JP2010138964A - Electrofusion joint - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrofusion joint which can secure a tube to be connected in a coming-out prevention condition where the core is fit in a predetermined fusion posture, and can be manufactured with sufficient productivity even in narrow place. <P>SOLUTION: The electrofusion joint is equipped with an electrofusion joint body with a faucet, and clamp which grips and aligns in core the tube to be connected; the electrofusion joint body has radially a plurality of engaging concave section in the faucet; and the clamp has a clamp body section gripping the tube to be connected, and a plurality of engaging projection which extend out from a side surface of this clamp body section, align in core the faucet and tube by being pressure welded to a tube wall of the tube inserted within the faucet in such a condition that it enters the corresponding engaging concave section, and regulates movement in a tube axial direction of the tube. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric fusion joint used for joining a gas pipe or a water pipe made of a thermoplastic resin.

When connecting thermoplastic resin pipes, use a thermoplastic resin fusion joint with heating wire embedded in the inner peripheral surface of the receiving part, and insert the end of the pipe into the receiving part of this joint In this state, a technique is known in which the heating wire is energized to generate heat and thereby the inner peripheral surface of the receiving port and the outer peripheral surface of the tube end are melted to connect the two tubes.

  By the way, in such a connection method, the pipe and the joint are mutually connected until a certain fusion strength is generated after the energization so that uniform fusion is performed on the entire peripheral surface of the connection portion. It is necessary to position and fix firmly against thermal stress and thermal deformation so that the axis of the shaft does not shift.

Therefore,
(1) Electric fusion in which a fixed clearance is provided on both sides of the heating element on the inner peripheral surface of the receiving portion with a certain clearance between the inner peripheral surface and the pipe connected to the inner peripheral surface. Joint (Patent Document 1),
(2) An annular centering portion that is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the opening end portion of each thermoplastic resin tube at the tapered portion at the boundary portion of each receiving port portion has an axial center that matches the axial center of the joint. An electric fusion joint (Patent Document 2) disposed so as to have a certain clearance between the outer peripheral surface of each thermoplastic resin tube and the inner peripheral surface of the joint,
(3) It is composed of a pair of halved members, and each halved member is provided via a joint abutting portion that abuts the outer peripheral surface of the end portion of the electrofusion joint, and the joint abutting portion and the connecting portion. A tube positioning tool having a plurality of tube abutting pieces that abut on the outer peripheral surface of the tube (Patent Document 3),
(4) Consists of a pair of halved members, each halved member holding a joint holding portion that holds the outer peripheral edge of the end portion of the electrofusion joint, and the outer periphery of the pipe that is integrally formed and connected to the joint holding portion A pipe holding part for holding the surface, and the joint holding part and the pipe holding part are arranged so that their respective axis centers coincide with each other, and at least the pipe holding part or the pipe holding part on the inner peripheral surface of the joint holding part. Or the pipe positioning tool (patent document 4) etc. with which the protrusion body which consists of a material harder than a coupling | protrusion was projected inward has already been proposed.

These electro-fused joints or tube positioning tools are less bulky and have better workability than the conventional clamp devices with clamps on both sides of the connecting arm, and can be aligned accurately, with high accuracy. Good connection work.
However, in the case of the electric fusion joint of (1), since a ring-shaped position fixing member must be attached to the inside of the receiving port, there is a problem in productivity and the insertion resistance to the receiving port of the pipe is large. There's a problem.
In addition, in the case of the electric fusion joint of (2), the sliding contact portion that comes into sliding contact with the inner wall surface of the tube to which the centering portion is connected protrudes to the inside of the tube, which may cause resistance of the fluid flowing in the pipe. is there.
On the other hand, in the case of the pipe positioning tool (3) and (4), since the joint holding part is set so as to surround the joint outer peripheral surface, it is difficult to install in a narrow place. Due to the different external shape, it could not be used.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-74678 Japanese Patent Publication No.8-30552 Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-81666 Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-81668

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides an electric fusion joint that can hold a pipe connected even in a narrow place in a predetermined fusion posture with a core in a retaining state and can be manufactured with high productivity. It is intended to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electrofusion joint according to the present invention comprises an electrofusion joint body having a receiving port, and a clamp for gripping and centering a pipe to be connected, and the electrofusion joint body. Has a plurality of engagement recesses radially on the end surface of the receiving port, and the clamp extends from the side surface of the clamp body portion that grips the pipe to be connected and the corresponding engagement recess portion. In a state where the tube is inserted, the tube is pressed against the tube wall of the tube inserted into the receiving port, and the receiving port and the tube are aligned with each other, and there are a plurality of engaging protrusions that regulate the movement of the tube in the tube axis direction. It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, the clamp is provided at a 180-degree symmetrical position while facing the center of the arc of the clamp portion and a main body portion having an arc-shaped clamp portion having an arc angle of 180 degrees or more and an engaging protrusion. A structure including two fixing screws that are respectively screwed into the two screw holes from the outside of the arc and are pressed against the tube wall of the tube to which the screw tip is connected, and the clamp portion of the tube to be connected It has two semicircular sections with cross-sections that grip the outer peripheral surface, and one end of each of these two semi-circular sections has a substantially semicircular cross-section that is connected to the clamp part via a hinge so that it can be opened and closed. It is preferable that a closed state holding means for fixing the clamp portion in the closed state is provided at the other end of the portion.

