JP2001208246A - Fluid pipe protecting member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluid pipe protecting member capable of protecting the fluid pipe, even when guiding the fluid pipe to a joint storage body side. SOLUTION: The joint storage body 4 is arranged in the back side P1 of an inner wall 3 and provided with a first opening part 4b faced from a wall hole 3a to the front side P2 of the inner wall and a second opening part 4c opened to the back side P1 of the inner wall 3. The fluid pipe protection member 7 is attached to the joint storage body 4 from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 via the wall hole 3a. The body part 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7 prevents a water feed pipe 6 put in/out from the first opening 4b of the joint storage body 4 from abutting on the inner wall 3, etc. The body part 7a comprises a cylinder part 7b, an intermediate part 7c, and a large- diameter part 7d. The body part 7a is so formed that an elbow 5 connected to the tip of the water feed pipe 6 come out from the first opening part 4b to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 can be stored in the joint storage body 4 from the first opening part 4b with the body part 7a attached to the joint storage body 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fluid pipe protecting member for protecting a fluid pipe when a fluid pipe is taken in and out of a joint housing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a fluid pipe protecting member, for example,
There was one shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 6-84677. As shown in FIG. 7, the fluid pipe protection member is formed of a curved guide pipe 21 and is inserted into a box-shaped joint housing 22 through a front opening 22a. Then, the joint container 2 is attached to the joint container 22.
The leading end of the fluid pipe 23 entering through the lower opening hole 22b of the second 2 was guided by the guide tube 21 and led to the front side of the wall 24 from the front opening hole 22a. At this time, the guide tube 21 also has a role of preventing the fluid tube 23 from being damaged by contact with the wall 24 or the like at the end portion extending to the front side of the wall 24.

When the distal end of the fluid pipe 23 comes out to the front side of the wall 24, the guide pipe 21 is removed from the joint accommodating body 22, and a joint (not shown) is connected to the distal end of the fluid pipe 23. Was. Thereafter, the fluid pipe 23 is connected to the joint container 2.
2 so as to be pushed back into the front opening hole 22a.
From the joint housing 22.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional guide tube 21 serving as a fluid tube protecting member, when the fluid tube 23 is extended from the front opening hole 22a to the front side of the wall 24, The fluid pipe 23 could be protected. However, the fluid pipe 23 with the joint connected to the tip end
Is pushed back into the joint container 22, the guide tube 21 is removed from the joint container 22 before the joint is connected to the fluid pipe 23 because the joint interferes with the guide tube 21. Therefore, when the fluid pipe 23 is pushed back into the joint housing 22, the fluid pipe 23 cannot be protected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to protect a fluid pipe even when the fluid pipe is guided to a joint housing. To provide a fluid pipe protecting member.

[0006]

The fluid pipe protecting member according to the present invention has the following structure to achieve the above object. That is, the fluid pipe protective member according to the invention of claim 1 is provided on a joint housing having an opening disposed on the back side of the wall and facing the front side of the wall from a wall hole formed in the wall,
A fluid pipe protection member that protects the fluid pipe when the fluid pipe is taken in and out of the opening. The fluid pipe protection member includes a main body attached to the joint housing from the front side of the wall to prevent a fluid pipe coming in and out of the opening from coming into contact with the wall and the like. And, in a state where the main body is attached to the joint housing, the main body is connected to the fluid pipe protruding from the opening to the front side of the wall through the opening through the joint. It is formed so that it can be stored in a storage body.

[0007] By attaching the fluid pipe protecting member to the joint accommodating body from the front side of the wall, the fluid pipe can be inserted into the joint accommodating body from the opening through the wall hole to the front side of the wall. The fluid pipe is protected by the main body of the fluid pipe protection member, and is prevented from contacting a wall or the like. Then, a joint is connected to the fluid pipe protruding to the front side of the wall from the opening of the joint housing, and the fluid pipe is guided from the opening to the joint housing, so that the joint is moved from the opening to the joint housing. To accommodate.
At this time, the joint is housed in the joint housing while the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member is attached to the joint housing.
In this way, when the fluid pipe is taken in and out of the opening of the joint housing, the fluid pipe is prevented from coming into contact with a wall or the like, and the fluid pipe may be damaged or, conversely, the wall or the like may be damaged. Can be prevented.

Further, as in the fluid pipe protecting member according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the main body covers at least the entire circumference of a corner portion extending from the wall hole to the front wall surface of the wall. This prevents the fluid pipe from abutting in any direction around the wall hole at the corner portion extending from the wall hole to the front wall surface of the wall.

