JP2003042348A - Piping support fixture and attaching mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vertical band type or suspender type piping support fixture and attaching mechanism easy to use and allowing work by one hand. SOLUTION: In a piping support fixture of a structure locking and fixing a pair of supporting piece parts extending both ends of a pair of piping holding bands on a leg part of a support member like a turn buckle attached on a ceiling, floor and wall surface or the like with inserting a locking fixture through a loose hole provided at a position where the leg part and the supporting piece part overlap, the loose hole provided on a pair of the supporting piece part can be passed through by the hooking part of the locking fixture and is a deformed hole having a shape at least partially extended to allow the hooking part of the locking fixture is caught when a direction of the locking fixture is changed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pipe support and a mounting mechanism, and more particularly to pipes such as water pipes, gas pipes, cooling / heating medium pipes for air conditioning, pipes for electric / communication cables for ceilings, walls, floors and the like. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pipe support tool in the form of a vertical band for piping or a hanging band for pipe used for supporting, and an attachment mechanism thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a hanging band for piping, for example, the structure shown in FIG. 8 is widely used. The prototype of this type is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 29-12480. In this type of piping suspension band, the upper end of the suspension bolt is fixed to the female thread of the insert embedded in the ceiling slab, and the turnbuckle, which is a support member, is attached to this suspension bolt via a nut so that the height can be adjusted. Piping is performed by tightening bolts and nuts on the supporting pieces 13 ', 14' that are the ends of the piping holding bands 11 ', 12' that are connected to the legs of the turnbuckle by the hinge mechanism 15 '. It is a fixed structure. Various types of modifications of this configuration have been proposed or implemented.

In the actual work, the work for fixing the piping suspension band shown in the figure to the insert embedded in the ceiling slab is performed in advance, and then the work for actually fixing the pipe is performed. When fixing the pipe, remove the nut once to release one side of the pipe holding band 12 ', pass the pipe inside, and then return the pipe holding band 12' to the original position to remove the nut. Tighten with.

[0004] On the other hand, the conventional standing band is the actual band 54-
45536, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-190978, and the like. The structure is stopped by two sets of bolts and nuts, or one set of bolts and nuts and locking portions.

[0005]

In the piping suspension band shown in FIG. 8, the bolt holes provided at the legs of the turnbuckle and the ends of the piping holding bands 11 'and 12' are so-called stupid holes. Therefore, when the nut is removed at the stage of attaching the pipe and the one pipe holding band 12 'is released to the state shown by the phantom line, the bolt often comes off from the leg portion of the turnbuckle. . Therefore, it is necessary to temporarily attach the removed nut to the bolt again in order to release the one pipe holding band 12 '.

In this respect, the following configuration is known as a technique with improved workability. That is, (1) In the technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-174475, a turnbuckle and a pipe holding band are riveted to each other with a tightening band. (2) In the technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-35588, a turnbuckle and a pipe holding band are integrally formed, and at the end of the pipe holding band, a hole is formed at the base of the pipe holding band. It is a structure in which the provided protrusion is hooked. (3) In the technique disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 4-107592, a bolt nut is rotatably fixed to one of a turnbuckle and a lower end release portion, and the bolt nut is provided on the other end of the pipe holding band. It is configured to be inserted into the notch and tightened. (4) In the technology disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-45281, the turnbuckle is also used as a pipe holding band, and the turnbuckle is screwed to the turnbuckle with a nut rotatably fixed to the tip of the pipe holding band. It is configured to be screwed to all screw support rods.

However, in the techniques described in (1) to (4) above, the workability is not sufficiently improved and there is room for further improvement.

In view of the above, the present invention is to provide a pipe support and a mounting mechanism of a stand band type or a suspension band type which is convenient and easy to work with one hand.

[0009]

The above object of the present invention can be achieved by the following constitution.

1. A position where a pair of supporting pieces extending from both ends of a pair of pipe holding bands are provided on a leg of a supporting member such as a turnbuckle attached to a ceiling, floor, wall surface, etc., where the leg and the supporting piece overlap. In a pipe support having a structure in which a hook is inserted into a through hole formed in a hole and fixed by locking the hook, the hook has a hook portion at a tip end thereof and is rotated via a shaft portion. A lever operation part pivotally supported is provided at the rear end part, and the through hole formed in the pair of support piece parts is
At least a part of the shape that allows the hooking portion of the hooking device to be inserted and the hooking part of the hooking device is hooked when the direction of the hooking device is changed is an irregular shaped hole, and is formed in the leg portion. The through-hole provided is a through-hole having the same shape as or larger than the odd-shaped hole of the support piece, and the leg portion and the pair of holes are formed by the lever operating portion at the leading end portion and the rear end portion of the latching device. A pipe support tool having a structure in which a support piece is fixed in a sandwiched state.

