JP2010151246A - Fire hose - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fire hose having balanced and excellent properties such as a low-pressure loss, a speed of water run, an entire light weight and anti-friction properties even when a large number of the fire hoses are used in connection with each other. <P>SOLUTION: The fire hose composed of a cylindrical textile 2 woven by crossing woofs 5 arranged in the circumferentially along the hose to warps 4 arranged longitudinally along the hose has a coat layer 3 comprised of rubber or resin B in the entire inner circumferential surface of the fire hose, and is formed with a rubber or resin A layer having a thickness of 0 to 0.1 mm inclusive on the surface of convexes based on the textile structure formed of warps and woofs at least on the entire outer circumferential surface of the fire hose. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fire hose, and more particularly, to a fire hose having a property that it is light overall while being excellent in wear resistance, and has a property that water runs quickly during water discharge and the hose is difficult to meander.

  Conventionally, fire hoses have a structure in which rubber or resin is coated as a sealing layer on at least the inner side (in some cases, on the inner side and outer side) of a tubular fabric woven using polyester yarn or the like for warp and weft. Things are used. And, the conventional fire hose is generally made about 20m in length, and even if a plurality of them are connected, the total length can be used as a connecting hose up to about 60 to 100 meters. It was normal.

  On the other hand, taking into account recent major earthquake disasters, etc., it will be considered that the connection length will be several hundred meters and that a large amount of water can be sent over a long period of time. became.

  However, according to the results of various studies by the present inventors, when using a conventional fire hose made of a tubular woven fabric, connecting it to a length of several hundreds of meters can be improved in various ways for practical use. The knowledge that there was a point was obtained.

  That is, when water is supplied with a fire hose connected to a length as long as several hundred meters, the warp that has been bent into a waveform changes linearly due to the tension generated in the warp and weft of the tubular fabric by internal pressure. For this reason, the fire hose is elongated in the length direction, and the elongation is accumulated for the fire hoses connected to a large number of fire hoses. Due to the extension of each fire hose, a fire hose with many connected pipes greatly meanders on the road, which obstructs the passage of vehicles and the like, and reduces the resistance of the fire hose itself. The problem was that it increased and made it difficult to supply a large amount of water. In addition, when water is used with such a long connection length, it is required that the pressure loss is low and the water running is fast, as well as being dragged under a large load. As a result, wear resistance, durability, and the like have been demanded to a higher degree.

  In response to such a demand, even when a large number of hoses are connected to supply water over a long distance, a fire hose capable of supplying water without inconvenience has been studied.

  For example, the inner and outer surfaces of a tubular fabric woven so that the wefts arranged in the circumferential direction of the fire hose are bent and interlaced with the warp arranged in the longitudinal direction of the fire hose are sealed with rubber or resin. The number of warp yarns that are covered with layers and warped, the warp yarns are arranged substantially linearly in the longitudinal direction of the hose, the weft yarns are bent into a wave shape and crossed with the warp yarns, and threaded outside the weft yarns There has been proposed a fire hose in which a tubular woven fabric is formed by reducing the number of warps threaded inside the weft (Patent Document 1).

The fire hose described in Patent Document 1 changes the weft yarn so as to elongate the waveform bend at the start of water flow, temporarily warps the warp into a waveform, and the hose length contracts slightly. After a long time, the warp can bend and stretch by its own elastic force, and the hose length can be returned to the length before the start of water flow. Therefore, even if a large number of hoses are connected to each other over a long distance, there is an effect that a meandering phenomenon does not occur and traffic obstruction or increase in pipe resistance is not caused. However, the hose described in Patent Document 1 is still improved in terms of the pressure loss in the weft direction at the time of water discharge, the speed of water running, the overall light weight, the wear resistance, etc., and their overall balance. It was desired.
JP-A-10-137354

  The object of the present invention is, in view of the above-described points, when a large number of hoses are connected at a long distance, specifically, for example, about 10 to 15 (length 200 to 300 m) are connected. Even in the case of being used, it is an object to provide a fire hose having excellent properties in a balanced manner such as low pressure loss, speed of water running, overall light weight, and wear resistance.

  The fire hose of the present invention that achieves the above-described object has the following configuration (1).

(1) A fire hose constructed by using a tubular woven fabric in which warps arranged in the hose longitudinal direction are interlaced with warps arranged in the hose longitudinal direction, and rubber or resin is applied to the entire inner circumference of the fire hose A rubber or resin having a coating layer formed of B and having a thickness of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less on the surface of the convex portion based on the woven structure of the warp and weft at least on the entire outer periphery of the fire hose A fire hose characterized in that a layer A is formed.