Further, as in the fluid pipe protecting member according to the third aspect of the present invention, the main body portion may be provided with a fixed portion which is fixed to the joint housing from the front side of the wall. . Thereby, the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member is fixed to the joint housing by the fixed portion fixed to the joint housing,
Fixedly attached. Therefore, even when the fluid pipe rubs against the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member when the fluid pipe is taken in and out of the opening of the joint housing, the fluid pipe protecting member is unlikely to come off from the joint housing.

[0010] Further, as in the fluid pipe protecting member according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fixed portion may be a threaded portion that is screwed into the opening of the joint housing. Accordingly, the screw portion is screwed into the opening of the joint container, whereby the screw portion is fixed to the opening, and the main body of the fluid pipe protection member is firmly attached to the joint container. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fluid pipe protecting member, the main body and the joint accommodating body connect the wall to the opening with the screw. It may be formed so as to be pinched by screwing the portion.
Thus, the screw portion of the fluid pipe protection member is screwed into the opening of the joint housing, so that the body of the fluid pipe protection member and the joint housing sandwich the wall. Therefore, the main body of the fluid pipe protection member is more firmly attached to the joint housing via the wall.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fluid pipe protecting member, the main body is rotated so that the screw portion is screwed with the opening. A finger hook may be provided. Thus, the threaded portion of the fluid pipe protection member can be threadedly engaged with the opening of the joint housing by rotating the main body portion with a finger on the finger hook portion.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a fluid pipe protecting member according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 show one embodiment of a fluid pipe protecting member according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a wall of a building, which includes, for example, an outer wall 2 and an inner wall 3 serving as a wall in the present invention. Reference numeral 4 denotes a box-shaped joint housing, which is provided inside the wall 1 and on the back side P1 of the inner wall 3, and houses an elbow 5 as a joint. Reference numeral 6 denotes a highly rigid water supply pipe for supplying water or hot water, for example, as a flexible fluid pipe for supplying or discharging a fluid such as water, hot water or gas. 7 is a fluid pipe protection member according to the present invention.

Here, the joint housing 4 is provided with the elbow 5
4a in which the first and second openings 4 are accommodated.
b, 4c. The main body 4a is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped hollow shape, and the inner upper surface 4d is inclined so as to become higher as it goes forward (to the left in FIGS. 2 to 5), and the water supply pipe 6 is moved toward the first opening 4b. It is a guide surface to guide. The first opening 4b is formed to project slightly forward from the upper part of the front surface of the main body 4a in a cylindrical shape. The first opening 4b fits into the wall hole 3a formed in the inner wall 3, so that the first opening 4b is moved from the wall hole 3a to the front side P of the inner wall 3.
2, that is, facing the indoor side. Further, the first opening 4b is provided with an internal thread 4e on the inner surface thereof. A ring-shaped lock ring 8 that can fix the elbow 5 by holding down the flange 5a of the elbow 5 housed in the main body 4a is screwed into the female screw portion 4e (see FIG. 5). ). Also, the second opening 4c
Is formed so as to protrude downward from the lower surface of the main body 4a in a cylindrical shape, and is opened on the back side P1 of the inner wall 3. The second opening 4c has a sheath pipe 9 through which the water supply pipe 6 is inserted.
Is connected.

As shown in FIG. 5, most of the elbow 5 is housed inside the main body 4a, and one end of the connection port 5b extending in the horizontal direction is connected to the first opening of the joint housing 4. It is exposed to the outside from the part 4b. In this connection port 5b,
A cap 10 is screwed into an inner female screw portion (not shown). By removing the cap 10, a water supply device such as a faucet (not shown) can be attached to the connection port 5b. The other connection port 5 c extending vertically below the elbow 5 is connected to the second opening 4 c of the joint housing 4.
Is connected to a water supply pipe 6 inserted into the inside. Thus, the water or hot water flowing to the elbow 5 through the water supply pipe 6 is supplied from one connection port 5b to a water supply device such as a faucet.

