FR2752905A1 - ANTI-FRAUD PIPE CONNECTION IN PARTICULAR FOR WATER METERS - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L19/00—Joints in which sealing surfaces are pressed together by means of a member, e.g. a swivel nut, screwed on or into one of the joint parts
- F16L19/02—Pipe ends provided with collars or flanges, integral with the pipe or not, pressed together by a screwed member
- F16L19/025—Pipe ends provided with collars or flanges, integral with the pipe or not, pressed together by a screwed member the pipe ends having integral collars or flanges
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L27/00—Adjustable joints, Joints allowing movement
- F16L27/08—Adjustable joints, Joints allowing movement allowing adjustment or movement only about the axis of one pipe
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L37/00—Couplings of the quick-acting type
- F16L37/08—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members
- F16L37/084—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking
- F16L37/088—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking by means of a split elastic ring
- F16L37/0887—Couplings of the quick-acting type in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members combined with automatic locking by means of a split elastic ring with an axially movable separate member for releasing the coupling
Abstract
Description
RACCORD DE TUYAU ANTI-FRAUDE EN PARTICULIER
POUR COMPTEURS D'EAU
La présente invention a pour objet un raccord de tuyau anti-fraude en particulier pour compteurs d'eau.ANTI-FRAUD PIPE CONNECTION IN PARTICULAR
FOR WATER METERS
The present invention relates to an anti-fraud hose connection in particular for water meters.
Il concerne le domaine industriel et commercial de la fabrication et de la diffusion d'accessoires pour tuyauterie et est essentiellement destiné à être utilisé par les sociétés de distribution d'eau, même si son emploi peut être envisagé pour d'autres applications. It concerns the industrial and commercial field of the manufacture and distribution of accessories for pipes and is mainly intended for use by water distribution companies, even if its use can be envisaged for other applications.
Comme on peut le voir sur la figure 1, les compteurs d'eau 1 sont généralement montés sur la tuyauterie d'arrivée 2 et la tuyauterie de distribution 3 à l'aide de deux raccords 4, 5 comportant chacun une bague taraudée 6 se vissant sur un embout creux 7 solidaire du compteur. Le raccord amont 4 est le plus souvent installé directement à la sortie d'un robinet d'arrêt 8. Ces bagues taraudées ont une forme extérieure semblable à celle d'un écrou hexagonale, ce qui permet de les manoeuvrer avec une simple clé à fourche ou une clé à molette courante. As can be seen in Figure 1, the water meters 1 are generally mounted on the inlet piping 2 and the distribution piping 3 using two fittings 4, 5 each comprising a threaded ring 6 screwing on a hollow end piece 7 secured to the meter. The upstream connector 4 is most often installed directly at the outlet of a shut-off valve 8. These threaded rings have an external shape similar to that of a hexagonal nut, which allows them to be maneuvered with a simple open-end wrench or a common adjustable wrench.
En dévissant les deux bagues 6, on provoque leur écartement ce qui libère le compteur 1 qui peut alors être retiré du fait qu'il ne comporte aucun autre moyen de fixation. By unscrewing the two rings 6, they cause their spacing which frees the counter 1 which can then be removed because it has no other fixing means.
Il est extrêmement facile pour un fraudeur sans compétences particulières, après avoir fermé le robinet d'arrêt, de brancher une dérivation sur le raccord amont en utilisant un embout comportant un filetage identique à celui des embouts du compteur7 ou de relier directement les deux raccords au moyen d'un morceau de tube fileté à ses deux extrémités. Il lui suffit de remettre le compteur provisoirement en place avant chaque passage de l'agent chargé de le relever pour pouvoir consommer de l'eau en grande quantité, gratuitement et en toute impunité. It is extremely easy for a fraudster without special skills, after having closed the shut-off valve, to connect a bypass to the upstream connector using a connector having a thread identical to that of the counter connectors 7 or to directly connect the two connectors to the using a piece of threaded tube at both ends. He simply needs to put the meter back temporarily in place before each passage by the officer responsible for reading it in order to be able to consume large quantities of water, free of charge and with impunity.
A notre connaissance, les seuls moyens envisagés en France par les sociétés distributrices d'eau pour remédier efficacement à ce problème sont constitués par des équipements supplémentaires très onéreux. To our knowledge, the only means envisaged in France by the water supply companies to effectively remedy this problem consist of very expensive additional equipment.
Le dispositif selon la présente invention permet, pour un coût dérisoire, de rendre beaucoup plus difficile la mise hors service du compteur, non pas en rendant inviolableile démontage du raccord sur un compteur d'eau, mais en rendant impossible son remontage pour le fraudeur, ce qui contraint celui-ci à faire appel au service compétent pour sa remise en service. The device according to the present invention makes it possible, at a ridiculous cost, to make the meter out of service much more difficult, not by making tamper-proof disassembly of the connector on a water meter, but by making it impossible to reassemble for the fraudster which forces the latter to call on the competent service for its return to service.
