JP2008291873A - Pipe holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe holder capable of responding to a plurality of kinds of pipes regarding pipe diameters and the number of pipes which the holder can hold. <P>SOLUTION: Inner members 50, 70 includes pipe holding parts 51, 52, 53, 71, 72, etc., in pipe-holding shapes different from each other on different exterior surface parts around their transverse sectional profiles. Outer members 10, 31 hold the inner members 50, 70 around the transverse sectional profiles to be changeable in mounting positions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pipe holder, and more particularly to a pipe holder for fixing or bundling a pipe intermediate portion of a pipe such as a fuel pipe or a brake tube of an automobile to a vehicle body or the like.

  As a pipe holder (tube clip) for holding pipes, a pair of elastic holders (inner members) in which a plurality of pipe holding grooves are formed in parallel on a fixed body (outer member) or clamp band with a hinged clip structure ), And a pipe (tube) fitted in each of a plurality of pipe holding grooves is sandwiched and held by a fixed body via an elastic holding body (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

The pipes referred to in the present specification refer to pipes, tubes, and their equivalents or similar products, and are articles that have an elongated shape and can be clamped in a sandwiched manner. At the same time, the pipe holder according to the present invention It is an article that can be held by.
Utility Model Registration No. 2547686 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-30679

  The diameter of the pipe held by the pipe holder and the number of parallel holding pipes vary depending on the application, attachments, and the like. On the other hand, in the conventional pipe holder, the elastic holder is dedicated for each pipe diameter and the number of pipes held, and the diameter and number of pipes that can be held by one elastic holder are limited to one type. It is done.

  For this reason, in the conventional pipe holder, it was necessary to design and prepare an elastic holder in accordance with the diameter and number of pipes to be held. As described above, the conventional pipe holder lacks versatility and versatility.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that it can handle multiple types of pipe diameters and the number of pipes that can be held, increasing the diversity and versatility of pipe holders. This is to reduce the number of parts to be prepared in holding the pipe.

  The pipe holder according to the present invention is a pipe holder having an inner member for holding a pipe member and an outer member for sandwiching and holding the inner member, and the inner member has a columnar shape or a rod shape, and has a cross-sectional shape. Each having at least two different pipe holding portions with different pipe holding shapes, and the outer member includes the inner member and the plurality of pipe holding portions formed on the inner member. The selected one is mounted so that the mounting position can be changed around the cross-sectional shape of the inner member so as to hold the pipe member.

  The pipe holder according to the present invention is a pipe holder having a pair of inner members that sandwich and hold a pipe member, and a pair of outer members that sandwich and hold the pair of inner members, and the pair of inner members includes: Each of the columnar or bar-shaped pipes has pipe holding portions having different pipe holding shapes on at least two different outer surface portions around the respective cross-sectional shapes, and the pair of outer members includes the pair of inner members, The mounting position can be changed around the cross-sectional shape of the inner member so that a selected set of the plurality of pipe holding portions formed on each of the inner members holds and holds the pipe member. It is attached to.

  In the pipe holder according to the present invention, preferably, the pipe holding shapes of the selected pair of pipe holding portions are the same shape.

  In the pipe holder according to the present invention, preferably, the pair of inner members is a resin molded product, and is a single molded product connected to each other by a flexible connecting portion made of resin.

  In the pipe holder according to the present invention, preferably, the inner member is constituted by a polygonal column, and the pipe holding part is formed on each side surface of the polygonal column.

  In the pipe holder according to the present invention, preferably, the inner member is made of a conductive resin, and has an earth contact portion that makes conductive contact with the attached portion at any mounting position around the cross-sectional shape. is doing.

  In the pipe holder according to the present invention, the inner member has pipe holding portions of pipe holding shapes different from each other in at least two outer surface portions that are different around the cross-sectional shape, and the outer member has the cross-sectional shape of the inner member. By holding around the mounting position so that the mounting position can be changed, it is possible to handle multiple types of pipe diameters and the number of pipes held according to the pipe holding shape of the pipe holding part of each part, and it is excellent in versatility and versatility .