The fluid pipe protecting member 7 is attached to the joint housing 4 by a second
Of the water supply pipe 6 entering through the opening 4c of
This protects the water supply pipe 6 when taking it in and out of the opening 4b. The fluid pipe protection member 7 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin material such as a polyethylene resin, and is attached to the joint housing 4 from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 so that the water supply pipe 6 that is put in and out of the first opening 4b is connected to the inner wall. A body 7a for preventing contact with the third member or the like is provided. And the main body 7a
The elbow 5 connected to the distal end portion of the water supply pipe 6 projecting from the first opening 4b to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 in a state where the main body 7a is attached to the joint housing 4, It is formed so as to be able to be housed in the joint housing 4 from one opening 4b. Specifically, the main body portion 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7 allows the elbow 5 to pass inside.
It consists of a cylindrical portion 7b, an intermediate portion 7c and a large diameter portion 7d. The tubular portion 7b is formed in a tubular shape so as to fit into the first opening 4b of the joint housing 4 in the wall hole 3a, and both ends are open. The intermediate portion 7c extends from the cylindrical portion 7b in the wall hole 3a to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3, and is formed to expand in a tapered shape. The large-diameter portion 7d extends from the intermediate portion 7c and is formed so as to have a large diameter and undulate on the front wall surface 3b of the inner wall 3. Thus, in particular, the middle portion 7c and the large diameter portion 7d of the main body 7a
Covers at least the entire periphery of the corner portion 3c extending from the wall hole 3a to the front wall surface 3b of the inner wall 3. In addition, the large-diameter portion 7d of the main body portion 7a and the large-diameter portion 7d and the joint housing 4 connect the inner wall 3 to the female screw portion 7e of the first opening portion 4b to the female screw portion 4e described later. Is formed so as to be sandwiched by screwing.

The cylindrical portion 7b of the main body portion 7a is provided on its outer surface with a male screw portion 7e as a screwing portion which is screwed to the female screw portion 4e of the first opening 4b. And
The male screw portion 7e is a fixed portion that is fixed to the joint housing 4 from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3. In this way, the fluid pipe protecting member 7 is detachably attached to the joint housing 4 by the male screw portion 7e. The main body 7a
A finger hook 7f capable of rotating the main body 7a so that the male screw 7e is screwed with the female screw 4e.
Is provided. The finger hook 7f is formed of a depression on which a finger can be hooked, and is formed on the front side of the large-diameter portion 7d of the main body 7a at regular intervals on the circumference.

Next, the function and effect of the fluid pipe protecting member 7 having the above configuration will be described together with a method of attaching the elbow 5 to the joint housing 4. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the inner wall 3 is attached to the back wall surface 3 d of the inner wall 3.
Opening 4 of the joint container 4 arranged on the back side P1 of the
Connect one end of the sheath tube 9 to c. Then, the fluid pipe protecting member 7 is moved from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3, that is, from the indoor side.
It is attached to the first opening 4b of the joint container 4.
At this time, the male thread portion 7e of the fluid pipe protecting member 7 is
Female screw portion 4e of first opening 4b in joint housing 4
Can be screwed into. After that, the water supply pipe 6 is inserted into the sheath pipe 9 from the other end, and the second
Through the opening 4c and the main body 4a, and the distal end portion of the water supply pipe 6 is exposed from the first opening 4b to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 through the wall hole 3a. At this time, the water supply pipe 6 passes through the main body part 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7, thereby preventing the water supply pipe 6 from contacting the inner wall 3 and the female screw part 4e of the first opening 4b. 6 can be prevented, or the inner wall 3 and the female screw portion 4e can be prevented from being damaged.

Then, the first opening 4b of the joint housing 4
The elbow 5 is connected to the distal end portion of the water supply pipe 6 protruding from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 (see FIG. 3), and then the water supply pipe 6 is returned from the first opening 4b to the joint housing 4 side. Then, the elbow 5 is housed in the joint housing 4 through the first opening 4b (see FIG. 4). At this time, the elbow 5 connected to the water supply pipe 6 and the distal end portion of the water supply pipe 6 pass through the main body 7a while the main body 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7 is attached to the joint container 4. It is housed in the joint housing 4 from the first opening 4b. Thus, the water supply pipe 6
The first opening 4b of the joint housing 4 together with the elbow 5
When the water supply pipe 6 and the elbow 5 are inserted, the water supply pipe 6 and the elbow 5 are prevented from coming into contact with the inner wall 3 and the female screw portion 4e of the first opening 4b. 3 and the internal thread 4e can be prevented from being damaged. Therefore, even when the water supply pipe 6 is returned to the joint housing 4, the water supply pipe 6 and the like can be protected.