  Moreover, in the fire hose of this invention, it has the structure in any one of the following (2)-(6) as a more preferable specific aspect.

(2) The rubber or resin A forming the outer peripheral layer and the rubber or resin B forming the inner peripheral coating layer are the rubber or resin having the same composition and are made of the rubber or resin A. The total thickness of the layer formed on the outer peripheral convex portion based on the woven structure of warp and weft and the inner peripheral coating layer made of rubber or resin B is 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less, The fire hose described in (1) above.

(3) The rubber or resin A forming the outer peripheral layer and the rubber or resin B forming the inner peripheral coating layer are rubbers or resins having different compositions and are made of rubber or resin A. The total thickness of the layer formed on the convex portion on the outer periphery based on the woven structure of the warp and weft and the inner coating layer made of rubber or resin B is 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less. The fire hose described in (1) above.

(4) The fire hose according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein a large number of small protrusions made of rubber or resin for preventing slipping are formed on the outermost periphery of the fire hose. .

(5) The above-mentioned (1), wherein the coating layer of rubber or resin formed on the entire inner surface of the fire hose has a plurality of protruding rib structures extending in the hose length direction. The fire hose according to any one of to (4).

(6) The woven fabric is woven by alternately interlacing the wefts on the outer side of the two warps and the inner side of the two warps, and the woven fabric is woven into any one of the above (1) to (5) Fire hose.

  According to the fire hose of the present invention according to claim 1, in the fire hose constituted by using a tubular fabric woven by interweaving the weft arranged in the circumferential direction of the hose with the warp arranged in the longitudinal direction of the hose, There is a coating layer formed of rubber or resin B on the entire inner surface of the fire hose, and at least on the surface of the convex portion based on the woven structure of warp and weft on the entire outer surface of the fire hose. Since a very thin rubber or resin A layer of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less is formed, the weft can be extended moderately even when water is passed through the hose at a high pressure. About 5 to 10% can swell. With such a structure, water can be passed without excessive pressure loss, and water running speed and goodness can be discharged very well.

  In addition, as described above, the outer surface of the fire hose is very thin with a thickness of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less. In addition, the wear resistance is good, and even when connected for a long time, the water discharge performance, the water discharge operability are particularly excellent and the durability is excellent. In addition, since the water runs well, there are few problems of hose meandering.

  According to the present invention according to claim 2, in the fire hose of the present invention according to claim 1, further, rubber or resin A forming an outer peripheral layer, and rubber or resin B forming an inner covering layer Are layers of rubber or resin having the same composition, and formed on the convex portion on the outer periphery based on the woven structure of the warp and weft made of rubber or resin A, and the inner coating layer made of rubber or resin B By making the total thickness not less than 0.2 mm and not more than 0.4 mm, the effect of the present invention according to claim 1 described above can be obtained more clearly.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the fire hose according to the first aspect of the present invention, the rubber or resin A that forms the outer peripheral layer and the rubber or resin B that forms the inner covering layer Are layers of rubber or resin having different compositions and formed on the outer circumferential convex portion based on the woven structure of warp and weft made of rubber or resin A, and the inner coating layer made of rubber or resin B The total thickness of 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less provides the effect of the present invention according to claim 1 described above, and particularly wear resistance and damage resistance required for the outer peripheral surface of the hose. Desirable functional characteristics such as improvement in properties can be imparted by using a resin A that is particularly excellent in these respects.

  According to the fire hose of the present invention according to claim 4, since a large number of resin small protrusions for preventing slipping are formed, it is a case where a large number of hoses are connected and used, and the overall weight is Even in the case of an excessive amount, the operator can hold the fire hose more reliably, reach the target point quickly and accurately, and perform a fire extinguishing operation.

  According to the fire hose of the present invention according to claim 5, while the above-described effects are obtained satisfactorily, water running is fast and appropriate water discharge can be performed quickly under an appropriate pressure loss. Even when used in conjunction with this, a quicker water discharge operation can be performed.

  According to the fire hose of the present invention according to claim 6, since the intersection of the wefts is equivalent to two warps, the degree of freedom of the wefts is large and the wefts are more easily expanded and contracted. In addition to realizing the loss, the ratio of the convex portion based on the weft weave structure is increased as a whole, compared with the case where the outer side and the inner side are alternately crossed one by one. As a result, the total amount of resin on the outer surface is reduced. As a result, the overall weight can be further reduced, and a fire hose having wear resistance can be realized.

