JP2011033056A - Pipe joint - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe joint high in connecting reliability and easy in the confirmation of connection to a pipe. <P>SOLUTION: The joint is for inserting a pipe in a joint body for connection in which a space between the inner peripheral face of the joint body and the outer peripheral face of the pipe is sealed by an O-ring, and includes a push-in ring disposed at the inner peripheral part of the joint body and pressed and inserted by a tip of the pipe, an O-ring disposed at a rear part of the push-in ring, a pressing ring abutting on a rear part of the O-ring and urged in the push-in direction of the O-ring, and a lock member positioned at the outer peripheral side of the pipe. When the push-in ring is pressed and advanced by the insertion of the pipe, the O-ring is accordingly pressed by the pressing ring and advanced. In a state that the pipe is not connected yet, a clearance for water leakage is formed between the inner peripheral face of the joint body and the O-ring. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pipe joint for pipe connection capable of watertightly connecting a stainless steel pipe, a steel pipe, a resin pipe and the like with one touch.

In the field of pipe joints in which stainless steel pipes, steel pipes, resin pipes, and the like are inserted and connected to the inner periphery of the joint body, various joints have been proposed that can be connected in a watertight state with a single touch by simply inserting the pipe material.
In this type of joint, since the pipe is connected to the inside of the joint main body, there is a problem that it is difficult to determine from the outside whether or not the pipe has been completely inserted.
Therefore, in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one identification pin extending from the cylindrical portion of the lock ring to the proximal end side of the joint body along the connection direction of the connection pipe is provided. In the state where the lock ring is moved to the proximal end side, the one in which the identification pin protrudes outside the annular wall portion is disclosed.
However, in the technique disclosed in the publication, the state in which the lock ring can be moved to the proximal end starts in the initial stage of tube insertion, and at that time, the identification pin has already protruded to the outside, and the tube is not necessarily completely inserted. Does not indicate a completed state.

Japanese Patent No. 3637873

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a pipe joint that facilitates confirmation of pipe connection and has high connection reliability.

A pipe joint according to the present invention is a joint for pipe insertion connection, in which a joint body and a space between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the outer peripheral surface of the pipe are sealed with an O-ring, A push ring that is disposed and pressed and inserted at the tip of the tube, and an O-ring is disposed at the rear of the push ring and is in contact with the rear of the O-ring, and is urged in the O-ring push direction. It has a pressing ring and a locking member located on the outer peripheral side of the pipe, and when the pushing ring is pushed forward by insertion insertion of the pipe, the O-ring is pushed against the pushing ring and moves forward. In this state, a water leaking gap is provided between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the O-ring.
Here, the forward direction means the direction in which the tip of the tube is inserted and moved.
In addition, the water leakage gap provided between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the O-ring before the pipe is connected is that the tip of the pipe is inserted into the inner circumference of the joint body, and the O-ring moves forward. Then, the O-ring completely stops water between the outer peripheral portion of the pipe and the inner peripheral surface of the joint body. However, in a state before the O-ring is completely moved forward, the O-ring is in sliding contact with the joint body. A concave or convex portion is partially formed on the inner peripheral surface, and a gap through which liquid leaks is formed with the O-ring.

According to the present invention, there is provided a joint body and a joint for connecting and inserting a pipe which seals between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the outer peripheral surface of the pipe with an O-ring. A push ring that is pressed and inserted at the distal end of the tube, and an O-ring disposed at the rear of the push ring and abutted against the rear of the O-ring and urged in the O-ring push direction A ring and a lock member positioned on the outer peripheral side of the pipe. When the push ring is pushed forward by insertion insertion of the pipe, the O-ring is pushed forward by the push ring, and the push ring moves forward. The joint body has a connection confirmation pin that is slidable from the inner circumference side to the outer circumference side. The circumferential end protrudes into the joint body, and the pipe The inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin hits the taper portion of the pressure ring that advances by insertion insertion, and the outer peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin protrudes outward by moving outward. Also good.
If it does in this way, insertion check of a pipe can be performed by protrusion of a connection check pin.

In the present invention, the lock member is intended to prevent the pipe from being detached, and is a lock member having a locking tooth on the inside, and a C-shaped ring-shaped lock member biased in the reduced diameter direction. Also good.
Further, a claw-shaped lock member may be slid and held from the outer peripheral portion of the sleeve toward the inside.