In particular, since the water supply pipe 6 has high rigidity as described above, when the distal end portion is forcibly pulled out and returned to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3, the curved water supply pipe 6 is strongly pressed. When trying to return to a straight state, the main body 7
By a, the water supply pipe 6 can be prevented from directly colliding with the inner wall 3, and from such a viewpoint, the inner wall 3 and the like can be prevented from being damaged.

Next, the fluid pipe protection member 7 is removed from the joint housing 4. At this time, put your finger on the finger hook 7f,
By rotating the main body 7a, the male thread 7e of the fluid pipe protection member 7 can be loosened and removed from the female thread 4e of the joint housing 4. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5, the lock ring 8 is connected to the female screw portion 4 of the first opening 4b.
e, the elbow 5 is fixed to the joint housing 4. Then, the decorative ring 11 and the lock nut 12 are fitted to the distal end portion of the connection port 5b of the elbow 5.

As described above, when the water supply pipe 6 is taken in and out of the first opening 4b of the joint housing 4, the water supply pipe 6, the elbow 5, and the inner wall are formed by the main body 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7. 3 and the female screw portion 4e are protected, but the main body portion 7a covers the entire circumference of the corner portion 3c extending from the wall hole 3a to the front wall surface 3b of the inner wall 3 and the entire circumference of the female screw portion 4e. 6 and the elbow 5 are prevented from coming into contact with the corner portion 3c in any direction around the wall hole 3a, and coming into contact with the female screw portion 4e in any direction around the inner circumference thereof. Is prevented. Therefore, the work can be performed without worrying about the direction in which the water supply pipe 6 is taken in and out, and the water supply pipe 6 and the like can be reliably protected. In the illustrated embodiment, the water supply pipe 6 is pulled out from the back side P1 of the inner wall 3 to the front side P2 thereof through the first opening 4b of the joint housing 4, and the elbow 5 is attached to the tip end thereof. Although the example of connection has been described, on the contrary, the water supply pipe 6 is inserted so as to be pushed from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3 to the back side P1 thereof through the first opening 4b, and The elbow 5 may be connected to the distal end of the water supply pipe 6 which is left so as to protrude from the front side P2 of the inner wall 3.

The main body 7a of the fluid pipe protecting member 7
Since the water supply pipe 6 is fixedly attached to the joint housing 4, the water supply pipe 6 rubs against the main body 7 a of the fluid pipe protection member 7 when the water supply pipe 6 is taken in and out of the first opening 4 b of the joint housing 4. Also, the fluid pipe protection member 7 is unlikely to come off from the joint housing 4. In addition, the main body 7a of the fluid pipe protection member 7 is firmly attached to the joint housing 4 by screwing the male thread 7e and the female thread 4e. Therefore, the water pipe 6
Can be prevented from coming off from the joint housing 4 when the fluid is taken in and out of the first opening 4b. Further, the male thread portion 7e of the fluid pipe protection member 7
Is screwed into the female screw portion 4e of the joint housing 4 so that the main body 7a of the fluid pipe protecting member 7 and the joint housing 4 sandwich the inner wall 3, and the main body 7a is , Is more firmly attached to the joint housing 4. Further, even when the inner wall 3 is made of a material such as gypsum board or the like, which is difficult to fix with a fixing tool such as a set screw, the joint container 4 holds the inner wall 3 between itself and the main body 7 a of the fluid pipe protecting member 7. It is firmly fixed to the inner wall 3 so as to be sandwiched. Therefore, when the water supply pipe 6 is moved in and out of the first opening 4b, the fluid pipe protection member 7 is detached from the joint housing 4 or the joint housing 4 is moved together with the fluid pipe protection member 7 into the inner wall 3. Or the like can be prevented more reliably.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various other modifications are possible. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the distal end portion of the water supply pipe 6 is taken out from the first opening 4 b to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3, a guide pipe 13 for guiding the water supply pipe 6 is previously provided with a fluid pipe protection member. 7 and may be inserted into the joint housing 4 from the first opening 4b. Thus, the water pipe 6
Is guided inside the guide tube 13 by the guide tube 13 and is guided to the front side P2 of the inner wall 3. Thereafter, the guide pipe 13 is taken out of the joint housing 4 and the elbow 5 is connected to the distal end of the water supply pipe 6 (see FIG. 3). Is the same as

The threaded portion of the fluid pipe protecting member 7 is a male threaded portion 7e. Instead of the male threaded portion 7e, a female threaded portion is provided on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 7b. A male screw portion may be provided on the outer surface of the first opening 4b instead of the female screw portion 4e of the joint housing 4 so as to match.