Il est constitué d'un raccord démontable de type classique pour tuyauterie, dont la bague taraudée et la douille destinée à être montée sur l'extrémité du tuyau à raccorder comportent chacun une gorge respectivement interne et externe pouvant coïncider lorsque les deux pièces sont dans une position déterminée, de manière à permettre à un anneau fendu élastique logé dans la gorge de la bague de s'insérer partiellement dans celle de la douille en bloquant ainsi définitivement les deux pièces dans cette position, ce qui empêche tout vissage ou dévissage de la bague. It consists of a removable connector of the conventional type for piping, the threaded ring and the socket of which is intended to be mounted on the end of the pipe to be connected each have a respectively internal and external groove which can coincide when the two parts are in a determined position, so as to allow an elastic split ring housed in the groove of the ring to be partially inserted into that of the bushing, thus definitively locking the two parts in this position, which prevents any screwing or unscrewing of the ring .
Sur les dessins annexés, donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs de formes de réalisation de l'objet de la présente demande:
la figure 1, déjà citée, représente le montage d'un compteur d'eau et de son robinet d'arrêt sur une tuyauterie d'alimentation en eau,
la figure 2 est une coupe axiale agrandie d'un raccord selon l'invention en position vissée,
la figure 3 est une coupe axiale partielle montrant le même raccord en position dévissée bloqué par l'anneau fendu,
la figure 4 représente dans les mêmes conditions une variante dans laquelle le blocage a lieu en position vissée
et la figure 5 est une vue en plan de l'anneau fendu montrant en trait plein la position d'attente et en traits interrompus la position de blocage.In the appended drawings, given by way of nonlimiting examples of embodiments of the subject of the present application:
FIG. 1, already cited, represents the mounting of a water meter and its stop valve on a water supply pipe,
FIG. 2 is an enlarged axial section of a connector according to the invention in the screwed position,
FIG. 3 is a partial axial section showing the same connector in the unscrewed position blocked by the split ring,
Figure 4 shows under the same conditions a variant in which the blocking takes place in the screwed position
and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the split ring showing in solid line the waiting position and in broken lines the locking position.
Le dispositif, figures 1 à 5, est constitué d'une bague taraudée 6 coulissant, lors du vissage ou du dévissage, sur une douille 9 raccordée au robinet d'arrêt 8 en amont et à la tuyauterie de distribution 3 en aval. The device, Figures 1 to 5, consists of a threaded ring 6 sliding, during screwing or unscrewing, on a sleeve 9 connected to the shut-off valve 8 upstream and to the distribution piping 3 downstream.
La bague 6 est pourvue d'une gorge interne 10 circulaire de section sensiblement rectangulaire, et la douille 9 d'une gorge externe ll de même forme. A la fabrication du raccord, la gorge de la gaine reçoit un anneau fendu 12 élastique en acier, également de section rectangulaire, qui est maintenu en place au moyen d'un manchon 13 cylindrique amovible en acier de faible épaisseur (de l'ordre de 0,1 mm) inséré entre la gaine et la douille qui sera retiré après le montage définitif du raccord (figure 2). L'anneau fendu est choisi de telle façon qu'il doive être écarté pour être inséré dans la gorge de la bague 6, et qu'il ait tendance à se refermer lorsqu'il est libéré. L'emplacement axial des gorges 10 et 11 est déterminé pour qu'elles coïncident en se trouvant face à face lorsque la gaine 6 est dévissée (figure 3). The ring 6 is provided with a circular internal groove 10 of substantially rectangular section, and the sleeve 9 with an external groove 11 of the same shape. During the manufacture of the fitting, the sheath groove receives a split elastic steel ring 12, also of rectangular section, which is held in place by means of a removable cylindrical sleeve 13 of thin steel (of the order of 0.1 mm) inserted between the sheath and the sleeve which will be removed after the final assembly of the fitting (figure 2). The split ring is chosen in such a way that it must be moved aside to be inserted in the groove of the ring 6, and that it tends to close when it is released. The axial location of the grooves 10 and 11 is determined so that they coincide by being face to face when the sheath 6 is unscrewed (Figure 3).
Lors de la mise en place du compteur 1, le manchon maintien l'anneau fendu 12 dans la gorge de la gaine 6, ce qui permet à celle-ci de coulisser et donc d'être vissée sur l'embout fileté 7 du compteur. Cette opération terminée, le manchon est retiré, et l'anneau fendu repose sur la surface externe de la douille 9. En cas de dévissage de la bague, le coulissement de cette dernière sur la douille va amener les deux gorges à coïncider. Dès que cela se produit, l'anneau fendu se referme et sa partie intérieure pénètre dans la gorge 11 de la douille. La largeur de l'anneau fendu est telle que sa partie extérieure est toujours engagée dans la gorge de la gaine taraudée 6. Celle-ci et la douille sont donc solidarisées, ce qui empêche à l'avenir tout revissage du raccord qui restera définitivement bloqué en position dévissée. When the counter 1 is put in place, the sleeve holds the split ring 12 in the groove of the sheath 6, which allows the latter to slide and therefore to be screwed onto the threaded end piece 7 of the counter. This operation finished, the sleeve is removed, and the split ring rests on the external surface of the sleeve 9. If the ring is unscrewed, the sliding of the latter on the sleeve will cause the two grooves to coincide. As soon as this occurs, the split ring closes and its inner part enters the groove 11 of the sleeve. The width of the split ring is such that its outer part is always engaged in the groove of the threaded sheath 6. The latter and the sleeve are therefore secured, which prevents in future any screwing of the connection which will remain permanently blocked in the unscrewed position.