  An electrofusion joint according to the present invention includes an electrofusion joint body having a receiving port and a clamp for gripping and aligning a pipe to be connected, and the electrofusion joint body is engaged with an end surface of the receiving port. There are a plurality of joint recesses radially, and a clamp body that grips the pipe to which the clamp is connected, and extends from the side surface of the clamp body, and is inserted into the corresponding receiving recess. In addition, it is in pressure contact with the tube wall of the tube, and it has a plurality of engaging protrusions that align the center of the receiving port with the tube and restrict the movement of the tube in the tube axis direction. In addition to being able to hold the pipe in a predetermined fusion posture with the core in a state of being prevented from coming off, it can be manufactured with high productivity.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
1 and 2 show a first embodiment of an electric fusion joint according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this electric fusion joint A includes an electric fusion joint main body (hereinafter referred to as “joint main body” only) 1 and two clamps 2 (only one is shown in the figure). ).
The joint main body 1 has, for example, a substantially cylindrical shape obtained by injection molding a thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, and is provided with receiving ports 11 at both ends as shown in FIGS. .

A heating element 12 that generates heat by supplying power between terminals 13 provided so as to protrude from the outer wall surface of the joint body 1 is embedded in the inner peripheral surface of the receiving port 11.
In addition, at the entrance of the receiving port 11, three engagement recesses 14 that engage with engagement protrusions 32 of the clamp 2 described later are provided radially at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. Each engaging recess 14 has a groove shape that opens on the inlet side of the receiving port 11, and is provided with a tapered surface that is not shown in the figure, and the bottom of the groove gradually becomes shallower on the back side.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the clamp 2 includes a main body 3 and two fixing screws 4.
The main body 3 is formed by injection molding a synthetic resin such as polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) or polyamide resin, and the inner diameter is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the pipe P to be connected, and the arc angle is 180 degrees or more (this implementation) In this embodiment, a clamp portion 31 having an arc shape of 300 degrees) and three engagement protrusions 32 are provided.

As for the three engaging protrusions 32, one engaging protrusion 32 is provided at the center in the circumferential direction of the arc of the clamp portion 31, and the remaining two engaging protrusions 32 are at an arc angle with the central engaging protrusion 32 interposed therebetween. It is provided so as to extend from one side surface of the clamp part 31 at a position shifted by 120 degrees.
Each engagement protrusion 32 has substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the engagement recess 14 except for the tapered portion 32a at the tip.

  The fixing screw 4 is screwed from the outside of the clamp portion 31 into a screw hole formed at a position shifted by 90 degrees in arc angle on both sides from the engagement protrusion 32 at the center of the clamp portion 31 and supported by the clamp portion 31. ing.

The electric fusion joint A is configured as described above. When the pipe P is fused, first, the clamp part 31 is first placed on the pipe end of the pipe P so that the engaging protrusion 32 faces the pipe end side. The pipe end of the pipe P is inserted into the receiving port 11 of the joint body 1 in the fitted state.
Then, each engagement protrusion 32 of the clamp 2 is inserted into the engagement recess 14 of the joint body 1, and the engagement protrusion 32 is caused by the action of the tapered surface 14 a of the engagement recess 14 and the taper portion 32 a of the engagement protrusion 32. Is pushed in until it comes into pressure contact with the outer wall surface of the pipe P. As a result, the pipe P is held in a state where the core is aligned with the joint body 1.

Next, the fixing screw 4 is screwed in, and the tip of the fixing screw 4 is pressed against the wall surface of the pipe P to fix the main body 3 to the pipe P. As a result, the pipe P is securely held in the retaining state.
Subsequently, power is supplied between the terminals 13 to cause the heating element 12 to generate heat, and the pipe P is fused to the joint body 1. Note that, after the fusion is completed, the clamp 2 may be left in that state or removed.

  As described above, the electric fusion joint A has high productivity because it is not necessary to mount a positioning member in the receiving port 11 of the joint body 1. Moreover, since the clamp 2 is only attached to the pipe P, it can be easily attached in a narrow place.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the electric fusion joint according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, this electric fusion joint B is provided with a fitting projection 34a at the tip end portion of the engagement projection 34 in order to surely prevent the tube from coming off. This is the same as the above-mentioned electrofusion joint A, except that a fitting recess into which the fitting projection 34a is fitted when the engagement projection 34 is inserted into the engagement recess 14 is provided on the inner side of the joint.

7 and 8 show a third embodiment of the electric fusion joint according to the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the electrofusion joint C is the same as the electrofusion joint A except that the clamp 5 is configured as follows.

That is, the clamp 5 is made of a metal material such as stainless steel or galvanized steel, and includes a clamp portion 6 and three engagement protrusions 7 as shown in FIGS.
The clamp part 6 has a substantially semicircular part 61 in cross section that grips the outer peripheral surface of a pipe having an inner diameter that is substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the pipe to which the inner diameter is connected. However, the clamp part 6 is connected via a hinge 63 so as to be freely opened and closed.