  One embodiment of a pipe holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The pipe holder of the present embodiment has a pair of outer members 10 and 30 and a pair of inner members 50 and 70.

  The outer members 10 and 30 are fixedly mounted on a mounted portion such as a vehicle body with the pair of inner members 50 and 70 being sandwiched and held therebetween. The outer members 10 and 30 are both resin molded products made of relatively hard plastics such as polyacetal (POM) and polyamide (PA), and are formed in an elongated box shape. Henceforth, the longitudinal direction of the outer members 10 and 30 is referred to as the X direction (left-right direction), and the direction orthogonal to the X direction in one horizontal plane including the X direction is referred to as the Y direction (front-rear direction).

  The outer member 10 is formed with an attachment claw portion 11 for fixing and attaching the pipe holder to the attached portion on the lower bottom portion, and constitutes a holder main body. A pair of bracket pieces 12A and 12B that are separated from each other in the Y direction are integrally formed at one end of the outer member 10 in the longitudinal direction (X direction). Hinge pins 13A and 13B are integrally formed on the bracket pieces 12A and 12B.

  A pair of bracket pieces 32 </ b> A and 32 </ b> B that are separated from each other in the Y direction are integrally formed at one end portion in the longitudinal direction (X direction) of the outer member 30. Pin engagement holes 33A and 33B are formed through the bracket pieces 32A and 32B. Hinge pins 13A and 13B are fitted in the pin engaging holes 33A and 33B so as to be rotatable (rotatable). Thereby, the outer member 30 is hinge-connected to the outer member 10 and forms a holder lid. The inner diameters of the pin engagement holes 33A and 33B are larger than the outer diameters of the hinge pins 13A and 13B, and the outer members 10 and 30 are hinge-connected in a state where a predetermined radial displacement is allowed.

  The other end of the outer member 30 in the longitudinal direction (X direction) can be engaged with a non-returnable locking claw 34 and the other end of the outer member 10 in the longitudinal direction (X direction) can be engaged with the locking claw 34. A non-return shaped locking groove 14 is formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking claw 34 and the locking groove 14 are disengaged, and the outer members 30 and 50 are opened in a straight line as “open state”. 5, the state in which the locking claw 34 of the outer member 30 is engaged with the locking groove 14 of the outer member 10 is referred to as a “closed state”.

  The outer members 10 and 30 are formed with elongated inner member receiving portions 15 and 35 having a constant width between both ends in the X direction. The inner member receiving portions 15 and 35 have the same shape as each other and have a groove-like cross-sectional shape, and in the closed state, complement each other to form a rectangular parallelepiped cross-sectional shape. The front and rear walls of the inner member receiving portions 15 and 35 of the outer members 10 and 30 are concave, and as shown in FIG. 4, in the closed state, the pipe passage opening 20 through which the pipe P passes is formed. Define.

  Both of the inner members 50 and 70 are formed of a relatively soft conductive resin obtained by kneading a conductive powder such as carbon powder in a silicon resin or the like, preferably a conductive resin having rubber-like elasticity. The inner members 50 and 70 are connected to each other by a resinous string-like flexible connecting portion 60 at the end portions in the X direction, and are formed as one resin molded product.

  The flexible connecting portion 60 hinge-connects the inner members 50 and 70 with omnidirectionality. The hinge connection with omnidirectional means that the inner members 50 and 70 can be bent in any direction (minimum, each direction of four side surfaces described later).

  Each of the inner members 50 and 70 is a first pipe holding unit having a regular rectangular column having the same shape as a main shape, and having different pipe holding shapes on each of four rectangular side surfaces (outer surface portions) of the regular rectangular column. Portions 51 and 71, second pipe holding portions 52 and 72, third pipe holding portions 53 and 73, and fourth pipe holding portions 54 and 74 are formed. The first pipe holding parts 51 and 71, the second pipe holding parts 52 and 72, the third pipe holding parts 53 and 73, as seen by the inner members 50 and 70 connected by the flexible connecting part 60, The fourth pipe holding portions 54 and 74 are on the side surfaces of the same direction of the regular quadratic prisms that form the main body of the inner members 50 and 70, respectively, and form a set in which these are selected.

