JP2011127647A - Quick disconnection coupling for resin pipe - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a quick disconnection coupling for a resin pipe, which joins a coupling part with a resin part while eliminating the problem due to screw connection, and prevents cracks, damage and so on by maintaining the strength even when the force in the axial or bending direction is applied while securing visibility and assembling easiness. <P>SOLUTION: In this quick disconnection coupling for the resin pipe, at least three engagement parts 21 having corner chamfers 26 at an abut surface 23-like crest 22 position are provided in the axial direction of the outer periphery of a joining cylinder part 20 of a coupling body 10 molded using metal or rigid resin, and at least three locking parts 35 having round chamfers 32 at an abut surface 37-like groove 40 position are provided in the axial direction of the inner periphery of a resin-made outer cylinder 11 joined to the joining cylinder part 20. Among the engagement parts 21, the corner chamfer 26 of the engagement part 21 at the distal end is made larger than the corner chamfers 26 of the other engagement parts 21, and among the locking parts 35, the round chamfer 32 of the locking part 35 at the inmost side is made larger than the round chamfers 32 of the other locking parts 35. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a one-touch joint for resin pipes that can connect a resin pipe such as a crosslinked polyethylene pipe or a polybutene pipe to a pipe for water supply or hot water supply for housing maintenance, for example.

  Conventionally, as a one-touch joint for connecting this type of resin pipe, a one-touch joint having a structure in which a metal cap nut is joined to a joint body is known. Since this one-touch joint is made of a metal cap nut, the inside of the cap nut is not visible from the outside, and the weight is increased and the manufacturing cost is increased. On the other hand, a one-touch joint is also proposed in which the outer cylinder is formed of a transparent or translucent resin, and the connection state of the resin pipe can be visually recognized from the outside by joining the outer cylinder to the joint body.

  As a one-touch joint having such a structure, for example, there is a pipe joint disclosed in Patent Document 1. The pipe joint of Patent Document 1 has a joint outer cylinder made of a transparent resin molded product, and the joint outer cylinder is fixed to the joint body by screwing.

  On the other hand, as one-touch joints having joining means other than screw joints, there are pipe joints shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, and this pipe joint 1 has a resin outer cylinder 2 with a sufficient thickness. The resin outer cylinder 2 is joined to the joint body 5 by snap-fit fitting of the projecting portion 4 formed in the fitting portion 3. Furthermore, there exists patent document 2 as a one-touch coupling of the same structure, for example. In the one-touch joint of Patent Document 2, a protrusion is formed on the inner peripheral side of the cylindrical cover member, and this protrusion is fitted into a concave groove provided in the joint main body in a retaining manner.

  As for the insertion joint of patent document 3, the outer cylinder is connected with the joint main body by the fitting of the recessed part to a convex part. This insertion joint is intended to relieve stress by providing a step on the bottom surface of the concave part of the outer cylinder and a rounded corner of the concave part facing the side of the convex part far from the joint inlet side. It is.

JP 2005-291418 A JP 2003-314663 A JP 2006-125521 A

  However, when joining a metal joint main body and a resin outer cylinder, it is difficult to join with a strong pull-out preventing force and strength while ensuring ease of assembly. Since pipe joints are screw-jointed, it takes time to tighten, and resin-made outer cylinders cannot be tightened more than metal outer cylinders, so it is necessary to assemble them while controlling the tightening torque. . Furthermore, an adhesive may be required to prevent the screws from loosening in order to prevent them from being easily disassembled when torque is applied by a tool such as a wrench. In this case, it is necessary to firmly bond the metal joint main body and the resin outer cylinder, but the types of adhesives that can firmly bond the two and prevent loosening are limited. In particular, when the outer cylinder is formed of a so-called super engineering plastic (super engineering plastic) such as polyphenylsulfone, the selection of the adhesive becomes more difficult.

  Further, in the case of the pipe joint of FIG. 8 and Patent Documents 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the resin outer cylinder 2 is joined to the joint main body 3 by snap-fit fitting of the fitting portion 3, Although the problem of joining is solved, in FIG. 8B, when the thickness of the resin outer cylinder 2 is thin, the strength of the fitting portion 3 may be insufficient. That is, when a load in the axial direction or the bending direction is applied after connection of a resin pipe (not shown), the joint strength between the joint body 3 and the resin outer cylinder 2 is insufficient, and these may be detached or damaged. . For this reason, it is conceivable to increase the height of the protruding portion 4 that is the peak portion of the fitting portion 3 to improve the bonding strength. However, the protruding portion 4 makes it difficult to bond and the protruding portion at the time of bonding. There is a high possibility that 4 is damaged or broken. Further, when the wall thickness is increased, the resin pipe becomes difficult to see and it is difficult to confirm the joined state.