Further, at the other end of the substantially semicircular section 61, there is a screw receiving portion 64 constituting a part of the closed state holding means for fixing the main body 3 in the closed state on the radially outer side of the substantially semicircular section. It is extended.
The screw receiving portion 64 has a screw insertion hole 64a.

And the main-body part 3 becomes a ring shape with a substantially the same or slightly smaller diameter as the pipe to which the inner diameter is connected in a state where the screw receiving parts 64 of the substantially semicircular parts 61 of both cross sections are overlapped, and the closed state holding means The bolt 65 constituting the remaining portion is inserted into the screw insertion hole 64a, and the nut 65 is fastened to the bolt 65 so that the bolt 65 can be fixed in the closed state.
Each engaging protrusion 32 is provided so as to extend from one side surface of the substantially semicircular section 61 in cross section.

  The electric fusion joint C is as described above. When the pipe P is fused, first, the bolt 65 is removed, and the two substantially semicircular sections 61 are rotated around the hinge 63. After opening the pipe P so that the end of the pipe P faces the semi-circular section 61 with the cross section facing the end of the pipe 7, the cross-section 61 with the other cross section is closed. The bolt 65 is passed through the screw insertion hole 64a of the both screw receiving portions 64, and the nut 66 is lightly tightened to the extent that it can slide along the pipe P.

Next, after engaging the engaging protrusion 7 with the corresponding engaging recess 14 and securely inserting the tube P into the receiving port 11, the nut 66 is tightened and the tube P is firmly clamped by the clamp portion 6. To do. As a result, the pipe P is held in a state where the core is aligned with the joint body 1.
Subsequently, power is supplied between the terminals 13 to cause the heating element 12 to generate heat, and the pipe P is fused to the joint body 1. In addition, after the fusion is completed, the clamp 5 may be left as it is or may be removed.

FIG. 10 shows a fourth embodiment of the electric fusion joint according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 10, this electric fusion joint D has a flange portion 68a in which the tip end portion of the engagement projection 68 is bent outward in order to reliably prevent the pipe from coming off, which is not shown. However, it is the same as the above-mentioned electrofusion joint C except that a fitting recess into which the flange 68a is fitted when the engagement protrusion 68 is inserted into the engagement recess 14 is provided on the back side of the engagement recess. ing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the joint body is formed by injection molding, but the engaging recess may be formed by post-processing such as scraping.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is 1st Embodiment of the electrofusion joint concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a principal part perspective view of the use condition. FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view of a state in which the electric fusion joint of FIG. It is a principal part perspective view of the coupling main body of the electric fusion joint of FIG. It is a perspective view of the clamp of the electric fusion joint of FIG. 4 shows the main body of the clamp, FIG. 4A is a side view thereof, and FIG. 4B is a front view thereof. It is 2nd Embodiment of the electric fusion joint concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a side view of the engaging protrusion part. It is 4th Embodiment of the electrofusion joint concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a principal part perspective view of the use condition. FIG. 8 is a partially cut cross-sectional view of the usage state of the electric fusion joint of FIG. It is a perspective view of the clamp of the electric fusion joint of FIG. It is 4th Embodiment of the electric fusion joint concerning this invention, Comprising: It is a side view of the engaging protrusion part.

Explanation of symbols

A, B, C, D Electrical fusion joint P Pipe 1 Electrical fusion joint body 11 Receiving port 14 Engagement recess 2, 5 Clamp 3 Body part 31, 6 Clamp part 32, 34, 68, 7 Engagement protrusion 4 Fixation Screw 61 Sectional semicircular part 63 Hinge 64 Screw receiving part (closed state holding means)
65 Bolt 66 Nut (Closed state holding means)

Claims (3)

An electric fusion joint body having a receiving port, and a clamp for gripping and aligning a pipe to be connected;
The electrofusion joint body has a plurality of engagement recesses radially on the end face of the receiving port,
The clamp has a clamp portion that holds a pipe to be connected, and is pressed against the tube wall of the tube that is extended from a side surface of the clamp portion and is inserted into the corresponding engagement recess and inserted into the receiving port. Thus, the electrofusion joint is characterized by having a plurality of engaging protrusions that align the core of the receiving port and the tube and restrict the movement of the tube in the tube axis direction.   A clamp has a main body provided with an arc-shaped clamp part having an arc angle of 180 degrees or more, an engagement protrusion, and two clamps provided at a 180-degree symmetrical position toward the center of the arc of the clamp part. The electrofusion joint according to claim 1, further comprising two fixing screws that are screwed into the screw holes from the outside of the arc and are pressed against the tube wall of the tube to which the screw tip is connected.   The clamp part has two cross-sectional semicircular parts that hold the outer peripheral surface of the pipe to be connected, and one end of each of the two semi-circular parts of the cross section connects the clamp part via a hinge so that it can be opened and closed. 2. The electrofusion joint according to claim 1, further comprising a closed state holding means for fixing the clamp portion in a closed state at the other end of the substantially semicircular arc-shaped section.

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