3f and 7f of the hand levers 3 and 7.
  • the adapter 15 has an inner bore 15 b which is in line with the bore 16 of the housing 2 is aligned, but with respect to the rack 18 has a slightly larger radial clearance to overdetermine the Avoid holes 15b and 16 when using other adapters 15 become. Furthermore, the adapter 15 has a further inner bore 15c, in which the upper, cylindrical end 17a of the expanding mandrel 17 is guided. Beyond the cylindrical end 17a, the expanding mandrel 17 has one Threaded pin 17b in a corresponding concentric counter thread is screwed into the lower end of the rack 18.
  • the expanding mandrel 17 is designed as a cone (or truncated cone) exchangeable by means of the threaded connection 17b / 18.
  • a suitably chosen adapter 15 can be an expanding mandrel 17 with a larger one or smaller base diameter (at 17a) or with larger or smaller opening angle can be used, depending on the needs the expansion process and the inner and outer geometric Forming the expansion head 12, especially that with the expanding mandrel 17 mating inner sliding surfaces of the expansion head 12.
  • FIG. 2 also shows that the housing 2- seen in cross section to axis A-A - essentially flat or oval is designed to bring about further weight savings.
  • FIG. 3 also shows that an adjusting screw 19 is arranged in the housing 2 through which the swivel angle in the closing clearance of the hand lever 3 and 7 can be changed and thus also the maximum expansion diameter via the power path via the toothed gear 6/18 and the Expanding mandrel 17 is adjustable.

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  • Hand Tools For Fitting Together And Separating, Or Other Hand Tools (AREA)
  • Gripping Jigs, Holding Jigs, And Positioning Jigs (AREA)
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  • Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, And Fans (AREA)
  • Mutual Connection Of Rods And Tubes (AREA)
EP02012383A 2002-06-06 2002-06-06 Outil à main en forme de pince pour l' élargissement des corps creux Expired - Lifetime EP1369188B1 (fr)

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EP02012383A EP1369188B1 (fr) 2002-06-06 2002-06-06 Outil à main en forme de pince pour l' élargissement des corps creux
AT02012383T ATE256512T1 (de) 2002-06-06 2002-06-06 Handwerkzeug in form einer zange zum aufweiten von hohlkörpern
ES02012383T ES2211842T3 (es) 2002-06-06 2002-06-06 Util manuel en forma de tenazas para ensanchar cuerpos huecos.
DE50200161T DE50200161D1 (de) 2002-06-06 2002-06-06 Handwerkzeug in Form einer Zange zum Aufweiten von Hohlkörpern
DE20209473U DE20209473U1 (de) 2002-06-06 2002-06-19 Handwerkzeug in Form einer Zange zum Aufweiten von Hohlkörpern
US10/234,738 US6672128B2 (en) 2002-06-06 2002-09-04 Hand tool in pliers form for expanding hollow bodies
CNA021315868A CN1465451A (zh) 2002-06-06 2002-09-10 扩张空心体的钳状手动工具
JP2003162772A JP2004009142A (ja) 2002-06-06 2003-06-06 中空体を広げるためのプライヤ形手持ち式工具

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US6672128B2 (en) 2004-01-06
US20030226390A1 (en) 2003-12-11
DE20209473U1 (de) 2002-08-29
CN1465451A (zh) 2004-01-07
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