  The present invention has been developed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to join the joint part and the resin part while solving the problems caused by screw joining, and to ensure visibility and ease of assembly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a one-touch joint for resin pipes that can maintain strength and prevent cracking, damage, and the like even when axial or bending force is applied.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 has a chamfered chamfer at the position of the contact surface peak portion along the axial direction around the outer periphery of the joint tube portion of the joint body formed of metal or rigid resin. At least three engaging portions are provided, and at least three locking portions having an R chamfer at the position of the abutment surface groove portion along the inner circumference of the resin outer tube to be joined to the joining tube portion. Among the engaging portions, the C surface of the engaging portion on the distal end side is made larger than the C surface of the other engaging portions, and the R surface of the engaging portion on the back side among the engaging portions is the other. This is a one-touch joint for resin pipes that is larger than the R surface of the locking portion.

  The invention according to claim 2 is a one-touch joint for resin pipes in which a peak portion up to the tip end in the axial direction of the tip side engaging portion is a wide fitting outer peripheral surface.

  The invention according to claim 3 is a one-touch joint for resin pipes which has a high pulling-inhibiting force with the height of the crests of the engaging portion and the locking portion being 0.4 to 0.5 mm.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, stress concentration is avoided by setting the C surface of the front end side engaging portion to 0.2 to 0.3 mm and the R surface of the rear side engaging portion to 0.2 to 0.3 mm. This is a one-touch joint for resin pipes.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the one-touch operation between the engaging portion and the locking portion can be achieved while preventing the damage and deformation of both without controlling the tightening torque or requiring an adhesive as in the case of screw joining. The outer cylinder and the joint body can be easily integrated by joining. After joining, the contact surface and the contact surface come into contact with each other at three locations. Therefore, even if axial or bending force is applied to the joint pipe joined to the joint body, the load is dispersed at three locations. As compared with the case of two places, a strong pulling prevention force and bending strength are exhibited, and a strong joined state can be maintained while preventing damage and the like. Furthermore, it is easy to mold the engaging portion and the locking portion.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the joint body, since the wide fitting outer peripheral surface is provided at a position farthest from the position where the end face of the outer cylinder contacts, the joint body and the outer cylinder end face which are the centers of the power points When the bending load is applied to the contact position, the deflection of the front-end engaging portion, which is the position where the deflection width becomes the largest in the jointed cylinder portion, is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder due to the wide area of the fitting outer peripheral surface. It can be suppressed by doing. Thereby, the joint state can be maintained while preventing the joint body and the outer tube from bending.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 3, the ease of joining is ensured, and the high pull-out prevention force of a joint main body and an outer cylinder can be exhibited, preventing that a mountain is stripped off at the time of joining.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 4, it can prevent that C surface and R surface contact by a corner | angular part, and generation | occurrence | production of stress concentration can be prevented. For this reason, destruction of an outer cylinder can be prevented and a strong joining state can be maintained.

1 is a half-cross sectional view showing an embodiment of a one-touch joint for resin pipes in the present invention. It is the expanded sectional view which showed the principal part of the one-touch coupling for resin pipes of this invention. It is the expanded sectional view which showed the joining state of the one-touch coupling for resin pipes of FIG. It is a partially expanded sectional view of FIG. It is the partially expanded sectional view which showed the R surface of the engaging part in an outer cylinder. It is the enlarged view which showed the positional relationship of C surface and R surface at the time of joining of a coupling main body and an outer cylinder. It is sectional drawing which showed the pipe joint for contrasting with the one-touch joint for resin pipes of this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed the conventional pipe joint. (A) is sectional drawing of the conventional pipe joint. (B) is an A section expanded sectional view of (a).

An embodiment of a one-touch joint for resin pipes according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a one-touch joint for resin pipes according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a main part of the one-touch joint for resin pipes of FIG.
1 and 2, the one-touch joint for resin pipes has a joint body 10, an outer cylinder 11, and a cylindrical indicator 12, and a resin-made joining pipe 13 can be joined in a state of retaining the joint. And the joining state of the joining pipe 13 is visible from the outside of the joint body 10 through the outer cylinder 11. This one-touch joint for resin pipes has an inner peripheral seal member (inner peripheral O-ring) 14, an outer peripheral seal member (outer peripheral O-ring) 15, an insertion guide 16, a lock ring 17, a holding ring 18, and a spacer ring 19. These are integrally incorporated in the joint main body 10, the outer cylinder 11, and the cylindrical indicator 12.

  The joint body 10 is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape by a rigid resin such as a metal such as bronze, brass, or copper alloy stainless steel, or a super engineering plastic such as PPS (polyphenylene sulfide resin) or PPSU (polyphenylsulfone resin). Yes. Among these, when the joint body 10 is a rigid resin, it is preferable to use a material having a tensile strength of 100 MPa or more, such as glass-reinforced PPS.