  The first pipe holding part 51 of the inner member 50 and the first pipe holding part 71 of the inner member 70 have the same pipe holding shape, and each have three semicircular pipe-shaped engaging grooves 51A, 51B. 51C and 71A, 71B, 71C are formed at predetermined intervals.

  The second pipe holding portion 52 of the inner member 50 and the second pipe holding portion 72 of the inner member 70 have the same pipe holding shape, and each has two semi-circular same shape pipe engaging grooves 52A and 52B. 72A and 72B are formed at predetermined intervals.

  The third pipe holding portion 53 of the inner member 50 and the third pipe holding portion 73 of the inner member 70 have the same pipe holding shape, and each has a semicircular same shape pipe engaging groove 53A and 73A. Is formed.

  The fourth pipe holding portion 54 of the inner member 50 and the fourth pipe holding portion 74 of the inner member 70 have the same pipe holding shape, and a plurality of grooves 54A and 74A are formed respectively. Further, a plurality of, in the present embodiment, four escape slit cavities 54B and 74B are formed near the surface portions of the fourth pipe holding portions 54 and 74, respectively.

  The groove diameters of the pipe engaging grooves 51A, 51B, 51C, 52A, 52B, 53A, 71A, 71B, 71C, 72A, 72B, and 73A are individually set to dimensions corresponding to the outer diameter of the pipe P to be held. ing.

  The inner member 50 is fitted and disposed in the inner member receiving portion 15 of the outer member 10, and the inner member 70 is fitted in and removed from the inner member receiving portion 35 of the outer member 30 so as to be detachable (detachable). Each side dimension of the regular square side of the cross-sectional shape of the inner members 50 and 70 is substantially the same as the width dimension of the inner member receiving portions 15 and 35. Thereby, the outer members 10 and 30 hold | maintain the inner members 50 and 70 so that change is possible in either of the four rotation positions rotated 90 degree | times around the cross-sectional shape of self.

  That is, the outer members 10 and 30 are selected one side of the inner members 50 and 70, that is, any one of the first to fourth pipe holding portions 51, 52, 53, and 54 of the inner member 50, The inner members 50, 70 are arranged around their own cross-sectional shape so that any one of the first to fourth pipe holding portions 71, 72, 73, 74 of the inner member 70 faces each other in the closed state. In 90 degrees, the mounting position can be changed.

  Thereby, in the pipe holder of the present embodiment, the inner members 50 and 70 are respectively put in the inner member receiving portions 15 and 35 of the outer members 10 and 30, and any one of the following four pipe clamp states is set. One can be taken selectively.

  (1) As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the first pipe holding parts 51 and 71 are both upward in the opened state and opposed to each other in the closed state. Status. In this first pipe clamp state, the pipe engaging grooves 51A, 51B, 51C, 71A, 71B, 71C of the first pipe holding portions 51, 71 each extend linearly in the Y direction and are spaced in the X direction. It becomes the arrangement arranged in parallel.

  (2) As shown in FIG. 5, a second pipe clamp state in which the pipe holding portions 52 and 72 are both upward in the open state and face each other in the closed state. In the second pipe clamped state, the pipe engaging grooves 52A, 52B, 72A, 72B of the second pipe holding portions 52, 72 each extend linearly in the Y direction and are arranged in parallel at intervals in the X direction. Will be arranged.

  (3) As shown in FIG. 6, a third pipe clamp state in which the third pipe holding portions 53 and 73 are both upward in the opened state and face each other in the closed state. In the third pipe clamped state, the pipe engaging grooves 53A and 73A of the third pipe holding portions 52 and 72 are arranged to extend linearly in the Y direction.

  (4) As shown in FIG. 7, a fourth pipe clamp state in which the fourth pipe holding portions 54 and 74 are both upward in the opened state and opposed to each other in the closed state. In the fourth pipe clamp state, the grooves 54A and 74A each extend linearly in the Y direction provided with a predetermined pitch in the X direction.

