JP2004019164A - Visual inspection type connector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visual inspection type connector capable of being inspected whether or not the connection of components coincides with an inspection standard by a visual method. <P>SOLUTION: The visual inspection type connector includes a female type connector and a male type connector, and two components are thereby connected in the longitudinal direction. The female type connector is fixed to one sideway side edge part of two components, and at least one insertion slot is recessed along the sideway direction. The male type connector is formed in the shape of an approximately projected lump, it is fixed to a sideway side edge of the other component of two components, and in a part corresponding to the female type connector, at least one projected stripe is provided to the male type connector along the sideway direction to correspond to those insertion slots, and those projected stripes of the male type connector are sideways inserted in the insertion slots of the female type connector to complete the connection. Two components are connected by a fittingly insertion system of the insertion slot and the projected stripe, conditions of the connection can be thereby clearly realized, the inspection can be performed whether or not the connection coincides with the inspection standard, and it is effective to increase the safety of a process. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a type of visual inspection type connector, and more particularly to a connector which is applied to propagate the axial tensile force and pressure of two parts and which can perform 100% complete inspection in a visual manner.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The connector is a component for connecting two or more members. Taking a rebar connector in a building material as an example, more than 20 years have passed since that invention, and considerable invention has been born. A well-known method is to press the steel sleeve and the reinforcing bar with a hydraulic device and fill the gap formed by the steel sleeve and the reinforcing bar with non-shrinkage cement or other adhesive.
[0003]
The above-mentioned method is difficult to inspect in the field, for example, connecting two parts by screwing of the screw thread, and after screwing into the corresponding sleeve, it is completely connected directly by visual method It is difficult to check whether it has been done. The current inspection method is sampling inspection, but the number of connectors is enormous, and the construction quality of each connector is affected by the on-site workers, so ensure the stability of each connector uniformly. Difficult and increased uncertainty in the safety of the process.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a kind of visual inspection type connector, which can visually inspect whether the connection of components conforms to the inspection standard.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is a visual inspection type connector for connecting two components in a longitudinal direction,
A female connector, wherein the female connector is fixed to one lateral side edge portion of the two components described above, and at least one insertion groove is recessed in the female connector along the lateral direction; ,
A male connector, which is fixed to a portion corresponding to the female connector at the other lateral side edge portion of the two components described above, and has at least one protrusion along the lateral direction of the male connector. The male connector, wherein the ridges are provided so as to correspond to the insertion grooves, and the ridges of the male connector are laterally inserted into the insertion grooves of the female connector to complete the connection;
A visual inspection type connector characterized by comprising:
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visual inspection type connector according to the first aspect, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge are formed to have a taper angle in a lateral direction. .
The invention according to claim 3 is a visual inspection type connector for connecting two components in the longitudinal direction,
Two female connectors, which are fixed to the lateral side edges of the mutually corresponding ends of the two parts described above, and wherein the two female connectors have at least one insertion groove recessed along the lateral direction thereof; Said two female connectors,
One male connector is provided, and at least one ridge is provided along the lateral direction so as to correspond to the insertion grooves, and the ridges of the male connector are inserted sideways into the two female connectors. Said one male connector, which is inserted into the groove to complete the connection,
A visual inspection type connector characterized by comprising:
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visual inspection type connector according to the third aspect, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge are formed to have a taper angle in a lateral direction. .
The invention according to claim 5 is a visual inspection type connector for connecting two components in the longitudinal direction,
One female connector, the at least one insertion groove is recessed along the lateral direction, the one female connector,
The two male connectors are fixed to the lateral side edge portions of the mutually corresponding ends of the above two parts, and the two male connectors have at least one ridge corresponding to these insertion grooves along the lateral direction. The two male connectors are projecting, and these convex strips of the two male connectors are inserted sideways into the insertion grooves of the female connector to complete the connection, and
A visual inspection type connector characterized by comprising:
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visual inspection type connector according to the fifth aspect, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge are formed to have a taper angle in a lateral direction. .