  The joint main body 10 has a joining cylinder part 20 for joining an outer cylinder, and an engagement part 21 is formed on the outer periphery of the joining cylinder part 20. At least three engaging portions 21 are provided along the axial direction of the joining cylinder portion 20, and in the present embodiment, three engaging portions 21 are formed. A contact surface 23, an outer peripheral surface 24, and a tapered surface 25 are provided on the peak portion 22 of the engaging portion 21.

In FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the contact surface 23 is provided on the contact side with the outer cylinder 11, and a C surface 26 is formed by C chamfering at the position of the contact surface ridge portion of the contact surface 23. . The outer peripheral surface 24 is formed on the outer peripheral side of the engaging portion 21 and can come into contact with the inner peripheral surface 38 of the outer cylinder 11. The diameter of the outer peripheral surface 24 shown in FIG. 2, that is, the outer diameter D ₁ of the joining cylinder portion 20 is, for example, about φ24.7 mm. The taper surface 25 is formed in a tapered shape on the joint side with the outer cylinder 11 following the outer peripheral surface 24. The height _{H 1} of the peak portion 22 of the engaging portion 21 is, for example, when the outside diameter _{D 1} of the joint tube portion 20 is Fai24.7Mm, 0.4 to 0.5 mm, preferably provided in approximately 0.4mm It is done.

In FIG. 4, of the engagement portions 21, the engagement portion 21 on the distal end side has the length L ₁ of the peak portion 22 up to the distal end in the axial direction as the length L of the peak portion 22 of the other engagement portion 21. ₂ provided wider than the outer peripheral surface 24 of the distal end side engaging portion 21 is adapted to fit the outer circumferential surface 24 which fits into the outer cylinder 11 in a wide state than the other outer peripheral surface.
C surface 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21 is larger than the C-plane 26 of the other engagement portion 21, for example, the outer diameter _{D 1} of the joint tube portion 20 in FIG. 2 Fai24.7Mm, engagement when the height _{H 1} of the peak portion 22 of the part 21 is 0.4 mm, the C-plane 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21, one side length of 45 ° chamfer 0.2 to 0.3 mm, more preferably C chamfering of about 0.2 mm is desirable.

  The C surface 26 other than the C surface 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21 is formed to have a thread chamfering dimension that is smaller than the C surface 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21. The contact area (not shown) of the contact surface 23 is larger than the contact area of the contact surface 23 of the distal end side engaging portion 21. The C surface 26 may be provided in the shape of a round surface, and if the structure can secure the contact area by the contact surface 23 and ensure the engagement by the engaging portion 21, the R surface of the outer cylinder 11 to be described later It may be a C plane (or R plane) larger than 32.

An R-plane portion 33 is formed on the front side of the distal end-side engaging portion 21, and this R-plane portion 33 has a function of reducing sliding resistance when the joining tube portion 20 and the outer tube 11 are joined. is doing.
In addition, when the joint main body 10 is made of metal and the engaging portion 21 is formed by cutting, it is desirable that the surface be processed smoothly. In this case, the sliding resistance between the joined cylinder portion 20 and the outer cylinder 11 can be further reduced, and the effect of preventing the outer cylinder 11 from being damaged is further enhanced.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a connecting portion 34 made of a male screw is provided on the opposite side of the joint body 10 to the joining cylinder portion 20, and this connecting portion 34 is a header, a connecting member, or other not shown. It can be connected to other pipes. The connection part 34 may be a connection structure other than a male screw. In addition to the linear shape, the joint body 10 may be, for example, a cheese shape or an elbow shape, or may be incorporated in a part of a valve or the like (not shown).

  On the other hand, in FIGS. 1 to 3, the outer cylinder 11 is made of a transparent or translucent resin such as amorphous nylon, PPSU, or PES (polyethersulfone). In this case, for example, it is preferable to use a material having a tensile strength of 60 to 90 MPa lower than that of the joint body 10 in consideration of the properties of the joint body 10.

  The outer cylinder 11 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape that can be joined to the joining cylinder part 20 of the joint body 10, and a locking part 35 that can be joined to the engaging part 21 is formed in the inner periphery of the outer cylinder 11. . At least three locking portions 35 are provided along the axial direction of the outer cylinder 11, and in this embodiment, three locking portions 35 are formed. A contact surface 37, an inner peripheral surface 38, and an inclined surface 39 are provided on the peak portion 36 of the locking portion 35.