  In the pipe joint according to the present invention, a push ring that is disposed on the inner peripheral portion of the joint body, is pressed and inserted at the tip of the pipe, and an O-ring is disposed at the rear portion of the push ring, and Adopting a structure that has a pressing ring that abuts the rear part of the O-ring and is urged in the O-ring pushing direction. When the push ring advances due to insertion insertion of the pipe, the O-ring also advances, and the gap for water leakage disappears between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the O-ring, and the water is stopped. Therefore, conversely, if there is a liquid leak in the water leakage test, it can be determined that the connection is incomplete, and reconnection is sufficient.

  In addition, the pipe joint according to the present invention has a tapered portion in which the pressing ring has a diameter expanded toward the rear side on the outer peripheral side, and the joint body has a connection confirmation pin that can slide from the inner peripheral side toward the outer peripheral side. In the state before the pipe connection, the inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin protrudes into the joint body, and the inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin moves to the taper portion of the pressure ring that advances by insertion of the pipe. If the outer end of the connection confirmation pin protrudes outward when the part hits and moves outward, the movement of the O-ring can be confirmed by the protrusion of the connection confirmation pin, so the connection completion confirmation of the pipe is confirmed. It becomes easy.

Fig. 4 shows the flow of connecting a pipe to a joint according to the invention. The enlarged view of the part to which the movement of an O-ring and a connection confirmation pin move with the connection of a pipe | tube is shown. The component structural example of the coupling which concerns on this invention is shown. The component drawing of a locking member is shown. An example in which the lock member is a C-shaped ring is shown. A component configuration example of the second embodiment is shown.

In the pipe joint according to the present invention, the O-ring moves from the leakage gap forming part by inserting the pipe, the water stops, and the connection confirmation pin protrudes from the joint main body part by the movement of the pressing ring. There are features, and these features may be adopted alone or both.
This will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 3 shows a component configuration example of the joint according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1 and 2 show cross-sectional views.
In the present embodiment, an example of a so-called socket type in which a male screw part 1a is formed at one end of a substantially cylindrical joint body 1 is shown, but an elbow type, a cheese type or the like is not limited.
A push ring 2 that is pushed in by the distal end portion 20a of the pipe 20 is disposed at the innermost side of the joint body 1, and an O-ring 3 is disposed so as to contact the rear side of the push ring.
A pressing ring 4 is provided on the rear side of the O-ring 3.
The pressing ring 4 is urged by a spring 6 from the rear to the front.
The spring 6 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the pressing ring 4 on the front side and the lock holding sleeve 7 on the rear side.
The lock holding sleeve 7 forms a concave groove portion 7a in the front-rear direction, and is provided with a long hole 7b penetrating inside the groove portion 7a.
Further, a lock member 7 having a base portion 8a in which a lock claw portion 8b protrudes inward from the long hole 7b and whose outer diameter is larger than the size of the long hole 7b is incorporated.
In the present embodiment, six lock holding sleeves 7 are arranged on the outer periphery, but three or more may be used.
A retaining ring 9 is assembled to the rear end portion of the joint body 1 so that components incorporated therein do not come out.

Next, the flow of connecting a pipe to a joint will be described with reference to FIGS.
The distal end portion 20 a of the pipe 20 is inserted from the rear end portion of the water passage portion 1 b of the joint body 1.
The spring 6 is sandwiched and held between the stepped portion 4c provided on the outer peripheral portion of the pressing ring 4 and the stepped portion 7c of the lock holding sleeve 7, and the lock holding sleeve 7 is urged rearward. .
Since the lock housing portion on the inner periphery of the joint body is a tapered portion 1f whose diameter is reduced rearward, the lock member 8 is urged in the diameter reduction direction.
Accordingly, the stepped portion 7d on the rear side of the lock holding sleeve 7 is in contact with the retaining ring 9 when the pipe is not connected.