  An extension rod portion 55 is integrally formed at the end of the inner member 50 opposite to the side connected to the inner member 70, and an earth disk 56 forming an earth contact portion is integrally formed at the tip of the extension rod portion 55. Has been. The extension rod portion 55 is centered on the intersection of the X diagonal lines of the square cross section of the inner member 50, and the radius of the earth disk 56 is the intersection point when the inner member 50 is placed in the inner member receiving portion 15. Is set to be equal to or slightly larger than the distance between the inner member 50 and the bottom surface of the inner member 50.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, in the state where the outer member 10 is attached to the attachment portion 100 such as the vehicle body by the attachment claw portion 11, in any of the above-described first to fourth pipe clamp states. In addition, the earth disk 56 is in conductive contact with the mounted portion 100. The extension rod portion 55 and the ground disk 56 are integrally formed with the inner member 50 and are formed of the same conductive resin as the inner member 50.

  In the locking groove 14 portion of the outer member 10 and the locking claw 34 portion of the outer member 30, concave grooves 16 and 36 for passing the extending rod portion 55 are formed. Further, the groove 17 for passing the flexible connecting portion 60 is provided at the end of the outer member 10 on the bracket piece 12A, 12B side and the end of the outer member 30 on the bracket piece 32A, 32B side, respectively. , 37 are formed.

  In the first pipe clamp state, as shown in FIG. 3, the pipe P is engaged with each of the pipe engagement grooves 51A, 51B, 51C of the first pipe holding portion 51, and the outer member on the lid side As shown in FIG. 4, the locking claw 34 is reversely engaged with the locking groove 34 and is closed as shown in FIG. 4. As a result, the three pipes P are engaged with the pipe engaging grooves 51A, 51B, 51C of the first pipe holding part 51 and the first pipe holding parts 71A, 71B, 71C and arranged in parallel. The inner members 50 and 70 are sandwiched and held by these members.

  In the second pipe clamped state, as shown in FIG. 5, the pipe P is engaged with each of the pipe engaging grooves 52A and 52B of the second pipe holding portion 52, and the outer member 30 on the lid side is moved. Turn to engage the locking claw 34 with the locking groove 34 in a non-return state, and close it. Accordingly, the inner member 50 is in a state where the two pipes P are arranged in parallel by engaging with the pipe engagement grooves 52A and 52B of the second pipe holding portion 52 and the second pipe holding portions 72A and 72B. And 70 and is held by these.

  In the third pipe clamp state, as shown in FIG. 6, the pipe P is engaged with the pipe engaging groove 53A of the third pipe holding portion 53, and the outer member 30 on the lid side is turned and locked. The claw 34 is engaged with the locking groove 34 in a non-returning state to be in a closed state. Thus, one pipe P is sandwiched between the inner members 50 and 70 in a state of being engaged with the pipe engaging groove 53A of the third pipe holding portion 53 and the third pipe holding portion 73A. More retained.

  In the fourth pipe clamp state, as shown in FIG. 7, a pipe (not shown) is placed on the fourth pipe holding portion 54 and the outer member 30 on the lid side is turned to engage the locking claw 34. A non-reverse engagement is made with the stop groove 34 to bring it into a closed state. As a result, the pipe is sandwiched between the inner members 50 and 70 and held by them.

  In the fourth pipe clamped state, the surface portions with the grooves 54A and 74A of the fourth pipe holding portions 54 and 74 are bent so as to crush the slit cavities 54B and 74B according to the thickness of the pipe. Accept. As a result, in the fourth pipe clamp state, the pipe is not firmly held as in the first to third pipe clamp states, but the thickness and number of pipes that can be held can have a width, and multiple It becomes a simple pipe holding part.

  In any of the first to fourth pipe clamp states described above, since the earth disk 56 is in conductive contact with the attached portion 100, the inner member 50, if the pipe P is conductive such as metal, An earth connection is inevitably connected to an attachment such as a vehicle body via the earth disk 56.