The contact surface 37 is formed at a position corresponding to the contact surface 23, and an R surface 32 is formed at the position of the contact surface-like groove 40 of the contact surface 37 by R chamfering.
The inner peripheral surface 38 is formed on the inner peripheral side of the locking portion 35 and can come into contact with the outer peripheral surface 24 of the joint body 10 described above. The inner diameter d ₁ of the inner peripheral surface 38 is formed to be, for example, about φ24.7 mm, and further, the inner cylinder 11 is formed to have an inner diameter that allows the outer cylinder 11 to be rotated by a gap fit. The inclined surface 39 is formed in an inclined shape on the joining side with the joining cylinder portion 20 following the inner peripheral surface 38.

As shown in FIG. 5, the height H ₂ of the peak portion 36 of the locking portion 35 is, for example, 0.4 to 0.5 mm when the inner diameter d ₁ of the inner peripheral surface 38 is 24.7 mm, preferably It is formed to about 0.4 mm. Thus, the locking portion 35, by a 0.4mm height H ₁ of the peak portion 22 of the engaging portion 21 mentioned above, a high pullout blocking when joining the outer tube 11 and the fitting body 10 Has power.

Of the locking portion 35, an R-plane 32 of the locking portion 35 of the inner side is larger than the R-plane 32 of the other engaging portion 35, for example, the inner diameter _{d 1} of the inner peripheral surface 38 is φ24 .7Mm, when the height _{H 2} of the ridges 36 of the locking portion 35 is 0.4 mm, the R-plane 32 of the innermost side locking portion 35, the radius 0.2 to 0.3 mm, more preferably , 0.2 mm is desirable. In this way, the joint body 10 and the outer cylinder 11 are joined by setting the R surface 32 of the back side locking portion 35 and the C surface 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21 to 0.2 mm. Later, stress concentration is prevented from occurring in the vicinity of contact between the R surface 32 and the C surface 26. The R surface 32 in the locking portion 35 other than the R surface 32 of the back side locking portion 35 is formed by, for example, an R surface machining of about 0.05 to 0.1 mm.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an R-surface portion 45 is formed on the distal side of the engagement portion 35 on the distal end side of the engagement portion 35, and the R-surface portion 45 is formed by the outer cylinder. 11 has a function of reducing sliding resistance at the time of joining the joining cylinder part 20.
An annular flange 42 projecting in the centripetal direction is formed on the opposite side of the locking portion 35 of the outer cylinder 11, and an engaging step 46 is formed between the annular flange 42 and the locking portion 35. Has been.

  The cylindrical indicator 12 shown in FIG. 1 is integrally formed of, for example, a transparent or translucent resin such as polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), and is provided so that the inside can be seen through from the outside. The material of the cylindrical indicator 12 should have pressure strength, cold resistance, hydrolysis resistance, chlorine resistance, impact resistance, chemical resistance, and long-term hot internal pressure creep resistance. The cylindrical indicator 12 has a double cylindrical shape having an inner cylindrical portion 47 and an outer cylindrical portion 48 integrally formed from the inner side of the inner cylindrical portion 47. With this configuration, an insertion gap portion 49 is formed between the inner cylinder portion 47 and the outer cylinder portion 48, and the insertion guide 16 and the joining pipe 13 are inserted into the insertion gap portion 49.

  The inner cylinder portion 47 is set to have an appropriate outer diameter. A mounting groove 50 is formed on the outer peripheral side of the inner cylinder portion 47, and the inner peripheral O-ring 14 is mounted in the mounting groove 50. The mounting groove 50 is formed shallow by using the small-diameter inner peripheral O-ring 14, and in this case, the channel diameter in the inner cylinder portion 47 is increased. The inner peripheral O-ring 14 is formed of rubber such as EPDM, for example. The outer peripheral surface portion 47a of the inner cylinder portion 47 is formed in a substantially flat surface shape, and the insertion guide 16 is fitted on the outer peripheral surface portion 47a.

  A mounting recess 51 is formed in the inner peripheral surface 48 a of the outer cylinder portion 48, and the outer periphery O-ring 15 is mounted in the mounting recess 51. The mounting recess 51 is formed longer in the axial direction than the cross-sectional diameter of the outer periphery O-ring 15, and the outer periphery O-ring 15 is movable in the mounting recess 51. The outer peripheral O-ring 15 is made of rubber such as EPDM, for example, like the inner peripheral O-ring 14.

  A protruding portion 52 is formed at the mounting side end of the cylindrical indicator 12, and the protruding portion 52 is inserted into a fitting hole 10 a formed in the joint body 10. An annular recess 53 is formed following the projecting portion 52, and a seal ring 54 is attached to the annular recess 53.