2. The hooking portion of the hooking device is enormous, bent,
3. The pipe support tool according to 1 or 2 above, wherein the pipe support tool has a configuration in which it is formed in a protrusion shape by any of the punching methods.

3. A position where a pair of supporting pieces extending from both ends of a pair of pipe holding bands are provided on a leg of a supporting member such as a turnbuckle attached to a ceiling, floor, wall surface, etc., where the leg and the supporting piece overlap. In a pipe support attachment mechanism for locking and fixing by inserting a hook into a through hole formed in a hole, at least a part formed in a portion where the leg and the pair of support pieces overlap. Insert the hooking tool having the hooking part at the tip part in a specific direction into the through hole which is an irregular shaped hole, and rotate the hooking device in a different direction from the time of inserting the hooking part through the hole. By preventing it from falling backward by hooking it on the edge part of the lever, and by rotating the lever operation part pivotally supported by the rear end part of the hanging tool via the shaft part, the lever function is acted, Special feature is to fix the leg part and the pair of support piece parts in a sandwiched state by the hook part and the lever operation part. Mounting mechanism or method of mounting the pipe support to.

4. The hooking portion of the hook is caught in the through hole of the leg by inserting the hooking tool into the through hole of the leg of the support member and rotating the hook in a direction different from the insertion direction. According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a structure and a method for mounting the pipe support according to the above item 3, wherein the other support piece and the leg of the support member can be temporarily fixed while the one support piece is open. .

5. The hooking portion of the hooking device is enormous, bent,
5. The pipe support attachment mechanism or attachment method according to the above 3 or 4, characterized in that the pipe support is formed in a protruding shape by any of the punching methods.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The specific constitution of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a pipe support according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 5 are principal part explanatory views showing a mounting process of the pipe support shown in FIG.

The pipe supporting tool 1 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 has a pair of supporting piece portions obtained by extending both ends of a pair of pipe holding bands 11 and 12 which are pipe holding portions connected via a hinge mechanism 15. Mounting foot called T foot, screw foot, split foot, wood screw, battledore, etc. in which the hook 3 is inserted from the through hole 16 of one of the support pieces 11 of 13 and 14 and is raised from the floor or wall surface. Or a supporting member (such as a turnbuckle) 2 such as the above-mentioned mounting foot or a turnbuckle that is suspended from the ceiling, is fixed to the leg portion 20 of the other supporting piece portion 14. It is a pipe support tool.

A through hole 21 is formed in the leg portion 20 at a position overlapping with the through hole 16 of the supporting piece portion 13, and the other supporting piece portion 14 is provided at a position overlapping with the through holes 16 and 21. A through hole 17 is provided.

The hooking device 3 has a projecting hooking portion 31 formed by any one of enlarging, bending, punching, or any other method, and has a shaft 32 rotatably supported by a shaft 32. The lever operation part 33 supported is provided at the rear end part. In the lever operation part 33, the arcuate portion 34 at the base of the lever operation part is formed so that the distance from the shaft end 32 is gradually increased from the base end so that the lever operation gradually acts as the lever operation part 33 rotates.

The through holes 16 and 17 formed in the pair of support piece portions 13 and 14 are capable of inserting the hook portions 31 of the hook 3 and changing the direction of the hook 3. At least a part of the shape with which the hooking portion 31 of the hooking tool 3 is hooked is formed as an enlarged deformed hole.

Further, the through holes 21 formed in the leg portions 20 of the supporting member 2 are the through holes 16 and 17 of different shapes of the supporting piece portions 13 and 14.
The same shape or a larger shape than the odd shape hole.

In the present embodiment, as the shape of the through-holes 16, 17 and 21, a part of the circular shape is enlarged to a rectangular shape which is the shape when the hook portion 31 is viewed from the insertion direction in a front view. ing.