  In the above-described embodiment, the inner members 50 and 70 are mainly composed of regular square columns, and pipe holding portions (51 to 54, 71 to 74) are formed on the respective side surfaces of the regular square columns. The holder is not limited to this, and the inner members 50 and 70 may be polygonal columns other than the regular quadrangular columns, for example, triangular columns, pentagonal columns, etc., and are rod-shaped with a circular to elliptical cross section. May be. In the case where the inner member has a rod shape with a circular to elliptical cross section, a pipe holding portion may be formed on each of the outer surface portions that differ in the circumferential direction.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pipe is held using the pair of outer members 10 and 30 and the pair of inner members 50 and 70. However, the pipe holder according to the present invention is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-30679. It can also be applied to the type of pipe holder as shown in FIG. 1, and the outer member may be a clamp band made of a spring material or the like, and the inner member may be a single unit for holding the pipes. The pipe holder according to the present invention is not limited to a pipe holder for fastening pipes to a vehicle body or the like, and may be one for bundling pipes.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a front view which shows one embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the opening-and-closing middle state in the 1st pipe clamp state of one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the closed state in the 1st pipe clamp state of one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the open state in the 2nd pipe clamp state of one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the open state in the 3rd pipe clamp state of one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the open state in the 4th pipe clamp state of one Embodiment of the pipe holder by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Outer member 11 Mounting claw part 12A, 12B Bracket piece 13A, 13 Hinge pin 14 Locking groove 15 Inner member receiving part 16, 17 Recessed groove 30 Outer member 32A, 32 Bracket piece 33A, 33B Pin engaging hole 34 Locking claw 35 Inner member receiving portion 36, 37 Concave groove 50 Inner member 51 First pipe holding portion 51A, 51B, 51C Pipe engaging groove 52 Second pipe holding portion 52A, 52B Pipe engaging groove 53 Third pipe holding portion 53A Pipe engaging groove 54 Fourth pipe holding portion 54A groove 54B Slit cavity 55 Extension rod portion 56 Ground disk 60 Flexible connecting portion 70 Inner member 71 First pipe holding portion 71A, 71B, 71C Pipe engaging groove 72 Second pipe holding portion 72A, 72B Pipe engaging groove 73 Third pipe holding 73A pipe engagement groove 74 fourth pipe holding portion 74A grooves 74B a slit-shaped cavity 100 the attached portion

Claims (6)

A pipe holder having an inner member for holding a pipe member and an outer member for sandwiching and holding the inner member,
The inner member has a pipe holding portion of a pipe holding shape that is different from each other in at least two outer surface portions that are columnar or rod-shaped and are different around the cross-sectional shape,
The outer member has a transverse cross-sectional shape around the inner member so that a selected one of the plurality of pipe holding portions formed on the inner member holds the pipe member. A pipe holder, wherein the pipe holder is mounted so that the mounting position can be changed. A pipe holder having a pair of inner members that sandwich and hold a pipe member, and a pair of outer members that sandwich and hold the pair of inner members,
Each of the pair of inner members is columnar or rod-shaped, and has pipe holding portions having different pipe holding shapes at at least two outer surface portions that are different around the cross-sectional shape of each of the inner members,
The pair of outer members may be configured such that a selected pair of the plurality of pipe holding portions formed on each of the inner members holds and holds the pair of inner members. A pipe holder, wherein the pipe is mounted so that the mounting position can be changed around the cross-sectional shape of the inner member.   The pipe holder according to claim 2, wherein the pipe holding shapes of the set of pipe holding portions selected are the same.   4. The pipe holder according to claim 2, wherein the pair of inner members are resin molded products, and are one molded product coupled to each other by a resin-made flexible coupling portion. 5.   The said inner member is comprised by the polygonal column, and the said pipe holding part of a different pipe holding shape is formed in each side of a polygonal column, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Pipe holder.   2. The inner member is made of a conductive resin, and has an earth contact portion that makes conductive contact with the mounted portion at any mounting position around a cross-sectional shape. 6. The pipe holder according to any one of items 1 to 5.

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