  Hereinafter, the fire hose of the present invention will be described in more detail.

  The fire hose 1 of the present invention is a tubular woven fabric in which wefts 5 arranged in the hose circumferential direction are interlaced with warps 4 arranged in the hose longitudinal direction as shown in a schematic cross-sectional view in FIG. 2 and having a coating layer 3 formed of rubber or resin B on the entire inner periphery of the fire hose 1 and weaving of the warp 4 and the weft 2 at least on the entire outer periphery of the fire hose 1 On the surface of the convex portion based on the tissue, a layer made of rubber or resin A having a thickness of 0 mm to 0.1 mm is formed.

  A very thin layer A made of rubber or resin A having a thickness of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less is formed on the surface of the convex portion based on the woven structure of the warp 4 and the weft 2 on the outer periphery of the fire hose 1. Thus, when a high water pressure is applied at the time of water discharge, the hose inner diameter is increased without obstructing the hose behavior of expanding the entire hose diameter so as to stretch the weft straightly. The warp also exists in the tubular woven fabric with a small degree of bending compared to the weft, but the bending also behaves more straightly as the hose diameter expands. Because of these structures, even when water is passed at high pressure, the pressure loss is very small and water running is good.

  Even if the thickness is as thin as 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less, the rubber or resin A layer is clearly present on the surface of the convex portion based on the weft and weft weave structure on the outer peripheral surface of the fire hose. Therefore, although it is lightweight, it has good wear resistance, and even if it is dragged over a long distance, it has good operability and durability.

  Note that “a layer having a thickness of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less” means that the thickness (height) cannot be detected because rubber or resin A penetrates into the weft or / and the warp (detected as zero). It is not meant to include the case where no rubber or resin is applied to the outer peripheral surface. Further, even on the outer peripheral surface, the rubber or resin A may be deposited in a layer having a thickness exceeding 0.1 mm in the concave portion based on the woven structure. It pays attention to the adhesion state in a convex part.

In the fire hose of the present invention, the weight of the rubber or resin A given to the outer peripheral surface of the fire hose is the total amount of the convex portion and the concave portion, preferably 10 to 250 g / m ² per hose outer surface area, More preferably, it is 30-200 g / m < ² >. This can be said to be small compared with the conventional similar one, and has a large contribution effect to the overall weight reduction.

  The rubber or resin A applied to the outer peripheral surface and the rubber or resin B applied to the inner peripheral surface and constituting the coating layer may have the same composition or different compositions. It can be used as an advantage in each case.

  As the rubber or resin A and the rubber or resin B, those conventionally used as a coating material for the inner peripheral surface of the fire hose can be used. For example, rubber materials such as natural rubber (NR) and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) Synthetic resin materials such as vinyl chloride, polyurethane and polyester, or mixtures and derivatives thereof can be used.

  In particular, the rubber or resin A used for the outer periphery is different from the rubber or resin B used for the inner peripheral coating layer 3, for example, a polypropylene resin having excellent wear resistance characteristics may be used. Alternatively, a rubber or resin material containing a coloring / light-emitting agent may be used.

  The layer of rubber or resin B constituting the coating layer on the entire inner circumference, and the thickness of the rubber or resin A layer on the convex portion based on the woven structure of warp and weft on the outer circumference of the fire hose It is preferable that the total thickness is 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less, and if it is thicker than that, the overall weight will increase, and the intended effect of the present invention will be lost. is required. The thickness of the rubber or resin B coating layer 3 on the inner peripheral surface of the fire hose is preferably about 0.2 to 0.5 mm.

  In the fire hose of the present invention, another rubber or resin layer C may be formed on the outer peripheral side of the rubber or resin layer A. For this other rubber or resin layer C, it is preferable to use a rubber or a resin material that can give a special additional function to the fire hose, for example, a polypropylene resin having excellent wear resistance, or a coloring A rubber or resin material containing a luminescent agent, a phosphorescent agent, etc. can be preferably used. Among them, a polypropylene resin containing a coloring / light-emitting agent or a phosphorescent agent is preferable because it has good visibility and excellent wear resistance even when used at night or in the dark.