  The insertion guide 16 is formed of a resin such as high-density polyethylene having a higher hardness than the O-rings 14 and 15, for example. In this case, when the insertion guide 16 passes between the inner and outer peripheral O-rings 14 and 15, the O-rings 14 and 15 are gradually expanded to prevent an increase in insertion load. The insertion guide 16 can be deformed in the axial direction to guide the insertion of the joining pipe 13.

  The lock ring 17 is formed in a substantially annular shape from stainless steel or the like, and has an annular ring portion 17a and a holding claw 17b on the inner diameter side of the ring portion 17a. The holding claw 17b is bent from the ring portion 17a at a predetermined inclination angle, thereby facilitating the insertion of the joining pipe 13, and is locked to the surface of the joining pipe 13 to exert a pull-out preventing force. It is possible. The ring portion 17 a is formed so as to be inclined at an appropriate angle with respect to the direction orthogonal to the axis of the joint body 10. As described above, when the ring portion 17a is inclined, the contact area between the ring portion 17a and a component that contacts the ring portion 17a is reduced, the frictional resistance is reduced, and the lock ring 17 is easily rotated. The lock ring 17 may rotate together with the joining pipe 13 after the joining pipe 13 is inserted, and the inclination angle of the ring portion 17a and the shape / inclination angle of the holding claw 17b may be different.

  The holding ring 18 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a protruding portion 18a on the inner peripheral side and a protruding step portion 18b on the outer peripheral side. The holding ring 18 is disposed on the rear end side of the cylindrical indicator 12 so that the projecting portion 18 a closes the annular recess 53.

  The spacer ring 19 has a ring shape and is mounted between the lock rings 17 and 17. If the spacer ring 19 has a thickness of 0.5 mm or less, the holding claws 17b and 17b of the lock rings 17 and 17 when the joining pipe 13 is inserted may stand up at a time and the joining pipe 13 may be broken. For example, the thickness is preferably 0.7 to 1.5 mm. In this embodiment, the spacer ring 19 is sandwiched between the two lock rings 17 and 17 for connecting the joint pipe 13, but this is a connection structure for another joint pipe such as a known retaining ring. Also good.

  The joint pipe 13 is, for example, a pipe for water supply / hot water supply, and is composed of a crosslinked polyethylene pipe, a polybutene pipe, or the like. There may be. The joining pipe 13 is pushed into the insertion gap 49 from the state where the end face 13 a is in contact with the rear end face 16 a of the insertion guide 16 and connected.

  After the joining pipe 13 is connected, the insertion guide 16 moves to the back side of the insertion gap 49, the outer circumference side of the joining pipe 13 is sealed by the outer circumference O-ring 15, the inner circumference side is sealed by the inner circumference O-ring 14, and the lock ring. The holding claws 17b of 17 are locked to the outer peripheral side of the joining pipe 13, and the joining pipe 13 is prevented from coming off. The connection process of the joining pipe 13 can be visually recognized from the outside of the joint body 10 through the cylindrical indicator 12 and the outer cylinder 11, and it can be confirmed that the joining pipe 13 has completed the connection.

Next, a procedure for integrally incorporating the one-touch joint for resin pipes of the present invention will be described.
When the one-touch joint for resin pipes is integrated, as shown in FIG. 1, the inner cylinder O-ring 14 is installed in the mounting groove 50 of the cylindrical indicator 12, the outer O-ring 15 is installed in the mounting recess 51, and the seal ring 54 is installed in the annular recess 53. The cylindrical indicator 12 and the joint main body 10 are integrated in a state where is attached. At this time, the protruding portion 52 is inserted into the fitting hole 10 a of the joint body 10 to prevent rattling, and the joint body 10 and the cylindrical indicator 12 are sealed by the seal ring 54.

  Further, a spacer ring 19 sandwiched between the lock rings 17 and 17 is inserted into the outer cylinder 11, and the holding ring 18 is inserted from above. At this time, the projecting step portion 18b of the holding ring 18 is engaged with the engaging step portion 46 of the outer cylinder 11, so that the holding ring 18, the lock rings 17, 17 and the spacer ring 19 are held at predetermined positions. It becomes a state.

In this state, these are integrated so that the engaging part 21 of the joint body 10 and the locking part 35 of the outer cylinder 11 are joined. At the time of joining, the R surface portion 45 and the tapered surface 25 provided on the joint body 10 slide with the R surface portion 33 and the inclined surface 39 provided on the outer tube 11, so that the outer tube 11 is smoothly expanded in diameter. However, the engaging portion 21 and the locking portion 35 are easily engaged so as to ride on. In addition, since the heights H ₁ and H ₂ of the engaging portion 21 and the locking portion 35 are thinly set to about 0.4 mm, the pushing load at the time of joining is reduced, and the locking portion is raised when the engaging portion 21 rides up. It is possible to prevent the 35 from being damaged or broken.