In the pipe support 1 according to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the leg 20 of the support member 2 is aligned with the support piece 13 of one pipe holding band 11 and the through hole 16 is aligned with the through hole 16. After superposing as described above, the hook 3 is inserted into the through holes 16 and 21 from the support piece 13 side. At this time, the hooking portion 31 at the tip end portion of the hooking device 3 is inserted in a direction that matches the enlarged portion of the through holes 16 and 21.

After inserting the hook 3 into the through holes 16 and 21,
The pipe is held by the pipe holding bands 11 and 12, and the other pipe holding band 12 is closed to allow the support piece portion 14 to overlap the leg portion 20 while inserting the hook 3 into the through hole 17 (FIG. 2). reference). When the hook portion 31 of the hook 3 is completely projected from the through hole 17, the hook 3 is rotated to be hooked on the edge of the hole 17 to prevent the backward return drop (see FIG. 3). ).

As shown in FIG. 2, the hook 3 is attached to the through hole 16.2.
After being inserted into 1.17 and being rotated in a direction different from that at the time of insertion as shown in FIG. 3, the lever operating portion 33 at the rear end of the hook 3 is rotated as shown in FIG. To activate the leverage function. With this rotation, the arcuate portion 34 at the base of the lever operating portion 33 comes into contact with the surface of the supporting piece portion 13, and the lever 20 and the pair of supporting piece portions as shown in FIG. 13 and 14 are fixed in a sandwiched state so as to be pressed against each other.

By the above operation, the pipe can be suspended and supported by the leg portion of the supporting member such as the turnbuckle while being held by the pipe holding band. According to the pipe support tool 1 and the mounting mechanism thereof according to the present invention, when fixing with the hooking tool 3, neither a finger nor a tool such as a spanner, a wrench, pliers, or a fixing tool including a bolt and a nut is required, so that the work is remarkably performed. It's easy.

Although the typical embodiments of the pipe support and the attachment mechanism according to the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above, and other embodiments such as the following can be adopted.

In the above embodiment, the pair of support piece portions 13.1.
Although the through holes 16 and 17 and the through hole 21 are formed so as to overlap in the same direction when the 4 and the leg portion 20 are overlapped with each other, the through hole of the support piece portion 14 is overlapped after the pipe is held. 17
Only different directions may be perforated. That is, the hook 3
Is inserted into the through hole 16 of the supporting piece portion 13 and the through hole 21 of the leg portion 20, and then the hooking tool 3 is rotated, whereby the hooking tool 3
Since it does not fall off from the through holes 16 and 21, it can be temporarily fixed in a state in which one support piece portion 13 is suspended from the leg portion 20 and the other support piece portion 14 is open. Therefore, the other support piece 1 while holding the pipe
4 is operated, one of the supporting piece portion 13 and the leg portion 2 is operated by fingers.
Since there is no need to worry about keeping 0 from being separated, the pipe holding work can be performed in a safe state. still,
It is preferable that the direction of the hook 3 when it is inserted into the through holes 16 and 21 and rotated is such that it can be inserted into the through hole 17 of the other support piece portion 14 because the work becomes easier.

In the above embodiment, the shape of the through holes 16, 21 and 17 is a combination of circles and rectangles. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the hook 3 is inserted. It may have any size and shape that allows it to be inserted into, and has a shape that prevents the catching part 31 from catching when it is rotated after it has been inserted, and, for example, (A) to FIG.
A through hole having a shape as shown in (C) may be used. In FIG. 6, the direction and shape of the hooking tool 3 at the time of insertion are shown by a dashed-dotted line A, and the direction and shape of the hooking tool 3 at the time of turning after being inserted are shown by a two-dot chain line B.

Further, the shapes of the hook 3 and the hook portion 31 are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment in which the shape when viewed from the insertion direction in the front view is rectangular, and for example, FIG.
Various shapes such as a triple arrow shape, an elliptical shape, and a cross shape as shown in (C) to (C) can be adopted. The shapes of the through holes 16, 21, and 17 through which these hooks 3 are inserted are also (a) to
It shows corresponding to (c).