  The other rubber or resin layer C used on the outer peripheral side of the rubber or resin layer A may exist as a uniform layer so as to cover the entire outer surface, but it may not be, In particular, it may be present only in the key points such as a line shape or a dotted shape. In that case, the thickness of the rubber or resin C layer may be about several mm. For example, a large number of small protrusions made of rubber or resin C for preventing slipping may be formed on the outermost periphery of the fire hose (further outer periphery of the rubber or resin A layer), for example, usually held by an operator. A large number of small protrusions such as hemispherical protrusions formed of tacky rubber, vinyl chloride resin, polyurethane resin, or the like may be provided at appropriate locations on the outer periphery of the fire hose considered to be. Or similarly, it is rubber or resin excellent in abrasion resistance, and in order to improve abrasion resistance, a large number of small protrusions such as hemispherical protrusions may be provided over the entire circumferential surface.

  The weft is woven into a tubular woven fabric in a relatively large wave (weave crimp) so as to cross the warp so that the overall diameter can be increased to some extent when the water is discharged. preferable. The weft yarn's corrugation (weaving crimp) is adjusted by adjusting the balance of the tensions applied to the warp and weft yarns during weaving (when the crossing state is formed) or after weaving (just after the crossing state is formed). A tube that has a crimped state of the desired weaving yarn (especially weft and additionally warp) by applying a tensile force in the hose length direction (warp direction) to give the warp a straight extension. The woven fabric can be woven.

  The warp and weft may be woven by alternately crossing the outer side of one warp and the inner side of one warp. However, the warp and the weft are very thin (thickness: 0 mm to 0 mm) on the outer peripheral surface formed by the woven yarn. .1 mm) Since the effect of forming the rubber or resin layer A can be further increased, the convex area of the outermost peripheral surface can be made relatively large as a woven structure. Therefore, as shown in FIG. It is preferable that a tubular woven fabric is woven by alternately crossing the outer side and the inner side of two warps.

  Moreover, it is also preferable that the rubber or resin B coating layer 3 formed on the entire inner surface of the fire hose has a structure having a plurality of protruding rib structures extending in the length direction of the hose. For example, by realizing a structure having protrusion ribs described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-4569 and currently partially employed in commercially available fire hoses, the overall weight can be reduced, The water running speed (water flow speed) can be further increased by the rectifying effect due to the presence of the ribs. It is important that the water flow rate is fast, as the hose connection length becomes longer, not only from the water flow performance but also from various points such as operability and safety. In order to obtain this rectification effect more effectively, the height of the ribs is preferably 0.3 to 2 mm.

  In order to manufacture the fire hose of the present invention, the tubular fabric 2 is woven, and then the tubular fabric is turned over, and the outer surface is turned over while passing through the annular hole of the annular base for discharging rubber or resin. A coating layer 3 of rubber or resin B is formed with a desired thickness on the entire surface of the inner peripheral surface of the product hose. In order to form the ridge rib on the coating layer 3, it is possible to use the above-described annular base having a concave portion corresponding to the ridge rib provided on the periphery. Then, turn over again and make the outer peripheral surface of the product hose front side, and apply rubber or resin A to the entire outer periphery with an annular coating die (die) etc., before the applied rubber or resin A is cured. In addition, the required amount of rubber or resin (thickness of 0 mm or more) is formed on the convex portion formed by crossing the warp and weft on the outer periphery of the hose by passing the tension through an annular edge or the like. A fire hose provided with 0.1 mm or less) can be obtained.

  In this case, if it is desired to further coat the rubber or resin layer C on the entire outer peripheral surface, after the rubber or resin A layer is formed, the rubber or resin C may be further applied in the same manner as A. . When it is desired to form the rubber or resin layer C only on a part of the outer peripheral surface, it may be applied to a desired location using an appropriate application die.

  Alternatively, as another method of manufacturing the fire hose of the present invention, an annular base ring is formed in which the tubular fabric 2 is woven, and then the rubber or resin B is discharged as it is without turning the tubular fabric over. There is a method of passing through the hole and press-fitting the rubber or resin B so that the rubber or resin B oozes out from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface. The rubber or resin B constitutes a layer on the outer peripheral surface. And press fit until the outer peripheral surface is reached, and press fit until the required amount (until the thickness becomes 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less) is applied on the outer peripheral surface. It can be manufactured by doing. On the other hand, when the rubber or resin B has a composition different from that of the rubber or resin A constituting the outer peripheral surface layer, after the application of an appropriate amount of rubber or resin B is completed, the second annular shape is further added. The rubber or resin A is press-fitted to the outer peripheral surface with a die, and further press-fitted and given until a required amount (until the thickness becomes 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less) is applied on the outer peripheral surface.