The joint is not limited to the elbow 5, but may be any other shape.

Further, the joint housing 4 does not necessarily have to be formed in a box shape so as to cover and house the elbow 5 in its main body 4a.
A structure in which the upper side, the rear side, or the side of a is open, or a structure in which the main body 4a is composed of only a plate body that abuts on the back wall surface 3d of the inner wall 3 may be used. The joint housing 4 may have an opening corresponding to the first opening 4b, or may have a structure not having an opening corresponding to the second opening 4c.

[0029]

As apparent from the detailed description above, the fluid pipe protecting member according to the present invention has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the joint to which the fluid pipe is connected is housed in the joint housing while the main body of the fluid tube protecting member is attached to the joint housing. Therefore, even when the fluid pipe is guided to the joint container side, the fluid pipe can be protected.

In addition, according to the fluid pipe protecting member described in claim 2, in addition to the above, the fluid pipe can be applied in any direction around the wall hole at a corner portion extending from the wall hole to the front wall surface of the wall. Since the contact can be prevented, the fluid pipe can be surely protected.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, since the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member is fixedly attached to the joint housing, the fluid pipe can be accommodated in the joint housing. The fluid pipe protection member is less likely to come off the joint housing when taking it in and out of the opening in the body.

According to the fluid pipe protecting member of the fourth aspect, in addition to the above, the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member is firmly attached to the joint accommodating body by the screwing portion screwed into the opening. It is attached. Therefore, when the fluid pipe is taken in and out of the opening of the joint housing, the fluid pipe protecting member can be prevented from coming off the joint housing.

In addition, according to the fluid pipe protecting member of the fifth aspect, by sandwiching the wall, the main body of the fluid pipe protecting member is more firmly attached to the joint housing. Therefore, when the fluid pipe is taken in and out of the opening of the joint housing, the fluid pipe protecting member can be more reliably prevented from coming off the joint housing.

In addition, according to the fluid pipe protecting member according to the sixth aspect, the body portion of the fluid pipe protecting member can be rotated by putting a finger on the finger hook, so that a tool is provided. The main body can be attached to the joint housing without using a.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a fluid pipe protecting member according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is also a first enlarged cross-sectional view showing a method of attaching an elbow to a joint container.

FIG. 3 is a second enlarged sectional view showing a method of attaching an elbow to the joint housing.

FIG. 4 is a third enlarged sectional view showing a method of attaching an elbow to the joint housing.

FIG. 5 is a fourth enlarged sectional view showing a method of attaching an elbow to the joint housing.

FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 2, showing another example of a method of attaching an elbow to the joint housing.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a conventional fluid pipe protecting member.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 3 inner wall (wall) 3a wall hole 3b front side wall surface 3c corner portion 4 joint container 4b first opening (opening) 5 elbow (joint) 6 water supply pipe (fluid pipe) 7 fluid pipe protection member 7a main body 7e male screw Part (screwed part, fixed part) 7f Finger hook part P1 Back side P2 Front side

Claims (6)

[Claims] When a fluid pipe is inserted into or removed from a joint container provided with an opening facing the front side of the wall from a wall hole formed in the wall and disposed on the back side of the wall, A body for protecting a fluid pipe, the fluid pipe protecting member being attached to the joint accommodating body from a front side of the wall to prevent a fluid pipe coming in and out of the opening from coming into contact with the wall or the like. In the state where the main body is attached to the joint housing, the main body is connected to the fluid pipe projecting from the opening to the front side of the wall from the opening through the opening. A fluid pipe protection member formed so as to be able to be housed in the joint housing. 2. The fluid pipe protecting member according to claim 1, wherein the main body covers at least the entire circumference of a corner portion extending from the wall hole to a front wall surface of the wall. 3. The fluid pipe protecting member according to claim 1, wherein a fixed portion fixed to the joint housing from a front side of the wall is provided on the main body. 4. The fluid pipe protecting member according to claim 3, wherein the fixed portion comprises a screw portion screwed into the opening of the joint housing. 5. The main body portion is formed so as to clamp the wall between the main body portion and the joint housing by screwing the screwing portion into the opening. The fluid pipe protective member according to claim 4, wherein 6. The main body portion is provided with a finger hook portion that can rotate the main body portion so that the screw portion is screwed with the opening. Or the fluid pipe protecting member according to 5.