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The visual inspection type connector of the present invention includes a female connector and a male connector, thereby connecting two components in the longitudinal direction. The female connector is fixed to one lateral side edge portion of the two components, and has at least one insertion groove recessed along the lateral direction. The male connector has a generally convex mass and is fixed to the lateral side edge of the other of the two components, and at least one convex along the lateral direction of the male connector at a portion corresponding to the female connector. Strips are provided to correspond to these insertion grooves, and these projections of the male connector are inserted laterally into the insertion grooves of the female connector to complete the connection. The present invention connects the two parts by the insertion method of the insertion groove and the ridge, so that the connection state can be clearly known by a visual method, and whether or not it conforms to the inspection standard can be inspected. It is effective to increase safety.
[0007]
The female connector has a substantially U-shape, the male connector has a substantially convex block shape, and the above-described insertion groove and the ridge are formed on the inner surface of the corresponding female connector and the outer surface of the male connector. The cross-sectional shapes of the insertion groove and the ridge are inverted trapezoidal, rectangular, semicircular, and triangular.
[0008]
The female and male connectors described above may be secured to the component by soldering or other techniques consistent with soldering standards, or may be secured by friction welding, spiraling, or the like.
[0009]
Separately, a variety of applications are possible in use, the first being the use of two female connectors, each provided at the lateral edge of the corresponding end of the two parts described above, and one male connector. Use with type connector. The female connector and the male connector are provided with corresponding insertion grooves and ridges to complete the connection. The second uses two male connectors, each of which is provided on the lateral side edge of the corresponding end of the two parts described above, and uses one male connector. The female connector and the male connector are provided with corresponding insertion grooves and ridges to complete the connection.
[0010]
【Example】
The first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a female connector 10 and a male connector 20, which is fixed to a side edge 100 of one component and is mounted in the lateral direction (see FIG. 1). The middle X direction is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the component (the Y direction in the drawing). The female connector 10 has a U-shape, has two opposing inner surfaces 102 formed therein, and has eight insertion grooves 101 formed in the inner surface 102 along the lateral direction. The male connector 20 has a substantially convex mass and is fixed to a portion corresponding to the female connector 10 on the lateral side edge 200 of another component, and the outer surface 202 formed on the male connector 20 has a female type. Eight ridges 201 are provided on the outer surface 202 along the lateral direction so as to correspond to the inner side surface 102 of the connector 10 and correspond to these insertion grooves 101, that is, these ridges 201 of the male connector 20 are oriented sideways. Is inserted into the insertion groove 101 of the female connector 10 to complete the connection. The status of the connection can be clearly understood by a visual method, and it can be checked whether or not it conforms to the inspection standard, which is effective for improving the process safety.
[0011]
In this embodiment, the female connector 10 and the male connector 20 are fixed to the component by a soldering method. Separately, the insertion groove 101 and the ridge 201 have an inverted trapezoidal shape, which has a taper angle of 1/100, which is advantageous for insertion and positioning.
[0012]
In the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, the female connector 11 and the male connector 21 are assembled to the component by soldering, but the connection between the connector and the component conforms to a soldering standard other than soldering. System, friction welding, spiral, etc. In addition, the male connector 21 in the present embodiment exhibits a taper angle, so that the shape of the male connector 21 is not limited to a square block shape.
[0013]
In the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the shapes of the insertion groove 121 and the ridge 221 of the female connector 12 and the male connector 22 are square, and FIG. The shape of the insertion groove 131 and the ridge 231 of the connector 13 and the male connector 23 has a semicircular shape, so that the shape of the insertion groove 131 and the ridge 231 is not limited to a trapezoid.
[0014]
In the fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5, both the female connector 14 and the male connector 24 are formed in a block shape, and an insertion groove 141 and a ridge 241 are formed on the corresponding surface, and this is also The purpose of the connection can be achieved.
[0015]
In the sixth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6, the female connector 15 and the male connector 25 have an L-shape, and the purpose of connection can be similarly achieved. Both the insertion groove 151 and the ridge 251 are as described above.