When the tube 20 is inserted into the joint body, the claw portion 8b of the lock member 8 comes into contact with the outer periphery of the tube 20, but the lock holding sleeve 7 advances slightly against the spring 6 as shown in FIG. As a result, the diameter of the contact portion of the base portion 8a of the lock member 8 is increased, and the tube 20 can be easily inserted.
When the tube 20 is further inserted, as shown in FIG. 2C, the tip portion 20 a of the tube 20 abuts against the stepped portion 2 b that passes through the inside of the O-ring and protrudes to the inner peripheral side of the push ring 2.
The pushing ring 2 has a deformable collar portion 2a on the outer peripheral portion, and the flange portion 2a is in contact with and held by the engaging portion 1h formed on the inner peripheral portion of the joint body 1, and then the tube 20 is inserted. Due to the force, the flange portion 2a is bent rearward, and the pushing ring 2 moves forward and moves until it hits the deepest step portion 1i of the joint body 1.
Before the tube 20 is inserted, a partial recess 1e is formed at a position corresponding to the O-ring initial placement portion on the inner peripheral portion of the joint body, and a water leakage portion is partially formed on the outer peripheral portion of the O-ring 3. Have
When the O-ring 3 moves forward, the contact position shifts from the water leakage part, and the O-ring 3 comes into contact with the water stop part 1g that stops water over the entire circumference.
Therefore, if the insertion of the pipe 20 is insufficient, the forward movement amount of the O-ring 3 is insufficient, and water leakage is confirmed in the water flow test.

A tapered portion 4a whose diameter is increased rearward is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the pressing ring 4 that moves the O-ring 3, and the tapered portion 4a is formed from the inner peripheral side of the joint body 1 toward the outer peripheral side. The inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin 1d slidably disposed along the through hole 1c is in contact.
Therefore, the pressing ring 4 moves forward, and the connection confirmation pin 1d protrudes to the outside of the joint body 1 by the taper portion 4a, so that the connection confirmation of the pipe 20 can be visually confirmed.

5 and 6 show a modification of the joint according to the present invention.
The difference from the previous embodiment will be described. The lock member 8 has a C-shaped ring shape, and a split portion 8a and a locking claw portion 8b are formed inside the C-shaped ring.
This C-shaped ring is attached to the groove portion 7a of the lock holding sleeve 7, and the claw portion 8b projects inward from the long hole 7b through which the groove portion 7a passes.
In this embodiment, the pressing ring 4 is urged forward by the spring 6 via the spring contact ring 5, and the spring 6 is in contact with the step portion 5 a of the ring 5.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Joint main body 1d Connection confirmation pin 2 Push ring 2a Claw part 3 O ring 4 Press ring 4a Taper part 4b O ring contact part 5 Spring contact ring 6 Spring 7 Lock holding sleeve 8 Lock member 9 Retaining ring

Claims (2)

A joint body, and a joint for inserting and connecting pipes, wherein an O-ring seals between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the outer peripheral surface of the pipe,
A push ring disposed on the inner periphery of the joint body and pressed and inserted at the tip of the pipe;
A pressing ring disposed at the rear of the pushing ring and abutting against the rear of the O ring and biased in the pushing direction of the O ring;
A locking member located on the outer peripheral side of the tube,
When the push ring is pushed forward by inserting and inserting the pipe, the O ring is pushed forward by the push ring accordingly, and in the state before the pipe is connected, it is for water leakage between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the O ring. A pipe joint having a gap. A joint body, and a joint for inserting and connecting pipes, wherein an O-ring seals between the inner peripheral surface of the joint body and the outer peripheral surface of the pipe,
A push ring disposed on the inner periphery of the joint body and pressed and inserted at the tip of the pipe;
A pressing ring disposed at the rear of the pushing ring and abutting against the rear of the O ring and biased in the pushing direction of the O ring;
A locking member located on the outer peripheral side of the tube,
When the push ring is pushed forward by inserting and inserting the tube, the O ring is pushed forward by the push ring, and the push ring has a tapered portion whose diameter is increased rearward on the outer peripheral side,
The joint body has a connection confirmation pin that can slide from the inner circumference side toward the outer circumference side.
In the state before the pipe connection, the inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin protrudes into the joint body, and the inner peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin is in the taper portion of the pressing ring that advances by insertion of the pipe. A pipe joint, wherein the outer peripheral side end of the connection confirmation pin protrudes outward by hitting and moving outward.

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