  After the coupling body 10 and the outer cylinder 11 are integrated, the holding ring 18, the lock rings 17 and 17, and the spacer ring 19 are connected to the end surface portion 48 b of the outer cylinder portion 48 of the cylindrical indicator 12 and the annular flange portion of the outer cylinder 11. 45 and is mounted at an appropriate position. At this time, the protruding portion 18 a is positioned on the opening side of the cylindrical indicator 12, so that the outer peripheral O-ring 14 is prevented from coming out from the mounting recess 51. Furthermore, the seal part 54 provided between the joint main body 10 and the cylindrical indicator 12 is clamped by joining the engaging part 21 and the locking part 35, and the sealing performance is improved.

  Subsequently, the insertion guide 16 is inserted from the opening side. The insertion guide 16 does not apply a load to the lock rings 17 and 17, and is simply attached to the insertion guide 16 so that the holding claw 17 b of the lock ring 17 on the opening side is locked and temporarily attached to a predetermined position as shown in FIG. The

  After the joint body 10 and the outer cylinder 11 are joined, when a tensile (pulling) load is applied in the axial direction and a force is applied in the direction in which the outer cylinder 11 is pulled out from the joint body 10, the contact surface 23 and the contact surface 37 Since the height of the crest portions 22 and 36 of the engaging portion 21 and the locking portion 35 is 0.4 mm, a high pull-out preventing force is exhibited. Since at least three of the engaging portions 21 and the locking portions 35 are provided, the drawing load is distributed to the contact surfaces 23 and the contact surfaces 37 so that sufficient bonding strength can be exerted. It is possible to withstand the pull-out load even when is thin. Thus, the joint state between the joint body 10 and the outer cylinder 11 after the connection of the joint pipe 13 is released while the joint pipe 13 is connected while the insertion state is visually recognized from the outside using the thin-walled outer cylinder 11. Is reliably prevented.

  At this time, if the number of the engaging portions 21 and the locking portions 35 is increased, the load applied to the contact surface 23 and the contact surface 37 can be further dispersed, so that it is considered that the pull-out preventing force and the strength against bending are improved. However, if the number of the engaging portions 21 and the locking portions 35 is too large, it becomes difficult to form the outer cylinder 11 to cope with this, and in addition, when the joint body 10 is made of metal, the processing cost, etc. It is disadvantageous in terms of cost. Further, when the joint body 10 and the outer cylinder 11 are assembled, it is necessary to overcome many steps between the engaging portion 21 and the locking portion 35, so that there is a high possibility that they will be deformed. There is a possibility that the portion 21 and the locking portion 35 cannot be joined accurately. In the present embodiment, the number of the engaging portions 21 and the locking portions 35 is three, so that the pulling prevention force and the strength against bending can be secured and the processing and incorporation can be easily performed.

Since the R surface 32 is formed on the side of the outer cylinder 11 from which the joint body 10 is pulled out, the load is not concentrated in the vicinity of the outer cylinder 11 when being pulled out, and the outer cylinder 11 may be cracked or broken. Is prevented. At this time, in order to relieve stress concentration near the corner of the R surface 32, the R surface 32 may be enlarged. However, the outer cylinder 11 is made of resin, and the height H of the engaging portion 21 and the engaging portion 35 is high. _{Since 1} and H ₂ are set to 0.4 mm, it is necessary to pay attention to the balance between the heights H ₁ and H ₂ and the size of the R surface 32.

  In particular, it is necessary to maintain the bonding strength by securing the contact area between the contact surface 23 and the contact surface 37 at the positions of the distal end side engaging portion 21 and the back side engaging portion 35. Since the C surface 26 of the front end side engaging portion 21 is 0.2 mm and the R surface 32 of the back side engaging portion 35 is 0.2 mm, the balance between the bonding strength and the concentration of load on the R surface 32 is achieved. Can keep. At this position, a C surface (not shown) can be formed by C chamfering instead of the R surface 32. However, in this case, there is a possibility that the load is concentrated on the corner portion where the C chamfering is performed.

  And the joining state of the engaging part 21 other than the front end side engaging part 21 shown in FIG. 6A and the locking part 35, the front end side engaging part 21 shown in FIG. When the joining state with the locking portion 35 is compared, the C surface 26 of the distal end side engaging portion 21 in FIG. 6B is larger than the C surface 26 of the other locking portion 21 in FIG. In addition, since the R surface 32 of the back side locking portion 35 in FIG. 6B is made larger than the R surface 32 of the other locking portion 35 in FIG. 6A, it is pulled in the axial direction. Even when a load is applied, it is possible to prevent the outer cylinder 11 from being cracked by the load being dispersed by the larger C surface 26 and R surface 32 without being concentrated.