[0016]
The seventh embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7 is applied to connection of a plate-like object, which is a steel plate or the like, and whose horizontal direction (X direction in the figure) and vertical direction (Y in the figure). The definition of the direction is as described above. This embodiment has two female connectors 16, each of which is fixed to the side edge 160 of the corresponding end of the two components, and has an inner surface 162 and an insertion groove 161 on the inner surface 162. Separately, an outer side surface 262 and a ridge 261 on the outer side surface 262 are similarly formed on one male connector 26 so as to be used for insertion connection.
[0017]
An eighth embodiment of the present invention, shown in FIG. 8, comprises two male connectors 27, each secured to the side edge 270 of the corresponding end of the two components, and having an outer surface 272 and an outer surface 272. Are formed. Separately, one female connector 17 has an E-shape, in which an inner side surface 172 and an insertion groove 171 on the inner side surface 172 are formed, and are used for insertion connection.
[0018]
The ninth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 is an application of the seventh embodiment to an H-section steel connection. As can be seen from the above embodiments, the connecting parts to which the present invention is applied include various shapes of reinforcing bars, steel plates, H-shaped steels, and the like.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
Taken together, the present invention differs from the features of the prior art in any of its objects, means, and functions, and is a major breakthrough in visual inspection type connectors. However, the above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention, and any modification or alteration of details that can be made based on the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a display diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a view showing a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Female Connector 100 Lateral Side Edge 101 Insertion Groove 102 Inner Surface 20 Male Connector 200 Lateral Side Edge 201 Convex Strip 202 Outer Side 11 Female Connector 21 Male Connector 12 Female Connector 121 Insertion Slot 22 Male Connector 221 Convex Strip 13 Female Connector 131 Insertion Groove 23 Male Connector 231 Protrusion 14 Female Connector 141 Insertion Groove 24 Male Connector 241 Protrusion 15 Female Connector 151 Insertion Groove 25 Male Connector 251 Protrusion 16 Female Connector 160 Lateral Side Edge 161 Insert groove 162 Inner surface 26 Male connector 261 Convex ridge 262 Outer surface 17 Female connector 171 Insert groove 172 Inner surface 27 Male connector 270 Lateral side edge 271 Convex ridge 272 Outer surface

Claims (6)

In a visual inspection type connector for connecting two parts in the longitudinal direction,
A female connector, wherein the female connector is fixed to one lateral side edge portion of the two components described above, and at least one insertion groove is recessed in the female connector along the lateral direction; ,
A male connector, which is fixed to a portion corresponding to the female connector at the other lateral side edge portion of the two components described above, and has at least one protrusion along the lateral direction of the male connector. The male connector, wherein the ridges are provided so as to correspond to the insertion grooves, and the ridges of the male connector are laterally inserted into the insertion grooves of the female connector to complete the connection;
A visual inspection type connector, comprising: The visual inspection type connector according to claim 1, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge have a taper angle in a lateral direction. In a visual inspection type connector for connecting two parts in the longitudinal direction,
Two female connectors, which are fixed to the lateral side edges of the mutually corresponding ends of the two parts described above, and wherein the two female connectors have at least one insertion groove recessed along the lateral direction thereof; Said two female connectors,
One male connector is provided, and at least one ridge is provided along the lateral direction so as to correspond to the insertion grooves, and the ridges of the male connector are inserted sideways into the two female connectors. Said one male connector, which is inserted into the groove to complete the connection,
A visual inspection type connector, comprising: The visual inspection type connector according to claim 3, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge are formed so as to have a taper angle in a lateral direction. In a visual inspection type connector for connecting two parts in the longitudinal direction,
One female connector, and at least one insertion groove is recessed along the lateral direction, the one female connector,
The two male connectors are fixed to the lateral side edge portions of the mutually corresponding ends of the above two parts, and the two male connectors have at least one ridge corresponding to these insertion grooves along the lateral direction. The two male connectors are projecting, and these convex strips of the two male connectors are inserted laterally into the insertion grooves of the female connector to complete the connection, and
A visual inspection type connector, comprising: The visual inspection type connector according to claim 5, wherein the insertion groove and / or the ridge are formed to have a lateral taper angle.

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