Example 1
Polyester filament yarn of 1100 dtex, 3 strands (1100 dtex / 3), 211 yarns, polyester filament yarn, 1100 dtex, 6 strands (1100 dtex / 6) are used as the warp yarns, and the number of wefts driven is 48 / As shown in FIG. 1, a tubular woven fabric having a woven structure in which wefts were alternately interlaced on the outer side of two warps and the inner side of two warps was produced.
This cylindrical woven fabric is supplied to a resin applicator having an annular base, and as resin A and resin B, a urethane resin is used to form a coating layer on the inner peripheral surface, and urethane resin is further applied to the outer peripheral convex surface. The fire hose of the present invention (inner peripheral diameter: 64.5 mm) was produced.
The total adhesion amount of the urethane resin was 110 g per 1 m of the hose length, and the thickness of the urethane resin A layer on the surface of the convex portion based on the weft texture of the outer peripheral surface and the weft was 0.05 mm. Moreover, the thickness of the coating layer of the urethane resin A on the inner peripheral surface was 0.35 mm.
When three fire fighting hoses (20 m in length) were connected to discharge water and the pressure loss was measured, it was about 10% better than that obtained by connecting conventional conventional hoses similarly.

Example 2
Using a tubular woven fabric similar to that described in Example 1, it is supplied to a resin applicator having an annular die, and a layer thickness using an olefin resin as the resin B forming the inner peripheral coating layer. A 0.35 mm inner peripheral surface coating layer is formed, and further a polypropylene resin layer is formed on the outer periphery using a resin applicator having a second annular base, and the polypropylene resin is applied to the convex surface. Thus, a fire hose of the present invention (inner diameter: 64.5 mm) having a layer thickness of 0.15 mm at the convex portion was manufactured.
Three fire fighting hoses (length 20 m) were connected to measure the pressure loss in the same manner as in Example 1, and the wear resistance was also evaluated. As a result, the pressure loss was as good as that of Example 1, and was several times better in wear resistance than the hose of Example 1.

Example 3
Fifteen fire hoses (length 20 m) identical to those manufactured in Example 1 were connected and discharged. As a result, it was better in terms of pressure loss and water running than the conventional conventional hose connected in the same manner, and was light in weight as a whole and excellent in operability.

It is a principal part cross-sectional view explaining the state of the cylindrical fabric vicinity of a fire hose as an embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fire hose 2 Cylindrical fabric 3 Rubber or resin coating layer 4 Warp 5 Weft A Rubber or resin forming a layer formed on the outer periphery of the fire hose B Rubber forming a coating layer formed on the entire inner surface of the fire hose Or resin

Claims (6)

  In a fire hose constructed using a tubular woven fabric in which wefts arranged in the hose longitudinal direction are interlaced with warps arranged in the hose longitudinal direction, the entire inner circumference of the fire hose is formed from rubber or resin B A layer of rubber or resin A having a thickness of 0 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less on the surface of the convex portion based on the woven structure of the warp and weft at least on the entire outer periphery of the fire hose A fire hose characterized in that is formed.   The warp and weft yarns, wherein the rubber or resin A forming the outer peripheral layer and the rubber or resin B forming the inner peripheral coating layer are rubber or resin having the same composition and are made of the rubber or resin A The total thickness of the layer formed on the convex portion on the outer periphery based on the woven structure and the inner peripheral coating layer made of rubber or resin B is 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less. 1 fire hose.   The warp and the resin A which form the outer peripheral layer and the rubber or the resin B which form the inner peripheral coating layer are rubbers or resins having different compositions and are made of the rubber or the resin A. The total thickness of the layer formed on the convex portion on the outer periphery based on the weave texture of the weft and the inner peripheral coating layer made of rubber or resin B is 0.2 mm or more and 0.4 mm or less. Item 1. Fire hose according to item 1.   The fire hose according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a large number of small protrusions made of rubber or resin for preventing slipping are formed on the outermost periphery of the fire hose.   The rubber or resin coating layer formed on the entire inner surface of the fire hose has a plurality of rib rib structures extending in the length direction of the hose. Fire hose as described in Crab.   The fire hose according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the weft yarn is woven into a tubular woven fabric by alternately intersecting the outer side of two warps and the inner side of two warps.

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