  Here, in FIG. 7, sectional drawing of the pipe joint for contrasting with the one-touch joint for resin pipes of this invention is shown. A pipe joint 100 in the figure has a joint portion 101 and a resin outer cylinder 103, and the joint portion 101 includes three fitting portions 102, and the resin outer cylinder 103 includes three fitting portions 104. This pipe joint 100 is fitted and joined by the fitting part 102 and the fitting part 104, the joint part 100 and the resin outer cylinder 103 are integrated, and the resin pipe 105 can be connected.

In this pipe joint 100, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), when a bending load indicated by an arrow is applied in the vicinity of the insertion site of the resin pipe 105, there are few portions supporting the resin outer cylinder 103 with a thin wall, so that the fitting portion As the vicinity of 104 is about to move in the centrifugal direction indicated by the arrow, the fitting between the fitting portion 102 and the fitting portion 104 is brought into a floating state. At this time, when an axial load due to water pressure or the like is applied, the fitting portion 102 and the fitting portion 104 may come off.
At this time, the engagement portion between the fitting portion 102 and the fitting portion 104 of the symmetrical position of the axis Q in FIG. 7 (b), the fitting portion 104 load F ₁ is working in the arrow direction in the fitting portion Strongly pressed. When the load F ₂ pull by water pressure or the like is applied in the direction of the arrow, in particular load is likely to tip engaging portions 102 and the pressure is strong and the fitting portion 104 of the inner side of the concentration, S cracking around this There was a risk of it occurring.

On the other hand, in the one-touch joint for resin pipes according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the length L ₁ to the distal end in the axial direction of the engagement portion 21 on the distal end side of the joint body 10 is set to the length L of the other engagement portion 21. _{Since the} outer peripheral surface 24 is formed so as to be wider than ₂ , the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 11 is the outer peripheral surface 24 of the engaging portion 21 on the distal end side at an inner position farther in the axial direction than the end surface. It is supported by.
With this configuration, when a bending load is applied to the joint pipe 13 connected to the joint body 10, or when a sudden pressure increase such as water pressure or water hammer is applied while the joint pipe 13 is bent and piped. However, the bending load applied to the outer cylinder 11 can be sufficiently supported by the fitting outer peripheral surface 24 of the engaging portion 21 on the distal end side, and the bending load can be eased from reaching the end surface of the outer cylinder 11, thereby reducing the outer cylinder 11. Can be prevented, and the joining of the outer cylinder 11 and the joint body 10 can be maintained.

At that time, the length _{L 1} of the _leading-end side engaging portion 21 in FIG. 4, other lengths 4 times the length of _{L 2} of the engaging portion 21, for example, a 2.4 mm, length length _{L 1} by the provision of the _{L 2} to 0.6 mm, higher functionality by fitting the outer peripheral surface 24 is exerted. However, if excessively large length L ₁ of the leading-end side engaging portion 21, since the joint body 10 is connected state of the junction pipe 13 is difficult to confirm when made of metal, of the length L ₁ other it is more preferable to provide the 4-5 times the length _{L 2} of the engaging portion 21.

The above-described embodiment is merely an example, and a joint provided with at least three engaging portions having a C chamfer at the crest portion of the contact surface and locking portions having an R chamfer at the groove portion of the contact surface It is a main body and an outer cylinder. R surface 32 of the engaging portion 21 ≧ C surface 26 of the engaging portion 35, R surface 32 of the engaging portion 21 on the distal end side ≧ R surface 32 of the engaging portion 35 on the back side. Further, the R surface 32 of the engagement portion 35 on the back side> R surface 32 of the other engagement portion 35, R surface 32 of the engagement portion 21 on the distal end side> R surface 32 of the other engagement portion 21. If the above conditions are satisfied, the area of the contact surface and the contact surface, the angle of the tapered surface, the number of engaging portions, the number of engaging portions, and the like can be freely set.
Further, the connection structure of the joint pipe 13 inside the joint body may be a structure other than the above-described embodiment as long as the joint pipe 13 has a structure for connecting the joint pipe 13 with one touch to prevent pulling out.

Further, as described above, the joining pipe 13 is not limited to a straight pipe, and may be a bent pipe. In this case as well, an axial pull-out preventing force is exhibited, and strength is secured against a force in the bending direction. The
Further, although not shown, an annular engagement portion is provided on the outer periphery of the outer cylinder 11 on the side other than the joint body 10 side, and a metal annular holding member is engaged with the annular engagement portion, or A hook-shaped portion may be integrally formed on the outer periphery of the outer cylinder 11 on the side other than the joint body 10 side. In either case, it is possible to reinforce the joined pipe 13 after connection and improve the strength against bending.