Further, the structure of the hook 3 is not limited to the processed plate material of the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be formed by bending a round bar or a square bar. For example, a round bar having one end as a lever operation part 33 is bent at the other end to form an arc part 34 and an insertion part of the shaft part 32 is formed, or one end of a round bar or a square bar is bent. It may be formed by forming the hook portion 31 and bending the other end so as to support the shaft portion 32.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a mode in which the hanging device 3 is used for a hanging band type having one fixing device has been described, but a so-called vertical band type having a plurality of hanging devices 3 is also used. Needless to say, it is included. These bands are not limited to the hinge mechanism 15 (hinge type) shown in the embodiment, but may be a set type, a lantern type, a set type roller, etc., and further, a dip structure (coated with a resin such as soft vinyl chloride). The above structure), a vibration-proof structure, or a structure with a tongue (with a tan buckle). The material is not limited to metal and may be plastic or the like.

[0032]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a pipe support and a mounting mechanism of a stand band type or a hanging band type which is convenient and easy to work with one hand.
That is, after the hook is inserted into the through hole of the supporting piece portion of the pipe holding band and the through hole of the leg portion of the supporting member, the hook is rotated, so that the hook returns in reverse. Further, by rotating the lever operation portion of the hooking device to exert the lever function, the leg portion and the pair of support piece portions can be pressed and fixed in a sandwiched state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a pipe support according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of main parts showing a mounting process of the pipe support shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a main part showing a mounting process of the pipe support shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of main parts showing a mounting process of the pipe support shown in FIG.

5 is an explanatory view of main parts showing a mounting process of the pipe support shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of a through hole.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the latch.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a conventional pipe support tool.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pipe support 11 plumbing holding band 11 'Piping hug band (prior art) 12 Plumbing hug band 12 'plumbing hanger band (prior art) 13 Support piece 13 'support piece (prior art) 14 Support piece 14 'support piece (prior art) 15 Hinge mechanism 15 'hinge mechanism (prior art) 16 through holes 17 through hole 2 Support members 20 legs 21 through hole 3 hooks 31 Hook 32 shaft 33 Lever operation unit 34 Arc part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pair of support pieces, which are formed by extending both ends of a pair of pipe holding bands, to a leg of a support member such as a turnbuckle attached to a ceiling, floor, wall surface, etc., the leg and the support piece. In a pipe support having a structure in which a hook is inserted into a through hole formed at a position where the hooks overlap with each other and fixed by locking the hook, the hook has a hook portion at a tip end thereof and a shaft portion. Has a lever operation part pivotally supported via a rear end part, and a through hole formed in the pair of support piece parts is capable of inserting the hook part of the hooking tool. At least a part of the shape in which the hooking portion of the hooking device is hooked when the direction of the hooking device is changed is an irregular shape hole, and the through hole formed in the leg portion is the irregular shape hole of the supporting piece portion. Is a through hole larger than the same shape or a different shape hole, and the lever operation portion at the hook portion and the rear end portion of the hooking device. Accordingly pipe support, characterized in that the arrangement for fixing the legs and the pair of the support piece to sandwich state. 2. The pipe support tool according to claim 1, wherein the hooking portion of the hooking device is formed in a projection shape by any one of expansion, bending, and punching. 3. A pair of supporting piece portions, which extend both ends of a pair of pipe holding bands, are provided on the leg portion of a supporting member such as a turnbuckle attached to a ceiling, floor, wall surface, etc., the leg portion and the supporting piece. In a mounting mechanism of a pipe support tool that locks and fixes by inserting a hooking tool into a through hole formed at a position where the legs overlap, the leg part and a pair of support piece parts are drilled at the overlapping part. At least a part of the through hole, which is an irregularly-shaped hole, is inserted with a hook having a hook portion at its tip in a specific direction, and the hook is rotated in a direction different from that when the hook is inserted. The hooking part is hooked on the edge of the through hole to prevent it from returning backwards and falling off, and the lever operation part pivotally supported by the rear end part of the hooking device via the shaft part is rotated to provide a leverage function. By operating it, the leg part and the pair of support piece parts are fixed in the sandwiched state by the hook part and the lever operation part. Attachment mechanism of the pipe support, characterized in Rukoto. 4. A hook is inserted through the through hole of the leg portion of the support member,
By rotating the hook in a direction different from that when the hook is inserted, the hook portion of the hook is caught in the through hole of the leg portion, so that one support piece is opened and the other support piece is opened. The attachment mechanism for a pipe support according to claim 3, wherein the portion and the leg of the support member can be temporarily fixed. 5. The pipe support tool according to claim 3, wherein the hooking portion of the hooking device is formed in a projection shape by any one of expansion, bending and punching. Mounting mechanism.