L'efficacité du montage peut être encore améliorée en utilisant un robinet d'arrêt 8 comportant une douille 9 moulée directement avec le corps de manière à ne former qu'une seule pièce avec celui-ci, la bague taraudée étant sertie sur cette douille. The efficiency of the assembly can be further improved by using a stop valve 8 comprising a sleeve 9 molded directly with the body so as to form a single piece with the latter, the threaded ring being crimped on this sleeve.
En variante, l'emplacement des gorges 10 et 11 peut être choisi de manière à ce que le blocage se produise lorsque le raccord est en position vissée, ce qui assure un verrouillage du montage qui ne pourra être supprimé qu'avec un outillage spécial. Cette variante peut donner lieu à de multiples applications dans de nombreux domaines, chaque fois que l'on souhaite interdire le démontage d'un raccord de tuyauteries. As a variant, the location of the grooves 10 and 11 can be chosen so that the blocking occurs when the connector is in the screwed position, which ensures locking of the assembly which can only be removed with special tools. This variant can give rise to multiple applications in numerous fields, whenever it is desired to prohibit the disassembly of a pipe fitting.
Le positionnement des divers éléments constitutifs donne à l'objet de l'invention un maximum d'effets utiles qui n'avaient pas été, à ce jour, obtenus par des dispositifs similaires. The positioning of the various constituent elements gives the object of the invention a maximum of useful effects which had not, to date, been obtained by similar devices.
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Priority Applications (5)
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FR9610668A FR2752905B1 (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1996-08-27 | ANTI-FRAUD PIPE CONNECTION IN PARTICULAR FOR WATER METERS |
AU41213/97A AU4121397A (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1997-08-27 | Fraud-proof pipe connection in particular for water metres |
EP97938954A EP0922178A1 (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1997-08-27 | Fraud-proof pipe connection in particular for water metres |
PCT/FR1997/001530 WO1998009107A1 (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1997-08-27 | Fraud-proof pipe connection in particular for water metres |
BG103279A BG103279A (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1999-03-24 | Protected connection unit against theft, in particular for water meters |
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FR9610668A FR2752905B1 (en) | 1996-08-27 | 1996-08-27 | ANTI-FRAUD PIPE CONNECTION IN PARTICULAR FOR WATER METERS |
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FR2752905A1 true FR2752905A1 (en) | 1998-03-06 |
FR2752905B1 FR2752905B1 (en) | 1998-11-06 |
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US2389825A (en) * | 1943-01-11 | 1945-11-27 | Maytag Co | Fire hose coupling |
FR1030266A (en) * | 1950-12-29 | 1953-06-11 | Tuyaux Flexibles Francais | Flexible hose connection |
FR1305096A (en) * | 1960-11-09 | 1962-09-28 | Rollmaplast Ag | Temporary sleeve assembly device for joining tubes |
US3326580A (en) * | 1965-01-07 | 1967-06-20 | Worthington Corp | Locking assembly having means to prevent axial and torsional movement |
US3773360A (en) * | 1972-09-01 | 1973-11-20 | W Timbers | Quick disconnect coupling |
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- 1996-08-27 FR FR9610668A patent/FR2752905B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1997-08-27 EP EP97938954A patent/EP0922178A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1997-08-27 WO PCT/FR1997/001530 patent/WO1998009107A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1997-08-27 AU AU41213/97A patent/AU4121397A/en not_active Abandoned
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US2389825A (en) * | 1943-01-11 | 1945-11-27 | Maytag Co | Fire hose coupling |
FR1030266A (en) * | 1950-12-29 | 1953-06-11 | Tuyaux Flexibles Francais | Flexible hose connection |
FR1305096A (en) * | 1960-11-09 | 1962-09-28 | Rollmaplast Ag | Temporary sleeve assembly device for joining tubes |
US3326580A (en) * | 1965-01-07 | 1967-06-20 | Worthington Corp | Locking assembly having means to prevent axial and torsional movement |
US3773360A (en) * | 1972-09-01 | 1973-11-20 | W Timbers | Quick disconnect coupling |
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EP3715690A1 (en) * | 2019-03-28 | 2020-09-30 | Lapp Engineering & Co. | Adapter for hose connections |
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