Subsequently, the tensile fracture test and the cold / hot water hammer cycle test were implemented with respect to the one-touch joint for resin pipes mentioned above, and the intensity | strength was confirmed.
"Tensile fracture test"
As a tensile fracture test, the outer diameter of the above-mentioned joining cylinder part, the diameter of the inner peripheral surface is about φ24.7 mm, the height of the engaging part and the peak part of the locking part is 0.4 mm, and the C of the tip side engaging part A tensile load is applied to a joint body with a surface of 0.2 mm and the R-side locking part R surface of 0.2 mm, with a 150 mm long joint pipe connected, until the joint body or joint pipe breaks. A load was applied. The tensile load at this time was about 2000 N which is the maximum load at the time of the tensile fracture test of the crosslinked polyethylene pipe 13A.

  As a result of the test, when the number of the engaging parts and the locking parts was one or two, the breakage occurred near the engaging parts and the locking parts, and the number of the engaging parts and the locking parts was set to three. In some cases, the bonding state was maintained. From this result, it was confirmed that the number of engaging portions and locking portions is preferably 3 or more. Moreover, when the height of the engaging part and the engaging part was set to 0.4 mm, a high pulling-in preventing force could be exhibited. Furthermore, the test was carried out with the height of the engaging part and the locking part being 0.6 mm. In this case, damage occurred. From these results, it was confirmed that the height of the engaging portion and the locking portion is preferably 0.4 mm.

  Furthermore, as a result of performing the test with the C surface being 0.2 mm, the R surface being 0.2 mm, and the height of the contact surface and the contact surface being 0.2 mm, damage in the vicinity of each engaging portion and locking portion is effective. Was prevented. On the other hand, when the C surface and the R surface were formed to 0.1 mm, or when the C surface and the R surface were not provided, stress was concentrated on the corner portion, and the outer cylinder was broken. These phenomena were the same in the following cold water hammer cycle test.

"Cold water hammer cycle test"
As a cold water hammer cycle test, a joined pipe was connected to the joint body, and the joined pipe was bent with a minimum bending radius R = 100 mm, and cold water at 18 ° C. was added to the hot water at 80 ° C. for 1 minute. Were alternately passed for 3 minutes. Furthermore, 1.75 MPa water hammer was added five times when passing hot water at 80 ° C. The above cycle was performed until the number of water hammers reached 100,000. This cold / hot water hammer cycle test is a severe test because a water hammer (axial tensile load) is also applied in a state where a bending load is applied.

As a result of the test, when the length of the front end side engaging portion was set to 2.4 mm or more, the joining by the engaging portion and the locking portion was maintained. On the other hand, when the length of the tip side engaging portion was set to 1.8 mm, the engaging portion was disengaged during the test. From this result, it was confirmed that when the length of the distal end side engaging portion is longer, it becomes stronger against the bending load. Similarly to the tensile fracture test described above, the number of engaging portions and locking portions is three or more, the height of the engaging portions and locking portions is 0.4 mm, the C surface is 0.2 mm, and the R surface is In the case of 0.2 mm, the joining by the engaging portion and the locking portion was maintained.
Furthermore, both tests were cleared when the thickness of the outer cylinder was formed to be about 1.65 mm while satisfying the above conditions. In order to compare with this, a tensile fracture test was carried out on an outer cylinder with a wall thickness of 2 mm in which the number of engaging parts and locking parts was two, but it was possible to prevent damage to the engaging parts and locking parts. There wasn't.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Joint main body 11 Outer cylinder 20 Joining cylinder part 21 Engagement part 22 Mountain part 23 Contact surface 24 Outer peripheral surface 26 C surface 35 Locking part 37 Contact surface 40 Groove part 32 R surface

Claims (4)

  At least three engagement portions having C chamfers are provided along the axial direction around the outer periphery of the joint tube portion of the joint body formed of metal or rigid resin, and joined to the joint tube portion. And at least three locking portions having an R chamfer at the position of the abutment surface groove portion along the axial direction on the inner periphery of the resin-made outer cylinder. The C surface of the engaging portion is made larger than the C surface of the other engaging portion, and the R surface of the engaging portion on the back side among the engaging portions is made larger than the R surface of the other engaging portions. One-touch fitting for resin pipes.   The one-touch joint for resin pipes according to claim 1, wherein a peak portion of the distal end side engaging portion to the distal end in the axial direction is a wide fitting outer peripheral surface.   The one-touch joint for resin pipes according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a height of a peak of the engaging portion and the locking portion is set to 0.4 to 0.5 mm to have a high pulling prevention force.   4. The stress concentration is avoided by setting the C surface of the front end side engaging portion to 0.2 to 0.3 mm and the R surface of the back side engaging portion to 0.2 to 0.3 mm. One-touch joint for resin pipes given in any 1 paragraph of above.

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